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April 2010

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Top Nluslim vet s6ysbattery farmlng 13 '3ln'SA Council of Churchesdenounces our trcatmantofanimalsAppeal to supermarkets bypoverty NGO:'ltake uB llterate shoppers'

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Transforming CultureGlobal culture of excess is biggest threat to planet - Worldwatch lnstitute"lf w are to survive, human civilization must make a seirmic transformation away fromconrumrism, and towardr a culture centerd on rurtainability." Thir stark warnins comer fromthe renowned Worldwatch lnstitute, a waehinglon Dc-based organiration regarded ar theworld s pre-eminnt environmentalthink tank.

'Prevenlng lhe co apse oi human c v l2al o. requ resnolh nq less than a who esa e tr.nsiorhatro. ol domrna.lcutLra patler.s Th s lra.slomalion would rc]ecl.onsumersm and es(ab shin ls pace a new cLllurallramework .enlered on susta nab ilv

Unt we rccognze thal ourenvtronmenta probemsfrom clm.le change 10 deforesl.lon lo species oss .redriven by lnsusla fabe habls we wl nol be abe lo sove

the ecoog ca dses th.l threale.lo wash overThe reporl goes o. the say lhal overthe lasl50 years.a consumer cu ture oiexcess has spread.fioss thepanet What staded as a lrend i ity years ago rn the USAas pan ot lhe Anercan Dream. corsrmersD has.owbeen adopted as a symbo oisuccess n deveopngcolnlres fiofr Bdzr 10 lnd a to Ch'na iueled by

bL's'nesrei n rhe refforls low

n the preface 10 the reporl. Wordwatch nsltulespresdent Chnslopher Flavin says As lhe worldslrlggles lo re.over tom lhe most serous g obaeconohiccrsrs s nce lhe Great DepressD. we have anunprecedented opporlunty to lurn away lromconsumersm ln the end the human rnsl n.t for s!frvamlstlrumph overlhe !r.je lo conslme at any cosl'

Yet 'l slales .olh'no sho ofa sh'fi . olr Clllure tseiwl resolve the dne p.oblems iacl.a huma.rlv

ln s Slare o|he Wo,d 2O1O reporr pub shed nllanu..y2OrO rhelrsr'ruresiaresth.rlheqobrlcutLre ol excess s emergng as the bqgesl lhreat to

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lays Ethics lnstitute.t.Profe$or Willem Landman, CEO of thc fth 6

L.rr (ure of 5or(h Afri.i believes (h:( rhen rrn r iiry rcvo rtio r i5 r.lirabl. Ilrcory5er or s quenio. ir vhelher rhe eade6 of (he v/on,:lri rrii5. soorcrr.rr.rthii itcr tlrc r..dfoiardthe fuo e .. thn rvo !rio.. he iJrt

l(.",r I r{t!re a nore D'olo!.d nefr;l Darlr{|!.rnr It by hrnark id tri r aiy otlrcr najor so.ia'evo !( o r n h 5{or\r re;(r Lhi. Lhe ahol Lio. ofsh!.r! or thc ndr(rh rclo rtiolThe nr\ra .ah ir! rlo rrio r nrLrn be pre.r sed o lvr !e\ ol inreg'.iLea ,e!pe(L for rhe br\ ( .eedi ofruniis. ailira s. afd rhe iiturnl envirotrnrenr.There ! drurh perslr\ on to be d.,.e ro r i overrearts ar.l m nds ro rre n6trir.bi ry revolut oi 8!r

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EDITORIALRecenly receved photographs ofa wedd ngceremonylhal look pace n Nelspru I twas a lavrshaiiar, costnq upwards oi R50m accordrng lo lhe Ma I& Guard a. Jusl a few klomelres flom lhe venlethere is a commun ly that s experie.cno a serouslack ofservce delivery The qlestion arises: whalrse,.ess//e .onsune4smlTo my m nd. we are now erperenc ng a cu lure lhat

is our oicontor Accord ng to the Readers Digesrlvarch 2410) qenentian alpha - the chidre. bornbehvee.2010 a.d 2025 wlbe more maleralLsllha. a.y olher Oe.eralon berore them liwe areras ng oureyebrows al todays consumerism. shou dwe nol lhen be lery alrad ior the iulure?Theword clrrently consumes 60 bi ion an mals andil is esl maled thar by 2050 we wilconslme 120b lion a.ima si I personal y think th s w lrhappen

Lel us.evive ourold value syslems and denoLncethe clltLre ol more s belter' We cannol eve.lellhed fierenceany more betwee. necessty and uxury Letus r ng in a new cu lure thal befts the o d adageWASTE NOI WANT NOT Ths is ajoLrney thatstans wth llre food on olr Iab es

