AR-NEWS Digest 442

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) (TH) Toxins used to catch fish
     by Vadivu Govind 
  2) (TH) Indigenous chickens
     by Vadivu Govind 
  3) Bunny Huggers' Gazette at mercy of AOL
     by BHGazette@aol.com
  4) (US) New Downed Animal Law in Cincy
     by Hillary 
  5) Ivory Ban Eased
     by Hillary 
  6) News on Wild Horses in US
     by Hillary 
  7) Verdict Doesnt Stop Pamphlets!
     by Hillary 
  8) A Mixed Victory-Brit Papers Mock McD
     by Hillary 
  9) LCA (Taiwan) Chnage Address
     by Ming-Lee Yeh 
 10) A new Chinese vegetarian restaurant 
     by Ming-Lee Yeh 
 11) looking for an institute
     by Ming-Lee Yeh 
 12) Prairie Dogs
     by DAdams7363@aol.com
 13) LONDON:  Actress Kim Basinger Offers to Save Puppies From Lab Experiments
     by No1BadGrl@aol.com
 14) HARARE, Zimbabwe: Enviromentalists Leave Zimbabew
     by No1BadGrl@aol.com
 15) (US) Wanted: deformed frogs
     by allen schubert 
 16) Blood test replaces bathroom scale
     by Andrew Gach 
 17) 'McLibel' Losers Blast McDonald's
     by allen schubert 
 18) European Fur Farming
     by MINKLIB@aol.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:05:29 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TH) Toxins used to catch fish
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>Bangkok Post
20 June 97

                Toxins used to
              catch fish in Tha
              Chin

              Chakrit Ridmontri 
              Suphan Buri

              Toxins were dumped deliberately in the Tha Chin River to catch
              fish, public health officials and villagers said yesterday.

              The villagers rejected the local fishery office's initial
finding that
              thousands of fish died when pollution reduced the level of
              dissolved oxygen.

              Villagers living along a stretch of the river in Muang district
              where fish were found belly up said the use of toxic chemicals to
              catch fish and shrimp was rampant.

              Pichet Pangkaew, an aide to clergy at Wat Ratsammakee,
              Tambon Tab Tee Lek, said: "Waste-water runoff cannot kill fish
              at the bottom of the river, which is resistant to polluted water.
              Spiking the water with toxins to catch fish is more likely as all
              types of species were found dead."

              Mr Pichet, 29, said greedy fishermen were poisoning fish and
              shrimp with the same chemicals used for killing the fast-breeding
              cherry snail and weeds in paddy fields.

              A local irrigation office had closed a watergate on an upper
              stretch of the river, blocking the flow downstream and
              compounding the toxicity.

              Surin Prasithiran, chief of Suphan Buri's public health office,
              agreed with Mr Pichet. Low levels of dissolved oxygen would
              not have killed thousands of fish immediately, he said.

              Analysis showed the oxygen level in the river in front of the
              temple was 2.1 parts per million, enough for fish to survive.

              Dr Surin has sent water samples and dead fish to the Ministry of
              Science, Technology and Environment and the Ministry of Public
              Health which can analyse toxic contamination.

              Earlier, Dr Surin warned people not to eat the fish but villagers
              said many had already been collected and dried or fermented.

              The water improved yesterday after Prasert Pleanrangsri, the
              governor, told the irrigation office to release water from an
              irrigation canal to dilute contaminants in the river.


Article copyright Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd 1997
Reprinted for non-commercial use only.
Website: http://www.bangkokpost.net


Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:06:41 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
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Subject: (TH) Indigenous chickens
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>Bangkok Post
20 June 97

Fowl play

             Indigenous chickens of Thailand are a
             genetic and cultural heritage we may
             soon lose to others 

                 Story by Chompoo Trakullertsathien
                 Pictures by Pongpet Mekloy

                                          Where would you go
                                          if you wanted to do an
                                          in-depth study of Thai
                                          indigenous chickens?

                                          A: Local university
                                          libraries. B: Offices of
                                          agriculturists. C: Rural
                                          farming communities.
                                          D: Japan.

                 Unlikely as it may sound, the correct answer is D: Japan,
                 or more specifically, Kyuchutokai University in
                 Kumamoto, a city on Kyushu Island. The institute
                 houses a great deal of information on Thai indigenous
                 chickens, including the famous Thai fighting cocks.

                 Twenty years ago, when Thai people paid scant
                 attention to their native chicken, a group of Japanese
                 researchers from Kyuchutokai came here to collect
                 information about, as well as samples of, Thai chickens.

                 With such a show of intense interest, there's now
                 concern among Thai agriculturists that in the near future
                 Japan may patent these creatures as its own.

                 The prospect of such a genetic loss worries local
                 scholars.

                 "Our native breeds will become extinct soon if Thai
                 people don't realise the value of them and do nothing to
                 preserve them," cautioned Assoc Prof Charan
                 Chantalakhana, founder and director of Kasetsart
                 University's Buffalo and Beef Production Research and
                 Development Centre.

                 Several factors push native breeds, including buffalo,
                 pigs and chickens, towards extinction, he warned.

                 "One cause is the commercial raising of animals. To get
                 breeds that grow fast and have a lot of meat, agricultural
                 scientists cross-breed local animals with foreign ones.
                 But without conscientious preservation of local breeds,
                 they may soon become lost."

                 As it is, he added, indigenous chickens survive only
                 because rural people still keep them as domestic
                 animals.

                 "If the situation worsens, say, more cross-breeding or
                 more rural people migrating to the city, the Thai native
                 breeds may become extinct, like indigenous pigs," he
                 added.

                 In recent years, cross-breeding of local breeds of pigs
                 and foreign ones for mass production purposes, Dr
                 Charan explained, has resulted in mixed-breed offspring.

