The tenth day we went in Tartu to meet with a specialist
from an organzation of animal rights and to increase the awareness about animal
rights and wellfare of the people in the city.
In the morning, after breakfast, the normal life continued
for us. We went to the bus and accompanied by our favourite driver, 1 hour
later we were arriving in Tartu, at the headquarters of an Animal Rights
Organization, where we continued planning the afterlunch activities, while
waiting for the abovementioned specialist. We were very informed about the
situation in Tartu and we can say that after the speech of the specialist, to
whom we are very grateful, we know a lot more about the situation of animals in
Tartu and Estonia. Meanwhile, an Italian EVS volunteer joined us to take some
pictures and to see our following activities.
Afterwards it was lunchtime at Cafe Noir, a delicious salmon
special dish. Then we kept working on preapring the main activity of the day.
We wrote the posters, cutting the flyers, putting them on the ’stickermen’
(whom we’ll describe later). The main action started around half past three on
the biggest pedestrian crossing in Tartu, near a shopping centre. We were
excited because the flash mob was much anticipated. The people were surprised
when they saw us acting like wild animals who were hunted and killed by our
five hunters on the middle of the zebra. We repeted this six more times and we
also got some fans, an American girl who was very interested in our action and
even joined our activities. The day continued with a personal street action
which were oriented on speaking directly with people, giving them information
about animal shelters and animal rights. We are very thankful to Tartu people
for their friendly and welcoming attitude and we got a lot of positive
feedback. We hope that Tartu shelter will have more volunteers in the near
future.
Tired and exhausted we decided to have some free time before
dinner. We took a small sightseeing tour and hanged out with locals, it ended
with an amazing dinner in an Italian restaurant where we finally ate the pizzas
that all participants have been asking since the beginning of the project.
Happy, full and sleepy we returned to the Marja Guesthouse.
Maria, Manuel, Victor
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