05.01.07
On December 31st 2006, a sign went up in the window of Furry Friends stating that, "As from 1st of January 2007 Furry Friends will not be selling pets due to pressure from the on going animal rights protests."

Following SARC's expose of Phil Porter's horrific animal cruelty in the summer of 2005, the aim of this campaign was to get Phil Porter banned from keeping animals and / or force him to stop breeding and selling animals in his pet shop. The recent announcement follows on the heels of our successful campaign to get Mr Porter evicted from his breeding site/puppy farm.

20.11.06
As well as every house in Barnham, thousands more leaflets have been distributed in surrounding villages, including every house in Yapton, Walberton and Binsted.

04.12.06
Seeing that Furry Friends has not been open for the last few sundays, we decided to make this a saturday demo - the busiest day of the week (although you might not believe that if you saw the tiny number of customers entering the shop).

The demo passed peaceully, but with more people taking leaflets and stating that they will not use the shop again, it is another nail in the coffin of Furry Friends.

Remember - this ends the minute Furry Friends agrees to stop selling live animals.

09.11.06
We are delighted to confirm that after just two months of campaigning, Mr Porter, the owner of Furry Friends pet shop has been evicted from the breeding site in Chichester where we first exposed his cruel breeding regime. We welcome the MoD's decision to take an ethical stance and evict him. Whislt we are pleased with this victory, we are not out celebrating, because Mr Porter still continues to breed animals from his shop in an unacceptable manor.

We also feel that Mr Porter is unable to give proper care for his animals, for example, the normal method used by Mr Porter for cleaning out animals in Furry Friends is by use of a vacuum cleaner whilst leaving the animal still in the cage. Many members of the public who used to use his shop have witnessed this. This can not only be terrifying for the animals but small animals are at risk from being hoovered. Mr Porter also often fails to get the appropriate veterinary care for sick animals. Mr Porter has yet again been reported to the RSPCA by a member of the public who has seen an untreated injured canary in the shop. Recently Mr Porter also left a black rabbit in his shop for weeks in a tiny cage with an untreated eye infection.

This is unacceptable and so the protests and campaign will continue until Furry Friends is an animal free zone.

04.11.06
Another day, another demo for Phil Porter. After a morning of support from passers by, an increasingly desperate Porter phoned the police to complain about the five peaceful protestors outside of his shop.

The police arrived, and after politely but firmly telling Porter that we had every right to protest, they left to catch some real criminals (people poaching ducks on a public pond as it would happen).

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11.10.06
Taken from The Argus:
"Protesters ‘driving out’ pet trader

A pet shop owner has complained that animal rights protesters have orchestrated a campaign to drive him out of business.

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10.10.06
SARC have delivered thousands of leaflets door to door in Barnham. This is the town in which Phil Porter runs his pet shop, Furry Friends. The leaflets described the animal cruelty that Phil Porter has been involved in, and the response was amazing, with many people coming out and thanking us, and vowing to boycott the shop.

01.10.06
The owner of Furry Friends pet shop, surely knows now that we are all dedicated to this cause as protests continue at his shop.

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24.09.06
On Sunday 24th September seven protestors distributed leafelts outisde the Furry Friends Pet Shop in Barnham. A banner and photo's exposing the cruelty committed by the owner, Mr Porter, were displayed. We were warmly received by the public, and many passers by had already taken leaflets in previous weeks and vowed to boycott the shop.

02.09.06
Despite the pouring rain six activists turned up on saturday afternoon to inform the local people of Barnham about the cruelty happening on their doorsteps. Even though it is only the third demonstration held in this sleepy village, lots of the local people we approached already knew why we were there and gave their support.

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27.08.06
We arrived at 11am with a banner and leaflets to educate the shoppers in Barnham about the Furry Friends petshop. The village itself is very quiet but we still managed to distribute over 100 leaflets to the public over the hours we were there. Many people honked their horns and waved in support, and passers by vowed to boycott the shop until it Mr Porter stops selling animals.

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24.08.06
Taken from the West Sussex Observer:

"Animal Rights Group Protests At Pet Shop
By Kevin Smith

Animal rights campaigners have demonstrated outside a Barnham pet shop. The 11 people urged customers to boycott Furry Friends in protest at the alleged actions of owner Philip Porter...

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22.08.06
Victory is firmly in sight. The aims of this campaign have been to get Phil Porter banned from keeping animals and/or force him to stop breeding and selling animals.

Three developments have transpired which bring victory even closer.

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21.08.06
On Sunday, our first protest was held outside of Furry Friends pet shop in Barnham, which is owned by Phil Porter, and is where some of the animals rescued from his site were due to be taken for sale. Other animals would have been sent to other pet shops in the area or for animal feed.

The public support was incredible, with many people, including long-time customers, declaring that they will never buy anything from his shop again. A couple of his friends claimed he was an animal lover, although after to talking to the most passionate for nearly an hour, she seemed to have completely changed her opinion, and left, wishing us luck!

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In 2005, several campaigners documented horrific neglect and cruelty inside of a pet breeding site owned by Phil Porter. The animals were subsequently rescued, and four of the campaigners were prosectued. This chain of events has led to this campaign.

Our aims are to get Phil Porter banned from keeping animals and / or force him to stop breeding and selling animals in his pet shop.

To find out about the cruelty, click here, or watch the video click here. To read about the court case click here.