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AR-NEWS Digest 280
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) [UK] Flower-eating deer pay the price for rare diet
by David J Knowles
2) [UK] Children see man die saving dog
by David J Knowles
3) [UK] Blue whales found off British coast
by David J Knowles
4) Vancouver's secret waterways
by David J Knowles
5) RFI
by David J Knowles
6) (US) Animal Rights Action Group meeting
by allen schubert
7) A GREEN'er WORLD> ProjDIRs/Interns/VOLNTRS [AFRICA][BRAZIL]
by allen schubert
8) (US) Bald Eagles Die of Lead Poisoning
by Allen Schubert
9) Fwd: PUPPY MILL BUSTED-HELP
by BHGazette@aol.com
10) Newswire: Another kind of fur protest (RUSSIA)
by Lawrence Carter-Long
11) need info about abused animals in old movies
by BHGazette@aol.com
12) Feb 14, National Pet Theft Awareness Day
by
13) LCA website has moved
by
14) US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program
by gLENN sUGDEN
15) Newswire: Russia Space Monkeys Back Home
by SdeCAP@arc.unm.edu (Lawrence Carter-Long)
16) info. needed on non-leather shoes & accessories
by Tracy Rackauskas
17) more info. needed
by Tracy Rackauskas
18) (US) 39 Yellowstone bison sent for slaughter
by allen schubert
19) Ethics of Wildlife Film Making
by JOwen82504@aol.com
20) (DE) German Zoo Animals Feel Winter
by allen schubert
21) Two St. Petersburg FL Activists Arrested at Circus
by RonnieJW@aol.com
22) Newt's back.
by LMANHEIM@aol.com
23) Admin Note--Routine
by allen schubert
24) Admin Note--"Welcome Letter"
by allen schubert
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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:19:02 -0800 (PST)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Flower-eating deer pay the price for rare diet
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Sunday, January 5th, 1997
Naturewatch: Flower-eating deer pay the price for rare diet
By Andrew Morgan
A DEVASTATING appetite for wild flowers is likely to bring tough
controls on a tiny deer whose numbers are growing at a startling rate.
Government advisers are urging tighter laws on the release of
the muntjak deer (Muntiacus reevesi) - first brought to Britain in about
1828 - into the wild. Muntjaks, native to China and Taiwan, have bred
profusely and spread into many areas since the 11th Duke of Bedford released
them into the grounds of Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, at the turn of the
century.
There are now an estimated 50,000 flower-eating muntjaks in
central and southern England. Half of them are found in the five counties
surrounding Woburn. A recent survey suggests their appearance in new areas
is usually a result of escapes or deliberate releases. Isolated groups exist
in Cumbria and Northumbria and the muntjak may even have colonised parts of
Scotland. The females are famously fertile and can produce two fawns a year.
Experts predict the deer's numbers will double in less than eight years if
nothing is done.
Known as "barking deer" because of their piercing cry,
muntjaks are often solitary, nocturnal and live in areas of thick
vegetation. The biggest specimens stand 24in at the shoulder. The problem is
that they have a small range and are found in high densities. They are
browsers and, despite causing little damage to crops, can devastate colonies
of wild flowers. Some of their favourites are woodland flowers already in
decline, such as bluebells, primroses and dog's mercury. More worrying
is their liking for some of Britain's rarest orchids.
The Mammal Society and the British Deer Society are now
pressing for the muntjak to be added to Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and
Countryside Act, a list comprising introduced species which it is illegal
to release or to allow to escape. Support for the inclusion of the muntjak
has come from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, which advises the
Government and has monitored the incursions of the deer. If John Gummer, the
Environment Secretary, approves the move, heavy fines could be imposed on
people releasing muntjaks into the wild.
The deer are easily caught in the wild by people who wish to
sell them, but the Mammal Society is urging English Nature to stop issuing
further licences for this activity. A cull of mainly young adults is made
each year in the 3,000 acres of parkland at Woburn Abbey, which is home to
nine species of deer. Keepers there claim that new laws on escapes would be
hard to enforce, as the muntjak can squeeze through a hole only 6in wide.
