THE MINISTER OF TOURISM OF EGYPT LIED TO US! HE DID ALLOW THE "macho" MAN TO FIGHT THE LION!
SCROLL DOWN FOR EMAILS TO PROTEST. See emails between this Karim Eleman, posing as the spokes person for Egypt's Minister of Tourism and the Anti-Fur Society.
WATCH THIS "macho" FIGHTING THE POOR LION. ANYONE CAN SEE IT IS A TAME LION, MOST LIKELY HUNGRY, AND HIS FACE HAS BEEN HURT.
This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9P6cR1O_5s5s was a TV News video and last time we checked it had over 95,000 views. Then it was removed! WHY?
This is off the air too!?
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THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD EVERYONE. JUST A BIG LIE!!!!
UPDATE!!! UPDATE!!!! UPDATE!!!! The lion is safe!!!
Read this email, please!
From: Karim Elemam
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 5:03 PM
To: Anti-Fur Society
Subject: Re: THE EGYPTIAN LION
Hello,
Thank you for your email.
I would like to inform you that the Minister of Tourism has released a statement with respect to this story.
You may read it here.
Feel free to share it, and rest assured the issue is being taken seriously.
Best Regards,
Karim
From: Anti-Fur Society
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:58 PM
To: Karim Elemam ; AntiFur2 ; AntiFurSociety ; Antifursociety_Japan ; ComunidadContraPiel ; Furisnotalive ; MiddleEastAnti-FurSociety ; SociedadeAntiPeles ; SocietaAntiPelliccia ; SocieteAntiFourrure ; StopJenniferLopez ; YouthAntiFurSociety ; ANIMAL NET
Subject: [ComunidadContraPiel] EGYPT DID ALLOW THE PERSON TO FIGHT THE LION
So, Karim,
Didn’t you say that the Minister of Tourism in Egypt was not going to allow this to happen? So you all lied to us, then!?! THE LION IS HURT OR YOU DON’T SEE IT EITHER? DON’T WORRY THIS WILL NOT HELP YOU BOOST TOURISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are disgusting!!!!!!
Rosa Close
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From: MarD367@aol.com [mailto:MarD367@aol.com]
Sent: 27 June 2011 23:20
To: cvfa.uk@virgin.net;
Subject: Man versus Lion in Egypt
This story has surfaced again, does this mean this cruel spectacle is going ahead? The lion already looks injured in the cage :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9P6cR1O_5s
CBS -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrZ97Q2tc0
Far from boosting tourism I would think this would put thousands of compassionate people off traveling there!!
From: Karim Elemam
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:43 AM
To: antifursociety@msn.com
Subject: Fwd: Lion Fight in Egypt ?
From: Karim Elemam
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:29 AM
To: Anti-Fur Society
Subject: Re: THE EGYPTIAN LION
Hello,
I am working on getting confirmed information with that respect, and will get back to you soon.
Karim
On 2011-06-06, at 4:28 PM, Anti-Fur Society wrote:
Dear Karim,
I am being bombarded with questions from our members regarding the lion v. El-Sayad al-Essawy . In view of different reports, people want to know which sanctuary you sent the lion to and what has actually happened to El-Syad. Below is one such report and comment. Please advise.
Thank you.
Rosa Close
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=34306
APZaal June 5th, 2011 8:19 PM : “It’s going to happen. He’s going to fight that lion. He is no longer under arrest, and he still has the lion, which he did in fact buy off the black market. I know him. He’s insane.”
From: Karim Elemam
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 5:03 PM
To: Anti-Fur Society
Subject: Re: THE EGYPTIAN LION
Hello,
Thank you for your email.
I would like to inform you that the Minister of Tourism has released a statement with respect to this story.
You may read it here.
http://www.touregypt.net/news/minister-statement-lion-fight.htm
Feel free to share it, and rest assured the issue is being taken seriously.
Best Regards,
Karim
On 2011-06-02, at 3:58 PM, Anti-Fur Society wrote:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I speak for The Anti-Fur Society with thousands of members worldwide. We would like you to know that we fully subscribe to the contents of the letter below.