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Eating less meat I!Iis part of the Sustainability Revolution,

says Compassron s CEO, Lym be ry((C early the debale around susla nabe d els sheztng up and iarm anmalwelfare has an

ncreas ngy centra parito play n iulurc food polcy.especaly when it comes tolhe carefu use oflmiledresources. says Lymbery'The qlobal mpacl oftaclory farm'ng s hlge'An area ol and equ vaenl tolhe sr2e oflhe EuropeanUnon is used to qrow feed ior farm an mals Yellhesecrops coud prov'de va uabe iood drecly rorlhe I bL lonpeopre who go to bed hlngry ea.1i .'ghr o. alerage roproduce 1kq oia. ma protern requires neany 6kg oiprotern n the iorh of feed gra ns

Lymbery sad thal g oba ly. vestock podu.t'on w.sescalalng and was pred cted lo doube to 120 bi ion farman m.ls a year by m d cenl!ry'Large numbers ofan mals n sma spaces on factorylarms can lead lo envronmenta degradalon and llrrealsto olr hea lh as wel as lnrmag nab e a. ma s!fierng. he

Cape Town's famous restaurant, Catharina's,starts the ball rolling forMeat Free Mondays

Wi Capeto suppotl Town become the firstone meat-free day a

From a health point of view..."Our diet is warming lh planet. lt isalso damaging our health. Changingou.diel is difiicult, bui doing so would bolh

help slow climale change and bringsignlliqnl health benefits,' says sir LiahOo.ald3on, Chiei Mediel Offierfor lheQuoled reently in The Daily Mail, hesaid reducing meal@nsumption by 30'/",6uld save 18 000 h0man lives tbmpremature disease every year

'Th s cal by S r L am Dona dson Chrei l\,ledical Ofi cerlorlhe UK governmenl. addsfudherfue to cals lo.a' "r gc 11o . looo \wlh decenl. quallylood. slslainabry prodlced rt

Tozie Zokufa. depury ed,ror ot/Armdl vorce and his liance Fundr Lud denloyed vegelarian curs ne recenly as padof Meat Free l,londays al Catharnasreslalranl on Steenberg Eslale. the oldeslfarm n the Conslantia Valley. about20minules irom Cape TownChef Garth Almaza n belevescatharna s s lhe lrst restaurant nsouthAfrca to supportone meal free day a weekHe said Asusla nabe lutlre demands lhalwe cLl down by makrng a smpe lleslylechange such as makng lust one day a week

The cofcepl Eal less mal iora betlerpanet was a wo.derfu opporlunlytonspre meal lovers to explore andexpermenl a ltle wlh vegelanan iood. heComme.led Toz'e The iood was d v.elFund. my fance. co.cured and sad I wasap y lhat vegetaran optio.s were nol moreava abe al the popu ar lranchised lood

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The South African Council of Churches (SACC) suggests that our ConsumerCulture is at the root of Climate Change. Reverend Siyabulela Gidi, Directorof the SACC agreed to speak to us about how to propel ourselves away from

ood a;ftconsumerism and into a Culture of Good Earth-keeping.AnlmalVolc.: R6v6nd Gidi, th6$\CC has centy published a 104-page d@urenl eniided ClimatCh.ngo: A Chall.ngo to thoChurcho. ln South Atrlca. lt is acompelling assessment of the6hall6n94 re fac6 and how io b6ginlo rcsdE lhem. What @mpdled iheSACC lo prcduc lhls docomnl?Sly.bul.la Gldl: The eadh and allitsinhabitanis - human and non-human- als cunsndy facing anunpcedenred ecological cdsis,b.inging us lo the bnnk ol masssufiedng and dsslruclion ior many.Th c'isis ls humaninduced, cusdby lh6 asrc-induslialconomicomplex and lhe culturc olAnimal Volce: So whr do we sladio iry and eclit the quagmirc releSlyabuleb Gldl:Ihe challenge toour suruival is not moEly .l aneologil level. The challenge deliss an lis human hean. Chatsd'ans quirs nothins less than ar6di6l change of dircction, a changeol hoarl and mind, a lransfomation olour socity d |ne lvel ot cutuitself.Anlmal Volc.: Cullure is animmnsly nlrenched dimnsion olany soci6ty. Any chang wouldrequie a deep undeBtandins ofwhalis wDng and why we need to

sly.bul.l. Gldl: Yes indeed. Wen66d lo e@gnize thai wo hav6 b66ncapturd by lt'e lwe or consumnsmi

consumff apalhsld that 'rpholdsaffuonl bins habils but dnis lhpod a d@nl si.ndard ol living. li isironic iiat some of us have onlylcenuy joicd in hs momenlwhen we could swilch on a lisht bulbforthend m6 in our n hom6.Now w arc told !o switch it ofi-Cllmats change is oflen sen as aEurcpoan, wnib, niddle dass@n@m and p@ple are deplyangorod and ombinard by lholnjuslice is not suslainable.

