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AR-NEWS Digest 533
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) (US) Meat Recalls Usually Not Made Public
by allen schubert
2) (Aust)Insects carry Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
by bunny
3) Fwd: Hunters and fisherman endorse GOP's Gilmore (VA)
by NOVENAANN@aol.com
4) Hot debate on vegetarianism on "Enviroethics"
by Vegetarian Resource Center
5) AAVS continues Legal Action to End Cruel Procedure
by AAVSONLINE@aol.com
6) Indonesia burning - animals suffering
by Shirley McGreal
7) Bull Fighting in Macau
by jwed
8) [CA] If you're chicken, skip this
by David J Knowles
9) [CA] Animal advocate slams lax law
by David J Knowles
10) Requiem Service for the Great Whales
by BreachEnv@aol.com
11) New York City Area Animal Rights Calendar of Events September 26, 1997 Edition
by Jun1022@cybernex.net (CAFT-NYC)
12) "Worth Remembering"
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
13) IMPORTANT ANTI FUR DEMO TIS WEEKEND!! (NYC-USA)
by Jun1022@cybernex.net (CAFT-NYC)
14) sorry
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
15) Grace Slick Speaks Out Against Avitrol
by Friends of Animals
16) Kids for Animal Rights Everywhere
by EmbyrDragn@aol.com
17) 4-H Club and Lester the Pig
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
18) Barry Horne Update.
by "Miggi"
19) REDUCED MEAT CONSUMPTION RECOMMENDED
by farmusa@erols.com
20) No you're not invited
by Hillary
21) (US) Fish-Killer Microbe Research Backed
by allen schubert
22) (US) Clinton Worried About Bad Food
by allen schubert
23) (UK) Row over cancer and meat link
by allen schubert
24) RFI:"Damn right we're mad!!"
by "allen schubert, arrs admin"
25) (CN) Meat congress claimed most effective in history
by jwed
26) (CN) Scientists try to save rare Yangtze dolphins
by jwed
27) Right Whale Plight
by Ty Savoy
28) 40,000 Ducks Die
by Ty Savoy
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:52:38 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Meat Recalls Usually Not Made Public
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from AP Wire page:
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09/24/1997 17:13 EST
Meat Recalls Usually Not Made Public
By CURT ANDERSON
AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The public was never notified in federal recalls of
more than 20.2 million pounds of meat and poultry since 1990, Agriculture
Department records show.
The department's reason: Most of the 142 recalls -- more than half the
262 federal meat recalls during that period -- involved products that
were distributed to restaurants or school cafeterias or were sitting in
warehouses or on trucks and had not been sold at retail to consumers.
``It would not be identifiable by the consumer because they don't have it
in a package that they can identify it,'' Jill Hollingsworth, a USDA
deputy administrator involved in recalls, said Wednesday.
But consumer advocates say it is time for the Agriculture Department to
rethink its policy, pointing out that someone could become ill from
eating a bacteria-laced burger at a restaurant or a school cafeteria and
never know the product had been recalled.
``It is not enough to just tell the restaurant there's a problem. It does
make sense for the public to be notified,'' said Caroline Smith DeWaal,
food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
``Consumers need to know.''
The Agriculture Department held a public meeting Wednesday to discuss its
current recall policies and hear from advocates such as DeWaal, along
with meat industry groups. Catherine Woteki, USDA's undersecretary for
food safety, said the session will help the agency determine if changes
such as wider public notification are necessary.
``Our primary motivation for those policies is protecting the public
health,'' she said in an interview. ``If there are things that we could
do that would better protect the public health, we would certainly change
our policy.''
Meat and poultry products involved in the unpublicized recalls had many
problems, according to USDA records.
Some were recalled because of possible bacterial contamination, others
because there were small pieces of bone, metal or plastic in them. And
others were improperly labeled or had defective containers, the USDA
records show.
For example, in one nonpublic 1993 case, Quaker Oats Co. recalled more
than 1.8 million pounds of chili because of contamination with sand. More
than 400,000 pounds was not recovered, according to the records.
In another large case, Bil Mar Foods of Zeeland, Mich., recalled over 1.2
million pounds of cooked beef because of bacteria problems in 1994.
Almost 302,000 pounds of that beef was recovered.
It is USDA policy not to issue a public recall notice unless consumers
have likely purchased a meat product and might still have some on hand.
That was the case last month when Hudson Foods Inc. recalled 25 million
pounds of ground beef because of possible E. coli contamination. Some of
that beef was sold at retail.
Instead, officials work within the food service industry to determine who
has control of the bad product and work with them privately to get it out
of the system, said the USDA's Hollingsworth.
Industry officials said meat processors are the ones that would lose if
all recalls were publicized, even those in which public health is not
endangered. They said companies have every reason to work with government
to remove the bad meat.
``There's a tremendous economic and business incentive to take
adulterated product off the shelf as soon as possible,'' said Jim Hodges
of the American Meat Institute.
Some industry officials expressed dismay that USDA has recently posted
details of every meat and poultry recall since 1990 on an Internet site
-- whether they were made public at the time or not.
``It has a potentially damaging effect on the companies involved,'' said
Bob Hibbert, an attorney for the Eastern Beef Processors Association.
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has already asked Congress for
authority to issue mandatory meat and poultry recalls and for tougher
civil penalties. A bill doing that, however, has not yet been introduced.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 13:11:10 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (Aust)Insects carry Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
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Rabbit blow
Weekly Times (Victoria) 24/9/97
>From News In Brief Column
Australia's rabbits face a major blow with confirmation from CSIRO
scientists that at least 10 species of insects are capable of spreading the
rabbit calicivirus (rabbit hemorrhagic disease). CSIRO wildlife and ecology
division's Brian Cooke said the virus was found on seven kinds of fly, two
kinds of mosquitoes and European rabbit fleas.
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 02:36:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: NOVENAANN@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fwd: Hunters and fisherman endorse GOP's Gilmore (VA)
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Subj: Hunters and fisherman endorse GOP's Gilmore (VA)
Date: 97-09-25 01:21:36 EDT
From: RARN KV
To: NOVENA ANN
Hunters and fisherman
endorse GOP's Gilmore
By Steve Vaughan
The News & Advance
Although he doesn't have incumbent Gov. George Allen's flair for
decorating with stuffed and mounted wildlife, Republican gubernatorial
candidate Jim Gilmore said Wednesday in Madison Heights that he stands
with the state's hunters and fishermen.
At Izaak Walton League park, Gilmore announced the creation of
"Sportsmen for Gilmore" a campaign committee headed by former Secretary
of Public Safety Jerry Kilgore.
Gilmore said that if he is elected governor he will veto any bills that
"senselessly meddle" with the rights of hunters and fishermen.
Asked if he himself was hunter, Gilmore said he wasn't but was involved
in sports shooting.
"I've been more involved with shooting sporting clays. I own a shotgun,"
he said.
Asked if that meant he'd get rid of the various stuffed animals that
Allen has used to decorate the executive mansion and his capitol office,
Gilmore laughed.
"I've got some ideas of my own on how to decorate," he said.
