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AR-NEWS Digest 203
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Wildlife sanctuary
by LMANHEIM@aol.com
2) Ringling Bros. Circus & Sears
by gor@earthlink.net (igor tomcej)
3) Now fewer frogs will croak [Equador/US]
by David Knowles
4) Half of tests on animals 'not needed' [Europe]
by David Knowles
5) Admin Note--General Info
by allen schubert
6) St. Bernard Rescue
by anmlpepl@whidbey.com (Merritt Clifton, editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE)
7) Re: UPC Action Alert: Protest "Brainstorms" Chick-A-Bator
by Franklin Wade
8) (US-MD) 10/26 Slaughterhouse Protest
by Franklin Wade
9) NYPOST article-chemotherapy vs PETA (US)
by AMPEF@aol.com
10) (US)APHIS Press Release USDA's Animal Care Goes Online
by allen schubert
11) murphy brown bashes vegetarianism
by Friends Of Animals
12) Mich. Volunteers Needed Election Day 11/5
by Mike Markarian
13) (IN) Tiger numbers decline in India
by allen schubert
14) Fwd: Equine Encephalitis and migratory songbirds
by BKMACKAY@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 02:48:40 -0400
>From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Wildlife sanctuary
Message-ID: <961022024840_548477957@emout13.mail.aol.com>
CNN has been carrying a story about Ellijay's Wildlife
Rehabilitation Sanctuary in Ellijay Georgia, so I called the
sanctuary to get acquainted. Craig Cylke (pronounced silky)
returned my call and told me the place had been in existence for
30 years--the past 10 years as a federally- and state-licensed
rehab. (He reminded me that that does not mean federally- and
state-funded however.)
Cylke was justly proud that on its initial inspection, the facility
was the second in the State of Georgia to receive a mark of 100%
for standards of cleanliness, care, habitat, and rehabbing
technique and process.
The facility covers 40 acres, and is now trying to raise funds to
build two natural release areas of three acres each--one for the
North Georgia Black Bear, the other for cougars (variously called
panthers or mountain lions). These areas must be consistent with
the area where the animals will eventually be released to the wild
in.
Donations for the project will be gratefully received, and should
be made out to:
Ellijay's Wildlife Rehabilitation Sanctuary
Rte 6 Box 2480-L
Ellijay, GA 30540
All donations are tax deductible.
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 00:45:24 -0700
>From: gor@earthlink.net (igor tomcej)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Ringling Bros. Circus & Sears
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I received this reply after e-mailing a request to Sears, to stop promotion
and support of Ringling Bros. Circus. http://www.sears.com/
>From: Rbpets@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:12:49 -0400
To: gor@earthlink.net
Subject: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey -- reply
Your e-mail message to Sears, Roebuck and Co. regarding performing animals
was recently forwarded to our attention. There has been a wealth of
misinformation circulated on the treatment of performing animals, so I
welcome this chance to present accurate information regarding the animal
welfare policies and practices of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.
Animals are an important and beloved part of the Ringling Bros. community,
and their care and well-being are a commitment we take very seriously.
Ringling Bros. does not tolerate the abuse or mistreatment of any animals.
Our animals are provided with a lifetime of veterinary care, nutritious
meals, and a clean and safe home, and are surrounded by some of the most
caring animal professionals in the world. The cornerstone of all of our
animal training is positive reinforcement through praise, repetition and
reward. This method of training, using cooperation and communication,
develops trust and mutual respect between animals and humans. Specific
behaviors in a performance are tailored to enhance an animal's natural
abilities, and they are never forced to perform any maneuver that could cause
them harm.
True animal experts and those familiar with the circus industry know that a
positive, healthy environment is the only acceptable and successful method of
animal training. In addition, federal animal welfare statutes and state and
local animal cruelty laws provide protection to performing animals and allow
for the prosecution of those who neglect or mistreat the animals in their
care. We welcome this type of regulation, as we believe it protects the
health and well-being of all animals. In fact, in all aspects of animal care
and safety, Ringling Bros. meets or exceeds all federal animal welfare
standards, and has never been cited for animal abuse, neglect or
mistreatment.
Thank you for your interest in our performing animals. Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey is proud of its history working with exotic animals and the
role it has played in introducing these magnificent animals to generation
after generation of circus goers and their families.
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 01:13:17 -0700
>From: David Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Now fewer frogs will croak [Equador/US]
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, October 22, 1996
Now fewer frogs will croak
By Aisling Irwin
ECUADORIAN poison arrow frogs will sleep sounder at
night with the news that scientists can now synthesise a coveted
substance for which they have been the only source.
The frogs have long had to avoid the Ecuadorian
Indians, who have hunted them for the venom, contained in their skins.
The Indians use it to tip their darts. But the frogs' troubles
multiplied when scientists discovered the venom in 1975. As well as
being toxic, it contains a powerful pain-killer.
