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AR-NEWS Digest 625
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Sumatran tiger caught in wire trap
by Andrew Gach
2) "Morals, Reason, and Animals" author at UC Santa Barbara
by 6500ac0@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
3) [Aust]Cats disappearing in Perth-skin trade suspected
by bunny
4) Thais Laud Dog's Puppy Care
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
5) Rep. Sonny Bono:Revenge of Gaia (He's Dead Jim)
by Pat Fish
6) Fw: Washington Post editorial
by "Patrick Tohill"
7) LA Alert: Canned Hunts
by Michael Markarian
8) BISON
by STFORJEWEL
9) Re: DOG EATING
by Friends of Animals
10) (US) Miami News story on the Gorilla King
by Mesia Quartano
11) NEWS: "Lawsuit seeks to halt removal of monkeys"
by Steve Barney
12) Fw: [AL] NEWS: "Lawsuit seeks to halt removal of monkeys"
by paulbog@jefnet.com (Rick Bogle)
13) NADAS moved to undisclosed location by County
by "Bob Schlesinger"
14) Newswire: U.S. scientist wants to clone humans
by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
15) Socks and Buddy meet
by Liz Grayson
16) Re: (US) Miami News story on the Gorilla King
by Mesia Quartano
17) TEAR Upcoming Events
by "Nancy Gomez"
18) Fwd: hacker-warning
by STFORJEWEL
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 21:52:15 -0800
From: Andrew Gach
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Sumatran tiger caught in wire trap
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Experts work to save leg of Sumatran tiger
The Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia (January 5, 1998 2:00 p.m. EST)
Veterinarians tried Monday to save a rare Sumatran tiger's left front
leg, badly cut and broken in a wire trap set by villagers who suspect
the animal of killing four people.
Residents of Fajar Bulan, on the island of Sumatra 190 miles northwest
of Jakarta, captured the 7-year-old tiger in the jungle on Thursday. The
animal had struggled for days to free itself from the lasso-like trap,
worsening its wounds.
Veterinarians tranquilized the tiger and took it by truck and ferry to
an animal hospital in Bogor, on the neighboring island of Java.
Retno, a veterinarian who, like many Indonesians, goes by just one name,
said the tiger was being examined Monday.
"Amputation would be a last resort. We will do our best to save the
leg," she said.
Villagers had asked police to shoot the tiger because they feared it
killed four people last year. But the authorities refused because the
Sumatran tiger is protected under Indonesian law as an endangered
species.
Police said they did not know whether the tiger had attacked anyone.
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 22:21:18 -0800 (PST)
From: 6500ac0@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: "Morals, Reason, and Animals" author at UC Santa Barbara
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The UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
presents a lecture in the Research Focus Group Series:
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a seminar with Steve Sapontzis
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Professor of Philosophy
at the California State University
at Hayward
Author of "Morals, Reason, and Animals" (Philadelphia: Temple 1987)
and co-editor of "Between the Species: A Journal of Ethics"
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** Thursday, January 22, 1998 **
*** 4:00 PM ***
** **
6028 Humanities & Social Sciences Building
parking lots 22 or 23
* *
* FREE *
* *
Prof. Sapontzis will discuss two of his articles:
"On Exploiting Inferiors"
An institution is exploitative in a morally significant way when the
interests of an innocent party are routinely sacrificed in fulfilling the
interests of another party. Morally concerned people have defended
exploitative institutions by asserting that the value of the exploiting
party is superior to that of the exploited party in a morally relevant way.
The most common example of this sort of defense of exploitation is to be
found in discussions of human interactions with animals.
"The Nature of the Value of Nature"
This paper is devoted to an analysis of the concept value and, based on that
analysis, a discussion of the sorts of value that objects of environmental
concern can have.
Copies of these papers are available
at the IHC after January 5. Call 805-893-3907.
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For more lecture information,
or for assistance in accommodating
a disability: please call
805-893-3907
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*Professor Sapontzis'Æ book is available at the UCSB Bookstore*
Sponsored by the IHC Human/Animal Relationships RFG
*If you live near Santa Barbara, CA, and wish to attend the Human/Animal
Relationships Research Focus Group meetings, please contact
cuk@humanitas.ucsb.edu.
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:50:52 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [Aust]Cats disappearing in Perth-skin trade suspected
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***Dr John Walmsley used to wear a cat skin hat with the cats head still on it.