lhal $ bliev ulat oul happinossand success depends on whal weeal, wear, oM and us. We arclrapp3d in lh logic ol consumerismwhicn aFays emphaslss vttEl wlack W6 are minded daily of ouruntu[illod n6ds ' pultingCdsumedsm at the hean of Cuhure.AnimslVoic.: Th6 S,{CC d@uhenlalso refeB to lhe gularconsumprion of animal producls' aspan of lhas culture ol consumsism.Would ,ou age lhat the culturalexp6cl.tion lo eat moat every dayhas givon ris io the missry of billionsofanimals who spend lheir lavs lniactory f6rms and di wilhoul sverhaving @n the sun, soild exercised any of theirSiyabuLla Gida:

siet/s p@r people -@nsumer dass, will beChange.

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Anlmsl Volca: Ihe SACC alsosuggesls thst consunsism is badon an inwrect interplalion ofG6.esis 1 :27 !o slbdua th6 6a.th'Slyabul.la Gldl: This 'Maslarheology suggsls that God hascEai6d the nti univ6rs6 for lh6eke ol human beings, atdbutingimmsns pows and aulhoily iohumans. W nliud oulsl!s lo rulov.l oth6. sspcially ou'r spcis.w alr loo oasily iuslit it to ouB6lv6sas 1o why re may kill and eal otheranimals or use thm for ourTh6 chuch h*, no6l and

tiologicl l66pon$baliv to sel asid6such affoganc snd slupldlly and !oembE@ ils rcl of stewardship toled ihe way in .ing for de.tion;We n6d our ongrogations lobcom co-conglegalions. This ison of rh ways iorwad.AnlDal Vole: You said 6t tt'eb6ginning thal re nd 1o iranslormour arllur. To rsach inlo oor hsarlsand fnd haling ior our exploilalion otEarth, and its innocont inhabitants.What is the nR Cu[u !o be?Slyabulel. Gldl: The.M Cullure. a th@losy ot huFility;. a denlnciation of the philosophy of

. @nfession that re have notallowed the earth and ils dEtures to

. an smbraclnS ofth rols ofslowadship ro individually andcolleclivsly promole ths wllbing oflh6 land and all its @aluEs in 6ll that

. an lndeGianding lhal ln odr lonsure suslainabiliv, e must

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The most impoftant human endeavour is the striving lor morality in our aclions.Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it, Only morality in ouractlons can glve beauty and dlgnhy ao fe. - Albert Einstein.

Moffiee EaB6ape Town environmentalist andlawyer Comec Culllnan has

To take part, please conlact Li6i llallinaon [email protected]

dtalled a Univetsal Declatation of lhe RighlsofMot er Eadh for discussion at the PeoplebWorld on Climate Change anc! Ihe Righb of

Molhet Earlh cfnfercnce, held by th Paesident ofBolivia in Cochabamba in Bolivia between 19 and

22 Ap'il2O1O.ln tems of the dfr Declaration, a fundamental

cultural shiff must take place - away from ananthropocentdc (pople centred) perspeclive of theworld, towards an eco-centric per6pective.

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Europe-wide ban onbattery cages is on track.-.due to come into force on 1 January 2012

oland had askedforlhe banlo be delened lor five yea6 unli 1January2017 arguing lhat twould lead toa shortageHowever,lhe EU Cou.clofAgnculure MinisteB ru ed on 22 February 2010lhal lhe ban would go ahead as planned.Slrenuous lobbying byCompassion in Wo d Faming headquaners n lhe UKand lls padneE throughoul the EU hasachieved the Eu.ope wide phase{ut of eggs from convenl ona batlery ges The phase out period began n I 999,giv.9 banery egg farmeB 13 years to change lhei. poduclion systems.'When Po and anempted lo delay lhe ban, we ra lied oor supporlers and lhe EU Colnc I of Agricllture MinisteB weedeluoed by 10 214 obtectionslo Polands requesl, sald Compassions CEO Philip Lymbe.y.

