[4animals] Leafletting to raise awareness of circus cruelty this Saturday/Sunday

[ottawa animal advocates]

Hi Everyone,

I'm not going to give my report on the Shrine Circus yet because I still have a pile of about 300 leaflets and there are still 3 circus shows on Saturday and 2 on Sunday (not to mention the 2 today) and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to come out this saturday or sunday for an hour to help the animals through leafletting and/or wearing a colourful costume?

The plan would be to have a team of 2 people standing at the large (completely safe and raised) median where cars stop while waiting to turn left into the parking lot, one person dressed in the jailed elephant costume and holding graphic photos of elephants and the other giving out leaflets to people in stopped cars. At the protest yesterday we had NO issues with being asked to move even though we did not actually have a permit for the median. Even 'if' a pair was asked to leave there is no law against crossing the road when we could still hand out leaflets quickly and at least show the pictures and the jailed (crying) elephant to many people. (With this mall location there were virtually no pedestrians walking to the circus because there was so much parking at the mall...perhaps a reason to move the circus from the old location on behalf of the Shriners....?)  There is also tons of parking behind PERKINS' restaurant which is right in front of the median for people who drive. This also indicates the place closest to this median- PERKINS is right at the corner of St. Laurent and Ogilvie Road.

Anyways, we'd be looking for people for the following times>
Sat 11am-12noon or
Sat  3pm-4pm  or
Sat 6:30pm-7:30pm

Sun 12noon-1pm.

If you want to help by wearing the colourful costume or passing out leaflets PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP which hour and day you're interested in and I can bring the materials to you...or I plan to volunteer for one of the time slots anyways.
The report on the Thursday protest with photos will be coming soon.
Thanks!
Victoria
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