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Purrs & Grrrs
Purrs to the Maui, Hawaii, County Council for voting unanimously to ban the display of captive whales and dolphins. Said one council member, “We have the ocean as our natural dolphinarium.” Send thank-yous to County Council, County of Maui, 200 S. High St., 7th Fl., Wailuku, HI 96793-2155; county.council@co.maui.hi.us.
Grrrs to the University of North Alabama for using live lions as mascots. Following the death of lion Leo II, the school decided to replace him with not one, but two lion cubs. Ask the school to be a good sport and use only willing human mascots to promote its teams. Contact Robert L. Potts, J.D., LL.M, University of North Alabama, University Station, Florence, AL 35632-0001; tel.: 256-765-4211; fax: 256-765-4644.
Grrrs to ESPN2 for airing a one-sided piece about the “Running of the Bulls” in Pamplona, Spain. Most tourists and TV viewers don’t know that the bulls who are stampeded through the streets during the day are tormented and slaughtered in the bullring at night. Please ask ESPN to stop glorifying this cruel spectacle and air opposition to it. Write to ESPN Television, ESPN Plz., Bristol, CT 06010; askespntv@espn.twdc.com. |
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Grrrs to Oscar-winning actor Halle Berry for dressing to kill—animals— in furry fashions. Please remind her that there are plenty of to-die-for fakes out there—and they don’t require crushing animals in steel traps or electrocuting them on fur farms. Write to Halle Berry, c/o Karen Samfilippo, Image Management PR, 8271 Melrose Ave., Ste. 208, Los Angeles, CA 90046.
Purrs to the Pizza Huts of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and select Sbarro locations for dishing up soy-cheese pizzas. Soy cheese is 50% lower in fat than regular cheese, cholesterol-free and a whole lot kinder to cows. Please ask both chains to offer soy cheese at all their restaurants and advertise it. Contact Michael Rawlings, President, Pizza Hut, 14841 Dallas Pkwy., Dallas, TX 75254; 1-800-948-8488. Also contact Sbarro Corporate Headquarters, Mario Sbarro, President, 401 Broadhollow Rd., Melville, NY 11747; 631-715-4100;