Events around the Congress Monday, 28th July 2008 12:00 Prayers for the animals at the Frauenkirche led by Sebastian Feydt (minister at the Frauenkirche) and Dr. Ulrich Seidel (Church Action for Animals) Duration: about 15 minutes followed by a tour of the Frauenkirche guided from the pulpit Tuesday, 29th and Wednesday 30th July 2008 The „Tierfreundemobil“ - window into the world of slaughterhouses and factory farms Advertisements soothe the conscience with pictures of idyllic farms, loving farmers and happy animals. But these so-called „livestock“ don't live out their lives on heavenly green pastures; human kindness or affection is foreign to them, and their deaths come at the end of undeservedly horrible lives. The organisation Die Tierfreunde e.V., literally The Friends of Animals, has made it their objective to dispense with the fairytales. With photos taken inside factory farms and slaughterhouses, they hope to bring to the public's attention the reality that the animal industry doesn't want consumers to see. The Tierfreundemobil, the organisation's travelling video van, is an essential part of this work and will be a guest at the World Vegetarian Congress in Dresden. It can be seen on Tuesday beside the Kulturpalast (in the Schloss-Strasse) from about 8:30 to 18:30 and on Wednesday in the town centre in front of the Altmarktgalerie (Doktor-Külz-Ring), on the corner of Seestrasse, from about 11:00 to 20:00, only a five minutes walk from the Kulturpalast. www.die-tierfreunde.de

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