UPDATES:
· June 12th, 2006 FOX 11/UPN 13 Emmy Award Winning Senior Producer Bob Tarlau starts his research and interviews
· June 20th, 2006 CBS/KCAL 9 - TV and online video coverage
· June 20th, 2006 Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Program Manager, Animal Sheltering Issues contacts City Council & Lions Club
· June 21st, 2006 PETA posts an action alert of the Lion’s Club & assigns a Cruelty Caseworker
· June 21st, 2006 Ventura County Star - 4 letters published in the Opinion section.
· June 21st, 2006 Have YOUR say right now. Visit the Ventura County Star link, then scroll to the bottom of the page and hit COMMENTS.
· June 22nd, 2006 - Ventura County Star reporter Sam Richard starts working on a story
· June 23rd, 2006 - KEYT 3 Santa Barbara TV evening news coverage between 5 & 6 and 6 & 7
· June 23rd, 2006 The Acorn newspaper starts working on a story
· June 24th, 2006 Warren Eckstein talks about Camarillo Fireworks vs. pets on The Pet Show
· June 24th, 2006 Hunter the honorary poodle decides eruff is eruff - time to blog about this matter
· June 26th, 2006 FOX 11/UPN 13 Emmy Award Winning Senior Producer Bob Tarlau taped a story
· June 27, 2006 PETA ACTION ALERT - NATIONAL ATTENTION!
· June 27, 2006 PETA get active Center - NATIONAL ATTENTION!
· June 27th Ventura County Star publishes letter
· June 28th, 2006 Helping Animals dot com = MORE NATIONAL ATTENTION
· June 28th, 2006 Ventura County Star publishes a story by Sam Richard
- June 29th, 2006 Ventura County Star publishes 4 more letters all in favor of boycotting the fireworks as long as they are held at Freedom Park/Airport/Shelter location
· June 29th, 2006 Kinship Circle sends update on situation to over 10,000 subscribers!
· June 29th, 2006 ABC story was used as a teaser from 5 until it aired at 5:30 p.m. City officials and Lions Club members chose not to comment on air!
· June 29th, 2006 FOX 11/UPN 13 Good Day L.A. mention of the fireworks fiasco
· June 29th, 2006 FOX 11/UPN 13 Emmy Award winning Senior Producer Bob Tarlau does NOT disappoint with a report that aired during the 10:00 P.M. news slot
· June 30th, 2006 The Acorn runs a story
· June 30th, 2006 ASPCA [American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] weighs in
- July 3rd, 2006 KVTA 1520 AM running the story continually!
- July 3rd, 2006 Ventura County Star the Lions ROAR!
- July 4th, 2006 V.C. Reporter editorial Animal Shelters and Fireworks Don't Mix by Stephanie Kinnear
- July 4th, 2006 NBC, ABC, CBS each weighed in with KEYT joining ABC to do early evening 5 - 6 o'clock reports. [Thank you Tracy Lehr for your compassion.] Once again FOX 11 did not disappoint with a wonderful story by Jane Yamamoto and her team which aired at 10:00 P.M.] The L.A. Times and the Ventura County Star both had teams working over time on this story too! Right up until the last minute people wanting to volunteer phoned and showed up at the doorstep of the shelter. Rumor has it 90 people who wanted to volunteer called the shelter on July 4th alone and shelter staff reported that the phones had been ringing for over a week!
- July 7th, 2006 Ventura County Star Fidos endure another fitful Fourth in Camarillo by Colleen Cason
- July 14th, 2006 Ventura County Star Fireworks Controversy has been Dogging Camarillo for a long time by Colleen Cason.
- July 17th, 2006 Volunteers start contacting the businesses who sponsored the 2006 Lions Club fireworks, respectfully requesting that they not sponsor any future displays at this same location.
Would YOU like to volunteer to help? Please email marieis@bigplanet.com