A sparse crowd of about 10 supporters braved a threatening rain, to hear
Gilmore, Kilgore and Del. Preston Bryant, R-Lynchburg, speak in support
of "Virginia's heritage of hunting and fishing" and against laws
restricting the right to hunt or to bear arms.
Bryant introduced Gilmore and said that Virginia's sportsmen are also
conservationists.
Gilmore said that a balance has to be struck between environmentalists
and sportsmen and business people.
"You look at (Vice President) Al Gore's book for example and there's no
balance. He's an environmental extremist. That's why I was somewhat
surprised that Don Beyer had him in the state to campaign for him."
Gilmore said that the state's heritage of hunting, fishing, and shooting
sports is under attack from people who don't understand them and he
vowed to stand with the state's sportsmen.
He also promised not to raid the state's Games Protection fund.
"I won't raid that fund to balance the budget or any other fund that is
collected from sportsmen," Gilmore said.
He also promised not to put anti-hunting advocates on the state game
commission and to resist merging the commission with another state
department.
Gilmore also said he supports the liberalization of the state's
concealed weapon permit law, which has made it easier for applicants to
get concealed weapons permits and would resist restrictions on firearms
ownership.
"I support measures that keep gun out of the hands of criminals, but not
measures that infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens. I will
oppose arbitrary waiting periods for firearm ownership and I support out
instant records check, with is the best in the nation," he said.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:35:04 -0400
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: EARTHSAVE@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Hot debate on vegetarianism on "Enviroethics"
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The "Enviroethics" list is undergoing a hot debate
on the environmental requirement for vegetarianism.
Is it mandated, giving what we know about the
ecosystem and the impact of animal agriculture?
Other perspectives balancing this would also
be welcomed.
Hurry up! Join the jousting.
(You could unsubscribe later.)
To join, send your polite request to:
Ian Tilsed
Subscribe enviroethics
e-mail@address.xx (your name)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:46:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: AAVSONLINE@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: AAVS continues Legal Action to End Cruel Procedure
Message-ID: <970925104447_2098270692@emout08.mail.aol.com>
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Contact: Tina Nelson, Ex. Director
September 23, 1997 (215)-887-0816
(410)-547-1200 9/24-25/97
AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY CONTINUES ITS STRONG LEGAL EFFORT
TO
PROHIBIT THE USE OF ANIMALS IN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE'S RESPONSES TO LEGAL ACTIONS DEEMED INADEQUATE.
JENKINTOWN, PA-- The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) announced today
that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has officially responded to
their petition filed on April 23, 1997 which would require U.S. laboratories
to stop using animals for monoclonal antibody (MAb) production. This is just
one of the actions taken by AAVS as part of their Antibodies without Animals
campaign.
Monoclonal antibody production is an extremely important and valuable tool as
every day it effects the lives of humans and animals throughout the world.
MAbs are used in essentially every field of human and veterinary biomedical
research and in diagnosing and treating cancers, bacterial and viral
infections, and other diseases. MAbs have been produced using the ascites
method, which involves a painful procedure wherein a mouse is implanted with
a tumor cell which grows and swells in the mouse's abdomen, and the
antibody-containing fluid is then drained from the mouse's body.
The NIH response, which comes just days before a scheduled workshop,
"Alternatives in Monoclonal Antibody Production," where top scientists will
demonstrate and discuss the complete availability of alternatives, falls
short in the scientific argument as to why a ban will not be implemented.
The workshop which will be held in Baltimore, MD at the Renaissance
Harborplace Hotel on September 24-25, 1997, was organized by NIH after the
AAVS petition was filed and is in direct response to the actions requested in
the petition.
The NIH response concludes that "several validated alternative methods of MAb
production are available and are being used successfully by scientists in
many laboratories," yet the NIH response defends and promotes an outdated,
inhumane technology that is either banned or severely restricted throughout
most of Western Europe. Scientists in Germany, the Netherlands, and
Switzerland conduct world-class research, without the use of such cruel
methods.
"Science derives its strength from careful, considered examination of the
available information and conclusions drawn from that process. The NIH
response is long on words and short on substance," says John McArdle, Ph.D.,
the AAVS science advisor and director of AAVS' scientific affiliate, The
Alternative Research & Development Foundation (ARDF).
One of the most recent, simplest, and least expensive alternatives available
is the development of a method using gas-permeable tissue culture bags. This
ground-breaking alternative was funded by ARDF and is now being produced in
kit form by John Reddington, D.V.M., Ph.D., president and CEO of DiagXostics,
Inc. This alternative will be discussed at the workshop.
The USDA response also rejects the prohibition of MAb production using
animals and states, "it is not prudent for USDA to extend Animal Welfare Act
coverage to rats, mice, and birds at this time," and continues to say the
USDA does not have the legal authority to ban the ascites method of MAb
production. They do, however, state that they will enforce existing
regulations through the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees to
ensure that alternatives to MAb production are being used.
"There is no reason to believe that the lives of millions of animals used in
ascites will fundamentally change or improve based upon the current responses
from NIH and USDA and their actions in the past." says McArdle who will
present the AAVS' recommendations at the conclusion of the MAb alternative
workshop.
AAVS Executive Director, Tina Nelson agrees with McArdle and says, "NIH and
USDA have left us few options other than asking Congress and the courts to
intervene in creating a more humane biomedical research environment in the
United States. The AAVS has been extremely reasonable in its request for the
prohibition of MAB production using mice. There are many scientifically
sound alternatives which are more cost-effective, more humane and more
reliable. It is now time for NIH to be reasonable and responsible, not only
to the animals, but to the taxpayers as well."
The American Anti-Vivisection Society is an international non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all animals. Founded
in 1883, its primary mission is to ensure humane research and instruction by
working to end animal experimentation in testing, biomedical research, and
education. The AAVS pursues its objectives through legal and legislative
actions, advocacy, education and development of alternative methods.
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 11:09:55 -0400
From: Shirley McGreal
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Indonesia burning - animals suffering
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IPPL has been collecting information on the disastrous that are
causing harm to humans and wildlife in Indonesia, especially the islands of
Sumatra and Borneo.
Some towns on Sumatra over 60 miles from the fires report visibility
of 15-300 meters due to dense smoky fog. In some places schools and
kindergartens are being closed. People in some communities are wearing smoke
masks. Orangutans, gibbons and siamangs, monkeys and other wild
creatures don't have masks. One wonders what is happening to them.
Medical facilities are reportedly treating cases of respiratory
complaints and eye irritation.
The fires are reportedly being set by influential plantation
companies and are spreading.
The Indonesian Ministry of the Environment says it has identified
over 160 plantation companies allegedly responsible, but few have been
identified in the highly controlled press. Newspapers and magazines which
embarrass highly placed politicians or their relatives have been closed by
the government (I understand "Tempo" was one such publication).
IPPL has learned that 50,000 hectares of the Batang Hari Hutan
Lindung forest area in east Sumatra (Jambi and Riau province) is to be
clear-felled to make way for palm oil plantations. The Batang Hari forests
protect the water shed of the Batang Hari river, one of the two largest in
Sumatra, and are the last extensive non-swamp forests in central eastern
Sumatra. Accessible forest is badly disturbed by illegal logging. Proximity
to Singapore markets may have caused some reported heavy poaching of
endangered species such as the Sumatran tiger.
