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2004
CALENDAR

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10 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information.

14 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 27, 6:30 pm

15 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 15B, 11:30 pm

18 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 27, 7 pm

19 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 15B, 9 am

20 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 15B, 9:30 pm

21 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 13B, 10:30 pm

22 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 27, 9 pm

23 - Rodeo Demo Ft. Worth at Will Rogers
Coliseum, 6:30-7:30pm

24 - Fur Demo Ft. Worth, Neiman Marcus

24 - ACTV: Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 13B, 11 am and channel 27, 6:30 pm

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7 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope on DCTV, channel 15B, 10 pm

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10 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information. THIS MONTH: Jeff Crilley of FOX 4 News will speak on "How to Get Positive Publicity on the News".

13 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope on DCTV, channel 15B, 10:30 pm

18 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special on DCTV, channel 15B, 7:30 pm. THE BENEFIT TV PARTY NIGHT! Party starts at 7 pm. Please bring a donation for activist defense fund. Write flogthebog@yahoo.com for location.

24 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special , channel 27A, 11 pm

25 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 13B, 10 pm

26 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special on DCTV, channel 15B, 10:30 pm

27 - Anti-circus demo with PeTA, Pegasus Plaza, South Akard and Main Street at noon

27 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 15B, 9:30 pm

28 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special , channel 15B, 7:30 pm

29 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 27A, 10:30 pm

CIRCUS: We will be leafleting and have signs/demo as specified. All shows in Dallas are at the American Airlines Center; shows in Fort Worth (August) are at the Convention Center. TIMES are when to meet for leafleting/demos, NOT the show times:


Dallas (American Airlines Center):
27 - Elephant walk
29 - 6:30 pm
30 - 6:30 pm
31 - 10:30 am (demo)

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3 - court case against exotic cat exhibitor,
9:30am, Hurst

10 - KFC headquarters protest, 12-1 PM,
14841 Dallas Pkwy

14 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information. Anti kangaroo leather demo after meeting, at Just for Feet on 75. Brenda Davis and Anthony Marr of CARE tour to speak. (Canceled due to snowstorm)


17 - Animal Care and Use seminar UTSW

25 - ACTV: Fur, Money and Myths on DCTV, 13B at 10

27 - Kinder Harbors Animal Sanctuary Fundraiser: Vegetarian Italian four-course meal prepared by Crosby Café & Catering, mini-murder mystery, silent auction will be available for your bidding, gambling and Italian Theme  Music, 6 p.m. -  11 p.m.   Church of the Good Samaritan's Parish Hall, 1522 Highland Road (Near the White Rock Lake Spillway) 972-238-5253 for more information.

28: Iams demo, noon, Reunion Arena

28-29: PeTA Helping Animals 101, New Orleans

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1 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 13B, 11:15 pm

CIRCUS: We will be leafleting and have signs/demo as specified. All shows in Dallas are at the American Airlines Center; shows in Fort Worth are at the Convention Center. TIMES are when to meet for leafleting/demos, NOT the show times:

Dallas (American Airlines Center):
1 - 4:00 pm
5 - 6:30 pm
6 - 6:30 pm
7 - 10:30 am (demo)
8 - 4:00 pm (Show in Spanish - need Spanish speakers!) Follow elephants to trailers after show, about 7:30 pm.

Fort Worth (Convention Center):
12 - 6:30 pm
13 - 6:30 pm
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4 - 2:30 pm (After ACT meeting, can carpool from Dallas)
15 - 4:00 pm (Follow elephants to trailer after show, around 7:30 pm)

8 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 15B, 10:30 pm

14 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information.

21 - Annual National Homeless Animals Vigil, Flag Pole Hill (buckner and NW Hwy), 6 - 9 pm. For more information, call 972.274.2564 or write vigil2004@comcast.net.

