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AR-NEWS Digest 598
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Bill Clinton carries out tradition of pardoning turkey
by "A. Hogan"
2) [HK]Deadly flu (host-switching chickens to humans)
by bunny
3) [US] Chocolate puppy moves in on Sox
by David J Knowles
4) [US] Excessive ultraviolet rays kill amphibians
by David J Knowles
5) [US] Researchers try to boost broccoli's cancer-fighting
ability
by David J Knowles
6) [CA] Hog plant planned for Manitoba
by David J Knowles
7) (US) ImmunoGen anti-cancer product passes key animal trial
by Mesia Quartano
8) Finnish Farmer Wounds Fur Activist
by Mesia Quartano
9) (UK, Belgium, Holland) Jim Mason
by Dirk Anton Boeckx
10) Humans nicer to animals thought "smarter'
by Vegetarian Resource Center
11) Coyote runs into Seattle building
by Vegetarian Resource Center
12) Jawbone chews hole in Australian 'prehistory'
by Vegetarian Resource Center
13) Corporate alliances to increase pet adoptions
by Vegetarian Resource Center
14) Apple Computer contributes to HSUS, 2nd Harvest, (ugh)
Make-A-Wish
by Vegetarian Resource Center
15) Britain's ban of beef on bone
by Vegetarian Resource Center
16) Pets are at risk during the holidays: pet insurance
by Vegetarian Resource Center
17) LA shelter bans Halloween cat adoptions
by Vegetarian Resource Center
18) Woman with Mad Cow Disease donated her eyes
by Vegetarian Resource Center
19) Rescued CT puppies ready for adoption
by Vegetarian Resource Center
20) US says boat sewage caused oyster illnesses
by Vegetarian Resource Center
21) Anti-fur protests erupt in several US cities
by Vegetarian Resource Center
22) Bioethics links
by Vegetarian Resource Center
23) Don't get trapped, ProPAW warns Californians
by Vegetarian Resource Center
24) Hollywood stars lend efforts to ban cruel traps
by Vegetarian Resource Center
25) (US) Conservationists question Yellowstone bison policy
by Mesia Quartano
26) Santa Claws and PetSmart
by Vegetarian Resource Center
27) Bounce from truck saves turkey
by Vegetarian Resource Center
28) RE: EU/U.S. TRAPPING PROPOSAL
by CFOXAPI
29) Vets euthanize Milwaukee zoo gorilla
by Mesia Quartano
30) meat-eaters better for the environment
by "Stephen Wells"
31) Mary Tyler Moore Speaks Out Against Canned Hunts in NYS
by Michael Markarian
32) Ch. 7 (DC) Survey on Deer Hunting
by Michael Markarian
33) Fund Shoots Holes in Christian School's Sixth Grade Hunting
Class
by Michael Markarian
34) noah's ark killings
by MIITZIE
35) (NZ)Relief at RCD Result
by bunny
36) (Australia)TV Programs re AR and GE
by bunny
37) NJARA Fur Protest 12/13
by joemiele
38) (PI) Law takes dog meat off menu
by jwed
39) Court Dismisses Lawsuit on Primates
by Mesia Quartano
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 00:31:39 -0500 (EST)
From: "A. Hogan"
To: Vegetarian Resource Center
Cc: AR-News@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: Bill Clinton carries out tradition of pardoning turkey
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The weekly CBS News magazine "60 Minutes" on Sunday 7 December 1997
included an Andy Rooney segment in which he "investigated" the
presidential turkey-pardon/NTF annual photo op/retirement to a VA
petting-farm claim, and he basically concluded that it is on the level.
--ar hogan
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 13:27:02 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [HK]Deadly flu (host-switching chickens to humans)
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INFLUENZA, HUMAN, H5N1 - CHINA (HONG KONG) (11)
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997
Source: News sources and As noted below
[1]
Update on the report of Friday, December 5, 1997 identifying two new cases
of H5N1 influenza in Hong Kong.
Department of Health Deputy Director Dr. Paul Saw indicated in a statement
made at a press conference immediately following the emergency meeting on
Saturday that stepped up surveillance since the appearance of the first
case, in August, may have resulted in detecting the three subsequent cases
of H5N1 influenza, and may also mean that other cases have gone undetected.
Surveillance has been extended to all General Out-patient Clinics and
public hospitals. The Agriculture and Fisheries Department has also
increased its monitoring of poultry.
The Department of Health has issued guidelines for the use of amantadine,
which is useful as a chemoprophylactic agent, and in reducing the severity
of symptoms for many influenza A virus infections.
[One study by the well respected Georgia poultry group looks at amantadine
resistance and H5 avian influenza subtypes. Many subtypes were not
sensitive to amantadine by plaque reduction assay in cell culture, but
morbidity and mortality were prevented in birds in vivo. Thus, drug
sensitivity in cell culture does not necessarily reflect responses to
amantadine in ovo and in vivo. Amantadine-resistant derivatives of H5
strains were readily isolated from birds protected by the drug in these
studies, suggesting rapid development of amantadine resistance by some H5
avian viruses. Reference: Wainright et al., Avian Dis. 35(1):31-39, 1991.]
[2] Hong Kong Standard
This paper reported today that at least 7 hospital staff members who had
contacts with the man who died and the young woman who is in critical
condition have developed flu-like symptoms and have been asked to go on
leave. Members of the 13-yr-old girl's family, also having developed
symptoms, are being monitored.
CDC Chief Epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, who is in Hong Kong, said this
cluster of cases could not be classified as an epidemic, and indicated that
only time would tell if the virus completely vanishes or if the number of
cases increases.
WHO officials have said that leading vaccine researchers would decide this
week on the question of developing a vaccine for H5N1.
--
[This one bears watching because this H5N1 appears to have jumped directly
from birds to humans without the usual swine intermediate. Only time will
tell the potential of this virus. Let's hope the known contacts are as far
as it goes.]
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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 01:00:21
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] Chocolate puppy moves in on Sox
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Monday, December 8th, 1997
Chocolate puppy moves in on Sox
By Hugo Gurdon in Washington
A CHOCOLATE-brown Labrador puppy has moved into the White House in an
effort to fill the gap in President and Mrs Clinton's life left by the
departure to university of their daughter, Chelsea, in September.
The as-yet unnamed three-month-old dog played with Mr Clinton for half an
hour on Friday. Officials said it was love at first sight as far as the
President was concerned, but the puppy's feelings are unknown.
So are those of Sox, Chelsea's cat, which was not in the vicinity when the
puppy turned up and is still not aware that it will have to share its home
at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with another pet.
After meeting its new owners, the puppy was taken away again to be house
trained; fears that it would sully the the Oval Office carpet proved
decisive in debate over whether it should take up residence at the White
House immediately.
The Sox dilemma - will it get on with the chocolate puppy or not? - is
occupying the minds of the White House staff.
"That's the key question," said Eric Rubin, who as spokesman for the
National Security Council is more commonly called on to comment on Iraq and
weapons of mass destruction. "Sox doesn't know yet."
He said that Sox would never be evicted - the fate of Humphrey, the Downing
Street cat that was banished to suburbia.
Since Chelsea left Washington for Stanford University in California, her
parents have worn their bleeding hearts on their sleeves. The emotional
wrench of doing without their only child prompted a family friend, Tony
Harrington, to offer the Clintons the puppy.
⌐ Copyright The Telegraph Group Limited 1997
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 01:12:23
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] Excessive ultraviolet rays kill amphibians
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>From The Vancouver Sun website (www.vancouversun.com)
Tuesday, December 9th, 1997
Excessive ultraviolet rays kill amphibians
PAUL RECER
WASHINGTON (AP) û Biologists have shown for the first time that excessive
ultraviolet radiation from sunlight kills amphibians, a sign of the dangers
of a thinning ozone layer.
Oregon State University researchers found that sunlight contains enough
ultraviolet-B radiation to kill most embryos of the long-toed salamander in
lakes of the Cascade Mountain Range, a home for the animals for thousands
of years.
Salamanders shielded from UVB were able to reproduce normally in the lakes,
said Andrew Blaustein, leader of the Oregon team.
⌐ Copyright The Vancouver Sun/Southam Newspapers
"We were stunned by our findings," he said. "This is proof that excess UVB
radiation in nature can cause death and deformity in this species."
A report on the study is to be published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences.
Other scientists said the study sharpens concern about the thinning of the
ozone layer of the atmosphere that normally shields the Earth from high
levels of UVB. Studies have shown the ozone layer has been eroded by
industrial chemicals, principally chlorofluorocarbons used in refrigeration.
Most such chemicals are being phased out or have been banned worldwide, but
the chemicals from earlier years remain in the atmosphere and continue to
affect the ozone layer.
Among the effects is the so-called ozone hole that forms annually over the
Antarctic, but similar thinning has been detected over North America.
Blaustein said the findings strongly support the theory that increased
solar UVB has played a role in the decline of amphibian species. Most of
these animals reproduce by laying eggs in jelly-like masses in shallow
water where they can be affected by solar radiation.
Scientists have reported a sharp decline in the number of frogs, toads and
salamanders in many locations.
