Jill Phipps died at age 31.
The Cause espoused by Environmentalists and Wildlife Activists is probably one of the few that cuts across the barriers of nationality, religion, caste, race and other factors......
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Quoting wikipedia :
" Jill Phipps died at age 31. (15 January 1964 — 1 February 1995) was a British animal rights activist. She lived in Coventry, England.
On 1 February 1995, Phipps was crushed to death under the wheels of a lorry carrying
live baby veal calves into Coventry Airport in Baginton, England, to be flown to Amsterdam for distribution across Europe.
10 of the 33 protesters present had broken through police lines and were trying to
bring the lorry to a halt by sitting in the road or chaining themselves to it. Phipps was crushed beneath the lorry's wheels and her fatal injuries included a broken spine.
Phipps' brother Zab commented
"Jill was crushed and died on the way to hospital. Our mother, Nancy, was with her. The lorry driver has not been charged, not even with driving without due care and attention."
NET RESULT : Through her martyrdom, Veal calf exports from a certain Airport ended months later.
Jill wasn't alone. There were many others who were martyred for the Cause of a Green Blue Planet. J.Anderson, Steve Irwin, amongst others....
Was going thru' the real meaning of Fanaa(Sufism)...a difficult concept to understand without understanding the culture/language, of course. But then, there are so many cultures,languages.....
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