One Down, One to Go: Indonesian Companies' Shameless Promotions of Cockfighting

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Please respond immediately.

Many thanks to those who contacted Indo-Holidays.com, a tourism company

purporting to " disclose . the beauty of Indonesia " by displaying a

brazen feature on cockfighting. Citing your response, the company has

removed this appalling celebration of sadism and cowardice from their

site <http://www.indo-holidays.com/indo23/cockfighting.htm> .

Congratulations!

Sadly, another tourism promotion of cockfighting has been uncovered. The

Bali Hilton International hotel offers guests a " theme party

<http://www.balihilton.com/mice/kampungnelayan.html> , " where attendants

can be " entertained by cockfighting " as they sip cocktails on the beach

before dinner. It is this romantic image of the blood-soaked practice

that truly " defies description, " not the hotel's " magic " as it claims.

Of course, the hotel fails to mention cockfighters' attachment of razor

sharp daggers to the birds' feet, or the birds' injuries-the most common

are broken wings and legs, punctured lungs, severed spinal cords, and

gouged-out eyes-or their fates: the " lucky " ones die, eventually. The

survivors are fought again. And again.

For more information about cockfighting, click here

<http://www.hsus.org/ace/18710> .

Please-in a polite and courteous manner-implore Bali Hilton

International to do the right thing for animals and Indonesia by

removing this cruel promotion from its Web site and literature and

focusing instead on the nation's humane attractions:

Bali Hilton International Hotel

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