General

FUR FREE FRIDAY

Friday, 26 November 2004
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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

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.

Location:
Neiman Marcus, Back Bay, right outside Au Bon Pain (Neiman Marcus is a Texas-based chain that sells fur)

Directions: 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 Massachusetts Turnpike (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. 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.

URL: http://www.massachusettsanimalrights.com