We also have started publicizing this unfortunate programmed event, http://www.antifursociety.org/EGYPTIAN-LION.html and will be writing a newsletter that will go worldwide. Please do not think that such barbarianism will reinvigorate the Egyptian tourism, quite by the contrary, it will disgrace your country. In fact, the plans I had with my family to visit the Mediterranean countries and Egypt this Autumn have just been changed: Egypt is out of question, unless you save this poor lion and pass laws to prevent any such assaults on the voiceless in our country.
We do hope, dear ladies/gentlemen, that you take the right actions to have this event cancelled. The world has enough barbarianism as is, we do not need any more. Sadistic cruelty is not what we should be teaching our children!
Warm regards,
Rosa Close
www.AFSConference.org
www.antifursociety.org
"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? ~Buddha"
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RE: The planned murder of a caged lion by Al-Sayed al-Essawy on June 25th
Dear Madames and Sirs:
I speak for animal advocates the world over, including those in Egypt, when I say that the planned murder of a caged lion by Al-Sayed al-Essawy on June 25th for the purpose of buttressing Egyptian tourism is utterly un-conscionable and must be stopped NOW.
The carrying out of this barbaric plan not only brings shame upon your country, but will effectively eliminate any hope of reinvigorating Egyptian tourism now or in the future.
This individual, who purchased the African lion for $4,200, has been given permission by the Ministry of the Interior to "fight" the animal with a dagger and shield, then kill it with his "bare hands" in front of the Pyramids at Giza.
Sources report the lion is currently "in training" for this barbaric spectacle, which is planned to take place three weeks from now.
The members of global animal welfare community demand that you immediately
shut down any current or future plans of Al-Sayed al-Essawy to commit violence
against animals. We also demand that you immediately confiscate the lion from this man's property and remove it to a zoo or sanctuary where it can live in safety and dignity.
This lion is in grave danger. It was purchased from a breeder and is familiar with human beings. In photos shown, the lion is inhumanely housed within a tiny, dark cage and is displaying playful familiarity with this mad man. This lion has been acclimated to humans and therefore stands no chance within the cage against this lunatic.
How this individual was allowed to obtain an endangered African lion, bring it into into your country and harbor it for the purpose of a blood spectacle is beyond the scope of reasoning. The very fact that this individual was allowed to purchase this exotic, endangered feline and house it in a local community where it receives no proper food, care or hygiene is highly disturbing.
Al-Essawy claims to be able to eat rivets, drag cars with hooks and jump tall buildings. He also claims to possess supernatural powers. The blood spectacle planned for the 25th is not, as he claims, an attempt to "boost tourism." It is the pathetic attempt of a delusional individual who clearly lacks mental competence
to prove his "manhood" and display what he perceives to be "superhuman" powers. In sum, it is a massive publicity stunt. And it has already failed.
Al-Essawy wants the killing of this lion to be an "international event." He has received his wish without even stepping into the cage. His plan to kill this lion has garnered world-wide attention and gone viral. International animal welfare organizations have been contacted; concerned individuals the world over are
flooding Egyptian embassies with calls and emails; petitions against this man are over- flowing with signatures. The world condemns his plans to kill this lion.
If the Ministry of the Interior believes that the barbaric murder of endangered species will improve Egyptian tourism, they are sorely mistaken. Visitors to Egypt relish seeing artifacts of antiquity, not endangered animals being murdered by lunatics such as Al-Essawy.
A massive boycott of Egypt and Egyptian tourism is now in place. Thousands of people the world over have either cancelled plans to visit or have vowed to never set foot in your country again. I have read their comments and I passionately join their protest.
The world is watching. Intervene at once and ascertain the safety of the animal in this sociopath's possession. On behalf of concerned citizens all over the world, I urge you and other Egyptian authorities to act NOW on behalf of the lion. Stop this senseless blood spectacle from moving forward and remove this animal to safety!