Since then the frog's quality of life has plunged
because so many people have been gathering the secretion. Each frog
contains only a tiny amount of the chemical, epibatidine. It takes 750
frogs to produce half a milligram.Yet the pain-killer is 200 times more
potent than morphine and works in a different way, presenting the hope
that it may be less addictive. "The frog population was being
devastated," said Mark Trudell, a chemist at the University of New
Orleans in Louisiana, USA.
Dr Trudell has now discovered a way of mass-producing
the chemical in the laboratory, according to the journal Chemistry &
Industry. Scientists hope they will have sufficient amounts of
epibatidine to try altering its chemical structure of so that it loses
its toxic properties but retains its pain-killing effect.
-David
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 01:44:44 -0700
>From: David Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Half of tests on animals 'not needed' [Europe]
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, October 22, 1996
Half of tests on animals 'not needed'
By Aisling Irwin
THE number of animals used in experiments could be
halved simply by giving scientists a better grasp of statistics, a
conference heard yesterday.
Those who experiment with animals are often deficient
in the mathematics required to work out how many animals they need, said
Professor Michael Balls, head of the European Centre for the Validation
of Alternative Methods in Ispra, Italy.
"The inability of biological scientists to handle
statistics is a bit of a scandal," he told an international conference
on alternatives to animal experimentation, in Utrecht, Holland. Prof
Balls added: "They might think an experiment requires 80 rats but, with
better statistics, they could get better results from 25."
He and colleagues have put a proposal to the UK's
Animal Procedures Committee, which advises the Home Secretary, that
scientists should refer planned animal experiments to a named
statistician, who would then work out how many animals would be
necessary.
The conference also heard that scientists have
developed an artificial rat, made of latex and silicon rubber, for use
by trainee surgeons. The rat will be wired up to computers that will
simulate its heart beat, temperature, level of anaesthesia and other
factors that surgeons have to monitor.
[The Electronic Telegraph had several external links, including one to
the following: . This is
an article on the Supress site about animal experiments and being a
cause of environmental pollution. They also had a link to the Animal
Liberation Frontline Information Service (at envirolink)]
-David
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 07:18:59 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 04:15:29 -0700 (PDT)
>From: anmlpepl@whidbey.com (Merritt Clifton, editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE)
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 10:00:51 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Franklin Wade
To: Ar-News
Subject: Re: UPC Action Alert: Protest "Brainstorms" Chick-A-Bator
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The customer service line for Brainstorm is: 1-888-235-6472
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franklin@smart.net Animal Liberation=Human Liberation Franklin Wade
The Favorites - DC's Favorite Ska Band | United Poultry Concerns
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 11:39:22 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Franklin Wade
To: Ar-News
Subject: (US-MD) 10/26 Slaughterhouse Protest
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Stop the Slaughter!
Compassion Over Killing's first slaughterhouse protest is on Saturday,
October 26th at a slaughterhouse in Frederick, MD. Free transportation
will be provided to and from the slaughterhouse. We are meeting at
American University(AU) at 10am and returning at approximately 2pm.
This particular slaughterhouse kills cows, baby veal calves, pigs,
and lambs. They are basically the low of all low. They kill animals
three days a week. They then cut the flesh into package-sized pieces
for another three days. On Sundays, they sell the flesh through their
store. The day that we will be there, Sat. Oct 26th, they will be
cutting and selling the meat. We will be protesting in front of the
store, hoping to persuade people to not buy meat and to consider a
vegan lifestyle. Please join us in our fight to end the bloodbath.
For info about where exactly we are meeting at AU, contact:
Nisha or Kadd at 202-965-6956
For directions to the slaughterhouse (if you are not meeting at AU)
contact: Paul at 301-983-5091 or Franklin at 301-564-9164
For info on anything else contact: Compassion Over Killing at 301-983-5091
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 12:17:27 -0400
>From: AMPEF@aol.com
To: AR-news@envirolink.org
Subject: NYPOST article-chemotherapy vs PETA (US)
Message-ID: <961022121726_216095666@emout07.mail.aol.com>
The following news article ran in the NY Post Oct 22
Group Chides PETA Pal McCartneys as Linda Fights Cancer
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A medical research organization blasted Paul and Linda McCartney yesterday
for opposing the animal testing that made possible Linda's chemotherapy
treatment.
The McCartneys, who are vegetarians and longtime backers of the radical
animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, don't seem
to understand that without animal testing, there would be virtually no
medicine, the researchers at Americans for Medical Progress charged.
Case in point, the group says, is the chemotherapy Linda is reportedly using
to battle breast cancer.
"The message is, most major medical advances have been brought about by
animals," said Jacquie Calnan, a spokeswoman for the research foundation.
"A very strong case in point is the advances in chemotherapy, which would
not be possible without animal testing.
