The Fwooper Foundation for Animal Rights Launches

by · January 9, 2015

Today, the newly formed Fwooper Foundation launched. The foundation is a Harry Potter fan-based animal rights activist group and a new chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance that hopes to use “the upcoming ‘Fantastic Beasts’ trilogy as a way to get the Potter [c]ommunity excited about helping the ‘fantastic beasts’ in our world.”

 

 

The name of the organization comes from Newt Scamander’s book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The Fwooper is “an African bird with extremely vivid plumage in colors of orange, pink, lime green or yellow. The Fwoopers’ song is so powerful that they must be sold with a Silencing Charm on them. The Fwooper Foundation derives their slogan ‘Breaking the Silencing Charm’ from this practice.”

The executive director of the Foundation, Tylor Starr, says:

The Fwooper Foundation believes that the creatures in our world do have a voice and that they are crying out for our help. Unfortunately, society has cast a Silencing Charm over their pleas for rescue, and that is why it is our job to break it. Animals who suffer at the hands of the Dark Arts for our food, clothing, and entertainment are abused in the worst ways imaginable. We all can choose to be like Hermione Granger and help make our world a better place for the real fantastic beasts.

Tylor further says:

We have a lot of great work planned, but we need the ‘Potter’ fandom’s help to decrease world suck for animals. By spreading the word via our Breaking the Silencing Charm campaign, we can begin to sing the Fwooper Foundation’s song of compassion. Together, we can help make the lives of the magical creatures in our world a little better.

Watch the introductory vlog for the Foundation, with a message from the director, Tylor, below:

 

 

Read the full press release below and visit the Fwooper Foundation website to find out more about the group and how you can get involved today and help break the Silencing Charm.

Press Release
New Harry Potter activist group launches in time for Fantastic Beasts. Fan Activist Group Hopes to Use Fantastic Beasts Trilogy to Get Harry Potter Fans Excited About Helping Animals

LOS ANGELES—A new, Harry Potter-based fan-activist group called the Fwooper Foundation launches today in hopes of using the upcoming Fantastic Beasts trilogy as a way to get the Potter Community excited about helping the “fantastic beasts” in our world.

The “Fwooper,” as described by Newt Scamander in his bestselling book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is an African bird with extremely vivid plumage in colors of orange, pink, lime green, or yellow. The Fwoopers’ song is so powerful that they must be sold with a Silencing Charm on them. The Fwooper Foundation derives its slogan “Breaking the Silencing Charm” from this practice.

“The Fwooper Foundation believes that the creatures in our world do have a voice and that they are crying out for our help. Unfortunately, society has cast a Silencing Charm over their pleas for rescue, and that is why it is our job to break it,” says Fwooper Foundation Executive Director Tylor Starr. “Animals who suffer at the hands of the Dark Arts for our food, clothing, and entertainment are abused in the worst ways imaginable. We all can choose to be like Hermione Granger and help make our world a better place for the real fantastic beasts.”

New studies show that those who read the Harry Potter series and identify with the titular character are more likely to have positive feelings towards certain human rights issues. The Fwooper Foundation believes the same can be said about animal rights issues regarding those who relate to or identify with Hermione Granger — who is one of the most compassionate characters towards animals and magical creatures in the series.

The Fwooper Foundation is also offering incentives like free buttons and stickers for those who complete the missions that coincide with the launch of the foundation’s first campaign, Breaking the Silencing Charm. Starr had this to say about the campaign, “We have a lot of great work planned, but we need the Potter fandom’s help to decrease world suck for animals. By spreading the word via our Breaking the Silencing Charm campaign, we can begin to sing the Fwooper Foundation’s song of compassion. Together, we can help make the lives of the magical creatures in our world a little better.”

 

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