Since he's been looking for funding, I notice he wears a terry towling/cotton
hat instead.
He runs Earth Sanctuaries and Ethical Investments invest in Earth Sanctuaries.
Dr Walmsley (Eastern States) and Richard Evans (WA) are confirmed cat haters.
Unfortunately, Walmsley is using money to buy cat-skins including pedigree cats
to make cushion covers etc. I wonder if this is where Ethical Investment
money is going to? Not very *ethical* at all. Read this article and note the
quote from Walmsley "Any cat which is not inside its kitchen is a feral cat
and is fair game,"...this man has big problems. If he *hates* cats so, what
will he do when his fenced in sanctuaries get an over-abundance of
kangaroos...your guess is as good as mine.
Sunday Times 4th January 1997
Fur trade theory as cats vanish
By Kim Macdonald
A dramatic rise in missing cats has sparked fears of a fur trade in Perth.
The RSPCA said reports of missing cats had risen by a third since September.
There was a dramatic 14 fold jump in missing pedigree animals. Cat
sterilisation president Sherry Leonard said the rise was because of extra
Christmas-time demand for cat skins from
controversial South Australian conservationist John Walmsley.
Dr Walmsley, who pays $25 to $35 for feral cat pelts, said they were used to
produce rugs, pillow covers, coats and hats.
He said: "They sell like hot cakes. The skins make popular Christmas and
birthday presents
and are displayed in the homes of people opposed to the damage caused by
feral cats.."
W.A. and Victoria were the biggest suppliers of cat pelts, Dr Walmsley said.
He had not received a cat skin in 12 months but did not know if one of his
suppliers was building up stock.
Dr Walmsley said he used pedigree cats for products, claiming pedigrees
often had better quality and
more brightly coloured fur.
Any pelts with poor quality fur were returned to the supplier.
"Any cat which is not inside its kitchen is a feral cat and is fair game,"
he said. "Anyone who lets their cat outside is not a cat lover."
"It is anti-social behaviour."
"We got an excellent shipment of 500 skins once - made from cats straight
from the backyards of the Dandenongs.[ranges]"
"If its illegal, well, that's the bounty hunters problem. We just buy them."
Dr Walmsley said an enterprising person could make up to $1000 a week in
Winter when cat skins were at their best.
The RSPCA reported that the missing cats were not localised to a few areas
but were spread across the metropolitan area.
Siamese, burmese, birman, chinchilla, somali, russian blue, abyssinian, and
tonkinese were the most common types of pedigree to disappear.
Several readers contacted the Sunday Times last week to complain about
missing cats which were not prone to leaving the backyard.
One woman claimed to have seen someone loading street cats into a car at
Canning Vale recently.
Betti Pool, from Cat Haven in Shenton Park, said a few years ago an
anonymous caller asked if she
could skin cats that had been put down but the Haven had not received any
inquiries since.
Senior veterinarian at the Quarantine Department in Canning Vale, John
Johnston, said there had not
been any increase in the number of cats leaving the country from Perth in
recent months.
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 98 08:29:27 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: Thais Laud Dog's Puppy Care
Message-ID: <199801061423.JAA13127@envirolink.org>
Bangkok, Thailand (AP) - A male dog that cared for puppies after their
mother died is being praised in Thailand as an example for humans to follow.
Jong, a mongrel, earned public acclaim after press reports contrasted his
behavior with human greed, which many Thais regard as the source of their
country's current economic status.
For his actions, the dog will receive $21 a month from the state Public
Welfare Council to compensate his owner for his care and that of the
pups, the newspaper The Nation reported.
Somporn Thepsitta, who heads the council, was quoted as saying the dog
had a heart "as beautiful as a human's."
Pratheep Morchan, Jong's owner, said the dog started feeding the eight
pups after their mother was poisoned. Having no milk, Jong would
regurgitate his own meals twice a day for the pups to lap up.
The Thai press saw the story as a morality tale of how humans should care
for each other.
-- Sherrill
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:35:44 +0000 (GMT)
From: Pat Fish
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Rep. Sonny Bono:Revenge of Gaia (He's Dead Jim)
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This message is only being posted on AR-News. Feel free to redistribute.
California House Representative Sonny Bono (R-44th district) has reportedly
been killed by a tree during a skiing collision at the Heavenly Ski Resort
in Aspen Colorado. Authorities won't as yet officially confirm if he was
skiing alone, or that a tree was involved until an autopsy is completed.