Callum Thomson, the head deerkeeper, said: "New laws wouldn't
make any difference to the way we manage the deer, but people elsewhere may
still release deer into the wild, whether it's illegal or not. Some people
just like to have deer in their own little piece of woodland and others
collect different species and have them in their parks."
Recent harsh weather will have reduced the muntjak's numbers,
but in certain areas of southern England, where it can reach densities of
100 to a square kilometre, nobody doubts that the little deer will still be
a big problem when spring arrives.
-David
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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:18:59 -0800 (PST)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Children see man die saving dog
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Sunday, January 5th, 1997
(Sorry for the delay, the Telegraph server has been down for the past couple
of days.)
Children see man die saving dog
By Flora Hunter
A MAN died yesterday after falling into a frozen river while trying to
rescue a dog.
His girlfriend's two children, a five-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl,
witnessed his fall beneath the ice - the third similar accident since
Christmas - and flagged down a passing motorist. But by the time Tony
Page, 40, was pulled from the River Soar, near his home at Bristall,
Leicestershire, he was unconscious and attempts to revive him at the
scene and later at hospital failed. The dog he had been trying to rescue
scrambled to safety.
Mr Page's death follows last Sunday's drowning of a middle-aged couple, who
fell into an icy lake near Grays, Essex, while trying to rescue their dog.
On Boxing Day, a 52-year-old man died in South Wales. He fell through the
ice on a pond while trying to save a spaniel.
[Snip]
-David
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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:19:04 -0800 (PST)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Blue whales found off British coast
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Sunday, January 5th, 1997
By Robert Dunkley and Sebastien Berger
A BILLION-DOLLAR American submarine detection system has
discovered that there are many more whales off the coast of Britain than
previously thought - including rare blue whales, the world's largest
mammals.
The United States navy's top-secret Sound Surveillance System
once tracked Soviet submarines for hundreds of miles across the Atlantic,
using seabed hydrophones up to 10,000 feet down to pick up the sounds
the vessels made. With the Cold War a fading memory, the sytsem has
been made available to British and American zoologists for a two-year
survey of whales. It is ideal for picking up low-frequency calls made by
blue, humpback, fin and minke whales.
Christopher Clark, the director of bioacoustics research at
Cornell University, which is co-ordinating the project, said the findings
had been a complete surprise. "The Atlantic is just alive with whale
vocalisation," he said. "The amount of low frequency noise in the ocean
means that to a whale it must sound something like cocktail party
chatter. Just like us, they must possess some means of shutting out unwanted
noise."
The survey has found that, against expectations, the blue
whale is still present in British waters. Once mercilessly hunted and unseen
for many years, it has a distinctive voice that the hydrophones detected
coming from the eastern Atlantic - although its call is so loud that it can
travel 2,000 miles underwater.
It now seems that some blue whales spend summer off Britain's
coast. Other findings showed the waters north and west of the British Isles,
where the Gulf Stream meets the Arctic, are particularly popular with
whales. Two populations of migrating humpbacks were found, and
finback whales which seem to stay in the same waters all year.
Mark Tasker, an Aberdeen-based marine scientist, said the
survey showed many more whales than had been expected, although it was
difficult to give precise population figures as the proportion of animals
calling at any one time was unknown.
-David
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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:19:16 -0800 (PST)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Vancouver's secret waterways
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Under many of Vancouver's busy intersections, there is a hidden part of the
past.
100 years ago, there were 47 streams running through Vancouver. By the late
1920's most had been covered over and their course altered - all in the name
of development.
Today, nearly all run through underground culverts and are devoid of life.
Only one still clings to life in the midst of modern sub-divisions.
Musqueam creek exists mainly as a result of the Musqueam Native Band taking
a leading role in the control of development in the area. As a result the
creek supports some life, and sees a natural salmon spawning run each year -
although only about 15 - 30 fish usually return.
Even this small number is threatened as contaminated run-off is allowed to
drain into the creek. The run off contains several toxins that have drained
off city streets.
Eber Creek, in Stanley Park, has in recent years been the focus of a of
rehabillitation program and last year saw one of the first natural spawning
runs in many years. This came to an abrupt halt last fall after a car hit a
fire hydrant and the resultant release of water wiped out the most of the
habitat.
There are plans to open up some of the streams after it was discovered that
salmon could not be coaxed into the entrances of the culverts.
