<DIV id=RTEContent><FONT size=3>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I wrote Tristan & AMERICA last week re its sale of fur trimmed items at the request of GAN. They replied the same day, reply below. I encourage everyone to please take the time to drop them a quick line.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Thanks, K</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good afternoon,<BR><BR>Thank you for taking the time to write to us about your disappointment <BR>at<BR>the fact that our stores carried fur items in the Fall of 2005.<BR>We fully understand your concern. You can rest assured that we will not<BR>repeat the experience.<BR><BR>We are looking forward to your next visit to Tristan & America.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR><BR>Nicole McCarry<BR>Tristan & America<BR>L'Officiel<BR>West Coast<BR>20, rue Des Seigneurs<BR>Montréal (Québec) H3K 3K3<BR>Tél.: 514.937.4601<BR>Fax: 514.935-1233<BR><A
href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=nicole.mccarry@tristan-america.com&YY=23319&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>nicole.mccarry@tristan-america.com</FONT></A><BR>www.tristan-america.com<BR></DIV><BR><BR><B><I>vaalea <v@vaalea.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Victoria asked me to forward this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">(I've shrunk the pictures)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ottawa.animal.advocates@rogers.com href="mailto:ottawa.animal.advocates@rogers.com">ottawa animal advocates</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title=ottawa.animal.advocates@rogers.com href="mailto:ottawa.animal.advocates@rogers.com">undisclosed recipient</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ottawa.animal.advocates@rogers.com href="mailto:ottawa.animal.advocates@rogers.com">ottawa animal advocates</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 05, 2006 4:28 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> National Anti- Fur Day event next Saturday; Animals need your suppport</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE id=59879eb1> <BLOCKQUOTE id=80abb291> <BLOCKQUOTE id=551d5c34> <BLOCKQUOTE id=dd5180ac><LABEL id=HbSession SessionId="3148826592"></LABEL> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U><STRONG></STRONG></U></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U><STRONG>TERRIFIC NEWS</STRONG>:</U> Montreal's Global Action Network (GAN) has been sucessful at persuading ALL 200</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> Jacob stores across Canada and 18 Bedo (mainly Quebec I believe) stores
to </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>remove ALL</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> animal fur from their clothing lines. This is a TREMENDOUS success after </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>also seeing Suzy Shier, Smart Set <U>and </U>Reitmans also going fur-free this season!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR>For info on the Bedo and Jacob campaigns click on these links:<BR><A href="http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/fur+trade/jacob+goes+fur+free.en.html">http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/fur+trade/jacob+goes+fur+free.en.html</A><BR><A href="http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/fur+trade/bedo+goes+fur+free.en.html">http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/fur+trade/bedo+goes+fur+free.en.html</A><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>NATIONAL ANTI-FUR DAY</STRONG> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The co-ordinator of GAN in Montreal has</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> asked
us to join them in support of a new </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>campaign against <STRONG>TRISTAN & INUIT</STRONG> which still carries alot of rabbit(dog/cat?) fur and I am </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>currently trying to see if we can </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>use Tristan as our focal point for National Anti-fur Day. The event will place:</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><U><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">This coming SATURDAY</FONT> February 11th,</U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><U>12noon, </U></STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><U>Lower Rideau Street entrance to the Rideau Centre</U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U><STRONG>by Shopper's Drug Mart</STRONG></U> (same place as the last demo in December)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>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 </DIV> <DIV></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>also of course be protesting</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> the cruelty and/or </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>deception of North American </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>If you're not working I hope you can spare the hour for the animals and come out.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>If you can come could you PLEASE let me know in advance</U> <U>though?</U> 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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*****************************************************************************************************</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>you can make it out. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Actions speak louder than words!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Victoria</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <div><FONT face="Arial Narrow"></FONT></div>_______________________________________________<BR>4animals mailing list<BR>4animals@ottawaveg.com<BR>http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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