Today's CCFJ Rally & Press Conference -We definitely got the word out!

July 28, 2008

Here is a brief summary of today's Concerned Citizens for Jenny rally

at the Dallas Zoo today. I am really tired so I will give a better

report later. Many media outlets covered our overwhelmingly successful Concerned Citizens for Jenny (CCFJ) rally today. Watch

the news on Channel's 5, 8, 11 (these stations that definitely covered)

and possibly Channel 4 (I'm not sure if I spoke to 4 or not, but they

called me Friday and told me they were coming so they might have been

there and just didn't have a card). DMN and an Hispanic

station was also there and interviewed me, also. DMN has a short

article on-line today, but I expect a longer article tomorrow.

Unfortunately, the DMN photographer didn't show up until long after the

rally was over, so they got only photographs of a few of us who waited.

Radio station 88.5, The Pegasus On-line News, and Lakeworth

online news did stories, also. There was one or two other reporters

there, but not everyone had a business card so it was hard to keep

track.I'll write more later, but CCFJ rally was extremely

successful. More than 200 Jenny advocates participated, held sign,

our beautiful Save Jenny banner, and distributed fliers. We handed out

a ton of fliers! There was so much positive energy in the crowd and

despite it being hot, everyone had a really good time. Cars drove by

and honked and waved. The freeway came to a virtual standstill. I

told everyone in the media the truth . . . that our CCFJ rally was a

local DFW grass rotes citizens effort. And, we are not extremists.

We are just D/FW citizens who care about Jenny and do not want her to

go to a "drive-thru" tourist attraction in Mexico where she will be

exposed to cars and trucks driving up to her day and night (the Mexican

facility is open at night). Jenny is terrified of cars and becomes

very depressed when she sees a single car. Her life with be misery

with a constant stream of cars. It

is my hope that the media could see from the make-up of the crowd, that

we were a good representation of the Zoo's core constituencies. We

had older people in wheelchairs, young kids, families, and adults of

all ages. Everyone was nicely dressed and well spoken. Angela

Hunts' husband came as Ms. Hunt was out of town. As you may recall,

Ms. Hunt is the lone Dallas City Council person who made the effort to

visit the drive-thru tourist attraction in Mexico and The Elephant

Sanctuary in TN and has since supported Jenny being transferred to

TES. Voters should remember this in the next election and call her

office on Monday and thank her. Please be sure to contact each of the stations,

who runs the story (but confirm Channel 4 has run the story before you

contact them). Also, check out the five LTE and photo of Jenny that the DMN published in a display box in the Points section today (Sunday). We

must keep the momentum going. Please call the Mayor and City Council

on Monday and urge them to send Jenny to TES and to hold a public

hearing on Jenny's plight. Thank you so much to each and every person who came to the rally today. You are making a difference for Jenny. Keep it up!Margaretwww.concernedcitizensforjenny.net

July 28, 2008

Yes Margaret, you were on Channel 4 news at 9 p.m. Sunday nite - they gave you about 1 minute of air time for your interview.

--- On Sun, 7/27/08, Margaret Morin <dogs_good wrote:

Margaret Morin <dogs_good Today's CCFJ Rally & Press Conference -We definitely got the word out!"Concerned Citizens for Jenny" <concernedcitizensforjenny >, "VNOD " , "North Texas Animal Rights Network" <ntar_network >, "Animal Connection of Texas" <animalconnectiontx >, "In Solidarity With Animals/Houston" <ISWA >, "Society of Peace Network/" <societyofpeacenetwork >, "Action for Animals/Austin" <info, fortheanimals7 , "Friends of Irving Animals" <Friends_of_Irving_Animals >, "Barbara Richardson/ DFW Cares"

<dfwcares >Sunday, July 27, 2008, 7:04 PM

Here is a brief summary of today's Concerned Citizens for Jenny rally at the Dallas Zoo today. I am really tired so I will give a better report later. Many media outlets covered our overwhelmingly successful Concerned Citizens for Jenny (CCFJ) rally today. Watch the news on Channel's 5, 8, 11 (these stations that definitely covered) and possibly Channel 4 (I'm not sure if I spoke to 4 or not, but they called me Friday and told me they were coming so they might have been there and just didn't have a card). DMN and an Hispanic station was also there and interviewed me, also. DMN has a short article on-line today, but I expect a longer article tomorrow. Unfortunately, the DMN photographer didn't show up until long after the rally was over, so they got only photographs of a few of us who waited. Radio station 88.5, The Pegasus On-line News, and Lakeworth online news did

stories, also. There was one or two other reporters there, but not everyone had a business card so it was hard to keep track.I'll write more later, but CCFJ rally was extremely successful. More than 200 Jenny advocates participated, held sign, our beautiful Save Jenny banner, and distributed fliers. We handed out a ton of fliers! There was so much positive energy in the crowd and despite it being hot, everyone had a really good time. Cars drove by and honked and waved. The freeway came to a virtual standstill. I told everyone in the media the truth . . . that our CCFJ rally was a local DFW grass rotes citizens effort. And, we are not extremists. We are just D/FW citizens who care about Jenny and do not want her to go to a "drive-thru" tourist attraction in Mexico where she will be exposed to cars and trucks driving up to her day and night (the Mexican

facility is open at night). Jenny is terrified of cars and becomes very depressed when she sees a single car. Her life with be misery with a constant stream of cars. It is my hope that the media could see from the make-up of the crowd, that we were a good representation of the Zoo's core constituencies. We had older people in wheelchairs, young kids, families, and adults of all ages. Everyone was nicely dressed and well spoken. Angela Hunts' husband came as Ms. Hunt was out of town. As you may recall, Ms. Hunt is the lone Dallas City Council person who made the effort to visit the drive-thru tourist attraction in Mexico and The Elephant Sanctuary in TN and has since supported Jenny being transferred to TES. Voters should remember this in the next election and call her office on Monday and thank her. Please be sure to contact each of the stations, who runs the story

(but confirm Channel 4 has run the story before you contact them). Also, check out the five LTE and photo of Jenny that the DMN published in a display box in the Points section today (Sunday). We must keep the momentum going. Please call the Mayor and City Council on Monday and urge them to send Jenny to TES and to hold a public hearing on Jenny's plight. Thank you so much to each and every person who came to the rally today. You are making a difference for Jenny. Keep it up!Margaretwww.concernedcitizensforjenny.net