In a studio discussion with anchor Kevin Evans, Habitat Supervisor Otto
Langton, who works for the federal Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans, spoke of the
problems that still occur when developers wish to build on areas where
streams are, and of the low priorty that most people give to fish or other
wildlife.
Asked whether he thought a modern city such as Vancouver could learn to
co-exist with nature, Langton replied that it was possible, but would
require a greater effort than it gets now. He also noted that the problem is
complicated even more by the fact that there are three levels of government
- federal, that have responsiblity for the fish, provincial, that have
responsibilty for the environment, and municipal, that have responsibilty
for controlling development.
(Source: CBC-BC's Broadcast One)
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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:30:03 -0800 (PST)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: RFI
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Hi All,
Here's another of my regular RFI's.
Does anyone on the list know of an ar-group for nurses? I am aware of such
groups for physicians, lawyers etc. but have not come across a group
specifically for RN's.
Please contact me via private e-mail.
Many thanks
David
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 06:48:01 -0500
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Animal Rights Action Group meeting
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(this is posted on behalf of Animal Rights Action Group)
Animal Rights Action Group of Harrisburg, PA will hold it's next planning
meeting on Thursday, January 9th, from 7 to 9 pm, at the East Shore
Library. This organization is still in it's early stages and needs
support. Other AR organizations in the area seem to have disappeared,
whilethis one is growing and active--to include a Fur Free Friday protest
on Nov
27th (and future ones may be planned).
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 07:11:20 -0500
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: A GREEN'er WORLD> ProjDIRs/Interns/VOLNTRS [AFRICA][BRAZIL]
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 08:13:33 -0500 (EST)
>From: Allen Schubert
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Heard from NPR radio broadcast...
The Virginia Wildlife Center reports that two bald eagles have died from
lead poisoning. They believe this is from ingesting lead shot when
scavenging a carcass.
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 12:49:58 -0500
>From: BHGazette@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fwd: PUPPY MILL BUSTED-HELP
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Date:97-01-07 00:49:12 EST
>From:cmonroe@tenet.edu (Chuck Monroe)
Sender:owner-wellpet-l@cia.com.au
Reply-to:wellpet-l@cia.com.au
To:wellpet-l@cia.com.au
Hi Guys,
A huge puppy mill in Washington state was shut down recently and there
are 200+ dogs surviving that need help badly. Anyone willing to help by
providing foster care, transportation, or anything else is urged to
respond to the address at the end of this message. If you know of any
breed clubs that will help rescue their breeds, please pass this on. We
are also in need of financial donations to help with transportation
costs mainly. Many of these dogs will have to be transported out of
state to foster homes due to the large number needing help. Most of these
dogs are large breeds and are in bad shape.
The owners of the mill were jailed and are now out on bond. Their
name is Bergman. At least the judge ordered them not to go near the dogs
until they go to court.
I know this is a caring group, so I thought I would post this alert
for help. Thanks.
Linda
> Hello Everyone,
> First let me thank everyone that has come forward and volunteered, to
> help with this horrible situation. Things are much worse than was
> expected with the Mastiff groups. They seem to be the ones that were
> neglected the most.
> The Pacific Northeast Mastiff Fanciers has been working on all of the OEM
> and will be totally in charge of the OEM's, at least that is my
> understanding.
> American Neapolitan/English Mastiff Rescue League, Inc. will be working
> on the Neo's, Bullmastiffs, Cane Corsos, Dogue De Bordeauxs, and any
> others that need help.
> The Golden Retreivers are in the best shape and are being handled by the
> Golden Rescue groups and Breed Clubs.
> At noon their time today, there 242 living fuzzy people in custody.
> Forty or so were euthanized for various reasons, mainly Health.
> That constitutes 280 or so dogs.
> That does not count the ones that were found dead on the property.
> One nursing mother was found taking care of her 3 pups and 23 others.
> I have very little in breakdown as all have not been processed, but I
> will share what I have: 30 Neo pups 3weeks up, but not over l year.l0
> adult Neos, not over 2years. None older have been processed.
