RSPCA chief forced to quit for being co-founder of animal rights group Animal Rebellion
Animal Rebellion, a separate organization from Extinction Rebellion, invites supporters to engage in civil resistance to communicate the urgency to end the industries of animal agriculture and fishing.
GUY ADAMS: ‘The vice-chairman of the RSPCA has been forced to step down after calling for animal rights protesters to shut down Britain’s top meat market. Vegan Jane Tredgett, 52, is a co-founder of Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of the Extinction Rebellion environmental movement. The group says animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change and insists veganism is the best way to save the planet… Animal Rebellion is a separate organisation from Extinction Rebellion, which will hold protests across cities at the same time as the Smithfield demonstration, but it has signed up to several of its key demands…
Mrs Tredgett, who has been on the RSPCA’s ruling council for 18 years, quit her unpaid post after it emerged she is among those organising the two-week protest aimed at closing down Smithfield market in central London next month. Animal Rebellion hopes 10,000 animal rights campaigners will attend. A spokesman said: ‘We need to urgently end the industries of animal farming and fishing, and transition to a plant-based food system in order to avert climate breakdown, mass extinction and ensure justice for farmed animals.’ The group invites supporters to ‘engage in civil resistance to communicate the urgency to end the industries of animal agriculture and fishing.’
Mrs Tredgett, who works in executive training, is in charge of instructing protesters in ‘non-violent direct action’ [NVDA] that will reduce the risk of them being arrested. A statement from her on social media last month said: ‘I have been asked to co-ordinate the roll-out of NVDA training and am hoping to recruit 150 trainers to help.’ It is signed on behalf of ‘the voiceless creatures we love so much’… It claims the industries are playing a ‘catastrophic role in the climate emergency’ and says the Government should encourage Britons to phase out meat, dairy and fish from their diets and move to a ‘plant-based food system’…
Mrs Tredgett, from Hull, has since held a number of training events in the north of England, including a two-hour session in her home city attended by 250 activists. She has played a prominent role in Animal Rebellion since early July. The pressure group has likened its efforts to shut down meat, dairy and fishing operations to the struggles of US civil rights hero Martin Luther King and the Suffragettes’. SOURCE…
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