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From: "Animal Defenders" <k-blackman@animail.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:50:38 -0400
Subject: Three items in The Enquirer

PLEASE CROSS POST!!

The National Enquirer is a very popular tabloid magazine that reaches 'common
folk'and has a circulation of almost 3 million readers. In the August 9 issue there are three items of AR importance.

1) There is an excellent article about Marijo Gillis' (WAG: Welfare for
Animals in Greece) attempts to stop Greece' slaughter of strays. Excerpt:
"Garbage collectors were told to scatter poison meatballs...then collect
the bodies. They're given a bounty for each body they collect. A worker
saw a dog still alive being hurled into the truck and crushed with
garbage (corroborated by Greek activists).

The magazine is asking for comments which they will forward to the Greek
Embassy in Washington, D.C. Please email your comments to:

letters@nationalenquirer.com

2) Excellent article about a catfish who tried to swallow a child's
basketball. It became lodged in the animal's mouth; he couldn't go under
the water due to the ball's buoyancy, and was stuck at the surface. Some
text:' The 70-pound, 4 foot long fish nearly died of exhaustion. In an
attempt to rescue the exhausted fish, Bill Driver waded into the one-acre
lake and grabbed the fish's head. "But there was no way I could pull
that ball out of his mouth," said Bill.

Bill's wife raced to the house for a knife. "Bill was becoming as
exhausted as the poor fish," she said. "We were finally able to deflate
the basketball with the knife." The much-relieved fish swam off. '
Included are wonderful photos of this fish's rescue.

It is extremely rare that fish are acknowledged as sentient in the press.
Please thank the Enquirer, via letters to the editor:

Yoursay@nationalenquirer.com

Short letters are more likely to be printed. They print our letters; I
just had one in it about people not tolerating animal cruelty anymore.

3) The bad news: their gossip columnist Mike Walker is a moron who
discusses animals like he's from the Dark Ages - calls horses 'nags',
says dogs stink, makes fun of rescue efforts...from the same issue:
"During shooting for THE PRINCESS DIARIES, a scarf was supposed to be
swept into the sand and picked up by Anne Hathaway - but instead it
touched down on the rotting, smelly carcass of a dead porpoise! Gagging
crew members refused to go near it..."

Mike Walker wouldn't write such disrespectful nonsense if they'd found a
human body; tell him to write with decency and respect for ALL living
beings! Email: mikegossip@nationalenquirer.com

Thank you for contacting the media; how they express themselves can help
the animals, and conversely, hurt them.

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