HOPE
CARE Tour - 2
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Heal Our Planet Earth HOPE CARE Tour - 2 |
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Compassion for Animals Road Expeditions #2
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Nearly 800 animal rights activists from throughout the U.S. and several
other countries packed the Sheraton Premiere Hotel near the nation's
capital on July 8-12, 2004 to map the movement's national strategy for the
coming year.
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The Animal Rights 2004 National Conference featured more than 80 speakers
from 60 groups representing every faction of the movement. They presented
in 70 sessions, including keynote addresses, briefings on various forms of
animal abuse, workshops on organizing and outreach skills, 'rap' sessions,
and campaign reports.
Get the whole scoop!
and ...
If you don't know about the Compassion for Animals Road Expedition, get
the skinny on the CARE TOUR, a seven-month project that covered 40 states.
See and read about this amazing project in its new website
HOPE-CARE.org which contains 2,500 digital images of the tour and
the hundreds of participating activists, as well as excerpts from the
field journals of CARE campaigners Anthony Marr
and Brenda Davis.
*Those with dial-up internet connections, be aware: the images on the site
are HUGE and take quite a while to load in, but it's worth it!
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This excerpt is from April 2004:
"2004-04-03-6 (In RV in the driveway of Mike and Gina Myers in Talent
(near Ashland), OR, 168398 km. Our drive from San Francisco to here was by
I-5 and uneventful. We arrived at the Meyers' about as expected, and were
warmly received.
I gave my tiger slideshow at the local library of Ashland. Only 4 people
came, "Ah well," thought I, "we're winding up the tour. So, what the
hell." And I gave a hearty presentation to the four, one of whom being
Mike Meyers, our giant of a host who dwarfs even the 6-foot-plus Cory.
Upon our return, we found Janette, PETA's second in command, there
visiting. We socialized for awhile. After that, Cory and I went playing
chess in the RV. In mid-game, Mike came knocking, and we invited him to
sit down on my bed. He quite casually made an offering I found hard to
believe, but even harder to refuse. US $100,000 for my next trip to India,
on the condition that he goes as a volunteer as well. He stuck out his
hand, and I had to ask more than once, "Are you serious?" His hand did not
waver, so I took it and shook it. Cory just sat there dumbfounded. Mike
shook his hand too. I welcomed Cory to come to India as well. He did not
say yes or no, at least not at the moment. So, the CARE tour is ending not
with a whimper, but with a bang."
Anthony Marr and CARE campaigner Cory Davis both spoke at the AR 2004
conference just a couple of weeks ago.
These people are really putting themselves and animal rights out there and
we're proud to introduce their efforts to you!
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2004-12-12
Posted:
Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:36 pm
Post subject: "TIGERS IN HIS TANK",
With reference to "TIGERS
IN HIS TANK", I was one of the wildlife preservationists who voiced
oppositon to Mr. Fertitta's plan when it was being considered. I was
priviledged to speak at City council as a "tiger expert", hoping that the
plublic would see the light. Unfortunately what I said was not well
represented in the subsequent Houston Chronicle article, and the public
remain morbidly fascinated by Mr. Fertitta's offering. So, at risk of
repating myself, I would like to state my reasons as succinctly as
possible, in a letter-to-the-editor not subject to misquotation.
My reasons are four:
1. White tigers are products of
deliberate inbreeding (i.e. father with daughter, mother with son, brother
with sister) which brings out the recessive white color. This in itself is
obscene.
2. But further, the inbreeding also
brings out the otherwise unexpressed genetic defects. These tigers are of
no value in the preservation of the species. What they do is to take up
precious room of those which are of value, considering that we cannot have
an infinite number of captive tigers.
3. Only between a quarter to a
third of the offspring of inbreeding are white. The others are just
normally colored tigers with genetic defects. These are the saddest tigers
of all, tigers of human making. These
sad tigers have nowhere to go, not even in zoos (which want unblemished
specimens). Ah, maybe there is one place for them to go : canned-hunt
farms - one of the saddest places in the world.
4. As you wisely said, after the
tigers, then what? Elephants? Dolphins? Maybe even an Orca or two? "More"
by definition is boundless. So is greed. So is the total absence of
compassion. The only thing more boundless, sadly, is the appetite of the
consuming public.
I hope this letter will make a difference.
Anthony Marr
wildlife
preservationist
tiger specialist
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February's Guardian of the Month:
Anthony Marr
Anthony Marr (center) with CARE participants
After a decade of full-time activism on behalf of animals, Anthony Marr decided to take his message on the road. He started the seven-month, 41 state Compassion for Animals Road Expedition (CARE) tour to show people all across the country how animals are treated in our society and tell them what they can do about it. He bought a used 21' RV and a 10' trailer, and equipped the mobile unit with a 54" TV to bring behind-the-scenes videos to the public and spread awareness of animal issues.
Joining Anthony on the nationwide tour was dietitian and best-selling author Brenda Davis (who penned "Becoming Vegetarian," "Becoming Vegan," "Dairy-Free and Delicious" and "Defeating Diabetes"), and her then 14-year-old son Cory. The trio partnered with vegetarian and animal advocacy groups throughout the U.S. to deliver educational presentations at hundreds of universities, high schools, middle schools, and public venues between September 2003 and April 2004!
As part of their message, the CARE tour supported IDA's Guardian Campaign by urging people to use compassionate language. "If one insists on having an animal for companionship or partnership of some kind, it is a responsibility above all else to safeguard the well-being of the animal," says Anthony. "The prime currency should not be money, nor utility, nor performance, nor even companionship; it should be love, unconditionally given, gratefully received and joyfully returned." Well put, Anthony!
Anthony is featured on the Guardian Campaign Website at http://www.guardiancampaign.com/. IDA honors an extraordinary guardian each month in our e-news, and you can learn about past Guardians of the Month on our Website.
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In the last decade of full time campaigning in defense of animals, Anthony Marr created another way to spread awareness of animal issues and rally activists from coast-to-coast.
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