                 "Now our indigenous pigs, with their high immunity to
                 disease and their ability to give birth to many offspring,
                 have become rare to the point of extinction," he said.

                 Thai native chickens are significant not only because of
                 their genetic qualities. They also played their role in the
                 Kingdom's history.

                 As a young captive in Burma (1564-71), King Naresuan
                 the Great of Ayutthaya made Thai indigenous chickens
                 well known among the Burmese when the young prince's
                 fighting cock beat its Burmese counterparts. Because of
                 the breed's fierce fighting spirit and skill, its popularity
                 spread throughout Indochina.

                 Thai fighting cocks, or kai chon, are still popular today
                 in Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines and Indonesia. In
                 Bali, a breed of Thai fighting cock known as "Bangkok
                 Ayam" is raised by local people and, each year,
                 Indonesia imports many more to meet demand.

                 Despite the popularity of these breeds abroad, most
                 urban Thais are unaware of the value of their native
                 chickens, lamented Dr Charan. "We tend to admire
                 foreign things and ignore what we have."

                 For rural people, however, chickens have always been a
                 part of life. "The chicken is related to the villagers'
                 economic status. Every household raises chickens as a
                 kind of saving. If they need money to buy something,
                 they will sell the chickens to the roving vendors.

                 "The cock crow also serve as an alarm clock for
                 villagers to wake up early and start the day," said Dr
                 Charan.

                 For entertainment, villagers like to watch fights between
                 cocks specially raised and trained for the purpose.
                 While seen by some as cruel, the practice inadvertently
                 helps preserve the breed.

                 Chickens are, of course, also a source of nutritious food.
                 Village households generally raise about 10-20
                 chickens.

                 "Villagers rely on the chicken's eggs and meat as an
                 important source of protein. On special occasions,
                 villagers will kill a chicken and cook it for guests," added
                 Dr Charan.

                 For scientists, however, the most important aspect of
                 the Thai native chicken is its contribution to the country's
                 biodiversity of genetic resources.

                 "Thailand has several breeds of native chickens and they
                 all have the ability to adapt to our environment. They
                 have developed immunity against local diseases and can
                 dodge predators such as dogs, hawks and e-hen (a kind
                 of wild cat) by sleeping on high branches," explained Dr
                 Charan.

                 Such beneficial genetic traits are passed down from
                 generation to generation. "This biodiversity should be
                 preserved for the improvement of chicken breeds in the
                 future."

                 The importance of biodiversity should not be
                 underestimated, the scientist explained, and the
                 experience of other countries could serve as a warning
                 to Thailand. In Canada, for example, it is estimated that
                 there used to be about 800 breeds of medium-sized
                 chickens. However, by 1980, the number had plunged
                 to 13.

                 The rest became extinct due to the emphasis on breeds
                 suitable for commercial purposes. Consequently, only a
                 few breeds were developed and the others died out.
                 Such selective breeding weakens the genetic make-up of
                 the animals and can cause them to be more prone to
                 disease. In Thailand, only a few perfect breeds are being
                 developed. This is risky because it increases the chances
                 of an outbreak of the disease lymphoid leukosis. When
                 such an epidemic erupts, the production of chickens will
                 be reduced by 50 percent, said Dr Charan.

                 The scientist went on explain that the concept of
                 "improving" a breed of animal for commercial purposes
                 aims to select characteristics that help the animal adapt
                 to the environment which humans have placed it in,
                 rather than adapting the environment to suit the animal.
                 As a result, genetic variation within a particular breed
                 decreases.

                 In addition, the selection of foreign breeds to replace
                 native ones is instrumental in destroying the genetic
                 resources of the breed as genetic uniformity is preferred
                 by scientists to genetic diversity.

                 "Native breeds that already have the unique genetic
                 characteristics suitable for each region are completely
                 destroyed. This unwittingly destroys the genetic
                 resources," said Dr Charan. While Thailand may be
                 heading towards the permanent loss of the genetic
                 resources of the native chicken, in Japan preservation
                 efforts are flourishing. "Japanese native chicken breeds
                 are not varied like ours. But with the sharp eyes of its
                 academics and government, Japan has been working on
                 the project to improve and develop their breeds," said
                 Dr Apichai Rattanavaraha, a lecturer at Thammasat
                 University's Faculty of Science and Technology, and an
                 expert on Thai chickens.

                 Japan can now categorise some 30 native breeds of
                 which 17 are considered "precious".

                 For Thailand, it is not too late to begin conservation and,
                 to this end, the Preservation and Development of the
                 Thai Native Chicken Association is expected to be
                 established soon.

                 According to Dr Apichai, conservation should be done
                 strategically and systematically.

                 "The conservation of the native chicken means the
                 preservation of the genetic resources of the native
                 breeds, including the sustainable use of the breeds. The
                 genetic resources of the native chicken must be handed
                 down to the next generation," he explained.

                 Of the two methods of conservation - in-situ and ex-situ
                 - Dr Apichai favours in-situ, that is, keeping native
                 chickens where they are: with rural villagers.

                 "In-situ conservation is suitable for the present situation.
                 For conservation to be effective, it must also raise the
                 income of farmers," said Dr Apichai, adding that this
                 method was recommended by the UN's Food and
                 Agricultural Organisation (FAO) during the Earth
                 Summit Conference in 1992.

                 Dr Charan concluded that the conservation of the native
                 chicken not only preserves the genetic resources but
                 also the cultural heritage that has been handed down
                 from generation to generation.

                 "Such natural resources are not ours. They are the
                 treasure of our descendants. We just borrow them to
                 use. If we can't preserve them, it means that we are
                 destroying our children's heritage."




