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7/19/06--Lebanon Evacuations: NO PETS ALLOWED!<br><br>
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN<br><br><a href="http://www.KinshipCircle.org" target="_blank">http://www.KinshipCircle.org</a><br><br><br><br>
IN THIS ALERT:<br><br>
1. LETTERS TO MEDIA<br><br>
2. LETTERS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS<br><br>
3. UPDATES<br><br><br><br>
SOURCE OF INFORMATION:<br><br>
Sharon Hopkins, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
Mary Alice, Alert from the Cornwall's Voice for Animals UK, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br><br><br>
National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada)<br><br>
Ottawa hires cruise ships for evacuation: Cyprus, then home by air:<br><br>
As many as 50,000 Canadians believed to be in Lebanon<br><br><a href="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/index.html</a><br><br><br><br>
MESSAGE TO BRITISH NATIONALS IN LEBANON<br><br><a href="http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063634069529" target="_blank">http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ser...=1063634069529</a><br><br><br><br>
U.S. public announcements and warden messages<br><br>
Lebanon Situation Update / July 18, 2006<br><br><a href="http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/lebanon/wm071806.html" target="_blank">http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/lebanon/wm071806.html</a><br><br><br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br>
1. LETTERS TO MEDIA<br><br>
PLEASE WRITE YOUR OWN LETTER TO THE MEDIA.<br><br>
The media does not accept "form letters" and may reject letters on this<br><br>
topic if perceived as part of an organized campaign.<br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br><br><br>
UNITED KINGDOM MEDIA<br><br>
BBC Feedback Form<br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4030000/newsid_4032600/4032695.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs...00/4032695.stm</a><br><br><br><br>
GMTV (Europe's biggest breakfast show)<br><br><a href="http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=678" target="_blank">http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=678</a><br><br><br><br>
Duty Office ITV<br><br>
Gas Street; Birmingham B1 2JT<br><br>
ph: 0870 600 6766; fax: 0121 634 4898<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED KINGDOM - More Television & Media Links<br><br><a href="http://www.i-uk.com/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1006977151996" target="_blank">http://www.i-uk.com/servlet/Front?pa...=1006977151996</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED KINGDOM - Media Directory Listing Websites, Addresses, Telephones, Live Links...<br><br><a href="http://www.mediauk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mediauk.com/</a><br><br><br><br>
CANADIAN MEDIA<br><br>
Letters To Editor, National Post<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/85bvu" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/85bvu</a><br><br><br><br>
CANADA - Links To Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, TV<br><br><a href="http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/reference/media-en.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/...e/media-en.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
CANADA - Links to Newspapers<br><br><a href="http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED STATES MEDIA<br><br>
CNN News Group -- Anderson Cooper 360<br><br>
1271 6th Ave, 4th Fl.<br><br>
New York, NY 10020<br><br>
ph: 212-522-2761; fax: 212-467-3845<br><br>
web email: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10</a><br><br><br><br>
Larry King Live<br><br>
web email: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?12" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?12</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED STATES - Find/Contact Local & National Media<br><br><a href="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/" target="_blank">http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/</a><br><br><br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br>
2. SAMPLE LETTER TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS<br><br>
Feel free to use portions of our letter, but please add some original<br><br>
thoughts. Hundreds of identical letters may lessen the impact.<br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br><br><br>
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada<br><br>
Office of the Prime Minister, 80 Wellington Street<br><br>
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0A2<br><br>
ph: 613-992-4211; fax: 613-941-6900<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto
[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://pm.gc.ca/eng/contact.asp" target="_blank">http://pm.gc.ca/eng/contact.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
Prime Minister Tony Blair<br><br>
10 Downing Street,<br><br>
London, SW1A 2AA<br><br>
fax: 020 7925 0918; fax from outside the UK: +442079250918<br><br>
