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International Day of Protest against Canada's seal hunt: Schedule of Events

THE UNITED STATES

Atlanta
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: The Consulate General of Canada, 1175 Peachtree Street, 100 Colony Square, Suite 1700
Sponsored by Georgia Animal Rights and Protection (GARP)
Contact Dino Vlachos at dvlachos@yahoo.com
Web site: www.garpatlanta.org
 
Boston
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: The Consulate General of Canada, Three Copley Place  (Copley Square, corner of Dartmouth and Boylston Streets, Copley stop on the MBTA Green Line)
Sponsored by Animal Agenda TV
Contact Christine A. Dorchak at 617-787-3125, animalagenda@aol.com
Website: www.wspa.org ; www.mspca.org

Chicago
Date: Saturday, March 12
Time: 12 noon–2:00 p.m.
Location: Meet on the corner of Michigan Ave. and Randolph Ave, 1 block from the Consulate General of Canada
(Approx. 150 N. Michigan Ave and 100 E Randolph St at the Northwest corner of Millennium Park)
Sponsored by Animal Defense League Chicago
For more contact Mike Everson at ADLchicago@yahoo.com

Dallas
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon–1:30 p.m.
Location: The Consulate General of Canada, 750 North St. Paul Street
Sponsored by Animal Connection of Texas and  Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Contact Caron Byl at 817-891-3456, govegan@charter.net
Web site: www.animalconnectiontx.org

Detroit
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Consulate General of Canada, 600 Renaissance Center
Sponsor by Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow
Contact Jim McNellis at aveganman@yahoo.com

Houston
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 2 p.m.–4 p.m.
Location: The Consulate of Canada, 5847 San Felipe Street
Sponsor: In Solidarity with Animals
Contact Amy Hamala at 713-859-8104, amy@insolidaritywithanimals.com
Web site: www.insolidaritywithanimals.com

Miami

Date: Saturday, March 12

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Location: Consulate General of Canada, First Union Financial Center, 200 South Biscayne Blvd. Miami

Local Sponsor: Greenpeace

For more information, contact: Julie Gouldner at lilredleaf@yahoo.com

Website: www.Greenpeace.org

Minneapolis
Date: Tuesday, March 15  
Time: 12 noon–1 p.m.
Location: 701 Fourth Avenue South.
Sponsor: Minnesota Humane Society and the Coalition for Animal Rights Education
Contact Howard Goldman at 651-690-4997; hgig.goldman@worldnet.att.net

Los Angeles
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Consulate General of Canada, 550 South Hope Street
Sponsor: In Defense of Animals
For more information, contact Bill Dyer at 310-301-7730, bill@idausa.org
Web site: http://www.idausa.org/

New York
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon–2 p.m.
Location: Consulate General of Canada, 1251 Avenue of the Americas
(Take the B or D subway lines to the 47-50 Streets Rockefeller Center stop)
Sponsor: Caring Activists Against Fur
Contact Julie O'Connor at 201-927-3617, julieo898@hotmail.com
Web site: www.caafgroup.com

Portland (Oregon)

Date: Tuesday, March 15

Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.

Location:  Pioneer Courthouse Square, c/o Broadway and Yamhill (By Max stop on Yamhill)

Sponsored by: In Defense of Animals

For more info, contact: Connie Durkee, connie@idausa.org, 503-249-9996 x3

Website: www.furkills.org

Raleigh
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon–1 p.m.
Location: The Consulate of Canada, 3737 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100 (Near Crabtree Valley Mall)
Sponsor: Carolina Animal Activists Together
Contact Gina Wilson at gg-w@att.net 
Web site: www.caat-nc.org

San Diego
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon–2 p.m.
Location: The Consulate of Canada, 402 West Broadway, Suite 400
Sponsor: San Diego Animal Advocates
Contact Megan Sewell at 858-243-3956, vegan_megan81@yahoo.com
Web site: www.animaladvocates.org

San Francisco
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Canadian Consulate Trade Office, 555 Montgomery Street
Sponsored by In Defense of Animals
Contact  Alicia Moore at 415-388-9641, ext. 228, alicia@idausa.org
Web site: www.idausa.org

Seattle
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: The Consulate General of Canada, 6th Avenue and Stewart Street
Sponsored by Northwest Animal Rights Network
Contact Suzanne McMillan at 206-250-7301, Suzanne@narn.org
Web site: www.narn.org

Washington, D.C.
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Locations: Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. (near the Archives/Navy Memorial and Gallery Place/Chinatown metro stops)
Sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States
Contact Andrea Cimino at 301-258-3109, protect-seals@hsus.org
Web site: www.protectseals.org


