From: "KG"
Date: Sun Jul 8, 2001 10:49 pm
Subject: dadafest and animal cruelty

I just spoke to "MB" who is the producer of Dadafest. When we first spoke, he said that he would never have the Extreme Elis act again and he regretted what had happened. Then I asked for his last name & asked why. I explained that I was part of a listserve and that I am a writer for various local magazines and newspapers. AT that point, he said that he would not commit to anything "for public consumption" and he would neither say he would nor would not hire Extreme Elvis again. He then went on to say that as far as he knew, the chickens were not harmed and were in fact shipped off to become "free range" chickens after the show. I pointed out that that would do them little good if they were dead. He said that as far as he knew, no animals were harmed. I said that was quite at odds with what I had heard. And there we were. He repeated that he was not admitting htere was cruelty to animals (a strong current of fear in his voice) and that he'd only said earlier that he would not re-hire Extreme Elvis "to calm you down, I thought you were a hysteric." I said, "Do I sound hysterical, sir?"

I suggest that anyone who cares about animals -- and most especially anyone who saw harm done to the chickens and can testify about it -- call "MB" at 415-xxx-xxxx.

BTW he said that SF Animal Control had been to see him. He didn't say what they were doing or that he'd been charged with any wrongdoing.

I hope others will get involved in this. It's really sickening to see someone first of all allow such cruelty, and then deny it out of fear.

"KG"

From: "KG"
Date: Sun Jul 8, 2001 10:51 pm
Subject: Dadafest, again

As I sent that last post about the dadafest, my phone rang. It was "MB" calling to apologize for being rude to me and mis-stating his case. He said that they would never knowingly have someone onstage who abused animals. I appreciated the apology, but didn't have the presence of mind to ask if they had allowed the show to be repeated on both nights of the dadafest this year.