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10: HSUS Animal Care Expo, 3/10-13; FFA
leafleting at Expo re: farmed animal practices

For IAMS leafleting at HSUS Expo, contact Susan, soakey@txu.com / 214 943-6667 / 214-812-2817 / 214-577-6727 to arrange for one of the following times:

10 - 8-9 a.m. and/or   5-6 p.m.

11 - 7:30-8:30 a.m.  and/or   Noon-1:00 p.m.
         6:30-7:30 p.m.  and/or   9:30-10:30 p.m.
        
12 - 5-6 p.m. and/or   7:30-8:30 p.m.

13 -   8:30-9:30 a.m.

13 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information. Guest speaker Joy Glatz from the Humane Activist Network.

13 - Neiman Marcus vigil at the downtown Dallas store, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., 1618 Main St. After the vigil we will be putting doorhangers up in a nearby neighborhood. For more information on the day's events, please contact Pierre at (301) 585-2591 ext. 204 or email Pierre@fund.org . See pictures of the vigil.

Vigil for Jabari, zoo inmate killed by Dallas police

20 - ACT member Susan Oakey gives a talk, "Udder Lunacy: Mad Cows and Madder People" , 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Pasand Indian Restaurant , 1377 W. Campbell and Coit
Richardson, TX, Reservations by March 16. 214-319-9936

21 - ACTV: Exotic Birds and Thinking Beyond the Crate on DCTV, 11 pm, channel 15B

24 - ACTV: Exotic Birds and Thinking Beyond the Crate on DCTV, 11 pm, channel 27A

27 - ACTV: Exotic Birds and Thinking Beyond the Crate on DCTV, 8 pm, channel 27A


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3 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 27A, 11 pm

4 - Queno Memorial Picnic and "Dog" Roast, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., White Rock Lake Dog Park - Large Dog area

4 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 27A, 11 pm

5 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 15B, 11 pm

9 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 27A, 10:30 pm

10 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 15B, 12:30 am

11 - Universoul Circus leafleting, 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Southwest Center Mall, 3662 Camp Wisdom Road. If you have any questions, call Susan at 214-577-6727.

12 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 13B, 12:00 am

13 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 27A, 11 pm

13 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 12:30 am, channel 13B

16 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 10:00 pm, channel 15B

16 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 27A, 11 pm

18 - NOTE CHANGED DATE! Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information.

18 - Universoul Circus leafleting, 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Southwest Center Mall, 3662 Camp Wisdom Road. If you have any questions, call Susan at 214-577-6727.

25 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 15B, 12:30 am

26 - IAMS anti-vivisection demonstration, 10:45 am, White Rock Lake Dog Park, 8000 Mockingbird Lane in Dallas , TX. Please call Allison Ezell at 757-943-7452 or email AllisonE@peta.org   if you have any questions or plan to attend.

30 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 13B, 11 pm

 

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3 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information.

11 - Pooch Parade. Leaflet this popular dog event about the experiments at UT Southwestern Medical Center. We will enter dogs in the parade and march with signs and lab coats. Lee Park in Dallas, 11 am.

15 - 18 Tabling at Main Street Arts Fest, Fort Worth.

19 - World Week for Animals in Labs demo at UT Southwestern Medical Center ( 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390 ), noon. Blow the whistle on animal experiments. Contact Mary Steffenhagen (817) 917-6656 or Susan Oakey (214) 943-6667

24 - March of Dimes Walkathon, White Rock Lake, Dallas, and Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth.

27 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special , 10:30 pm, channel 15B

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1 - 3 Empty Cages Conference (North Carolina)
http://www.animalsandsociety.org/emptycages.htm

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2 -  AHA Heart Walk Protest, Market and Munger Street in the West End, 7:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.  If you aren't able to stay the entire time, that is fine - just come for as long as you can.  Questions, call Susan (days:  214-812-2817  /  cell:  214-577-6727). The American Heart Association spends more money on animal research than any other charity in this country.  Some of the experiments they have funded:

* injected particles of glass into dogs' hearts to induce heart failure.
* given dogs a mini-heart attack every two minutes for eight hours a day for three weeks.
* given newborn pigs brain injuries by using pendulums to strike metal shafts inserted into their skulls.