Although earlier studies in laboratories have shown that UVB can cause
genetic damage and death for some amphibians, the Oregon work is the first
to precisely measure the effects of UVB in a comparative study in nature.
The Oregon State study "is a serious thing," said Gary Ankley, an
Environmental Protection Agency scientist, but he cautioned that the result
applies to only one animal species and does not prove that UVB is the cause
for all of the declines of frogs, toads and salamanders. Water pollution is
also blamed.
In the study, egg masses of some long-toed salamanders in lakes were
shielded with UVB filters, while other egg masses were left exposed. All
other factors were the same, said Blaustein, with many of the comparative
groups of eggs side by side in the same lake.
Blaustein said 85 per cent of the embryos in the exposed eggs died. Of the
15 per cent that hatched successfully, all but four animals were deformed.
Among the eggs shielded from UVB, there was a 98 per cent hatch rate and
virtually all of the animals were normal, said Blaustein.
Copyright The Vancouver Sun / Southam Newpapers 1997
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 01:12:38
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] Researchers try to boost broccoli's cancer-fighting
ability
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>From The Vancouver Sun website (www.vancouversun.com)
Tuesday, December 9th, 1997
Researchers try to boost broccoli's cancer-fighting ability
URBANA, Ill. (AP) û Researchers at the University of Illinois are trying to
produce a "better broccoli" with many cancer-fighting compounds that
wouldn't affect the taste of the already good-for-you vegetable.
"If there was one vegetable to eat, you'd want it to be broccoli," said
Barbara Klein, a researcher on the project.
"It's high in vitamin C, it's high in beta-carotene, it's high in vitamin
E, it's high in folate. And it has all these other non-vitamin compounds in
it that are good for you. From my perspective George Bush had it all wrong."
She was referring to the former U.S. president who once complained about
broccoli's taste and said it was his least favorite veggie.
Klein's answer? Try another variety. There are dozens of types of broccoli
with different tastes and a different grocer or producer of frozen foods
may use another kind.
"They're all in the same family, but they're like a bunch of cousins who
don't look the same or taste the same," she said.
The project Klein is working on revolves around compounds called
glucosinolates. Research says these compounds can increase
resistance to cancer, and they're found in the so-called cruciferous
vegetables û cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale and the most
popular of the group, broccoli.
But each of those different-tasting varieties of broccoli also has a
different level of the cancer-fighting compounds.
The University of Illinois researchers want to breed a broccoli plant with
the best and most potent combination of these compounds. Some day they
envision heads of broccoli at the grocery store being labeled "high in
glucosinolates" just as cookies are called "low-fat" and cereals "high in
fibre."
But it's not just about breeding. The researchers have to worry about how
the varieties taste and smell, how they hold up when frozen or cooked, and
how they resist pests in the fields.
"What I would love is if we could come up with something where we can
identify strains that are potent enough that people could just eat broccoli
or a related type of vegetable two or three servings a week. I think people
would really do that," said Elizabeth Jeffery, an associate professor of
nutrition.
And she says many people could be helped by a modification in their diet û
more than would ever go to their doctor's office for a shot or drug
treatment.
While glucosinolates are the compounds researchers are interested in
generally, they don't have much benefit on their own. But when the
vegetable is cut up or chewed, an enzyme is released that turns them into
products researchers believe can fight cancer two ways û by detoxifying
carcinogens and by suppressing the growth of existing cancerous tumors.
Jeffery said studies have shown as little as 10 g of broccoli a day could
have a small but significant effect on a person's risk of contracting
cancer. A serving is about 150g.
Earlier studies showed that sulforaphane, a product of the glucosinolates,
prompts the body to make an enzyme that prevents tumors from forming. In
laboratory animals exposed to carcinogens, a 1994 study found cancer
development was reduced by 60 percent to 80 percent when the animals were
fed sulforaphane extracted from broccoli.
As for the suppression of tumor growth, Jeffery is about to begin research
involving laboratory mice injected with cancerous human cells to study that
further.
Klein, a professor of foods and nutrition, is concentrating on preserving
the taste of this "better broccoli" the university researchers are trying
to create.
To do that, she is using a professional panel of tasters who rate different
varieties of broccoli on taste qualities such as sweetness,
earthiness and bitterness, and smell qualities such as how
floral, hay-like and musty the vegetable is.
Some of the other concerns for the project are determining how broccoli
plants with high levels of cancer-fighting compounds would hold up in the
fields. And researchers want to determine the best way to process, store
and serve the vegetable to keep the maximum cancer-fighting potential.
But while the researchers do their work, Klein has some advice: "My bottom
line is eat your broccoli."
Copyright The Vancouver Sun / Southam Newpapers 1997
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 01:25:26
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Hog plant planned for Manitoba
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By David J Knowles
Animal Voices News
Maple Leaf Foods, Canada's largest food processing companies, announced
plans last week to build a hog processing plant in Brandon, Manitoba.
Maple Leaf decided to locate the plant, which will employ 2,500 people and
will have a capacity to handle 45,000 pigs per week, in the praire town
because there is a major transportation system available, there is a cheap
supply of grain and there already are several factory-farm pig units in the
area.
The plant will cost $112 million (CDN), but Maple Leaf expects to recoup
the money with both Noth American and Asian pork sales.
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 11:16:16 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: (US) ImmunoGen anti-cancer product passes key animal trial
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(Boston Herald; 12/06/97)
A Cambridge company's potentially powerful anti-colon cancer compound
passed a key test in trials with monkeys.
ImmunoGen Inc. released data yesterday showing that the primates
withstood powerful doses of the drug without detectable side effects.
The doses given to monkeys were higher, proportionally, than those
needed to destroy human colon tumors that had been transplanted into
specially bred mice.
About 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer annually and
about half eventually die when the disease spreads to other organs,
ImmunoGen said.
Human trials of the new drug could begin next year, with approval
possible in about three years, said Mitchel Sayere, chairman and chief
executive.
"If this drug really fills the need that we think it will - that is for
patients who otherwise would succumb to their disease - it's likely to
be greeted by the (Food and Drug Administration) with the kind of
enthusiasm that
yields expedited review and accelerated approval," he said.
ImmunoGen's compound - called C242-DM1 - combines DM1, an anti-cancer
drug the firm claims is 100 times more powerful than anything now in
use, with C242, an antibody that binds itself to cancer cells.
Because the antibody does not attach itself to healthy cells, patients
presumably will be able to tolerate much stronger doses than with
typical drugs, which indiscriminately attack cells they contact.
ImmunoGen's compound does not have any major rivals, Sayare said.
C242-DM1 is the small company's biggest project.
Shares in ImmunoGen, which has no drug on the market, closed up 6.3
cents yesterday at $1.19.
(Copyright 1997)
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 11:18:31 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Finnish Farmer Wounds Fur Activist
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(AP Online; 12/08/97)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) A farmer who breeds fox and mink shot and
wounded an anti-fur activist who tried to free the animals on his farm,
a news report said Monday.
The shooting Saturday at Markku Kuisma's farm was the fourth such
incident there, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported.
The injured person, whose name was not given, was hospitalized in stable
condition, the report said.
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 12:08:05
From: Dirk Anton Boeckx
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK, Belgium, Holland) Jim Mason
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(UK, Belgium, Holland)
Jim Mason will come to the UK, Belgium and Holland in March-April 1998. We
still need some organizations that are willing to host a talk by Mason, or
individuals who want to organize such a talk. He will not charge anything,
but will expect a contribution towards traveling costs that will not be
higher than ú50, or fl. 150, or 3000 BFR.
Mason is guaranteed to attract a good number of people. He is author of
"Animal Factories", which he wrote in 1980 with Peter Singer. This book was
the first to expose the cruelty of modern intensive livestock production to
a large audience. It was updated in 1990. Mason's most recent book is "An
Unnatural Order: Why We Are Destroying the Planet and Each Other. A
Manifesto for Change" (1993)
During his stay in Europe, Mason will speak about the agricultural
revolution in 8000 BC, and how it affected our relations with animals, with
the earth and with each other, culminating into the present mad intensive
livestock practices and environmental destruction. (To explain the present
malaise, Mason goes much further back in time than the industrial
revolution or the dawn of capitalism in renaissance Europe.) He will also
argue that the oppression of women, just like the oppression of animals,
originated with the shift from forager groups to agricultural societies.
The attitudes of our society towards animals will then be contrasted with
data from science and psychology showing that we need caring relations
towards animals for our mental development, and to be at peace with
ourselves (cf. the role of animals in children's development).
If you are interested in organizing a talk with your organisation, please
contact me as soon as possible. I can also send you the chapter outline of
Mason's 1993 book, as well as his biographical data and some other
information.
Dirk Boeckx
100 Fairview Square, 3M
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273 1376
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:48:05 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: Humans nicer to animals thought "smarter'
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.c The Associated Press
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Chickens and turkeys come in last when people are asked
to rank animals by brainpower, which may be one of the reasons they end up on
the menu.
``The smarter we think animals are, the more humanely we care for them,'' said
Steve Davis, an Oregon State University researcher who conducted the survey.
Not surprisingly, dogs and cats ranked highest. Horses and pigs followed, then
cows and sheep.
