JAIL PROTEST HELD ON BEHALF OF DR. JERRY VLASAK!
PROTEST HELD ON BEHALF OF JERRY VLASAK,
MD OUTSIDE THE PEI JAIL
For Immediate Release
Saturday, April 8, 2006
21044 Sherman Way #211
Canoga Park CA 91302
phone: 818.932-9997 fax: 818.932-9998
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.animalliberationpressoffice.org
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Eastern Canada
-Dr. Jerry Vlasak, one of three press officers with
the North American Animal Liberation Press Office,
(NAALPO), is the first of the anti-sealing protesters
to turn himself in; he currently sits in jail on his
13th day of a hunger strike. John Mitchell, legal
counsel for the eleven activists, said he is aware of
plans by several of those arrested with Vlasak to turn
themselves in and serve their respective sentences.
But none of those individuals have contacted or
advised Mitchell with respect to when they intend to
return to Charlottetown.
Lisa Shalom, a fellow activist and one of three
females arrested on the ice floes last march along
with the eight other anti-sealing protesters, decided
to hold a demonstration. She had elected to pay the
fine of 1000C to the court in lieu of jail time but
wanted to make sure that Vlasak had support in
Charlottetown from the outside. Charlottetown, PEI is
not London; New York or even an Austin, Texas- so it
was a challenge for Shalom to get people out on behalf
of Vlasak in a city that has close ties to the seal
kill. In fact, one of the jailers told Vlasak that his
father is a "sealer."
http://theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=2193&sc=2
(NAALPO NOTE: One paragraph in the article is
completely incorrect. Dr. Vlasak is not spending time
in jail to raise money for any conservation group. Dr.
Vlasak is NOT in jail to raise money, but to fulfill
his sentence, protest the seal kill and protest the
unjust conviction of himself and the ten other
anti-sealing activists.)
Dr. Vlasak, formerly of Sea Shepherd Conservation
Society, was questioned by a reporter last year and
stated that in his personal opinion violence in
defense of innocent seals being clubbed to death is
morally justifiable if the seal killers would not stop
any other way. Vlasak states, Those very words got me
ousted as a board member of SSCS - but I stand by them
without regret. If it were your child or companion
being clubbed to death, would violence in self-defense
not be morally justified in order to stop it? I was
simply giving my own personal opinion, as I have a
right to do under the U.S. Constitution."
SSCS has refused to pay for Vlasaks appeal, but
Mitchell plans to include Vlasak pro bono in the
appeal along with the ten other activists. Dr. Vlasak
also had to pay his own way to turn himself in, but he
said such was the least he could do for the seals -
since he has been banned from the ice floes for three
years.
On Sunday, March 26th, HSUS took Zodiacs out to the
ice floes - but one of them was rammed by a fishing
boat with the film of the seal kill confiscated. These
HSUS activists have now been banned from the ice
floes. Vlasak states, I have always believed that
there has got to be a year-round campaign against this
seal slaughter - not just once a year during the
actual kill, with the million-dollar multi-nationals
suddenly moving on to other campaigns." Finally, HSUS
has come up with the idea of a worldwide boycott of
Canadian seafood. This is a great start, but ALL
Canadian products - and tourism - should be boycotted!
HSUS has also brought major attention to this kill by
enlisting Lady Heather and Sir Paul Mcartney. HSUS is
focused on bringing major attention to this hunt, and
its own Rebecca Aldworth - who lives in Canada - is
spearheading that effort.
The "second phase" of the massacre of baby seals in
the Labrador Front, Newfoundland started last Tuesday
and is going to kill 234,000 infants for their fur and
penises - sold to make European coats and Asian
aphrodisiacs.
For more information - and footage - on the seal kill,
please e-mail or call the North American Animal
Liberation Press Office at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or (818)
932-9997, respectively.
National Press Officers:
Lindy Greene-Southwest
Camille Hankins-New York
Jerry Vlasak MD-Los Angeles
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