CANADA

Kelowna, British Columbia
Date: Saturday, March 12
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: The office of Member of Parliament Werner Schmidt, 1855 Kirschner Street
Sponsored by The Responsible Animal Care Society (TRACS) and Youth Against Animal Abuse
Contact Carmen or Sinikka Crosland at 250-768-4803, tracs@shaw.ca
Web site: http://www.tracs-bc.ca

Halifax
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: The office of the Honourable Geoff Regan,  Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 1496 Bedford Highway
Sponsored by Animal Rights Coalition of Halifax, The Nova Scotia Humane Society, and Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Contact Barry Crozier at 902-543-2535 or 902-521-5240, arch@archalifax.com
Web sites: www.archalifax.com; www.cfhs.ca/Members/NovaScotiaHS.htm

Ottawa
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Parliament Hill
Sponsored by Global Action Network
Contact  Regina Flores at 514-939-5525, regina@gan.ca
Web site: www.gan.ca

Toronto
Date: Tuesday March 15th
Time: 12 noon–1 p.m.
Location: Yonge and Dundas Square, Across from the Eaton Centre on the Southeast corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets (Exit at Dundas Subway Station)
Sponsored by the World Society for the Protection of Animals
Contact Melissa Tkachyk at 416-369-0044, Melissa@wspa.ca
Web site: www.wspa.ca

Vancouver
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Location: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Regional Office, 401 Burrard
Street
Sponsored by Vancouver Humane Society, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Liberation B.C., and Vegan Voices
Contact Lesley Fox at 604-215-1114, lesleyfox@hotmail.com or Ashely Fruno at 604-230-2837, ashley@vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca
Web site: www.vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca

MÉXICO

Mexico City
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Embajada de Canadá en México, Schiller 529, Col. Polanco (Rincón del Bosque)
Sponsored by AnimaNaturalis Internacional
Contact Leonora Esquivel at leonora@animanaturalis.com and Melissa Vargas at melissaestefania@yahoo.com
Web site: www.animanaturalis.com

 

International Day of Action: Rallies in Europe, South and Central America, Scandinavia, and the Middle East

EUROPE

Austria

Vienna
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Location: Meet at 11 a.m. outside the Air Canada Bureau (Opernring 1) and march through the city of Vienna to the Canadian Embassy at Laurenzerberg 2, where the protest will continue from 12 noon–2:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Contact Karin Hundlinger at Denver1@gmx.at
Website: www.seashepherd.org

Belgium

Brussels
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m
Location: Canadian Embassy, Tervurenlaan 2, Brussels (Etterbeek)
Sponsored by Bite Back and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Contact Marianne Huiberts at info@biteback.be
Web site: www.biteback.be

Croatia

Zagreb
Date: Tues., March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Canadian Embassy Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 4 10000 Zagreb
Sponsored by: Animal Friends Croatia (Prijatelji zivotinja)
Contact Bernard Vjeran Franolic at prijatelji-zivotinja@inet.hr

Denmark

Copenhagen
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Location: Canadian Embassy, Kristen Bernikowsgade 1, 1105 Copenhagen K
Sponsored by Anima
Contact Joh Vinding at 28 89 26 65,  jv@anima.dk
Web site: www.anima.dk/; www.pelsinfo.dk

France

Paris
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon–1 p.m.
Location: Ambassade du Canada, 35, avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
Sponsored by Fourrure Torture
Contact Jean-Luc Segapeli at +33 (0)6 76 39 79 84, info@fourrure-torture.com
Web site: www.fourrure-torture.com

Nice
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Consulat du Canada, 10 rue LamartineSponsored by Fourrure Torture
Contact Jean-Luc SEGAPELI - +33 6 76 39 79 84 – info@fourrure-torture.com
Web site: www.fourrure-torture.com

Ireland

Dublin
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: St Stephens Green
Sponsored by Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN)
Contact John Carmody at +353-87-6275579,
Web site: www.irishanimals.com/action/8.html

Italy

Milan
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: Via Vittor Pisani, 19, 20124 Milan
Sponsored by International Organisation for Animal Protection
Contact Tiziana Giacalone at secretariat@oipa.org

Rome
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Via G.B. De Rossi n. 27 Sponsored by
Sponsored by ANIMALISTI ITALIANI ONLUS
Contact Ilaria Ferri at ++ 39 06 23232598, mobile ++ 39 339  3366435, intotheblue@animalisti.it
Web site: www.animalisti.it

Portugal

Lisbon 
Date: Tuesday, Marcy 15
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Canadian Embassy, Avenida da Liberdade, 198-200 (near the Avenida subway station)
Sponsored by ANIMAL
Contact Miguel Moutinho at 00 351 96 235 81 83, miguel.moutinho@animal.org.pt
Web site: www.Animal.org.pt

Netherlands

The Hague
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: TBA
Location: Canadian Embassy, Sophialaan 7,  2514 JP
Sponsored by Bont Voor Dieran
Contact (+31) 020 - 676 66 00
Web site: www.bontvoordieren.nl