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
www.antifursociety.org
"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? ~Buddha"
Karim
Begin forwarded message:
From: Karim Elemam <karim.elemam@touregypt.net>
Date: June 14, 2011 4:18:38 PM GMT+02:00
To: Cornwalls Voice for Animals <cvfa.uk@virgin.net>
Subject: Re: Lion Fight in Egypt ?
Hello,
I did read the Masry El Youm article. The media is giving him the attention he needs. The authorities will not allow this, and we are in constant contact with the Interior Ministry , and there should be another statement soon.
Karim
On 2011-06-14, at 4:10 PM, Cornwalls Voice for Animals wrote:
Yes I saw that and shared it, and we thank him for his support regarding this issue – but have heard from a source that he is going to do it anyway. You read the article I sent to you, and only kill the animal should it be a life and death situation – No animal of any kind should be subjected to such torment and I am so afraid for this beautiful cat, and any other animals he may get his cruel hands on for his sick entertainment. I want to also be assured that this cat will be removed from him and placed in a safe sanctuary.
This individual is very dangerous and I do not trust him, not for one moment.
Many thanks, Mary Alice
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From: Karim Elemam [mailto:travel@touregypt.net]
Sent: 14 June 2011 14:39
To: Cornwalls Voice for Animals
Subject: Re: Lion Fight in Egypt ?
Hello,
Thank you for your email.
The event is not going to happen.
I would like to inform you also that the Minister of Tourism has released a statement with respect to this story.
You may read it here.
http://www.touregypt.net/ (under the Photo Gallery)
Feel free to share it, and rest assured that Egypt will never approve an event like this one.
Best Regards,
-
Tour Egypt
www.touregypt.net
Dear all,
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EGYPT - URGENT! Please help Lion!
A " MAN" purchased an African lion for $4,200, and he has been given permission by the Ministry of the Interior to "fight" the animal with a dagger and shield, then kill it with his "bare hands" in front of the Pyramids at Giza ! Read the article and PLEASE SEND THE LETTER BELOW:
Egyptian to fight lion to attract tourism
wednesday May 25, 2011 - 14:07
Al-Sayed al-Essawy
By MOHAMMED SALEH - Translated by SAMAR SAMIR
DAQAHLYIA, Egypt: In an unusual move to revive Egyptian tourism, a young Egyptian man has announced he will fight an African lion.
Al-Sayed al-Essawy said he bought the lion, which weighs 280 kilograms (617lb), for 25,000 EGP (U.S. $4,200).
Al-Essawy, who lives in Daqahlyia governorate, has finished the iron cage and said he will train with the lion and will be prepared mentally to face the lion. He said this mental preparation takes more than five hours.
Al-Essawy said he will use an iron shield and dagger to defend himself but will kill the lion with his own hands.
The match will be held on June 25. Al-Essawy asked the Ministry of Interior to agree to hold the event in front of the Giza Pyramids. He wants it to be an international event aiming to attract tourism, and to show the world that Egyptians are the strongest soldiers on earth.
He said he is 100 percent sure that his adventure will succeed. After his success, he intends to shoot a movie about supernatural activities.
El-Essawy says he can jump from the tenth floor of a building and eats woods and rivets. He also can drag cars by his teeth and fixes hooks in his skin to drag trucks.
Egyptian tourism, a critical part of the Egyptian economy, has declined dramatically in the wake of Egypt’s January 25 Revolution which toppled its thirty-year dictator from power.
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Please send the letter below as is, feel free to edit or write your own. But please write. Do not let this barbaric act take place right in the Third Millenium. This is the type of barbarism practiced during the Roman time---LONG GONE!!! We must urge authorities in Egypt to confiscate this lion and save it from a most despicable death!
Don't forget to join to your mail the photos and the article below so they will see the reality. Please do not send just this link as a protest. PLEASE WRITE A LETTER TO HELP SAVE THIS POOR SOUL. The same letter is repeated -- ready to be copied and pasted onto your email.
