Brown Thomas To Go Fur Free

A giant 'Rabbit' from the Animal Rights Action Network
turned up outside of Brown Thomas's flagship store on
Grafton Street to celebrate the long awaited campaign victory of the up
market department store going fur free from February 2008. Joined by other
ARAN members the 'rabbit' uncorked a bottle of champagne to crowds of
onlookers whilst cheering 'Brown Thomas Now Fur Free' another member also
held a sign saying the same! Luckily the campaign event on Dublin's busiest
shopping street was being covered by Ireland's top media outlets, check out
some short video just before the event actually started here
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et4BgIOy1Qc>  and at that stage the
reporters where only just arriving and enjoy the attached picture!

Also today, our campaign was highlighted during a discussion on Ireland's
national Newstalk radio who have being fantastic in covering animal stories
over the last few years and on Dublin's 98fm yesterday. Apart from the many
articles popping up on the internet about this 'victory' was an article we
were sent by another ARAN member which you can check out here
<http://beaut.ie/blog/> .



Leaving on a wonderful note, we would like to thank everyone who played a
part in getting Brown Thomas to go fur free. Thanks to other animal
protection groups, activists and our members more importantly who play a
vital role in all our campaigns work and who are there for Animal Rights
Action Network when we need you most. Remember, your support is extremely
valuable to our ongoing work to end cruelty to animals, although the road is
long, every single day we win another battle against cruelty's worst
nightmare, silence!



Thank you from us here at

Animal Rights Action Network <http://www.ARAN.ie>