DEMONSTRATION at GREEK CONSULATE against the cruel slaughter of starving and homeless dogs

DEMONSTRATION at GREEK CONSULATE
against the cruel slaughter of starving and homeless dogs

Estimates suggest approximately 80% of the 30,000 to 50,000 stray and homeless dogs in the streets of Athens have been poisoned in the past year in an effort to 'clean up' the streets prior to the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games on August 13. Homeless dogs have been given food laced with rat poison which often leads to a slow and excruciating death that sometimes takes days.

Please forward this message! Your help is needed NOW to stop the mass slaughter of homeless dogs in Greece. World attention is focused on Athens at the dawn of the international event and the odds of bringing more attention to the plight of these dogs is at its peak. Please attend!

Location: Greek Consulate
69 East 79th Street, Between Park & Madison Avenues
When: Tuesday, August 10
Between 12 noon and 1:30 pm
Volunteers are needed to assist in event preparation, write LCL@idausa.org if you can help for more information

What YOU Can Do:
1. Write the following officials and DEMAND that the practice of poisoning dogs in Greece be halted immediately:
Deputy Minister of Agriculture                 Alexandros Kontos                     ax2u050@minagric.gr
Minister of Tourism                                 Dimitris Avramopoulos                dimavra@otenet.gr
Ministry of Foreign Affairs       ! &n bsp;              Petros Molyviatis                       mfa@mfa.gr
Greek Ambassador to the US                 George Savvaides                      evie@greekembassy.org

IDA is sponsoring a demonstration at the Greek Consulate in NYC on August 10 against the cruel slaughter of approximately 50,000 starving and homeless dogs prior to the start of the 2004 Olympic Games.

Your help is needed NOW to stop the mass slaughter of homeless dogs in Greece. World attention is focused on Athens at the dawn of the international event and the odds of bringing more attention to the plight of these dogs is at its peak.

Please attend!

Location: Greek Consulate
69 East 79th Street, Between Park & Madison Avenues
When: Tuesday, August 10
Between 12 noon and 1:30 pm

Volunteers are needed to make signs, transport audio/visual equipment and general assistance. Please write LCL@idausa.org if you can help or for more information. Please confirm your attendance so that we can alert authorities about the number of people to expect.

Thank you!

Lawrence Carter-Long, NE Director - In Defense of Animals

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