SHARK is preparing to start the New Year with a very
important and ambitious campaign. As you know, we spent 2004 documenting
rodeo animal cruelty more comprehensively than ever before. We filmed 19
rodeos in 10 states. We turned up at rodeos and in states where SHARK had
never monitored before. The rodeo mafia never saw it coming. We obtained
more documentation of animal abuse than we even knew what to do with. Our
undercover work culminated in the Steer Roping Finals in Amarillo, TX.
We strongly encourage you to visit
http://www.sharkonline.org/rodeocrueltyprca.mv and see some of the
�highlights� of our investigation. When you view the steer roping clips,
the PRCA�s sanctioned but little publicized event, you will understand why
we are making it the centerpiece of our upcoming campaign. It is both
hideous and utterly indefensible. You will immediately see why the PRCA
keeps this event out of regular rodeo and flying as far below the radar as
possible.
Armed with this shocking and inexcusable video footage, we
feel the time is right to attack rodeo at its financial source � its
corporate sponsors. First on our list is Campbell Soup, makers of Pace
Salsa, a very important rodeo sponsor. A campaign against Daimler
Chrysler, which produces Dodge Trucks, will soon follow.
Our Campbell's website
www.CampbellCruelty.com and
www.CampbellKillsAnimals.com
is now on the web. We invite you to check it out and learn exactly what
Campbell Soup is doing to promote animal abuse. This site will soon have a
list of animal advocacy organizations opposed to rodeo. This is all of
them, of course, but we are currently securing permission from groups
around the world before including them. Pat Vinet has been very busy
sending out announcements and compiling this list.
Contacting every animal protection group is a huge
undertaking. It isn�t even possible to reach all the good people in this
world who care about animals. For that reason, we ask that you contact us
at [email protected] if you�d like
your organization to appear on our list and you haven�t gotten an email
already from Pat. Here�s the list�s heading: "The following humane
organizations are opposed to the cruelty and abuse of animals in rodeos."
Thanks so much for all of your concern and support
throughout 2004. With your continued support, we hope to make dramatic
improvements for animals in 2005.
Kindest regards,
Steve Hindi
Please consider donating to SHARK today and help us in our
efforts to end rodeos, hunting, bullfighting and other forms of violence
against our animal friends!
SHARK
PO Box 28
Geneva, IL 60134
[email protected]
www.sharkonline.org
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