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Sunday Morning: Banner & Collect Signatures to Free Ponies & Petting Zoo in Santa Monica

Please join us Sunday, April 6th, 10 am - 1 pm (any time within that window) to leaflet and banner to free the ponies and petting zoo at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, 2640 Main Street,  just south of Ocean Park Blvd., in Santa Monica. 

If you know jugglers, puppeteers, magicians, artists, face painters, etc., invite them too, because we need to introduce children to a more humane form of entertainment.

Wear a red shirt (to symbolize STOP animal abuse) and engage in peaceful civil discourse while collecting petition signatures to make a case for a new city ordinance.  RSVP - Yes, I'm coming this Sunday! winogradteach@gmail.com  

Although we now have 200 plus signatures (over 50 from Santa Monica), the city is refusing to honor our request to suspend the pony ride and petting zoo operations until the public can debate the issue. This, despite the fact that the ponies are each tethered to a pole and forced to walk in tiny circles for four hours while loud music blares next to their sensitive ears, and children crowd a petting zoo where baby animals seek refuge in corners.

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Read the comments posted at the petition site, as there are a number of locals who express their long-felt disgust.

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/shut-down-pony-rides.fb48?source=c.fb&r_by=10284425

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Let the ponies and farm animals roam freely on the vendor's land or let us find a sanctuary that will gladly accept these precious animals.

I hope to see you Sunday morning in Ocean Park.

For the animals,

Marcy Winograd

 


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