web email: <a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp" target="_blank">http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page3.asp" target="_blank">http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page3.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
President George Bush<br><br>
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW<br><br>
Washington, DC 20500<br><br>
comments: 202-456-1111, switchboard: 202-456-1414; fax: 202-456-2461<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>,<br><br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
web email: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a><br><br><br><br>
Embassy of Canada in Lebanon<br><br>
Lot 12, Autostrade Mezzeh<br><br>
ph: (011 963 11) 611-6692<br><br>
Emergency Operations Centre, toll-free from Canada: 1-800-387-3124<br><br>
From Lebanon, Canadians can call the Embassy at 961 (4) 713-900 or collect at 001-613-996-8885<br><br>
Emergency Operations Centre: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/beirut/menu-en.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/beirut/menu-en.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
Embassy of the United Kingdom In Lebanon<br><br>
British Embassy, Embassies Complex Army Street, Zkak Al-Blat, Serail Hill<br><br>
PO Box 11-471<br><br>
Beirut, Lebanon<br><br>
ph: 00961 (0)1 990400; fax: 00961 (0)1 990420<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, Press & Public Affairs: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063634069529" target="_blank">http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ser...=1063634069529</a><br><br><br><br>
Embassy of the United States In Lebanon<br><br>
U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon<br><br>
Address: Awkar facing the Municipality<br><br>
P.O. Box 70-840 Antelias<br><br>
ph: (961) 4 542600 - 543600; fax: (961) 4 544136<br><br>
American Citizens Services: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
Public Affairs Section: <a href="mailto
[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/" target="_blank">http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>
ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EMAILS IN THIS ALERT<br><br><a href="mailto
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>,<br><br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>,<br><br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>,<br><br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto
[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br><br><br>
ALL WEB EMAILS IN THIS ALERT<br><br>
Prime Minister Tony Blair: <a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp" target="_blank">http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp</a><br><br>
President George Bush: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>
Honorable Officials of Canada, United Kingdom, and United States of America:<br><br><br><br>
I read with dismay about government plans to evacuate Canadian, British and<br><br>
American nationals without their pets. I can only surmise authorities have<br><br>
forgotten the fallout from Hurricane Katrina evacuations with no provisions<br><br>
for animals.<br><br><br><br>
"Hurricane Katrina taught us that many people will not evacuate if they will<br><br>
have to leave pets behind," U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) stated in<br><br>
support of the pending U.S. Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards<br><br>
(PETS) Act.<br><br><br><br>
Apparently, it was a lesson unlearned. Despite the fact a pet's survival is<br><br>
often integral to the survival of his caregivers, Canadian, British, and<br><br>
American evacuation protocols explicitly ban pets from joining their<br><br>
families aboard vessels leaving Lebanon. As a result, foreigners are<br><br>
releasing companion animals into the streets, primarily in volatile zones<br><br>
where bomb strikes occur.<br><br><br><br>
Some are locking animals inside homes isolated by the escalating violence.<br><br>
For confined pets, death by starvation comes slowly and painfully. Beirut<br><br>
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA) estimates thousands of animal<br><br>
companions have already been forcibly left behind.<br><br><br><br>
I respectfully ask you to immediately allocate resources for responders on<br><br>
the ground to assist companion animals and their human caregivers. At the<br><br>
very least, please be aware of the crisis unfolding for animals and provide<br><br>
emergency aid for shelter facilities in Lebanon.<br><br><br><br>
Hurricane Katrina etched unforgivable images into the world's conscience: A<br><br>
white dog was ripped from a boy's arms. A bewildered yellow Lab watched his<br><br>
family disappear in a helicopter. An elderly woman couldn't receive medical<br><br>
care unless she deserted her cats. A man and his dog swam and walked for<br><br>
miles before officials ordered him to abandon his only living family member.<br><br>
Hundreds of thousands of companion animals either died in the storm or its<br><br>
aftermath, or were shipped to shelters around the U.S. The lack of an animal<br><br>
preparedness plan was appalling.<br><br><br><br>
ANY evacuation plan that overlooks animals is a bad plan. Forcing humans to<br><br>