                 Something to crow about

                 - The humble farmyard chicken has a long and proud
                 history. The ancestor of the domestic chicken is Gallus
                 gallus. All species of domestic chicken originate from
                 four wild breeds: Gallus bankiva or Gallus
                 ferrugineus, Gallus lafayettii, Gallus sonnerati and
                 Gallus varius.

                 - According to historical records, domestic chickens
                 originated from wild chickens living in Southeast Asia,
                 China, India and along the Mediterranean Coast.

                 - The chicken was domesticated by humans some 3,000
                 years ago.

                 - Humans and domestic chickens live in mutual
                 dependence. The chicken needs the care and protection
                 of the human, while the human relies on the chicken as a
                 food source.

Article copyright Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd 1997
Reprinted for non-commercial use only.
Website: http://www.bangkokpost.net



     




Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:27:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: BHGazette@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Bunny Huggers' Gazette at mercy of AOL
Message-ID: <970621012749_-1328210226@emout09.mail.aol.com>

If you tried to send mail to Bunny Huggers' Gazette in the past 48 hours
and  received a "full mailbox" response...please be advised that this was
an AOL SNAFU.  It appears the problem has been corrected (for the moment,
anyway), so please try to send mail again.
Thanks!
JD Jackson
PS:  Watch for BHG's new e-mail address next week!

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 07:44:22 -0700
From: Hillary 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) New Downed Animal Law in Cincy
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Subj:City Law Regulates Animal Transport
Date:97-06-19 07:59:21 EDT
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.c The Associated Press

      CINCINNATI (AP) - A new city ordinance bans the transport of
sick or injured animals to meat-packing plants, a law proponents
say will ensure that sick livestock aren't slaughtered for human
consumption.
      The law, passed unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday,
also calls for the humane treatment of animals being taken to
slaughter.
      Federal and meat industry officials said livestock is treated
humanely before slaughter and that federal inspectors weed out sick
animals.
      Proponents say such laws are needed because federal inspectors
don't do an adequate job of making sure diseased or injured animals
aren't slaughtered.
      Mad-cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has not
been reported in the United States. It is a brain-destroying
disease that has ravaged cattle in Britain since the late 1980s. It
is believed to have been spread in cattle feed containing ground-up
sheep parts.
      Earlier this month, the federal government banned the use of
virtually all slaughtered-animal parts in U.S. livestock feed.
      AP-NY-06-19-97 0708EDT
       
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 07:48:09 -0700
From: Hillary 
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" 
Subject: Ivory Ban Eased
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Good quote from Wayne. 




Subj:U.N. Eases Ban on Ivory Sales
Date:97-06-19 13:32:12 EDT
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.c The Associated Press

      By PAUL ALEXANDER
      HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The U.N. wildlife convention eased a 7
 1/2-year-old worldwide ban on ivory trade today, voting to let three
African nations make a one-time sale of 59 tons of stockpiled
elephant tusks to Japan.
      Ivory-trade supporters cheered as the results were announced
from the first of three secret votes on proposals by Botswana,
Namibia and Zimbabwe - then burst into an impromptu rendition ``God
Bless Africa.''
      ``This is a triumph for sanity, objectivity and for recognizing
developing countries' ability to take their own decisions on
natural resource management,'' said Dick Pitman of the Zambezi
Society of Zimbabwe. ``It's a major, major achievement.''
      The decision was immediately blasted by animal-rights activists,
who said it would spark renewed elephant slaughters by poachers.
      The first proposal cleared the 138-nation U.N. Convention on
Trade in Endangered Species by a 74-21 vote, with 24 abstentions.
The other two passed by almost identical margins - well over the
two-thirds majority required to downgrade the protection afforded
the elephants under international law.
      The proposals had been rejected in votes Tuesday, but a
committee was then set up to amend the proposals to ensure illegal
ivory is not mixed in with legal shipments.
      The ivory sale can go ahead in 18 months, if promised controls
are deemed in place by then. Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe wanted
to sell combined ivory stocks of more than 150 tons to Japan but
agreed to the smaller amount.
      Western countries have strongly opposed lifting restrictions on
ivory but some developing nations say they have more elephants than
their land can support.
      Animal-rights groups said any trade will lead to poaching
because of the difficulty in ensuring illegal ivory is not mixed in
with legal shipments.
      They echoed India's claim that if the ban was eased today ``the
guns will boom tomorrow.''
      ``We are extremely disappointed and fearful for the future of
the elephant throughout Africa,'' said Wayne Pacelle of the Humane
Society of the United States.
      ``I think that with the proliferation of arms and weapons and
the poverty of so many people in Africa, poaching will be an
inevitable consequence of this decision,'' he said.
      Some conservation groups backed the sales, saying it was
necessary to reward the three African countries for safeguarding
their elephant herds and to foster sustainable use of their
resources.
      Don Barry, head of the U.S. delegation, said he voted against
the proposals but would cooperate with the three countries to
ensure trade is properly managed.
      ``For the sake of the African elephant, we can't afford to
fail,'' he said.
      The ivory decision came a day after delegates imposed
restrictions on trade in sturgeon and caviar and rejected easing
controls on rhinoceros horn.
      Delegates today also spurned South Africa's second effort to
obtain liberalization in trade of rhinoceros horn.
      The body also rejected, for the third straight meeting, a
proposal by the United States and Bolivia to increase protection
for big-leaf mahogany trees.

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 07:49:33 -0700
From: Hillary 
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" 
Subject: News on Wild Horses in US
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Sorry the beginning of the article is cut off.

