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AR-NEWS Digest 699
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Swallows return to San Juan Capistrano
by Andrew Gach
2) Pig intestines tested in rabbits
by Andrew Gach
3) MA: 3/29 - Primate Demo & * Call/Write/Email Madison - DAILY ! *
by baerwolf@tiac.net (baerwolf)
4) (TH) Sea turtles threateneddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
by Vadivu Govind
5) [UK] Live calf export ban ruled out by judges
by David J Knowles
6) Seal Hunt Resumes
by Hillary
7) Pro Animal Letter in Atlanta Paper!
by Hillary
8) Chimps Find Haven In Canada
by Hillary
9) Basinger Calls on USDA to Close Ringling
by Hillary
10) Ringling Responds To Basinger
by Hillary
11) (UK) "I am not beating it...but encouraging it with a stick"
by Hillary
12) Excellent Animal Article..a few months old
by Hillary
13) Watchdog Group Posts Lobbying Data On Its Web Sit
by Liz Grayson
14) IFAW's use of funds for Korea
by "J. Bearscove"
15) Making man's best friend look manly
by Liz Grayson
16) (US) Great American Meatout to celebrate 14th anniversary
by allen schubert
17) VCR Alert:Nazi Vivisection
by Pat Fish
18) Book: Cows With Guns
by Pat Fish
19) Global Day Against P&G
by In Defense of Animals
20) Fwd: Look what I found
by Snugglezzz
21) Re Clubbing seals to death- Canada -rfi
by bunny
22) Spanish Alternatives web site
by "Guillermo Repetto"
23) Canada's Seal Hunt: Government Officials
by WPIRG
24) Fowl Play
by "Cari Gehl"
25) 4/25 Turtle Conservation Seminar - NY
by "Cari Gehl"
26) NEW ANIMAL RIGHTS WEB-SITE
by "Danika Nieves"
27) [CA] Anti-seal hunt protest
by David J Knowles
28) NAVS' Book of Cruelty-Free Products - by navs@navs.org
by Vegetarian Resource Center
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:18:48 -0800
From: Andrew Gach
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Swallows return to San Juan Capistrano
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Defying El Nino, swallows return to Capistrano
Reuters News Service
LOS ANGELES, March 19, 1998
Some swallows flitted past the old mission church in San Juan Capistrano
on Thursday, "officially" marking the arrival of spring, despite El
Nino.
But a mission spokesman said the weather phenomenon might be responsible
for delaying many of the little birds on their 7,000-mile flight from
their winter home in Argentina.
"We've seen a few scouts since the first week of March, but we haven't
seen a clump yet," Jim Graves said. "Poor weather slows migration. We
noticed fewer and wondered if El Nino might be a factor."
He said the swallows had become scarcer in recent years anyway because
the mission, which is about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego,
must compete for avian attention with modern structures like freeway
overpasses.
And even such tactics as installing ceramic "nests" in the eaves and
releasing ladybugs into the air twice a day have not brought back the
hordes of birds the town is known for.
Still, three swallows were spotted at about 8:19 a.m. PST (11:19 a.m.
EST) Thursday morning and, in an annual spring rite, were greeted by
pealing bells and crowds singing the 1939 hit "When the Swallows Come
Back to Capistrano."
The swallows have returned every March 19 -- St. Joseph's Day -- in the
215-year history of the mission, their impeccable timing long a cause
for wonder.
The birds' return has been celebrated since 1910, when the Rev. St. John
O'Sullivan was posted to the mission.
O'Sullivan became fascinated with the swallows' migratory cycle and
viewed their return as inspiring renewal and a rejuvenation of the human
spirit. He eventually wrote a book on the subject.
Astronomers say the vernal equinox, marking the beginning of spring,
will occur at 2:55 p.m. EST Friday
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:21:01 -0800
From: Andrew Gach
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Pig intestines tested in rabbits
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Research indicates pig intestines may help repair knees
Reuters News Service
NEW ORLEANS, March 20, 1998
Part of a pig's intestine may be used to repair tears -- common among
athletes -- in the meniscus, a crescent-shaped disk of cartilage in the
knee, according to new research reported Friday.
Dr. Jonathan A. Gastel, clinical instructor in the department of
orthopedics at Brown University, said his research demonstrates that a
material derived from pigs' small intestines acts as an effective
"scaffold" for regeneration of meniscal tissue.
His findings were presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeons annual meeting in New Orleans.
The load-bearing meniscus cushions the lower leg from the upper leg,
increasing knee joint stability and helping it function properly.
Athletes, particularly football players and skiers, are susceptible to
tearing the meniscus, causing the knee to lock, buckle or give way and
accompanied by pain and swelling.
In tests on rabbits, the material from pigs intestine provided a
framework for the damaged meniscus to regenerate, with complete healing
-- host tissue replacing the graft -- reported in half the cases after
24 weeks, he said.
"Regenerating meniscal tissues means preserving the cartilage," he said.
At present, removing the damaged portion often is required, but the
optimal treatment is to preserve the meniscus, which does not regenerate
naturally.
Aside from sports injuries, meniscal tears can be caused by trauma or
age-related degenerative changes.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:52:59 -0500 (EST)
From: baerwolf@tiac.net (baerwolf)
To: Veg-Boston@waste.org, Veg-NE@waste.org, veggie@vegweb.com,
ar-news@envirolink.org, veg-nyc@waste.org, veg-ct@waste.org
Cc: bravebos@aol.com, CAFTBoston@aol.com, info@ma.neavs.com, action@cease.org,
paulbog@jefnet.com, libcoll@aracnet.com,
SAEN@postoffice.worldnet.att.net, SHindi@aol.com (ChARC),
vrc@tiac.net (Vegetarian Resource Center), SMatthes@aol.com,
ida@well.sf.ca.us, BHGazette@aol.com
Subject: MA: 3/29 - Primate Demo & * Call/Write/Email Madison - DAILY ! *
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Greetings -
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Summary:
section 1) Protest specifics & Directions to Southboro, MA
section 2) Daily contact with Madison to save rhesus macaques
section 3) Did you know: Madison had wrongly
sold macaques to Harvard & Boston ?
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* Section 1 *
Protest Primate Vivisection - A Local Day-Long Protest at NERPC in Southboro
Sunday, Mar. 29, 1998 - 7:00 AM - 5:00PM (Rain or Shine)
New England Regional Primate Center
1 Pine Hill Drive, Southboro, MA
on the Marlboro line. About one mile south of Rte 20.
++ See full set of directions below. ++
Non-stop day-long protest. Come for the day or any number of hours.
Your participation sends vivisectors, media and the world a message.
Anti-vivisection posters & flyers will be provided,
but feel free to bring your own.
Bring food & water.
Call 508-393-5339 Steve or 617-489-2605 Dave
or email baerwolf@tiac.net for carpooling & other info.
See you there,
sbaer
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Directions To: New England Regional Primate Center, 1 Pine Hill Dr., Southboro
From: Points East of Southboro
Follow MA Pike (west) - Rt. 90 to Exit 12
At exit 12 (Rt 9) take Rt 9 west (Worcester/Southboro - left lane).
Once on Rt 9 west Stay in Right lane
At 0.5 miles - follow sign Rt. 9 - Worcester/Northampton
Just after 2nd set of lights ( ~ 2.5 miles along Rt. 9)
take Right onto Rt. 85 North (Southboro)
Follow Rt. 85, it turns left at the light;
pass St. Mark's School (big campus & golf course);
pass sign for Town of Marlboro (~ 2.5 mi. from where you exited Rt. 9)
Take Right onto Rt. 20 East. (~ 3.9 mi. from Rt.9 exit) - landmark: Donnesca
restaurant
Rt. 20 east curves right (after~ 0.4 mi). Follow Rt. 20. Pass Price Chopper
Mall.
On Right at lights (~2 mi) see Mobil Gas Station then Farm Rd.
Take Right onto Farm Rd.
Pass Marlboro Airport (on left)
Take left onto Broadmeadow Rd (~ 0.5 mi)
Then Take Right onto Parmenter Rd (~ 0.5 mi)
0.8 mi on Right is the NE Primate Center
From: Points WEST and SOUTH of Southboro
MA Pike (Rt. 90) to Exit 11A (Rt 495 North)
Rt. 495 North Exit 24A (Rt. 20 East)
Follow Rt. 20 East ( ~ 4 miles)
On Right at lights see Mobil Gas Station - then Farm Rd.
Take Right onto Farm Rd.
Pass Marlboro Airport (on left)
Take left onto Broadmeadow Rd (~ 0.5 mi)
Then Take Right onto Parmenter Rd (~ 0.5 mi)
~0.8 mi on Right is the NE Primate Center
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* Section 2 *
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:55:46 -0600
From: paulbog@jefnet.com (Rick Bogle)
Subject: Vilas - pits of despair
The Vilas rhesus macaques have been in solitary confinement for about 13
days now. I was once held in solitary confinement for 4 days (for
suggesting that monkeys should not be tortured) and am unable to imagine
the poor psychological condition these monkeys must now be in. Loneliness
and depression have surely become their new reality.
These monkeys have lived their entire lives surrounded by their families
and friends; now they are unbearably alone.
The UW breaks it promise to the protect these monkeys moment by moment.
I am sure the following people would enjoy hearing your opinions and
suggestions very frequently concerning these monkeys. I write them daily.
R
Johnathon Barry, UW Regent
608 527 2026
WRPRC Interim Director: Joseph W. Kemnitz
1220 Capitol Court
Madison, Wisconsin 53715-1299
(608) 263-3500
FAX (608) 263-4031
[E-mail: KEMNITZ@PRIMATE.WISC.EDU]
Virginia S. Hinshaw, Dean
The Graduate School
University of Wisconsin-Madison
500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1380
Telephone: (608) 262-1044
Fax: (608) 262-5134
hinshaw@mail.bascom.wisc.edu
David Ward, University of Wisconsin Chancellor
161 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Dr.
