HUMANELINES, # 121, NOVEMBER 28, 2000

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NEW TWIST ON HUNTING CRUELTY

DISCOVER CARD DOES DISSERVICE TO ANIMALS.

KEEP THE PRESSURE ON VICTORIA’S SECRET.

 

 

---- Original Message -----

Tuesday, November 28, 2000 3:52 PM

HUMANElines - Issue #121 --- November 28, 2000

 

 

NEW TWIST ON HUNTING CRUELTY:

 

In Liberal, KS, local officials have put a new twist on hunting

cruelty. Kansas House Speaker Robin Jenison’s new sporting concept

has hundreds of birds literally marked for death--- birds whom his

company (called “Kansas Outdoors”) bought from breeders and

tagged with numbers before releasing into 25 different counties in the

state. Between now and the end of pheasant hunting season, hunters will

be stalking these tagged birds in hopes of securing one of several

prizes Jension is dangling before hunters —expensive shotguns and a

Ford Explorer. Now, the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites in

Liberal has jumped into the fray as one of the sponsors of this event–

equipping its hotel with a special bird cleaning station, extra coffee

and donuts for hunters, and biscuits for prize hunting dogs. The hotel

hopes its sponsorship of this killing contest will help draw

out-of-state hunters to its doors for the next few months, regardless

of the real danger that hunting poses to both animals and humans.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Contact the Holiday Inn in Liberal, Kansas and tell them

that you do NOT approve of their new campaign to lure hotel patrons by

promoting killing contests. Let them know that their stance on killing

for fun is, at the least, inappropriate, and urge them to terminate

their involvement with this contest killing! Contact: General Manager

Shana Hill, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 1550 N. Lincoln,

Liberal, KS 67901

Ph: 316-624-9700 / Fax: 316-624-0206 /

email: HI-GuestRelations or email Bonnie Racing, the

Assistant Manager of the Liberal Holiday Inn at Bracing

 

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DISCOVER CARD DOES DISSERVICE TO ANIMALS:

 

A recent television commercial for “Discover Card” delivers an

offensive message to the public regarding companion animal purchases.

In the commercial, a father and son contemplate the purchase of one of

the several puppies for sale in a pet shop window. While the son wants

to acquire the $600 beagle puppy, the father tries to divert the son’s

attention to the much less expensive, scruffy-looking, “hyena” puppy,

on sale for only $25. Soon, TV viewers witness a flurry of chaotic

growling and screaming after the pet shop attendant reaches into the

cage of the supposed “hyena.” The accompanying tagline: " Sometimes

it's worth it to spend a little more. . . . Discover Card " . The

message

that Discover Card is sending out is clear: an animal’s value is based

mainly upon its purchase price. That mixed-breed dogs are inferior,

and possibly even dangerous, in comparison to purebreds is another

harmful fallacy that this commercial perpetuates.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Tell Discover Card that you are disappointed at their irresponsible

depiction of pet ownership. Contact:

Beth Metzler, Discover Card Media Relations,

2500 Lake Cook Road,

Riverwoods, IL 60015

Ph: (847)405-2209 / fax: (847) 405-2009 or send them an email through:

https://services.novusnet.com/data/ems/emsform.html

 

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KEEP THE PRESSURE ON VICTORIA’S SECRET:

 

Although the Victoria’s Secret company earlier this year

reportedly agreed to withdraw its advertisements for fur garments from

its Holiday 2000 catalog, many humane consumers were shocked recently

to find the pages of two of their holiday catalogs filled with fur

garments! The cover of the company’s “Holiday Look Book” features a

fur-clad model, and their “Christmas Specials” Catalog flaunts yet more

fur and fur-trimmed garments. The death toll being compiled as a result

of Victoria’s Secret’s decision to sell fur is staggering: every single

fur

coat represents the lives of approximately 40 rabbits, 60 mink, or 80

chinchillas.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

It is essential that we NOT let Victoria’s Secret flout

the will of its many compassionate customers solely for the sake of

profit! Please contact the company and let them know that you refuse

to patronize their store until they follow through on their promise to

have a fur-free holiday!

 

Please Contact:

 

Mary Ellen Coyne, Executive Vice President/

General Merchandise Manager,

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor,

New York, NY 10036

ph: 212-403-9216

or send an email through:

http://www.victoriassecret.com/html/custsrvc/contact/

 

Please also voice your concerns to :

Wesley Mallette

(Victoria’s Secret Media Relations Department) at:

(614) 415-1438 or

wmallette

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