IDA's Bay Area Events

Table of Contents:
1. IDA's May 2005 Auction for the Animals Has Started 2. Conduct Outreach Against Dog Meat at Korean Trade Expo 3. Gopher Gardening at Ocean Beach This Saturday 4. Peaceable Kingdom Screening in Marin

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1. IDA's May 2005 Auction for the Animals Has Started

IDA's Auction for the Animals on eBay began May 1, so you can now bid on an array of great items at http://www.ebay.com/ida that will benefit IDA. The auction gives you the opportunity to help IDA help animals while having fun bidding on a wide selection of over 250 elegant, exciting and unique items valued at more than $45,000 that have been donated to IDA for this very special online fundraising event. Auction items include fantastic travel and accommodation packages, special celebrity memorabilia, and tickets for great entertainment and sporting events.

Once you find an item that you like, click on the link to view its description, the current bid price, and how much time is left until the bidding ends. Place your bid and keep an eye on it to make sure that, by the time the bidding ends, it's YOURS.
The auction will run in three waves, one wave per week, with new items added May 1st, 8th and 15th. Visit http://auction.idausa.org for more details.

We are still accepting donated items to sell during the auction, so if you have an item that you would like to contribute, please contact Nicole Otoupalik at (800) 338-4451. All donations are tax deductible. If you already sell on eBay, now is a great time to designate 10-100% of your own auction proceeds to IDA by registering at http://www.missionfish.org/ , the partner of eBay Giving Works.

2. Conduct Outreach Against Dog Meat at Korean Trade Expo

South Korea's Ministry for the Office of Government Policy Coordination has proposed a scheme to hygienically control - and effectively legalize - the dog meat trade in their country. IDA strongly opposes this plan, which is supported only by the relatively small number of Koreans who buy and sell dog meat.
The vast majority of Korean citizens have never eaten dog meat and wish to see the horrific practice banned for good.

Please help IDA educate attendees at the Korean Trade Expo about the Korean Government's cruel plans. IDA will be at the Expo to gather signatures on postcards and hand out leaflets urging people to urge the Government to enforce laws and call off the plans to hygienically control dog meat. Please join other IDA volunteers for this important outreach opportunity.

What: Outreach Against Dog Meat
When: Friday, May 6th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: The Radisson Miyako Hotel, 1625 Post Street (at Laguna), San Francisco

E-mail alicia [at] idausa.org or call (415) 388-9641 ext. 228 to confirm that you will be attending so we can contact you in the event that anything changes. To learn more about the Korean dog meat trade and what you can do to stop it, visit http://www.idausa.org/korean_frame.html .

3. Gopher Gardening at Ocean Beach This Saturday

Join the San Francisco Wildlife Protection Project, a joint effort by IDA and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, to create a wildlife "sanctuary" along the Great Highway. By landscaping the area according to the Parks Department's specifications, volunteers create a habitat for native gophers and prevent them from being trapped and killed.
This is an on-going monthly effort, and happens on the first Saturday of each month. Please give us a hand so we can help the gophers.

What: Gopher Gardening
When: Saturday, May 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Where: Corner of the Great Highway and Wawona Street, San Francisco, at the small brick Recreation and Park maintenance building. Click here (http://tinyurl.com/4hnh2) for directions to this event.

For more information, please contact Kevin Connelly at (415) 388-9641, ext. 226 or kevin [at] idausa.org.

4. Peaceable Kingdom Screening in Marin

You are invited to attend a special screening of Tribe of Heart's documentary Peaceable Kingdom in Marin. Peaceable Kingdom is one of the most powerful films ever made about the plight of animals in our society and people's potential for transforming their relationships with animals. The film tells the inspiring story of "farmed" animals and the people who have been moved to fight their exploitation. Visit http://www.tribeofheart.org for more information about Peaceable Kingdom.

What: Peaceable Kingdom screening
When: Thursday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur

The screening will be followed by a reception featuring filmmaker James LaVeck.