WRITE TO ALL OF THESE EMAIL ADDRESSES (GREEK EMBASSIES: MORE ADDRESSES BELOW) TO TELL THEM WE ARE URGING AN INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT OF THE GAMES, ON BEHALF OF THE 50,000 GASSED DOGS!!!

Just paste them into your address bar: (don`t forget to use commas or semi-colons, as your email outbox demands!)
greekemb@greekembassy-au.org
hellasemb@greekembassy.jet2web.at
ambagre@skynet.be
sofia@greekembassy.bg
embassy@greekembassy.ca
grembpek@163bj.com
greece-embassy@grembassy.hr
grembnic@spidernet.net
greekemb@czn.cz
greekembcop@post.tele.dk
info@greekembassy.fi
ambgrpar@wanadoo.fr
greekembassyberlin@t-online.de
greekemb@axelero.hu
hellemb@id.eth.net
dubgremb@eircom.net
ggremroma@tin.it
ambgrec@pt.lu
gr.emb.hague@dataweb.nl
info@greece.org.nz
gremb.mow@mfa.gr
embgrsaf@global.co.za
embajadadegrecia@telefonica.net
gremb.stockholm@beta.telenordia
thisseas@iprolink.ch
political@greekembassy.org.uk
greece@greekembassy.org


A Listing of Greek Embassies Worldwide.

http://www.ioi2004.org/html/embassies2.html
http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/greece3.html


----- Original Message -----

From: In Defense of Animals
Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:01 PM
IDA Condemns Cruel Poisoning of 50,000 Stray Dogs Prior To Olympic Games

Greetings,

IDA Condemns Cruel Poisoning of 50,000 Stray Dogs Prior To Olympic Games Calls for Olympic Athletes To Speak Out Against Mass Poisoning.

In Defense of Animals strongly condemns the deliberate and inhumane poisoning of thousands of homeless dogs in the city of Athens. Estimates suggest approximately 80% of the 30,000 to 50,000 stray and homeless dogs in the streets of Athens have been poisoned in the past year in an effort to 'clean up' the streets prior to the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games on August 13. Starving dogs have been given food laced with rat poison which often leads to a slow and excruciating death that sometimes takes days.

“Killing animals is not an Olympic sport," said Elliot Katz, DVM, Founder of the national animal advocacy organization, In Defense of Animals based in Mill Valley, Calif., "and Athens cannot be allowed to continue acting as if it is. The methods of population control currently being used in Greece are simply not acceptable. Poisoning thousands of homeless dogs prior to the Olympic Games flies in the face of everything the Olympics games are supposed to be about. It tarnishes the otherwise positive appeal of the event. We urge compassionate athletes, and concerned individuals everywhere, to avoid Greece as a travel destination and to actively speak out until this abhorrent practice is abandoned."

Disturbing video taken by Welfare for Animals Global/Welfare for Animals Greece, a New York City advocacy and lobby group, is available showing the gruesome methods being utilized to kill dogs in the city.

Click here to view the video. NOTE: You must have QuickTime
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download installed to watch the clip.

1. Write the following officials and DEMAND that the practice of poisoning dogs in Greece be halted immediately:

Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Alexandros Kontos
ax2u050@minagric.gr

Minister of Tourism
Dimitris Avramopoulos
dimavra@otenet.gr

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Petros Molyviatis
mfa@mfa.gr

Greek Ambassador to the US
George Savvaides
evie@greekembassy.org

Minister Theodoros Roussopoulos
mail@primeminister.gr

A Listing of Greek Embassies Worldwide.
http://www.ioi2004.org/html/embassies2.html
http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/greece3.html

2. Attend our demonstration at the Greek consulate in NYC on August 10, between 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. Some signs and materials will be provided, but concerned individuals are encouraged to also bring their own.

Location:

Greek Consulate
69 East 79th Street, Between Park & Madison Avenues
Tuesday, August 10
Between 12 noon and 1:30 p.m.