These forests are home to at least seven species of primate as well
as other endangered and rare species. What is going on has been described as
an "environmental holocaust."
The use of palm oil in US products has been dropping. It is a
saturated fat. But if you read the labels on many imported food products
(including from Europe) you will find listings of coconut and/or palm oils.
Please do not buy any such products for your own health - and that of the
world's forests and their wild beings.
A recent visitor to Sumatra reports that the usually noisy siamangs,
gibbons and hornbills seldom call now.
Unfortunately there is little news of this catastrophe in the
Western press because most news coverage requires photos or film footage. No
pictures, no story.
Anyone wishing to film in Indonesia has to sign the following
declaration as part of the application. This may explain the rather small
amount of publicity when one considers the enormity of the problem.
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S T A T E M E N T
To complete our application for film / video shooting permit in Indonesia,
we hereby declare that we shall :
1.Obey all regulations of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (the
central as well as the provincial Government).
2.Report on our arrival to the Department of Information c/o Directorate of
Film and Video Recording Development in Jakarta to get some information of
central and local regulations before shooting is conducted.
3.Agree to be accompanied by the liaison Officer who will be appointed by
the Department of Information during filming of all shooting in Indonesia
without exception, and bear all his/her expenses namely board, lodging,
transportation, and daily allowance from the beginning until the end of our
activities.
4.Make shooting only in accordance with the script / synopsis and object /
location approved and written in shooting permit issued by the Department
of Information.
5.No shooting or filming of any forbidden objects or locations or creating
situations which may have the impression to harm the image of the Republic
of Indonesia.
6.Bear all expenses occured during filming objects / locations which have
specific rules, including any expenses of hiring a special Officer required
by that rules.
7.Re-export all our shooting equipment on our own expenses upon completion
of our activities.
8.Submit one copy of the released film/video to the Department of
Information through the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia and agree that
the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has the right to use it for
non- commercial purposes based on its national interest at any time within
its territory or abroad.
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Dr. Shirley McGreal | PHONE: 803-871-2280 |
| Int. Primate Protection League | FAX: 803-871-7988 |
| POB 766 | E-MAIL: ippl@awod.com |
| Summerville SC 29484 | Web: http://www.ippl.org |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:25:22 +0000
From: jwed
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Bull Fighting in Macau
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If you are in the South China area this weekend, please come to Macau to
join our bull fight protest this Saturday 27th September 1997.
This is a joint protest by SPCA (HK), IFAW and EarthCare.
We shall meet at 3.0pm outside the stadium (behind the Lisboa Hotel).
We shall be joined by Ms Vicki Moore who was severely gored in Spain by a
bull two years ago and continues to campaign gallantly despite her injuries.
All are welcome!
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:02:48
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] If you're chicken, skip this
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>From The Province [Vancouver] - Wednesday, September 24th, 1997
Candian Press
OTTAWA - Wanted: Two people to sit around for seven days and be fed daily.
Pay is $2,500 each. Accommodation is free, but a camera will record your
experience.
Location: A chicken coop in an Ottawa art gallery.
Video artist Rob Thompson is betting there are twi first-class layabouts
who will take on his challenge.
To generate material for a one-hour documentary about :the conflict between
human and animal rights," Thompson, 40, will pay $5,000 of his own savings
to two people willing to spend a week together in a wooden cage slightly
larger than a refrigerator.
The pair will get drinking water from a dripping hose and all the
vegetarian mash they can eat. A portable potty will also be available, but
anyone who leaves the cage during the week forfeits the money. The
"chickens" will be on display at the SAW Gallery.
Caution: When four blokes tried the same stunt in England in 1993, they
lasted 18 hours. the benefactor, vegetarian author Rebecca Hall wanted to
expose "animal concentration camps" producing cheap chickens.
After reading about that contest, Thompson was inspired. He cites the
"Shocking living conditions of animals produced for food," against humane
treatment for pets, plus mistreatment of elderly and poor.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:14:19
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Animal advocate slams lax law
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>From The [Province - Wednesday, September 24th, 1997
Candian Press
EDMONTON - More animals will be treated cruelly because of Alberta's
decision to drop control on exotic creatures, says an official with a
national animal welfare group.
Frances Rodenburg, executive director of the Canadian Federation of Humane
Societies, said she's worried the relaxed law will just encourage more
people to get exotic pets - such as lions, tigers or jungle snakes - that
they don't know how to look after.
"The vast majority of people who would like to own these animals do it
because it's a novelty," Rodenburg said yesterday.
But the Alberta government says it's not in the business of looking after
the welfare of animalsnot native to the province. It's handing over
responsibility to cities and towns.
As of Sep. 1 Alberta is only regulating animals deemed to threat to native
species.
The province will keep regulating animals that could hurt humans until
March 31.
But after that it's open season. Anyone thinking cobras are cool or brave
enough to keep a bear won't be stopped by the Alberta government.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 13:35:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: BreachEnv@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Requiem Service for the Great Whales
Message-ID: <970925133336_896526086@emout15.mail.aol.com>
Requiem Service for the Great Whales
An inter-denominational Requiem Service For The Great Whales is to be held at
Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday 5th October 1997.
This service is the first of it's kind and coincides with World Prayer Day
for Animals. It is being held to commemorate the Great Whales which have been
cruelly slaughtered for commercial reasons so far this year (including those
killed
under the guise of so-called "scientific" whaling) and to pray for those
whose survival is still in danger through constant pressure from human acts.
The Order Of Service is in two parts. Part One: In Remembrance of those Great
Whales slaughtered in 1997. Part Two: In Celebration of our Cetacean Cousins.
This part of the Service is for the enlightenment of human kind to the plight
of the
Great Whales and dolphins and in hope for the survival of all cetaceans from
captivity or cruel death at the hands of man. Those who wish to light a
candle for
the slaughtered Great Whales will be invited to do so.
All with an interest in Cetaceans are invited to attend. Please RSVP to
BreachEnv@aol.com. Your presence will be seen as support for the end of the
inhumane killing of these magnificent mammals, an end to all commercial
whaling and an end whale and dolphin captivity. Your attendance would be
instrumental in showing those who carry out or condone these acts that this
barbaric cruelty should no longer be tolerated and must stop immediately.
Notes. Intro: recorded by Richard Wally, Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo
music,
entitled 'The Ocean.. Whales Call'.
The recorded sounds of humpback whales will be played during the service.
Messages to the congregation have been applied for from all the major
religious
leaders including the Dalai Lama.
The Breach Marine Protection 'In Celebration of Cetaceans Exhibition' will be
open within Ripon Cathedral from Saturday 27th September to Thursday 16th
October. The exhibition includes the 'Popular Resolution for Abolition of
Inhumane Slaughter of Whales' and its accompanying World-Wide Sign-On
Petition which will be available for your signature between those dates.
