NY foie gras protest/call-in at Syracuse restaurant - TOMORROW Friday 21 March 2008

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If you do not live in NY PLEASE call in on Friday and express your opinion of foie gras and ask the owner to stop selling it.The owner of L'adour stated that foie gras makes up less than 1% ofhis menu sales and if a law was passed he would take it off the menu-let's let them know that they are personally responsible for thecruelty on foie gras farms and that as we saw in the Micheal Vick case,culture is no excuse for animal cruelty!What: Hold signs and distribute literature during the busy lunchtime hours. It will be cold! don't forget: hats and gloves!Where: L'adour Restaurant located at 110 Montgomery St. in Downtown SyracuseWhen: Friday March 21st from 12noon to 1pmCarpool info: meet at the Schine Student Center loading dock on SU Campus at 11:30am sharp.*other ways to help if you cannot attend*Write: L'adour 110 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY 13202Call: 315-475-7653Fax: 315-471-9713Keep the issue fresh in the mind of L'adour owners a patrons, and makesure you state your opposition to L'adour serving foie gras. Feel freeto call, write and email the restaurant letting them know you want foiegras off their menu and you don't plan on giving them business untilthen. Also feel free to write editorials to any of the local papersregarding foie gras.New York State Residents!Legislation has been introduced in New York to ban the production andsale of foie gras-positioning the state to follow the lead ofCalifornia, Chicago, and more than a dozen countries throughout theworld that already prohibit foie gras sales and/or

production.Please contact your state senator and assembly member (look up namesand contact information at www.congress.org) and ask them to strongly support S.B. 1463 / A.B. 6277, legislation to ban the cruel production and sale of foie gras.For more information about foie gras, please visit www.nofoiegras.orgGeneral Interest SARO MeetingWhat: discuss the future of SARO campaigns and volunteer to help in our outreach efforts! All are welcome!When: Tuesday March 25th at 6pmWhere: Huntington beard Crouse Room 213B. Call 315-546-5108 if you are having trouble

finding the room!Free Documentary ScreeningWhat: THE EMOTIONAL WORLD OF FARM ANIMALS is a delightfulvideo (50 min.) about how animals often thought of as "food" are verysimilar to the rest of us. See several sanctuaries for farm animals andsee the harrowing escape of Queenie, a cow who rescued herself from aQueens slaughterhouse. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLICWhen: MON. MAY 12, 2008 AT 7 P.M. ATWhere: THE LIVERPOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY, 310 TULIP ST., LIVERPOOLSPONSORED BY PEOPLE FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS, (315)488-PURR, ldestefano3, peopleforanimalrightsofcny.orgP.O. Box 15358, Syracuse, NY 13215-0358.