Bono, entertainer-turned politician, has been regarded by ecology and
animal groups as being problemtaic. As part of the Republican sweep of
congress in 1994, he was often involved with "wise use" anti-environmental
congressmen Richard Pombo (R-CA) and Don Young (R-Alaska). A recent
Congressional Scorecard by the Fund For Animals, rated Bono as a 0, due to
his votes for the Dolphin Death bill, continued ADC funding, further
subsidies for the Mink industry and for voting to successfully turn National
Wildlife Refuges into hunting parks.
Ex-wife Cher, stated that Bono would "be at home" in congress, implying he
was self-serving and dishonest. Bono countered by saying Cher was still in
love with him. Prior to election to congress, Bono won mayorship of Palm
Springs despite having voted for his first time only the year before. Bono
is said to have had recently decided not to run for the US Senate during the
next campaign cycle. Second only to Newt Gingrich, Bono was the Republican
party's largest cash cow fundraiser.
The media is already fixating on this second skiing/tree death of a
political celebrity. MSNBC, which saw its weak ratings peak during coverage
of Princess Di's death, has attempted to repeat the phenomenon by belaboring
coverage of any tragedy, usually in a tabloid, factually-weak fashion.
The same network, which has been accused of a bias for anti-environmental
interests, is already portraying him as a luminary, and ignoring his
controversial voting record. Part of MSNBC's coverage, as usual, relies on
reviewing web sites dedicated to the tragedy of the moment.
[Eco/AR groups might want to quickly add a page that lists his poor voting
record so the media may be more likely to accurately reflect report his
legacy.]
Pat Fish
If his full agenda had been implemented, he would probably still be alive--
there wouldn't be any trees left.
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:40:45 -0500
From: "Patrick Tohill"
To:
Subject: Fw: Washington Post editorial
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The link for the now archived editorial against food defamation laws is
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-01/05/000l-010598-idx.ht
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-----Original Message-----
From: leah wacksman
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 7:36 PM
Subject: Washington Post editorial
>Today's Washington Post editorializes against food-defamation laws. It
>can be found at www.washingtonpost.com Just go to today's print edition
>and the editorials. After today it will be archived for two weeks at
>the site.
>
>Marty Wacksman
>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 07:41:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: LA Alert: Canned Hunts
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LOUISIANA ALERT
We Need Your Help to Can Canned Hunts!
State officials in Louisiana are trying to make it easier for trophy hunters
to kill captive deer at fenced-in shooting preserves, also known as "canned
hunts." Louisiana's Wildlife & Fisheries Commission is considering a
proposal to allow the importation of white-tailed deer from other states.
This would insure an endless supply of captive animals to be slaughtered at
canned hunts.
The Wildlife & Fisheries Commission is accepting public comments on this
issue until February 2, 1998. Please write a letter before that date,
opposing the importation of deer.
Mr. Hugh Bateman, Administrator
Wildlife Division
Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
P.O. Box 98000
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000
Here are a few points you may wish to make in your letter:
*** You don't want this form of inhumane slaughter of animals in Louisiana.
It even violates the ethics that traditional hunters claim to adhere to. It
is extremely unsportsmanlike. Shooting practically tame animals on enclosed
land is sickening. Even the Commissioner of Agriculture, Bob Odom, who is in
favor of this proposal, has stated that a canned hunt is like going out into
your backyard and shooting a goat.
*** The proposed modification reads as if it would establish prohibitions on
the importation of deer from the states of California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, and Wyoming, when in fact it really just opens up importation from
every other state. The reason for excluding the particular states named is
because deer from those states may bring diseases including tuberculosis and
brucellosis into Louisiana and threaten native wildlife and domestic
livestock businesses. Such spread of disease could have severe economic
repercussions for livestock industries. States with canned hunts (and states
which border them) have experienced tuberculosis in cattle, genetic
corruption of wildlife, and ecological problems because of escaped exotic
animals. We simply should not import deer from any state and put Louisiana
at risk.
Thank you for your help! For more information, please call NOAH at (504)
282-5243.
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:10:08 EST
From: STFORJEWEL
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: BISON
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>From The Denver Post
Denver Colorado
January 4, 1998
By the Associated Press
BISON LOSE IN BATTLE WITH RECREATION
Yellowstone National Park, Wyo-
Bison and business are facing off as Yellowstone's winter season begins,
triggering two migrations that mean life or death for hungry animals and
dollar-dependent park communities.
