Help Defend South Florida Animal Rights Activists!
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Help Defend Florida Animal Rights Activists and the Right to Protest!
TL;DR: Two brave animal rights activists in Florida wrongfully arrested while protesting with SoFlo Animal Rights for a fur-free policy need your help to cover legal fees and avoid a costly trial. Your donation ensures they can continue their important work fighting for animal rights.
Two brave animal rights activists in Florida were arrested in August while peacefully protesting Anne Fontaine for a fur-free policy. Despite their legal protest, they were wrongfully arrested, facing potential prison time, fines, and a criminal record.
- The good news: Their peaceful activism and efforts from activists worldwide pressured Anne Fontaine to adopt a fur-free policy in late August! The next target, Puig, also announced a fur-free policy in September. Pressure campaigns work!
- The bad news: The activists spent a night in jail, faced legal charges, and need your help to cover their legal defense.
Why Donate?
- Defend the Right to Peaceful Protest: These activists were exercising their right to free speech and assembly when wrongfully arrested.
- Help Avoid a Costly Trial: The lawyers are working diligently to prevent a trial, which could cost each activist an additional $2,500. Your donation can help cover pre-trial legal fees and secure a positive outcome for these activists.
- Stand Up for Animals: By supporting them, you stand up for innocent animals exploited in the fur industry.
- Help activists continue to do activism: By supporting these activists, you're helping them continue their vital work without financial burden from unexpected legal expenses because of doing activism.
The Importance of Animal Rights Activism
Animal rights activism through pressure campaigns is crucial because it works. In recent months, four major fashion brands, Marc Jacobs, Max Mara, Anne Fontaine, and Puig (Carolina Herrera), have announced fur-free policies due to worldwide pressure campaigns demanding them to announce a fur-free policy.
Marc Jacobs’ campaign wrap-up video: https://youtu.be/R-qzJDbYI9I?si=i6rYDBLIQdtx_pK4
Max Mara’s campaign wrap-up video:https://youtu.be/teq6Ub6uuuk?si=SdmqeQHlTpFRZ6F1
Anne Fontaine’s campaign video a few days before they dropped fur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUJfP_Ap4xs
Remember, activists face risks like police abuse of power. Your donation ensures they can focus on activism, not recovery from unnecessary legal expenses.
Remember: Living vegan is a great start, but by doing so you don’t save animals, you just stop taking lives that were never yours to take. You save lives when you become an activist. Your support helps these activists fight for a world where fur is history, a dark, caged, and bloody history.
Financial Breakdown:
Pre-trial legal fees:
Activist 1, Andres: $2,800
Activist 2, Juan: $3,500
Potential trial costs (per activist): $2,500 additional
Fundraising Goal: $6,300 (not including potential trial costs)
How Your Donation Helps:
Every dollar raised directly covers the activists' legal fees, ensuring they have the best possible defense.
Anonymity: To protect the activists' privacy, we will not be sharing their full names
Show Your Support:
Please donate what you can and share this campaign to help these courageous activists defend their right to peaceful protest and protect animals!
Campaign Highlight: Check out the success of the Anne Fontaine fur-free campaign! https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-87en8ps5P/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Win announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_Mqx0JJ-OT/
Let's make a difference for these brave activists and the animals they fight for!
Thank you for standing with these brave activists and the fight for animal rights!
Fundraising team (2)
Andres PVegan
Organizer
Miami, FL
Juan Endara
Team member