Rural Solidarity

[Mark.S.Brown]

-------- Original Message --------
 Subject: [pruninghooks] Rural Solidarity
    Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:31:10 +0100
    From: "Theo" <seizetheday at thismoment.freeserve.co.uk>
Reply-To: pruninghooks at yahoogroups.com
      To: <pruninghooks at yahoogroups.com>

 Would there be people willing to support Farmers who do not want their
animals "culled"?  It seems that while there is a wide spectrum of
bad-feeling about the mass-slaughter across the country, and growing
pressure for vaccination, there is no resistance at the farm-gate, or
none we're hearing about.  It may be that the only way to open this
debate seriously, and really embarass the govt into a proper discussion,
is to mount effective non-violent solidarity action anywhere possible.
5 or 6 such actions might start a snowball effect, and would certainly
open the debate nationally, in a way that I'm afraid our other protests
and lobbying are unlikely to do, at least before the disease, and
therefore many more animals, is wiped out.  I suspect that Farmers are
feeling too isolated and intimidated and confused to mount anything but
token resistance.  If they could be made aware that they have potential
support, and their appeals for support could be passed on, people
nearest them could consider responding.   Obviuosly there are major
logistical, security and communications problems.  Would farmers want
this kind of support.  And would anyone be willing to give it?  (Don't
say who you are - just what responses you have got from others!)  Can we
start a discussion on this?