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ln less than two years time, one of rhe cruelest methods ot tarm ing ever invented the barren battery cage- willbe bannd throughout Europe. Sadly,lorthe 23 million layinq hens trapped in battery cages in SouthAfrica,Ihere is slillno end in sighrlorlheir living nighlmare.Are battery eggs Halaal or Haraam? see pase 1s

Only free range eggs to be served at the 2012 London Olympic GamesBut, its not enough, says Jenny JonesThe lp-coming London Olympicsand Paralympics should bean inspiraton to youngsters to take up spon and ead heathyIves.'Yel suOAeslslhe Green Parly's Jenny Jo.es. itwil end up

being a lestivalofsporl and mostlyjlnk f@dWr ting in Food Magazines 1glh February 2010 issue, Jones, whowasformerly cha rpeGon of lhe adv sory body lo the city of London on lood

matlers, sad heallhy physi@laclivily could be achieved onlyifilwas iueled by heallhy nulrtious lood'He.e ieslhe appaling mismalch between lhe 2012 sponsoEMcDonald s and Coca-Cola and other tasl food and drink@mpanies (which conlinue)to peDetuate lhe perueBe linkbelweeo fasl food and d nkand sponing achievemenl, she said

ttll tbe lFA tio!]dcu,! becode . !6t1ealloth last lood Atdtl4cDotield's and @ca-

What about Bafana Bafana? - see back pase


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Pick n Pay Respondsto our call for a ban on battery eggsJonathan Ackerman, Marketing Director says:

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Jonathan Acleima^Marketi!9 Dilector AblgallPelers, Haad ofthe Global Call to ActionAgainst Poverty says:to Bafana Team Doc"Please help us to becomeLiterate Shoppers"

it "Because we supporl lhem,supermarkels need toinform us- Not knowinghow ourfood is produced,is e lonn ol illiteracy. Imake this appealon bahalfof the poor: Supermaftets,please help us to become literate shoppers."Small doesn't mean stupid!Perhaps the most surprising signs ofintelligence have been found in birds -whose liny heads and small brains were longassumed to be a complete barder tosentience. All thal is changing fast, however,with many species showing powedul

memories and reasoning power,http://www.tim$online.co.uk ol/newa/scienc/biology_evolutionla icle699l028.ec

we la behind because we ar notbu dlng up plafer'6 strenglhs."Please conEider inslstlng tnat themembers eat only orlarfc and lreefooal to assj,st thm a,cbleve pea,LSincorly,Tozie ZokuJa (Deputy ldltor)

Open Letter- Deax Dr Ntlopi Modoru,We not tn8t Baja,na miatfltdthe 1996 African Ns,tions Cup,trhic Tinkler has been quoted byNelvs 24 3,s saJring:'Ou.r ptrayers do not eat tJreright food6. They do not geithe rtght nutrition. Soccerpla,yers ar achlels, Bul, in South Africa

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heads have lo 9o lhrough to slonlhem. Their inteslines. featheG and$on go diretly [email protected] Voice: Peopb onen ask mell fre range'is Eally hlmane. Myslandard answer isr 'lt's betler lhanbeing crammed inlo cages lfor thelayeE) and sheds (for lhe brcileB)Bul lh liie you ar giving to lhchickens he is beyond antlhing Iexpecred. You have por'humane

Eggmobiles for lhe layersGetting hold ofAng$'s pastur+read eggs prcves diffi4lt al lhemoment beuse restaurants have'hoovredthsm up", as he puls il.'lgo lo ths rslaurantand asklhenfor a plale.lbreakan egg inlolheplaleand ilis solid, viscous. orsctand thoyolk is slrongand ound.The sale isdone, on thespot."The Eggmobiles arc moved lo n4pasru.e every rh.ee days. Thiskeeps lhe llock happy wilh thensurrcundings and happy lo lay inlhe nests inside lhe mobib. Itlen onlhe sme gbund for longerlhanthre days, lhe coc& will mov hishensto newgEund and lhe henswill look for nests in rhe grasses.

Animal Vobe Depuly EdilotTozl Zokuta (far leff) chats toAngus MclntGh about lhe 640broiler (meat) chickens heproducs every 24 hours.

The manure leff behind everyday fertilizes lhe land.Probiotics are pul into thekwaler to maintain optjmal health.At night, the hatches aresecurcly locked to ensure lhechlckens can sl6p poactully.Nol even a small mouse canentr Onc lho gmsses havebounced back. cows come tograze, leaving cow pats behindthsm. When lhe chickens arceventually relumed lo lhat patchof land,lhe cowpals are choc-a-bloc fullof nurienls-

(By contmst, broilers on afactory farm live on the sameliller for lhe enthe duration oftheir lives, are routinelyfed anti-biotics and the lights are left onal nightlo encourage lhem toeat and eat and eat-)

Th6 firstobvious'plus'is thal th6ydonl have to be loaded into cEiesand lrucked long dlslan@s loAnsus mclntosh: Yes. Th chickensare slaughtered at about sevenwks. Eachchickn is hld quielywhile an electnccurnl is passedlhroogh itsomb.ll is renderedunconscious immed alely. The is nofear, no loading, nolranspon, nohanging upsid dom on a conveye.belt, no electrilbalh that then