flee without their beloved pets only further traumatizes them.<br><br><br><br>
I eagerly await your feedback on this matter of international concern. In<br><br>
the meantime, I intend to alert the media.<br><br><br><br>
Sincerely,
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN<br><br><a href="http://www.KinshipCircle.org" target="_blank">http://www.KinshipCircle.org</a><br><br><br><br>
IN THIS ALERT:<br><br>
1. LETTERS TO MEDIA<br><br>
2. LETTERS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS<br><br>
3. UPDATES<br><br><br><br>
SOURCE OF INFORMATION:<br><br>
Sharon Hopkins, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
Mary Alice, Alert from the Cornwall's Voice for Animals UK, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br><br><br>
National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada)<br><br>
Ottawa hires cruise ships for evacuation: Cyprus, then home by air:<br><br>
As many as 50,000 Canadians believed to be in Lebanon<br><br><a href="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/index.html</a><br><br><br><br>
MESSAGE TO BRITISH NATIONALS IN LEBANON<br><br><a href="http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063634069529" target="_blank">http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ser...=1063634069529</a><br><br><br><br>
U.S. public announcements and warden messages<br><br>
Lebanon Situation Update / July 18, 2006<br><br><a href="http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/lebanon/wm071806.html" target="_blank">http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/lebanon/wm071806.html</a><br><br><br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br>
1. LETTERS TO MEDIA<br><br>
PLEASE WRITE YOUR OWN LETTER TO THE MEDIA.<br><br>
The media does not accept "form letters" and may reject letters on this<br><br>
topic if perceived as part of an organized campaign.<br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br><br><br>
UNITED KINGDOM MEDIA<br><br>
BBC Feedback Form<br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4030000/newsid_4032600/4032695.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs...00/4032695.stm</a><br><br><br><br>
GMTV (Europe's biggest breakfast show)<br><br><a href="http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=678" target="_blank">http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=678</a><br><br><br><br>
Duty Office ITV<br><br>
Gas Street; Birmingham B1 2JT<br><br>
ph: 0870 600 6766; fax: 0121 634 4898<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED KINGDOM - More Television & Media Links<br><br><a href="http://www.i-uk.com/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1006977151996" target="_blank">http://www.i-uk.com/servlet/Front?pa...=1006977151996</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED KINGDOM - Media Directory Listing Websites, Addresses, Telephones, Live Links...<br><br><a href="http://www.mediauk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mediauk.com/</a><br><br><br><br>
CANADIAN MEDIA<br><br>
Letters To Editor, National Post<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/85bvu" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/85bvu</a><br><br><br><br>
CANADA - Links To Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, TV<br><br><a href="http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/reference/media-en.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/...e/media-en.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
CANADA - Links to Newspapers<br><br><a href="http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED STATES MEDIA<br><br>
CNN News Group -- Anderson Cooper 360<br><br>
1271 6th Ave, 4th Fl.<br><br>
New York, NY 10020<br><br>
ph: 212-522-2761; fax: 212-467-3845<br><br>
web email: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10</a><br><br><br><br>
Larry King Live<br><br>
web email: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?12" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?12</a><br><br><br><br>
UNITED STATES - Find/Contact Local & National Media<br><br><a href="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/" target="_blank">http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/</a><br><br><br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br>
2. SAMPLE LETTER TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS<br><br>
Feel free to use portions of our letter, but please add some original<br><br>
thoughts. Hundreds of identical letters may lessen the impact.<br><br>
================================================== ==============<br><br><br><br>
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada<br><br>
Office of the Prime Minister, 80 Wellington Street<br><br>
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0A2<br><br>
ph: 613-992-4211; fax: 613-941-6900<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://pm.gc.ca/eng/contact.asp" target="_blank">http://pm.gc.ca/eng/contact.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
Prime Minister Tony Blair<br><br>
10 Downing Street,<br><br>
London, SW1A 2AA<br><br>
fax: 020 7925 0918; fax from outside the UK: +442079250918<br><br>