Madison 53706
telephone 608-262-9946.
[E-mail: WARD@MAIL.BASCOM.WISC.EDU]
Kathleen Falk,County Executive
Room 421, City-County Building
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Madison 53709
telephone 608-266-4114
[E-mail: falk@co.dane.wi.us]
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Dear Compassionate Campaigner -
Please promote AT MINIMUM, DAILY correspondance to all
responsible people. And close with the request to
return the macaques (or rhesus macaques, or monkeys)
to a sanctuary or the Madison Zoo or a place that is safe.
Once the monkeys have passed the 90 days of isolation
at Tulane's Regional Primate Center, well known for it's
torturous experiments, there is no telling what horrors
of invasive manipulation and maiming will be practiced
on the monkeys. Moreover, the days of isolation, alone,
will drive the monkeys insane.
This is the oldest macaque colony in America.
Some 30 years, I understand.
They are not used to being isolated.
Write/Call/Fax/Email
Do it now - do it often.
Thank you,
sbaer
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* Section 3 *
Madison sold monkeys to Boston in the past
- THE BOSTON CONNECTION
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 14:56:26 -0400
From: Shirley McGreal
Subject: University of Wisconsim scandal, Part 1
UW reports cash from zoo monkey sales by: Scott Russell, The Capital Times,
Madison, August 25
The University of Wisconsin Primate Research Center made between
$200,000 and $275,000 by selling off monkeys from Henry Vilas Zoo for
research, according to data released Friday by the university.
Of the 110 monkeys sold over an eight-year period, 42 monkeys went
to government agencies or outside universities, such as Harvard or East
Carolina University.
Another 35 monkeys were sold to private pharmaceutical companies,
such as Hazleton Laboratories in Madison. The other 33 monkeys were used by
UW-Madison researchers.
In June 1989, the primate center entered into an agreement with the
zoo that none of the zoo monkeys would be used for invasive research.
University officials have not disclosed the fate of the monkeys that were
sold to other institutions.
Pharmaceutical labs in all likelihood tested the monkeys with drugs.
The zoo monkeys sold for between $1,800 and $2,600 each, depending
on their age, their reproduction potential and their history, according to
information released Friday by the UW-Madison.
On Aug. 11, after reports in The Capital Times, Graduate School Dean
Virginia Hinshaw stopped any further assignment of monkeys from the zoo
colony to invasive reasearch.
One UW-Madison project that used zoo monkeys evaluated the
effectiveness of a new medication for osteoporosis, the brittle-bone disease
linked to calcium deficiency. The monkeys provided one way to test for the
safety of the drug for human use.
Drug company Ciba-Giegy paid nearly $1 million for the 32 month
study, which used 56 (58, fax not clear) monkeys in all. Of those, 12 were
monkeys from the zoo, including four monkeys that were covered by the
no-invasive-research agreement. Of the 12 zoo monkeys used in the project,
10 were euthanized during the research. The other two died after the project
ended.
Here's where the monkeys went:
Hazleton Laboratories, 10;
East Carolina University,15;
Baxter-Travenol, 15;
UW-Madison Harlow Primate Lab, 14;
UW-Madison Clinical Sciences Center, 12.
National Institutes of Health-Poolesville, 9;
Boston University, 4; <=======
University of Pittsburgh, 4;
UW-Madison Department of Psychology, 3;
UW-Madison Medical School, 2;
Harvard University, 2. <=======
University of Iowa, 2;
University of Minnesota, 2;
Vanderbilt University, 2;
Walsman Center, 2;
University of South Dakota,1;
University of Nebraska, 1.
The money generated by the sale of the monkeys went into the
center's cost recovery account, which augments a grant from the National
Institutes of Health. The majority of the money for that grant pays for
animal services such as food, housing and care for the animals.
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Thank you for your action and your time,
sbaer
steven baer
baerwolf@tiac.net
Massachusetts
HOW DEEP INTO SPACE MUST HUMANS GO
BEFORE THEY LOOK BACK AND REALIZE
ALL THE NEIGHBORS THEY'VE TORTURED ON PLANET EARTH.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 16:49:46 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
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>Bangkok Post
21 MAr 98
Sea turtle population off Phuket threatened
Fishermen, souvenir sellers the
predators
Thailand's sea turtle population is facing a serious threat off
Phuket Island from local fishermen, beach encroachment and
souvenir businesses, a turtle conservationist said yesterday.
Sea turtles have indirectly been hit by cyanide poisoning that the
southern fishermen have been using in catching lobsters off the
island, said Manop Kidsarng, president of a sea turtle
conservation group in Thalang district, Phuket.
"An alarming number of sea turtles have also being caught for
consumption and killed by trawls and long lines," said Mr
Manop.
"Villagers have complained of seeing too many dead turtles on
beaches and fishermen selling turtle eggs to restaurant operators
and also dead turtles to craftsmen who use their shells to make
ornaments," he said.
Property development, which also brought waste water and
pollution to beaches, was also discouraging sea turtles from
coming ashore to lay eggs, Mr Manop said.
His group helps protect sea turtles by collecting their eggs from
beaches during October and March, hatching them and releasing
baby turtles back into the sea.
The group collected some 1,000 turtle eggs last October and
recently released 90 baby turtles off the Mai Khao beach.
Article copyright Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd 1998
Reprinted for non-commercial use only.
Website: http://www.bangkokpost.net
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 01:22:41
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Live calf export ban ruled out by judges
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Friday, March 20th, 1998
Live calf export ban ruled out by judges
By Terence Shaw, Legal Correspondent
MOVES towards a British ban on live calf exports were dashed yesterday when
the European Court of Justice said the Government was not legally entitled
to outlaw the practice.
The court decided that European free trade rules meant that Britain was not
permitted to ban the export of calves to be reared in veal crates on the
Continent.
The ruling by the judges in Luxembourg was a blow to animal rights
campaigners who had challenged the previous government's claim, before the
BSE ban on all beef exports was imposed in 1996, that it had no power to
stop calves being sent to Europe for crate rearing.
If the campaigners had won their case in Luxembourg, they would have
insisted that Labour stood by its promise to stop the exports resuming once
the BSE ban was lifted. When the export of the calves was at its height in
1995, Compassion in World Farming and the International Fund for Animal
Welfare challenged in the High Court the Conservative government's claim
that European free trade laws prevented any ban on the exports.
The case was referred by the High Court to the European Court of Justice
for its ruling on whether a ban was permissible under Article 36 of the
Treaty of Rome. Campaigners for a ban had been hopeful of victory after the
Advocate General assigned to the case in Luxembourg had advised the judges
that a country in which the health of animals was a matter of public
morality could impose a ban.
But in their ruling yesterday, the judges said the practice of rearing
young calves in veal crates, which has been banned in Britain since 1990,
complied with minimum standards on animal welfare laid down in a European
Union directive.
The fact that Britain adopted stricter standards than those required by the
directive did not entitle it to ban exports to other member states whose
farms complied with the directive.
⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1998.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:20:24 -0800
From: Hillary
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Seal Hunt Resumes
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Canada seal hunt set to resume amid protests
By Robert Melnbardis
MONTREAL, March 19 (Reuters) - Canada's controversial annual seal hunt is
poised to begin, with sealers launching a publicity campaign to battle
traditional protests against the spring cull on the ice floes off the
Atlantic coast.
Depending on weather and ice conditions, the seal hunt will start in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence next week and continue just off the east coast of
Newfoundland. The hunt will end when sealers reach the Canadian
government-set quota of 275,000 seals.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said it was expecting more
than 1,000 people at an anti-seal hunt rally in Ottawa on Friday outside
the national convention of the ruling Liberal Party.
"We're going to have the largest rally against the commercial seal hunt in
Canada's history," Rick Smith, IFAW's Canadian director, said on Thursday.
Other protesters planned to picket the electoral district office of
Fisheries Minister David Anderson in Victoria, Britis( Columbia on Canada's
West Coast.
In Paris, a delayed Air France flight forced French screen legend and
longtime animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot to cancel her trip to
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on Thursday.
She had been scheduled to join Greenpeace founder Paul Watson and his Sea
Shepherd conservation group to protest the hunt.
Bardot, who took to the wind-swept ice floes 21 years ago to defend the
seals, said she would make it to Canada to protest next year's hunt.
In an interview with the French television arm of the Canadian Broadcasting
Corp. on Thursday, Bardot said: "You (Canadians) are people that I find
wonderful. Why do you kill seals? It is something that outrages the world."
Meanwhile, on the Magdalen Islands -- a sliver of islands in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence that belong to the French-speaking province of Quebec --
Donald Leblanc, director of the local Sealers Association, was preparing
his boat and hunting gear to head to the ice floes in about a week.
Leblanc's family has hunted seals for generations to supplement a meager
income imperiled by the devastation of Canada's East Coast cod fishery.
It is a hardscrabble living that Leblanc said has been misrepresented for
years by animal rights advocates such as Bardot.
"It's not complicated. We hunt seals because it has an economic importance
that is not at all negligible," Leblanc told Reuters from the seaside
village of Cap-aux-Meules.
He said that with local unemployment exceeding 20 percent and little hope
of a reopening soon of the commercial cod fishery, 300 to 800 Magdalen
island fishermen depended on the seal hunt to make ends meet.
Canadian sealers are hopeful that a new C$170,000 ($121,000) publicity
campaign by the St. John's Newfoundland-based Canadian Sealers Association
will help sway public opinion in favor of the hunt.
It includes a 15-minute video unveiled in Britain this week that aims to
convince viewers that a variety of products, from skin cream to meat, come
from the seals culled during the hunt.
"For the last four or five years, we have been trying to use the entire
seal, the fur, the meat, the oil," said Leblanc.
But that means hunters incur higher costs than if they simply took the pelt
and left the carcass on the ice. He said the Canadian government would need
to keep subsidizing the industry until it developed international markets
for seal products.
22:30 03-19-98
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:27:14 -0800
From: Hillary
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Pro Animal Letter in Atlanta Paper!