EMBASSY OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
CHANCERY
3521 International Ct. Nw Washington DC 20008
TEL: 202.895.5400
FAX: 202.244.4319
202.244.5131
Email:Embassy@egyptembassy.net
Email of the Prime Minister Dr. Essam Sharaf : pm@cabinet.gov.eg
Vice Prime Minister
Dr. Yehia Abdel Aziz Abdel Fatah El-Gamal
Tel: 27935000
Fax: 27958048
Ministry of Interior
Mr. Mansour Abdel Kerim Moustafa Essawy
Address:25 El Sheikh Rihan street- Cairo
Tel: 27955005
Fax: 27960682
E-mail : center@iscmi.gov.eg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
D. Nabil Abdalla El - Araby
Address:Kornish el Nile, Maspiro- Cairo
Tel: 25749820 - 25749821
Fax: 25748822
Ministry of Tourism
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour
Address:Cairo International Conferences Center - Nasr City - Cairo
Tel: 22611732 - 26839968
Fax: 26859551 - 26859463
Cabinet of Ministers
Address : 2 Magless El Shaàb st., Al Kasr El Einy, Cairo, Egypt Postal code: 11582
Phone : +202-2793-5000
Fax : +202-2795-8048
Email : questions@cabinet.gov.eg
The Cabinet, Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC)
1, Magless El Shaàb st., Kasr El Einy, Cairo, Egypt,
Postal code: 11582 P.O.Box: 191 Magless El Shaàb
Phone: +202-2792-9292
Fax : +202-2792-9222
E-mail: info@idsc.net.eg
Toll Free Internet Number: 07773040
http://www.idsc.gov.eg/
Tour Egypt travel specialist email:travel@touregypt.net
Tour Egypt toll Free: 1-888-834-1448
Tour Egypt tech specialist email:feedback@touregypt.net
Address : 4119 Adrian St. Lubbock, TX 79415 US
Dear Madames and Sirs:
I speak for animal advocates the world over, including those in Egypt, when I say that the planned murder of a caged lion by Al-Sayed al-Essawy on June 25th for the purpose of buttressing Egyptian tourism is utterly un-conscionable and must be stopped NOW.
The carrying out of this barbaric plan not only brings shame upon your country, but will effectively eliminate any hope of reinvigorating Egyptian tourism now or in the future.
This individual, who purchased the African lion for $4,200, has been given permission by the Ministry of the Interior to "fight" the animal with a dagger and shield, then kill it with his "bare hands" in front of the Pyramids at Giza.
Sources report the lion is currently "in training" for this barbaric spectacle, which is planned to take place three weeks from now.
The members of global animal welfare community demand that you immediately
shut down any current or future plans of Al-Sayed al-Essawy to commit violence
against animals. We also demand that you immediately confiscate the lion from this man's property and remove it to a zoo or sanctuary where it can live in safety and dignity.
This lion is in grave danger. It was purchased from a breeder and is familiar with human beings. In photos shown, the lion is inhumanely housed within a tiny, dark cage and is displaying playful familiarity with this mad man. This lion has been acclimated to humans and therefore stands no chance within the cage against this lunatic.
How this individual was allowed to obtain an endangered African lion, bring it into into your country and harbor it for the purpose of a blood spectacle is beyond the scope of reasoning. The very fact that this individual was allowed to purchase this exotic, endangered feline and house it in a local community where it receives no proper food, care or hygiene is highly disturbing.
Al-Essawy claims to be able to eat rivets, drag cars with hooks and jump tall buildings. He also claims to possess supernatural powers. The blood spectacle planned for the 25th is not, as he claims, an attempt to "boost tourism." It is the pathetic attempt of a delusional individual who clearly lacks mental competence
to prove his "manhood" and display what he perceives to be "superhuman" powers. In sum, it is a massive publicity stunt. And it has already failed.
Al-Essawy wants the killing of this lion to be an "international event." He has received his wish without even stepping into the cage. His plan to kill this lion has garnered world-wide attention and gone viral. International animal welfare organizations have been contacted; concerned individuals the world over are
flooding Egyptian embassies with calls and emails; petitions against this man are over- flowing with signatures. The world condemns his plans to kill this lion.