7 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 15B, 11 pm

7 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 11:30 pm, channel 15B

9 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information.

11 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special , 10 pm, channel 13B

11 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 11 pm, channel 13B

15 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special , 10 pm, channel 27A

16 - www.vegetariandallas.com has organized a Walk for Farmed Animals:
http://www.walkforfarmanimals.org/ We will be walking up and down Greenville Avenue with signs and shirts. We might have a live pig come join us on our walk and a portable television with slaughterhouse footage. Register at 2:30pm (Just $!0, but we won't turn you away if you can't pay). Actual walk will begin at 3:30pm. Glencoe Park near Lower Greenville. Questions? 469.261.7215 or dixie@vegetariandallas.com).

17 - Lone Star Vegetarian Chili Cookoff, Round Rock, Texas

17 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 11 pm, channel 15B

19 - Dr. Neal Barnard from PCRM speaks on Breaking the Food Seduction, FREE, 7 - 8:30 pm, Wyndham Arlington Dallas DFW Airport, 1500 Convention Center Drive, Arlington, TX. For more info call Daria at 202-686-2210, extension 337, or write dariak@pcrm.org. PLEASE RSVP. Free drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

20 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 15B, 11 pm

24 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 15B, 1 am

31 - 11:30 a.m.: meet at Spiral Diner for lunch;
12 -1: anti-fur door hanging in Ryan Place neighborhood of Fort Worth

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8 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information.

22 - IAMS demo (against animal testing), Northwest Corner of Preston/Royal near the Tom Thumb & Dougherty's, 12:00-1:30

24 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 10:30 pm, channel 13B

25 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 10 pm, channel 13B

26 - ACTV: The Stop Huntingdon Special , 11 pm, channel 13B

27 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 9 pm, channel 127A

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6 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 27A, 10:30 pm

6 - ACTV: Resolving Wildlife Problems on DCTV, channel 27A, 11 pm

13 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information. SPEAKER: Carol Adams, on her book, Prayers for Animals.

13 - Rodeo demonstration, American Airlines Center, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

25 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 15B, 12 am

25 - ACTV: Unnecessary Fuss on DCTV, channel 15B, 12:30 am

26 - Fur Free Friday demonstration, 12:30 – 2:00 at Ridgmar Mall in Fort Worth. SE entrance to the mall (which faces Neiman's) on Green Oaks Rd. just off I 30.

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12 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information. Guest speaker from Farm Sanctuary, nutritionist George Eisman, R.D. speaking on “What's Wrong With Atkins? ”. George is currently traveling around the country as part of Farm Sanctuary's Veg For Life Tour. If you can't make this, he has more events:

http://www.vegforlife.org/veg_tourTXalert.htm

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2 - Cull of the Wild on DCTV, channel 13B, 12 a.m.

2 - Auctions and Ducks on DCTV, channel 15B, 12:30 a.m.

11 - Monthly meeting, 11 a.m., at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street in downtown Dallas. Call the ACT info-line (214-373-7867) for more information. SPEAKER: Dave Lieber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist, based on his new book, The Dog of My Nightmares: Stories by Texas Columnist Dave Lieber.

18 - Anti-fur protest (Wet Seal store), Hulen Mall, at the Hulen Street entrance, near Jared's Jewelry. Activists will meet at 11 a.m. For more information on this campaign, please visit www.FurIsDead.com . P lease contact Pulin Modi at PulinM@peta.org or 757-943-0344 if you have any questions.

22 - ACTV: Cull of the Wild on DCTV, channel 13B, 12:30 a.m.

22 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 1 am, channel 13B

29 - ACTV: Cull of the Wild on DCTV, channel 13B, 12 a.m.

29 - ACTV: A Dog Called Hope , 12:30 am, channel 13B

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