[4animals] Fw: National Anti- Fur Day event next Saturday; Animals need your suppport

Tue Feb 7 00:28:12 UTC 2006

Victoria asked me to forward this.
(I've shrunk the pictures)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ottawa animal advocates 
To: undisclosed recipient 
Cc: ottawa animal advocates 
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: National Anti- Fur Day event next Saturday; Animals need your suppport

        Hi everyone,

        TERRIFIC NEWS: Montreal's Global Action Network (GAN) has been sucessful at persuading ALL 200 Jacob stores across Canada and 18 Bedo (mainly Quebec I believe) stores to remove ALL animal fur from their clothing lines. This is a TREMENDOUS success after also seeing Suzy Shier, Smart Set and Reitmans also going fur-free this season!!

        For info on the Bedo and Jacob campaigns click on these links:
        http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/fur+trade/jacob+goes+fur+free.en.html
        http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/fur+trade/bedo+goes+fur+free.en.html

        NATIONAL ANTI-FUR DAY 

        The co-ordinator of GAN in Montreal has asked us to join them in support of a new campaign against TRISTAN & INUIT which still carries alot of rabbit(dog/cat?) fur and I am currently trying to see if we can use Tristan as our focal point for National Anti-fur Day. The event will place:

        This coming SATURDAY February 11th,
        12noon, Lower Rideau Street entrance to the Rideau Centre
        by Shopper's Drug Mart (same place as the last demo in December)

        I really apologize for the short notice but due to illness I was unable to commit for this action and the replacement co-ordinator has bailed out (for lack of a better word!) on the National co-ordinator at the last minute. Luckily I have found another experienced co-ordinator for the event.

        Hopefully we can incorporate the TRISTAN campaign into the DEMO or better yet make it the main focus. Apart from protesting this particular store, we would 
        also of course be protesting the cruelty and/or deception of North American and International fur 'manufacturing' and on the possibility that fur from animals other than rabbits eg. cats and dogs, may be unsuspectingly entering Canada from foreign markets and falsely labelled as it is difficult without DNA testing the ascertain the type of animals used for the fur. We are certain of course that there is a thriving Asian market for cat and dog fur as relevealed by PETA, the HSUS and other sources as cat/dog fur has officially been found in European markets.

        If you're not working I hope you can spare the hour for the animals and come out.

        If you can come could you PLEASE let me know in advance though? Although I am not co-ordinating I have agreed to help LUG signs from my car to the Rideau Centre (even though I am not well) and I don't want to bring 15 signs if only a few people come out (which I hope is not the case) so it would be REALLY HELPFUL for me to let me know if you can come out for the animals (rabbits, cats and dogs...) being cruelly raised and slaughtered for their fur.

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        I have attached some photos (hope they don't come through super huge) of the last fur protest (sorry for not posting earlier). We won't have any elaborate props this time as there is little time or money for them but TRISTAN and the other issues should speak for themselves. We will have the OAA leaflets aswell as GAN leaflets, bunny ears to wear, and signs on hand. As always we hope the media will both show up AND run or print something about the event.
        I hope you can make it out. 
        Actions speak louder than words!

        Sincerely,
        Victoria

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