Subj:Group Seeks Wild Horse Protections
Date:97-06-19 20:43:42 EDT
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.c The Associated Press

      program, which is designed to find homes for the animals. Court
papers cite the AP's reports.
      The AP reported that the $16 million-a-year program allowed
thousands of wild horses and burros to be slaughtered and that BLM
employees were profiting.
      The BLM disputed the AP's findings.
      ``If there's evidence that that's happening, show us the
evidence because we're not seeing it,'' said BLM spokesman Bob
Johns in Washington, D.C.
      Johns said his agency's review showed only about 350 horses
considered wild at one time ended up in slaughterhouses in an
average year.
      The adoption program requires that potential adopters care for
their animal for one year before they can obtain a title. The BLM
maintains that the federal government loses responsibility for the
animals once a title is issued.
      But animal rights groups argue federal law prohibits selling an
adopted horse for slaughter even after that point.
      The motion seeks to modify the previous court order and require
all potential adopters to sign a statement attesting to their
intended use of the animal before receiving title.
      ``Much of the ongoing abuse in the adopt-a-horse program stems
from the BLM's unwillingness to acquire this knowledge by making
even the most obvious, rudimentary inquiry into an adopter's
post-titling intentions,'' the motion said.
      If a horse adopter ultimately sold the animal, ``They'd be on
the hook,'' Crystal said, and could face prosecution for making a
false statement.
      Additionally, the motion seeks:
      To prohibit BLM employees who adopt horses from being able to
sell the animals later on;
      Court oversight of the program with annual, detailed
accountings;
      A prohibition on mass adoptions.
      Johns said the agency stopped mass adoptions several years ago,
but in rare instances allows large numbers of horses to be used for
private breeding purposes.
      ``Those horses are inspected monthly and their condition is
extremely monitored,'' he said.
      New guidelines outlined in April to increase home visits of
adopters and improve the agency's tracking system also are intended
to help ensure that no untitled wild horse or burro is slaughtered
and processed for human consumption, he said.

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 07:51:36 -0700
From: Hillary 
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" 
Subject: Verdict Doesnt Stop Pamphlets!
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Subj:Verdict Doesn't Stop Pamphlets
Date:97-06-20 06:31:44 EDT
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.c The Associated Press

      By DIRK BEVERIDGE
      LONDON (AP) - A judge's ruling that two vegetarian activists
libeled McDonald's Corp. isn't stopping their attacks on the
fast-food king.
      Dave Morris, an unemployed former postman, and Helen Steel, a
part-time barmaid, were found Thursday to have libeled McDonald's
in pamphlets they distributed outside its fast-food outlets in
Britain.
      Minutes after leaving the court, Morris was handing out the
leaflets again.
      ``No courts and no force on this planet are going to stop me
expressing my opinion,'' he said after suffering the defeat he
called victory in the longest trial ever heard by an English court.
      McDonald's has not sought a court order blocking further
distributions of the pamphlets and was not sure Thursday if it
would even ask Justice Roger Bell to issue such an injunction.
      ``That and a lot of other questions have yet to be decided,''
said McDonald's spokesman Robert Parker.
      There seems to be little McDonald's could do to stop the
activists' message.
      The leaflets - entitled ``What's wrong with McDonald's?
Everything they don't want you to know'' - are available on the
Internet. And groups of anti-McDonald's campaigners say they'll
also be giving them away by the hundreds of thousands during
protests at some 500 British McDonald's stores this weekend.
      After spending an estimated $16 million on what became known as
the ``McLibel'' case, McDonald's was awarded just $98,000 in
damages. Even if the burger executives try to collect, Morris and
Steel say they don't have a penny.
      The top McDonald's executive in Britain, Paul Preston, said he
was mostly satisfied with the judge's ruling, which came on the
314th day of the case.
      ``We wanted to show these serious allegations to be false, and I
am pleased that we have done so,'' Preston told a news conference.
      The judge said Morris and Steel libeled McDonald's by alleging
the company is tearing down rainforests, contributing to Third
World starvation, and serving unhealthy food that might cause food
poisoning. But he sided with the left-wing campaigners on several
points.
      Bell found that the multibillion-dollar hamburger giant was
``culpably responsible'' for animal cruelty and that it ran ad
campaigns that ``exploit'' impressionable children who then pester
their parents for McDonald's food.
      By finding that McDonald's was cruel when its chickens were kept
in small boxes, the judge hit an issue that can be quite emotive in
Britain. Animal rights are taken seriously by many Britons, and
extreme supporters of the movement have even bombed leather stores
and sabotaged horse races.
      The judge also agreed with the defendants' contention that
McDonald's pays low wages in Britain, which keeps pay rates down
throughout the British catering industry.
      Preston had no immediate explanation for the criticisms of
McDonald's that were found truthful by the judge.
      ``As far as we're concerned this trial has completely vindicated
McDonald's critics and our stance in fighting back against
McDonald's attempt to silence people,'' Steel said.

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 07:53:12 -0700
From: Hillary 
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" 
Subject: A Mixed Victory-Brit Papers Mock McD
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Subj:British Papers Attack McDonalds
Date:97-06-20 14:15:50 EDT
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.c The Associated Press