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LETTERS: In My Opinion: Animals in
circus
deserve better
Today's News The Editors: So the circus is in town, eh?
Although millions of people each year flock to
see the man on the flying trapeze, eat popcorn and watch
20 clowns fit onto one small car, few realize the
inhumane way in which many circus animals are treated.
Animal acts draw cheers from the audience, but they are
no picnic for the animals. Bears, tigers,
elephants and lions are tortured into obedience; they are
shocked, whipped and deprived of food to get
them to perform grossly uncomfortable, dangerous,
puzzling (to them) and frightening acts such as standing
on their heads or jumping through hoops of fire (which is
instinctively feared by most animals).
The majority of these animals are shackled and muzzled
while not on stage and are forced to live in dirty
cages that are barely large enough for them to lie down.
These shows subject animals to long journeys in poorly
ventilated trailers. They are deprived of food and
water so they will not soil their crates.
If more Americans knew that the parading elephants are
tortured, the show might not go on. Such abuse is
unnecessary. Until we learn to treat animals with the
respect and affection they deserve, the circus will be
nothing but a disgusting, inhumane exploitation produced
solely for personal gain. KATY PURWIN,
Alpharetta Katy Purwin is a sophomore at Milton High
School. Animal acts draw cheers from the
audience, but they are no picnic for the animals. To have
your opinion considered for this feature, please
include a recent photo of yourself, brief biography and a
daytime phone number.
Copyright 1998, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, All
rights reserved.
Katy Purwin, LETTERS: In My Opinion: Animals in circus
deserve better., The Atlanta Journal,
03-13-1998, pp A15.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:28:27 -0800
From: Hillary
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Chimps Find Haven In Canada
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FEATURE-Chimps find Canada haven from
U.S. medical tests
CARIGNAN, Quebec (Reuters) - On a frigid winter day,
Gloria Grow hands out homemade popsicles to
her 15 charges, knowing they will soon lose interest and
drop them on an already littered floor.
"It's like a big, crazy daycare," Grow said, laughing and
using her sweatshirt to wipe away the volley of
spittle that is testing the limits of her waterproof
mascara.
The daycare center is a building the size of a small
school gymnasium situated on a 103-acre farm just
outside Montreal. Grow's unruly wards are not children
but chimpanzees, 15 rambunctious refugees from
a New York University research laboratory that is closing
down.
Her sanctuary is the first in Canada for chimpanzees
formerly used in laboratory testing. There are about a
dozen such centers in North America.
The project, dubbed the Fauna Foundation, began two years
earlier with a crisis of conscience on Grow's
40th birthday. When Grow, an animal rights activist and
former dog groomer, and her veterinarian
partner Richard Allan decided to offer refuge to the
chimps, their idyllic farm was already home to a
menagerie of 400 other discarded animals including an
ostrich and 30 pot-bellied pigs.
Early in 1996, Grow attended the Chimpanzee and Human
Communication Institute in Ellensburg,
Washington, world famous for its chimps who communicate
by sign language. A year later, she had
blueprints for her own chimpanzee shelter.
FIRST CHIMPS ARRIVED IN SEPTEMBER
The Montreal-based Canadian chapter of the Jane Goodall
Institute, named after the famed primatologist,
used its clout to cut through layers of international red
tape restricting the cross-border movement of
animals. "There were questions as to why Canada should be
a dumping ground for medical research
chimps from the U.S.," institute staffer Arryn Ketter said.
But last September, a truck delivered the first shipment
of sedated chimps, retired from NYU's now
defunct Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery
in Primates. All had been used in tests for
drugs designed to make life better for humans, including
for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, and of hepatitis.
Medical research using chimpanzees is not prohibited in
Canada but the Canadian Council on Animal
Welfare, a national peer review agency on the use of
animals in research, teaching and testing, says they
are not currently being used there.
Grow's chimps arrived howling and spitting. Many were
bald and their normally strong muscles had
partially atrophied, the result of being confined to
cages at the lab.
Their thick files told sad stories. Many were raised as
pets or circus animals before being turned over to
research labs. Most were in their teens and 20s, not
halfway through the normal 60-year life expectancy of
a chimp.
Billy Jo, the biggest and loudest of the bunch, is about
five feet tall and weighs 168 pounds. He is robust,
with lustrous black skin, a stark contrast to Tom and
Annie, both in their 30s, who are stooped and
graying.
Billy Jo and Sue Ellen, both HIV-positive, were
inseparable as youngsters indentured to a circus act.
Donna Rae, also HIV-positive, was a family pet who played
guitar and rode a bicycle at parties. At age
12, holding her owner's hand, she was walked into a
testing lab.
CHIMPS BEAR SCARS FROM TESTS
The chimps bear the scars of the tests. Yoko, who is
small, wiry and in constant motion, had 137 liver
biopsies. Regis, a playful 9- year-old with the number
645 tatooed on his chest, was "knocked down" --
tranquilized -- 279 times.
Other scars are less visible. Jeanie, who immediately
captured Grow's heart during her early visits to
NYU, has seizures during which she hits and bites
herself. "They weren't going to send her to us because
they said she was crazy ... she snapped during the AIDS
study, " Grow said.
Although they will still be in captivity, Grow hopes to
give the chimps the best possible quality of life. They
eat their fill of fruit and get daily "enrichment
packages" of goodies aimed at keeping them well-nourished,
busy and stimulated.
"They love parties. They just loved tearing open the
gifts I wrapped for them at Christmas," Grow said,
standing under colorful streamers and balloons.
As her project unfolded, costs climbed much higher than
the originally estimated C$200,000 ($138,000),
and that stretched the couple's financial resources. To
help ease the burden, the Goodall Institute donated
C$5,000 ($3,450) toward an outdoor enclosure to be built
this spring.
The institute also plans to develop an adopt-a-chimp
program that will split proceeds between its African
sanctuaries and Grow's Fauna Foundation. The Fauna
Foundation can be reached at (514) 658-1844 or
fauna.found+sympatico.ca.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:30:12 -0800
From: Hillary
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
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Actress Basinger wants Ringling Bros. circus
closed
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (Reuters) - Actress Kim Basinger has
asked the U.S. Agriculture Department to
shut down The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
following the death of a baby elephant last
month, an animal rights group said Friday.
Mary Beth Sweetland, a spokeswoman for People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said the
actress had written to Agriculture Secretary Daniel
Glickman on Monday after she learned of the animal'
s death.
"This elephant most likely suffered more anguish and
misery than we will ever know," Basinger wrote.
Basinger, who was nominated this week for an Academy
Award for best supporting actress for her role in
the film "L.A. Confidential, " wants the Agriculture
Department to suspend the license of the nation' s
largest circus to exhibit animals until the elephant's
death is investigated.
The baby Asian elephant, named Kenny, died Jan. 25 in
Jacksonville, Florida, after performing two shows
the day before. Circus veterinarian Gary West said Kenny
died from a gastrointestinal infection but the
exact cause of the illness was not known.
Basinger is a long-time critic of the treatment of circus
animals and has been working with PETA on the
issue.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:30:16 -0800
From: Hillary
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
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Circus hits back at Basinger's call for closure
VIENNA, Va. (Reuters) - Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Circus fought Saturday an effort by
actress Kim Basinger to close the show down after the
death of a baby elephant last month.
The nation's biggest circus denied the baby Asian
elephant named Kenny had been mistreated. The
animal died Jan. 25 in Jacksonville, Florida, after
performing two shows the day before.
The lobby group People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) said on Friday that Basinger had
written to Agriculture Secretary Daniel Glickman urging
him to suspend the circus' license to exhibit
animals.
"Based on Ringling Bros. employees' sworn affidavits
before (United States Department of Agriculture)
inspectors, there was no indication that Kenny was
'dizzy' or 'wobbly on his legs' or that he was 'wailing, "'
the circus responded in a statement on Saturday.
"In response to Basinger's statement concerning Kenny's
treatment, Kenny's condition was carefully
monitored at all times by Ringling' s veterinarian and
staff. Kenny was never treated cruelly or prematurely
removed from his mother."
Circus veterinarian Gary West said Kenny died from a
gastrointestinal infection but the exact cause of the
illness was not known.
Ringling Bros. said it had co-operated fully with the
agriculture department in its investigation. The circus
said it was proud of its record of animal care and "for
the past 30 years has never been cited for a
violation of the Animal Welfare Act".
Basinger, nominated this week for an Academy Award for
best supporting actress for her role in the film
"L.A. Confidential," is a long-time critic of the
treatment of circus animals and has been working with
PETA on the issue.
"This elephant most likely suffered more anguish and
misery than we will ever know," Basinger wrote in
her letter.
REUTER
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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:33:14 -0800
From: Hillary
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: (UK) "I am not beating it...but encouraging it with a stick"
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Mary Chipperfield defends herself over cruelty video as keeper is sacked
`I am not beating it, I am encouraging it with a stick'
( The Daily Telegraph )
AN ELEPHANT keeper filmed by animal campaigners beating
his charge with a metal rod has been
sacked by one of the country's leading circus families.
Steve Gills was dismissed this week for gross misconduct
by Mary Chipperfield after she saw footage
from the undercover video on a television news broadcast
and admitted it demonstrated "gratuitous
cruelty".
Miss Chipperfield, 60, who was herself filmed kicking a
chimpanzee and caning a camel, claimed she had
been "stitched up" by Animal Defenders, the group that
infiltrated the farm at Over Wallop, Hants, where
she keeps her menagerie with two of its field workers.
The field workers - Spike Stocker and Rachael Wright -
joined Mary Chipperfield in October, having
arrived with references from other circuses. They left
the farm, run by Miss Chipperfield and her
husband, Roger Cawley, last month.
While working at the farm, Mr Stocker and Miss Wright put
hidden cameras in the elephant barn and
exercise ring and carried "body cameras".
A 26-minute excerpt from the 400 hours of footage taken
by them and other Animal Defenders
volunteers at several circuses and animal businesses
around the country was shown to a group of MPs
at the House of Commons on Wednesday night.