Those surveyed ranged from faculty and graduate students to members of the
Oregon chapter of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Sciences,
which is in charge of university research animals.
Davis said it's difficult to show whether animals can actually ``think'' on
any level approaching human thought.
``When I was young, I thought, `Animals probably have minds, but mostly they
react out of instinct,''' said Davis, who was raised on a farm. ``Now I
believe animals do think. ... But they are different from humans in that they
don't have the depth of intelligence.''
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⌐1997 Maynard S Clark Vegetarian Resource Center info@vegetarian.org
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:51:35 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: Coyote runs into Seattle building
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.c The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) - A coyote being chased by crows scampered through downtown
streets and ducked into a busy federal building to escape. It ran into an open
elevator and the door closed, trapping the panicked animal.
It may sound like an urban myth, but the bizarre episode actually happened
Wednesday in the Pacific Northwest's largest city.
``Fortunately there was no one in the elevator,'' said spokesman Ken Spitzer
with the General Services Administration, which supervises the Henry M.
Jackson Federal Building.
Animal-control officers removed the animal unharmed after about 2 1/2 hours
Wednesday, but it left a mess behind for building maintenance crews.
``I've been in this business 26 years, and this is the first time I've run
across anything like this,'' Spitzer said.
A witness ``saw the coyote, which he thought of course was a wild dog, running
down First Avenue and it was being dived at by crows, and kind of being
harassed,'' Spitzer said.
As it ran past the federal building, an automatic door opened ``and he darted
into the building and right into the first available elevator that had the
doors open,'' he said.
Seattle Animal Control manager Don Jordan said the animal appeared to be
healthy, though a little stressed. It was released later Wednesday in a rural
area east of Seattle.
AP-NY-12-04-97 1836EST
⌐1997 Maynard S Clark Vegetarian Resource Center info@vegetarian.org
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:53:20 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: Jawbone chews hole in Australian 'prehistory'
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A tiny jawbone may force scientists to re-write
the pre-history books on Australia's unique animal life, researchers said on
Thursday.
They said the little creature, which lived 115 million years ago, seemed to
have had a placenta -- unlike most of Australia's native mammals which are
marsupials.
Mammals like mice and humans grow their young inside the womb using a
placenta, which acts as a conduit for nourishment to the fetus. In marsupials
like kangaroos, the young develop in a pouch outside the mother's body.
Thomas Rich and colleagues at the Museum of Victoria examined a little piece
of jaw, only about 16 mm across, found in southeast Australia.
They named the new animal Ausktribosphenos nyktos, and classified it as a
tribosphenic mammal, meaning that some of the teeth are specialized for
cutting and crushing. Primitive marsupials and placentals both had this type
of teeth.
But this specimen looks like another fossil found in Mongolia that is
considered to have belonged to a placental mammal, they reported in the
journal Science.
This puzzled them because placental mammals were not believed to have appeared
in Australia until about five million years ago.
If they are right, placental mammals evolved in Australia, died out and then
were re-introduced. ^REUTERS@
00:35 11-21-97
⌐1997 Maynard S Clark Vegetarian Resource Center info@vegetarian.org
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:50:57 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: Corporate alliances to increase pet adoptions
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1997--InnoPet Brands Corp.
(Nasdaq SmallCap:INBC) today announced that it will donate a portion of the
purchase price of every bag of InnoPet(R) Veterinarian Formula(tm) Dog Food
sold at local supermarkets between November 1 and December 31 for the
specific purpose of increasing pet adoptions at local animal shelters. Every
dollar donated, with no administrative costs deducted, will go to local
humane organizations solely to fund new pet adoptions.
Monies raised by this program will be administered through The Pet Savers
Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation promoting the well-being of dogs and
cats through its efforts to unite more than 6,000 humane organizations.
In announcing this program Marc Duke, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
InnoPet Brands Corp. commented, "We are delighted with the opportunity to
help support the adoption of thousands of homeless pets, especially during
the holiday season. We are particularly pleased to be working with The Pet
Savers Foundation in this effort because, like InnoPet Brands Corp., they have
always placed the highest value on proper pet nutrition."
InnoPet Brands Corp. produces, markets and sells InnoPet Veterinarian Formula
premium lifestage dog foods through supermarket and grocery outlets in the
eastern and southern United States. InnoPet Brands Corp. can be found on
the World Wide Web at http://www.innopet.com .
CONTACT:
InnoPet Brands Corp., Fort Lauderdale
Marc Duke, Chairman & CEO
John Bieber, VP-Marketing
954/453-2400
KEYWORD: FLORIDA
BW1086 NOV 13,1997
⌐1997 Maynard S Clark Vegetarian Resource Center info@vegetarian.org
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 23:12:51 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: Apple Computer contributes to HSUS, 2nd Harvest, (ugh)
Make-A-Wish
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Consumers Direct Financial Donation Purchase of Mac OS 8 Upgrade:
Humane Society of the United States, Second Harvest Food Bank,
and The Make-A-Wish
Foundation to Benefit from National Campaign
CUPERTINO, Calif., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)
announced today that it will donate U.S. $10 for every consumer purchase of
Mac OS 8 software before Jan. 15, 1998 to one of the following charities: The
Humane Society of the United States, which promotes the humane treatment of
animals of all kinds; Second Harvest Food Bank, which collects and distributes
more than 500 million pounds of food to people in need each year; or The Make-
A-Wish Foundation, which fulfills the special wishes of children under the age
of 18 who have life-threatening illnesses. All contributions will be made in
the name of the consumers who participate in the upgrade program.
"Mac OS 8 once again demonstrates that Apple is committed to improving its
products to meet the growing needs of our customers in the design and
publishing and education market places, and ensuring that they can take full
advantage of their existing computer systems," said Peter Lowe, Mac OS product
line manger, Apple Computer, Inc. "During the holiday season, we want to
demonstrate our commitment to worthwhile non-profit organizations through
direct contributions on behalf of our customers."
Since its introduction in late July 1997, more than two million Mac OS 8 units
have been shipped worldwide. The software is available for an estimated retail
price of U.S. $99, while an upgrade version costs an estimated retail price of
U.S. $69. Mac OS 8 is the latest operating system software release for the
Macintosh -- and the most significant Mac OS upgrade since 1984. Mac OS 8 also
represents the latest milestone in the Company's operating system strategy
which includes the delivery of ongoing Mac OS releases and system updates, as
well as Rhapsody, the code name for Apple's next-generation operating system.
Mac OS 8 includes a multitude of new features and technologies to offer
customers an improved user experience with increased productivity and
efficiency, greatly simplified Internet access and leading-edge tools, state-
of-the-art multimedia capabilities, and enhanced performance and stability.
For additional information on Mac OS 8, visit the Mac OS 8 website at:
http://www.macos.apple.com/macos8/.
Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s
with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission -- to bring the
best personal computing products and support to students, educators,
designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140
countries around the world.
NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, and Mac OS are registered trademarks
of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks
or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully
acknowledged.
SOURCE Apple Computer Inc.
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:52:35 -0500
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LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Consumers were up in arms and butchers and farmers
vented their anger on Thursday but medical experts said Britain had no
alternative but to ban beef on the bone.
Although the risk of new infection of mad cow disease is slight, they agreed
that the government could not take a chance of letting contaminated beef into
the food chain.
``It was certainly the right move. It would have been better to make that move
years ago like in 1993 during the peak of BSE (bovine spongiform
encephalopathy),'' said Hans Kretzschmar, a neuropathologist at the University
of Gottingen in Germany.
The scientist who has done research into prions, the brain protein that
mutates and causes the disease, said Britain had no alternative after
experiments showed that the agent that causes BSE and its human equivalent
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) could be transmitted through nerves near the
spinal cord.
``Knowing that the infectious agent is in there, there was no other move,'' he
added.
Agricultural Minister Jack Cunningham wiped T-bone steaks and ribs off the
British menu after expert advisers on the government's Spongiform
Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) warned that infected tissue in the
dorsal root ganglia -- swellings on the nerves near the spine -- could be left
in the bone.
Dr Richard Lacey, a professor at the University of Leeds and a staunch critic
of Britain's handling of the BSE crisis, applauded the action, but like
Kretzschmar felt it should have been done years ago.
``It was too little too late,'' he said. ``It's ridiculous that beef, in
general being consumed is safe, and the bones are dangerous.''
More than a decade after BSE first broke out in British herds, nearly two
years since the European Union banned all export of British beef and despite
the slaughter of 1.4 million cattle over the age of 30 months, the BSE crisis
continued with a new twist which left Britons confused about which parts of
the animal are safe to eat.
Given the latest scientific findings, Cunningham chose what he said was the
only option.
``Beef can only be allowed for consumption when there are no bones,'' he told
a hastily arranged news conference after the shock move.
The new evidence that dorsal root ganglia (DRG), and bone marrow in cattle in
a late stage of the disease, could be infected emerged after scientists fed
experimental animals with a large dose of BSE by mouth.
Groups of the infected cattle were slaughtered and tissue was injected into
mice. SEAC stressed that the cattle were given a heavy dose of BSE and the
infected tissue was found only in cattle aged over 30 months -- older than any
cattle that would be allowed into the food chain.