Each winter, more than 110,000 people pour into the partk, most on almost
60,000 snowmobiles that belch blue smoke as they slice through white powder
and bound over hills. The whine of their 2-cycle engines echoes thru the
lodgepole pine.
The groomed trails that they follow twist like veins thru 200 miles of trees
and meadows in the world's first national park. Bison trudge those trails
too, avoiding the deep snow that saps their strength as they search for scarce
winter forage.
Last year, a record 1,100 bison-about 1/3 of Yellowstone's herd- were shot or
shipped to slaughter because they managed to migrate beyond Yellowstone's
boundaries in Montana. Environmentalists say the groomed snowmobile trails
contribute to the migration of the massive animals out of the park and into
trouble.
Ranchers fear the bison will spread brucellosis to their cattle. Even worse,
they fear that Wyoming and Montana cattle will be shunned by other states
because of their possible exposure to the disease.
Environmentalists worry about the impact snowmobiles have on Yellowstone's
environment and wildlife. Two groups filed a lawsuit against the Park Service
earlier this year to force a study on winter recreation.
"(Bison) share the road with snowmobiles. It may be a great thing to see, but
it's precisely the problem," said D. J. Schubert, a wildlife biologist in
Washington. "What most people don't realize is there are consequences to
bison using (snowmobile) trails."
In November, a federal judge in Montana refused to stop the killing of bison
that wander out of Yellowstone, but said no more than 100 bison can be killed
without another court hearing.
"We are not going to have another big bison kill without a hearing before this
court," US District Judge Charles C. Lovell said.
Snowmobilers and the businesses they support wonder whether the bison will be
used as an excuse to keep them out.
"The bison are simply smoke and mirrors," said Vikki Eggers, executive
director for the West Yellowstone, Montana Chamber of Commerce. "That's the
vehicle they're using to drive their agenda, which is to stop snowmobiling in
the park."
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:20:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Friends of Animals
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: DOG EATING
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Denver Post fax # for letters: (303) 820-1369
January 6, 1998
Letters To The Editor
The Denver Post
If he were a true journalist, Dan Meyers would spare
us such feeble attempts at humor and give us the true
facts about the practice of eating dogs (Man Bites Dog,
January 4, 1998). Dogs and cats are blowtorched,
skinned and boiled alive in Asian markets. Pigs, cows
and chickens are treated no better in our American system
of intensive factory farms.
Instead of a thoughtful examination of this serious issue,
we are treated to an account of his personal squeamishness
and ability to construct insensitive puns. Perhaps Meyers
should be sent to Algeria to yuk it up over the recent
massacre. Meanwhile the compassionate among us will
continue to work for a society in which we do not eat our friends.
Bill Dollinger
Friends of Animals
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 15:38:46 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: (US) Miami News story on the Gorilla King
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Last night (1/5/98), Miami Channel 7 WSVN(FOX) News aired an excellent
story on King. The following is my attempt at transcription for AR-news.
The channel 7 contact info is as follows, for any positive statements
you wish to send:
http://www.wsvn.com/
email: 7news@wsvn.com
(Unfortunately, my VCR ate my tape, leaving only the sound intact, so I
don't have copies available. But the visuals showed King performing his
pathetic show, rocking in his cage, and banging his head against the
cement wall. )
Reporter: Patrick Frazier
**********************
Tonight the worldÆs leading expert on apes is lashing out at a local
south Florida attraction.
It is a king-sized controversy involving an ape, a small cage, and the
owners who refuse to give this animal up.
King, the majestic mountain gorilla has been sitting alone in a tiny
cement cage in Monkey Jungle for nearly 28 years.
His only stimulation û performing tricks for tourists.
Jane Goodall: ôThose conditions are just tragic.ö
Now, Dr. Jane Goodall, considered the worldÆs leading expert on
primates, is hammering away at the owner of Monkey Jungle.
Goodall began with a scolding letter to owner Sharon Dumond about owning
a gorilla. ôThis commitment quite often involves sacrifices by the
caretaker,ö said Dr. Goodall, ôeven if it means parting with the
animal.ö
And while speaking to us via satellite, she appealed to KingÆs owner.