Animal Defenders hope the video will persuade MPs to
introduce legislation banning the use of live
animals in circuses, or at least to extend the 1981 Zoo
Licensing Act to cover circus winter quarters.
Miss Chipperfield, who now concentrates on looking after
animals for circuses, zoos or for use by
television companies, claimed the video painted a
distorted picture of her business.
"I have been stitched up," she said. "I have never
mistreated any of my animals in all my life."
Defending the industry, she added: "Circus animals live a
much better life.
"Once they are in captivity, their brains tick over
because they are provided with a stimulus."
Miss Chipperfield also denied that the excerpt from the
video that showed her trying to move a camel and
persuade a baby chimp to go into its cage demonstrated
cruelty.
"Take the camel lying down," she said.
"If I had a dog, it would probably come up and bite at it
and tear at its whatever; but I had a cane and I
hit it with the cane. I am not beating it, I am
encouraging it with a stick to get up and go forward.
"You can't go up to it and say `please camel, get up, you
have got to go in the other pen, now'.
"If it doesn't get up, you have got to give it a bit of
encouragement."
The camel, which she said was receiving some "negative
reinforcement" , was hit with a bamboo cane that
made a noise.
"It won't feel any pain, it's not pain," Miss
Chipperfield explained.
In the incident with the chimp, Trudi, Miss Chipperfield
said that she had been trying to dislodge the
animal, which had not been put into her overnight cage by
a member of her staff - one of the Animal
Defender's volunteers - whose task it was to do so. "At
one point, she is trying to bite me," said Miss
Chipperfield.
"With my toes, I am trying to release the thing, so I can
shut the door and put her in without getting bitten.
"I am not going to harm her, poor little thing.
"I remember the incident exactly. I had been away for a
month. The girl had not been putting her away
and she said `I am not going into the box tonight' and
went to bite me."
The incident was similar to trying to persuade a
reluctant child to go to bed, Miss Chipperfield added.
"She wouldn't go, she gripped the side of the box with
her foot and I, with my foot, was trying to kick her
toes up.
"I only have rubber riding boots on. I am not going to do
any damage because I wouldn't like to hurt her."
In another incident, highlighted by the Animal Defenders'
video, a tiger was seen padding around a
flooded cage. This, Miss Chipperfield said, was an
isolated episode that happened after a pipe on a
neighbouring pig farm burst.
Otherwise, she said, the cages were dry and animals were
given plenty of time to exercise.
Denying allegations of neglect, Miss Chipperfield said
that an animal behaviour expert visited her farm
once a year and that a vet called weekly and more often
when necessary.
Animal Defenders, however, stood by its video and
defended the tactics it employed to obtain the
footage and the interpretation it gave for the incidents.
A spokesman denied that Miss Chipperfield and the circus
industry had been "stitched up", adding:
"Everything we have said can be backed up by video tape.
Our volunteers did not behave in a
provocative way."
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:41:28 -0800
From: Hillary
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: Excellent Animal Article..a few months old
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This is a very well written article
Cruelty or Culture?: Animal rights, and wrongs: it isn't
just
( Independent )
Animal cruelty is a global phenomenon but it's one we
prefer to dismiss as occurring solely on distant
foreign shores. The Taiwanese eat dogs. The Chinese keep
bears in battery cages and drink their bile.
The French, who are almost civilised, force feedgeese to
produce foie gras and lock decent British calves
in veal crates.
This is all complete rubbish, of course. Some of the
worst animal abuses occur within these shores. This
year, the nation of animal lovers will sanction the
culling of thousands of stray dogs, allow 60,000 mink
to be turned into fur coats and consume720 million
factory farmed animals. We will rear and shoot 100
million game birds, experiment on more than two million
animals, and tear to pieces 20,000 foxes
(Labour Government willing).
How can we allow this to happen?
The over-riding reasons are economic and cultural.
Economics and culture feed off each other so to find
the roots of cruelty you have delve into the deepest
driving forces of Western, and now global, culture.
The fundamental driving force behind animal abuse is the
belief that animals are morally worthless, have
no souls, exist solely for human ends. The cruelty that
this attitude inevitably produces is perpetrated by
an array of institutions, driven by theprofit motive, and
which then strive to hide the reality of animal
abuse from the public gaze.
This view has its roots 2,500 years in the past.
Aristotle was the first to teach that animals were made for
human ends. His ideas became enmeshed in the emerging
philosophies of the Old Testament - even
though, on balance, the Old Testament tries toimbue a
respect for animals and even carries a hint that the
desired state is vegetarianism.
Establishment Christianity gives somewhat less succour to
the animal kingdom. Christianity, as currently
practised, is a fusion of Roman and Greek Stoic thought
which taught that animals are worthless because
rights and duties are inextricable entwined.
Without duties you cannot have rights and without rights
you are worthless.
The situation became even more complex around the death
of Christ. Many pagans began to consider
that animals deserved respect and might even have had
souls. This was an anathema to the emerging
Christian Establishment.
It subsequently became almost an article of faith. If you
didn't exploit animals, abuse women and agree
with slavery then you were veering towards the pagan
camp. And pagans, as a threat to the Establishment
Church, had to be eliminated.
The logic espoused by the Establishment Church permitted
the keeping of slaves and the abuse of
women.
It has now become accepted that keeping slaves and
ill-treating women is wrong. So why not begin the
process of liberating animals too?
The main reason why animal liberation is still seen as a
rather odd concept - but one that is rapidly
gaining acceptance - is that animal abuse has become
institutionalised.
As examples, the meat, cosmetic and pharmaceutical
industries alone are worth tens of billions of pounds.
They employ hundreds of thousands of people.
Their tentacles reach everywhere, but more importantly,
their sheer economic power produces the
concentration camp guard mentality. Individuals are no
longer responsible - they just follow orders - there
is no alternative.
This same logic allows British companies to sell arms to
the Indonesians so they can slaughter the East
Timorese by the million. It also allows ordinary people
to abdicate responsibility for their own actions.
This very institutionalisation shows the power of ideas.
Most people rarely, if ever, think of the underlying
forces and philosophies that shape everyone's thought
processes. This acceptance of the status quo is
leading to ever increasing levels ofanimal abuse.
Whether it's genetic engineering - with the promise of
improving the lot of the average person but which
will only ever improve the lot of a multinational's
balance sheet - or the promise of cheaper meat - the
ideas behind animal abuse are allpervasive.
But times are changing. It is no longer acceptable to use
and destroy all that comes within range. Many
are starting to object to the wanton destruction of the
global environment. Millions are turning their backs
on animal abuse.
In a time of increasing globalisation - in a world ruled
by the ideas purveyed by Shell and McDonald's -
animal rights groups are for the first time tackling
cruelty across the entire planet.
The institutions, no doubt, would like everyone to
believe that resistance is useless. Just be a good citizen.
Consume and die.
Resistance to the status quo, however, is not only
possible, its time has come.
As Karl Ammann, a consultant to the World Society for the
Protection of Animals, says, German timber
companies were forced to stop slaughtering gorillas and
chimpanzees in west Africa because of sustained
public pressure. For British companies - it'sbusiness as
usual. A little bit of pressure - economic or
otherwise - could soon force them to be a little more
caring.
In many cases, though, all it takes is a little bit of
imagination. In Pakistan, where bear baiting is illegal but
rife, a novel solution is being tried. Instead of
confiscating the animals used in bear baiting, a consortium
of organisations is helpingthe owners retrain and find
alternative work. This stems from the realisation that
behind much animal abuse lies a human welfare problem.
To help the individual victims of abuse, WSPA and other
organisations are funding sanctuaries across the
world. Chimpanzees like Natasha, who saw her mother
hacked to death for bush meat, and Black Cloud,
a dancing bear from Turkey, can all be assuredthat their
remaining years will be a little happier.
But ultimately, helping individuals will not solve the
worldwide problem of animal abuse. Only more
enlightened consumers and the active supporters of
environmental and animal welfare organisations can
do that.
The logging industry would swiftly adapt if consumers
bought wood from sustainably managed forests
and, perhaps, blockaded Tilbury and a few other ports.
The Turkish and Greek Governments would
soon stop dancing bears if the tourists stayed away.
And perhaps a few letters to Elliott Morley at the
Ministry of Agriculture would spur him to honour
Labour's pledge to ban fur farming - something that seems
to have slipped the party's collective memory.
Surely, the time has now come to put irresistible
pressure on the political, social and economic systems
that legitimise and encourage animal abuse and
environmental destruction.
Be reasonable. Demand the impossible.
⌐1997 Newspaper Publishing P.L.C.
Danny Penman, Cruelty or Culture?: Animal rights, and
wrongs: it isn't just., Independent, 10-28-1997,
pp W2.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:34:05 +0000
From: Liz Grayson
To: ar-news
Subject: Watchdog Group Posts Lobbying Data On Its Web Sit
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Watchdog Group Posts Lobbying
Data On Its Web Site
Lobbying tops $1.2 billion a year,
new report
shows
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, March 20)
-- A political watchdog
group has built a computerized
database of Washington
lobbying expenditures and will offer
free, searchable access
to the information starting Friday.
The nonpartisan Center for
Responsive Politics, which
tracks campaign finance, has
used the database to produce a
report detailing the extent of
Washington lobbying, including
who spends the most and who
earns the most. The group
compiled information filed under
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of
1995.
During the first six months of 1997,
the center found, 106
organizations spent at least $1
million each to lobby the
federal government and 47 lobbying
firms reported revenues
exceeding $1 million.
The center's report shows
businesses, trade organizations,
labor unions and interest groups
reported spending $608
million on lobbying during the first
half of 1997, or more than
$100 million a month. At that rate
of spending, Capitol Hill
lobbying is a $1.2 billion annual
industry.
Center officials say the new
database provides the first
comprehensive look at lobbying
spending since disclosure
requirements took effect in 1996.