We would like to thank the Dean of Ripon for allowing the magnificent Ripon
Cathedral to hold this Service and for his enlightened attitude toward the
desperate plight of the world's remaining cetaceans.
For further information, email or contact:
Toni Ford
Breach Marine Protection UK
email: BreachEnv@aol.com
Tel/Fax: +44 1405 769375 (9:30am - 5pm UK time)
http://members.aol.com/breachenv/home.htm
Popular Resolution on Abolition of Inhumane
Commercial Slaughter of Whales - Sign-On Petition:
http://members.aol.com/breachenv/popreslt.htm
Rapid Env. Disaster - Response. & Rescue
(R.E.'D.R.Res) Hotline: 0973 898282 (mobile/ answerphone)
http://members.aol.com/breachenv/redrres.htm
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 14:33:47 -0400
From: Jun1022@cybernex.net (CAFT-NYC)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: New York City Area Animal Rights Calendar of Events September 26, 1997 Edition
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Dari Fullmer: Please forward to NJADL list
Joe Mielle: Please forward to NJARA list
Kim Berardi: Please forward to LI/NYC ADL List
New
York City/Long Island
Animal Rights
Calendar of Events
September 26, 1997 Edition
This calendar is updated every week. To add your events call Adam at:
Wetlands: (212) 966-52444
Home: (212) 860-8832
Pager: (888) 625-1991
Every Monday: 2-4 PM, 66th and York, Protest Rockefeller U Cat Torture
Experiments
Every Tuesday: 3-5PM Bobst Library Washington Square Park. Demo for NYU Chimps
Every Tuesday: 7 PM Activst Meeting at the Wetlands Preserve, 161 Hudson
Street, 3 blocks south of Canal
1st Tuesday: Rainforest Action Group
2nd Tuesday: Human Rights Defense Meeting
3rd Tuesday: Federal Lands Action Group
4th Tuesday: Animal Rights Action Team
*************
FRIDAY, SEPT 26 - SATURDAY, SEPT 27: NYC/LI ADL day of action/sympathy
fast in solidarity with animal liberation prisoner barry horne and in
protest of NYU vivisection and
the LEMSIP chimp transfer we will be protesting/sleeping at the main
building, where
the newest lab is located... we will also not be eating ... please bring
sleeping
bags and candles if you have any (parrafin, of course, and not
beeswax)... we will also have time to write letters to barry (prisoner
support = VERY IMPORTANT)..
friday 1:45p: meet at washington square arch
2-6:30p: protest at nyu main building, nyc (washington square east)
6:30-7p: press conference for LEMSIP and barry
7p-saturday afternoon: candlelight vigil/protest for barry (saturday is
also a street fair right in the area, so it will be a good time to
distribute literature) For more info cal the Animal Dfense League
Hotline: 800.459.3109
Saturday, Sept 27
Animals and the Law
Third Annual Conference
A day-long confernece on legal issues pertaining to animals including
* Reintroduction of the Wolf in NY *Legislative update on Wildife Isuues
*Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation * Wildlife in Urbanized Areas-including
geese and deer * Defense of the Wetlands *International Control Over
Wildlife
Speakers will include animal advocates, lawyers, environmentalists, wildife
managment scum (editorial comment by Adam), professors, and others. $10 for
members and students, $15 for nonmembers. Registration Deadline Sept. 24.
Saturday, Sept 27 MILITANT ANTI-FUR MARCH
Join the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade, the Wetlands Animal Rights
Action Team , high school studnets from Cardozo HS, Murow HS, and Brooklyn
Tech, and lots of others for a march from 27th and 7th up 7th Ave., the
heart of the fur district. We'll visit the corporate office of Federated
Department Stores, America's largest fur seller (also the office of
Aeropostale and Charter Club, two Federated stores), and move on to demo at
Stern's inthe Manhattan Mall and Macy's Herald Square, two of the largest
Federated Stores in the nation. For more info call Adam at Wetlands at
(212) 966-5244
> SUNDAY, SEPT 28
> 2-4p protest at ecofest 97 (pony rides and petting zoo), riverside park,
>nyc... exact meeting place TBA (call theAnimal Defense League hotline)
>
> THURSDAY, OCT 2 -- WORLD FARM DAY
> 5-8p: demo and mass flyer distribution in meat district, nyc... more
>details TBA
>
> SATURDAY, OCT 4
> 1-3p: protest at john pappas furs in sayville, long island... get in
>touch for directions/carpool information
>
SATURDAY, OCT 4
STUDENT ACTIVIST ROUNDTABLE
A networking meeting for student Animal Rights, environmental, and social
justice activists. Share
and learn activst strategies. Teach others about your issue and learn
oabout their issues, Take a look at the connections between the issues.
Meet students at other schools working on the same issues you are, compare
notes, and start joint campaigns. 12-3PM
> SUNDAY, OCT 5
> time TBA: tabling at huntington street fair, long island (near village
>furs)... for more info, contact dave at XFLTX@aol.com
>
> TUESDAY, OCT 7
> court for ADL protestors (alleged lockdown at fur market building) in
>nyc... if you would lke to show your support and attend, please leave a
>message on the ADL hotline
Tuesday, October 7
Dave Morris of the McLibel two, Britain's longest trial will speak on how
he and Helen stee founght back when McDonald's sued them for passing out
anti-McD leaflets. 7 PM. Wetlands Preserve, as part of the Wetlands
Rainforest Action Group meeting.
Wednesday, 0ctober 8
Meet FORMER NYU FACULTY MEMBER (!) Peter Singer, author of Animal
Liberation, the book that launched the modern animal rights movment, which
he wrote while at NYU, a leader o fthe Australian animal liberation
movement. Also meet Henry Spira, human and animal rights activst and
founder of the Coalition for Nonviolent Ford, and Animal RIghts
International. Henry is a figure of international animal rights movement,
and in NYC in particular, where he pretty much started the grassroots
movement.
Wednesday, October 8th, 6:30 PM , Fourth Universalist Society (Landmark on
the Park) 160 Central Park West at 76th Street.
PLUS: a screening of Peter Singer's new documentary film, Henry: One Man's
Way", described by the Sydney Star Observer as " required viewing for all
activsts."
Admission is free.
Thursday, October 9
Join McLibel Defendant Dave Morris for a sneak preview of the new film,
McLibel: Two Worlds Collide
10 AM
Afterwards we'll demo at McDeath on Broadway, 2 blocks south of Wall Street
1 PM
> SATURDAY, OCT 11
> 1-3p: protest at macy's in manhassett, long island... get in touch for
>directions/carpool information
>
> SUNDAY, OCT 12
> 1-3p: protest at zamir furs, nyc (90 w. houston street between laguardia
> and thompson streets, 4 blocks west of broadway)
>
> THURSDAY, OCT 16 -- DAY OF WORLDWIDE MCDEATH ACTIONS
> plans TBA
>
> SATURDAY, OCT 18
> - members of the NYC/LI ADL will be travelling down to edison, nj for the
>NJARA animal rights conference... for carpool information, please get in
>touch... to contact NJARA directly, please call 732.446.6808 - following
>the conference, we will be attending a protest at a mcdeath protest with
>the members of NJARA and NJ ADL
>
> SUNDAY, OCT 19
> 1-3p: protest at mcdeath, nyc (700 block on broadway, near waverly
>place/4th street/nyu area)
SATURDAY, OCT 19
Another STUDENT ACTIVIST ROUNDTABLE
A networking meeting for student Animal Rights, environmental, and social
justice activists. Share
and learn activst strategies. Teach others about your issue and learn
oabout their issues, Take a look at the connections between the issues.