Goodall: ôI would like to really make a plea to think about this from
the point of view of the gorilla and also the point of view of your own
conscience, and let that gorilla go where he can find some happiness
among others of his own kind.ö
The place is Zoo Atlanta, which, in an earlier 7 News report, made an
offer to accept King for free into its world-renowned gorilla program.
Maple: ôI would certainly be willing to take him if the owners chose to
move him.ö
And now other groups are publicly demanding that King be moved.
This ad was placed in the Miami herald by two animal welfare groups.
They want the public to demand that King be moved to Zoo Atlanta.
For Goodall, it seems so logical.
Goodall: ôIt seems so inappropriate today for any responsible zoo or
whatever to keep a lone great ape or monkey because they are highly
social creatures. And if thereÆs an offer from a reputable zoo, like Zoo
Atlanta, then anyone who goes on keeping an animal like a gorilla in
solitary confinement û itÆs terribleà terrible.ö
Meantime, King goes on with his life û rocking back and forth from
boredom, banging his head against the wall, day in and day out. He may
end his life like this, or he may get a new life at Zoo Atlanta.
After months of refusing to talk with us, Monkey JungleÆs owners
released a statement today saying, ôKing is on exhibit so we can share
with the people an appreciation for the animal. King has developed a
deep bond with his caregiver. Monkey Jungle respects the opinion of
professionals such as Dr. Goodall; however, not every animal is treated
like those she witnessed in Africa. Monkey Jungle and Zoo Atlanta have
agreed to try to do the best for this particular animal. Plans to
improve the facility where King is now housed are in progress.ö
However, we got on the phone after that statement, and animal groups say
that Monkey Jungle has been planning to build King a new cage for years.
As for the so-called agreement with Zoo Atlanta, we just spoke with Dr.
Terry Maple, the Director of Zoo Atlanta. He says this statement is a
slap in the face of anyone managing gorillas. He said nothing has
changed and that he was surprised that they mentioned an agreement with
Zoo Atlanta because it never happened.
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 15:17:41 -0600
From: Steve Barney
To: AnimalLib-List ,
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Subject: NEWS: "Lawsuit seeks to halt removal of monkeys"
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-- http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/980106lawsuitseekstohaltrem.stm
Lawsuit seeks to halt removal of monkeys
By Kevin Murphy
Special to the Journal Sentinel
January 6, 1998
Madison -- An employee at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research
Center has filed a lawsuit to halt plans to remove a colony of
monkeys from a Madison zoo unless it conducts an environmental
assessment of the move.
Researcher Kim Bauers, of Madison, contends that the colony of
150 rhesus and stump-tailed macaque monkeys at Henry Vilas Zoo is
a unique and significant display of a threatened species. Moving
them out of Madison would affect the quality of the human
environment and, under state law, would require an environmental
assessment or more thorough environmental impact statement.
"The colony has become part of the Madison community for so long
. . . they have to consider the impact of the move and
alternatives," said Richard Bolton, Bauers' attorney.
The center began seeking a new home for the monkeys in October,
when it was told by the National Institutes of Health that it
could not use a $4.5 million NIH grant to maintain the colony.
NIH said there was not enough research being done to justify the
colony's $30,000 yearly food and veterinary expense.
Joseph Kemnitz, the center's interim director, said he had not
seen the suit and had not considered an environmental review of
the move.
He noted that a primate researcher in Georgia recently died from
herpes B virus after being splashed with bodily fluids from a
rhesus monkey. That added a new risk to publicly displaying the
animals. "It provides all the more reason to move them out," he
said.
Kemnitz also said he was optimistic about finding a new home for
the monkeys by Feb. 1.
Bolton said the researcher's death underscored the need to
carefully consider any decision regarding relocating the monkeys.
The center has housed the monkeys as research subjects at the zoo
since 1963, making it the oldest stable breeding colony of
macaques in captivity, according to the lawsuit Bolton filed
Friday in Dane County Circuit Court.
Bauers has researched the monkeys' social interactions during her
seven-year tenure. Bolton said he did not know whether moving the
monkeys would impact Bauers' job, but he said it would make her
research more difficult.
The center acknowledged last summer that it violated a 1989
agreement with the zoo not to perform invasive research on the
monkeys.
Virginia Hinshaw, University of Wisconsin graduate school dean,
said 65 monkeys were improperly taken from the zoo, and 39 died
or were killed as a result of the research. An additional 26
monkeys were killed for tissue research and 110 monkeys were sold
or traded to other facilities to prevent overpopulation, Hinshaw
said in August.
