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'Tiere haben rechte, Fleisch ist mord!' was heard
across the streets of Vienna when over 150 activists marched through
the city starting out from St. Veit-Gasse No. 25, whistling, drumming,
trumpeting and shouting. But before we report with more details on the
Animal Rights Congress, let's see the topics of this issue.
In this issue:
- Blood drive
- Milk is okay, but not animal milk
- Animal Rights Congress in Vienna
- Eternal Treblinka soon in Croatian
- News and announcements
Blood Drive
 Our member Nina Coric, who is vegetarian and a blood
donor, gave us the idea to call all vegetarians, all our members and
all other citizens to join the blood drive on 9 September 2004. Many
studies have repeatedly proved the connection between a meat based diet,
and other animal products, with illnesses which take human lives daily.
Vegetarians are healthier, live longer and don’t burden health services
which results in a lower need for blood and more healthy blood donors.
Even though we expected a greater number of people, the staff of the
Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine was pleased, and besides
professionalism and kindness, every blood donor got a vegetarian meal.
Milk is okay, but not animal milk!
 How much the myth about health and the necessity of
animal milk took root among our citizens is best shown by their reactions
on our action held on 18 September 2004. As we expected, passers-by
were intrigued with the text on our banners. One was about antibiotics,
pesticides, hormones, blood and pus contained in animal milk, and the
other said that milk isn't natural to man, so we had a great opportunity
to argue on that topic. Some of the passers-by commented upon how great
it is to speak out about the hazards of milk for health and the environment,
and about the great suffering of cows and calves in the dairy industry.
Plant based milk and derived ‘dairy’ products such as cheeses, spreads,
creams, yoghurts and vegan cakes that our activists prepared for the
occasion, were grabbed eagerly from our stand. We also handed out thousands
of leaflets.
We are happy to say that visitors who tasted the products on our info
stand weren’t facing any of the illnesses that can develop as a result
of the consumption of animal milk, such as prostate and breast cancer,
cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis. And children weren’t in danger
of getting acne, diabetes, allergies, caries, infectious diseases...
Our body doesn't need milk, but we don't have to stop using dairy-like
products. Instead of supporting the marketing lies of the dairy industry,
every one of us can stop using unnecessary and hazardous animal products
and prefer tasty and healthy rice, soy, oat or any other plant based
milk. More information on dairy at: www.vegekit.com,
www.milksucks.com,
www.notmilk.com.
Animal Rights Congress in Vienna
 From Sept. 16 to Sept. 19 in the Austrian capital Vienna
the Tierrechts Kongress Wien 2004 took place. The congress offered a
rich and interesting programme on animal rights and veganism. Most of
the participants were German speaking activists from Austria, Germany
and Switzerland, but there were also several visitors from UK, USA and
Russia, and three representatives of Animal Friends Croatia. Forty lectures,
over 50 video projections and numerous workshops occupied activists
every day from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Info stands with promotional materials
of participating organizations, inlcuding our info stand, were set in
the lobby. Besides excellent and useful lectures and discussions, we
took part in two demos, one against the fur industry held on Friday
afternoon, and the other against McDonald's that started the next day
at noon. All activists participated in both protest marches holding
hundreds of banners, proudly marched and shouted out making such noise
that made the Vienna streets rattle. Literally there was no activist
without a banner, and there were four banners in the Croatian language
which confused passers-by. It's practically impossible to describe the
atmosphere on the demos and the congress itself, so we can only wish
to make something like that happen in the streets of Zagreb and other
Croatian towns.
A bit of the atmosphere at the congress organized by Vereien Gegen Tierfabriken
(VGT) and the Vegan Society can be seen at www.tierschutz-videoarchiv.de/wien.
The congress enabled us to acquire much useful information and to meet
and contact many dedicated activists who encouraged us to work even
harder for the animals.
Eternal Treblinka soon in Croatia
 The controversial book of Charles Patterson, Ph.D.,
the author of many books, will soon, after being published in the English,
Czech, Polish and German language, be published in Croatian too, thanks
to the publisher Genesis and Animal Friends Croatia. Eternal Treblinka:
Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust introduces us to the
origins of Nazi genocide and enslavement and slaughter of non-human
animals in modern society. The book details American support for human
eugenics and forced sterilization and the role that their advocates
played in contributing to Hitler's Final Solution. This is the very
book that started off the world famous campaign Holocaust on your plate,
which our organization conducted earlier this year (more at: www.MassKilling.com).
According to Dr. Karen Davis from United Poultry Concerns, Eternal Trebklinka
’... promises to be one of the most influential book of the 21st century,’
and Albert Kaplan from Laidlaw Global Security states, 'This book is
going to change the world.'
News and announcements
:) Animal Friends Croatia continue to hold lectures in schools, so we
presented our organization and rolled two short video projections in
the School of Art and Design in Zagreb.
:) Activist from our branch in Karlovac, and some members of PCAP International,
held an info stand, on 17 September 2004, and educated citizens and
media about the necessity of spaying/neutering companion animals and
strays.
:) The Bill banning fox-hunting and hare-coursing outraged the bloodthirsty
ones and resulted in dozens of injured in the clashes between the police
and hunt supporters. The law shall be introduced in 2006 and it represents
an important step in further development of the animal rights movement.
:) This time again we want to recommend two web pages: a totally new
design of PETA's web page www.peta.org,
and www.VegePets.info,
web page on vegetarian diet of dogs and cats.
:) Jenny Gage from the UK wants to creat a Vegetarian Centre on the
island of Brac in Croatia! In order to realize such a great idea, she
needs your help, too. Namely, a spacious flat is offered to a couple
keen to help her in creating this center near Supetar. Knowledge of
fruit and vegetable growing would be helpful, and all interested can
contact us on our e-mail for further information. For those living in
the UK, Jenny's phone number is: 00441792 472473.
 :) On Saturday, 16 October 2004, a protest against
McDonald’s will be held under the slogan ‘McDonald’s Sows Death.’ A
protest march will start at noon in front of the Croatian National Theatre
in Zagreb, and its route will be: Frankopanska street, Ilica Street,
Ban Jelacic Square to McDonald’s in Jurisiceva Street.
Before parting, we would like to present you with a sweet recipe for
Bajadera with which our activist Mato delighted visitors of our ‘anti-milk’
educating stand. Ingredients: 400 gr of sugar (or less if you prefer),
250 gr of walnuts (almonds, hazelnuts), 250 gr of dry sweet biscuit,
250 gr cooking margarine, 10 spoons of water, 100 gr dark chocolate.
Grind the walnuts, crush the dry sweet biscuits. Put water on a low
heat, add sugar and mix until it is warm. Add margarine and when it
melts mix in the walnuts and biscuits. Cook for a few minutes on a low
heat and pour out half of the mixture into a mould and spread it level.
Into the rest of the mixture add half of the melted chocolate, then
spread this mixture levelly over the mixture in the mould. When the
biscuit is cold, turn it over and add chocolate icing.
We thank you all for the attention and time you spend working for the
animals, and for your support to our common fight for the animals.
For the animals, Animal Friends Croatia
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