Jordan World Circus

Jordan World Circus is coming to BC to perform in over a dozen cities between July 16 and July 31. We've confirmed that there will be elephants and bears in some, and possibly all, of these shows. Jordan World Circus is notorious for their bad behavior. They have been cited nearly two dozen times for mistreatment of animals and for endangering the public. Sick and injured animals are often forced to perform despite their condition, uncooperative animals have been observed to be beaten with rods and in at least 3 occasions, elephants have attacked their trainers during a performance while giving rides to children! For more info, visit http://www.circuses.com/fact-jordan.asp

It has been a challenge finding where and when they will be performing, as the circus is very cautious about advertising... but we have a list!

We need your help to speak up for the animals by emailing and writing the Mayors of each town to let them know how disappointed you are that Jordan Circus is allowed to perform there.

We really need callers so please make sure you call at least a couple of these places a day for the next couple of weeks to voice your concern. Please focus your calls from July 14-18 on:

Neslon
Castlegar
Oliver
Vernon
Golden
Revelstoke
Merrit
100 Mile House

For emailing, below is a list of email addresses that you can just copy and paste into your BCC field and send out the emails in one shot. Please leave the TO field of the message blank.

City contacts:

barb@city.nelson.bc.ca, shirley@city.nelson.bc.ca, rhovanes@oliver.ca, mayor@vernon.ca, jdoyle@town.golden.bc.ca, mmckee@cityofrevelstoke.com, mayor@merritt.ca, dbarnett@dist100milehouse.bc.ca, mayor@williamslake.ca, mayorbello@city.quesnel.bc.ca, cityhall@city.quesnel.bc.ca, lmamic@city.quesnel.bc.ca, hpond@princerupert.ca, mayor@city.kitimat.bc.ca, village@burnslake.ca, general@smithers.ca, editor@thegoldenstar.net,

Please also write a letter to the editors of each town's newspaper in order to get your concerns out to the public.

Newspapers:

newsroom@100milefreepress.net, newsroom@ldnews.net, newsroom@northernsentinel.com, editor@quesnelobserver.com, todd.hamilton@interior-news.com, editor@wltribune.com, newsroom@castlegarnews.com, newsroom@merrittherald.com, editor@revelstoketimesreview.com, glenn@vernonmorningstar.com, editor@oliverchronicle.com

19 municipalities in BC have already banned live circuses. Hopefully your complaints will generate debate and get more cities onto the banned list. Your effors are much appreciated!

Performance Dates and City Hall Contacts:

Nelson July 16

Mayor John Dooley
Tel: 250-352-8263
barb@city.nelson.bc.ca

City Manager
Tel: 250-352-8203
shirley@city.nelson.bc.ca

Castlegar date July 17

Mayor Lawrence Chernoff
Tel: 250-365-7227
Contact form: www.castlegar.ca/contactus/contact_us.php?contact=lchernoff

Oliver July 18

Mayor Ron Hovanes
Work: 250 485 6205
Home 250 485 6205
Email: rhovanes@oliver.ca

Vernon July 19

Mayor Wayne Lippert
Tel: 250-545-1361
Email: mayor@vernon.ca

Golden July 20

Mayor James Doyle
Tel: 250-344-2271 ext. 229
Email: jdoyle@town.golden.bc.ca

Revelstoke July 21

Mayor Mark McKee
Tel: (250) 837-2911
Email: mmckee@cityofrevelstoke.com

Merrit July 23

Mayor David Laird
Tel: (250) 378-4224
Home: 378-4703
Email: mayor@merritt.ca

100 Mile July 24

Mayor Donna Barnett
Tel: 250-395-2434
Email: dbarnett@dist100milehouse.bc.ca

Williams Lake July 25

Mayor Scott Nelson
Tel: (250) 392-2311
Email: mayor@williamslake.ca

Quesnel July 26

Mayor Nate Bello
Tel: 1.250.992.2111
Email: mayorbello@city.quesnel.bc.ca
Email: cityhall@city.quesnel.bc.ca

Lynn Mamic Executive Assistant to Mayor and Council
Tel: 1.250.991.7477
Email: lmamic@city.quesnel.bc.ca

Prince Rupert July 28

Mayor Herb Pond
Work: 250-627-0934
Cell:250-624-1479
Email: hpond@princerupert.ca

Kitimat July 29

Mayor Richard Wozney
Tel: (250) 632-8900
Email: mayor@city.kitimat.bc.ca

Smithers July 30

Mayor James A. Davidson
Tel: (250) 847-1600
Email: general@smithers.ca

Burns Lake July 31

Bernice Magee
Tel: 250-692-7587
Email: village@burnslake.ca

Newspapers & Publications:

Prince Rupert:

Publication - http://www.rupertdaily.ca/cgi-bin/show_home.cgi
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