ANIMAL WELFARE INFORMATION SERVICE NEWS BULLETIN 29
November 2009
We are in business to spread animal welfare information far and wide and I have been hard at work at this recently. I have sent out two e-mail circulars to supporters with whom we are in Internet contact and we are looking to greatly boost our supporter base on the Internet. If you have Internet access and have not already sent us an e-mail please do so. Our most recent e-mail circular promoted some excellent books that we can offer for sale written by Joe Hashman, a well known supporter of ours. Here are the details:-
WILDLIFE FRIENDLY GARDENING
BOOKS BY ACIG SUPPORTER
Joe
Hashman has for many years supported the work of the ACIG and for
even more years he has consistently put himself in harms way in the
animal welfare cause. Time and again, often in the face of extreme
threats, he has been in the right place at the right time to gather
the video proof of the cruelty inflicted on our wildlife by the
bloodsports brigade. He recently gave evidence in court in the
successful prosecution of two notorious hare coursers. As well as
being a passionate and determined campaigner and an all round decent
bloke he is also a celebrated author of wildlife friendly gardening
books. With his latest book just published he now has three books to
his name. The ACIG has these books for sale to raise funds for our
work. We offer them for sale at the published price plus the cost of
postage and packing. I know that you will find them cheaper on the
Internet but when you buy them from us the profits will go to support
our work and you will have the benefit and delight of having a copy
signed by the author!!! To order please complete the relevant part on
the enclosed supporter form and indicate how you would like your
book(s) signed: personally (to a named person) or generally. All
three books are paperbacks:-
How
to Grow Your Own Food
A week-by-week guide to wild life friendly fruit and vegetable
gardening by Dirty Nails
In a compilation of his weekly columns
written for the Blackmore Vale Magazine, Dirty Nails takes you
outdoors and 'in amongst it' on the vegetable plot where seeds are
sown, plants nurtured, fruits tended and crops harvested. The natural
history of the garden is noted, too, and delicious and often unusual
recipes supplied. With his guidance - and your gardening - your
kitchen garden, vegetable patch or allotment will provide you with
the good, fresh, honest and seasonal fruit and vegetables that Dirty
Nails has a passion for. And he will also help you sustain the
natural balance of your garden.
Employing his own simple, tried,
and tested methods Dirty Nails takes the reader week-by-week through
the vegetable and fruit growing year. The natural arts of kitchen and
allotment gardening are brought to vigorous life - the thrills,
spills, triumphs and tribulations made accessible to all-comers,
whatever their level of gardening expertise.
First published 2007
Price £10.99 plus £2 postage and packing
A
Vegetable Gardener's Year
A
practical & personal journey through changing seasons on a Dorset
allotment by Dirty Nails
This book is for vegetable gardeners and
nature-lovers everywhere. It is a grow your own' manual, a recipe
book, and a store of fascinating observations about wildlife in the
garden. The author writes a deeply personal account of the changing
year based on his first-hand experience and a real affection for his
subjects and locality.
Journeying week-by-week through the
vegetable and fruit growing calendar, this mix of practical advice,
humour and information on and around the plot will satisfy armchair
gardeners and full-on nature enthusiasts alike.
Thought
provoking, inspiring - occasionally challenging - this is a book that
can be taken to bed as an end-of-day muse; or get dog-eared and dirty
as an essential aid to cultivating and cooking home-grown food.
First published 2008
Price £12.99 plus £2 postage
and packing
On
the Plot with 'Dirty Nails'
A
practical guide to fruit and vegetable gardening - in words and
pictures by Joe Hashman
If you have ever dreamed about growing
and cooking your own food, living the good life and getting close to
nature, then this is the book for you! Gardening and natural history
enthusiast Joe Hashman (alias 'Dirty Nails' of the Blackmore Vale
Magazine) serves up another absorbing helping of practical tips,
advice, observations and recipes from his vegetable plot and kitchen.
In this week-by-week account of the fruit and vegetable
gardener's year, you are invited to join Joe on the plot and get
stuck in to the important jobs of the day.
The finer points of
crop husbandry are beautifully and clearly presented using simple
step-by-step colour photographs. With poetic licence in his writing,
the author takes readers on a wonderful journey of discovery through
the changing seasons. A wealth of easy to follow but unusual recipes
will keep the chef in you busy and satisfied too!
First published
2009
Price £12.99 plus £2 postage and packing
AWIS INFORMS
We
are always delighted to help students around the world with animal
welfare information. Since our last bulletin this has ranged from
responding to an enquiry from a Canadian University about the
problems involved in stetting up an animal rights group; supplying a
film company with images of animal cruelty and sending some of our
“Hunting is 100% Cruel” posters to a UK student that were
needed for an art project to raise awareness of animal cruelty.
AWIS TALKS
On Saturday September 5th I spoke at an Animal Rights Gathering at Jonkoping, Sweden about campaigning ideas, investigation techniques and equipment. It was a great opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow activists from across Europe. It was lovely to meet such a dedicated and enthusiastic group of compassionate people. And it was my first visit to Sweden, a beautiful country. On Wednesday November 25th I gave a talk about campaigning work for animals over the last 38 years to the regular meeting of London Vegans at the Millman Street Community Rooms near Holborn, London.
LEGACIES
For anyone considering remembering the vital informative work of the AWIS in their will I respectfully suggest using the following form of bequest:
“I bequeath unto the Animal Welfare Information Service of P.O. Box 8, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 0JL, the sum of .............................. free of tax and I direct that the receipt of an authorised officer of the group shall be a good and sufficient discharge of such legacy.”
The coming months will be crucial times for animal welfare. The bloodsports brigade are organising their army to try and secure the election of MPs sympathetic to their cruel pastimes. The problems with enforcement of the Hunting Act are well known but could be rectified by the closing of some loopholes. But repealing the Act and allowing a full blown return to bloodsports would be a disaster for our wildlife. It would also be a disaster for all animals as these hunting fanatics seek the election of MPs on the basis of one criteria only: that they support the killing of animals just for fun. If animals can be killed for mere entertainment they can be killed for any reason. It doesn't matter whether the candidate is left or right, what their views are about the NHS; Education; Foreign Policy or care of the elderly. Just so long as they are supportive of animals being hunted and killed with dogs then the hunters will support them. In the past actions by hunt supporters have included violent attacks on compassionate politicians and their property and rampant intimidation. We are non-political and will not endorse any particular candidates but I believe that political change offers the only real long term hope for animals and accordingly I urge supporters to get involved in the political process and stand up for and support compassionate MPs. There is not long now. By the time of our next bulletin, written in May 2010, it will all be over! In the meantime have a really good Christmas and New Year. Mike Huskisson. November 2010
A.W.I.S., PO BOX 8, HALESWORTH, SUFFOLK. IP19 0JL