It emphasised that the bone marrow result was provisional and required further
tests. There was no evidence that meat, muscle or blood contained the BSE
infection.
SEAC estimated that ``next year of the approximately 2.2 million cattle to be
slaughtered for human food only three will be near enough to the end of the
incubation period to raise the possibility of infectivity in their DRG.''
Although there is only a five percent chance of one new case of the new
strain
of CJD resulting in 1998, the government felt it was still too high.
Two scientific studies published in September confirmed that mad cow disease
causes the new strain of CJD, which scientists first identified in 1996, and
that eating infected beef was the likely cause.
Scientists believe that BSE was caused by feeding cattle with the carcasses of
sheep that died from scrapie, a related brain disease. Although Britain banned
the practice in 1988, scientists suspect cattle still ate infected feed for
many years.
Seeking to calm the furore caused by the latest twist in the mad cow saga,
Cunningham said every requirement ``that is necessary to safeguard British
beef has been taken.'' But he admitted the crisis would probably continue into
the new century.
The research that resulted in the beef on the bone move will be published in
the journal Veterinary Record.
^REUTERS@
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:49:37 -0500
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Covering Emergency Holiday Veterinary Medical Procedures
ANAHEIM, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- This year thousands of pets will end
up at an animal hospital for a holiday related injury or illness.
Unfortunately, this unexpected expense doesn't always fit into a family's
budget. This year Veterinary Pet Insurance has the holiday gift solution.
"Christmas morning our dog, Sunny, got into all sorts of mischief," described
Maureen Ault, Veterinary Pet Insurance policyholder. "We came home and Sunny
had unwrapped half of the Christmas presents, ate a box of chocolate, and ate
a ton of ribbon and gift wrap. We definitely didn't plan on spending
Christmas morning at an animal hospital. And, we didn't plan on incurring a
couple of hundred dollars in veterinary bills. Veterinary Pet Insurance
covered about 70% of the bill. This was our family's best Christmas gift."
For pet owners like Ault, Veterinary Pet Insurance will conduct a Holiday
Promotion. Each new pet insurance policy will come with a holiday pet package
from Three Dog Bakery and Sergeant's Pet Products. Veterinary Pet Insurance
of Anaheim, California, offers pet owners medical coverage for dogs and cats.
Their policies cover unanticipated accidents and illnesses during the holiday
season and throughout the year.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), 34 million
households in the United States own a dog and 32 million households own a cat.
In a 1995 study the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) reported that
pet owners spend $8 billion annually on pet health care services. According
to a recent AAHA survey, 79 percent of people give their pets' holiday or
birthday presents.
"Veterinary Pet Insurance is the solution because it provides for those
unexpected veterinary costs that your pet may incur during the holidays and
throughout the whole year," stated Jack Stephens, DVM, President and Founder,
Veterinary Pet Insurance. "That makes pet insurance the perfect gift for your
pet and family. It is a gift that really keeps on giving throughout the
year."
In order to provide pet owners with immediate access to information,
Veterinary Pet Insurance has established a special Holiday Promotion web site
(www.petgift.com). Visitors to www.petgift.com can learn about all the
insurance policies and options available in their home state. In addition,
owners can directly order Veterinary Pet Insurance and take advantage of the
Holiday Promotion on line.
"Veterinary Pet Insurance is just like human health insurance, except better,"
stated Stephens. "We cover the necessary veterinary medical bills for your
pet. In addition, our policies allow pet owners to use any veterinarian
worldwide, including specialists, with no pre-authorization required."
Veterinary Pet Insurance is the largest and oldest pet health and accident
insurer in the United States covering cats and dogs. Exclusively endorsed by
the American Humane Association, their policies are licensed in 45 states and
the District of Columbia. Since 1982, they have sold over 750,000 insurance
policies and boast an 82 percent renewal rate.
Holiday Veterinary Costs
"During the holidays pets can get into all sorts of things while you're out
shopping, spending time with the family, or going out to a party," explained
Bernadine Cruz, DVM, Laguna Hills Animal Hospital. "They'll get into
poinsettia plants, knock over the tree, and chew on electrical cords."
Some of the more common pet accidents that veterinarians see between November
and January include choking (from eating tinsel, holiday decorations, small
toys, and bones), electrocution (from chewing on Christmas Tree lights and
electrical cords), poisoning (from poinsettia plants, chocolate, alcohol, and
antifreeze) and driveway mishaps.
"Then when you come home, you now have a pet who needs to see a veterinarian,"
stated Cruz. "Usually this extra added expense, was not planned for. After
budgeting for parties, gifts, etc. the credit cards are maxed out. All too
often families are faced with tragedy of putting their pet to sleep because
they just can't afford that added expense."
Treatment for chocolate toxicity and bloat can cost upwards of $1,400 and
$2,000 respectively. Medical diagnostic tests like MRIs and CAT scans can
cost between $750 and $950.
Veterinary Care Costs
"Veterinary care costs are the same as human health care costs," stated David
Aucoin, DVM, West Los Angeles Animal Hospital. "We do the same procedures
that your doctor would perform on you during an emergency like x- rays,
surgery, MRIs and CAT scans. All these procedures and more are done by your
veterinarian and they have a cost."
Veterinary Pet Insurance policies pay for prescriptions, lab fees, x-rays,
surgery, hospitalizations, diagnostic tests, treatment and office calls for
any covered medical problem.
"We on the human side tend not to see the costs because our insurance carriers
take care of the bill for the most part," explained Aucoin. "On the
veterinary side, however, you are usually unprotected and must bear the burden
of those costs directly."
Veterinary Pet Insurance offers two accident and illness plans for pet owners
-- Gold Plan and Advantage Plus. The Gold Plan and Advantage Plus Policies
start as low as $89 and $159 per year, respectively.
Pets have become valued members of our family. In fact, people are treating
their pets more like children. A recent survey reported in the Journal of the
AVMA, found that 78 percent of pet owners thought of their pets as children
and 84 percent of pet owners display photographs of their pets.
"Pets are members of our family. Like any other member of our family, we want
high quality, affordable healthcare for them," explained Stephens. "As pan of
our family we share the holidays with them. We give them gifts, toys and even
special treats during the holidays and special occasions. That's why we're
doing a Holiday Promotion this year. When your family gives and receives the
gift of pet insurance you can tangibly share it with your pet in the form of a
treat and toy from Veterinary Pet Insurance."
Veterinary Pet Insurance was founded in 1980 by independent veterinarians to
provide pet owners an alternative to unnecessary euthanasia or continued pet
suffering because of economics. According to the company two out of every
three pets will have a serious illness during their lifetime that will require
medical treatment for a chronic or potentially life threatening condition.
Pet gifts for the Veterinary Pet Insurance Holiday Promotion have been
supplied by Three Dog Bakery of Kansas City, Missouri, and Sergeant's Pet
Products, a division of ConAgra Pet Products of Omaha, Nebraska. Three Dog
Bakery produces a diverse line of wholesome, freshbaked, all-natural bakery
treats available via mail order or from one of 1O stores throughout the United
States and England. Sergeant's Pet Products are distributed throughout the
United States at grocery stores and other mass merchandise retailers.
Dog and cat owners can find additional information on Veterinary Pet
Insurance, order pet insurance and take advantage of the holiday promotion on
the World Wide Web at www.petgift.com. Owners can also call 1-888-PET-HEALTH
(1-888-738-4325).
SOURCE Veterinary Pet Insurance
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:45:29 -0500
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Play all the tricks you want on Halloween,
just keep black cats out of the line of fire.
Like humane societies and animal shelters across the nation, the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles will ban adoptions of black
cats between Oct. 18 through Oct. 31 at its two shelters in Los Angeles and
Hawthorne.
``Because some people consider them good luck or bad luck, things tend to
happen to them by pranksters on Halloween,'' said Madeline Bernstein,
president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles.
The Halloween ban has been in place for a number of years in order to prevent
adoptions that have ulterior motives, Bernstein said.
``We don't want any of our adoptions to be insincere,'' she said.
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LONDON (AP) - Scottish health authorities are investigating how tissue from
the eyes of a woman who had suffered from the human form of ``mad cow
disease'' was transplanted into three other people.
``We are aware there is a potential infection risk from tissue retrieved from
a patient in Scotland,'' a spokesman for the government Scottish Office said
Saturday on customary condition of anonymity.
``We do not know the full facts, but we are making urgent inquiries into how
this could have occurred,'' he said.
The 53-year-old woman suffered from lung cancer, but after she died a post-
mortem examination showed she also had Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. The brain-
destroying disease is the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
which afflicts cattle and is known as ``mad cow disease.''
No further details were given on the grounds of patient confidentiality.
But the tabloid Sunday Mail said the post-mortem findings were not passed on
to officials handling organ donor arrangements, and parts of her eyes,
including the corneas, were transplanted into two men and a woman in her
eighties.
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:45:07 -0500
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NEWINGTON, Conn., Nov 20 (Reuters) - Nearly 100 puppies rescued from a truck
wreck in Bridgeport, Connecticut in October will be getting new homes,
officials said on Thursday.
