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At the invitation of Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz aka Adrock,
Rational Animal presented their initiatives at a table
at the Beastie Boys concert on Nov 12, 2004 at the Nassau
Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. Rational Animal, a New York-based
non-profit organization that uses the power of media
to promote the welfare of New York’s at–risk
animals, handed out hundreds of Animal Guardian Ribbons,
shelter maps of NYC and invitations to the Gingerbread
Homes for Animals humane education event in Central
Park.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled by the Beastie
Boys support and generosity,” exclaimed Susan
Brandt, the organization’s founder. “Just
when I thought I couldn’t be a bigger Beastie
Boy fan they gave us a donation of 50 cents per ticket
sold!”
Rational Animal t-shirts <image> were created
for the event that featured “Sasquatch”
the big-footed, cold-weather beast that has been seen
in Beastie Boy’s Triple Trouble music video. “We
were glad to see Sasquatch alive and well in the Beastie
Boy’s video and wanted to honor his legendary
status of an at-risk animal by presenting him as a representative
for all at-risk animals,” says Ms. Brandt. Rational
Animal artists Andrea Purcigliontti, a set designer,
and her husband, Tony Barber, bass player for the Buzzcocks,
designed the t-shirts.
Thanks to the generosity of the Beastie Boys, Rational
Animal has the resources to create a very happy Gingerbread
Homes for Animals humane education event in December.
For more information contact Susan Brandt, sbrandt@rational-animal.org
Requests for t-shirts can be sent to tshirts@rational-animal.org
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