269 Life's video: Respect Life - Say No To The Circus

JOIN THE EVENT - http://goo.gl/arW4SR -------------------------------------------------------- Respect life! Circuses mean oppression, exploitation and enslavement. Animals are not inferior, and it's not our right to torture and manipulate them into entertaining us. Join us on the 26.9 and speak out for all the animals living in captivity and abused in circuses, and all animals being exploited by humanity. Respect Life is a campaign that will take place over the next 8 months, culminating in an event on the 26 September 2015. Currently, there are over than 30 countries and organizations participating. The purpose of this event/campaign is to promote the ethos of the 269 movement – which is to bring animal liberation to the forefront of human consciousness and commit to do our part in bringing an end to the animal holocaust. We also wish to raise awareness about veganism, and all its benefits. The event may be any form of demonstration, protest, rally, branding event, direct action, performance art, etc – As long as it conveys the message: Respect Life. You may even have a Vegan Day after the actual protest/event to promote veganism and to further educate about the plight of all non-human animals. The Respect Life Campaign represents ALL non-human animals enslaved and exploited by humans. This covers all industries where animals are used for profit. We encourage all 269 groups, around the world to reach out to their local animal liberation groups and stand together as one voice on this day. We aim to stand in solidarity with activists from around the globe to speak up for the abused and the exploited. Should you wish to take part in the promotion of the event, we will supply artwork for your country. The artwork would be for online display as well as print media (should you wish to print banners, posters, flyers, etc). We would like to promote the actual event on the 26.09.2015 by all means possible, i.e. social media, radio, print media, flyers, etc.. to rally as much support and exposure as possible. The Vegan day with stalls of vegan food and products could be a great attraction for those interested in veganism. You could also have a screening or footage to further educate people on the plight of animals used for profit. For inspiration and ideas, please feel free to watch our past events:-http://www.youtube.com/user/269lifecom Please provide your event details and link so that we can publish and promote on this page. SEND US THE FOOTAGE AND PICS (AS WELL AS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT WENT) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTERWARDS TO : 269PIC@GMAIL.COM ** IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PART IN THE EVENT PLEASE MESSAGE 269Life South Africa OR 269life ** We will supply a list of event pages taking place in different countries around the globe when they are created. Participating countries: http://goo.gl/arW4SR Video and Music production by Remko Ehrhardt Who is "269?" “269” is a calf who was born into an Israeli dairy farm. His life was saved, near his scheduled slaughter day. On October 2nd of 2012, 'World Farm Animals day', at Rabin Square in central Tel-Aviv, 269Life activists performed an act of solidarity and empathy towards abused animals exploited by the human race. The display's aim is to call for empathy towards the most oppressed sector of our society and call into question the deep disconnect we as a society, have towards sanctioned animal cruelty. The activists got branded with a hot steel brand, in the same way farm animals are branded in farms all over the world. The number 269, which was burned on their skin, was the designated number of a calf they have encountered in one of Israel's dairy farms. "This anonymous male calf will be forever immortalized on our bodies, and hopefully this message of solidarity will somehow bring a new way of looking at non-human animals. No animal should be exploited to satisfy the selfish needs and whimsical desires of humans, and that is why we chose to use the industry's own method of objectifying living beings as this symbolic means to convey our idea". Annually, more than 150 billion animals are murdered worldwide due to people's selfishness, ignorance and greed. This madness must stop and will stop the day humankind finally wakes up and understands that even the nameless feel pain and desire freedom no less than us humans. "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are people who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." -Frederick Douglass, slavery abolitionist, 1818-1895 269life.com