CalligEpher, Aniela von ltaltiEprepaes tow re a quote from KahlilGibran on rh6 wallotrh6 abanoir tohonou.lhe cycle oflife. Famwo*e.s a en@uraged to have a*nse otreverene lor the lives lheya iaking. (ln a convenlonal abaltot,lhe ch ckens are shackled by lhenleel lo to a conveyor beh andslaughtered al lhe rate of 136 birds

Angus's pasluiead chickensand ggsal in thssam pic ngeas factory famed brcilers and frenge e99s. They ae marketed asSpier Chicken3 - Pastu.e Reared

Baby chicks ae kepl indoob for lheirf6t 3weels. Classilmosicis piped inlo lhe nosery

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Ln3""ffiAnimalvoice: None oi us wanr tosee photoaraohs oI eooads lhathave been caughl n qin traps andhave been forced to chew ofi thetown legs n an efforl lo freethemselves Vegetaians and ve$ns'The soluton is simpe. CLtoutdeat

and wear synthetic fbres.' BLt for ihevast malor ty oflhe popllalionculting olt meat is.ot an option.Howcan we begin to tacklethisPeiru. d. wei: lt's about education.We migdted from ELrope aiewhundred yea6 ago and our ancestoGbrought some devi@s ike polghs.g n lraps and so on Manyollhesedevices are notsuited lo SoulhernAtrca,like the o d med evalg n lrapand iis incoirectLse. Butthe modemadtustable soil calch lrap and ils@recl apploalion rema ns one ollhemosi efieciive tools we have locombat lhis maseve pDblem olAs say, ils aboul educal on, iarmeGand p.oressiooa hunlers are beingeducaled in the corecr use or lhesesoft calch lraps This educalionhowever should not stop al lhe iarmgale. The genera publc and lhoselling ior lhe ban of lhese dev cesneed to be edL.6led loo

Lefs do lhe malhs. According tostal stics olThe Depa/rment olAqncu ture, Fo.estry and Fisheres(DAFF)there are aboLt 25m sheepand 6m goais n SoulhAfri Thats3 r.r.rnl31m 6 350/..131nirn^equas 1 96m dealhs peryear Thismeans 5393 sheep and goatsareeaten dary by predators Predal oncosls the iarmer -lhe ind v dLalproducing the lood and fibre in ruralSouth Alrlca a nin num of Rr 2bn

ons ofureI n our lasl rssue, hveslock fatmer Joseph Sleyn gave his slde ofthe story. Now AnimalVoice asksI Pehus de Wet to throw fudher lghl on lhis dark issue. Mr de Wet is Chairman ofthe livestocka and Gafte lndustry's wa(ng grcup on Damage causng Annals.

This organisation includes represenialives ofthe Nalional Woal Growers Association of South Afica,lhe Red Meal Producers Organisatlon, the SA Mohair Growers Associalion, and Wildlife Ranchers ofSorlh Afflca. He is also President ofthe Naronal tvool Growers Association and Chairman ofthelnternalonal Waol Textile Organisation's Forum on Environnent and Animal Welfarc that sits inBrussels.

Anlmal Volcs: ls t trLe lhat some3 500 ambs and goai kds are killedormulilaled by predatoE everyday in

P.lrus de W.t The UnversilyofFree S(ale did a scienlifc slldy in2008/9 lo quan!ryhe prob em Thesludy was pan ol research lo. anMSc thesis The findngs suggestedthal6 350/0 oI bolh adLll sheep andlambs oi every sma I stock flock inSoulh Affica der.om predalion byjackaland caracal every year.


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AnimalVoice: ln recenl yeaE. morehumane melhods oi deletrngpredalors have been slggested,such as punng cola.son lhe sheepand angora goats or !s ng Analo iansheepdogs/donkeys/alpacas rhar aresaid to keep predalo.sal bay. Colldyou lellus i any oI these methodsareworking? ls il naive losuggeslthatwe b n! back shepherds?Petus d wet: Collarsworfi iniriallybul lhe predalor very soon learnslocatch and eai from beh ndAnaloians wo.k wel on a smallflocklMany poponents ol Analo ians havelolnd that lhey have lnwitlinglyintroduced anolher predator (the dogilsell) ntolhe enviDnmenl aod thatRegard ng donkeys and alpacas..esutsare va ed, some good, someShepherdina lhe anima s back lo akraa atn ghlwould resull n soleros on thus causing immensedamage lo theenvronment. I wouldnor be a slsrainabe so orion in thelong ierm and thecoslwould be hugein lermsoflabour. Economies oIscare have iorced us to farm biggeremp oy less slafi and the cosl oflencog has esca aled Io a mosl

I A ,.ft, is du har wslworthr will beV V,nlbducins PdalorFrendly Lamb oneAsked for @mment, Woolworlhs G@d

