Boycott P&G 2008 Report
Global Boycott Procter & Gamble Day a MASSIVE Success
Now in its 12th year, Global Boycott P&G Day (Sat. 17th May) saw record numbers of participants and participating countries – all with the message ‘Boycott P&G – animal testing cruelty!’
Once again, the UK led the way with over 100 separate events. From Cornwall to Aberdeen, there were: displays and petitions in shops, leafleting in town centres and high streets, campaign stalls, and protests both outside and inside supermarkets.
We saw more and more giant rabbits and other animals hitting the streets and supermarkets determined to inform shoppers about the cruel testing conducted on their smaller relatives. Coupled with some imaginative stunts and street theatre, our big furry friends drew both the crowds and the local media.
In addition to the increased participation of the giant animal activists, more and more groups and individuals took the message directly to shoppers inside supermarkets – either with unmissable protests, or by filling trolleys with P&G products, plastering with posters etc. and abandoning them in a prominent position (Animal Rights Cambridge they did this with several trolleys and then padlocked them together!).
Giant animals, stunts and in-store supermarket actions were also very popular across the world.
There were over 50 actions in 28 different countries, including: Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.
New Zealand saw an excellent expansion of the Day of Action, with our friends at SAFE (Save Animals From Exploitation) co-ordinating events in 8 cities, whilst Sao Paulo, Brazil, saw a large march through the city streets, and P&G’s HQ in Caracas, Venezuela, was hit by another excellent demo.
Spanish group Equanimal have really stepped up the campaign, with a Spanish language website (http://www.yotambienboicoteoaprocterandgamble.org/) dedicated to the Boycott P&G Campaign – and are calling on activists to conduct, record and upload videos of supermarket sweeps.
Many of the actions described above were covered by regional and national media. And activists around the world also wrote letters to their newspapers – and to P&G themselves - about the Day and P&G’s cruel animal testing. Our friends at US group In Defense of Animals (www.pandgkills.com) mobilised its contacts to write to the press and bombard P&G with letters, faxes and emails.
Photos and individual reports from all over the globe can be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/animal_rights_day_2006/collections/
If you have not already done so, please send us yours!
More details about the campaign at www.boycottpandg.co.uk and www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm
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