web email: <a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp" target="_blank">http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page3.asp" target="_blank">http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page3.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
President George Bush<br><br>
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW<br><br>
Washington, DC 20500<br><br>
comments: 202-456-1111, switchboard: 202-456-1414; fax: 202-456-2461<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto
web email: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a><br><br><br><br>
Embassy of Canada in Lebanon<br><br>
Lot 12, Autostrade Mezzeh<br><br>
ph: (011 963 11) 611-6692<br><br>
Emergency Operations Centre, toll-free from Canada: 1-800-387-3124<br><br>
From Lebanon, Canadians can call the Embassy at 961 (4) 713-900 or collect at 001-613-996-8885<br><br>
Emergency Operations Centre: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/beirut/menu-en.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/beirut/menu-en.asp</a><br><br><br><br>
Embassy of the United Kingdom In Lebanon<br><br>
British Embassy, Embassies Complex Army Street, Zkak Al-Blat, Serail Hill<br><br>
PO Box 11-471<br><br>
Beirut, Lebanon<br><br>
ph: 00961 (0)1 990400; fax: 00961 (0)1 990420<br><br>
email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, Press & Public Affairs: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1063634069529" target="_blank">http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ser...=1063634069529</a><br><br><br><br>
Embassy of the United States In Lebanon<br><br>
U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon<br><br>
Address: Awkar facing the Municipality<br><br>
P.O. Box 70-840 Antelias<br><br>
ph: (961) 4 542600 - 543600; fax: (961) 4 544136<br><br>
American Citizens Services: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br>
Public Affairs Section: <a href="mailto
SOURCE URL: <a href="http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/" target="_blank">http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>
ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EMAILS IN THIS ALERT<br><br><a href="mailto
ALL WEB EMAILS IN THIS ALERT<br><br>
Prime Minister Tony Blair: <a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp" target="_blank">http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Email_The_PM_Form.asp</a><br><br>
President George Bush: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>
Honorable Officials of Canada, United Kingdom, and United States of America:<br><br><br><br>
I read with dismay about government plans to evacuate Canadian, British and<br><br>
American nationals without their pets. I can only surmise authorities have<br><br>
forgotten the fallout from Hurricane Katrina evacuations with no provisions<br><br>
for animals.<br><br><br><br>
"Hurricane Katrina taught us that many people will not evacuate if they will<br><br>
have to leave pets behind," U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) stated in<br><br>
support of the pending U.S. Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards<br><br>
(PETS) Act.<br><br><br><br>
Apparently, it was a lesson unlearned. Despite the fact a pet's survival is<br><br>
often integral to the survival of his caregivers, Canadian, British, and<br><br>
American evacuation protocols explicitly ban pets from joining their<br><br>
families aboard vessels leaving Lebanon. As a result, foreigners are<br><br>
releasing companion animals into the streets, primarily in volatile zones<br><br>
where bomb strikes occur.<br><br><br><br>
Some are locking animals inside homes isolated by the escalating violence.<br><br>
For confined pets, death by starvation comes slowly and painfully. Beirut<br><br>
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA) estimates thousands of animal<br><br>
companions have already been forcibly left behind.<br><br><br><br>
I respectfully ask you to immediately allocate resources for responders on<br><br>
the ground to assist companion animals and their human caregivers. At the<br><br>
very least, please be aware of the crisis unfolding for animals and provide<br><br>
emergency aid for shelter facilities in Lebanon.<br><br><br><br>
Hurricane Katrina etched unforgivable images into the world's conscience: A<br><br>
white dog was ripped from a boy's arms. A bewildered yellow Lab watched his<br><br>
family disappear in a helicopter. An elderly woman couldn't receive medical<br><br>
care unless she deserted her cats. A man and his dog swam and walked for<br><br>
miles before officials ordered him to abandon his only living family member.<br><br>
Hundreds of thousands of companion animals either died in the storm or its<br><br>
aftermath, or were shipped to shelters around the U.S. The lack of an animal<br><br>
preparedness plan was appalling.<br><br><br><br>
ANY evacuation plan that overlooks animals is a bad plan. Forcing humans to<br><br>
flee without their beloved pets only further traumatizes them.<br><br><br><br>
I eagerly await your feedback on this matter of international concern. In<br><br>
the meantime, I intend to alert the media.<br><br><br><br>
Sincerely,