"It seems rather ironic that they would support PETA, which is against all
research.
"Our point in all this is , we want people to realize the consequences of
their choices. You can't have medical progress without animal testing.
That's an action for which you need to take the consequences."
The research group's president, Susan Paris, was preparing a letter to send
the McCartneys, who recently took part in PETA-sponsored anti-fur protests.
The McCartneys have reportedly gone to Los Angeles so Linda could receive
experimental high dosages of chemotherapy to fight the breast cancer she
discovered last December. At the time, doctors removed a malignant limp and
believed she would recover fully.
McCartney's mother died of breast cancer in 1958, when he was 14.
Reached for comment, PETA spokesman Dan Mathews said the research group has
"a line for everything. It's absolute poppycock. Regardless of where people
stand on the animal testing issue, this week was about fur."
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NY POST ph 212 815 8000
fax 212 732 4241
210 South St NY, NY 10002-7889
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 13:38:13 -0400 (EDT)
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US)APHIS Press Release USDA's Animal Care Goes Online
Message-ID: <199610221738.NAA11564@mail.clark.net>
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from USDA:
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USDA'S ANIMAL CARE GOES ONLINE
RIVERDALE, Md., Oct. 21, 1996--The U.S. Department of
Agriculture's animal care program now has a home on the internet.
"The new website is a step in the right direction," said Michael V.
Dunn, USDA assistant secretary for marketing and regulatory programs.
"Now, we can make large amounts of important information available to
the public with the push of a button."
"Animal care is jumping feet first into the 21st century," said Dale F.
Schwindaman, deputy administrator for animal care with the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, a part of USDA's marketing and
regulatory programs mission area. "Our new website will open lines of
communications between concerned organizations and individuals
worldwide."
The AC homepage, found at www.aphis.usda.gov:80/reac, contains
announcements, missing and found animal lists, annual enforcement
reports, lists, factsheets, press releases, congressional bills, and links to
similar sights.
The AC homepage also contains a link to the Horse Protection Act
homepage. The HPA site contains a list of suspended designated
qualified persons, the HPA fiscal year 1995 enforcement report, horse
owner and protection organization, and general information concerning
the HPA.
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 11:54:27 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Friends Of Animals
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: murphy brown bashes vegetarianism
Message-ID: <199610221854.LAA04822@igc2.igc.apc.org>
Last night on Murphy Brown, Candice Bergen
engaged in some blatant vegetarian bashing. Her
character was asking others to go to "grab a burger
at Phil's" when a co-worker asked "Why don't
we go check out that new vegetarian place."
Bergen responded "Oh, yeah, then we can eat
some melon balls and tofu-I don't think so.
I'm in the mood for some real food." Later
she talked about the best double cheeseburger
she ever ate.
While Bergen is supposed to be on the animal
rights side, one would hardly no it from recent
statements and actions. Last year, her program
featured an elephant ride, complete with trainer
and bullhook. Recently she commented about a
film festival she attended "I'm glad they chose
this location, the fishing is great."
With friends like that...
Contact:
Building 5, Room 18
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA. 91522 --
818 954-3700 (phone) or (818) 954-3316 (fax).
Bill Dollinger
foa@igc.apc.org
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 14:15:51 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Mike Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, seac+announce@ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu,
en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: Mich. Volunteers Needed Election Day 11/5
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Citizens United for Bears (CUB) is looking for volunteers to leaflet at
Michigan voting polls on Tuesday, November 5 (election day). If anyone from
Michigan or surrounding areas is willing to spend part of their day at a
polling site, your help is desperately needed!
We are asking Michigan voters to vote YES on Proposal D, which will ban the
baiting and hound hunting of black bears. We are asking voters to vote NO on
Proposal G, which will take away the citizens' right to vote on wildlife
issues and would put all wildlife policy in the hands of the politically
appointed, hunter dominated, Natural Resources Commission.
The Michigan public supports us on the issue of baiting and hounding, but
people are confused because there are two different ballot proposals. The
trophy hunting lobby is promoting Proposal G with ads and signs that read
"Protect Wildlife" with a cute little sillouette of an elk, so voters who
TRULY support wildlife don't know which proposal to vote for. It is crucial
that we get people at the polls to tell voters the only way they can end
cruel hunting practices is to vote YES on D and NO on G.
If you can help at the polls on Tuesday, November 5, please contact Mike
Chiado and Juliana Harrison -- (810) 546-7227 or .
Thanks.
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 19:19:16 -0400 (EDT)
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (IN) Tiger numbers decline in India
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from CNN web page:
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Tiger numbers decline in India
Poaching, economic development take a toll
October 22, 1996
Web posted at: 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT)
From New Delhi Bureau Chief Anita Pratap
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Experts say that
illegal
wildlife trade ranks among the most lucrative
rackets in the world -- in the range of such
enterprises as narcotics and arms smuggling.