> 12 Dogue pups approx 6 to 8 weeks. Three young l year or under adults,
> three bullmastiff young adults,. Thats' all I could get from the contact
> there. Many of the animals are being moved to other facilities, due to
> the numbers and had not been processed. Sorry for the lack of info, but
> it sounds like they have their hands full.
> Thanks to Darla who is on this List, she planted a seed and I followed
> it thru. The Washington State University Vet Medicine School, in Pullman
> Washington, was contacted and they have donated $1675.oo in vet care.
> This is from their good Samaritan Fund. They have also offered vet
> services to the animals that are in the most need. This will be hands on
> experience for the resident Vets. They will house the worst cases and
> give them the chance for the best of care at their expense.
> Transportation will be needed to get the animals from seattle to Pullman.
> If you are in the area, please help. The USNMC has informed me that they
> will be making a contribution to help with spay/neuters and
> tranportation.
> This is the only breed club, other than MCOA , and Goldens that has come
> forward and offered help to the best of my knowledge.
> If you can help in any way, please contact me at teddi@bellsouth.net or
> Ed at edward@ktc.com Thanks again. Sorry it was so lengthy. TeddiP.S.
Please say a prayer for all that are involved in this undertaking,
and for the animals. teddi
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 12:57:00 +0000
>From: Lawrence Carter-Long
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newswire: Another kind of fur protest (RUSSIA)
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The thief, the hat and the cat
Source: AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
MOSCOW - AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE : A thief who fancied the look of an
attractive fur hat on
the head of a passer-by got more than he bargained for when he tried to snatch
it.
The fur collar of the victim's coat turned out to be a Siamese cat, which
sunk its jaws and claws
into the hands of the thief, who quickly turned tail, the local paper
Vologodskiy Novosti reported in
Vologda, in northeast Russia.
The cat's owner had decided to take his pet out on his walk as an added
protection against
sub-zero temperatures.
"There is no animal more frightening than a cat, especially on its
master's shoulders," the paper
noted.
[01-06-97 at 16:07 EST, Copyright 1997, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE]
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 15:32:36 -0500
>From: BHGazette@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: need info about abused animals in old movies
Message-ID: <970106195208_877674288@emout15.mail.aol.com>
United Activists for Animal Rights (the folks who exposed the exploitation of
chimpanzees in the film "Project X") is asking if you'll search your brain
and/or old files for information about the death of a vulture during the
making of "In The Army Now" in 1994 and a fight between a bear and another
animal (dog?) in the movie "Winter People." If anyone has information about
either event, please contact Nancy Brunett at 909-682-7872; fax:
909-784-4262.
Thanks,
JD Jackson
Bunny Huggers' Gazette
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 97 14:18:08 -0000
>From:
To: "ar-news"
Subject: Feb 14, National Pet Theft Awareness Day
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Dear Animal Advocates:
I am writing to you to invite your organization to join with over five
hundred groups nationwide in observing National Pet Theft Awareness Day
on Valentines Day, February 14, 1997.
Last Chance for Animals has been campaigning to end the current system in
which the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) licenses
individuals to gather and sell "random source" animals into
experimentation. This license, called a class-B dealer license,
effectively condones the theft and fraudulent acquisition of animals.
Class-B dealers can then sell these animals for as much as $700.00 per
dog, and $300.00 per cat.
LCA, in conjunction AWI and many other groups, has been has been
successful in facilitating the introduction of an amendment to the
Animal Welfare Act. This amendment, called the Pet Safety and Protection
Act of 1996 (HR 3398 in the House and SB 2114 in the Senate), makes it
illegal for class B dealers to sell their "random source" dogs and cats
to laboratories. Many, if not most, of these animals have been stolen or
fraudulently obtained. In one legislative act, this would virtually
eliminate the government condoned pet theft that has plagued our nation
for thirty years. Now, if we act together, we can put an end to this
system for good. It is our hope that we will be able to combine efforts
with the supporters and sponsors of HR 3393, a similar bill which deals
with class B dealers.
The USDA has been waffling in its support of our the legislation.
Officially, USDA officials must acknowledge the scope of problems with
class B dealers, but like any government bureaucrats, they have an
interest in minimizing the problem and proposing internal (and
ineffective) solutions.
As the 104th Congress comes to an end, our bills did not come to a vote.
This means they must be reintroduced in January in the 105th Congress.
