IDA's Bay Area Events

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IDA's Bay Area Events

 

Table of Contents:

1. IDA's May 2005 Auction for the Animals

2. Peaceable Kingdom Screening in Marin

3. Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA Film Festival

4. Watch " The Dolphin Defender " on KQED

4. Proctor & Gamble Global Day of Action

5. Be an IDA Foie Gras Sustained Presence Organizer

 

 

1. IDA's May 2005 Auction for the Animals

 

Support IDA's mission to defend the rights, welfare and habitats of

animals during IDA's Auction for the Animals on eBay for the month of

May. The auction gives you the opportunity to help IDA help animals

while having fun bidding on a wide selection of over 250 elegant,

exciting and unique items valued at more than $45,000 that have been

donated to IDA for this very special online fundraising event.

 

While the auction started on May 1st, the second wave is going on

right now and new items will be added for the third wave starting on

May 15th. There are many fabulous items to bid on, including fantastic

travel and accommodation packages, special celebrity memorabilia, and

tickets for great entertainment and sporting events. Visit

www.ebay.com/ida to see what's available. Once you find an item that

you like, to view its description, the current bid

price, and how much time is left until the bidding ends. Place your

bid and keep an eye on it to make sure that, by the time the bidding

ends, it's YOURS.

 

We are still accepting donated items to sell during the auction, so if

you have an item that you would like to contribute, please contact

Nicole Otoupalik at (800) 338-4451. All donations are tax deductible.

If you already sell on eBay, now is a great time to designate 10-100%

of your own auction proceeds to IDA by registering at

http://www.missionfish.org/, the partner of eBay Giving Works.

 

 

2. Peaceable Kingdom Screening in Marin

 

You are invited to attend a special screening of Tribe of Heart's

documentary Peaceable Kingdom in Marin. Peaceable Kingdom is one of

the most powerful films ever made about the plight of animals in our

society and people's potential for transforming their relationships

with animals. The film tells the inspiring story of " farmed " animals

and the people who have been moved to fight their exploitation. Visit

www.tribeofheart.org for more information about Peaceable Kingdom.

 

What: Peaceable Kingdom screening

When: Thursday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. Click here

(http://tinyurl.com/9b9bw) for directions.

 

The screening will be followed by a reception featuring filmmaker James LaVeck.

 

 

3. Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA Film Festival

 

Support the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA at the 2nd Annual Pleiades

International Film Festival, highlighting short films from around the

world. This year, the festival takes place at theaters in both Palo

Alto and San Francisco. The San Francisco screening at the legendary

Bridge Theater will include wine, snacks and a raffle. The Lavanda

Restaurant and Wine Bar hosts the Palo Alto screening, and will

include wine, snacks, a raffle, and optional dinner and silent

auction.

 

What: Pleiades International Film Festival to benefit the Peninsula

Humane Society & SPCA

1. Where: Lavanda Restaurant and Wine Bar, 185 University Avenue, Palo

Alto. Click here (http://tinyurl.com/8rqsf) for directions

When: Saturday, May 14, starting at 12:00 noon.

Visit www.pleiadesfestival.com/paloalto for schedule and to purchase tickets

 

2. Where: The Bridge Theater, 3010 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco.

Click here (http://tinyurl.com/ax3l6) for directions

When: Sunday, May 15, starting at 12:00 noon.

Visit www.pleiadesfestival.com/sf for schedule and to purchase tickets

 

 

4. Watch " The Dolphin Defender " on KQED

 

Over the last 25 years, filmmaker Hardy Jones has spent more time with

dolphins than almost any other person. IDA has been a proud supporter

of his work documenting dolphin slaughter in Japan, where thousands of

dolphins are mercilessly slaughtered or captured for theme parks every

year. His latest documentary, " The Dolphin Defender, " tells the story

of his personal crusade to protect these magnificent creatures from

the greatest threat to their lives: human beings. See this fascinating

and inspiring film for yourself when it airs on KQED, Channel 9, this

Sunday, May 15 at 8:00 p.m. If you can't see it then, click here

(http://tinyurl.com/c3qdz) for a schedule of encore presentations on

KQED. To learn more about Hardy Jones and his efforts to save marine

mammals, visit www.bluevoice.org.

 

After you see " The Dolphin Defender, " be sure to call (415) 553-2135

and leave a recorded message letting KQED know how much you enjoyed

the program. This will go a long way towards getting more great shows

about animals on the air.

 

 

5. Proctor & Gamble Global Day of Action

 

IDA has been boycotting Procter & Gamble (P & G) since 1989 because they

blind, burn, maim and kill thousands of animals each year in product

tests that are cruel, outdated and not required by law. While P & G

claims to lead the industry in developing alternatives to animal

testing, they continue to test products on animals even while hundreds

of other companies have stopped.

 

IDA sponsors a Global Day of Action Against P & G each year to focus

attention on their cruelty and hypocrisy. Last year over 140 boycott

P & G events took place all over the world - from Auckland to Aberdeen -

making it one of the largest days of action of its kind in the world.

This year's event takes place on Saturday, May 21st, and we hope

you'll join us by organizing or participating in an event.

 

There are plenty of ways to get involved, from staging a protest

outside of a P & G facility or a store that sells P & G products to

organizing a P & G product return in your community. Contact IDA at

(415) 388-9641 or ida for brochures and other materials to

distribute. For information about how P & G tortures animals and more

ways that you can make a difference, visit

www.pandgkills.com/pg_global_2005.html.

 

 

6. Be an IDA Foie Gras Sustained Presence Organizer

 

Join IDA and Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL) in our

outreach campaign directed at restaurants that serve foie gras, the

fatty liver of force-fed ducks and geese. We are looking for Bay Area

activists who can help with this campaign by maintaining a sustained

presence at a restaurant to persuade them to stop serving foie gras.

IDA activists have successfully convinced restaurants in San

Francisco, San Diego, Philadelphia, Portland, and other U.S. cities to

remove foie gras from their menus. We are in need of an organizer in

the Bay Area who can keep the momentum going.

 

The campaign will be successful if small groups of people can be

outside of the same restaurant on a regular basis (e.g., every night,

every Friday, etc.). IDA will provide you with graphic posters

depicting dead and dying ducks and videotaped footage from inside foie

gras farms taken by APRL during their undercover animal cruelty

investigation of the foie gras industry (please see

www.StopForceFeeding.com for more information). Large demonstrations

are not necessary to make a big difference. As the saying goes, a

picture is worth a thousand words, and if diners are faced with

graphic images of animals who have died after being violently

force-fed, this campaign can be a great success.

 

If you can commit to being in front of a Bay Area restaurant that

serves foie gras one, two, or even seven days a week during their

busiest hour(s), please contact Kristie Phelps at Kristie

or (757) 423-0093. For a list of California restaurants that serve

foie gras, please visit

www.stopforcefeeding.com/page.php?module=serving & state=CA.