If the Ministry of the Interior believes that the barbaric murder of endangered species will improve Egyptian tourism, they are sorely mistaken. Visitors to Egypt relish seeing artifacts of antiquity, not endangered animals being murdered by lunatics such as Al-Essawy.
A massive boycott of Egypt and Egyptian tourism is now in place. Thousands of people the world over have either cancelled plans to visit or have vowed to never set foot in your country again. I have read their comments and I passionately join their protest.
The world is watching. Intervene at once and ascertain the safety of the animal in this sociopath's possession. On behalf of concerned citizens all over the world, I urge you and other Egyptian authorities to act NOW on behalf of the lion. Stop this senseless blood spectacle from moving forward and remove this animal to safety!
Sincerely,
(sign with your name and country)
HERE IS THE SAME LETTER READY TO BE COPIED ONTO YOUR EMAIL:
Embassy@egyptembassy.net
center@iscmi.gov.eg ; questions@cabinet.gov.eg ; info@idsc.net.eg ; travel@touregypt.net ; feedback@touregypt.net
RE: The planned murder of a caged lion by Al-Sayed al-Essawy on June 25th
Dear Madames and Sirs:
I speak for animal advocates the world over, including those in Egypt, when I say that the planned murder of a caged lion by Al-Sayed al-Essawy on June 25th for the purpose of buttressing Egyptian tourism is utterly un-conscionable and must be stopped NOW.
The carrying out of this barbaric plan not only brings shame upon your country, but will effectively eliminate any hope of reinvigorating Egyptian tourism now or in the future.
This individual, who purchased the African lion for $4,200, has been given permission by the Ministry of the Interior to "fight" the animal with a dagger and shield, then kill it with his "bare hands" in front of the Pyramids at Giza.
Sources report the lion is currently "in training" for this barbaric spectacle, which is planned to take place three weeks from now.
The members of global animal welfare community demand that you immediately
shut down any current or future plans of Al-Sayed al-Essawy to commit violence
against animals. We also demand that you immediately confiscate the lion from this man's property and remove it to a zoo or sanctuary where it can live in safety and dignity.
This lion is in grave danger. It was purchased from a breeder and is familiar with human beings. In photos shown, the lion is inhumanely housed within a tiny, dark cage and is displaying playful familiarity with this mad man. This lion has been acclimated to humans and therefore stands no chance within the cage against this lunatic.
How this individual was allowed to obtain an endangered African lion, bring it into into your country and harbor it for the purpose of a blood spectacle is beyond the scope of reasoning. The very fact that this individual was allowed to purchase this exotic, endangered feline and house it in a local community where it receives no proper food, care or hygiene is highly disturbing.
Al-Essawy claims to be able to eat rivets, drag cars with hooks and jump tall buildings. He also claims to possess supernatural powers. The blood spectacle planned for the 25th is not, as he claims, an attempt to "boost tourism." It is the pathetic attempt of a delusional individual who clearly lacks mental competence
to prove his "manhood" and display what he perceives to be "superhuman" powers. In sum, it is a massive publicity stunt. And it has already failed.
Al-Essawy wants the killing of this lion to be an "international event." He has received his wish without even stepping into the cage. His plan to kill this lion has garnered world-wide attention and gone viral. International animal welfare organizations have been contacted; concerned individuals the world over are
flooding Egyptian embassies with calls and emails; petitions against this man are over- flowing with signatures. The world condemns his plans to kill this lion.
If the Ministry of the Interior believes that the barbaric murder of endangered species will improve Egyptian tourism, they are sorely mistaken. Visitors to Egypt relish seeing artifacts of antiquity, not endangered animals being murdered by lunatics such as Al-Essawy.
A massive boycott of Egypt and Egyptian tourism is now in place. Thousands of people the world over have either cancelled plans to visit or have vowed to never set foot in your country again. I have read their comments and I passionately join their protest.
The world is watching. Intervene at once and ascertain the safety of the animal in this sociopath's possession. On behalf of concerned citizens all over the world, I urge you and other Egyptian authorities to act NOW on behalf of the lion. Stop this senseless blood spectacle from moving forward and remove this animal to safety!
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
