Animal Liberation Queensland

A busy Queens Birthday week-end for Animal Lib Qld
with stalls at both the Gay Pride and World Environment Day Festivals

Lots of people came over and spoke to us with many children proudly
telling how they were vegetarian. It was fantastic to hear this.

GREEN EARTH FESTIVAL 2010

What a great day this was and all vegan! Lots of people, lots of stalls and lots of fun.

Keep a Heart Beating - Go Veg!!

Valentine's Day is a day of love, compassion and giving - so why should this be restricted only to humans. ALQ volunteers gave out flyers and badges asking people to extend these compassionate and loving thoughts to the animals as well. It was a good day and well received by the public.

Animal Liberation Qld at the Big Day Out 2010

HAVE A HAPPY HAM FREE CHRISTMAS

Animal Liberation Qld held an information event in Reddacliffe Place, (Brisbane CBD) on Thursday December 10 2009 to highlight the conditions that pigs on Australian factory farms endure.

Our life size sow stall and pig cut out helped show people the reality of sow stalls and why they should be banned. Our new What's Wrong with Intensive Pig Farming brochure was also handed out. Whilst the day was hot we had lots of people come over to talk about the issue.

Please consider having a happy ham free Christmas this year.

Walking for All the Animals

Here I am crossing the finish line at the Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run. It was hot and tiring but great to know by doing this I raised over $400 to help keep our campaigns going.

I'll be back again next year and hopefully I'll have a few others to walk along with me.

Thanks again to everyone that donated and wished me well.

Protesting outside Lennon Bros Circus at Salk Park on the Gold Coast

Animal Liberation Qld protesting outside Lennon Bros Circus at Salk Park on the Gold Coast just before the council announced their decison to ban exotic animal circuses from council land. We had great support from public and we definately got our message across in a big way.

First Council Ban on Circuses in Queensland!!

On June 30 2009 Ipswich City Council has made the progressive and compassionate decision to ban circuses with exotic animals from council lands.

This is a first for Qld and we applaud Ipswich City Council for taking this stand.

Councillor Antoniolli, who introduced the motion, described circuses with exotic animals as "relics of a bygone era." Councillor Paul Tully said "This ban is a defining moment in Qld history. This is the beginning of the end of animal circuses in Qld." Cr Tully went on to say that "Circuses with human performers would always be welcome in Ipswich."

This is a great decision for animals in Qld. We hope this decision will be the first of many in Qld as councils realise that animals, and particularly exotic animals, do not belong in circuses. That allowing circuses to make a profit whilst on their council land does not send the right messages to the public. Children learn nothing about the right and ethical way to treat animals from watching an animal circus. Animals such as lions, monkeys and elephants were not put on this earth to entertain us and they too deserve to live their lives in their natural environment.

BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL CIRCUS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

Sunday May 24 Animal Liberation Qld and RSPCA Qld launched our campaign to win over the Brisbane City Council and achieve the first council circus ban in Qld. We had the help of two animals often used by circuses and some wonderfully talented children from flipside circus. Although the weather not always favourable lots of people signed our petitions and postcards. It was a positive start to the campaign. Let's hope we can win some hearts on council.

ALQ WINS GRANT FROM VOICELESS

Animal Liberation Qld has been awarded $11,000 from the 2008 round of Voiceless Grants. We are very appreciative of the support Voiceless gives groups such as ours through their grants programe. We will be producing two new brochures in our What's Wrong With series. What's Wrong With Battery Chickens and What's Wrong With Intensive Pig Farming. Plus we will be producing three free standing banners to compliment our brochures.
"Photo - courtesy of Sue Murray/Imagine"

CIRCUS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

November 12 2008 marked the official launch of the Say NO to Animals in Circuses campaign. Animal Liberation Qld along with RSPCA Qld held an information and signature gathering day in Raddecliffe Place, Brisbane. Whilst the day was a bit wet and windy this did not stop people from talking to us and signing our petitions and postcards. We also had several media contacts about our alliance. This was a great start to what will be a long running and we believe successful campaign.

Animal Liberation Qld "Die In' Protest

ALQ symbolically showed with people dressed in black and draped over one another as if dead, the truth behind cheap chicken.

Over 488 million broiler chickens are slaughtered each year in Australia to provide the chicken for all your burgers and hot roast dinners.

The people of Brisbane where given brochures and a talk by Andrew Bartlett on the topic of intensive chicken farming in Australia.

We had many people come over to show support and to find out more on this issue.

Please never forgot -
CHEAP CHICKEN COMES AT AN ENORMOUS COST TO THE WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS.

BAN LIVE EXPORT - NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10 2007

Right across Australia compassionate people were gathering signatures against the barbaric live export industry. In Brisbane about 20 people gave up a few hours of their day to show the both the government and the opposition that the people of Australia want this cruel trade stopped. This campaign is continuing to gain momentum and the number of people supporting the call for this trade to cease is increasing.

As long as we supply sheep or cattle to these countries they will continue to think we support their appallingly cruel slaughterhouses. The only way to get our message through is to stop sending our animals there.

ALQ protests against exotic animal circuses
Another circus - another protest. Burtons Circus learnt that performing in Qld can attract a crowd of a different kind. ALQ members and supporters showed the circus and the public that not everyone supports the continued use of exotic animals in circuses.

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