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Dear Friends, The current issue of the "National Enquirer" includes an article on page four about our campaign to persuade Hilary Duff to stop supporting the Rodeo and Bullfighting Mafias. The article is titled, “ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS RIDE HERD ON HILARY DUFF.” As has been the case from the start of this campaign almost two months ago, no one from the Duff family has responded to our questions or charges. The Duff attorney Stanton Stein, however, did speak out, and what he said spoke volumes about Hilary Duff. Here is an excerpt from the article (the entire article can be read here) with the important part of his statement: “After all her high-profile and generous work on behalf of animals, Ms. Duff is now being aggressively and unfairly singled out by a small fringe group that touts itself an animal rights group. They have sent threatening letters and demand that Ms. Duff not perform, as part of a world tour, at a musical/sporting arena in Barcelona, Spain.” Duff Lawyer Stanton Stein would have us believe that since Hilary has paid lip service to some animal issues, we should now give her a pass on making money at animal abusive venues. But before we deal with that ridiculous concept, let’s look at Hilary’s “high profile and generous work on behalf of animals,” and other aspects of Mr. Stein’s statement.
First, Ms. Duff is a FORMER
celebrity
spokesperson of Return to Freedom (RTF), a
legitimate and well-regarded horse sanctuary. I don’t
know exactly why Ms. Duff no longer speaks for the
group, but if she was truly committed, I don’t think
she would be a FORMER
spokesperson.
Horrors such as this happen in Bullrings-- not "Sporting Facilities." There is nothing sporting about armed gangs methodically killing an already weakened animal. Mr. Stein's whine that we are being unfair is ridiculous. Hilary's attorney is correct that we have singled her out – for claiming to care about animals while aligning herself with some of the worst animal abusers on the planet – and we will continue to do so. The intent here is to send a loud message not just to the Duffs, but to ALL entertainers and sponsors of cruelty that they may be next to be exposed if they support animal abuse. Duff's attorney goes on in the Enquirer article to claim that SHARK has sent Ms. Duff “threatening letters.” This is absurd. The only letter SHARK has sent Hilary Duff is posted on the DumpDuff.com website and printed in the publication "Animal People", which is distributed worldwide, and it’s not threatening. In a response letter, I will challenge Mr. Stein to produce the fictitious “threatening letters,” and to be sure he will not since they don't exist. Hilary's hired-hand goes on to defend her appearance in a sporting facility in Barcelona, Spain, and he gives a list of other entertainers who have performed there. Of course, we don’t care who else supports bullfighting; that doesn't make torture acceptable and is simply the childish whine "But all the OTHER singers did it too!" Beyond that, our complaint against Ms. Duff was for a performance at a bullring in Madrid – not a sporting facility in Barcelona! This is the kind unscrupulous behavior is what causes all lawyers to be unfairly branded as sleazy. But in spite of the gross misinformation already spewing from the mouth of Mr. Stein, he was just getting warmed up. Stein goes on to give a list of entertainers who have performed at rodeos to try to legitimize Duff’s performances there. He also claims that it is OK for Duff to perform at rodeos because, in his words, “The Houston show, like many rodeos, gives out thousands of educational scholarships throughout the year, which is one of the most important reasons Ms. Duff chose to participate.” We can only assume from this statement that if the seal murderers in Canada, or the pigeon shooters in Pennsylvania, or the dog fighters in Chicago, or the fur industry or any other animal abusers start giving out scholarships, Hilary Duff will be in their corner. With her hypocrisy exposed, and unable to put up any credible defense, Hilary Duff has demonstrated where she (via her lawyer) truly stands, and it is on the side of cruelty.
Hilary Duff and her lawyer feel you should ignore her support of these atrocities. Let’s set the record straight. As is our policy, SHARK made numerous attempts to quietly reach out to Ms. Duff with our concerns about her appearances at rodeos, and about her planned bullring appearance a full month before it occurred. We sent video and pictures of rodeos and bullfighting to her publicist, her management and through private individuals who know her. The receipt of these materials is acknowledged in the Enquirer article. All of our attempts to make contact were ignored by Ms. Duff, her parents, her management, etc. The first and only response from the Duff camp comes from a slick and sleazy lawyer making claims that come straight out of the propaganda handbook of the Rodeo Mafia. Let us not forget who is paying this slickster’s bill – Hilary Duff. Finally, Stein’s attempts to impugn our reputation by referring to SHARK as “a small fringe group that touts itself as animal rights group” is just the kind of thing we would expect from the Rodeo or Bullfighting Mafias. At no time in the article does Hilary's attorney address the horrific treatment and gruesome deaths of animals in rodeos or bullrings whatsoever. If Ms. Duff had a defense or a defense to make, she would have done so by now. In my opinion, Hilary Duff has proven herself to be the “Ted Nugent” of her generation. I hope that no one in animal protection will continue to allow this marginally talented, pitiless person to use the movement for her self-serving public relations purposes. If we are going to do that, we might as well welcome Mr. Nugent into our camp, as he claims to respect the animals he slaughters, just as the Rodeo and Bullfight Mafias do. If Hilary Duff cares about animals, so do they. I will be writing a response letter to Mr. Stein in the next day or two, and that letter will be posted on DumpDuff.com.
Hilary Duff: "But all the kids were supporting abuse too--it's not FAIR!"
Hilary, it's not okay to turn your eyes.
In addition to the
Enquirer article, the story of our Dump Duff
campaign and Hilary's cruel
affiliations has been picked up by many of the
major celebrity gossip sites,
television news bites, and newspapers around the
world as far as India. Below, are links to just a few.
Meanwhile, I have returned to Illinois after a week of
using the Tiger video truck to expose Hilary Duff on
the streets of Los Angeles. Thousands and
thousands of people got a surprising lesson about the
cruelty of Duff. In a few weeks I will go
back to
do it again, and I would like this time to also have
protests at a Duff–related location in the Los
Angeles area, still to be determined. The
protests
could take place at her lawyer’s, her publicist’s or her
manager’s office, or another place altogether.
Perhaps we can protest multiple places.
A few members have contacted SHARK with their
problems getting the complete e-mail update. Here
is what our software provider says:
Kindest Regards,
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