Bolton contended that much of the plan to move the monkeys had
been done in secret, and called for an environmental assessment
to add public input into the process. Negotiations with Procter &
Gamble to acquire the monkeys were shelved after publicity about
the monkeys being subjected to improper invasive research, the
suit says.
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 17:40:06 -0600
From: paulbog@jefnet.com (Rick Bogle)
To: "AR-News Post"
Subject: Fw: [AL] NEWS: "Lawsuit seeks to halt removal of monkeys"
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> From: Steve Barney
> To: AnimalLib-List ; AR-News
; Wisc-Eco
> Subject: [AL] NEWS: "Lawsuit seeks to halt removal of monkeys"
> Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 3:19 PM
>
> -- http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/980106lawsuitseekstohaltrem.stm
>
> Lawsuit seeks to halt removal of monkeys
>
> By Kevin Murphy
> Special to the Journal Sentinel
>
> January 6, 1998
>
> Madison -- An employee at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research
> Center has filed a lawsuit to halt plans to remove a colony of
> monkeys from a Madison zoo unless it conducts an environmental
> assessment of the move.
>
> Researcher Kim Bauers, of Madison, contends that the colony of
> 150 rhesus and stump-tailed macaque monkeys at Henry Vilas Zoo is
> a unique and significant display of a threatened species. Moving
> them out of Madison would affect the quality of the human
> environment and, under state law, would require an environmental
> assessment or more thorough environmental impact statement.
>
> "The colony has become part of the Madison community for so long
> . . . they have to consider the impact of the move and
> alternatives," said Richard Bolton, Bauers' attorney.
>
> The center began seeking a new home for the monkeys in October,
> when it was told by the National Institutes of Health that it
> could not use a $4.5 million NIH grant to maintain the colony.
> NIH said there was not enough research being done to justify the
> colony's $30,000 yearly food and veterinary expense.
>
> Joseph Kemnitz, the center's interim director, said he had not
> seen the suit and had not considered an environmental review of
> the move.
>
> He noted that a primate researcher in Georgia recently died from
> herpes B virus after being splashed with bodily fluids from a
> rhesus monkey. That added a new risk to publicly displaying the
> animals. "It provides all the more reason to move them out," he
> said.
>
> Kemnitz also said he was optimistic about finding a new home for
> the monkeys by Feb. 1.
>
> Bolton said the researcher's death underscored the need to
> carefully consider any decision regarding relocating the monkeys.
>
> The center has housed the monkeys as research subjects at the zoo
> since 1963, making it the oldest stable breeding colony of
> macaques in captivity, according to the lawsuit Bolton filed
> Friday in Dane County Circuit Court.
>
> Bauers has researched the monkeys' social interactions during her
> seven-year tenure. Bolton said he did not know whether moving the
> monkeys would impact Bauers' job, but he said it would make her
> research more difficult.
>
> The center acknowledged last summer that it violated a 1989
> agreement with the zoo not to perform invasive research on the
> monkeys.
>
> Virginia Hinshaw, University of Wisconsin graduate school dean,
> said 65 monkeys were improperly taken from the zoo, and 39 died
> or were killed as a result of the research. An additional 26
> monkeys were killed for tissue research and 110 monkeys were sold
> or traded to other facilities to prevent overpopulation, Hinshaw
> said in August.
>
> Bolton contended that much of the plan to move the monkeys had
> been done in secret, and called for an environmental assessment
> to add public input into the process. Negotiations with Procter &
> Gamble to acquire the monkeys were shelved after publicity about
> the monkeys being subjected to improper invasive research, the
> suit says.
>
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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 16:12:38 -0800
From: "Bob Schlesinger"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: NADAS moved to undisclosed location by County
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January 6, 1997
Medford, Oregon
According to an article published in the Mail Tribune of Medford Oregon on January 6, Jackson
County
officials may have moved Nadas out of the county animal control facility to an undisclosed
location. Nadas is the Oregon dog condemned to die for allegedly chasing a horse, even though
no damage to the horse occurred.
County officials cite the receipt of a copy of an email message that they interpreted as suggesting
an illegal
rescue attempt and they indicate that they have contacted the FBI. However a subsequent
message by
the original author appears to indicate that rather, a public demonstration as well as a series of
news
conferences is what was actually planned. Ark Online received copies of both messages which are
reprinted as follows:
"Do you have any contacts in OR or nearby that are real activists & would be willing to help save
Nadas?
