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DESCRIPTION:IDA has teamed up with national animal protection organization Showing 
 Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) to target Starbucks Coffee for 
 sponsoring rodeos. Sadly, many animals are injured and killed every year in 
 these violent competitions, so it's no wonder that Starbucks Customer 
 Relations Representatives at first told concerned consumers that the 
 company did not place an ad in the 2005 Cheyenne Frontier Days Souvenir 
 Program. Yet following their denials, SHARK later discovered that Starbucks 
 has also sponsored the Miss Rodeo Washington, the Belton Rodeo in Texas and 
 the American Royal Rodeo in Kansas City, Mo.    Hundreds of coffee drinkers 
 have contacted Starbucks to point out that sponsoring rodeos is the 
 equivalent of endorsing animal abuse, yet the company refuses to stop 
 subsidizing this "sport" that epitomizes human domination over animals.   
 IDA and SHARK will be holding protests outside of Bay Area Starbucks stores 
 in the coming weeks, so please join us as we educate their customers about 
 the company's disregard for animal welfare. SHARK founder and President, 
 Steve Hindi, has been exposing rodeo cruelty for years, and is one of the 
 key national figures in the fight to end the use of animals for sport and 
 entertainment. He will lead the demonstrations and bring his Tiger Truck, a 
 customized multi-media vehicle with large-screen televisions in the windows 
 that can be seen from a distance. We will play footage of rodeo brutality 
 for pedestrians and motorists to see as they pass by, and hand out leaflets 
 to people on the sidewalk.        Participate in IDA/SHARK's Bay Area 
 demonstrations against Starbucks:     - San Francisco (Union Square): 
 Friday, March 3rd from 6:00 -7:00 p.m.  - Sacramento: Saturday, March 4th, 
 Call or email for time and location   To learn more about participating and 
 to RSVP, contact Program Coordinator Melissa Gonzalez at (415) 388-9641, 
 ext. 228 or Melissa@idausa.org.     Also visit 
 http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/sport/rodeo/alert.html for other ways you 
 can help us stop Starbucks' support for rodeos. Action ideas include 
 contacting Starbucks, signing our petition and distributing leaflets 
 outside of your local Starbucks.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/03/89963.php
SUMMARY:IDA/SHARK Starbucks-Rodeo Protest TONIGHT
LOCATION:Starbucks at Union Square
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/03/89963.php
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