Meet students at other schools working on the same issues you are, compare
notes, and start joint campaigns. 12-3PM
Tuesday, October 21
Magical Mystery Demo for World Forests
Time and location to be announced later.
This is a major event sponsored by Wetlands Rainforest Action Group/NYC
Earth First! and it is critical that animal rights activists show
solidarity and attend. Animals are the first top suffer when their
habitats are destroyed. Habitat destruction is the biggest animal killer,
dwarfing vivisection, circuses, hunting, fur, and even the meat industry.
For more info call the Wetlands Rainfest Action Group at (212) 966-5244
Tuesday, October 28
7 PM
Wetlands Animal RIghts Action Team Meeting 7 PM. Featuring Special Guest
Speaker Jan Moor-Jankowski, the NYU chimpanizee vivisector who was fired
for speaking out against Ron Wood's illegal procedures (Wood, the notorious
Junkie Monkey experimenter, addicted monkeys to crack cocaine, solvents and
heroine. All this was legal, but in addition, he separately, and illegally
abused these animals.) Learn about how Moor-Jankowski's views on vivsection
have changed, and about the details ofthe NYU cover-up.
"Man is able to abuse and slaughter and experiment on animals simply
because he is stronger than they are. There's no MORAL ground on which to
justify any animal exploitation, A child with leukemia has no more
intrinsic right to life than does a white rat. Anyone who believes that
man's intellegence make him special should only look at the way we continue
to destroy our environment. Man is NOT an intelligent species." -- Grant
Morrison, Animal Man #26, a comic book available from Student Abolitionist
League's lending library
"I wish every person would get up and break into a lab," Ingrid Newkirk,
PETA
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 97 13:46:24 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: "Worth Remembering"
Message-ID: <199709251843.OAA28696@envirolink.org>
Only one-third of the colonists supported the American Revolution.
The abolitionist movement never numbered more than about 100,000 -
a tiny fraction. As one historian points out, "Five percent keep saving
the world." That's worth remembering. - Christian Science Monitor
(quoted in "Pax Facts")
-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 14:54:33 -0400
From: Jun1022@cybernex.net (CAFT-NYC)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: IMPORTANT ANTI FUR DEMO TIS WEEKEND!! (NYC-USA)
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Saturday, Sept 27 ANTI-FUR MARCH AND DEMONSTRATION
Join the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade, the Wetlands Animal Rights
Action Team , high school students from Cardozo HS, Murrow HS, and Brooklyn
Tech, and lots of others for a march from 27th and 7th up 7th Ave., the
heart of the fur district. We'll visit the corporate office of Federated
Department Stores, America's largest fur seller (also the office of
Aeropostale and Charter Club, two Federated stores), and move on to demo at
Stern's in the Manhattan Mall and Macy's Herald Square, two of the largest
Federated Stores in the nation. For more info call Adam at Wetlands at
(212) 966-5244
We've been planning this one for six weeks, so it should be big!
In the past Wetlands/CAFT Macy's Herald Sq demos have brought lotsa media
(including the NY Times, NYC TV networks, etc, so a good turnout is
necessary to keep the meida interested. If they do run it, we'll be
gettingthe word out to tens of millions!!!
"Man is able to abuse and slaughter and experiment on animals simply
because he is stronger than they are. There's no MORAL ground on which to
justify any animal exploitation, A child with leukemia has no more
intrinsic right to life than does a white rat. Anyone who believes that
man's intellegence make him special should only look at the way we continue
to destroy our environment. Man is NOT an intelligent species." -- Grant
Morrison, Animal Man #26, a comic book available from Student Abolitionist
League's lending library
"I wish every person would get up and break into a lab," Ingrid Newkirk,
PETA
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 97 13:58:03 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: sorry
Message-ID: <199709251853.OAA00299@envirolink.org>
I accidentally sent the last quote to ar-news instead of ar-views.
-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 12:06:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Friends of Animals
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Grace Slick Speaks Out Against Avitrol
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Contact: Bill Dollinger (202) 296-2172
September 25, 1997
Singer Grace Slick Speaks Out Against Hallucinogen Used On Birds
New York City, NY - In a letter released today by Friends
of Animals, singer Grace Slick asked Mayor Rudolph Guiliani
to support a ban on a controversial drug used to poison pigeons,
sparrows and starlings. The drug, Avitrol, is promoted as an
hallucinogen by the company which uses it laced in corn to
poison pigeons at the Channel Club Condominium on the Upper
East Side of Manhattan.
As Slick explains in her letter, "I have considerable experience
on the subject of mind-altering drugs, and I can tell you that
Avitrol is not your run-of-the-mill hallucinogen. It causes violent
shaking, trembling, thirst, nausea, convulsions, disorientation
and a slow death. Wow, talk about a bad trip!"
New York Councilman Gifford Miller (D-Manhattan) is currently
investigating options on the enactment of a city wide ban on
the use of Avitrol. As Slick states in her letter to the mayor,
"Friends of Animals is calling for a ban in New York City on
Avitrol and the killing of pigeons, house sparrows and starlings.
I hope that you will use your influence to assist this effort.
The time has come to kick the Avitrol habit."
Friends of Animals (FoA) has been holding protests outside the
Channel Club Condominium. According to FoA Representative Matt Dunn,
"We will continue to protest and show videotape in front of the Channel
Club until the management puts a stop to this horrific program.
The footage we are showing has had a strong effect on the public
--even residents of the building have registered their opposition
to the use of Avitrol."
Friends of Animals is an international animal protection organization
with more than 200,000 members and supporters, based in Darien, Connecticut.
-30-
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:49:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: EmbyrDragn@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Kids for Animal Rights Everywhere
Message-ID: <970925154710_1823174727@emout16.mail.aol.com>
If anyone on this list is under 18, or know someone who is and supports
animal rights, this is for you! Kids for Animal Rights Everywhere (KARE) is a
new group exclusively for kids, by kids. Of course, if you are an adult and
want to help out, we'd be glad to have you! KARE supplies information on
animal rights in general, as well as specific aspects of animal rights, to
individual kids and groups for kids, online or off. KARE may also hold
protests in the Northern CA area, where the founders and most of the members
live, but that depends on how many people are interested. KARE will also
supply online members with action alerts for their area or nation wide-
letter writing campaigns, boycotting, and protests in the members area, among
other things. KARE will also answer any questions pertaining to animal
rights,or our group.
Membership to KARE is free, although we ask that members pay postage for any
literature they request through "snail mail".