Starting Friday, the center will
offer free access to the
database via its World Wide Web site
at www.crp.org. People
can search by the names of
lobbyists, their clients, areas of
legislative interest or lobbying
firms.
"This project demonstrates that
providing Internet access to
these lobbying filings is practical
and valuable," Kent C.
Cooper, the center's executive
director, said in a statement.
"The filing offices should make the
data available to the
public on the World Wide Web. And
Congress should
demonstrate a real commitment to
full disclosure by requiring
filers to submit the information
electronically."
At the top of the spending list
among lobbying groups during
the first six months of 1997 was the
American Medical
Association, which reported spending
$9.56 million, followed
by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
which spent $7 million.
The tobacco company Phillip Morris
ranked third at $5.9
million, followed by General Motors
at $5.2 million, and the
Edison Electric Institute at $5
million.
The top-earning lobbyist firm during
the first half of 1997 was
the Washington law firm Verner,
Liipfert, Bernhard,
McPherson & Hand, which reported
income of $8.44 million
from 108 clients. Most of that
revenue came from contracts
with five tobacco companies, each of
which paid $940,000.
The tobacco companies are trying to
persuade Congress to
limit their liability in cigarette
lawsuits.
Other top-earning lobbyist firms
were Cassidy & Associates,
which earned $8.3 million from 104
clients; Patton Boggs
LLP, which earned $5,04 million from
174 clients; Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, which
earned $4.82 million
from 97 clients; and Preston, Gates,
Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds
LLP, which earned $4.13 million from
58 clients.
Analysis of the data shows that
issues dealing with taxation
and the internal revenue code,
followed by budget and
appropriations concerns, are the
most heavily lobbied issues.
Overall, 7,051 different
organizations were represented
during the first half of 1997 by
in-house lobbyists, lobbying
firms, or both. Of those, 1,851
conducted at least part of their
lobbying in-house. There were 1,427
firms and 9,198
individuals represented to lobby
during the period.
The report also provides data on
campaign contributions by
leading lobbying firms and client
organizations. In some
cases, big-spending lobbyists also
were major campaign
contributors. For example, the
American Medical Association
spent $8.56 million on lobbying and
gave more than $2.79
million in PAC, soft money, and
individual contributions by
employees and their relatives.
However, other major
lobbyists, such as the Christian
Coalition and American
Association of Retired Persons, made
virtually no political
contributions. Trade organizations
tend to spend heavily on
lobbying, but leave it up to member
companies to make
campaign contributions.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:51:31 -0800 (PST)
From: "J. Bearscove"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, info@bfss.org, HEARUS@singaporestrays.com
Subject: IFAW's use of funds for Korea
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In September, 1995, the IFAWs founder, Brian Davies wrote the following
regarding their decision to drastically reduce their budget intended for
helping a South Korean animal shelter in dire condition:
"...the budget reduction was not something masterminded by Paul [Seigel].
It was a decision by the trustees and was largely brought about by the
need to find money to combat a plan by Canada to expand the seal hunt to
perhaps as many as 400,000 animals a year."
--end quote--
The IFAW then completely closed its office in Korea in November, 1995,
ending all aid to the suffering animal shelter. According to the above
statement made by the founder of IFAW, there was not enough money for the
seal campaign, so apparently they needed to use money that was raised for
helping the animal shelter in Korea instead. The IFAW needed to FIND
money for their upcoming seal campaign.
I wonder if the people who donated money to specifically help that animal
shelter in 1995 are aware of this?
Jon
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jbear//
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 15:18:48 +0000
From: Liz Grayson
To: ar-news
Subject: Making man's best friend look manly
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Making man's best friend look manly
March 17, 1998
Web posted at: 11:32 p.m. EST (0432
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The two to three minute procedure is performed when the dog is neutered.
Two implantation
procedures have been developed. (Refer to surgical procedure for
detailed illustrations and
explanations).
______________________________________________________________________
Can a neutered dog receive Neuticles?
In rare exceptions. Once a canine is altered the implantation areas
begins to shrivel and dry making it impossible for implant. Several
cases have been reported where recently neutered dogs did receive the
implant from 3 to 10 days following the traditional method with no
complications.
______________________________________________________________________
Why not a Vasectomy?
This very expensive procedure simply sterilizes the the canine. The dog
still remains the same insofar as 'roaming' and etc. There are no other
options other than the traditional method which leaves the dog unwhole.
For this reason, Neuticles and the CTI procedure is recognized Worldwide
as revolutionary.Simply stated, dog owners have not had a option when
neutering until now.
______________________________________________________________________
How do Neuticles control pet overpopulation?
Thousands of dog owners have neutered with Neuticles. Most agree that
they simply would not have neutered their pet otherwise. The American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said (Dog Watch
Magazine-Spring 1997) "Who can argue with a perfectly safe surgical
procedure which controls overpopulation".
______________________________________________________________________
Can my dog 'outgrow' Neuticles?
It is recommended that you neuter with Neuticles at 6 months or older.
At this time, the canine testicle is fully developed Although the dog
may 'fill out' in weight after this period, the testicle generally
remaine the same size.
______________________________________________________________________
Are Neuticles for the dog or his owner?
Both. Most dog owners concur that they neuter with Neuticles because
they do not want their dog to suffer post neutering trauma and they want
their dog to look exactly the same.
______________________________________________________________________
Will my dog retain those 'nasty' male habits?
About 30 days after being neutered the testostrone in the dogs system is
gone. With it the dog owner enjoys all the benefits of having a fully
neutered pet that looks exactly the same.
______________________________________________________________________
Does my dog know he has Neuticles?
A dog neutered with Neuticles does not know he has been altered.
______________________________________________________________________
Are Neuticles safe for my dog?
Absolutely, 100%. Of the thousands of canines Neuticled since April of
1993, not one complication of any type has developed. This is unusual
for any medical procedure but proves that Neuticles are, in fact, a
safe, practical and inexpensive option when neutering. (Refer to medical
disclosure for additional information including field studies and
related data).
______________________________________________________________________
How do you detect a Neuticled dog?
CTI Corporation provides each Neuticled canine with a certificate of
implant. In addition, some dog owners include nutering with Neuticles
information on the dogs collar or tags or in the microchip implant which
may eliminate risk of a second neutering in the unlikely event the dog
is lost or stolen.
______________________________________________________________________
Can a small dog be Neuticled with larger than natual implants?
Larger Neuticles in a smaller canine generally will not fit. However, in
some cases, it can be enlarged up to 20%. Smaller than natual placement
is emplyed in cases where exact sizing is not possible.
______________________________________________________________________
What about show dogs and representing a Neuticled dog as whole?
Neuticles are for the everday household pet. However, part of the show
judges job when examining the dog is to feel the testicular area of the
canine. Since Neuticles are harder to the human touch, it will quickly
be detected and the dogs owner exposed. This situation is highly
unlikely as the purpose of showing a breed is to win awards to enhance
stud fees.
______________________________________________________________________
When will there be Neuticles for cats and other animals?
Neuticles for cats, horses and zoo animals are in development. Neuticles
for cats and horses are
expected be fall of 1998 or sooner.
______________________________________________________________________
What if my veteriarian isn't familiar with Neuticles?
Simply tell your veterinarian that you want to neuter with Neuticles. We
will be happy to send your vet an information kit designed for the
veterinarian.
______________________________________________________________________
Can you tell me if there is a vet in my area who has performed the
procedure?
Yes, CTI maintains a database of over 8000 clinics Worldwide which have
performed the CTI procedure. Chances are we have a clinic within miles
of your home.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT 'NEUTERING WITH
NEUTICLES'
Two Centuries Old
The neutering procedure used today on canines was developed in the early
1800's.
Controls Pet Population
Neuticles encourages pet population control. The American Society for
the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASCAP) endorsed Neuticles by saying...
"Who can
argue with a perfectly safe surgical procedure which controls pet
overpopulation."
(Animal Watch-Spring 1997-Pg.8)
Exact Replication
NEUTICLES replicates the canine testicle in size, shape and weight
Eliminates 'Post Neutering Trauma'
A dog neutered with Neuticles does not know he has been altered which
eliminates
post neutering stress for the dog and his owner.
Most Dog Owners Hesitate to Neuter
81% of dog owners hesitate to neuter (or do not neuter at all) because
of the
traditional method which leaves the dog unwhole.
20 Million Canines Neutered Annually
About 20 million canines are altered each year. Nearly 20 million
unwanted dogs
and cats are also destroyed annually because of pet overpopulation.
Crafted From Non-Porous Polyprophylene
Neuticles are made from the same FDA medically approved material used
for human
implant components and surgical equipment.
Over 10,000 'Neuticled' Canines
Over ten thousand canines in all 50 states and nine foreign countries
have been
neutered with Neuticles with not a single complication. (Rev.10/97)
7,287 Participating Clinics
CTI maintains a Worldwide database of over 7,000 progressive veterinary
clinics and
hospitals which have performed the CTI (Canine Testicular Implant)
procedure.(Rev.10/97)
An Inexpensive Option
Neutering with Neuticles adds $45. to $75. to the regular cost of
neutering which
averages to less than a penny a day for the pets life.
Neuticles For Other Animals
Future plans include Neuticles for cats, horses and zoo animals.
Post Neutering Procedure Available Soon
CTI's PNP (Post Neutering Procedure) will soon allow canines already
neutered to
benefit form Neuticles and be restored to normal - at a cost form $55 to
$85.
A Safe Option When Neutering
Neuticles and the revolutionary CTI procedure is a perfectly safe,
practical and
inexpensive option when neutering.
Endorsed By People Who Care
Neuticles has been endorsed by a number of international humane socities
and
animal rights organizations including athe American Society for the
Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (ASCAP) and the United States Humane Society.
In Development Over Three Years
Neuticles and the CTI procedure was in development over three years
prior to
commercial establishment in January, 1996.
Modern vs Traditional
Pets neutered with Neuticles look and feel exactly the same and
encourages many
pet owners to neuter that simply would not have otherwise. Neuticles are
for
'Today's Canine'.