Business JoLrmey spcialisl Tom McLaughLin,saidr'Whil the Woolwoahs pdalor policy andapp.oach is only the li6l step on a longjouney,we'rc @niident that it will be su@esstu and thatfameBwillbe abletoslop using poiens, ginlraps and olher i.humane methods to prolecllhet li!slock. We also don't belive lhal nonlelhal prsdalor managmnlwill6st mo.e. Time willlell. The lrials that ourfameB.an in ihe lasl yearusingAnalolian guard dogs indicale ihat lamb larmeB do save money buimore extensive lrials are needed lo convincelameB.'

beyond ourmeans This s a major AnimatVoice: I betieve WooMonhs@nhbutor to our problem has gota programmegoing rMrwitsoon enabrerhem to sel predatorAnimalVoice: lheard tsaid that tls friendty tamb. Are olhefbecause we have kiled a llhe supermarkets tryinq lo be pan oflherodenls (dassies and soon)thal sotution? Can supermarkets ptayapredalors such asjackaland caraca rce?are forced lo predateon sheep wh chare notlher naluralfood source. Petrus dewet: Iil pays il sr.ys. iheP ease could you commenl consumer u matety w delermine flhe isa markelforsLch a produclPel.us de Wel: Absolute robbish or nol The producl on of lhis producllhereare as manydasses, hares, is going to be more expensve. s lhesprng hares, 6ls, bnds as in lhe old consumer wi|ing to pay more ? Mydays Sheep and in parlicolar ambs expeience re s me theconsumerare abundant and much eas er lo buys on price. Tme wi|le .lch lhan a hare ora dassie Blackbackedtackal, caraca, ior, eopards

b rds and humans adapl very quicklyand change very readlylo food thal

Prcdators quickly leam to attackfrom behind once protectivecollaas are pul onto the sheep.

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SA Farmer hailed byinternationalorganisations

Kwazulu Natal farmer Richard Haigh has been hailed by both the Worldwatch lnstitute and bySlow Food lnternational for his agro-ecological methods of raising food. Both tradilional crops aswell as indigenous Zulu sheep and Nguni cattle are farmed on Richard's E aleni Farm oulsidePietermaritzburg (enaleni means 'abundance' in Zulu). Louise van der Metwe. Edilot of AnimalVoice, asked him whether predation is a problem for indigenous sheep and cattle as much as il is forthe imported breeds on which we have become so dependent. Here ishisreply..-.llwe do have predators nlhisareaand wh ewe takethe extraprecauton ofkraalng the sheep andcallle al nghl we also breedspecfca ly for the ab lily of molherslo prolecl lhe r ofl sping

A fasc nating characlerislic otmany ndigenous breeds s rhat the rwldness is nol bred outolthem OurZuru sheep are aggressve molhrsand we encourage ths trail ll issomelh ng yo! wanllo plrposefllybreed iorwth sheep given lherpotenlial v! .erabi lly totacka. ynx

We have EnAlsh Bll lerersandCanrne afrcanls onlhe larm and thesheeplake no nonsense lve seenrhe sheep band togelher andcol eclively thump lhe dogs. We havea ram who s gefe@ly friendly bul IyoL louch h sewes he charaes atvoL and fyou arentlookino outiorhim yoLllland up on Ihe groLnd TheNgunican e abo have this veryprotectNe tral We kep a 10mdislafce irom lhe cowswhen theyhave calved The daqs darenl goanywhere fear lhem or lhe r ca ves

n regard 1o leghod lraps thereare tmes . anima husbafdrywhenpredalors gel loo clever andconfdenl and lhey have 1o beflanaged . some way llhinklhequestion iswhai s lhe most humaneway ot maoaq nq the pdator 6n

We calghta lynx lhal had becomevery bold and was running ofw thour po!ltry wasconcerned thatlhesheepwere also al risk Everyo.eWell, lcould have taken rhal optonbll we ma.aged to trap her afd

have herdarled and reocated ai no

thLnk that being a larmer.lor me,s 1o live n a relalronsh pwth the

animals planls and the eadh thal werarm lwanllhe best relalo.shp Ican have and this nterconnectoniswhat stab izesand nunures a. agroecological iarm ng approach.On the olher hand f w,Pviewfarm ng as an exchange ofcom-mod I es.lhen wewl beexploltalveof our natlr6 resource base andlreat olrfam ivestock and oredatorsas souless commodities tt

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Richard Haigh (efl) keeps a drLigged caracal/ ynx steadyafter his local SPCAlranquiised lhe animalwith a dart.R chard ater released the animal inlo a su table environmenl,away from h s farm. His partner, Dave Brennan (right), looks on.


