<div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div class="gmail-" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><img src="cid:ii_kfzkjqzq0" alt="images-1.jpg" width="247" height="204"><br></div><div>Canada goose trying to cross Prospect Ave, Oct. 5 2020<br></div><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:large">Hi friends of geese—</span><br class="gmail-"><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4">\</font></div><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4">Join our protest against brutal treatment of wild-life, this Saturday, Oct. 10. The protest will be at 502 East University— at the corner of University and 5th Street in Champaign, at the site of our new FOG billboard! The billboard will say: Urbana Park District—STOP KILLING OUR GEESE</font></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div class="gmail-" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4"> </font></div><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4">The billboard was ‘bought’ for us for one month, by our sister-organization, In Defense of Animals USA. Thank you IDA! <br></font></div><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4"><br class="gmail-"></font></div><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4">The protest is part of our Launch of FOG 2020 (friends of geese). Media will be there.</font></div><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4"><br class="gmail-"></font></div><div class="gmail-"><font class="gmail-" size="4">Please attend. Bring a friend! And spread the word!</font></div><div class="gmail-"><br class="gmail-"></div><div class="gmail-"><b class="gmail-" style="font-size:14px">Values and Goals of Friends of Geese: </b></div><div class="gmail-"><b class="gmail-" style="font-size:14px"><br class="gmail-"></b></div><div class="gmail-"><ul id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f0ec8aaf-7fff-f63b-78cd-202dea7463ab" class="gmail-" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><div class="gmail-" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">We promote awareness to build a more just, sustainable, and compassionate society that supports and protects habitable</span></div></li></ul><div class="gmail-" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">environments for plants, animals, and humans.</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px"> </span></p><ul class="gmail-" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><div class="gmail-" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">We insist that the interactions of humans and wildlife, when deemed to be in conflict, be handled in a non-lethal manner, and be designed to prevent cruelty to animals.</span></div></li></ul><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px"> </span></p><ul class="gmail-" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><div class="gmail-" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">We provide educational information and promote a greater understanding of Grand Canada Geese to the community, </span></div></li></ul><div class="gmail-" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">to create a balanced ecological relationship between wildlife and humans in Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding areas.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>Susan Parenti</b><br><i>Educational Coordinator </i><br><br></div><b>The School for Designing a Society </b><a href="http://www.designingasociety.net" target="_blank">www.designingasociety.net</a><br><br></div><i>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/designasociety" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!</i><br></div></div></div>