It is crucial that we support the reintroduction of these bills, and urge
our representatives to co-sponsor them and push for their swift passage.
Last year, I asked for your help in a major push to get legislation
sponsored-- and WE SUCCEEDED! Now is our chance to nail the system shut
and score a major victory for the animals. A major nationwide public
outcry is what will motivate Congressmembers to pass this corrective
legislation. We must communicate to Congress that changing this
outrageous system is:
a vote against animal cruelty,
a vote against organized crime,
a vote against wasteful expenditures of taxpayer dollars,
a vote against cumbersome and ineffective government regulations,
a vote for a renewed faith in government.
Your organization can distribute literature, work with local media, and
urge citizens to contact Congress. Even if your organization is unable
to undertake specific actions or events on National Pet Theft Awareness
Day, it would still help the effort if we can list you as a supporter.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 310/271-6096.
Thank you very much for your support.
from David Meyer
Last Chance for Animals
lcanimal@ix.netcom.com
http://www.lcanimal.org
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 97 14:18:14 -0000
>From:
To: "ar-news"
Subject: LCA website has moved
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Last Chance for Animals website is now http://www.lcanimal.org
from David Meyer
Last Chance for Animals
lcanimal@ix.netcom.com
http://www.lcanimal.org
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:16:39 -0800
>From: gLENN sUGDEN
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program
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US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species
Program<
The US Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program web pages
are highlighted by a list of endangered species in the US. This list is
available by state and type of animal or plant. There is also a foreign
species index. Links from selected species lead to more information
about those species, including photos or reports. The site also
contains a copy of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, selected
endangered species policy documents, and tables of contents and
selected articles from the _Endangered Species Bulletin_, a bimonthly
publication of the USFWS. This is a no-nonsense site that allows
interested Internauts to keep abreast of endangered and threatened
species information.
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 15:09:08 -0700 (MST)
>From: SdeCAP@arc.unm.edu (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newswire: Russia Space Monkeys Back Home
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Subject: Russia Space Monkeys Back Home
Date: Tue, Jan 7, 19971996 8:32 AM EDT
.c The Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) -- A pair of macaque monkeys returned safely to Earth
Tuesday after two weeks in space, and Russian scientists will now
study how the weightless environment affected the animals.
Lapik and Multik touched down this morning in their Bion-11
spacecraft in the Central Asian nation of Kazakstan, where Russia
maintains space facilities built during the Soviet era, the
Interfax news agency reported.
The two male monkeys were immediately given a checkup at a
mobile medical laboratory and were to be flown to Moscow later for
extended examinations that could last two months, Interfax said.
The pair completed all their tasks during the mission and
scientists now want to see how they re-adapt to gravity. The
monkeys will be studied at the Biomedical Institute in Moscow as
part of a project that also includes U.S. and French scientists.
Animal rights activists, including French actress Brigitte
Bardot, protested the flight and called for an end to U.S. funding
of the Bion project.
They argued that the monkeys suffered from an array of
monitoring devices that pierced their bodies. The activists also
questioned the need for animal research after so many years of
human space flight.
The monkeys were sent into orbit Dec. 24 wearing space suits
attached to chairs. They worked several hours a day, performing
various mental and physical tasks in which they responded to
signals by pressing pedals.
The monkeys traveled with an assortment of newts, snails, flies,
bugs, seeds and bacteria.
After scientists finish testing the monkeys, they will retire to
a zoo or research institute.
AP-NY-01-07-97 0730EST
Copyright 1997 The Associated Press.
Lawrence Carter-Long
Campaign Manager
Sangre de Cristo Animal Protection, Inc.
P.O. Box 11395
Albuquerque, NM 87192-0395
Email: SdeCAP@arc.unm.edu
Phone: 505-265-2322
Fax: 505-265-2488
"Nothing is given to humanity, and the little we can conquer is paid for
with unjust deaths, but humanity's greatness lies elsewhere. It lies in
our decision to be stronger than our condition, and if our condition is
unjust we have only one way of overcoming it, which is to be just
ourselves." -- Albert Camus, 1944.
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Date: Mon, 06 Jan 97 18:33:07 PST
>From: Tracy Rackauskas
To: ar-news
Subject: info. needed on non-leather shoes & accessories
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Happy new year!