_______________________________________________________________________
WHAT THE MEDIA IS SAYING ABOUT 'NEUTERING WITH NEUTICLES'
"The ASPCA implores dog owners to neuter - but what about
the emasculated dog? Now there's NEUTICLES!" The Daily Show
"Now only Fido's veterinarian will know for sure." The Kansas City
Star, Dec. 1995
"Medical miracle? New procedure protects dogs masculinity."
News-Enterprise (KY) March 15 1996
"Implant to help dog get over post neutering trauma." Fresno (CA)
Bee, March 15 1996
"A re-invention of the mousetrap." Paul Harvey, Jan. 2, 1996
"A dog's best friends." Playboy Magazine, May, 1996
"NEUTICLES are just plain neat!" Rush Limbaugh, March 18, 1996
"New procedure allows dogs to look the same after neutering."
The Associated Press
"Testicular implants ease 'trauma' of dog neutering." Arizona
Republic
"Neutered dogs get new reasons to bark." The Idaho Statesmen
PUBLICITY INCLUDES :
ASPCA Animal Watch (The American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to
Animals)
Reuters News Service
CBS News
CNN Financial News
Chicago Sun Times
The Pat Bullard Show
Strange Universe
Talk Soup
Newsweek
NBC News
BBC TV/Radio
Parade Magazine
The Discovery Channel
Howard Stern Show
Detroit Free Press
Home & Garden Network
CNN Headline News
London Times
Miami-Herald
Multiple World-Wide Media
The Washington Post
Esquire Magazine
Playboy
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Forbes Magazine
Associated Press
Sony Worldwide Radio
AP Radio Network
The Daily Show
ABC News Radio
Neuticles and the revolutionary CTI procedure has received publicity
from hundreds of news
sources from around the World which are not listed.
NEUTICLE NATURALS PRESS RELEASE
To Debut In April neuticles neuticles neuticles
Buckner (MO) - Yeilding to ever increasing public demand, CTI President
Gregg A.
Miller announced the introduction of NEUTICLE NATURALS in April.
Miller, inventor of NEUTICLES and the revolutionary Canine Testicular
Implant
procedure, said the addition of a softer testicular implant to the CTI
product line has
been months in the making.
"Many people and organizations around the World have praised CTI and
NEUTICLES as a solution to the pet overpopulation problem." Miller said
thousands
of letters have been received from the public asking that both
polyprophylene and
silicone NEUTICLES be made available.
Miller said the NEUTICLE NATURALS will be produced from a new form of
solid
silicone and should not be confused with the highly controversial liquid
silicone. "The
Neuticle Naturals, like our regular NEUTICLES, are absolutely warrented
to be
100% safe for your pet." Miller said each NEUTICLED pet is insured up to
$ 1 Million
through consumer product liability insurance coverage.
To date, over 11,000 canines and felines in all 50 states and nine
foreign countries
have been Neutered with Neuticles without a single reported
complication. "When
over 7,000 veterinarians in all fifty states and nine foreign countries
duplicate the
procedure without a single complication indicates that NEUTICLES is a
completely
safe, practical and inexpensive option.," he said.
NEUTICLE NATURALS will be available in the same sizes of regular
NEUTICLES
and will cost from $69. to $99. a pair. "We believe it is important for
the consumer to
have a choice between our regular Neuticles (which adds from $45 to $75
to the
regular cost of neutering) and now NEUTICLE NATURALS which will add from
$90
to $150 to the neutering cost.
NEUTICLE NATURALS will be avaiable for both horses and bulls in April as
well.
Miller noted the Buckner, MO based corporation will continue to research
and
develop testicular implants for all types of animals that are neutered.
Watch For All New Website- Coming Soon!! Check Out the CNN
Interactive
VXtreme Streaming video at :
http://cnn.com/US/9803/17/fringe/neuticles/video.html
Send any Questions or Comments to:
Mrneuticle@aol.com
CTI CORPORATION ---- 1207 HOLLY ROAD ---- PO BOX 442 ---- BUCKNER,
MO 64016 ---- (816) 650 6655
TOLL FREE: 1-888-NEUTICLES (638-8425) - FAX :
1-816-249-6388
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 15:43:46 -0500
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Great American Meatout to celebrate 14th anniversary
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from The Sun Herald http://www.sunherald.com/living/docs/meat031198.htm
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Great American Meatout to celebrate 14th anniversary
MIKE LACY
THE SUN HERALD
The timing couldn't have been better. Just weeks before its 14th annual
Great American Meatout, officials with the Farm Animal Reform Movement had
a perfect, yet unofficial representative just fall into their laps.
FARM took talk show host Oprah Winfrey's victory over the Texas cattlemen
and ran with it.
The cattlemen accused her of defaming their industry. The suit was
triggered by a show where a former cattle rancher warned viewers of the
public health threat of "mad cow" disease.
The Great American Meatout capitalized on the verdict.
In a press release, Meatout National Coordinator Alex Hershaft dug a little
deeper: "We have been broadcasting the dreadful truth about the devastating
health and environmental impacts of the meat industry for 14 years.
Frankly, we feel slighted that we were not the ones to have been sued."
If the trial wasn't enough, the E. coli cases that have come into the news
since last year's Meatout have given FARM plenty of ammunition. It claims
that 1.4 million Americans are killed by chronic diseases linked
conclusively with animal fats and meat.
Environmentalists, animal rights activists or vegetarian right-wingers?
FARM is all three.
You might think that FARM would have you carry the guilt of the world on
your shoulders and in your stomach every time you munch on a burger. Maybe
so, but the organization says with the Meatout, scheduled for March 20, it
hopes to offer some compelling reasons to lay off the cow, foul, pork, fish
or shellfish for at least one day.
It seems to be working. Since the Meatout began in 1985, beef and veal
consumption have dropped 25 and 70 percent respectively. It says that more
than 30 million Americans have explored a meatless diet. And major
manufacturers, markets and restaurants are marketing meatless meals.
The Meatout was started by environmental consultant Alex Hershaft over
worries that the meat industry would ruin the environment. FARM says that
85 percent of the all U.S. topsoil loss is directly related to raising
livestock; 14 times as much water is needed to support a meat-eater than a
total vegetarian; and 87 percent of all the agricultural land in the United
States is used directly or indirectly for livestock production.
It blasts the "mutilation" of "innocent" animals each year in hopes that
people will choose a "more wholesome, less violent diet."
FARM also brings in health issues that support a meatless diet, such as the
U.S. Dietary Guidelines and American Dietetic Association endorsements of
vegetarian diets and the American Cancer Society's recommendation of
reduced meat consumption to lower cancer risk. FARM argues that vegetarian
meals offer a balanced diet - to the contrary of meat promoters - and, of
course, it gets in a dig about the extra fat and cholesterol of meat.
Generally speaking, dieticians say that leaving meat from a diet leaves few
nutritional vacancies. However, there is a possibility that those who leave
out meat could be deficient in three nutrients whose main sources are
animal products: iron, B-12 and calcium. Iron can be found in the dark,
leafy vegetables.
But a warning to would-be vegetarians: Watch the oils. Just because a meal
is vegetable based, doesn't mean it's light on calories or fat.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:29:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: Pat Fish
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: VCR Alert:Nazi Vivisection
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CNN's Impact program will be having a segment on the Nazis' experimentation
on humans (they'll probably ignore the animal experiments) and whether
the knowledge from that research should be used. I'm curious why CNN would
report on "knowledge is bad" rhetoric, but it will probably still be useful
for those who get the inane argument that one should not accept medical
treatment since animals were used in many aspects of medical research.
Impact: 10PM EST Sunday and 1AM EST (Early Monday morn)
10PM EST Monday
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:32:39 +0000 (GMT)
From: Pat Fish
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Book: Cows With Guns
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After Dana Lyon's success with his song "Cows With Guns", he has moved on
toward greener pastures: a pop-up book version of his hillarious AR song.
It's published by Viking Press as general fiction.
Get a righteous laugh at: http://www.cowswithguns.com
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 13:37:31 -0800 (PST)
From: In Defense of Animals
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Global Day Against P&G
Message-ID: <199803212137.NAA24834@proxy3.ba.best.com>
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Posted for lauren Sullivan, International Campaign Director
In Defense of Animals
ida@idausa.org
Please check out our website at www.idausa.org for a list of events taking
place in cities around the world for Global Day of Action Against Procter &
Gamble set for Saturday, March 28. As of March 20, 108 events are planned.
If you are organizing an event please check the website to verify that your
event is listed (if it is not, please contact us immediately). Also, you
might want to mention some of the U.S. cities and international events to
help garner more media attention in your area.
If you did not organize an event, please see what is taking place in your
area and get involved!
Thank you all for helping to make this day such a success!
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:55:43 EST
From: Snugglezzz
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: Fwd: Look what I found
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Look what the circuses are putting online!!!
<<
http://www.circusweb.com/circuswebFrames.html
áBefore you enter the big top please read this message
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There is an California Assembly bill AB 1635 that if in acted would
threaten the very existence of all Circus. The bill requires additional
permits and regulations by the cities in which Circus animals perform.
The animal rights group "PETA " claims that Circus animals are cruelly
treated. They are targeting Zoos and Circuses. PETA is recruiting school
children to hand out information that these animals are mistreated.
PETA fails to educate the public about the truth about endangered wild
animals. It is not Zoo's or Circuses that cause the possible extinction
of some species. They think it is cruel to cage a feline or place a
small chain on a elephant leg. Zoos and Circuses like Carson and Barnes
are involved with breeding programs to save these magnificent animals.
PETA knows their are Federal and State laws and Humane Officers to
enforce laws regarding health and safety of all animals.