      By DIRK BEVERIDGE
      LONDON (AP) - The victory by McDonald's Corp. in a marathon
libel case gave the hamburger giant little cause for celebration
Friday, as newspapers and commentators piled on the abuse.
      The tabloid Mirror mocked what it called a $16 million
``McBlunder,'' referring to what the company spent on the case. The
rival Sun called the judgment ``Big Mac's small fry libel win.''
      McDonald's fought the longest battle ever heard by an English
court, prevailing Thursday over vegetarian activists Dave Morris
and Helen Steel, who characterize the company as the epitome of
evil multinational capitalism.
      But McDonald's was stung as Justice Roger Bell sided with many
of their criticisms of the company.
      The judge said McDonald's had indeed been defamed in a leaflet
the activists handed out, but found that McDonald's is sometimes
cruel to animals, exploits children through advertising and pays
its workers in Britain low wages that depress the paychecks
throughout the catering trade.
      McDonald's said it had cleared its name by winning the judgment.
Others weren't so sure.
      ``I don't think one could call it a whole-hearted victory,''
said Sarah Webb, a London libel lawyer. ``The judge found against
them on three points. I would have thought that would have been
damaging for them.''
      The leaflets handed out by Morris and Steel might well have been
dismissed as the musings of ``fanatics'' had McDonald's left well
enough alone, but as a result of the trial their charges have been
widely discussed, Webb said.
      ``Despite claims of total vindication, McDonald's must be
devastated,'' opined John Vidal, a London journalist who wrote a
book about the case, ``McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial.''
      ``Two and a half significant areas of the case went almost
completely to their untutored, unprepared and unresourced
critics,'' Vidal wrote in The Guardian newspaper, where he is the
environment editor.
      McDonald's ``may have won the majority of the legal points, but
the stains on the nature of its business will not go away,'' Vidal
said.
      Despite the big hits McDonald's is taking on the public
relations front, it was not immediately clear whether its fast-food
customers would vote with their wallets.
      McDonald's stores in central London appeared busy early Friday,
but executives would have to wait till the end of the day to see
what how many pounds were in the cashbox.
      ``It's too soon to say,'' McDonald's spokeswoman Veronica Foster
said. ``There has been no impact at all in the past.''
      Meanwhile, Morris and Steel say they will press forward with
their anti-McDonald's campaign.
      Supporters of the ``McLibel Two'' claim they have lined up
volunteers to hand out the libelous leaflets outside some 500
McDonald's stores in Britain on Saturday. They say other protests
are planned for various cities in the United States, Australia,
South Africa and Poland.
      Dan Mills, a spokesman for the McLibel Support Campaign in
London, said more than 400,000 of the leaflets had been sent out to
activists around Britain to be distributed on Saturday.
      ``We've been doing print runs of 50,000 or 100,000 - and they're
going so quickly I can't believe it,'' Mills said.
      Even though the judge found the leaflets wrongly defamed
McDonald's - by falsely saying the company destroys rainforests and
contributes to Third World starvation, for example - there is
nothing to stop people from handing them out at present.
      McDonald's has not sought a court order that would block Morris
and Steel from distributing the materials. Foster said Friday that
no decision had been made on whether McDonald's will ask the judge
for such an injunction.
      If it does, other activists might keep up the distribution. The
leaflets also are on an anti-McDonald's Web site.

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:09:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ming-Lee Yeh 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: LCA (Taiwan) Chnage Address
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Dear friends,
Could you please pass the following information to all your AR friends?
Thanks!

New Office for:
Life Conservationists Association of Taiwan 
3F, No. 90, Nan King E. Rd., Sec 5,
Taipei, Taiwan
P.O.Box 112-565, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-7534922
Fax: 886-2-7634892
Email: lca9604@ms7.hinet.net

Please also notice,
Its branch office in the USA is going to close and move back to Taipei.
The address and tel: 9116 Santayana Dr., Fairfax, VA 22031
          tel/fax: 703-2041858
          email: myeh@osf1.gmu.edu
will NOT be good After 8/31/97
Any information or materials reagrding to Minglee Yeh, please send to:

Ms. Ming-Lee Yeh
4F, # 25, Ln 2, Ching-Tien St.,
Taipei, Taiwan
Email: baurueid@ms4.hinet.net

Thank you for your inconvenience!
and Keep in Touch!

Minglee

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:21:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ming-Lee Yeh 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: A new Chinese vegetarian restaurant 
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Dear all Vegetarian Frients,

I strongly recommend a new vegetarian restaurant in metropolitan 
Washington DC. This restaurant serves very good Chinese and Japanese vegi
food, Healthy, higher fiber, delicious, and no cruelty. The information
is:
Sunflower vegetarian restaurant
2531 Chain Bridge Rd.,
Vienna, VA 22181
Tel: 703-3193888
Fax: 703-2427331



Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:28:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ming-Lee Yeh 
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Dear friends,

I heard about an institute in UC San Diago which is developing alternitive
animal research and education materials. Can anyone tell me how to contact
them? I represent the Life Conservationists Association in Taiwan (LCA).
The LCA wants to make efforts in this issue.

Thank you for your help1

Sincerely,
Minglee Yeh
myeh@osf1.gmu.edu

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 17:40:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: DAdams7363@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Prairie Dogs
Message-ID: <970621174039_-1898063385@emout13.mail.aol.com>

The July 1997 issue of ComputerLife had  "Seven surfers scour the Net for
this year's most impressive shareware and freeware."  One item of software
that apparently impressed them favorably was "Prairie Dog Hunt Pro '97."  The
comment is "There's something exhilarating, therapeutic, and, yes, dementedly
sick about getting these cute, yipping rodents in the sights of a .22
calibler rifle."  This appeared on page 62.

If you are not impressed with such trash you can let ComputerLife know at
ceditors@zd.com.  Maggie Canon is the name of the editor-in-chief.



Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:04:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: No1BadGrl@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: LONDON:  Actress Kim Basinger Offers to Save Puppies From Lab Experiments
Message-ID: <970621200444_1825030935@emout10.mail.aol.com>

 LONDON (AP) - Kim Basinger may be expecting young ones - lots of
them. Thirty-six beagle puppies, to be exact.
      A drug company that commissioned tests on a medicine for
osteoporosis that involved breaking the puppies' legs backed out
Friday, after the star of ``9  1/2 Weeks '' and ``The Getaway''
intervened.
      The tests for Yamanouchi, a Japanese pharmaceuticals firm, were
due to be carried out in a laboratory in the United States owned by
Britain's Huntingdon Life Sciences.
      People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked Basinger, an
animal rights supporter, to intervene. Basinger offered to adopt
all 36 pups.
      Yamanouchi said the tests would have been carried out according
to international guidelines.
      ``There has been, however, public confusion and disquiet
concerning the circumstances and the methodology of this study,''
said Dudley Ferguson, the managing director of Yamanouchi's British
operation.
      ``As Yamanouchi takes this very seriously and has a careful
worldwide policy towards the use of animals in medical research, we
have decided to stop the study.''
      Huntingdon would not say if it would now forward the puppies to
Basinger.
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:05:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: No1BadGrl@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: HARARE, Zimbabwe: Enviromentalists Leave Zimbabew
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 By ANGUS SHAW
      HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Picture a legislative session where
decisions on 75 issues have to be made in 10 working days. Throw in
a wide assortment of languages, zealous lobbyists and lots of
bickering.
      And picture it all in the name of protecting animals and plants.
      Some 1,500 delegates and hundreds more observers and
conservationists who attended the U.N. Convention on Trade in
Endangered Species counted their gains and losses Saturday while
they waited for flights back home.
      Animal rights activists said they had fared poorly during the
combative meeting and, after licking their wounds, faced tough work
ahead.
      But Steinar Bastesen, a Norwegian whaler, was going back to the
icy seas of the Arctic Circle happier than when he arrived in this
landlocked nation.
      Norway didn't get the two-thirds support it needed to hunt
Atlantic Minke whales, but the 57-51 majority was the first time
pro-whaling nations outvoted opponents. Greenpeace called it ``a
dark day for whales.''
      ``The world is beginning to understand that marine resources are
our livelihood. We're not going to destroy what brings the bread to
our table,'' Bastesen said.
      Japan and Norway also blocked U.S. proposals for more research
into the over-exploitation of marine fish.
      Some of Norway's support came from African nations - in a
tradeoff for Norwegian votes on demands by Botswana, Namibia and
Zimbabwe to ease a 7  1/2-year ban ivory trading.
      The Africans won approval to sell an ``experimental''
consignment of ivory to Japan after 18 months, as long as CITES is
satisfied by then that no illegal ivory will infiltrate the deal.
      Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States called
the swing from protectionist measures toward the sustainable use of
wildlife ``a tug of war for the heart of CITES.''
      Chen Chimutengwende, Zimbabwe's environment minister, conceded
the meeting was often polarized between wealthy Western nations and
developing countries.
      ``Countries that have no wildlife left want to tell us how to
manage ours. We can only manage it by selling it,'' he said.
      But the British-based Environmental Investigation Agency said
Zimbabwe and its allies unfairly portrayed ivory trade opponents,
including the United States, as ``rich, imperialist bunny
huggers.''
      ``That's absolute rubbish. Deals have been cut here in back
rooms. The propaganda has been extraordinary,'' said Susie Watts of
the Investigation Agency.
      But political patronage, bitter attacks and vote trading were
inevitable with such highly emotional issues, said Marshall Jones
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
      The United States, for example, lost a vote asking CITES to
impose controls on trade in the map turtle, which lives only in the
United States. Opposition was led by those annoyed at America's
opposition to ivory sales, trade in the Venezuelan jaguar and
whaling by Japan and Norway.
      ``We came here knowing we were headed for a rough ride,'' Jones
said.
      However, CITES official Javier Rubio de Urquia of Spain said the
Harare meeting was no rougher than previous conventions. Blood was
almost spilled during debate in Japan four years ago on the
blue-finned tuna.
      This year, officials from Sudan's military junta nearly came to
blows in the lobby with animal-rights activists from Kenya.
      Congressman George Miller of California, the senior Democrat on
the House Natural Resources Committee, said acrimony and ``horse
trading'' were highlighted because so much was at stake in so
little time.
      ``It's really not unlike what you would see in a legislative
year back home,'' he said.
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:33:22 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Wanted: deformed frogs
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from CNN web page:
-------------------------------
                     Wanted: deformed frogs

                     June 20, 1997               
                     Web posted at: 10:14 p.m. EDT (0214 GMT)

                     WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seen any deformed frogs lately?
                     Government researchers want to hear about it.

                     Reports of deformed frogs, toads and salamanders
                     have increased sharply since 1995, and scientists
                     want to find out what's going on.

                     "We need rigorous scientific investigations as
                     well as observations from the general public to
                     understand the observed decline in North American
                     amphibian populations and the increase in reports
                     of deformed amphibians," said Denny Fenn, chief of
                     the Biological Resources Division of the U.S.
                     Geological Survey.

                     Reports of frogs with misshapen limbs, missing or
                     shrunken eyes and smaller sex organs have been
                     received from areas, including Minnesota,
                     Wisconsin, South Dakota and Vermont and from
                     Quebec in Canada.

                      [frog] Theories range from pesticides to
                             parasites to radiation because of ozone
                     depletion. And until the cause is understood,
                     scientists won't know whether humans face a risk.

                     So the North American Reporting Center for
                     Amphibian Malformations has been established at
                     the survey's Northern Prairie Science Center in
                     Jamestown, North Dakota. It is asking the public
                     to report sightings of deformed frogs.

                     The center has established a computer site to
                     collect reports, including a form to fill out and
                     submit. The site is at
                     http://www.npsc.nbs.gov/narcam.

                     The center also plans to make a toll-free number
                     available July 1 to accept reports from people
                     without access to computers. The telephone number
                     will be 1-800-238-9801.

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 17:49:30 -0700
From: Andrew Gach 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Blood test replaces bathroom scale
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Blood test may identify children prone to obesity, doctors say

Reuter Information Service 

DUBLIN, Ireland (June 20, 1997 11:26 a.m. EDT) - Australian doctors said
Friday they were developing a blood test that could warn parents if
their children were becoming too fat.