I am looking for catalogs which sell high quality non-leather shoes and
accessories (purses, belts, etc.).
Please email me with the names/addresses/phone numbers of the
catalogs.
Thanks,
Tracy
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Date: Mon, 06 Jan 97 18:59:03 PST
>From: Tracy Rackauskas
To: ar-news
Subject: more info. needed
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Hi. Would anyone having information re: ar-groups for lawyers
please email me with names and numbers of the organizations?
Thanks again!
Tracy
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 19:02:26 -0500
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) 39 Yellowstone bison sent for slaughter
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from CNN web page:
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39 Yellowstone bison sent for slaughter
January 7, 1997
Web posted at: 4:30 p.m. EST
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Montana (Reuters) --
Thirty-nine bison were rounded up for slaughter
Monday on the northern boundary of Yellowstone
National Park under a controversial new bison
management plan, the park said.
The plan called for the capture of all bison along
the park's northern border moving toward adjacent
private cattle-grazing land. The captured animals
are sent to slaughterhouses under the plan, being
implemented by the National Park Service.
Four of the shaggy giants were caught in the
initial capture last Saturday. The bison were
herded into pens, loaded onto trailers and taken
to Montana slaughterhouses.
On Monday two bull bison escaped the capture pens.
An elderly cow bison, either injured during
capture or in poor health, was shot in the pen.
Yellowstone has the largest remaining
free-ranging bison herd in the United
States, the last vestige of the herds of tens of
millions of animals that once roamed the West.
The park's herd has grown steadily in recent years
to 3,500 animals.
Some of the bison carry brucellosis and that
disease is at the base of the dispute. The Montana
state government fears the bison will spread the
disease to cattle after ranchers spent millions of
dollars eliminating it from their herds.
Brucellosis causes cattle to abort their calves
and can sicken humans if left uncontrolled.
Environmentalists and animal rights activists say
there has never been a documented case of wild
bison transmitting the disease to cattle and that
the bison deaths are unnecessary.
Deep winter snows drive the bison from
the park in search of food. In past
years, hunters and game wardens have killed the
bison after they left the park. But this year, as
partial settlement of a suit filed against the
federal government by Montana Gov. Marc Racicot,
Yellowstone officials have agreed to capture bison
that approach private land on the park's northern
border whether they have brucellosis or not.
"It's a sad day when it's come to this,"
environmentalist Mike Clark said as he braved
bitter cold to watch the capture. Clark is leader
of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, one of a
handful of environmental groups that are in
federal court trying, unsuccessfully so far, to
halt the roundup.
Park rangers are working hard on the roundup,
which has resulted in some injuries to the bison
as they panic and hook each other with their
horns, but they say they have little relish for
it. "It's not what we thought we'd be doing when
we signed on to be park rangers," one ranger said.
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 19:05:35 -0500
>From: JOwen82504@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Ethics of Wildlife Film Making
Message-ID: <970107182951_1325025639@emout10.mail.aol.com>
Dear all,
I am currently researching the ethics of wildlife film making for an article
that I am writing for BBC Wildlife and would be very interested in receiving
information and/or comment from the subscribers on this list. Areas which I
am particularly interested in are examples of good/bad practice and the
rights of the viewer to know how the programme was made etc.
Many thanks
Jonathan Owen
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 19:32:35 -0500
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (DE) German Zoo Animals Feel Winter
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from AP Wire page:
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01/07/1997 04:29 EST
German Zoo Animals Feel Winter
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Funny things happen at the zoo when the
mercury drops: foxes dine well, elephants double as sled dogs and tigers
are put under heavy security.
Berlin's Tiergarten zoo, which covers several city blocks and is dotted with
ponds, trees and shrubs, has always had trouble with foxes sneaking in to
grab ducks, veterinarian Andreas Ochs said.
However, in the past two weeks, as temperatures have dropped to as low
as minus 4, the foxes have been blamed for grabbing a cormorant, two
penguins, a crane and a white stork, among other birds, assistant director
Wolfgang Grummt said.
In Krefeld, where the zoo is smaller but similarly snow-covered, city
officials
were inviting children for a sled ride Wednesday with ``Rhena,'' an elephant
cow, providing the horse power.
