«Breaking News» Vegan group holds wake for nine turkeys killed for the Christmas dinner

Vegans held a candle-lit vigil in remembrance of turkeys slaughtered for Christmas dinner after pressuring a farm to cancel a charity auction for the birds. 

Nine turkeys on St Werburgh's City Farm in Bristol were due to be auctioned off to raise money for disadvantaged people in the area, but animal rights campaigners argued the event was unacceptable.  

The charity auction was axed, but vegan activists said the animals were still slaughtered to be sold in time for Christmas - prompting campaigners to hold a 'peaceful, love-based vigil to remember the lives of nine turkeys who captured our hearts'.  

Members of Bristol Vegan Action held a vigil for nine turkeys slaughtered for Christmas dinner

St Werburgh's City Farm in Bristol had originally planned to auction the birds for charity, but the event was axed after the farm came under fire from activists

Bristol Vegan Action told its social media followers that while the auction had been cancelled, the turkeys were slaughtered on December 8. 

A post said: 'We will be remembering the turkeys with love and sadness, but not with anger. Of course we are angry, of course we are grief-stricken. But we want to move forward to work with the farms to save animals in the future.

'Their bottom line was that to give up the animals to sanctuary would mean that they were no longer a working farm.

'There are good things to have come out of all this heartbreak.

'We have shown what we can do as a group when we put our minds to it. Bristol Vegans isn’t a hotbed of activism usually, but it can and should be.'

Bristol Vegan Action announced it would hold a 'peaceful, love-based vigil to remember the lives of the nine turkeys who captured our hearts'

An organiser for the group stressed: 'Please, no abuse or hate towards any workers or farm visitors'

The group said it raised £700 in one day and gathered more than 1,200 signatures for a petition.

The statement continues: 'Please let this encourage you to get up and be active, it really can make a difference.'

Vegans said they had 'opened up a dialogue with the farm' and they will be meeting in the new year to 'discuss a future working connection'.   

The group's statement concludes: 'Peaceful, love-based vigil to remember the lives of the nine turkeys who captured our hearts, but were sadly slaughtered on the 8th December 2018.

'Bring candles, flowers or just yourselves.

'Please, no abuse or hate towards any workers or farm visitors.'

Nine turkeys on St Werburgh's City Farm in Bristol (pictured) were due to be auctioned off to raise money for disadvantaged people in the area

After nine turkeys were slaughtered, vegan activists asked campaigners to 'bring candles, flowers or just yourselves'

A spokesman for the farm previously said it offered the animals the highest standards of welfare and is proud to keep them for farming, adding: 'We are aware that raising animals for meat is an emotive issue, and having listened to the views of a small section of our community, we have decided not to hold our annual turkey auction.

'However, the aims and objectives of the farm will remain unchanged and our turkeys will still be sold for Christmas.'

St Werburgh's is also a charity which provides community services for more than 3,000 disadvantaged people in the area. 

Lauren Hunt, from Bristol Vegan Action, had previously said: 'When I first went I thought it was a sanctuary for animals.

'So I don't understand how a charity could have so much death involved with it.'

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Nine turkeys on St Werburgh’s City Farm in Bristol were due to be auctioned off to raise money for disadvantaged people in the area, ...

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