The Connecticut Humane Society received nearly 5,000 offers from around the
world to adopt the puppies since they were found in filthy, overcrowded cages
in the back of a truck October 7, Humane Society President Richard Johnston
said.
The plight of the so-called ``Bridgeport puppies'' sparked outrage at the
cruel conditions of the puppy mill industry.
Some of the adoption offers came from as far away as England, South Africa and
South America, Johnston told Reuters. However, only applicants from within the
United States will be considered because of U.S. animal quarantine laws.
The 97 Bridgeport puppies came from a puppy nursery in Missouri and were
headed for pet stores along the East Coast when the accident occurred.
Truck driver Larry Jenkins of Tunis, Missouri, was charged with cruelty to
animals and put on probation for two years.
Johnston said justice was not served because the puppy mill owner was never
charged. He urged Connecticut and other states to enact stronger laws to
discourage the puppy industry.
``When we received these puppies, they were lethargic and incubating serious
diseases,'' Johnston said.
``They're much better now,'' he said of the 10-week-old puppies, who represent
29 breeds including beagles, dachshunds, boxers and bloodhounds.
A drawing was held Thursday to select 200 prospective owners, of whom all but
seven were from the state of Connecticut.
The candidates will now be interviewed to determine if they should indeed be
given puppies, Johnston said.
``I have mixed feelings about this tragedy,'' Johnston said. ``I'm gratified
by the outpouring of concern, but there are also hundreds of thousands of
other animals that are waiting for adoption in shelters around the country.''
^REUTERS@
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 23:11:54 -0500
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By Mike Cooper
ATLANTA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sewage dumped from oyster harvesting boats in the
Gulf of Mexico caused an outbreak of intestinal illness that sickened hundreds
of people who ate raw oysters last winter, health officials said Friday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said people in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi developed gastroenteritis because
they ate oysters contaminated with at least three different strains of
caliciviruses.
Health officials interviewed 153 people who became sick after eating raw
oysters. When they traced the source, they concluded the oysters had become
contaminated because of sewage routinely dumped into the water by Louisiana
oyster harvesters.
``It was from oyster fishermen dumping overboard their fecal waste without the
proper treatment,'' Dr. Jimmy Guidry of the Louisiana Office of Public Health
said.
The illnesses last winter were the third oyster-related gastroenteritis
outbreak in Louisiana linked to calicivirus since 1993. An outbreak in 1993
sickened more than 200 people.
The outbreak prompted Louisiana public health officials to close eight
waterways southeast of the Mississippi River for three weeks in January.
Louisiana produces about 11 million pounds of oysters every year.
``We're working with the oyster industry to make sure that we develop and
enforce laws for appropriate sewage containers on boats with dump pump-out
stations at the docks,'' Guidry said.
Eating oysters contaminated with the viruses can cause vomiting, abdominal
cramps, diarrhea, headache and flu-like symptoms. Guidry said caliviviruses
sicken about 181,000 people every year. ^REUTERS@
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:51:21 -0500
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Subject: Anti-fur protests erupt in several US cities
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Five animal rights activists took over a
175-foot crane near Macy's in San Francisco on Friday and unfurled a banner
declaring ``Fur is Murder,'' while activists in other cities were arrested for
protesting outside several exclusive stores.
Organizers in California said the protest marked ``Fur Free Friday'' at the
start of the Christmas shopping season and the launch of a new national
campaign against leghold animal traps and the sale of animal fur.
Eight people were arrested for protesting in front of the exclusive Nieman
Marcus store in San Francisco's busy Union Square, police said, although no
action was anticipated against the protesters still on the crane.
``We'll arrest them when they come down,'' a police spokesman said. ``They say
they are going to stay there all night.''
Protests also took place in New York, where 22 people were arrested outside
two stores that sell furs, and at stores in New Jersey and Long Island, New
York.
In Dallas, five protesters were arrested after chaining themselves together to
block the entrance of the Neiman Marcus downtown store. Five others were
arrested for interfering with police officers, a dispatcher said.
In Beverly Hills, seven people were arrested after they lay down in front of
the exclusive Fendi shop on Rodeo Drive, blocking the entrance.
The store's manager, Jean-Marc Mondolini, said Fendi was ``well-known for
furs'' and added that he did not argue with the protesters, saying, ``Oh, I
would never do that.''
A statement issued by the Animal Rights Direct Action Coalition said the
primary focus of the new anti-fur campaign would be Federated Department
Stores, which owns several major chains including Macy's and Bloomingdale's.
``Fur sales are on the downward trend, but still nearly 40 million animals are
killed by neck-breaking, anal electrocution and suffocation every year for
vanity,'' a coalition statement said.
In Manhattan, 22 anti-fur activists from the group Friends of Animals were
arrested at demonstrations outside of Saks Fifth Ave. and the Revillon Fur Co.
in midtown, police said.
The protest began at Saks, near Rockefeller Center, as about 300 demonstrators
began a march up Fifth Ave. Eight of them sat down in front of Revillon,
blocking the entrance.
As police moved in to remove them, two vans pulled up and 14 people bound
together got off, sat down in a circle and refused to move. Police arrested
the eight without incident but emergency services officers were needed to take
the group of 14 into custody.
The protesters were charged with trespassing, criminal trespassing and
obstructing governmental administration.
Organizers said that at least 53 people were arrested in about 100 separate
demonstrations against fur across the country. ^REUTERS@
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 23:12:26 -0500
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:47:48 -0500
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Subject: Don't get trapped, ProPAW warns Californians
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1997--A coalition of seven major
animal protection groups organized as "Protect Pets and Wildlife" (ProPAW) is
warning Californians to keep their pets indoors or on leashes as California's
trapping season gets underway this weekend.
"Each year in California, more than 15,000 animals including bobcats, foxes
and beavers are trapped for their fur with cruel body-gripping traps," said
ProPAW Campaign Manager Aaron Medlock. "But wildlife isn't the only casualty,"
he added. "Countless dogs and cats get caught and die in these
indiscriminate traps as well."
This Sunday, Nov. 16, trapping season opens for badger, gray fox, mink,
muskrat and raccoon. Beaver trapping began at the beginning of the month,
and on Nov. 24 the bobcat joins the list of targeted animals.
"Most people would be surprised to learn that commercial trappers commonly
snare animals in 48 of 58 counties throughout the state," said Medlock.
"Pets living in outlying areas particularly are in danger. ProPAW is
advising pet owners to keep close tabs on their animals and keep them indoors
as much as possible during trapping season."
ProPAW is presently working to qualify a citizens' initiative for the
November 1998 ballot. The ProPAW initiative will protect wildlife and family
pets by banning cruel and indiscriminate traps
-- including the steel-jawed leghold -- for recreation or the fur trade. It
also will ban especially dangerous poisons that are harmful to animals and
the environment. Exceptions are provided to control nuisance animals and to
protect public health and safety.
The ProPAW initiative is sponsored by the American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, Animal Protection Institute, The Ark Trust, Inc.,
Doris Day Animal League, The Fund for Animals, The Humane Society of the
United States and The International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Pep rallies for campaign volunteers are being held throughout the state
beginning Nov. 15. Registered voters interested in attending a rally in
their area or helping to collect signatures to qualify the measure should
contact ProPAW headquarters at 310/207-7706. NOTE TO EDITORS: Video of
trapped animals available by request.
CONTACT:
The Ark Trust, Inc.
Lisa Agabian, 818/501-2275
or
ProPAW Campaign
Aaron Medlock, 310/207-7706
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
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Subject: Hollywood stars lend efforts to ban cruel traps
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City Desks and Entertainment Writers
ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Dec. 2)
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
As Trapping Season Gets Under Way, Alicia Silverstone, James Cromwell, Kevin
Nealon, Ed Begley, Jr., Shari Belafonte and Tippi Hedren Speak Up for
Statewide Initiative at News Conference
WHAT: A celebrity news conference to urge public support of the Protect Pets
and Wildlife (ProPAW) initiative to protect wildlife and family pets by
banning cruel and indiscriminate traps -- including the steel-jawed leghold
-- for recreation or the fur trade, and two especially dangerous poisons
which are harmful to animals and the environment. Visual/photo opportunities
will include a giant ProPAW petition which celebrities will sign to urge the
public to sign on to help qualify the ballot initiative and volunteer time in
support of the measure; video of animals in traps (b-roll available at news
conference); and a demonstration of the force of the brutal steel-jawed
leghold trap.
WHO: Speakers will include:
-- Alicia Silverstone ("Batman and Robin," "Clueless") -- James Cromwell
("Kiss The Girls," "Babe") -- Kevin Nealon ("Hiller and Diller," "Saturday
Night Live") -- Ed Begley, Jr. ("Meego," "St. Elsewhere") -- Shari Belafonte
("Hotel," "Babylon 5") -- Tippi Hedren ("The Birds") -- ProPAW representatives
WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 2 10 a.m.
WHERE: The Sportsmen's Lodge/Redwood Rm. 12833 Ventura Blvd., Studio City
818/755-5000
WHY: Each year in California, more than 15,000 animals including bobcats,
foxes and beavers are trapped for their fur with cruel body-gripping traps.