If you are interested in joining, you can e-mail me at EmbyrDragn@aol.com, or
write to KARE at:
Kids for Animal Rights Everywhere
P.O. Box 805
Santa Clara, CA 95140
~Embyr~
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 97 14:29:37 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: 4-H Club and Lester the Pig
Message-ID: <199709251945.PAA06685@envirolink.org>
Collinsville, OK - Kendal Wolfe, 11, loves pigs. One in particular.
Plump and pink, Lester is Wolfe's prize possession. Wolfe hopes Lester
becomes a prize winner when he shows the portly fellow at this year's
Tulsa State Fair.
Wolfe grew up with interest in farm animals with the support of his
family. The Junior Market Competition, scheduled Oct. 1-2 at the fair,
will allow Wolfe to demonstrate the dedication and hard work he has put
into Lester during the last six months.
Wolfe, who is an active member of the Collinsville 4-H Club, said he got
Lester in April when he was 3-months-old. He chose the name Lester because
of his breed, he said. He is a Chester White barrow.
Wolfe uses a whip to guide Lester in the desired direction for walking in
the show ring.
At the contest judges not only look at how the pig walks in the show ring
but also at its overall appearance. Kendal uses a brush and baby oil to help
Lester's skin look tanned.
Kendal is aware that Lester will not return home. This will be his
"terminal show" after which he will be sold for his meat at a market price.
Kendal said that he enjoyed raising Lester so much that he might soon
find another pig and start training it for next year's competition.
__________________________________________________________________________
(He loves the pig, but it's sent to market for meat??)
-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:39:47 +0000
From: "Miggi"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Barry Horne Update.
Message-ID: <199709252238.XAA25040@serv4.vossnet.co.uk>
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Hi again,
I have added several reports in to the Barry Horne web pages.
http://village.vossnet.co.uk/m/miggi/barry.htm
I have received the latest mail out in the post, but have not got the
e-mail of the text yet, so it will take longer than usual to update
everything.
I have been told there will be an annoucement tommorrow, with regard
to the Labour Party and its views. I shall post a message as soon as
I hear anything for definate (not just rumour!)
Hopefully the rest of the mail-out will be added soon.
Time to get some sleep.........
Love n Liberation
Mark
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 20:42:57 -0700
From: farmusa@erols.com
To: Veg-News , IVU-Talk ,
AR-News
Subject: REDUCED MEAT CONSUMPTION RECOMMENDED
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM WORLD FARM ANIMALS DAY HEADQUARTERS
CONTACTS: British Dept of Health: 44-171-210-5221; World Cancer Fund:
44-171-439-7177; Vegetarian Society: 44-161-445-8920, 44-161-928-0793;
World Farm Animals Day: 301-530-1737.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND WORLD CANCER BODY RECOMMEND REDUCED
MEAT
CONSUMPTION
On Thursday, 9/25/97, British Secretary of State for Health Frank
Dobson and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Jack Cunningham
issued the following statement:
ôThe Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy has
issued its report Nutritional Aspects of the Development of Cancer The
recommendations include:
o Maintain a healthy body weight and not increase it during adult life
o Increase intakes of a wide variety of fruits and vegetables
o Increase intakes of dietary fiber from a variety of food sources
o Reduce consumption of meat to 90 gms (3 oz) per day or below
These recommendations should be followed in the context of the
CommitteeÆs wider recommendations for a balanced diet rich in cereals,
fruits and vegetables.ö
--------------------------------------------
On Thursday, 9/25/97, the World Cancer Research Fund, in association
with the American Institute for Cancer Research, issued a report
entitled "Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global
Perspective." The 650-page report was based on examination of 4,000
studies of diet & cancer by an international panel of 15 scientists
supported by 100 reviewers.
The Report draws the following conclusions:
o Diets based on foods of plant origin are a key factor in cancer
prevention
o 3-4 million cases of cancer world-wide could be prevented by a healthy
diet
o 66-75% of colon cancers, 33-50% of breast cancers, and 20-33% of lung
cancers are preventable by a healthy diet
The Report contains a number of policy recommendations, including
encouragement of vegetable and fruit markets and healthy school meals
for children.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 20:54:08 -0700
From: Hillary
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: No you're not invited
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970925205405.00683bd8@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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SORRY!
I cc:ed the ENTIRE list when I invited Joe to my b-day party--sorry, i
really was just inviting him!
Please accept my apologies!
Hillary
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:44:20 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Fish-Killer Microbe Research Backed
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970925214418.006f1414@clark.net>
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from AP Wire page:
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09/25/1997 14:36 EST
Fish-Killer Microbe Research Backed
By CURT ANDERSON
AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials from mid-Atlantic states urged the federal
government Thursday to mount a major research effort into a microbe
blamed for recent fish kills and possible human health problems in
Chesapeake Bay tributaries.
Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening, a Democrat, told a House Government
Reform and Oversight Committee panel that recent appearance of the toxic
form of Pfiesteria piscicida should serve as a national warning that not
all is right in America's waterways.
``The battle against Pfiesteria is bigger than any one state. We need
your help,'' Glendening told the panel. ``We need to better understand
what Pfiesteria is.''
His comments were echoed by Virginia Health Commissioner Randolph Gordon,
whose state has also found fish with Pfiesteria-like lesions but, unlike
Maryland, has not closed rivers or assumed there is any link between the
microbe and human ailments.
``We are working in a near void of science when it comes to Pfiesteria
and human health,'' Gordon said. ``The best way to protect everyone from
this potential threat is by, first and foremost, commitment to the best
science.''
Glendening closed three Eastern Shore rivers after the toxic form of
Pfiesteria appeared last month, sickening or killing fish and possibly
causing illness in 27 people who came in contact with the water. Millions
of fish were killed two years ago in eastern North Carolina rivers by
Pfiesteria.
The Maryland governor repeated Thursday that nutrient-rich runoff from
the numerous chicken farms near the rivers is likely to blame for the
microbe's rise. In North Carolina, scientists believe big hog operations
played a role.
``The problem in the water clearly started on the land,'' Glendening
said.
Congress has already approved $7 million for the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention for research and to develop a health response to
Pfiesteria.
Several House members said they expected another $3 million to be
appropriated this year for additional federal research, and a bipartisan
group of senators introduced a measure Thursday aimed at coordinating the
research and providing grants for similar work at universities.
Citing the likelihood that agriculture played a big part in Pfiesteria,
some lawmakers are calling for tougher Clean Water Act standards on farm
runoff. Most programs aimed at controlling use of manure and other
fertilizers are now voluntary; these substances introduce high levels of
nitrogen and phosphorous into waterways that can make unwanted organisms
grow out of control.
``We've got to reduce the nutrient levels in the water,'' Glendening
said.
Although this would likely mean higher costs to farmers, one leading
farm-state senator introduced legislation Thursday to set new national
standards for managing manure from large-scale livestock and poultry
operations.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said the larger operations would have to submit
a plan for approval by the Agriculture Department detailing how it will
collect, store and use animal wastes. There would be certain thresholds
for use of manure that could not be exceeded, and polluters could be
fined $50,000 per violation per day.
``We are still learning about the far-reaching effects of animal waste
that gets into our waters,'' Harkin said. ``National standards for animal
waste are necessary because this is a national issue.''