The Circuses and Zoo's do not want to cause death or injure any
performing animal. Look at the photos on our web pages and note all the
performing animals are handle with extreme care and respect. Maryef's
Circus Page and anyone we know of working with Zoo's or Circuses
deplores cruelty. We do not want the experimentation on animals or
forcing sick animals to perform. Circuses are traveling zoos and have
done so for 200 years. Bringing exotic animals for pubic viewing and
enjoyment. Franklin and Mary E. Rosenberg are not employees of any
Circus. We are Circus fans and enjoy the traditional American Circus as
it should be seen under the mighty big top.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contact the California State Assembly members on the Internet. Let all
80 members know your objection to the legislation.
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 23, 1998
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Migden JANUARY 5, 1998
An act to add
Section 598.9 to the Penal Code, relating to performing animals.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1635, as amended, Migden. Performing animals. >>
From: Saucy71404
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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:20:08 EST
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Sis,
I think you need to go here and check this out. Here's a taste. Love, Saucy
http://www.circusweb.com/circuswebFrames.html
áBefore you enter the big top please read this message
------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is an California Assembly bill AB 1635 that if in acted would
threaten the very existence of all Circus. The bill requires additional
permits and regulations by the cities in which Circus animals perform.
The animal rights group "PETA " claims that Circus animals are cruelly
treated. They are targeting Zoos and Circuses. PETA is recruiting school
children to hand out information that these animals are mistreated.
PETA fails to educate the public about the truth about endangered wild
animals. It is not Zoo's or Circuses that cause the possible extinction
of some species. They think it is cruel to cage a feline or place a
small chain on a elephant leg. Zoos and Circuses like Carson and Barnes
are involved with breeding programs to save these magnificent animals.
PETA knows their are Federal and State laws and Humane Officers to
enforce laws regarding health and safety of all animals.
The Circuses and Zoo's do not want to cause death or injure any
performing animal. Look at the photos on our web pages and note all the
performing animals are handle with extreme care and respect. Maryef's
Circus Page and anyone we know of working with Zoo's or Circuses
deplores cruelty. We do not want the experimentation on animals or
forcing sick animals to perform. Circuses are traveling zoos and have
done so for 200 years. Bringing exotic animals for pubic viewing and
enjoyment. Franklin and Mary E. Rosenberg are not employees of any
Circus. We are Circus fans and enjoy the traditional American Circus as
it should be seen under the mighty big top.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contact the California State Assembly members on the Internet. Let all
80 members know your objection to the legislation.
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 23, 1998
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Migden JANUARY 5, 1998
An act to add
Section 598.9 to the Penal Code, relating to performing animals.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1635, as amended, Migden. Performing animals.
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 08:02:09 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re Clubbing seals to death- Canada -rfi
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980322075356.2ce7cd44@wantree.com.au>
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Please post to ar-news the fax or email address of Canadian Prime Minister
or President and their full name and address.
I wish to protest the impending seal slaughter in Canada and I'm
sure other people on this list will wish to do likewise.
>MONTREAL, March 19 (Reuters) - Canada's controversial annual seal hunt is
>poised to begin, with sealers launching a publicity campaign to battle
>traditional protests against the spring cull on the ice floes off the
>Atlantic coast.
>
>Depending on weather and ice conditions, the seal hunt will start in the
>Gulf of St. Lawrence next week and continue just off the east coast of
>Newfoundland. The hunt will end when sealers reach the Canadian
>government-set quota of 275,000 seals.
>
Marguerite
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/`\ /`\ The Balance:
Tom, Tom, (/\ \-/ /\) NATURE's balance is so fine-
The piper's son, )6 6( Take care when altering her design!
Saved a pig >{= Y =}< A species introduced could grow
And away he run; /'-^-'\ To be a source of endless woe;
So none could eat (_) (_) While culling another could unfold
The pig so sweet | . | A horde of pests it once controlled.
Together they ran | |} from "The Judgement of the Animals"
Down the street. \_/^\_/ by Willow Macky (published by the RNZSPCA)
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Rabbit Information Service http://www.wantree.com.au/~rabbit/rabbit.htm
P.O. Box 30, email rabbit@wantree.com.au
Riverton, Was Jesus a vegetarian? Vegan and AR info;
Western Australia 6148 http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4620
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong - Voltaire
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 01:28:12 +0000
From: "Guillermo Repetto"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Spanish Alternatives web site
Message-ID: <199803220130.BAA01491@mailgw.cica.es>
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SPANISH ALTERNATIVES WEB SITE
The web-pages on Internet of the
GTEMA- Spanish Group on Alternative Methods
are now located in a new server of the Spanish Toxicology Society
http://tox.umh.es/aet/
It is included information in Spanish and English about the group,
meetings, links, validation activities, the two-year old distribution
list in Spanish, and many more.
If you are interested, please visit GTEMA pages at:
http://tox.umh.es/aet/gtema/
Best wishes
Guillermo Repetto, MD, PhD,
National Institute of Toxicology P O Box 863 41080 -
Sevilla, Spain Tel: 34 (9)5 437 12 33 Fax: 34 (9) 5 437 02
62 email: repetto@cica.es
Coordinator of GTEMA - Spanish Group on Alternative Methods
http://tox.umh.es/aet/gtema/
Moderador de TOXICOL- Foro de Toxicologφa
http://www.rediris.es/list/info/toxicol.html
PS: The main objective of the group is to stimulate the cooperation
and coordination of the scientific activities of its members to
contribute to the development of new experimental methods, in vivo and
in vitro, so as to reduce the number of animals used, refine
techniques in order to reduce animal suffering, or replace the use of
animals altogether (the three "r"s). Another aim is to stimulate the
participation of Spanish research groups in method prevalidation and
validation programmes and to promote the regulatory acceptance of
alternative methods, particularly in vitro toxicity methods.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:44:19 -0400
From: WPIRG
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Canada's Seal Hunt: Government Officials
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Hey Everyone :)
As requested in a recent posting, here are some of the major political decision-makers responsible
for the massive slaughter of seals along the east coast of Canada. Please feel free to contact them
to express your thoughts on this issue.
The Right Honourable Jean Chretien
Prime Minister of Canada
Centre Block, House of Commons
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Tel: 613-992-4211
Fax: 613-941-6900
Internet: http://pm.gc.ca
The Honourable David Anderson
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Confederation Building, Room 218
Ottawa ON K1A 0E6
Tel: 613-992-4133 or 613-992-3474
Fax: 613-990-7292
The Honourable Brian Tobin
Premier of Newfoundland
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's NF A1B 4J6
Tel: 709-729-3570
Fax: 709-729-5875
The Honourable John Efford
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Newfoundland)
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's NF A1B 4J6
Tel: 709-729-3705
Fax: 709-729-6082
For all Canadians, if you don't know who your Minister of Parliament is, call Elections Canada
toll-free at 1-800-463-6868. They will tell you.
For the animals,
Troy
Troy Seidle
Animal Issues Coordinator
The Centre for Compassionate Living
Waterloo Public Interest Research Group
Student Life Centre, Room 2139
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1
CANADA
Tel:519-888-4882
Fax:519-725-3093
E-mail:
Web Site:
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:33:16 PST
From: "Cari Gehl"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fowl Play
Message-ID: <19980322013316.11009.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Posted to rec.birds....
Fowl Play
The Brown Pelican has finally battled back from near extinction. The
species' reward? Someone in Brevard County, Florida, is torturing the
ungainly birds - breaking their necks, snapping beaks and pinning
their wings behind their backs. The death toll since February 1 is
nearly 115, and so far even a $4,700 reward and a local hotline
(1-800-342-5367) haven't turned up any solid leads. Locals talk of
sport fishermen shooting the birds offshore and speculate that
crab-boat crews could be punishing pelicans that pose a nuisance
during their hauls. Whoever the culprit may be, the level of cruelty
is disturbing. Clara Gunde, head of the local Humane Society, worries
that Brevard County has a future serial killer in their midst.
"Whether they're abusing cats or rabbits or pelicans, it's symptomatic
of someone who is deeply troubled and needs help as soon as possible."
Lucy Howard and Sarah Van Bowen with bureau reports
Newsweek, 3/23/98 p.6
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Cari Gehl
skyblew@hotmail.com
Bunnies and Easter don't mix!
Visit http://www.rabbit.org/easter to find out more.
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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:36:21 PST
From: "Cari Gehl"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: 4/25 Turtle Conservation Seminar - NY
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>From rec.pets.herp:
The New York Turtle and Tortoise Society invites you to Seminar '98!
Saturday, April 25, 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
HMDC Environment Center
Lyndhurst, New Jersey (see directions below)
The New York Turtle and Tortoise Society's 12th Annual Seminar
will be an all-day event featuring presentations and a special
workshop by three prominent turtle biologists. The fee for the
day, including morning coffee and Danish (during 9:00-10:00 A.M.
registration check-in) and a catered buffet lunch) is $30 per person--
if you register by Wednesday, April 15th! (The fee at the door
without reservations will be $35 per person.) Please register by
mail; send your check (payable to NYTTS), postmarked no later
than April 15, to:
Seminar '98
The New York Turtle and Tortoise Society
P.O. Box 878
Orange, NJ 07051-0878
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Scheduled Program:
Peter C. H. Pritchard (Florida Audubon Society, Orlando
Florida): "The Tortoise--An Unlikely But Persistent
Evolutionary Experiment. Can the Living Species Survive
the Age of Mankind?"
John L. Behler (Curator of Reptiles, Wildlife Conservation
Society, Bronx, New York): "Tortoise Conservation in
Madagascar--Health Evaluations of Captive and Free-
Ranging Animals"
William P. McCord, D.V.M. (Chelonian Researcher,
Hopewell Junction, New York): "A Review of Turtle
Species Impacted by the Chinese Food Market"
"Special Workshop on Asian Turtles in Crisis"
China's recently improved economy, coupled with cultural
tradition, has resulted in a massive increase in demand for
turtles for the Chinese food market; turtles are being taken
from their habitats throughout Southeast Asia on a scale
unparalleled in history. In a special workshop our
Seminar speakers will assess the gravity of this crisis and
evaluate prospects for saving Asian chelonians from
extinction.