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This is how we treat'them'

oun sy Colotr. T@1. (aM Aoin.l Pretection sociHundreds ol sheep we lefl sland ng in the blazing sun for more lhan sixhouBon lhe N2justouiside Swellendam in Januarylhsyear"The animals were packed $ lighly lhal none oflhem @uld move," said

colsne Teale chaiDerson of the KAPS (Karco Animal Prctqrion s@iety)'Theonesallhe edges craned lheirnecks through the rails lrying tobreathe. The ondilions of lhose in lhe middle could only be imagined.The driver was sining ndoors, apparently wailing for the evening whenhe intended lo dive lhe sheep to aslaughle.house in Porl Eizabeth.

Heart-rending footage of calvesas young as 6 months old, beingbranded on theirfaces, wascaughl on camera by lheNSPCA in l/arch.See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilMpwgYl2tyl

He p anned to arnve al seven lhe nexl norning which meanl lhat lor neary 24 hou6 thes bew ldered sheep werefo.ced lo stand @ngested. in then own urne and fae@s. terntied, unable 1o move or@ddown."AE re to.ccepi th.t, for the i.te of olr nert lamb chop, countless sheep arc to be put thrcugh iuchtorluE? Or is it time to sp.ak out aqainstthe everyday crulty suffered by so hany f.rm aniFals?"SA slaughter statisticsChlcken is Soulh Alrica s tavourile neat. but pork @nsumplion has increased sharply by 59% over lhe lasl decade,a@rding to Landbou.com slaughter srarisrics for sA sh rhat:.2.9 nillion eltle are slaughiered lor bef annually.5.8 million sheepand goals a re sla ug hlered forlamb, molton and goat meat annoally.2.6 million pigs are slaughted lor pork annually.600 million broiler chickons are slaughlered for chicken meal annually. This figure exclldes th huge iniormal

PIGS lN SOW STALLS : Be ow is an aftisls impression ol $talir would look like if ws heargd our psts lik wo rrat th narionalsow-brsding hrd. Cuirntly 120000 highly sgntinl br66dingsows ar6lrappd in cages likthes6.ln 2013, sow 6t llswlllfd

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ecently, Candy Ristic who runs a chickenrehabilitatjon centre in ilohanneaburg for'spent' ex-battery egg-l.ayillg 're!!s, reacud a $hitechicken from a Zandspruit live market and found thatthis was a diffelent kind of chicken a1toqether...

. o, l" o: ",)1"been s--lectively b.,-d ove.rhey are.i,asiq.e.i lby nan) ro 90 fr.n brr:b l. i. 1--5e than 6 'eeksl.ce (ex.pL rn neatly re:riser.ici afdcl:.9 rr.pped) . ir is very Cisllrbi.g she clreeps likethe tiry underderelop car.k, r: timidinL. hy hair like. .hr.k yeL .rie ir Lhe :ame size.sF1..e tse11. at jusi .wer five ?eeis .1d {hi.h, i. !.d!stry

st.!pec ar zand3F.!itlirlLc ..nfus.d. Th. .hi.k.n .n nyl:F is Cifferent lo the.hi.ken5 Ilully 3r.un in .i2., I fe.l a.dealinq wrihar.;11 quir. rik.. aba.k by hcivery Large and .versize.l leqs. M!

Bella has been !lLh !s io...e *eek. Frien.ls'I l" g, . - clb _

are risibl,i horririe.l a..j ncveda .hi.k, uh. w!uIrl .:itl be

I am .fraic forrbe Frogn.si5 is ..1 g.od. r.re.es5 is a hugerisk.s t. rei.r:,ther resr. I.,.Li.e!n.ier the re:gh: .f her b..ly, a..i needs lo sit

shitLiig posiLio:. she !se3 her be.k Lo puIl aLse.inq is:evere qr.linq pains-

an.l sn..zinq ovc..iqhr. B.Lla has a.oLd and:rShe rs c: .n


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abuseq We cannot justify keeping inplace customs which denyout humanity as a people.- Lindiwe Mazibuko MP

g,# *-4Jz-tllMs Lindiwe Mazibuko has becomelhe irsl Member oi Par amenl lo

condemn the bare handed kiling ofrhe blllat the Nguniieast ofUkweshwama in Kwazu! Nala every December

SpeaklnO dLrnq a Pa iamenlary Debate on 15 February 2010 onPresident Jacob Zuma s Siate ollhe Nation address foLr days eadrer MsMazbLko sad lhe Presidenl had faied 10 dea wth lhe burnng issue olwheihe. cllluralrdentily and pracl ce shoud ever be alowed losupe6ede our humanily '