The international police organization Interpol
estimates the annual turnover in wildlife trade is
over $6 billion.
In India, where 60 percent of the world's tigers
live, tiger poaching has become a major threat.
On average, a tiger is killed every 18 hours in
India, according to a report by the Environmental
Investigation Agency, a British non-governmental
organization. The report backs up what many
activists suspected.
"Within five years, India's tigers will be extinct
unless immediate action is taken to prevent it,"
says Michael Day, founder of the watchdog
organization Tiger Trust.
In an undercover operation, Day claims
to have documented the poaching of 95
Indian tigers last year. And that, he
says, is only a fraction of the slaughter.
Most Indian experts agree that several hundred
tigers are being poached every year -- and they
believe there are only about 2,500 tigers left in
the wild. Indian authorities, however, dispute
that number, claiming there may be as many as
3,700.
Tigers are killed for their body parts, which are
then smuggled to China and other Asian
countries.
Virtually every part of the tiger is used as an
ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
Day accuses the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
and Indian authorities of wasting funds and
failing to tackle tiger poaching head on.
I.D. Nayar, an ex-WWF employee, charges
that money intended for conservation was
diverted to "wasteful expenditures" such
as glitzy functions and glossy brochures. Nayar
and several others recently left WWF-India.
Prominent Indian tiger experts agree that very
little is being done in the field to save the
tiger.
"We have to be out there in the forests," cautions
Ashok Kumar of the Wildlife Protection Society of
India.
Valmik Thapar, from the cat specialist group of
the World Conservation Union, says that time is
being wasted on paperwork.
"There is a lot of lip service, rhetoric and file
pushing," Thapar says, "but people are not
getting their feet dirty in the tiger's home."
WWF-India denies the charges, placing the
blame on
the Indian authorities who actually carry out
anti-poaching operations. Samar Singh,
secretary-general of WWF-India, says that the
system designed to protect the tiger is inherently
weak, and that the people who should enforce
the
rules "lack the will to deliver."
But while conservationists pass the buck and
trade
charges against one another, the trade in tiger
parts flourishes -- possibly pushing the Indian
tiger closer to its doom.
The report released Tuesday also said that
economic expansion was threatening the tiger's
livelihood as well, with development encroaching
on the tiger's already shrunken habitat. The
Indian government regularly grants timber and
mineral companies rights to operate in and
around
wildlife reserves where tigers and other
endangered species live, the report said.
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 19:45:23 -0400
>From: BKMACKAY@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: aac@inforamp.net, zoocheck@idirect.com
Subject: Fwd: Equine Encephalitis and migratory songbirds
Message-ID: <961022194522_131193107@emout17.mail.aol.com>
I
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Baltimore Sun
Oct 20 1996
5 Emu Deaths blamed on Equine Encephalitis
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ANNAPOLIS -- Five emus in Wicomico County died from
Eastern equine encephalitis recently, according to the
state Department of Agriculture.
The deaths occurred at the same time as a human fatality
from the disease in North Carolina and horse deaths in
New Jersey and Delaware. Encephalitis is a viral disease
spread by mosquito bites.
It was apparently brought to the Eastern Shore by song
birds migrating south. The birds are not affected by the
disease. Emus are large flightless birds, similar to
ostriches, that are raised for meat. They can be protected
against encephalitis by vaccine, said Dr. Roger Olson,
state veterinarian.
-- From staff and wire reports
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Forwarded message:
>From: shireen@STSCI.EDU (Shireen Gonzaga)
Sender: BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU (National Birding Hotline Cooperative
(Chat Line))
Reply-to: shireen@STSCI.EDU (Shireen Gonzaga)
To: BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU (Multiple recipients of list BIRDCHAT)
Date: 96-10-22 11:17:13 EDT
Hello,
please forgive me if this topic has been discussed in
the past. This item appeared in the Baltimore Sun, and
I'm interested in more information about it.
Comments, anyone?
Thanks,
Shireen
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Baltimore Sun
Oct 20 1996
5 Emu Deaths blamed on Equine Encephalitis
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ANNAPOLIS -- Five emus in Wicomico County died from
Eastern equine encephalitis recently, according to the
state Department of Agriculture.
The deaths occurred at the same time as a human fatality
from the disease in North Carolina and horse deaths in
New Jersey and Delaware. Encephalitis is a viral disease
spread by mosquito bites.
It was apparently brought to the Eastern Shore by song
birds migrating south. The birds are not affected by the
disease. Emus are large flightless birds, similar to
ostriches, that are raised for meat. They can be protected
against encephalitis by vaccine, said Dr. Roger Olson,
state veterinarian.
-- From staff and wire reports
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Shireen Gonzaga, Data Analyst, WFPC2 group, Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
office tel.#: 410-338-4412, e-mail: gonzaga@stsci.edu
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