Dr. Kate Steinbeck, director of the Metabolism and Obesity Service at
the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, said her team had found
children who started gaining too much weight too early were sensitive
both to blood sugar and to leptin, a protein linked with fat gain.

"The lower the leptin and the more insulin-sensitive they were, the more
likely they were to gain weight," she told Reuters at the Eighth
European Congress on Obesity in Dublin.

Her team's study of 59 children aged between seven and nine and of 70
parents showed the simple blood test could indicate which of the
children were likely to start gaining too much weight.

They used body mass index (BMI), a standard measure of obesity that
correlates height with weight, adjusted for childhood rates of growth.

"BMI has been shown to reflect fatness in children," she said, adding
she hoped her evidence -- if confirmed in larger studies -- would help
convince pediatricians that obesity was something to tackle in
childhood.

"Even health professionals think children just grow out of it," she
said. "But the longer you stay fat as a child, the longer you will stay
fat as an adult."

A simple test could help parents start helping their children to learn a
healthy lifestyle early, she said.

"It is exciting to think that it may be possible to have a blood test
measure that could be performed in clinical practice," she said.

Noting that many researchers are focusing on evidence some people have a
genetic tendency to get fat, she added: "Genes are exciting but you
can't go into your GP (general practitioner) and have (them) measured."

Other researchers at the congress also stressed early intervention was
crucial.

Franco Contaldo, a clinical nutritionist at the University Federico II
in Naples, said the United States was leading a trend toward obesity
that could spread to all developed countries.

Contaldo said families at risk of obesity should be identified and their
children kept to a diet in which 30 percent of calories or less came
from fat.

"The second step is to promote physical exercise, even in pre-school
children," he said.

Some recent studies have shown British and American children fretting
about diet as young as nine, but Steinbeck said it was normal-weight
girls who were concerned about fatness.

Doctors would not intervene in those cases, but in those of obese
children who already had eating disorders, she said.

==========================================================

Of course, ALL children should be kept on a healthy diet where less than
30% of calories come from fat (and all adults as well).

To imply that genetic disposition is a more important factor than eating
habits is absurd.  As a country becomes westernized and traditional
diets are replaced by the usual Western fare, obesity increases and so
do heart disease and cancer rates.  Why?  Same genetic material,
different outcome. 

Regarding the blood test for "diagnosing" obesity, it's a prime
example of medicalizing every aspect of life.

Andy
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:54:27 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: 'McLibel' Losers Blast McDonald's
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from AP Wire page:
-----------------------------------
 06/21/1997 09:36 EST

 'McLibel' Losers Blast McDonald's

 By DIRK BEVERIDGE
 AP Business Writer

 LONDON (AP) -- Anti-McDonald's activists, including two who lost a
 marathon defamation case against the hamburger giant, handed out leaflets
 Saturday in a mass distribution of the same allegations that prompted the
 libel suit.

 ``We will keep handing out this document and any other documents that
 tell the truth about McDonald's,'' said David Morris, distributing stacks
 of leaflets to passers-by in a busy north London shopping street.

 Morris and co-defendant Helen Steel had lots of takers, after their
 ``McLibel'' fight generated enormous publicity.

 Many of the passers-by in north London said they supported Morris and
 Steel; even those who were buying McDonald's food.

 ``The libel trial was ludicrous,'' said Richard Martin, who had just
 bought McDonald's French fries for his small child, even though he
 opposed the McDonald's lawsuit. ``They've been made to look like fools,''
 he said.

 Martin said he would rather give his son organic food, but that was
 difficult in modern society, he said.

 The protesters had hoped to distribute their pamphlets outside all 760
 McDonald's in Britain, but said they had found volunteers to handle the
 work at just 500 of the fast-food outlets. They said they had printed
 more than 400,000 leaflets that accuse McDonald's of being an
 exploitative menace to society.

 McDonald's said it suspected far fewer stores were being targeted, though
 it could not be sure.

 Although the leaflets handed out Saturday are an abbreviated,
 cheaper-to-mass-produce version of the pamphlet that prompted the McLibel
 lawsuit, the accusations are the same.

 The activists also offer a simplified children's leaflet, telling them
 not to believe the clown Ronald McDonald, who is shown strapped to a
 beeping and flashing lie detector.

 McDonald's apparently can do nothing but wait for the waves of unwelcome
 attention to subside. The company won't even say whether it will seek a
 court order preventing the two defendants from handing out the libelous
 materials.

 ``The allegations have been found to be untrue, so if they're repeated
 people will know they're untrue,'' McDonald's spokesman Mike Love said
 Saturday.

 McDonald's said it had heard reports of the leafleting from only a half
 dozen stores in Britain by early afternoon, though Love acknowledged
 ``there could be more.''

 The burger chain's long-running battle with Morris, an unemployed
 ex-postman, and Steel, a part-time barmaid, climaxed Thursday.

 Justice Roger Bell ruled the original leaflets -- entitled ``What's wrong
 with McDonald's? Everything they don't want you to know'' were defamatory
 and mostly false.

 But the judge also ruled several key allegations in the pamphlets were
 true, and he accordingly reduced the token damages that McDonald's may
 not even try to collect.

 The judge found that McDonald's was responsible for animal cruelty, that
 it expoits children through its ad campaigns and that it pays workers in
 Britain poorly.

 Those findings attracted more publicity than the judge's ruling that the
 activists wrongly defamed McDonald's by falsely claiming it tears down
 rainforests, contributes to Third World starvation and serves unhealthy
 food.

 The judge did say the food can pose a real risk of heart disease for
 anybody who eats it all the time.

 Earlier Saturday, the anti-McDonald's forces were out in Australia. Later
 in the day, they planned demonstrations in several U.S. cities.

