Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Dear friends and colleagues, I know that I have been a real pest while organizing Japan Dolphin Day 2006. And for that I apologize. However, in my own defense, I must say that had I not been a pest and pushed so hard, the dolphins might not have had the benefit of having 58 international NGOs representing them in 29 cities on September 20th. I realize that there are a great many other urgent issues that we are all working on and we only have so much time to devote to each important issue. From the bottom of my heart, I thank everyone on the list for standing up to be counted. That said, I have one more small request: Will you please send one of those e-mail newsletter alerts to your members asking them to turn up for the demo? I am on several NGO mailing lists. I get these important e-mail alerts all the time from PETA, Sea Shepherd, HSUS, HSI, Blue Voice, One Voice, Earth Island, Born Free, Zoocheck, Orca Network, WSPA, EIA, IDA, AWI, and on and on. These are usually very important messages and I thank you for sending them to me. These e-mail alerts deserve our attention, and I promise to respond to everyone of them that I can. Strangely enough, I have not received one e-mail alert about Japan Dolphin Day from anyone so far. Maybe that's because everyone is planning to send the e-mail alert later this week or sometime before September 20th. I just wanted to remind you that it once someone gets the information from you and makes the decision to participate, it takes them some time to get a permit, gather the troops, make signs, and all of that stuff. There are some very excellent and compressive announcements posted on our websites, and that is very helpful. A link to samples websites is posted below. Unfortunately our members don't visit our websites every day, or even every month. We need to send our members an e-mail reminder giving them the option of participating. We will have a small window of opportunity to have an impact in Tokyo. That window is going to be open for just a few hours on this one day of the year. With the help of your membership we can send a powerful protest message to government officials in Tokyo during this short timeframe. Please take the time to send an e-mail message informing your members about the Japan Dolphin Day demo. They might actually like to participate. They can't participate if they don't know about it. The fundamental reason that the Japanese public never do anything to stop the dolphin slaughter is because they don't know about it. They are kept in the dark by a media blackout on all dolphin and whale stories. They don't have the information that we take for granted. Time is running out. Your consideration is greatly appreciated on this e-mail alert request. Okay, that's it folks -- I won't pester you any more. Thank you, Ric www.SaveTaijiDolphins Who We Are: Animals Asia - Hong Kong AnimalEarth - Hong Kong Animalisti Italiani Onlus - Rome Animal Voices Radio - Toronto Animal Welfare Institute - Washington DC Animal Rights Hawaii - Waikiki Animanaturalis - Barcelona/Mexico City/Bogotá/Madrid/Caracas Asian Animal Protection Network - Hong Kong Begley's Best - Los Angeles Blue Voice - San Francisco Born Free Foundation - London British Divers Marine Life Rescue - London Calgary Animal Rights Coalition - Calgary Center for Environmental Concerns - Manila Circusleed - Den Haag Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre - Wellington Compassion in Action -Calgary Compassion and Responsibility for Animals - Manila Campaign Whale - London Captive Animals Protection Society - London Care for the Wild - London Cetacea Defence - London Cetacean Society International - New York COMARINO - Mexico City Committee for a Dolphinarium-free Belgium - Brussels Dolphin Care UK - London Dolphin Project - Miami Earth Island Institute - San Francisco/Manila EDEV - Den Haag Environmental Investigation Agency - London Global Ocean - London GAIA - Brussels HSUS/HSI - Washington DC In Defense of Animals - San Francisco/Seattle International Animal Rescue - London Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment - Manila Last Chance for Animals - Los Angeles LIFE - Hong Kong Marine Connection - London Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition - Boston No Whales In Captivity - Vancouver Nomades des Oceans - Paris NY Whale and Dolphin Action League - New York One Voice - Paris Orca Network - Seattle Palawan Animal Welfare Association - Manila PETA - Manila Philippines Animal Welfare Society - Manila Rattle the Cage Productions - Miami Reearth - Nassau Responsible Animal Care Society - Vancouver Science & Technology Advocates for the People - Manila Sea Mammal Support Group - Den Haag Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Den Haag/Calgary/Budapest/Melbourne/Seattle VictoriaDreamSpace -Vancouver WDCS - London/Washington DC WSPA - London/Boston Zoocheck - Toronto " Eighty percent of success is showing up " Woody Allen Some sample website announcements in no particular order: JAPAN DOLPHIN DAY 2006 http://www.awionline.org/whales/news/Dolphin_Demo_2006.htm http://www.massanimalrights.org/dolphins.html http://www.orcanetwork.org/captivity/dolphinslaughter.html http://www.cetaceadefence.org/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=298 & Item\ id=1 http://www.captiveanimals.org/news/2006/japanese_dolphin_slaughter.html http://www.marineconnection.org/campaigns/taijiprotestsep06.htm http://www.earthisland.org/saveTaijiDolphins/japanDolphinDay06.html http://www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?t=template & a=326 http://www.seashepherd.org/taiji/taiji_worldwide_protest.html http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_dolphin.htm http://www.careforthewild.org/ http://www.csiwhalesalive.org/csiupdat.