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:44:38 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Clinton Worried About Bad Food
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970925214435.006f30f4@clark.net>
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from AP Wire page:
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09/25/1997 19:39 EST
Clinton Worried About Bad Food
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alarmed by reports of tainted fruits and vegetables
shipped from abroad, the Clinton administration will seek greater
authority to stop shipments at the border, the White House said Thursday.
Presidential spokesman Mike McCurry said the administration's food safety
proposal would ``improve the FDA's authority to regulate imported fruits
and vegetables coming from other countries in a way similar to what the
USDA already does with respect to meat and poultry products.''
He said formal announcement of the food safety initiative would probably
not occur until next week.
The Food and Drug Administration now can stop a single product from being
imported if it has reason to suspect contamination.
But President Clinton will propose legislation that would give the FDA
authority to refuse all imported fruits and vegetables from a country
that does not have food-safety standards similar to those imposed by the
United States, said an administration official said, speaking on
condition of anonymity.
Outbreaks of illnesses from tainted fruits and vegetables have made
repeated headlines in the last year, including raspberries from Guatemala
that were blamed for sickening 1,400 people with the parasite cyclospora.
But many of the outbreaks were from contaminated foods grown in this
country, including E. coli in unpasteurized apple juice.
The official acknowledged that there is no data indicating more of a
problem with imported fruits and vegetables.
U.S. consumption of imported foods is rising: Last year, 38 percent of
fruits and 12 percent of vegetables consumed were imported, a twofold
increase within the last 10 years.
And the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said Wednesday that U.S.
inspections of imported foods have dropped significantly.
Opponents of the administration's trade policies have seized on public
concerns about unsafe food in their efforts to defeat free trade
legislation Clinton has pending before Congress.
Critics have charged that the North American Free Trade Agreement with
Mexico, by increasing imports of fruit and vegetables from Mexico, has
increased risks of tainted food being sold to American consumers.
The food issue gained prominence earlier this year after imported Mexican
strawberries were blamed for a hepatitis outbreak among schoolchildren in
Michigan.
Clinton last week formally asked Congress for the authority he needs to
expand NAFTA beyond Canada and Mexico to other countries in Latin
America.
Opponents hope that new public worries about food safety along with
lingering concerns about the loss of jobs to low-wage countries will be
enough to defeat Clinton's trade negotiating request.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:35:37 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) Row over cancer and meat link
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from Electronic Telegraph:
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Friday 26 September 1997
Row over cancer and meat link
By David Fletcher, Health Correspondent
A REPORT by Government-appointed nutrition experts
that recommends a reduction in the consumption of red
meat to cut cancer has been withheld by the Department
Institute of Health after a row with the Ministry of
of Cancer Agriculture.
Research
The report, by the Committee on the Medical Aspects of
Food and Nutrition Policy, recommends that people
eating red and processed meat twice a day - equal to
informationabout 140 grams - should eat less. Even
those eating
an average amount should consider cutting back.
The Department of Health published a summary yesterday
of the report's recommendations - which also include a
call to eat more fruit and vegetables - but Frank
Dobson, the Health Secretary, has ordered that the
Department full report should be withheld. His decision
follows
of Health an extraordinary series of interventions by
Jack
Cunningham, the Agriculture Minister, although there
is an official denial of any row.
Nevertheless, the recommendations to eat less red meat
as a means of cutting cancer are a further setback for
beef farmers, already hit by the BSE crisis. As
originally drafted, the report concluded that a
reduction in meat eating, and an increase in
consumption of fruit and vegetables, would cut levels
of cancer, particularly those of the colon and breast.
It is now being re-written to include precise figures
on portions to enable consumers to implement its
recommendations in what appears to be a "victory" for
the Health Department.
Mr Dobson said that he and Mr Cunningham had
discovered last Friday that the proposed
recommendation on red meat consumption had not been
fully discussed.
The committee met again on Wednesday and agreed on
precise recommendations. The row overshadowed
publication of a report yesterday by the World Cancer
Research Fund, which also recommended a reduction in
consumption of red meat and concluded that up to 40
per cent of cancers could be avoided by a change in
diet.
The report said dietary changes alone would cut lung
cancer by 20 per cent, breast cancer by 33 per cent
and colon cancer by as much as 66 per cent. "Together
with no smoking, this means that up to 70 per cent of
cancers are preventable," it said.
The conclusions say that diets "rich in vegetables,
fruits, bread, grains, pasta, potatoes and pulses" are
the key factor in cancer prevention. One of the
authors, Professor Philip James, of the Rowett
Research Institute, Aberdeen, said: "Reliable evidence
accumulated over the last 15 years shows that what we
eat and drink is crucial in determining our risk of
cancer."
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:52:19 -0400
From: "allen schubert, arrs admin"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: RFI:"Damn right we're mad!!"
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Request For Information...send responses to tnd124@mail.usask.ca
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I am looking for a poster of a Holstein cow looking directly into the
camera with the caption "Damn Right We're Mad!!" below it.
If you know where I can get a copy of this poster please let me know.
Tracey Davis
tnd124@mail.usask.ca
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:05:41 +0000
From: jwed
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (CN) Meat congress claimed most effective in history
Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970926110541.00691ccc@pop.hkstar.com>
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China Daily 26th September 1997.
THE 11th World Meat Congress concluded yesterday in Beijing, with H
Christian Oberst, president of the International Meat Secretariat, claiming
it the most successful meeting it has ever had.
The concluding session yesterday highlighted such vital issues as
sustainable meat production and ensuring meat safety while seeking better
consumer satisfaction.
The delegates agreed these are vital questions for the next century, both
for people's quality of life and for saving the environment.
"It is time for the whole world to get realistic about meat," Dennis T
Avery, a delegate from the United States, said yesterday.
"The trend toward increased meat consumption is now too well established to
treat casually and it is too big a threat to the world's wildlands --
unless we start moving now to satisfy the rising global meat demand in a
responsible and global way."
Fundamentally, the delegates said, the world must do more high-yield
agricultural research, increase per-hectare output instead of plowing down
wildlands for low-yield crops and livestock, and must remove the farm trade
barriers.
The pattern of meat consumption is changing dramatically worldwide and as
many countries around the world experience growth in their disposable
incomes, their demand for meat grows, and so does their concern about food
safety, the delegates said.
They called for greater attention to be paid to food safety regulations and
standards worldwide as a front-line defence against unsafe foodstuff.
"For consumers, safety is before the price, taste and the appearances of
products," said Marion Guillou, director general of food with the French
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fishing. "It is a legitimate demand,
and it is up to the public powers to make necessary arrangements in the
matter."
She said new elements used in livestock breeding and meat processing have
engendered the appearance of new food risks such as microbiological
contamination and chemical pollution.
"The challenge for national and international policy makers is therefore
two-fold," said Lord Plumb of Coleshill, member of the European Parliament.
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Date: 09/26/97
Author: Ma Zhiping
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Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:11:38 +0000
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Subject: (CN) Scientists try to save rare Yangtze dolphins
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China Daily 26th September 1997.