And in Frankfurt, Sumatra tigers have been restricted to their cages
because the moat around their compound is frozen and keepers fear they
could scamper across the ice to freedom, curator Stefan Stadler said.
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 20:06:11 -0500 (EST)
>From: RonnieJW@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Two St. Petersburg FL Activists Arrested at Circus
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The following news article is from the January 6, 1997 issue of the St.
Petersburg Times.
Animal Rights Protest At Circus Gets 2 Caged
By LEANORA MINAI
Times Staff Writer
ST. PETERSBURG -- Their cue came when an announcer bellowed that the circus
would be starting in five minutes.
Ronnie Wright and Dennis Stryjewski stood and unfurled a banner that read,
"Abolish Animal Slavery."
"We started chanting, 'Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho! Animal acts have got to go!'" said
Ronnie Wright, 44, a computer consultant from Largo.
Within a minute, the animal activists were flanked by two employees of
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. A struggle ensued on a balcony
overlooking the ring inside St. Petersburg's Bayfront Center.
"As were having a tug of war over the banner," Wright said. "Police came up
and told us we were under arrest.
Wright and Stryjewski were charged Sunday with disorderly conduct, a
misdemeanor. They were released from the Pinellas County Jail after
Stryjewski's wife, Louise Kahle, posted $200 bail for them.
Kahle, a talent agent, is the St. Petersburg representative of People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals, a Washington-based agency that operates under
the principle that "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on or use
for entertainment."
Though police say Wright and Stryjewski disturbed the peace and quiet of the
audience, the two plan to hire attorneys and fight the charge in court.
"I had no choice but to go with the officers," said Stryjewski, 33, an
insurance agent and financial adviser who lives in St. Petersburg. "I was in
the back of a car, handcuffed. My freedom was taken away, and that's what
these animals go through every single day."
Organizers at the Bayfront Center, were the circus is performing, said
protests are not permitted inside the complex.
"The circus obviously doesn't want this to happen, so we're trying to enforce
this on their behalf," said Mike Dichiara, Bayfront's event coordinator.
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I would like to point out a few things about this incident that are not
covered in this article.
On December 27, 1996, two animal activist from PETA went in to the Florida
State Fairgrounds in Tampa Florida and unfurled a banner that read, "Abolish
Animal Slavery" during the first show of the Ringling Bros and Barnum &
Bailey Circus. Within five minutes they were escorted out by police. Other
activists passed out brochures outside before the show started.
On January 2, 1997, the Circus moved on to the Bayfornt Center located in St.
Petersburg Florida.
Florida Voices for Animals held a peaceful demonstration outside of the
Bayfront Center the day prior to my arrest for disorderly conduct. During
this demonstration we had some of our members at several locations handing
out brochures about animals in entertainment. At one location a member of
our board of directors, Marilyn Weaver, was approached by a police officer
who told her if she did not stop handing out the brochures he was going to
arrest her. At the time she was standing on a sidewalk that is public
property. She refused to stop. Again the officer came by and told her to
stop handing out the brochures or he was going to arrest her. Again she
refused to stop and was not arrested. At another location, also on public
property, employees from the Bayfront Center positioned themselves infront of
our members who were passing out the brochures and were telling people not to
take our brochures.
After the FVA demonstration and during the following show, two local
activists went into the Bayfront Center and walked into one of the rings and
unfurled a banner that read, "Abolish Animal Slavery." The show had to stop
and the house lights were turned back on. Both activists were escorted out
of the Bayfront Center by police and told that if they returned they would be
arrested for trespassing. These two activists had been caught trying to
enter the Center with the banner during the FVA demonstration and had gone
home and changed cloths and returned for the next show.
The following day, Dennis Stryjewski and myself purchased tickets and entered
the Bayfront Center. Dennis had the banner folded up in a blanket stuffed
into a backpack. The women who took his ticket kept turning around and
looking at the backpack that Dennis was wearing. I started asking questions
about how to find my seat and people were starting to line up behind me so
she did not check the backpack.
The seating inside the Bayfront Center is shaped like a horseshoe. We took
up a position at the base of the horseshoe on the upper floor balcony. We
waited while clowns and acrobats gave demonstrations in all three rings.