I need especially an OR person who knows where he is being kept, the lay of the land, etc. Need
three
people. I will go out to coordinate and help."
The second message says:
"Since there have been very few responses to my first appeal, I'd better specify exactly what we
have in
mind. The intent is to have a major demonstration to save Nadas. I need to know where Nadas is
being
held (directions to give people) and if the facility has a PUBLIC walkway AND is in an area
where there
are a lot of people who could see. Also, news conferences are being planned for major cities in
OR and
need at least three people to handle those. Activists are needed who are familiar with animal
issues and
the whole mishandled Nadas situation."
MY COMMENT
Evidently the first message above was either misconstrued by County officials to indicate some
kind of
break in attempt, or they are deliberately using it as justification to moving Nadas to some
unknown
location for some unspecified purpose. They do not quote or refer to the second message. If
Nadas has
been moved, one can only hope that Nadas' safety can now be guaranteed. According to Jackson
County Assistant Counsel Steven Rinkle as quoted in the Mail Tribune article, "The ALERT
(email)
appears to be a solicitation to commit a crime in Jackson County by 'rescuing' Nadas from the
Jackson
County animal shelter. Jackson County takes such threats very seriously". However one can only
surmise
how county officials can make the jump from a public outcry of support for freeing Nadas to an
illegal
break in. I believe that they are using this incident for their own publicity purposes. I also believe
that the Roach family and their attorney have the right to know where Nadas has been moved to
and
whether he is receiving adequate care. One may also question the legality of moving Nadas
without any hearing or other proper activity, especially in light of the law's requirement that the
Roach family pay for Nadas' care in a public facility. I believe that this behavior on the part of
county officials reveals an underlying paranoia that has characterized their actions of late, and
most certainly is not what one would expect from public servants.
For background information on the Nadas situation, visit http://www.arkonline.com/nadas.htm
-Bob Schlesinger
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 17:19:32 -0800
From: LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newswire: U.S. scientist wants to clone humans
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U.S. scientist wants to clone humans
January 6, 1998
Web posted at: 7:35 p.m. EST (0035 GMT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chicago-area
scientist is poised to start experiments on
cloning human beings to create babies for
infertile couples, National Public Radio
(NPR) reported Tuesday.
It said Richard Seed, a physicist who has
done fertility research, was proposing
setting up a clinic that would clone babies
for would-be parents.
"It is my objective to set up a Human Clone Clinic
in greater Chicago, here, make it a profitable fertility
clinic and when it is profitable to duplicate it in 10
or 20 other locations around the country and maybe
five or six international," Seed told NPR.
NPR said Seed had been negotiating with a Chicago
area clinic, which it declined to name, that had all the
equipment needed to try the procedure.
Seed could not be immediately reached for comment.
NPR said Seed was working with a medical doctor who
declined to be named, but who said he would not go
ahead with experiments unless the American Society
for Reproductive Medicine cleared it. The group currently
opposes human cloning.
President Clinton has proposed banning such research
for five years, saying it was morally unacceptable and could
undermine society's respect for human life.
Clinton said the legislation, which would have to be passed
by Congress, would not prohibit the cloning of human DNA
or of animals, arguing this did not pose the same moral
questions and could lead to great medical and agricultural
advances.
While the legislation is pending, Clinton said the ban on
using federal funds to clone humans would stay in effect
and he called on the private sector to voluntarily refrain
from it.
Similar reactions came from the Vatican, the European
Union, and many governments.
Polls taken shortly after the announcement of the cloning of
Dolly the sheep showed 90 percent of Americans opposed
human cloning.
But some fertility experts say cloning offers hope and
opportunities for medicine.
Britain's Lord Robert Winston, who helped pioneer test-tube
fertilization, called Clinton's reaction "knee-jerk" and said the
technology offered hope to many infertile couples.
A difficult procedure
Seed would have his work cut out for him. Cloning is not easy.
Animals have been cloned from embryos, which is not the same
as cloning an adult animal or human.
The only mammal to have been cloned from an adult is Dolly,
cloned by scientists at Scotland's Roslin Institute and the
associated PPL Therapeutics Inc. last year.
But Seed proposes using this same technique, which involves
taking an unfertilized egg from a female, removing the nucleus,
which contains most of the genetic information, and replacing
it with the nucleus of an adult cell.
