In our last post we updated readers about Body Shop staff taking to the streets to prove to their local Member of Parliament (MP), just how much support there is for an end to live sheep exports. By then staff had met with:
- Ms Jodie Campbell
- The Hon. Alexander Somlyay
- MP Ms Kerry Rea, and
- The Hon. Bruce Billson (pictured above).
To date, staff have continued to meet with MPs right across Australia. On Wednesday the 28th, Mr Brett Raguse MP met with staff at The Body Shop store in Loganholme QLD (below), where over 505 people joined the chain.
Then on Thursday the 29th, staff met with Petro Georgio MP in Camberwell VIC.
That same day, staff from the Joondalup and Whitford store in WA met with their local MP Dr Mal Washer (below), delivering over 1,500 links, collected by staff, to his office.
On Friday the 30th, Annette Ellis MP visited the Woden Body Shop store in ACT and saw hundreds of Humane Chain links hanging from the ceiling, the shelves and the staff! She was quoted in the Canberra Times saying “None of us wants to see cruelty, no matter what the purpose of the animals is."
Friday also saw meetings with David Bradbury MP of Penrith in NSW and Jon Sullivan MP (below) in North Lakes QLD.
Just yesterday the girls from the East Gardens store took their Humane Chain links to the Minister for Agriculture, Tony Burke’s office. He was unavailable to meet with them; however his administration assistant was happy to accept the links on his behalf (below).
Australians from every single electorate in Australia have now joined the Humane Chain. That means every single MP and especially the 11 that have recently heard directly from The Body Shop and their customers, should feel enough support and need from within their community to take action now.
It’s time for the Australian Government to listen to the concerns of our community, it’s time to end live sheep export once and for all!
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