During these demonstrations the audience is allowed to stand around the
rings to get a close look. A few minutes after we were in position an
announcer said "the show will be starting in five minutes would you please
return to your seats." There was so much noise being made by everyone
returning to there seats and talking that I was concerned that nobody would
be able to hear us chanting. We knew that once everyone was seated that the
house lights would be turned off so we jumped up and unfurled our banner and
started to chant. Once we started chanting the whole audience stoped talking
and was watching us. After about two minutes, seemed like ten, someone ran
up below us and grabed the bottom of our banner and tried to pull it out of
our hands. Within moments he was joined by two others. These people never
identified themselves to us and we were determined to keep them from stealing
our banner. After only a few moments we were grabed by police who handcuffed
us and told us we were under arrest. We later found out that the people who
had tried to steal our banner were employees of the Bayfront Center.
After we were taken to one of the offices, one of the arresting officers told
us that he told one of the activists outside, who was handing out brochures,
that if anyone tried to open a banner inside that they were going to go to
jail. Listining to the two officers talk I was able to determine that the
officer who made that comment was not even supposed to be inside the Center.
He was assigned outside duty. I think he came in just so he could arrest
us. Also, I have not had a chance to check yet but I think he may have used
another officers name on the police report as the arresting officer because
he was supposed to be outside at the time.
While the police were filling out forms an employee of the Bayfront Center
was standing there with our banner folded up in her arms. When we were being
led out to a waiting police car I asked the officer with me if we could get
our banner back. He said, "what banner. I did not see a banner. It must
have been thrown in the trash." Dennis also asked the officer with him the
same question and was told that the banner was evidence. When we walked
outside an employee from the Bayfornt Center came out behind us and asked if
the police wanted the banner. One of the officers said they would pick it up
later. We never received a receipt for the banner and have not yet had the
chance to check on it.
The police said that we disturbed the peace and quiet of the audience at a
time when the Center was a madhouse. Things did not quiet down until we
started chanting. And we did not disrupt the show. It is obvious to me that
our arrest was just to silence our opposition to the use of animals in the
circus. I wonder if I went to a football game and booed the visiting team
and held up a banner would they arrest me? I don't think so.
I'm not sure yet but I think that these police officers were off duty
officers working as security for the Bayfront Center. One of the arresting
officers was wearing a county uniform and the other was wearing a City of St.
Pete uniform. We were taken to the county jail but were told that the City
of St. Pete Police was taking credit for the arrest.
We did get some good news coverage. In addition to the newspaper article I
was interviewed on Ch 10 news and was on NPR news radio.
I think that Dennis and I are both going to fight this charge and plead Not
Guilty.
Any suggestions or comments are welcome.
Ronnie J. Wright
Member, Board of Directors
Florida Voices for Animals
P.O. Box 992
Largo, FL 33779
813-586-7083
E-Mail: RonnieJW@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 20:50:32 -0500 (EST)
>From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newt's back.
Message-ID: <970107185102_1010613335@emout14.mail.aol.com>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Newt done a couple of fairly decent
things where animals are concerned? If so, shouldn't we phone, write, fax
and email him congratulations on his re-election to the speakership? Don't
you think he'd appreciate our support right now, when a majority of Americans
are saying he shouldn't be back in that position? Might he not remember our
loyalty when it comes time to bring an animal rights/welfare bill to the
floor of the House of Representatives for a vote--an event over which he, as
speaker, has control?
Think on it please, folks. No matter what your politics or your opinion of
Gingrich--if he is favorably disposed to us he can wield tremendous power to
help animals.
Come to think of it, I may include a letter to Gingrich in the February
Letters for Animals packet. If you're interested, email me.
Best,
Lynn Manheim
Letters for Animals
P.O. Box 7-AO
La Plume, PA 18440
717-945-5312
Fax: -3471
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 22:56:10 -0500
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Admin Note--Routine
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It's been a while since this message was posted...but, it's something that
needs to be said reasonably often--though not targeted at any particular
person at this time....
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-- Howard F. Lyman
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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 22:58:05 -0500
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Admin Note--"Welcome Letter"
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Just to update everyone (this being a new year) with the "welcome letter"
for this list............
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