Punk Aid! - Solidarity with MBR Beagles Punk Aid 2023-01-01 | There is a place that is hidden and out of sightWhere beagles suffer and no one sees their plightThey’re bred with each otherTo be used as industry fodderIn cruel and pointless tests that are a moral blightGive them hope, give them strength, give them lifeLike a candle burning in the dead of nightWe are with them in our hearts and in our minds.And we’re here for the beagles through their darkest timesUnder Police guard they are taken from this placeEscorted past the liberationists who are not two facedTo the cruelty and the greed of the money madeFrom the gentle nature of the beagle and their graceGive them hope, give them strength, give them lifeLike a candle burning in the dead of nightWe are with them in our hearts and in our minds.And we’re here for the beagles through their darkest timesThe time has come and we must take a standNo more dogs should die for testing in this landTo send them quietly to their death is a disgraceWe cannot ignore the cries of their painful fateGive them hope, give them strength, give them lifeLike a candle burning in the dead of nightWe are with them in our hearts and in our minds.And we’re here for the beagles to end their darkest timesThere is a place that is hidden and out of sightWhere beagles suffer and no one sees their plightThey’re bred with each otherTo be used as industry fodderAnd we will stop this no matter for how long we have to fightGive them hope, give them strength, give them lifeLike a candle burning in the dead of nightWe are with them in our hearts and in our minds.And we’re here for the beagles to end their darkest timesGive them hope, give them strength, give them lifeLike a candle burning in the dead of nightWe are with them in our hearts and in our minds.And we’re here for the beagles to end their darkest times----------------------------------------------------------------------------To download this track please visit: punkaidfortheanimals.bandcamp.com/track/solidarity-with-the-beagles----------------------------------------------------------------------------MBR Acres in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire is a puppy breeding farm part of the American transnational Marshall Bioservices. It produces and supplies on average 2000 beagle dogs a year to be used, abused and ultimately killed in pharmo-chemical testing facilities. At the age of 12 weeks, these loving, playful dogs are loaded into crates, put into the back of vans and driven off in secrecy to await a torturous and untimely demise.Since Summer 2021 activists have come together to oppose this vile profit-drive trade. Exposes have been released in the press, discussion has taken place in Parliament and the media, and activists have mounted a continuous protest camp outside the death camp, as well as other protests against MBR´s business partners such as Impex Couriers. A total of 23 puppies have been liberated by activists climbing the fences and accessing the site during this campaign.At the end of 2021, encouraged by the ease and popularity of online communication and recording, punks from DIY and anarcho scenes across Europe, the UK and Japan came together to give their voices and music in support of both the animals that remain imprisoned at MBR, and the activists that courageously fight for them. Punk Aid! - Solidarity with the Beagles is the result, and features contributions from: Shöck, Disaffect, Doom, Active Slaughter, Rites of Hadda, anarchistwood, Vice Squad, Bratakus, Oi Polloi, Armoured Flu Unit, Hard Skin, Lab Rats, No, Sedition, Brain Anguish & Napalm Death.All profits raised from the sale of single will be donated to Free the MBR Beagles campaign. More information about them can be found here: facebook.com/freethembrbeaglesMany thanks to: Liam Toner @ Carlton Studios, Glasgow, tcm.digital, Bri @ Studio Black Cloud, Bristol and of course, Mensi & The Angelic Upstarts!