Norway

Oslo
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 1 p.m. (13.00)
Location: The march will start at the Parliament building, Karl Johansgt. 22, and continue to the Canadian Embassy, Wergelandsveien 7
Sponsored by NOAH-for animal rights
Contact Siri Martinsen at smartinsen@dysrettigheter.no
Web site: www.dyrsrettigheter.no

Spain

Madrid
Date: 15th of March
Time: 12 noon
Location: Embajada de Canadá, Núñez de Balboa, 35, 28001 Madrid, España (Metro: Línea 4, estación Velázquez)
Sponsored by Comarcal Sur-Madrid de la CNT/AIT
Contact Carlos at (0034)917 970 424, fcsvillaverdealto@cnt.es
Web site: www.cnt.es/fcs-villaverde

Barcelona
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Consulado de Canadá en Barcelona, Elisenda de Pinós, 10
08034
Sponsored by Fundación Altarriba, AnimaNaturalis
Contact Núria Querol at +34 629978625, nuria@animanaturalis.com
Web site: www.animanaturalis.com ; www.altarriba.org

Malaga
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Place: Consulado de Canadá en Málaga, Plaza de la Malagueta, 2, 1º 29016
Sponsored by Fundación Altarriba, AnimaNaturalis Internacional
Contact Núria Querol at nuria@animanaturalis.com and Maite Valderrama at mavaltex@yahoo.es
Web site: www.animanaturalis.com, www.altarriba.org

Ukraine

Kharkiv
Date: March 17-24*
Location: Academy of Design and Art
Sponsored by CETA "Life"
Contact Igor Parfenov  at +380576357031
Website: www.cetalife.h10.ru
*Ceta is participating in the Day of Action not by holding a protest but by sponsoring a contest for the best poster opposing the use of seal and other types of fur and an event that will include displays of body art and a fashion show, both of which will call on companies to stop using seal and other fur in fashion.

United Kingdom

London
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: TBA (late morning)
Location: central London
Sponsored by Respect for Animals
Contact Nicki Brooks at respect.for.animals@dial.pipex.com
Web site: www.boycott-canada.com

Edinburgh
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 11:00–12:00 noon
Location: Consulate of Canada, Burness, 50 Lothian Road, Festival Square
Edinburgh
Sponsored by Advocates for Animals
Contact Lynda Korimboccus at lynda@advocatesforanimals.org
Web site: www.advocatesforanimals.org


MIDDLE EAST

Israel

Tel Aviv
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time:4 p.m.
Location: Canadian Embassy, 3/5 Nirim Street
Sponsored by Israel for Wildlife
Contact Alona Haruvi at hoovy_1@netvision.net.il

SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Argentina

Buenos Aires
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Embajada de Canadá, Tagle 2828. (a 1/2 cuadra de Figueroa Alcorta)
Sponsored by AnimaNaturalis Argentina
Contact Verónica Cerrato at VeronicaC@animanaturalis.com
Web site: www.animanaturalis.com

Chile

Santiago
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Embajada de Canadá, Nueva Tajamar 481-Piso 12, Torre Norte
(Edificio World Trade Center)
Sponsored by AnimaNaturalis Chile and El Arca de Noé
Contact Marcela Díaz González at marcelad@animanaturalis.com or María Soledad at  lafemar@mi.cl 
Web site: www.animanaturalis.com

Columbia

Bogota
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Embajada de Canadá, Carrera 7ª  115-33 piso 14
Sponsored by AnimaNaturalis Colombia
Contact Jorge Enrique Bueno Prieto at jorge@animanaturalis.com
Or Colombia@animanaturalis.com, 315-8795851
Web site: www.animanaturalis.com

Equador

Quito
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: TBA
Location: Embajada de Canadá, Av. 6 de Diciembre 2816 y Paul Rivet
Edificio Josueth González
Sponsored by Asociacion Ecuatoriana Defensora de Animales (A.E.D.A.)
Contact Diego Pazmiño at aeda_ecuador@yahoo.com
Web site: http://pages.ivillage.com/nataliamarin/aeda/ 

Peru

Lima
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Place: Embajada de Canadá, Libertad 130 - Miraflores Lima 18, Perú (altura de la cuadra 4 de la Av. José Pardo)
Sponsored by AnimaNaturalis Perú
Contact Marie Monnier Macchiavello at MarieM@animanaturalis.com
Website: www.animanaturalis.com/peru

Uruguay

Montevideo
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 12 noon
Location: Embajada de Canadá en Montevideo
Plaza Independencia 749, office 102, 11100, Montevideo
Sponsored by AnimaNaturalis Uruguay
Contact María Noel Silvera, marianoel@animanaturalis.com, uruguay@animanaturalis.com 
Website: www.animanaturalis.com/uruguay

 

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