Black Friday

Let's make this year memorable. ,....



Here are two ways to stand up for the animals on Thanksgiving
weekend (the busiest shopping days of the year) and say that wearing
fur is cruel (full notices follow the numbered items below). Bring
your friends and family. Let's make the Boston demo the largest in
the country this year!! The national animal groups keep online
tallies of attendees in the big cities for this international event
so you know the furriers and fashionistas will be taking note of how
many protesters there were. So we really need you to come this year.
(We will personally be at both the Boston and Holyoke ones.) Weather
is always an issue in November; please stay tuned for info, but cold
or a light drizzle will not stop us so dress warmly. We will bring
handwarmers if it is cold.



1. Boston: Nov. 23, 1-3pm, Neiman Marcus, Copley Place, Boston
2. Holyoke: Nov. 24, noon-2pm. Holyoke Mall, Holyoke (Western Mass)



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Full Notices for Each Event:



Boston Fur Demo:



WHAT: Fur Free Friday Boston Demo: for the 40 million animals killed
for their fur each year



WHEN: Friday November 23, 1-3pm



WHERE: Copley Place, Back Bay, right outside Au Bon Pain. (Neiman
Marcus, a Texas-based chain has a huge fur salon at the Copley
store.) To take a look at their fur items, including everything from
full length coats to fur cowboy hats and belts go here:
http://tinyurl. com/y5zno9



RSVP/INFO: Please RSVP at: rayshick@msn. com The press usually
attends this event so please try to RSVP and to attend.



WHY: Farmed fur animals are kept in tiny, filthy cages and often go
insane. Fur bearing animals receive zero protections under the
Humane Slaughter Act. They are killed by anal or vaginal
electrocution, stomping, having their necks broken, or poison
injected directly into their hearts to not spoil their fur. Animals
electrocuted through their genitals often convulse for two or more
minutes before succumbing to massive heart attack. Trapped animals
suffer awful, slow deaths in body gripping traps. They often chew
off their legs or other body parts in a failed attempt to escape. If
still alive when traps are checked they are usually stomped or
clubbed to death.



DIRECTIONS/PARKING:



By Commuter Rail - From the North/Northwest - Take the Commuter Rail
into North Station. Transfer to either the Orange or Green Line.
From the South/Southwest - Take the Commuter Rail into Back Bay
Station. Follow the signs for Dartmouth Street. Exit the station,
cross over Dartmouth Street and Copley Place is directly in front
of you.



By MBTA - If you are taking the Orange Line, get off at the Back
Bay/South End stop. Follow the signs for Dartmouth Street. Exit the
station, cross over Dartmouth Street and Copley Place is directly in
front you. If you are taking the Green Line (B, C, D or E), get off
at the Copley stop. Exit the station and you will be at the
intersection of Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street. Proceed up
Dartmouth (keeping the Boston Public Library on your right). At
second intersection (corner of Stuart Street and Dartmouth Street)
you will see Copley Place immediately to your right.



From the Airport - Follow signs for Boston/Sumner Tunnel. Stay in
the left lane through the tunnel. Take Route 93 North, stay in the
right lane and take the Storrow Drive Exit. Follow Storrow Drive for
approximately .5 miles. Take the Copley Square Exit (this is a left
hand exit). Turn right onto Beacon Street. At your 4th intersection
turn left onto Exeter Street. Follow Exeter Street to the end (the
intersection of Huntington Avenue). The entrance for the Copley
Place Parking Garage is slightly to the right in front of you,
across Huntington Avenue.



From the North: (New Hampshire, Maine, North Shore) - Take Route
93/Route 1 South. From Route 93 South take the Storrow Drive Exit.
Follow Storrow Drive for approximately .5 miles. Take the Copley
Square Exit (this is a left hand exit). Turn right onto Beacon
Street. At your 4th intersection turn left onto Exeter Street.
Follow Exeter Street to the end (the intersection of Huntington
Avenue). The entrance for the Copley Place Parking Garage is
slightly to the right in front of you, across Huntington Avenue.



From the South: (Rhode Island, Cape Cod, South Shore) - Take Route
93 North. Take the Massachusetts Avenue/Roxbury Exit. Turn right
onto Massachusetts Avenue. Follow approximately 1.5 miles to the
intersection of Huntington Avenue (Symphony Hall is on the corner).
Turn left onto Huntington Avenue. The entrance to Copley Place
Parking Garage is on your right at the set of lights immediately
after the glass pedestrian walkway.



From the West: (New York, Connecticut) - Go East on the Mass Pike
(Route 90). Take the Prudential Center/Copley Square Exit #22. When
the exit divides, stay to your right (Copley Square) and you will
Exit onto Huntington Avenue (the Westin Hotel will be on your left).
Drive around the Westin Hotel, keeping the hotel immediately on your
left at all times. At the set of lights just beyond the hotel, you
want to be in the far left lane, turn left to enter the Copley Place
Parking Garage.



PARKING:
Street parking will be tough as this is the biggest shopping day of
the year (which is why we will be there) so we highly recommend the
Copley Parking Garage (directions to the garage are above). Be sure
to get your ticket validated at one of the stores.



Other Parking Garages:
Additional parking is available at the Prudential Center Parking
Garage, which is connected to the hotel by a pedestrian walkway, and
nearby at the Westin Hotel Parking Garage and the Dartmouth Street
Garage. Copley is the cheapest, we think, especially with the store
validation.