She sad lh6l lradilronalcusloms associaled wrlhAmazulu cullu.e.lo whrch she he.seltbelonged. had recently beenpushed inlolhe spolliqhl sparkfg a lonq overdue debale of lhe meanng ofcuture in conlemporary Soulh Airica'Praclices slch as lobola poygamy a.d the ritla bare ha.ded saughlerofa bu had been singed out forcenslreandthewords tsmycuture had .creas .o y come to be accepted as a eO I male response toqlestions prob.g lheacceptabilty ol such cLstomsMazibuko said she be eved there coud be nojLst icalon in keeping n place cLstoms whch violate gender equaity

and denyour hLmanily as a pople'She po nled oul lhal durng lhe iurore lasl year slround ng lhe revivalollhe Ngun rilla ol bare-handed bll-kiling.S!ndayTmes columnisl. Fred Khlmalo. had branded lhe clslom reprehe.sbeand declaredr 'Aircan c!l(ure? Nol in my'Fred Khumao a.qued lhal as wilh lhe crle pracliceofb! lighling n Spain oriox hul ng in lhe Uniled Kinqdom

aboul which simiardebales rage on in those counkes lhedefe.sveresonloc!lureinordertollslifydatedcustoms


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in the name of CULTURE

af.lpractces slods lhe progress of any socety whi.hca ms lo be comDasson.le equa and conrm'lled to do.gNl.z bu(o ! so rere(ed lo other elh... y chalv. st..lsloms thrl were n.eed oi urqe.l rev e{ such as.h ldbeltulha lored matr!!es obod poylaniy and evrateShe con. uded n or.lerior lh s debale 10 moveloruJard I s up to !s as ee.ted represenlatrves to ookllrese ssLes I llre eye:nd beq n lo enqaoe lronesly:ndopef y aboll whelhe.w can.onl nue lo pr..h equa lyrq .o ,L.g o5rdo . ..oT ^ -.g .t$romcn.nd.hldr.n.rdd.ngr.lc.rrh!m.nlt


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John Callaghan, lnternational Development Director forCompassion in World Farming, and DrAbdul Rahman, Secretary ofthe Commonwealth Veterinary Association, based in lndia, travelledto Cape Town in March for a week of rneetings and interviews onthe theme "Beyond factory farming: Sustainable Solutions forAnimals, People and the Planet". Dr Rahman is also the formerdean of the Veterinary School in Bangalore and a member of theOIE (which is the animal equivalent of the World HealthOrganisation).

t},41/etr Dr Rahman (rronl) w lhAbigailPielers head oithe G obalCalllo Action Aga nst Proverly andTozre Zokula (deputy edilor ofAn ma Voice) Dr Rahma. spoke oihow nd. has crealed a. ncomelorslay-at-home women and rn sodo.g has become lhe argesl m korodlcer n lhe word The m lk sprodlced by women. nd v dla ry.but pooled nlo a cooperalvesystem There are 200 m I oncalte in lndia but no metha.e gasand stay-alhome women have anncome A co-operatile socEly issomething thatcoud be adopred nsourh Afi ca to a levrate poverry.'

Among lhe people lhey mel were...r4 r iqhr B ishop Geofi Oavies. O reclor ol the Soulher. Arr canFalh Communt'es Env ronmenl nsllute wilh Or Rahnan (en)and John Ca aglran (right) Said Bishop Davs Some peopleca I oss olbodiversty calil extnclon ofcrealon We haveto slop lreatng the resl oicreat'on as olher' He added weneed tochange our va les a.d alt'tldes and move away iromth reigon ol.onsLmersm

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Aboye: Calagha. and Rahman gave apowerpornt presenlatDn to or GinidaMsiza. Ch er O reclor or Veier narysery ces at the Depanmenr oiAgrcu lure.Western Cape. p ctLred here wlh DrChrste Kloppers. W ram Jephtas (rghl)and Dr Sewe y. Davey I4a mesbury

'Caging an animal is sin in lslam. o.Abdu Rahman.Secrelary of the Commonweath Veler nary Assoc al on,4bove Dr Rahman aso mel l,4r Fand Sayed Editoroi Musim Vews Sad Rahman: n vsrtng SouthAirica myrole stoIe llslam c eaders about how we have deviated away from the scrplures We lrave forqotlen thal cag ng an animas s asrn n lsam Or Rahman was nterv ewed by Mr Sayed and qave a powerpornt presenlanon on the effecls offacloryrarm n! o. clnale change He was also we comed al lhe Mosque rnAthlone ror Frday prayers where more lha.1500


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Mullm commur{y to commit on whelher ggs hld hy hrls lnbaltery @ges should be @nsidered Halaal o. Haraam.lrlhy re Haraam, ws willask Muslim cuslonB lo join handswilh Compassion in Wodd Faminglo cll, onc again, for a banon the* ctuelly-prcduced eggs.What about facloryJind brcilr chiclcne whos bodis lell aslory ol abuse with bruases and ammonia buns? A tneyHaraam too? And what about lhe libe from Angora rabbirs, suchas thos fealud on pgs 13. Would lhs wadng of clolhingconlaining angora rabblt hairalso b'sin'?

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