My Vegan Tattoo!

1. If you don't fancy a word tattoo, animals, health, peace, earth and symbols for liberation / freedom are all vegan messages! Have you seen the tattoo of the open bird cage and the flying birds? Also, rabbits are a theme of BUAV - stop testing on animals. 269 life have some interesting vegan tattoo photos!

2. 'Place the tattoo according to who the message is to' My birds are tattoed for others to see as I am already practising freedom of the animal kingdom. I also liked the idea of the red ink looking like it is made from my blood. Red because humans make innocent animals bleed and I want to stop this! And less importantly, red is my favourite colour (especially with gold) so would match my outfits!

3. Care - there was no pain at all, it is just an uncomfortable buzzing, maybe it would hurt more across the bone of the wrist or on the foot? I bought DREAM CREAM by Lush, which is suitable for sensitive skin and cruelty-free! Even the packaging is recycled.

4. Next tattoo...

• Parrots to symbolise saving the rainforest / environment, one of the most important things to me. Nature. Freedom and liberty. The animal kingdom. Art - very colourful, I am a painter at heart! I think my red birds are quite unique.

5. Mine was £60, but I went to a reputable parlour, which was recommended by vegans. 'Flaming Eight are a Vegan friendly tattoo shop! Just let us know when you book if you are vegan! Call 0207 267 7888 for appointments!'
6. Vegan Ink! Do check that the black ink if animal-product free. I also traveled to London from Oxford as I wanted to be tattooed by a vegan :)  Some people get the word 'VEGAN' or a V with the leaf tag on the left 'branch', so that it is advertised without uttering a word! To me vegan is just a moral baseline - of not killing animals and damaging the environment - What is the next step called? Eco vegan? animal advocate? ! We are 1% of the country so we stand out from the crowd and all attempts to spread awareness help animals. 
Really, what is to lose? It is not just the straight edge vegans (xVx) and punks who get tattoos! Wrist tattoos are ideal for retaining a corporate image as you can wear a bracelet or - they are minimal and pretty. 

Worldwide Close Down Slaughterhouses 15 June 2013 (London)

Wear red 15 June for the animals. Shut down the Slaughterhouses. Feel free to use this image and link to the nearest event near you. Tshirt available £10 collect on the day or I can post if youre not attending. Toronto's tshirt design:

London - event starts at Trafalgar Square at 12.00 noon (for now) march to start at 1.30 pm 

Image renovated from Animal Equality's Harling farm investigation.

• See the video below, filmed in Paris in June 2012 http://vimeo.com/m/43460202  

• Photo album of Animal Equality's meat package demonstrationhttp://www.demotix.com/news/1115640/animal-equality-demonstration-barcelona-world-meat-out-day#media-1116084
• LONDON MEET 'YOUR' MEAT successful demonstration from 2009 - in England. They sources the pig heads from a butcher saying it was for a school project, which is true as it is educational. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFJOVHKQq0
• Official 21st March 2013 London 269 branding event (Please share) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEZamn8PM20&feature=share

• These two photos are from '   "Farmer" John slaughterhouse demonstration of 600 people in L.A. Coby's family hid Jews during the Holocaust in Amsterdam. Coby is vegetarian from birth and is vegan 35 years. STOP THE ANIMAL HOLOCAUST: Very odd to call them slaughter'houses' when they are slaughter camps for an exploitative and violent purpose, not loving homes!
• Yes the slaughtercamp did actually paint an idyllic farm on the wall that separates the public eye:  

LONDON 15th June 2013. WEAR RED.  You can order leaflets to hang out or leaflet supermarkets from CALF or Viva or Animal Equality or print from Animal Aid. Vegan Society is also great for resources. The following info is from the London event https://www.facebook.com/events/531102826936560/:

Every year worldwide, 60 billion land animals and more than 1 trillion aquatic animals are abused and killed for unnecessary consumption— virtually 164 million land animals and 2.75 billion aquatic animals abused and killed every day. Join us in a peaceful march, through the streets of London, to close down all slaughterhouses. Compassionate citizens are mobilizing to engage communities in this movement. London, Paris, Toulouse, Brisbane, Toronto, Istanbul, Zagreb, Houston, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Bauru in Brazil are participating cities. Join one of the historic marches to close down all slaughterhouses, taking place worldwide. Take the London Vegan Pledge 12th May 2013  http://www.vegancampaigns.org.uk/pledge “I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”― Leonardo da Vinci 'Nothing will benefit health and increase the chances of survival for life on Earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet' - Albert Einstein “As long as humans continue to be the ruthless destroyer of other beings, we will never know health or peace. For as long as people massacre animals, they will kill each other.” Pythagoras (570 -495 B.C.) Downloadable - or share online - leaflet by VEGAN SOCIETY UK http://www.vegansociety.com/downloads/WhyVeganLeaflet.pdf

Dogtanians! Puppy Power!

Meet Lila. Vegalante's kindness comrade fur-sista. Here she is advertising the JUNE 15th SHUT DOWN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSES march in London. If you are not in the UK, there are other events or create your own. Her doting hoomin answered any questions.  She loves to meet people so her social skills make her a brilliant activist in the park or in town. The sheer enthusiasm of her running alone shows her great energy! She also loves animals, she approached her doppelganger today who barked at her angrily, obviously NOT a vegan dog that one. Here Lila is posing with some colourful rainbow writing opposite a butchers. MEAT IS MURDER. PS. Read Butterflies' informative vegan dogs post if you're a naysayer about these plucky pups! :@) Also listen to Philip Wollen's Animals Should be off the Menu even if vegan already.

 ... and infront of an unethical poster *these are splattered everywhere at the moment, methinks they are struggling to get people interested thanks to information technology! I noticed when I was out jogging how aggressive the advertising was and it made me quite nauseous. Funny how they put them at BUS STOPS! Cos eat that and you won't want to run, ha ha. Bus stop the cruelty!

 Let's end world hunger. It has a higher economic cost than £1.50 and it is certainly not saving anyone! My dog can't see red but she can smell blood and their attitude stinks!!

chalk-fitti vegan chalk in busy areas - kind and saves the NHS money :)

Meet Xerxes, Chalkster Extraordinaire! Marina's vegan dog.  'Xerxes was out spreading the Vegan message today :) He wants you all to please watch Earthlings.....it doesn't cost anything and might just change your life https://earthlings.com/or on Youtube: http://youtu.be/LiqBhmeOSH4 

 Vegan for the Animals

Lila mentions that oil pastels work wonderfully on plastics or walls if you don't have any chalk to hand, or kohl eyeliners for the glamour pussycats out n about. 

These doggy activists put one paw infront of the other and show some humans how it's done! Hope you enjoyed their PUPPY POWER! Don't forget to get a picture of your furry activist's work (if it's not 'illegal'). 

All dogs are go... VEGAN! 

Animal abusers are NO! VEGAN dogs are GO. 

What are you doing for Shut Down the Slaughterhouses ? x