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Spring 2014

The Passing To Glory Of A Gentleman

How deeply saddened I am to learn of the passing of animal lover Tony Moore of Southport, the founder – along with his late wife Vickie, of FAACE!

Of one thing I am sure: earth’s loss will be Heaven’s gain.  In an age when most professing Christians are only concerned about their own future salvation, dear Tony Moore fought as a mouthpiece for the whole of the dumb creation. He knew, full well, that any profession of Christianity that left the animals out was at total variance with the message and mission of Jesus.

Tony Vicki Moore animal activists

Indeed, Jesus Of Nazareth identified His character and compassion with one who would risk damaging every limb in ones body so as to rescue but one wayward sheep that was lost, having wandered from the fold. Indeed, the message of that first Christmas was to assure people that God and his angels accompanied humble animal carers watching their flocks by night!

We forget to our own shame that God chose for His Son a manger in a stable rather than a cradle in a palace!  Indeed, if there were then no place in Paradise for the animals then – given the choice! - I’d opt for Hell any day!

Dear Tony Moore – along with his long deceased wife Vickie – were shining examples of what all Christians should be.  Yes, but a marked contrast indeed, to so many professed leaders within the churches who deny animals as much as a mention in their liturgies, not to menti0on the possession of a soul so clearly revealed in Holy Scripture!

How stinted and blinkered these ‘blind leaders of the blind’ are! They are as much off course theologically and linguistically in scripture as is the North Pole from the south!

Dear Tony Moore you were an honour and a privilege to meet, then ‘may you rest in peace and rise in glory’. What is more, in the words of the apostle Paul I can truthfully say that ‘I thank my God for every remembrance of you.’  You and your long deceased wife Vickie, make me at times homesick for Heaven.
   
A brief insight in to their past accomplishments:

Indeed, Jesus Of Nazareth identified His character and compassion with one who would risk damaging every limb in ones body so as to rescue but one wayward sheep that was lost, having wandered from the fold. Indeed, the message of that first Christmas was to assure people that God and his angels accompanied humble animal carers watching their flocks by night!

We forget to our own shame that God chose for His Son a manger in a stable rather than a cradle in a palace!  Indeed, if there were then no place in Paradise for the animals then – given the choice! - I’d opt for Hell any day!

Dear Tony Moore – along with his long deceased wife Vickie – were shining examples of what all Christians should be.  Yes, but a marked contrast indeed, to so many professed leaders within the churches who deny animals as much as a mention in their liturgies, not to menti0on the possession of a soul so clearly revealed in Holy Scripture!

How stinted and blinkered these ‘blind leaders of the blind’ are! They are as much off course theologically and linguistically in scripture as is the North Pole from the south!

Dear Tony Moore you were an honour and a privilege to meet, then ‘may you rest in peace and rise in glory’. What is more, in the words of the apostle Paul I can truthfully say that ‘I thank my God for every remembrance of you.’  You and your long deceased wife Vickie, make me at times homesick for Heaven.
   
A brief insight in to their past accomplishments:

Indeed, Vicki and Tony Moore formed FAACE in 1987. The main reason for the formation of FAACE – which means Fighting Against Animal Cruelty in Europe - was to fight against the cruelty inflicted on the Spanish animals in the Blood Fiestas and Bullfighting rings, in the name of entertainment.  No one was working solely on this issue and very little progress was being made. Let Tony speak for himself here!

‘Our Work:  FAACE works to create a new ethic of treatment for animals. One of the first steps is to put in place good national and international animal protection laws. FAACE works in the field, making in-depth investigations and studies of the reasons underlying these many problems. We have confronted the authorities and people of Spanish towns who perpetrate such sadism.

We have saved some of the animal victims of these cruelties and placed them in safe hands. Through video and photographic evidence, gained with great difficulty and sometimes much danger in the many investigations carried out by Vicki and myself, we have brought global pressure to bear on several governments.  We have presented our videos, photographs and reports in the UK and European Parliaments, have provided evidence for the European Commission and have developed a research bank that is in constant demand throughout the world.

Since it's foundation in 1987, FAACE and its work, has been the subject of a large number of television programmes worldwide. Amongst them has been, 'This Week', 'Nature' with Julian Pettifer, 'The Big Story', 'The Selina Scott show' and 'Dateline' NBC. Indeed FAACE and its work has been featured in numerous publications globally, such as 'The Times', 'The Telegraph', 'The Independent', 'The Scotsman', 'The Daily Mail', 'The Sunday Express', 'The Village Voice', 'The Hong Kong Standard', 'The South China Morning Post', 'El Pais', 'El Mundo', and leading major broadsheets and colour magazines, from virtually every continent.

We stipulate as the condition for using FAACE video footage, photographs and information, that the material must be used to illustrate the plight of the animals and draw public attention to the suffering endured by the animals.

Our Results!   A number of Blood Fiestas have been banned, some have been abandoned including: The throwing of live goats from the church tower at Manganeses De La Polvorosa was stopped in 1999.    Yes, and in 1993 the chicken killing at Nalda was stopped.  In 1992 Algete stopped its live castration of the bulls A swath of villages in Salamanca/Zamora gave up their cock killings in 1997,  Since 2003 all chicken fiestas have stopped. Mainly due to the pressure created by FAACE

Our terrible Loss!   In June 1995 Vicki received life-threatening injuries when a bull in a fiesta in Coria, Spain, gored her. She continued to campaign for the animals until her death, on the 6th February 2000’.

Yes, and within days of being repeatedly tossed by a tortured bull she’d lethally sought to video at close angle! – while in appalling pain - she insisted on imparting, via the phone, words of great encouragement on my first book: ‘Cast Out Of The Ark – the churches’ abuse & rejection of God’s animal kingdom’.   What a gem of a lady!

Brooding over tragedies is a sure way to hatch them!

Yes, and don’t I know it?  Indeed, the ‘Good book’ reminds us that ‘as a person thinketh in his/her heart; so they become’, and Christians anxious to fight all forms of animal abuse need to realise this.  It does not mean that we should distance ourselves from such cruelty towards the defenceless, but it does mean that having viewed it we do not remain motionless, brooding over it in its various forms. What we must do, as soon as our emotions are moved with such horror, is to use the emotion as a God sent drive to do something about it practically! Do not wait another day simply brooding, but thank God for such an emotion and use it as divinely sent power and energy to do something relevant to benefit the animals involved..

Few things were worse in the early part of the last century than to have folk leaving a theatre, to pass starving street urchins in close proximity outside - with hardly a thought for the latter – while having wept ‘bucket full’s’ within the theatre at the close of some fictitious melodrama.. Indeed, emotions that do not lead to relevant action are the cause of much psychological neurosis;. leading to unbearable depressions.

What is more - having done something through channelling the emotion along constructive and relevant lines - we equally need to then switch across to constructive and positive lines of pleasure; often watching or attending a first class comedy show, realising that there is much truth behind the words: ‘laughter is the best therapy’. Indeed, speaking for myself, had I not a stock of videos of comedian Ken Dodd close at hand, then I would have quite probably ‘cracked up mentally’ long before today.

Such a veteran comedian as Ken I consider to be truly ‘Heaven sent!’  By the time his performances I’ve watched have finished, my life feels renewed so as to go out and ‘fight the good fight’ for Jesus!. How he manages to go on as he does, at his age, gives hope for myself, for he is around four years older!  Yes, while other folk say words such as “You’ve done your part for the animals James. Now rest and hand the work over to younger folk!’ the likes of Knotty Ashe’s master of mirth makes me think ‘If he can still be active for God and the people by his gifts of comedy then I can be active for God and the animals by my gifts of compassion.

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