Untold numbers of dogs and cats -- many of them family pets -- also get
caught and die in these indiscriminate traps. ProPAW volunteers must collect
signatures of more than 433,000 registered California voters by Jan. 31, 1998
to qualify the proposed ballot measure. The ProPAW initiative is sponsored
by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Animal
Protection Institute, The Ark Trust, Inc., Doris Day Animal League, The Fund
for Animals, The Humane Society of the United States, and the International
Fund for Animal Welfare.
NOTE: All attending media must be cleared in advance.
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CONTACT: ProPAW Campaign, Los Angeles
Wayne Pacelle, 310/207-7706
or
The Ark Trust, Inc.
Lisa Agabian, 818/501-2275
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ADVISORY ENTERTAINMENT
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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 13:06:38 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
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Subject: (US) Conservationists question Yellowstone bison policy
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Tuesday, December 9, 1997:
Yellowstone National Park's strategy for managing its bison herd this
winter will do little to prevent the intentional slaughter of the
animals, conservationists warned Friday.
Yellowstone Superintendent Michael Finley announced the park's decision
on animal management under the Interim Bison Management Plan for this
winter. Finley announced measures aimed "to reduce the number of bison
that are killed," but the National Parks and Conservation Association
warned that a repeat of last year's slaughter depends more on Montana's
plans than on measures the park takes on its own.
The Park Service hopes to maintain the bison herd at its current level
of about 2,200 animals. To do so, bison who leave the park in North
Yellowstone will be tested for brucellosis and only those who test serol
positive will be killed. The others will be held in captivity until
spring time when they will be herded back into the park.
Untested, low risk bison that roam out of the park in West Yellowstone
will be allowed to graze freely. Low risk bison are bulls, yearlings and
calves, as the most common cause of brucellosis infection is from
aborted fetuses.
Some Yellowstone bison, as well as elk and other wildlife, carry
brucellosis, a bacterial disease that can cause cattle to abort. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service has determined that Yellowstone's intentions to allow untested
low-risk bison on public lands in the West Yellowstone area this winter
will not jeopardize Montana' brucellosis class-free status. However,
Montana may still object to Yellowstone's plan, claiming that other
states may refuse Montana cattle over brucellosis fears.
"The State of Montana can still shoot any bison that leave Yellowstone,
no matter what the Park Service does," said Mark Peterson, NPCA Rocky
Mountain Regional Director. "The federal agencies involved have reached
a consensus on how they would like to manage the herd, but there is
still no agreement with state officials. There's no indication Montana
won't go right ahead with the zero tolerance policy that wiped out
nearly 1,100 bison last year."
Montana has defended its policy toward Yellowstone's bison by claiming
that the APHIS would sanction Montana's cattle industry if bison were
allowed in the state.
"The bison kill problem will not be solved until suitable public lands
outside the park are found where bison can graze without being shot,"
said Peterson.
NPCA has endorsed a land exchange deal being negotiated by the U.S.
Forest Service and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation with the Royal
Teton Ranch, a prime migration corridor just outside the north entrance
to Yellowstone. The exchange would provide a route for bison leaving the
park to reach safe grazing lands.
For more information, contact Jerome Uher, NPCA, (202)223-6722 ext. 122.
Copyright 1997, Environmental News Network
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:44:40 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: Santa Claws and PetSmart
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PHOENIX, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, people can get
picturebook memories of their pets if they bring them into participating
PETsMART stores to pose with Santa Claws(R). All pet owners are invited to
indulge in the holiday spirit by bringing their dogs and cats (other domestic
animals welcome too!) into their local PETsMART to get photographed with Santa
between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on November 28, 29 and 30
(Friday - Sunday) and December 6 and 7 (Saturday - Sunday).
"The Santa Claws promotion is an event that PETsMART and our partner animal
welfare organizations provide to brighten the holidays for our customers and
help homeless animals at the same time," said Sara Stredney, special events
manager for PETsMART. "Our customers love it because it helps them create a
special memory of their pet. We love to see the variety of pets that come in
to see Santa; we've had llamas, lizards and even a monkey."
PETsMART has teamed with local animal welfare organizations across the country
for the Santa Claws promotion. A portion of the proceeds raised by the Santa
Claws photo sessions will benefit local animal welfare organizations and
PETsMART Charities. In 1996, PETsMART, in partnership with organizations
like: The Arizona Humane Society, Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society and The
Orlando Humane Society, raised $295,000 for PETsMART Charities and local
animal welfare organizations throughout the country.
For areas without partner shelters, funding goes to PETsMART Charities which
helps animal programs throughout the country, whether or not PETsMART stores
service those communities.
Santa Claws portrait packages start at $10.95. Customers who purchase a 20
lb. bag of Science Diet feline or canine food during November receive a free
5"x7" portrait of their pet with Santa (November 28, 29 and 30 only).
PETsMART, Inc. is a leading operator in North America and the United Kingdom
of superstores specializing in pet food, supplies and services. PETsMART
operates 381 superstores in North America and 71 superstores in the United
Kingdom.
Six items to check off your holiday list at PETsMART:
1. Get your pet groomed for the holidays (available at almost all PETsMART
locations).
2. Get a jump on the new year -- sign your pet up for obedience classes.
3. Buy that special holiday present for your pet -- hundreds of items to
choose from, from pigs ears to play toys.
4. Get a picture taken of your pet with Santa Claws(R).
5. Get a gift certificate for that hard-to-buy-for pet.
6. Dress your pooch in style in Companion Road apparel -- a portion of
proceeds goes to PETsMART Charities.
SOURCE PETsMART
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⌐1997 Maynard S Clark Vegetarian Resource Center info@vegetarian.org
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 22:46:18 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: Bounce from truck saves turkey
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.c The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A well-timed bounce sent Fortuna the turkey from the
slaughter truck to a bird's paradise.
Instead of a dinner table, the trip down U.S. 63 bounced Fortuna out of the
truck and onto the side of the road. A kindly traveler saw him, picked him up
and called the Central Missouri Humane Society.
Jim Johnson, who runs a foster program for strays and is on the society's
board, took the bird home and gave him a name befitting his luck. He and his
wife, Glenna, gave Fortuna the run of five acres, and have developed quite a
fondness for the bird.
``Maybe it is because they are not real bright, but they are real gentle
creatures,'' Johnson said.
AP-NY-11-27-97 0802EST
⌐1997 Maynard S Clark Vegetarian Resource Center info@vegetarian.org
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:24:18 EST
From: CFOXAPI
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: RE: EU/U.S. TRAPPING PROPOSAL
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December 9, 1997
For some reason this letter was posted on December 9th on ar-news even though
it was sent to the list on December 5th. For those groups that signed on to
the letter and to clarify any confusion, the letters were sent out to the EU
Foreign Affairs Ministers on Friday, December 5.
Yesterday (December 8) the final vote on the U.S./EU trapping proposal was
postponed until Wednesday, December 10. The postponement is a good sign as it
gives us more time to lobby and indicates that there may be dissent among the
various EU nations regarding the proposed trapping agreement.
Camilla Fox
Animal Protection Institute
________________________________________
Thank you to all of the following organizations that endorsed the sign-on
letter opposing the U.S. trapping proposal. Letters went out this morning to
each of the European Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
We will keep you posted as to what unfolds in the next week.
Camilla Fox
Animal Protection Institute
Ben White
Animal Welfare Institute
_____________________________________________________
The Honorable-----------------
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Re: Opposition to U.S. Trapping Proposal Set for a Vote on Dec. 8
Dear Minister----------------:
On behalf of the organizations listed at the end of this letter, we
respectfully request that you reject the trapping proposal offered by the U.S.
Government. We strongly object to the excruciating pain caused by all leghold
traps, and the proposal does not mandate any significant change in trapping
practices to reduce the trauma.
As you know, the U.S. Federal Government has stated repeatedly that it does
not have the authority to regulate trapping in each of the fifty states.
Therefore, it would be up to the state game departments to implement the terms
of the Agreed Minute and Side Letter. These documents, which comprise the U.S.
offer, are full of loopholes which the state authorities are poised to
exploit.
"Conventional" leghold restraining traps can continue to be used after 6 years
because of the numerous derogations. Further, any state game department can
allow use of leghold traps if it claims these traps are necessary.
The current U.S. proposal is weaker than the proposal offered in October
(calling for a phase out of leghold traps in 4 years) which was determined to
be unacceptable to the Commission and Council of Ministers! It is not
equivalent to the Canada/ Russia Agreement and will not stop the terrible
suffering caused to millions of animals annually in leghold traps.
Please uphold the intent of Regulation 3254/91 by voting "no" on the
fraudulent U.S. trapping proposal.
