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[baarn] Donkey Basketball in Napa --- please call/write!

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:23:47 -0000

Cris <ckelly

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NAPA ACTION ALERT! PHONE CALLS, LETTERS NEEDED ASAP. Please call

AND write.

 

Please Help Stop Donkey Basketball in Napa

 

Napa High School is planning to hold a donkey basketball game on

April 2.

 

Donkey basketball games are a cruel and archaic form

of " entertainment. " Animals are dragged around a court and forced to

participate in an event entirely against their nature. They are

frequently mishandled by participants who have no prior experience

with them, and they are often punched, kicked, screamed at, or

whipped when found to be " uncooperative " by their riders. Food and

water are withheld from the animals before games to

prevent " accidents. "

 

Please contact the superintendent of the school district and ask him

to ensure that this game is canceled:

 

John P. Glaser, Superintendent

Napa Valley Unified School District

2425 Jefferson St.

Napa, CA 94558

707-253-3511

707-253-3855 (fax)

jglaser

 

Sample letter below.

 

For the Animals,

 

-Cris Kelly

 

Animal Action Network

POB 6654 Napa CA 94581

707 258 1825

ckelly

 

SAMPLE LETTER:

 

Dear Sir:

 

I am very disturbed to hear that Napa High School is planning to hold

a donkey basketball game on April 2. While people may derive

enjoyment from watching a game like this, I am very sure that the

donkeys will not enjoy it & will suffer an array of physical,

emotional & psychological distresses from it.

 

Donkeys have been mistakenly characterized by people as stubborn.

Therefore, people engage in gross mistreatment of them via screaming

at them & striking them in order to prod them to do their bidding.

However, the donkey's response of seemingly, stubbornly remaining in

place & refusing to comply is actually his/her natural response to

being assaulted. The human perception of the donkey's response as

stubborn refusal to comply is simply incorrect and donkeys have

suffered greatly as a result.

 

You have an opportunity here to provide a valuable lesson in humane

education to your students & community by canceling this event,

explaining its cancellation as an example of human compassion toward

another species. People don't intend to be cruel, but we need to

learn that using animals for entertainment generally results in their

suffering & is therefore unethical.

 

I hope you will give this basketball game serious reconsideration.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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