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Tom

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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:38:17 +0000
From: Louise Shimmel <raptors at efn.org>
To: raptors at theriver.com
Subject: Re: Raptor Repertoire: Re: IBM commercial

Randal - Haven't seen it myself but avid description has been all
over the rehab list - with everybody writing scathing messages to
IBM. Any support from this group would be great, also - it's illegal
and unethical and dangerous - as I understand it, this little comes
walking up to her dad with a young great horned owl (!) and says,
Daddy can I keep it? Sure, he says, let's go look it up in the World
Book CD-Rom... then they show the bird on a perch, in a cage, in her
bedroom, and then they release it. Sigh. IBM's email address for
complaints and comments is: askibm at info.ibm.com. I hope we inundate
them! Talk about undoing the educational work of years... Louise

> Hi All,
> Has anyone seen the new IBM ad that has the little girl coming home with
> the owl? Her dad says look it up in the encylopedia. Next frame owl is
> penned.
> Randal
>
>
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Louise Shimmel
Cascades Raptor Center
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Phone: 541/485-1320
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