Sincerely,
Action for Animals- USA
Actors and Others for Animals-USA
Advocates Working for Animals and Respect for the Environment-USA
Alliance for Animals-USA
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals- USA
Animal Defense League-USA
Animal Emancipation-USA
Animal Legal Defense Fund-USA
Animal Legislative Action Network-USA
Animal Liberation League-USA
Animal Protection Institute-USA
Animal Rights Direct Action Coalition-USA
Animal Rights Foundation of Florida-USA
Animals Alliance of Canada-Canada
Animal Welfare Institute-USA
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights-USA
Born Free Foundation-UK
Cetacea Defense- UK
Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade-USA
Compassion over Killing- USA
Djurens Stod Grupp- Sweden
Djurratts Alliansen- Sweden
Dolphin Action and Protection Group-South Africa
Dolphin Data Base-USA
Doris Day Animal League-USA
Earth Island Institute-USA
ECCEA- St. Lucia
Eliminera Palsindustrin-Sweden
Elsa Nature Conservancy-Japan
European Cetacean Organization-UK
Forenade Djur-Sweden
Free Animals Network-Japan
Freedom Information Network-USA
Friends of Animals-USA
Great Bear Foundation-USA
Grupo de Los Cien-Mexico
Hawley and Wright-USA
Humane Society of the United States-USA
Humane SPCA of Columbia, South Carolina-USA
Humanitarians for Animal Rights, Education-USA
I CARE- USA
In Defense of Animals-USA
International Fund For Animal Welfare-USA
International Wildlife Coalition-USA, Brazil
Last Chance for Animals-USA
Letters for Animals-USA
Marin Humane Society- USA
Marine Mammal Fund-USA
Mountain Lion Foundation-USA
National Humane Education Society-USA
New England Anti-Vivisection Society-USA
No Compromise-USA
Nordiska Samfundet Mot Plagsamma Djurforsok-Sweden
Orange County People for Animals- USA
Orca Lab-USA
Osterreichischer Tierschutzverein-Germany
People Acting for Animal Liberation-Canada
People for Parks-USA
People for Reason in Science and Medicine-USA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
-PETA-USA
-PETA-Europe
-PETA-Netherlands
-PETA-Germany
Performing Animal Welfare Society-USA
Pet Hope-USA
Pet Assistance-USA
Predator Education Fund-USA
Progressive Animal Welfare Society-USA
Propaw-USA
Protect Our EarthÆs Treasure-USA
Rada Delfinerna-Sweden
Rainforest Action Network-USA
Re-Earth-Bahamas
RespecTiere -Verein zur Beendigueng von Tierland-Austria
S.K.U.N.K.S.-USA
Society for Animal Protection Legislation-USA
Sonoma Peope for Animal Rights-USA
South Carolina Association for Marine Mammal Protection-USA
Tennesee Network for Animals-USA
THE ARK TRUST INC-USA
The Fund for Animals, Inc-USA
The WRITE CAUSE-USA
Tsitka-USA
United for Life-USA
Vegan Resistance- Sweden
Veganska Ambassaden-Sweden
Voice for a Viable Future- USA
Whale Rescue Team-USA
Wildlife Damage Review-USA
World Society for the Protection of Animals-USA, Canada
Zoocheck-Canada
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 14:24:34 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Vets euthanize Milwaukee zoo gorilla
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MADISON, Wis. (AP)
A Milwaukee County Zoo gorilla named Joe Willie has been euthanized
after a year of poor health.
The 360-pound silver-colored gorilla was put to sleep at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary School, deputy zoo director Bruce
Beehler said.
Joe Willie was 24, considered middle age for a gorilla and prime
breeding age for males, Beehler said.
"Joe had a ruptured disk and a degenerative bone disease in his hips,
but that didn't explain all the problems he had," Jan Rafert, curator of
primates and small mammals at the zoo, said Tuesday.
The death of Joe Willie, patriarch of the zoo's western lowland gorilla
family, leaves the zoo with six of the gorillas, he said.
The UW-Madison Veterinary School is conducting a post-mortem
examination, Rafert said.
Beehler said zoo doctors decided to euthanize the gorilla because it was
suffering.
The gorilla was anesthetized and brought to Madison, where it was
euthanized Thursday night.
The western lowland gorilla is an endangered species. It is part of a
species survival plan coordinated by the American Zoo Association,
Beehler said.
Joe Willie had no living offspring, so a Chicago specialist went to
Madison to collect and freeze the gorilla's semen for possible
artificial insemination.
Researchers throughout North America had specific requests for
information from the post-mortem exam, Beehler said.
"We try to gain as much knowledge as we can from this unfortunate
occurrence for the benefit of the species," he said.
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 97 20:13:08 UT
From: "Stephen Wells"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: meat-eaters better for the environment
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The article below appeared Monday. Sunday the Daily News ran a big cover
story on violent, vegan, animal-right Straight Edgers. Saturday they ran a
cover story on how hunting was on the decline, but now people are realizing it
is a valuable family tradition and, thank god, the numbers are picking up
again-especially in alaska, where we care about tradition. UGH!!!
Alex.
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
Monday, December 8, 1997
"Environment hurt less by meat eaters"
By Fred Pearce
New Scientist
Vegetarians may be healthier, but meat eaters do more for the environment. A
survey of the energy used to produce and distribute various foods has found
that meat and processed food such as sweets, ice cream, potato chips and white
bread are among the most energy-efficient-and least polluting-foods in the our
diet. Tea coffee, tomatoes, salad vegetables and white fish, on the other
hand, are distinctly environmentally unfriendly.
David Coley and colleagues of the Centre for Energy and the Environment at
the University of Exeter in England have analyzed how much energy from fuel is
used in the complete production cycle of food in a typical shopping basket.
The analysis included the manufacture and application of fertilizers and
other chemicals, harvesting, processing, packaging, transport and waste
disposal. Geographical differences have been averaged out.
In a study of diets of more than 2,000 people, they found that it takes about
18,000 megajoules-4.186 million calories-of energy each year to get a typical
Briton's food to the table. This is almost six times the energy contained in
the food itself. In all, the process consumes almost a tenth of the national
energy budget, adding 15 million tons of carbon to the atmosphere in the form
of carbon dioxide.
But people's diets vary hugely. The study suggests that a sixth of Britons
consume food over a year that requires less than 10,000 megajoules to produce,
while the annual diets of another sixth require more than 25,000 megajoules.
The study will trouble those trying to be both healthy and green. The most
energy-intensive item is coffee, which requires 177 megajoules of energy to
produce 1 megajoule of food intake. But typical salad vegetables require 45
megajoules and white fish 36 megajoules, compared to 8 megajoules for beef and
burgers, 7 megajoules for chicken and 6 megajoules for lamb.
Worse still, while fresh fruit consumes between 10 and 22 megajoules, sugary
confectionery, crisps, white bread and ice cream are all right at the bottom
of the table, consuming less than 1 megajoule each.
"Meat does well because it is not highly processed, provides a lot of
calories and is often grown locally," Coley says. "But obviously it makes a
lot of difference whether the meat comes from the local farm or Brazil."
In a sense, Coley says, we all "eat oil." The modern food industry is "in
many ways a means of converting fossil fuels into edible forms. Food is a
large part of an individual's impact on the greenhouse effect. Many of us
could change our diets to have a lot less impact."
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 12:22:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: Mary Tyler Moore Speaks Out Against Canned Hunts in NYS
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, December 9, 1997
CONTACT: The Fund for Animals, (518) 478-9760
MARY TYLER MOORE ASKS SPEAKER SILVER TO GO FOR THE GOLD
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Today, Mary Tyler Moore sent a letter asking Sheldon Silver,
Speaker of the New York State Assembly, to end the sadistic business of
canned shoots in the State. She decries the bloody practice, writing,
"During the last session, the Assembly passed a bill which would have banned
some practices used in canned hunts. However, it was limited to canned hunts
of certain animals which take place on ten acres or less and therefore did
not fully ban these hunts. Speaker Silver, let's go for the gold and ban
these bloody canned hunts completely, without regard to species or size.
This activity is as sporting as shooting puppies and kitties in a pet store."
Canned hunts take place in enclosed areas where hunters pay a fee to shoot
captive animals, often with a guaranteed "No Kill, No Pay" policy. Many
times the victims are surplus zoo or circus animals. Because the animals are
used for trophies, a shot to the head producing a quick kill is avoided and
the terrified animal is, instead, placed in agony, riddled with arrows or
bullets in other parts of the body, resulting in a long and tortuous death.
# # #
http://www.fund.org
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:16:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Ch. 7 (DC) Survey on Deer Hunting
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Ch. 7 in the Washington, D.C. area is taking a survey on their web site on
whether deer should be killed in nearby Montgomery and Fairfax Counties.
Please vote! The address is:
http://www.abc7dc.com
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 15:37:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: Fund Shoots Holes in Christian School's Sixth Grade Hunting
Class
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, December 10, 1997
CONTACT: Norm Phelps, 301-739-7087
Mike Markarian, 301-585-2591
FUND SHOOTS HOLES IN CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL'S SIXTH GRADE HUNTING CLASS
NEW FREEDOM, Pa. -- The Fund for Animals, the nation's largest and most
active anti-hunting organization, today asked the New Freedom Christian
School in New Freedom, Pennsylvania to stop teaching hunter education in its
sixth grade classrooms.
Calling sport hunting "a form of legalized cruelty to animals," Norm Phelps,
Program Coordinator for The Fund, wrote in a letter today to Principal
Thomas Getz, "In an age of unprecedented violence, most of which is carried
out with guns, the idea of any school requiring students to learn to use
firearms is offensive; that a school claiming to promote the compassionate
gospel of Christ would do so boggles the mind."
