Welcome to the website for vegans and veggies in Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
We are a campaigning and social group for those who have decided to eshew animal abuse in all its forms and we offer support to those wishing to adopt a more animal friendly lifestyle. New members are always welcome at our informal monthly meetings where there is always plenty of great vegan food to share. Check out the "Events" page for details of our monthly meetings and more information planned events.
If you have any questions or want to get in touch we can be contacted on Show email address.
We also have a Myspace Site through which you can contact us via the Send Message option - myspace.com/wolverhampton_vegans.
News
No Meeting in December - Members Only Christmas Meal!
West Midlands Vegan Festival HUGE Hit!
Whether you`re vegan, an aspiring vegan or just vegan there was only one place to be on Saturday 1st November 2008! The West Midlands Vegan Festival in Wolverhampton made World Vegan Day 2008 a day to remember!! Around 1,500 people came through the doors, drawn by the delicious vegan food and fifty plus stalls offering cruelty-free clothes, toiletries, cosmetics, campaign info etc. They enjoyed a full programme of speakers, films, cookery demos, a veggie/vegan speed-meet session and much more... World Vegan Day is a day of celebration for vegans everywhere and they celebrated in style at the West Midlands Vegan Festival. More information available on their website as they receive feedback!
Peace For Animals launch Website
Peace For Animals, a group set up by Kerry and John has now launched it's website. In their own words, "Peace for Animals aim to bring peace to places of suffering and conflict through meditation and healing techniques.
We also aim to bring attention to the suffering of innocent lives through education."
Greyhound Action Barbecue a Flaming Success
People flocked to Wildside in Wolverhampton for the annual Greyhound Action barbecue by the canal. Wonderful vegan food was in plentiful supply and people where generous with donations for this excellent cause. It was gloriously sunny and everyone enjoyed looking around the beautiful grounds and meeting new friends. Many people showed an interest in reducing their meat intake and in fact moving to a veggie or vegan diet. Profits raised totalled £257.60, the best year so far!
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The Wonderful Cat Lady of Sri Lanka
She once lived in a grand apartment with servants and a driver, but her husband, who is a respected vet in Sri Lanka, had a roving eye and abandoned her and their two children for someone else. He gave them no money, and unable to make ends meet, the children were taken to an orphanage. With mounting debts the home was repossessed and the woman was evicted and had some of her possessions thrown over a wall at the back of her former home.
Beyond that wall there is a polluted stream, like a running sewer, and this is where the woman made her new home - a squalid slum surrounded by rancid garbage.
In her time of need her family, her friends and her neighbours had cruelly abandoned her. She had lost everything- her home, her husband, her children and her dignity.
But this tragic 41 year old woman shunned by humanity, has the love and companionship of her animal friends - 40 cats and a loyal dog. They live with her on the bank of the polluted stream and every day the woman dutifully begs for scraps from hotels for her beloved cats.
An update on the cat lady- neighbours have now blocked the area across to where the cat lady lives with tons of rubble. It was the area where we were feeding her cats. They have done this to block her in and to spare them the sight of seeing this desperate lady and her animals. Time is running out for this tragic lady and we have yet to raise enough funds to buy the land and house we saw during our trip
There is currently an appeal for funds for this beautiful lady run by Animal SOS , Registered Charity number: 1119902. Show email address.
EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR THE SRI LANKAN ANIMALS
Your donation will enable us to help the animals of Sri Lanka.
You may wish to choose one of the following payment options.
PAYPAL You can pay direct to the ' Show email address. ' email address.
POST To pay via post, please send your donation to:
Animal SOS Sri Lanka
483, Green Lanes,
London,
N13 4BS
United KingdomPlease make cheques payable to: Animal SOS Sri Lanka.
Bank Transfer
To pay via bank transfer, here are the details:
Bank -BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Account name- ANIMAL SOS SRI LANKA
Account number- 10823767
SORT CODE 20-52-74International Transfers: Barclays Bank plc
Loughton & Woodford Ilford Group
Account No. 10823767
IBAN GB78 BARC 2052 7410 8237 67
SWIFTBIC BARCGB22
Check out this story on www.linpaul.com.
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Help Friends of the Earth Promote Veganism
Check out this story on www.activeg.org.
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Carnival Against Vivisection - 6 Sept '08
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August Greyhound Action Demos
August Demos at Monmore Green Stadium Wolverhampton
Thursday 14 August 6.45pm - 7.45pm
Saturday 23 August 5.45pm - 6.45pm -
2 July, demo at Austrain Consulate in Birmingham, please attend if you can.
Word of this has only just started circulating. For those who are interested and can make it, there is a demonstration at the Austrian Consulate in Birmingham protesting the arrest in May of 10 people still in custody who police claim were planning to start a large company style group to protest against animal industries.