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Many thanks for being a " pest " , dear friend. Without your precious work and information many of us would still be in the dark concerning this matter of tremendous importance. Our " sea friends " as well as we, owe you a lot. Please keep up " disturbing " us!! Have a really nice day An animal advocate from Greece Richard O'Barry wrote: >Dear friends and colleagues, > >I know that I have been a real pest while organizing Japan Dolphin Day 2006. And for that I apologize. > >However, in my own defense, I must say that had I not been a pest and pushed so hard, the dolphins might not have had the benefit of having 58 international NGOs representing them in 29 cities on September 20th. I realize that there are a great many other urgent issues that we are all working on and we only have so much time to devote to each important issue. From the bottom of my heart, I thank everyone on the list for standing up to be counted. > >That said, I have one more small request: Will you please send one of those e-mail newsletter alerts to your members asking them to turn up for the demo? > >I am on several NGO mailing lists. I get these important e-mail alerts all the time from PETA, Sea Shepherd, HSUS, HSI, Blue Voice, One Voice, Earth Island, Born Free, Zoocheck, Orca Network, WSPA, EIA, IDA, AWI, and on and on. These are usually very important messages and I thank you for sending them to me. These e-mail alerts deserve our attention, and I promise to respond to everyone of them that I can. > >Strangely enough, I have not received one e-mail alert about Japan Dolphin Day from anyone so far. Maybe that's because everyone is planning to send the e-mail alert later this week or sometime before September 20th. I just wanted to remind you that it once someone gets the information from you and makes the decision to participate, it takes them some time to get a permit, gather the troops, make signs, and all of that stuff. > >There are some very excellent and compressive announcements posted on our websites, and that is very helpful. A link to samples websites is posted below. Unfortunately our members don't visit our websites every day, or even every month. We need to send our members an e-mail reminder giving them the option of participating. > >We will have a small window of opportunity to have an impact in Tokyo. That window is going to be open for just a few hours on this one day of the year. With the help of your membership we can send a powerful protest message to government officials in Tokyo during this short timeframe. > >Please take the time to send an e-mail message informing your members about the Japan Dolphin Day demo. They might actually like to participate. They can't participate if they don't know about it. The fundamental reason that the Japanese public never do anything to stop the dolphin slaughter is because they don't know about it. They are kept in the dark by a media blackout on all dolphin and whale stories. They don't have the information that we take for granted. > >Time is running out. Your consideration is greatly appreciated on this e-mail alert request. > >Okay, that's it folks -- I won't pester you any more. > >Thank you, Ric >www.SaveTaijiDolphins > >Who We Are: > >Animals Asia - Hong Kong >AnimalEarth - Hong Kong >Animalisti Italiani Onlus - Rome >Animal Voices Radio - Toronto >Animal Welfare Institute - Washington DC >Animal Rights Hawaii - Waikiki >Animanaturalis - Barcelona/Mexico City/Bogotá/Madrid/Caracas >Asian Animal Protection Network - Hong Kong >Begley's Best - Los Angeles >Blue Voice - San Francisco >Born Free Foundation - London >British Divers Marine Life Rescue - London >Calgary Animal Rights Coalition - Calgary >Center for Environmental Concerns - Manila >Circusleed - Den Haag >Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre - Wellington >Compassion in Action -Calgary >Compassion and Responsibility for Animals - Manila >Campaign Whale - London >Captive Animals Protection Society - London >Care for the Wild - London >Cetacea Defence - London >Cetacean Society International - New York >COMARINO - Mexico City >Committee for a Dolphinarium-free Belgium - Brussels >Dolphin Care UK - London >Dolphin Project - Miami >Earth Island Institute - San Francisco/Manila >EDEV - Den Haag >Environmental Investigation Agency - London >Global Ocean - London >GAIA - Brussels >HSUS/HSI - Washington DC >In Defense of Animals - San Francisco/Seattle >International Animal Rescue - London >Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment - Manila >Last Chance for Animals - Los Angeles >LIFE - Hong Kong >Marine Connection - London >Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition - Boston >No Whales In Captivity - Vancouver >Nomades des Oceans - Paris >NY Whale and Dolphin Action League - New York >One Voice - Paris >Orca Network - Seattle >Palawan Animal Welfare Association - Manila >PETA - Manila >Philippines Animal Welfare Society - Manila >Rattle the Cage Productions - Miami >Reearth - Nassau >Responsible Animal Care Society - Vancouver >Science & Technology Advocates for the People - Manila >Sea Mammal Support Group - Den Haag >Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Den Haag/Calgary/Budapest/Melbourne/Seattle >VictoriaDreamSpace -Vancouver >WDCS - London/Washington DC >WSPA - London/Boston >Zoocheck - Toronto > > " Eighty percent of success is showing up " >Woody Allen > > > >Some sample website announcements in no particular order: JAPAN DOLPHIN DAY 2006 > http://www.awionline.org/whales/news/Dolphin_Demo_2006.htm > > http://www.massanimalrights.org/dolphins.html > > > http://www.orcanetwork.org/captivity/dolphinslaughter.html > > http://www.cetaceadefence.org/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=298 & Item\ id=1 > > http://www.captiveanimals.org/news/2006/japanese_dolphin_slaughter.html > > http://www.marineconnection.org/campaigns/taijiprotestsep06.htm > > http://www.earthisland.org/saveTaijiDolphins/japanDolphinDay06.html > > http://www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?t=template & a=326 > > http://www.seashepherd.org/taiji/taiji_worldwide_protest.html > > http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_dolphin.htm > > http://www.careforthewild.org/ > > http://www.csiwhalesalive.org/csiupdat.html > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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