According to an Associated Press story which appeared on December 3, Getz
teaches a mandatory "outdoors/wildlife appreciation course" for sixth
graders that includes a two-week unit on hunting and trapping.
"Mr. Getz' claim that animals have to be killed by hunters to protect them
from being killed by cars just doesn't compute," adds Phelps. "It's an
effort to deflect public outrage at the idea of a Christian school teaching
killing instead of compassion."
The Fund for Animals provided the school with its Youth Education Kit, which
includes a video titled "What's Wrong With Hunting," featuring Marv Levy,
head coach of the Buffalo Bills, and the booklet, "Think Like the Animal:
Questions to Ask Before You Kill." The Fund also offered to send a
representative to the New Freedom Christian School to tell the students the
animals' side of the story.
Copies of the letter to Principal Getz, and copies of The Fund for Animals'
report titled "Killing Their Childhood: How Public Schools and Government
Agencies Are Promoting Sport Hunting to America's Children," are available
upon request by calling 301-585-2591.
# # #
http://www.fund.org
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 19:31:40 EST
From: MIITZIE
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: noah's ark killings
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Iowa v. Chad Lamansky and Daniel Myers
"The Cat Killers Trial"
Chad Lamansky and Daniel Myers were accused of breaking into the Noah's Ark
animal shelter on March 1997 and bludgeoning more than 20 cats with baseball
bats. Sixteen animals died while eight other animals were hospitalized for
veterinary treatment. Lamansky and Myers, ages 18 and 17 at the time of the
incident, were each charged with willfully injuring animals maintained by an
animal facility, entering an animal facility with the intent to injure an
animal, and third-degree burglary.
A third teen-ager involved in the attack, Justin Tobin, pled guilty to third
degree burglary before the trial and agreed to testify against Lamansky and
Myers.
Carnage at Noah's Ark
On the morning of March 8, 1997, volunteers for the Noah's Ark Animal Shelter
arrived at work to find 15 cats dead and six others severely injured. Animal
blood was splattered on the walls and furniture had been overturned. David and
Laura Sykes, the founders of Noah's Ark, found dozens of other cats hiding and
trembling in fear, but a number of other animals were missing. Days after the
gruesome discovery, the body of another dead cat was found as well as two
other injured cats. However, several other animals never were found. Three of
the injured cats were sent to veterinarian school at Iowa State University for
specialized treatment and five others were treated at the Fairfield Animal
Clinic. Most of the treated cats survived and were adopted, but one eventually
died from its injuries.
Chad Lamansky, Daniel Myers, and Justin Tobin were arrested for the attack one
week later. According to police, a few days before the break-in at Noah's Ark,
Lamansky and Myers shot, killed, and skinned a cat that belonged to Lamansky's
mother and showed it off to their friends. Apparently, the defendants also
began telling their friends that they were planning to "get some cats" or "get
some bats to get some cats" at the Noah's Ark shelter. And, on the night after
the attack, Myers allegedly bragged about the crime to several friends at a
party.
Tobin pled guilty to burglary charges on July 15, 1997. He admitted driving
his two co-defendants from a local restaurant to pick up baseball bats and
then taking them to Noah's Ark on March 7. Tobin claimed that he never
participated in the actual bludgeoning of the cats and that he only kicked a
cat out of the way during the attack without injuring it. In addition, Tobin
said that he was so sickened by the actions of his two friends that he waited
in the doorway of the shelter and insisted that they leave after five minutes
passed.
As part of his plea agreement, Tobin will serve three years probation and will
be required to perform between 100 and 200 hours of community service. Tobin
also will partcipate in a Youthful Offender Program.
The Verdict
This is from www.courttv.com
During jury selection, the defense revealed for the first time that Lamansky
and Myers would admit entering the Noah's Ark animal shelter with the intent
to injure the animals. So, the only issue at the trial was the cost of the
damage they inflicted. On November 8, 1997, Lamansky and Myers were each
convicted of willfully injuring the cats at Noah's Ark. They were also
convicted of misdemeanors such as criminal trespass with the costs of injury
and damage each exceeding $100 and entering an animal facility with intent to
injure an animal. Lamansky and Myers are scheduled to be sentenced December
19, 1997. They each could face as much as five years in prison and fined
between $1250 and $11,500.
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:08:57 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (NZ)Relief at RCD Result
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Evening Standard (New Zealand)9/12/97
Relief at RCD Result
Wellington- The rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD)
in New Zealand is identical to the strain in Australia,
dispelling fears of unwanted diseases, an applicant
group said today.
RCD Applicant Group spokesperson Greame Martin
said tests carried out at Wallaceville Animal Research
Centre had shown New Zealand RCD had come from
Australia.
Samples from Central Otago had been compared with
those from Europe, Australia and Asia. Final tests are
being carried out at the world reference laboratory for
RCD in Italy.
NZPA
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Rabbit Information Service,
P.O.Box 30,
Riverton,
Western Australia 6148
Email> rabbit@wantree.com.au
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(Rabbit Information Service website updated frequently)
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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:38:12 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (Australia)TV Programs re AR and GE
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On Sunday night on ABC TV there is a programme called Compass.
This Sunday night they are going to discuss animal experimentation.
I believe it is a Christian based program and have no idea what specific
areas they will cover.
On the 10th December remember ABC TV is screening a documentary re
people who are oversensitised to chemicals and there is a debate afterwards.
Well worth watching with regards to GE foods, Glyphosphate contaminated
soybeans etc.
Kind regards,
Marguerite
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Western Australia 6148
Email> rabbit@wantree.com.au
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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 21:22:03 -0500
From: joemiele
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: NJARA Fur Protest 12/13
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New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance
P.O. Box 174
Englishtown, NJ 07726
732-446-6808
Fur Action Task Force
Contact: Joe Miele 201-342-5119
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 1997
FUR INDUSTRY KILLS TWENTY-FIVE MILLION ANIMALS ANNUALLY
NJARA ACTIVISTS SHOW OUTRAGE
Paramus - Steven Corn Furs, located on Rt. 17 North will be the focus of
ongoing protests by the New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance (NJARA). A
peaceful demonstration against the gassing, trapping, and anal
electrocution of small animals for their fur is scheduled to begin at 1:00
p.m. on Saturday, December 13.
"Steven Corn Furs is complicit in the perpetuation of animal torture." Said
Joe Miele of NJARA's Fur Action Task Force. "While society is waking up
and acknowledging that killing animals to satisfy one's own greed and
vanity is despicable behavior, Steven Corn Furs, and others like them are
preying on the uneducated and selfish members of our society who are
vulnerable to peer pressure."
Past actions by NJARA's Fur Action Task Force include leafletings and
informational tablings, statewide demonstrations, and acts of civil
disobedience.
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:26:22 +0000
From: jwed
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (PI) Law takes dog meat off menu
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South China Morning Post WednesdayááDecember 10áá1997
Philippines
by RAISSA ROBLES
Eating dog meat will soon be punishable with fines of up to 5,000 pesos
(HK$1,100) and up to two years in jail.
Congress is poised to pass the Animal Welfare Act, which will make the
killing and eating of animals other than cattle, pigs, goats, sheep,
poultry and rabbits illegal.
Killing also has to be humane, a provision that would outlaw a traditional
practice in northern Luzon, where live chickens are plucked and lightly
beaten until they die, said to lock in flavour.
The proposed law will forbid fights involving dogs or horses but not
cockfights, which many lawmakers indulge in, gambling huge sums of money.
Neglect and maltreatment of animals and their unauthorised use in
experiments and research will also be punishable.
Foreigners who break the new law will be deported after they have been
fined and served jail terms.
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 23:22:38 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Court Dismisses Lawsuit on Primates
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(AP Online; 12/09/97)
WASHINGTON (AP) A federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit
filed by animal rights activists over the treatment of primates.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court's decision in 1996 that had
ordered the Agriculture Department to write new rules aimed at improving
the animals' treatment.
The judges found that the Animal Legal Defense Fund and four individuals
who brought the lawsuit did not have legal standing to sue because they
suffered no direct injury from the department's current rules.
The activists had detailed what they said were several abuses at zoos
such as a chimpanzee whose hands were covered with cuts and other
primates housed in isolation and said they suffered emotionally from
seeing the animals treated that way.
"It is part of the price of living in society, perhaps especially a free
society, that an individual will observe conduct that he or she
dislikes," Circuit Judge David Sentelle wrote for the court.
The judges also determined that even if the lawsuit caused new rules to
be written, the activists would be unlikely to have their emotional
distress alleviated.
Valerie Stanley, attorney for the animal rights group, noted that
Circuit Judge Patricia Wald's dissent pointed out that the ruling would
make it harder for average citizens to challenge government rules.
"It says basically, whenever an agency decides that it simply will not
carry out a statutory mandate that people cannot complain about their
failure to act," Stanley said.
She said the group could ask the judges for a rehearing or possibly
appeal to the Supreme Court.
{APWire:Washington-1209.387} 12/09/97
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