The hard part is tricking this egg into acting as if it has been
fertilized by a sperm, thus starting it dividing as if it were a
new baby, instead of just creating more skin cells or liver
cells or cells of whatever organ the nucleus was taken from.
John Eppig, a developmental biologist at the Jackson Laboratory
in Bar Harbor, Maine, said no one had done this in a human.
"If the egg is not activated with the proper signaling mechanisms,
then the embryo might not reach an implantation stage, or it might
not have the proper proportions of cells in order to support normal
development," he told NPR.
"I would be very concerned about the health of the fetus and the
health of the baby that would come from this."
Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
Lawrence Carter-Long
Science and Research Issues, Animal Protection Institute
email: LCartLng@gvn.net, phone: 800-348-7387 x. 215
world wide web: http://www.api4animals.org/
"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my
soul by making me hate him." - Booker T. Washington
"...the above also applies to women. However, I haven't
quite made up my mind just yet about politicians or talk
show hosts." - Lawrence Carter-Long
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 21:18:37 -0500
From: Liz Grayson
To: ar-news
Subject: Socks and Buddy meet
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WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 6) --
Rumors that the two first pets are not
getting along were confirmed Tuesday in
Washington.
Buddy, the chocolate Labrador who is
the new addition to Bill Clinton's
family, had an "in your face" encounter
with Socks, the first cat.
After accompanying the president to a
surprise 65th birthday party for
Education Secretary Richard Riley,
Clinton walked the first pooch over to
Socks, who sat tethered on the White
House South Lawn.
Buddy promptly barked, and Socks wasted
no time responding with an arched back
and hisses.
Clinton held Buddy in place, trying to
restrain him from barking, to no avail.
White House photographer Sharon Farmer
stroked the highly agitated first cat,
trying to calm her.
The president finally led Buddy away.
Asked about the encounter as he walked
into the White House, Clinton said he
was "making progress."
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 23:30:17 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Re: (US) Miami News story on the Gorilla King
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Monkey Jungle is located at 14805 SW 216 Street, Miami, Florida 33170.
Phone: 305-235-1611. To the best of my knowledge, they have no email.
PAWS Online Petition for King:
http://www.paws.org/activists/pn4/pn404.htm
STFORJEWEL wrote:
> If you are going to post these types of articles, I myself would
> appreciate it
> if you would also include an address, a phone number, or at the very
> least, an
> email address for the people that are holding this primate-Monkey's
> Whatever.
> They need to hear from the public, not the TV station and if you have
> to make
> a few calls to directory assistance or the TV station for the
> particulars for
> this outfit, then so be it. (snip)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 22:31:34 -0600
From: "Nancy Gomez"
To: "ar-news"
Subject: TEAR Upcoming Events
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UPCOMING EVENTS
TEAR UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, January 10,
1998
TEAR will be having its general
monthly meeting beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Center for Community Cooperation,
2900 Live Oak, Dallas.
Tuesday, January 13,
1998
ACT will be
having its general monthly meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Center for
Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak, Dallas. Guest speaker veterinarian Dr.
Ballard.
Saturday, January 17,
1998
Anti-Vivisection Demo UT
Southwestern Medical Center, activists are to meet at the corner of Butler and
Harry Hines at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, January 24,
1998
Anti Fur demo at Saks Fifth
Avenue, more details to be announced at a later date.
Saturday, February
14, 1998
The Animal Connection of
Texas (ACT) and TEAR will be having a joint general monthly meeting
beginning at 11:00 am at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak,
Dallas. Doors open at 10:30 am.
All activist are encouraged to
wear their tear t-shirts to all events. To contact TEAR directly please call our
voice mail at 972-623-6170 or for the most up to date information call
972-418-5398.
Texas Establishment for Animal
Rights
email: tearmail@flash.net phone:
972-623-6170 infoline: 972-418-5398
snail mail: 660 Preston Forest Center, Suite 354 Dallas, TX
75230-2718
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From: STFORJEWEL
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Subject: Fwd: hacker-warning
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In a message dated 97-12-29 21:03:53 EST, you write:
<< Subj:Fwd: hacker-warning
Date:97-12-29 21:03:53 EST
From:ILoveLara2
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If someone named SandMan asks you to check out his page on the WEB
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This page hacks into your C:/ drive. DO NOT GO THERE
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