EVENTS ORGANISED:

• Over 100 protests, leafleting events and information stalls

LEAFLETS DISTRIBUTED:

• 10,000

EMAILS RECEIVED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE:

• We received over 404 emails, through our website, in the past year from
  members of the public asking questions, seeking advice, requesting information,
  reporting animal cruelty and wanting to join our campaigns

FUR:

• Found ‘Forever 21’ to be accidently selling unlabelled items made from real fur.
  They subsequently launched an internal investigation, and removed the entire
  range of items from all of their stores worldwide.
• Got the ‘Kilkenny Shop’ in Dublin to remove all real fur sold on their premises.
• Through Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre’s ethical policy, we had all fur
  removed from ‘Fabio Dericci’.
• Alerted the ‘Shoe Rack’ in Charlestown that they were selling unlabelled items
  made from real fur, and they discontinued the sale and reinforced their fur-free
  policy.
• Had the most focused anti-fur campaign against ‘Costume’, a boutique in Dublin,
  despite Gardai trying to stop us, as well as the fact that this boutique hired ‘Dublin
  Town’ to harass and disrupt our protests.
• Took part in, and helped promote, ‘Ireland’s Fur Trade (2017)’, a documentary
  produced by filmmaker Dean Mullen.
• Through the ‘Competition & Consumer Protection Commission’, we were able to
  get falsely labelled hats made from real fur removed from Arnotts Department
  Store, and have the company involved – ‘Custom Vintage Dublin’ – investigated.
• Caught ‘Pamela Scott’ boutique selling real fur again, which they reluctantly
  removed after several complaints.
• After an anonymous tip-off, informing us that Brown Thomas were secretly selling
  real fur, despite their “fur free policy”, we set up a sting operation and exposed
  them live on Facebook. They have since claimed that their fur-free policy extends
  to their ‘personal shopper’ service, but we remain doubtful and continue to
  monitor the situation.

ANIMAL CIRCUSES & ANIMAL SHOWS:

• NARA protesters were assaulted by customers of ‘Duffy’s Circus’ in Clontarf, who
  then aided their escape upon the arrival of Gardai.
• Thanks to a concerned member of the public contacting us about a live reindeer
  used as a “Christmas attraction” in the Omni Shopping Centre in Dublin, we were
  able to generate an enormous amount of negative publicity for the shopping
  centre – including time on radio, newspaper interviews, and our action-alert on
  Facebook being shared hundreds of times. As a result, a number of other
  shopping centres and outdoor markets cancelled their plans to have a live
  reindeer “attraction” during the Christmas period.

BLOODSPORTS:

• Gave a talk on bloodsports in Ireland, at Dublin’s Veg Day Fair.
• Protested the Ward Union Hunt’s ‘Stephen’s Day Parade’ in Ashbourne, and
  followed them until they packed up and left early.
• Challenged RTE’s ‘Ear to the Ground’ regarding a pro-bloodsports segment they
  aired, which they haven’t done again since.

VEGANISM:

• Organised Ireland’s very first ‘March to Close all Slaughterhouses’, which took
  place in Dublin City Centre, where hundreds of people and a number of animal
  rights groups joined together to promote veganism in Ireland.
• Got SuperValu in Blackrock to remove their live lobster tank, thanks to the
  hundreds of people who took part in our action alert.
• Created a lot of negative publicity against Colaiste Isoagain in Portarlington, for
  their barbaric Transition Year project to raise, auction and kill turkeys.
• Joined ‘Earthlings Experience Dublin’ in many of their events.

VIVISECTION:

• Sent multiple FOI requests to the HPRA regarding vivisection in Ireland, which
  were denied – but we at least got to highlight the secrecy and corruption in this
  industry and their governing bodies.
• Through FOI requests to Trinity College in Dublin, we were able to reveal that
  they experimented on 6,971 animals in 2015.
• Had a protest outside Trinity College for ‘World Week for Animals in
  Laboratories’.

DUBLIN ZOO:

• Took park in the CAPS (captiveanimals.org) day of action against zoos.
• Through a sympathetic journalist, we received dozens of pages of documents on
  Dublin Zoo, which revealed that they still catch animals from the wild, kill healthy
  animals, profit from selling them, and engage in no wildlife rehabilitation projects.

VIDEOS:

• Produced a number of campaign videos, which can be viewed
  here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NARAcampaignsIRELAND/videos/
• And https://www.youtube.com/naracampaigns

OTHER CAMPAIGNING NEWS:

• Took part in various radio and newspaper interviews, school talks, and debates
  on animal rights issues throughout the year.
• Attended the annual ‘International Animal Rights Conference’ in Luxembourg.
• Had a stall at Animal Aid UK’s ‘Vegan Christmas Fayre’ in London, to highlight
  the work we do in Ireland.
• Had a stall at Dublin’s Veg Day Fair.
• Joined the group ‘Not For Your Entertainment’ in a rally to show solidarity for the
  #JobstownNotGuilty campaign.
• Protested Alan Farrell TD’s constituency office and family home, following his
  approved amendment to Wildlife Protection legislation, which would allow for a
  cull of seagulls in Balbriggan.
• Engaged in the open rescue of discarded, dying crabs from fishermen in Howth,
  and released them back into the sea.
• Our sub-group, ‘Vegan LGBT Ireland’
  (https://www.facebook.com/VeganLgbtIreland/) marched as official participants in
  Dublin’s Pride Parade.
• New NARA website launched: https://www.naracampaigns.org/
• NARA merch store launched to raise funds for campaigns