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AR-NEWS Digest 473
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) (PT + CN) Import/Export of Cultural Cruelty - Please help to
Protest
by jwed
2) (PT + CN) Import/Export of Cultural Cruelty - Bull Fighting
by jwed
3) Admin Note--unsubscribing & other options
by allen schubert
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:30:23 +0800
From: jwed
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (PT + CN) Import/Export of Cultural Cruelty - Please help to
Protest
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970722123023.0069aed8@pop.hkstar.com>
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER
IN HK OR
OVERSEAS.
(When forwarding, please be considerate and snip any unneeded headers,
etc.)
July 1997
Dear Friends,
Last year I watched many bulls being led off to slaughter. They were
frothing at the mouth, with blood pouring down their flanks from the
harpoons (bandarilhas) embedded in their flesh. They were the doomed
participants in the
barbarism that is Portuguese-style bullfighting.
Despite what the organisers say, there is nothing noble or cultural about
watching these animals being tortured. Over thirty bulls were slaughtered
in the name of public "entertainment" in Macau last year. In September 1997
the spectacle is to be repeated.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (HK) and the
International Fund for Animal Welfare have launched a joint protest to
persuade the government of Macau to reconsider its decision to allow this
diabolical event to go on. The text of a petition to that effect is
reproduced below. If you would like your name added to it, please cut and
paste the text into an email to me (slewis@cyron.com.hk) and type your name
below it. (Please do not include the whole of this email and any headers,
etc. in any reply to me.)
There are other ways you can help, e.g. joining us in the campaign,
distributing posters, making a donation or just forwarding this email. I am
happy to provide you with more information, including a copy of the
veterinary report of Dr Oliver Young, BVMS, MRCVS, who was present at the
1996 bullfights in Macau. If you would like to write a letter to the
Governor of Macau (His Excellency the Governor, Leal Senado de Macau, Macau)
or the event's sponsors (TAURUS), I can provide you with a sample
letter that you need only print out, sign and post.
If you are interested in helping in any way, please so indicate when you
send back your completed petition email.
Thank you for taking the time.
Steven Lewis
Anti-Bullfighting Protest Co-ordinator
SPCA (HK)/ IFAW
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*PETITION*
[Please return only your name, country and the text of the petition to
slewis@cyron.com.hk, i.e. please don't include the letter above or any
headers and messages resulting from forwarding.]
I the undersigned deplore the re-introduction of bullfighting to Macau.
Bullfighting is neither sport nor entertainment. It is the deliberate
infliction of mental and physical pain on animals that have no chance of
survival. I appeal to the organisers and sponsors to reconsider and cancel
this event.
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
WORLDWIDE (When
forwarding, please be considerate and snip any unneeded headers,
etc.)
N.B. IF THE BULLFIGHT TAKES PLACE, IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF
SEPTEMBER 1997. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL AFTER THAT, PLEASE IGNORE IT.
Every child has the right to a healthy diet - that means no meat.
http://www.earth.org.hk/
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:15:34 +0800
From: jwed
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (PT + CN) Import/Export of Cultural Cruelty - Bull Fighting
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970722131534.0069be0c@pop.hkstar.com>
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ADDENDUM
Some addresses to write to to protest the proposed bull fighting in Macau
in September:
The Bull Fighting is Supported by:
Macau Government Tourist Office
No. 9, Largo do Senado
Macau
Tel: +853 315 566
Fax: +853 513 355
or
Room 307
Yu Yuet Lai Building
43-55 Wyndham Street
Hong Kong
and Sponsored by:
Leal Senado de Macau (Macau Municipal Council)
Macau
Hotel Sintra
Avenida Dom Joao IV
Macau
Tel: +853 710 111
Fax: +853 566 7749
Air Portugal
Room 1501
15/F Luso International Building
Dr. Pedro Jose Lobo
Macau
Tel: +853 711 655
Fax: +853 711 656
Kong Seng Paging
Novo Terminal de Macau-HK
Macau
Tel: +853 555 555
Fax: +853 559 008
or
Shop C&D, G/F
562 Nathan Road
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 71717171
Fax: +852 2928 6314
Hotel Grandeur
Hong Kong Sales Office
Shop 245R
Shun Tak Centre
200 Connaught Road
Hong Kong
Hotel Kingsway
Room 310
Shun Tak Centre
200 Connaught Road
Hong Kong
Hyatt Regency, Macau
2 Estrada Almirante Marques
Esparteiro
Taipa
Macau
Air Cruise Travel Ltd
Room 3087
3/F, Diamond Square
Shun Tak Centre
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2559 0306
Fax: +852 2548 4348
Every child has the right to a healthy diet - that means no meat.
http://www.earth.org.hk/
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 07:51:49 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Admin Note--unsubscribing & other options
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