QIQI, a male dolphin, has lived for 16 years in the Yangtze Dolphin
Aquarium that was specially built for him. As the country's first and the
only Yangtze dolphin raised by man, Qiqi has received the best of care from
the staff and scientists from the Institute of Aquatic Animals affiliated
with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, capital of Central China's
Hubei Province.
Qiqi was born in the Yangtze River 19 years ago. When he was three years
old, a group of fishermen caught him in shallows near Wuhan. Qiqi, with an
injured back, almost died. After four months' treatment of combined Western
and traditional Chinese medicine, Qiqi recovered.
The dolphin has since lived in the aquarium.
Like the giant panda, Yangtze dolphins, an endangered species, are Class I
animals under State protection. The institute has to breed Yangtze dolphins
because they total fewer than 100.
Scientific analysis has shown that pollution, shipping, excessive fishing
and water conservation facilities have seriously reduced Yangtze dolphin
populations in recent years. Scientists believe in captivity breeding can
help save the mammal. However, it's difficult to find a spouse for Qiqi.
Ten years ago, local fishermen caught a young female dolphin Zhenzhen. Qiqi
lived with Zhenzhen for two years. The life expectancy of a Yangtze dolphin
is about 30, but unfortunately, Zhenzhen died of pneumonia before she
became pregnant.
For the last 13 years, middle-aged Qiqi has been accompanied by Wang
Kexiong, an experienced Yangtze dolphin keeper with the Institute of
Aquatic Animals, and they've become best friends.
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Date: 09/26/97
Author: Hua Kan
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Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 00:15:46 -0300
From: Ty Savoy
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Subject: Right Whale Plight
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Thursday, September 25,
1997
Taken From: The Halifax Herald Limited
Net loss: experts call for plan to save right
whales
By ROB GORHAM / Yarmouth Bureau
Freeport - The plight of five right whales this summer has
sparked calls
for a Canadian recovery plan to help the endangered mammal.
In the past four months, four right whales have been found
entangled in
fishing gear while another was killed by a ship.
Experts say there are only 310 North Atlantic right whales
left and
international co-operation is needed to ensure they survive.
"What is clear is that these whales are in trouble and a
proactive
conservation approach is needed," said Deborah Tobin, education
co-ordinator for East Coast Ecosystems, a whale research
group based in
Digby Neck.
"What we really need is a recovery plan in Canada to protect
these very
rare whales. There is already a recovery plan in the United
States and
these whales are transboundary. ... Their migration takes
them back and
forth."
Ms. Tobin said she's been "'really impressed by the Canadian
public's
response recently."
"With the media coverage, we had phone calls and donations
from all
over. The story of the right whale is very tragic. ... These
whales just can't
seem to catch a break."
The latest entangled whale, sighted last Friday off Grand
Manan, N.B., is
still being tracked closely by scientists with the New
England Aquarium in
Lubec, Me.
"The animal looked emaciated and not in good health, so
that's the one
we're most concerned about," said Amy Knowlton, associate
scientist with
the aquarium. "It had (fishing) line wrapped around the
flippers and across
the back," she said.
"We've implanted a radio tag in the blubber and once the
weather calms
down our plan is to put a plane in the air with radio
tracking gear.
"We'll relocate the animal and then have an entanglement
team go out and
help the animal."
Satellite tags give a general idea of the animal's location
from a long
distance. Radio tags give a more precise position once
rescuers are within
the approximate area. Either tag can be shot with a crossbow
into the
whale's blubber or attached to any gear it might be
carrying. The tag is in a
capsule with a transmitter and battery. The battery
deactivates under water
to conserve itself for up to two months, so the animal can
only be tracked
on the surface.
Other right whales the aquarium has been monitoring include
one named
Orphan Andy spotted in early September south of Yarmouth and
whale
No. 2212, a five-year-old male spotted several times in
August carrying
gear in the Bay of Fundy. Orphan Andy's entanglement was
considered the
most serious of the two but rescue efforts removed most of
the gear and
now both mammals are considered out of danger.
Also in August, a dead 12.5-metre female was found floating
in a shipping
lane in the Bay of Fundy. The dead whale, No. 2450, was kept
in a freezer
and shipped this week to Boston for scientific examination.
In June, a right whale found entangled off Cape Cod was
rescued by
scientists with the Centre for Coastal Studies in
Provincetown, Mass.
"I would say it's a fairly high rate (incidents) compared to
other years,
plus there are animals that have new entanglement scars. We
don't know
where they are picking up the gear," Ms. Knowlton said.
Efforts are under way to set up a meeting in late October
among fishermen,
environmentalists, government officials and others to
discuss the problem.
Ms. Tobin encourages the input of fishermen.
Donnie Cunningham, spokesman for the West Nova Fishermen's
Coalition,
said fishermen are becoming more aware of and sensitive to
the plight of
whales and porpoises.
"We can at least report anything we see," he said. However,
for the most
part, Mr. Cunningham said fishermen don't have a problem
with whales.
"When the herring fishermen are out there setting the gear
the whales are
all around them and it doesn't seem to be a problem. If it
were they'd be
complaining about their gear being destroyed."
Ronnie Wolkins, president of the South West Fishermen's Rights
Association, said fishermen, too, want the whales preserved.
"We know these whales, everything, serves a purpose."
Mr. Wolkins said it must be determined what type of fishing
gear the
whales are getting caught in.
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 00:32:17 -0300
From: Ty Savoy
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Subject: 40,000 Ducks Die
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Thursday, September 25,
1997
The Halifax Herald
Limited
Botulism kills 40,000 ducks
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pakowki Lake, Alta. - The number of ducks poisoned this
summer at a
southeastern Alberta lake is more than three times higher
than last year,
says wildlife officials.
More than 40,000 ducks were poisoned this year at Pakowki
Lake, a huge
slough located 80 kilometres southeast of Medicine Hat.
However it's a far cry from two years ago when more than
100,000 ducks
died from avian botulism, said Dale Eslinger of Alberta Fish and
Wildlife.
Botulism poisoning paralyzes the bird. Its neck wobbles
weakly, its head
drops helplessly into shallow water and the creature soon
drowns.
Brian Peers, cleanup co-ordinator, said Tuesday the death
toll dropped
off over the last week, but warm weather this week could see
more
canard carnage, he added.
Despite the higher numbers this year, it represents less
than one per cent
of Alberta's duck population, Eslinger said.
The botulism bacteria are believed to be dormant in the soil
or water and
activated by oxygen depletion.
A shallow lake and large amount of vegetation provide prime
circumstances for an outbreak.
Wildlife authorities try to control the mortality rate by
picking up the
dead and dying birds before maggots develop and are eaten by
healthy
ducks.
Botulism outbreaks among ducks are common in two other
Prairie lakes -
Old Wives Lake in southern Saskatchewan and Whitewater Lake in
southern Manitoba.
Most of the poisoned birds are ducks but 15 to 20 geese were
also killed
this year.
Blood samples are being taken from some birds for analysis at a
veterinarian lab in Saskatoon.
Eslinger said costs are expected to total $88,000, about the
same as last
year.
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