For more information contact: LCL@idausa.org


Informant: Planttrees

Did we not experience similar tactics with WMDs in Iraq?

I thought I'd also share this with our Group as a "heads up" for a possible ( I should almost say probable) biological threat - initiated by, who knows whom...if you listen to the audio clip excerpts and view the links below. The article on the vaccine maker Ad scare follows the audio clips.

Jack Topel


WHY ARE 30 OF THE WORLD LEADING MICROBILOGIST DEAD?
Here is a link for more detailed coverage of "mysterious deaths" of these premier microbiologists:
http://www.stevequayle.com/C2C.index.dead.scientist.html
http://stevequayle.com/News.alert/NBC/020303.14.dead.scientists.html

AUDIO CLIPS

http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=34123&f=NCRIWL&ps=7&p=1 (10 min)
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=34126&f=OGLMXY&ps=7&p=1 (10min)
http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=34128&f=VEVPJU&ps=7&p=1 (1 min)

Subject: [NVIC] Vaccine Maker Ad Scares Public
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 09:27:35 -0400
From: news@nvic.org (NVICNews)

E-NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER
Vienna, Virginia http://www.nvic.org

UNITED WAY/COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN #9119
"Protecting the health and informed consent rights of children since 1982."
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/30/1091080439774.html?oneclick=true#

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Drug maker accused of scare-mongering
By Julie Robotham, Medical Editor
July 31, 2004

The drug company Baxter Healthcare has been accused of distortion and scare-mongering over advertisements designed to prompt people to request an expensive meningococcal disease vaccination from their doctor.

The ads, running this week in Woman's Day, show the feet of a corpse with a mortuary label tied to a toe. The label peels off the page, and readers are asked to, "Take this to your GP and ask about vaccination today."

The information on the mortuary tag explains that adults account for nearly half of all cases of disease caused by the C strain of meningococcal bacteria. Among the adults, two in 10 lose digits or limbs and one in 10 dies.

But it does not explain that the disease affects only about 130 adults in Australia each year. Most make a full recovery.

The campaign is billed as "a community message from Baxter Healthcare", and does not mention by name the company's NeisVac-C vaccine. The advertising of prescription medicines direct to the public is illegal.

But the mortuary label includes Baxter's name, and uses the same branding as the vaccine, which costs $73 and is not eligible for any government subsidy. Separate ads running in the specialist medical press alert doctors that "your patients may be bringing in coupons requesting vaccinations", and explicitly mention NeisVac-C.

David Henry, a professor of clinical pharmacology at the University of Newcastle, said the advertisement was an example of "a serious but low-risk condition [being] exaggerated in the public's mind by selective presentation of statistics ... I think this is a gross example of disease-mongering." Professor Henry said the campaign was plainly intended to scare people. Meningococcal disease was "not something the average Australian should be carrying in their head as a proximal risk ... you're at much higher risk climbing into the car every day".

Hilda Bastian, a health consumer advocate and editor of Informed Health Online, said the campaign was "shockingly manipulative, and it was dishonest to call this a community message".

Baxter did not respond to requests for comment.

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2004/07/27/scientists_violent_death_shocks_cold_fusion_research_network/


Informant: Teresa Binstock

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7459/189?etoc


Informant: Friends

http://www.prwatch.org/spin/

U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey says the Food and Drug Administration's chief counsel "is aggressively intervening against the public on behalf of drug companies and medical device manufacturers" and this "pattern of collusion" has "corrupted [the FDA's] mission to protect the public health."

Daniel Troy, who lobbied for drug and tobacco companies before being appointed as USDA counsel, reportedly told drug companies to inform him of lawsuits so that the FDA could strengthen their defense.

"Make it sound like a Hollywood pitch," he advised. Troy has filed USDA briefs on behalf of former client Pfizer, SmithKline Beecham Consumer Products and GlaxoSmithKline.

Source: British Medical Journal, July 24, 2004

Full story:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7459/189?etoc


Informant: Friends