Fwd: Your voice was heard! - Shanghai Animal Olympics ended!

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends of AAPN,

 

Fantastic news! Following our Executive Director Annie Mather's visit

to Shanghai Wild Animal Park which documented the cruelty of the

" Shanghai Animal Olympics " and our letters and calls of protest to

the Mayor and local authorities, the event has now been cancelled!

 

The Shanghai Daily newspaper quoted a park official, Su Feilong, as

saying that a negative public response had prompted the cancellation.

" The games never caused any trouble before, but we received

complaints this year, so we stopped them, " Su was quoted as saying.

 

Those complaints came from compassionate animal lovers like you who

were sickened by our pictures and information about these cruel and

degrading " performances " and wrote in to the Embassies and China

National Tourist offices in your country, calling on them to end the

shows.

 

Thank you on behalf of all in the team of Animals Asia for proving

that, together, our voices, our actions, can make a difference.

 

Animals Asia will be writing to those same authorities thanking them

for their leadership in compassion towards animals in entertainment

who have the right to be wild. We will also be asking if we can now

provide a permanent home for the poor blind bear that was forced to

stand for hours at a time while tourists posed with him for

photographs.

 

Again, we are so proud to have friends and supporters like you who

have helped us in this significant step to end cruelty in the name of

entertainment. Thank you!

 

Warmest wishes,

Jill

Jill Robinson MBE

Animals Asia Foundation

Hong Kong