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Directions to the
Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission
Environment Center, Lyndhurst, NJ:
>From New York City:
Take the Lincoln Tunnel and Route 3 west to Route 17.
Take Route 17 south; at traffic signal, take Polito Avenue;
then proceed to Valley Brook Avenue, turn left, and
proceed to the Center (2 miles).
>From New Jersey Turnpike:
Exit on Route 3 and go west to Route 17. Take Route
17 south; at traffic signal, take Polito Avenue; then
proceed to Valley Brook Avenue, turn left, and proceed
to the Center (2 miles).
>From the Garden State Parkway, Route 21, and Route 3
East: Take Route 17 south "Service Road" exit to traffic
signal; proceed straight on Polito Avenue to Valley Brook
Avenue, turn left, and proceed to Center (2 miles).
For further travel information, call the HMDC
Environment Center at (201) 460-8300.
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Visit http://www.rabbit.org/easter to find out more.
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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:53:16 PST
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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:09:39
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Anti-seal hunt protest
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By David J Knowles
Animal Voices
VICTORIA, BC - Around 250 people gathered in the provincial capital to hear
speeches and watch street theatre about the cruelty of the east coast seal
hunt Friday.
The event was organised by Candians Against The Commercial Seal Hunt - a
project of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
Speakers included Jason Biggins, of CATCSH; Annelise Sorg, of the Coaltion
For No Whales in Captivity; Stuart Parker, president of the Green Party of
B.C.; and Anthony Marr, of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee's BET'R
campaign.
Representatives from a wide variety of groups from both Vancouver Island
and the Lower Mainland, as well as from the Gulf Islands, were present.
Annelise Sorg told the rally that although most Canadians believed the seal
hunt had stopped, and that the killing of baby seals wasn't allowed, these
were not true - baby seals as young as 10 days were legally killed. This is
the age at which they cease being "white coats".
Jason Biggins said that the the seal hunt acounted for 0.6 % of
Newfoundland's GDP in 1996, and provided the equivalent of only 100 - 120
full-time jobs. Taxpayers paid a subsidy of $3.5 million in 1996 for the
seal hunt. He added that these were figures which came from the industry
itself.
Gary Trokes, who was president of the Candian Sealers' Association recently
resigned his position, saying that the government and the industry are
behaving irresponsibly with respect to the hunt, and calling for an end to
the subsidies. The current subsidies for seal meat are due to be phased out
over the next few years.
Currently, the sealers get paid $19.80 for young seals and $29.50 for older
seals. According to a federal Department of Fisheries & Oceans source, an
estimated 500,000 seals were actually killed during last year's hunt,
double the "official" quota.
Biggins, replying to a passer-by, who had shouted "What about the
natives?", stated that at a rally held earlier on Friday in Ottawa, a
speaker from the Native Animal Brotherhood, had said: "This large scale
slaughter of seals leaves a bloody stain on Mother Earth. It is not the
traditional way of aboriginal people."
Stuart Parker, of the Green Party of B.C., said he saw an "in-depth, ten
minute report" on the "threat" of bears to new subdivisions on CBC TV. He
noted that nobody had asked what threat these new communities posed to the
bears. " The same questions are being asked about seals 'Are seals a threat
to commercial fish stocks?' 'Are seals a threat to jobs?' 'Are seals a
threat to the fishing community?' Nobody seems to be asking what are the
threats to the seals," Parker said.
"Various images appeared in my mind after watching the CBC program, I
imagined gangs of young bears roaming the streets, mugging innocent
pedestrians. I imagined seals ganging up on fishers in eastern Canada and
pushing them off wharves. I thought 'My God, this is terrifying ..'.
"What is theatening is the prospect of having to share. This has been
consitently threatening to Candians, whether it's the idea of sharing with
young people, sharing with poor people, sharing with members of visible
minorities, the threat of sharing cannot be underestimated.
"...I think, fundementally, that is what is threatening people, whether it
is dealing with bears, dealing with seals, whether it is organizing highly
effective campaigns to hunt down cougars in rural communities, what
threatens us is an awareness of our interdependence with other species and
the idea that they have been kind enough to share their habitat with us,
and we should be kind enough to share our habitat with them," Parker said.
"We, as Candians, would be hard pressed to find any country comparable to
us in our abject cruelty to animals," Parker said. "It's not just the seal
hunt. The factory farming industry is applauding the Candian government as
the only one with the financial courage to continue investing tax dollars
in intensive farming land... We are applauded throughout the world by the
trapping industry for having the least regulated trapping industry in the
world...
"We are leaps and bounds behind the rest of the world when it comes to
sharing our environment in an ethical way with other species."
Anthony Marr, of the WCWC's Bear, Elephant, Tiger and Rhino (BET'R)
campaign, said he had to add seals to this campaign.
"As a Chinese person, I promise you I'll never use seal penises, and if I
find I can't do it one day, I'll take up yoga or Tai Chi," Marr said.
Marr said that in 1994, Brian Tobin, then federal fisheries minister, said
in support of his attack on foreign fishing vessels operating in Canadian
waters, that overfishing - not seals, were the main cause of fish stock
depletion. By 1995, when Tobin, who is now premier of Newfoundland, was
saying that seals were to blame.
"I personally object to my paying income tax, first of all to these
unprincipled politicians for their self-regulated pay raises and so on, and
secondly, for a totally unethical subsidy to a money-losing and unsound
industry, so with income tax time coming up pretty quickly, and although I
personally don't like breaking the law, and although it is not Western
Canada Wilderness Committee's policy to break the law, I believe I will
withhold my income taxes this year," Marr said to huge cheers from the
audience.
Fireweed, of Citizens for Marine Mammal Protection, addressed the issue of
seals which were killed in the Comax Valley area of Vancouver Island.
Although DFO officials said the carcasses of the nine seals they recovered
last year, of the 27 they had had shot, would go to local native bands for
"ceremonial" purposes, only four were found suitable to be tested for their
fitness for human consumption.
"Have they been eaten somewhere? No, they are sitting in cold storage
because even though it's been almost a year, the test results aren't back
from the lab. So go figure, what are they hiding?" she asked asked.
The seals were targeted for slaughter because they were held responsible -
by DFO - for the endangering of salmon run.
Last week, Island politicians voted in favour of a a resolution calling for
the commercial hunting of seals and sea lions around the entire coast of
Vancouver Island. The vote wasn't passed because, in the words of one
person who voted against it, because of "exhaustion and lack of
preparation." The resolution was introduced as the very last item at the
meeting. There was no discussion or contest.
The Canadian Veterinary Medicine Association
Dr Luis Bernado, a vet from Mexico working with animals that have been
rescued from circuses, spoke through an interpreter to the rally.
He said people had come, not just from Canada, but from Mexico, Peru and
Columbia because they felt the seals belonged not to Canada only, but
belonged to the world.
"We must share the world with the animals - they have as much right as us
to be here," he said, " We always ask the question 'Are animals capable of
thinking?' that's not important. What's important to ask is 'Are animals
capble of suffering?' I, as a veterinarian, can easily see these animals
are spending hours and hours to die, and they suffer a lot while they are
dying. People from countries considered less developed than yours look to
countries like Canada as countries that are thought to respect life. If
Canada does awful things like this, what are you expecting from our countries?
"We are watching Canada as an example of protection of wildlife. Please
don't let us down."
Vancouver-based theatre company Ghosts in the Machine provided a moving
piece of street theatre about the seal hunt, and musical entertainment was
provided by harpist Alison Vardey.
After the rally, your correspondent noticed several members of a student
clean-up group carrying banners which had been left at the rally site. Not
carrying them so as to obscure them from view, as a piece of garbage, but
carrying them errect, showing the messages on them to passing motorists.
They were noted to get a good response too.
'Animal Voices' will be doing a feature on the seal hunt on Monday's show.
[Full contact details for Candian government officials will be posted later
this evening.]
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:10:21 -0500
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-News@Envirolink.Org
Subject: NAVS' Book of Cruelty-Free Products - by navs@navs.org
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NAVS' Book of Cruelty-Free Products
The Power of Pocket Book Advocacy Starts Here
Chicago, IL, March 20 ... The National Anti-Vivisection Society announced
the release of its 9th edition of PERSONAL CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE, a well-
researched 200-page reference guide for shoppers who care about animals and
want to purchase products not tested on them.á
Considered to be one of the most comprehensive guides of its kind, PERSONAL
ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE lists over 1,700 manufacturers, distributors, mail-
order companies and individual brands that do and do not test their
products/ingredients on animals.
>From cosmetics to household products, consumers are encouraged to buy from
companies that "have a heart."á Without marching, chaining themselves to
barricades or getting arrested, the millions of people who want to end cruelty
to animals, but want a civilized way to do it, can easily make a difference at
the cash register.
Personal Care For People Who Care explains the meaning of "cruelty-free" and
provides definitions to help the ordinary consumer understand federal
regulations and manufacturers' responsibilities.
Costing only $6.95, the paperback is well worth the investment for the
armchair animal advocate.á It's an easy way for anyone to add compassion to
their shopping list.
The book details the following:
An explanation of the animal tests used and the non-animal alternative
tests now available.
An alphabetical listing of manufacturers/distributors/mail-order companies/
and individual brands that do and do not test their products/ingredients on
animals.
An easy-to-follow guide to buying cruelty-free products by product type,
i.e., baby products, bath products, cosmetics, deodorants, fragrances, hair
care,
etc.
A listing of parent companies and the individual brand names behind them.
Very often, individual brand names are not readily identifiable with the
parent
company.
For example, Tide is manufactured by Procter & Gamble.
A quick reference guide of charities that do and do not fund animal
research.
The National Anti-Vivisection Society, headquartered in Chicago, is
dedicated to eliminating the use of animals in product testing, education and
research.
For more information, please contact Clare Haggarty (1-800-888-6287).á
NAVS' Home Page: http://www.navs.org NAVS' e-mail:
navs@navs.org
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