 In Melbourne, about 30 protesters distributed anti-McDonald's leaflets
 outside the fast-food chain's bayside St. Kilda outlet to mark the end of
 the

 ``McLibel'' case, which at 314 days in court was the longest trial ever
 heard in England.

 A spokesman for the group Animal Liberation, Peter Singer, said his
 leaflets were not the libelous ones, but rather a commentary on the
 McLibel judgment.

 Singer didn't expect to be sued over his handouts.

 ``I would be very surprised if McDonald's wanted to repeat this
 experience,'' he said.

 Despite all the attention, McDonald's said business in Britain was
 booming, even on Friday when all the national newspapers were full of
 negative publicity.

 ``It was a good day for us,'' Love said.

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 21:03:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: MINKLIB@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: European Fur Farming
Message-ID: <970621210308_-1429111464@emout20.mail.aol.com>

The following article came from an English newspaper.  When you read the
article you will see just how uninformed the fur trade is in regards to mink
biology.  One fur trade spokesperson is quoted as saying that if mink are
given swimming water they may get cold and die.  Apparently he doesn't
understand that the mink is a semi-aquatic animal that spends the majority of
its time in water.  As for getting cold and dying, I thought fur was supposed
to be warm!

JP Goodwin
Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade

>From the Observer, 1st June 1996

Title: The British want to shut down mink farms. The Council of Europe just
draws the line at tearing out their fur while 
they're still alive."

By Danny Penman

The Council of Europe is planning to allow fur farmers to incarcerate wild
animals in battery hen-style wire cages and 
slaughter them by gassing.

Confidential documents seen byt eh Observer reveal proposed legislation to
imprison mink and deny them access to 
swimming water - essential for their mental and physical well-being. Farmers
would also be given the go ahead to keep 
polecats, Artic fox, copyu and ferrets in cages with less than a square meter
of floorspace.

The legislation would be a majory victory for the commercial fur industry and
a serious blow to the animal rights lobby. The 
Labour Government is against fur farming, but would find it difficult to
resist legislation passed by the Council of Europe, 
which has more than 40 member nations. Britain will vote against the new laws
but will come under pressure from its 
European partners to abide by a majority decision. It could, theoretically
veto the measures, but animal rights campaigners 
fear diplomatic RealPolitik will prevail.

The plan is to set international standards for the 'care' of wild animals
farmed for their fur. But the only concession to 
anti-fur campaigners is a proposal to ban the plucking of fur from wild
animals. Farmers will be allowed to slaughter 
creatures by the use of poisonous exhaust fumes, provided they are cooled and
filtered.

The fur lobby is delighted. Robert Morgan of the British Fur Trade
Assosiation says it is ridiculous to compare caged animals 
to those in the wild because they have become domesticated and have different
needs, 'If mink have access to swimming 
water, then they would get wet and probably get cold and die,' he said.

But Professor Donald Broom, chairman of the animal welfare section of the
European Union's Scientific Veterinary 
Committee, warned that animals kept in cages would become 'psychotic'. 'Mink
will chew the fur off their tails,' he said. 
'Ihave seen a video of a mink climbing up to the roof of its cage and falling
onto its back over and over again.'

The proposals come at a time of resurgent demand for fur as animals welfare
groups gear up for renewed conflict with one of 
their oldest foes. Although the fur trade was virtually destroyed in the late
Eighties, it is now looking to build upon recent 
successes. In 1994 the supermodel Naomi Campbell said she would 'rather go
naked than wear fur', but in March this year 
she was seen wearing a coat made from the skins of several dozen animals.
Madonna has also taken to wearing animal fur.

Mark Glover, a spokesman for Respect for Animals, Britain's chief anti-fur
trade pressure group, said: 'These proposals will 
institutionalise cruelty on a far greater scale than even the veal trade. We
aim to fight it on every level.'

If the proposals are ratified by member states, they will have the force of
international law. According to Mr Glover, they may 
also allow British fur farmers to overturn any welfare rules imposed
unilaterally by the British Government.

There will be little prospect of reversing the Council of Europe's rules in
the future. 'It is likely that the fur industsry would 
be able to coerce at least one delegation to the Council into vetoingany
improvements', said Mr Glover. 'It is imperative for 
Britain to use its veto and sink the present proposals.'

The fur trade has successfully delayed EU plans to ban trade in fur from
countries that still use steel-jawed leghold traps 
which hold onto an animal's leg and hold it until the trapper arrives.
 Animals often tear or chew their legs off to escape.

Animal welfare groups are delighted that the Labour Government has stopped
issuing licences for new fur farms. Respect 
for Animals is pressing the Government to close Britain's 12 remaining fur
farms - a measure already taken by three Austrian 
states.

The anti-fur trade lobby is prediction widespread public revulsion at the
Council of Europe proposals. Under the proposed 
guidelines, the cages well be housed in sheds containing hundred of animals.
Experts say the highly territorial mink will find 
it extremely stressful to be within sight, sound and smell of each other.
Most experts agree that fur farm animals suffer more 
in confined conditions than traditional farm animals because they have not
been domesticated through hundreds of years of 
selective breeding. They are essentially wild, which is why they survive
easily if they escape.

Not only mink are expected to suffer under the new proposals. In the wild, an
Arctic Fox will roam over an area of around 
6,000 hectares, but they too will be kept in cages of less thatn a square
metre. They will also be denied access to a den, 
considered essential to their welfare. Copyu will be denied earth for
burrowing, while polecats and ferrets will have nowhere 
to climb.

Elliot Morley, Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, said: 'We don't
want to see any fur farming in the UK. We're going 
to look at all the options and see where we can make solid progress. We've
alread made a start by not issuing anymore 
licences.

'We're gong to look at all areas taht come under Maff's remit and apply the
highest possible standards fo animal welfare. 
There are obvious concerns over fur farming and we're going to tackle them as
soon as we can'



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