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AR-NEWS Digest 680
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) [US-WI] "Monkeys' Fate Still Unresolved" (WSJ-2/27/98)
by Steve Barney
2) [US-WI] "Court Appeal For Monkeys?" (TCT-2/28/98)
by Steve Barney
3) [US-WI] "Monday Deadline Looms For Monkeys" (TCT-2/27/98)
by Steve Barney
4) McLibel group turn on Body Shop
by David J Knowles
5) [UK] 284,000 march for the country
by David J Knowles
6) Cambodian logging attacked
by David J Knowles
7) (US) Deer Management Public Hearing Today
by allen schubert
8) (US) Feedlot Limits Split Farming Areas
by allen schubert
9) Chick Hatches in Refrigerator
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
10) Anniversaries of Victories for Animals
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
11) Nude Anti-Fur Protest in Hong Kong
by Tereiman
12) George Carden Circus - next stop: Reno, Nevada (?)
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
13) (UK) Veggie Month by Animal Aid
by Vadivu Govind
14) Action Alert on Pet Theft
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
15) Directory and Website
by Animal Alliance of Canada
16) George Cardin Circus
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
17) [CA] Cat-trapper's charges dropped
by WPIRG
18) Who Says Dogs Can't Smile?
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
19) URGENT P&G GLOBAL DAY MESSAGE
by In Defense of Animals
20) Chick Hatches in Refrigerator
by ljg@mcs.net (Linda J. Geant)
21) SLAUGHTERHOUSE
by Lionel Friedberg
22) RFI UK demonstration on environment?
by bunny
23) (CN) Topless activists to take protest against fur trade to
Tiananmen
by jwed
24) LETTERS ASAP!!
by Tereiman
25) (US) Florida -- steel traps
by Animal Rights Resource Site
26) Australian Government email list
by bunny
27) (TH) Log-hauling elephants exhausted
by Vadivu Govind
28) Woman looking for house for her, and her dogs
by veganman@idt.net (Stuart Chaifetz)
29) (US) 'Free Willy' Sea Pen Is Unveiled
by allen schubert
30) Vilas monkeys [Fwd: UW-Madison News Release -- Proposed agreement for
Vilas monkeys]
by Steve Barney
31) Vilas monkeys [Fwd: UW-Madison News Release -- Joint
Statement/Deadline extended]
by Steve Barney
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 01:35:49 -0600
From: Steve Barney
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Subject: [US-WI] "Monkeys' Fate Still Unresolved" (WSJ-2/27/98)
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"Monkeys' Fate Still Unresolved"
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Friday, February 27, 1998
-- Beginning --
MONKEYS' FATE STILL UNRESOLVED
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and UW-Madison Graduate School Dean
Virginia Hinshaw pledged Thursday to continue talks on the fate of 150
zoo monkeys.
The monkeys at Vilas Zoo have become useless as research subjects for
the university and may have to relocate.
``It is clear that a significant financial commitment from the local
community will be needed for any portion of the monkeys to remain in
Madison,'' the officials said in a joint statement after a meeting
Thursday.
-- End --
More information about the UW-Madison monkey scandal is available at:
http://www.uwosh.edu/organizations/alag/Issues.html
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 01:36:06 -0600
From: Steve Barney
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Subject: [US-WI] "Court Appeal For Monkeys?" (TCT-2/28/98)
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"Court Appeal For Monkeys?"
By Jason Shepard, Correpondent for The Capital Times
The Capital Times
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Saturday, February 28, 1998
-- Beginning --
COURT APPEAL FOR MONKEYS?
By Jason Shepard
Correpondent for The Capital Times
Supporters of the Henry Vilas Zoo monkeys say they will go to court if
necessary to stop the UW from removing any of the 150 macaques from the
zoo next week.
The threat of court action comes at a crucial time in the monkey
controversy, just two days before Dane County officials are required to
give an answer as to whether they want to take over the round monkey
house and its monkeys.
The University of Wisconsin -- which owns and cares for the monkeys --
is abandoning the facility and won't budge on its Monday deadline to the
county.
``We are not dead set'' on seeking an injunction, said Gene Linkmeyer,
a Madison attorney representing the Alliance for Animals. ``This is a
last ditch effort that we will only use if there are no other options
available to us.''
The injunction request would seek to block the relocation of the
monkeys by citing university violations of both the 1963 lease agreement
and written promises not to use the monkeys in invasive research,
Linkmeyer said. It would also claim the UW had violated the Wisconsin
Environmental Policy Act by not studying the environmental impact of
removing the monkeys.
At the same time, animal activists are pushing their fund-raising drive
to raise money to keep the monkeys at the zoo. A $5,000 donation came in
late Friday from a national animal rights group. The Alliance for
Animals has raised more than $15,000 to date for the monkeys, well short
of the $100,000 to $200,000 needed annually to support all the monkeys.
The monkeys' most noteworthy ally is first lady Sue Ann Thompson, who
has filmed a public service announcement supporting the monkeys. She is
expected to attend a press conference today at the zoo pleading for more
financial support. She and Gov. Tommy Thompson have also been putting
pressure on officials to strike a deal to keep some of the monkeys at
the zoo.
But if Monday comes and the county makes no commitment, essentially
conceding that the monkeys will be leaving the zoo, activists say they
have no choice but to seek an injunction against the university. A
previous request for an injunction, filed by a scientist at the UW
primate center, was rejected by a circuit judge several weeks ago.
County Executive Kathleen Falk has repeatedly said the county cannot
afford the annual costs of the monkey house. But she has studied several
options that would keep at least some of the monkeys here, using various
financial partners to support the costs.
One of those proposed partners is the university, which Falk wants to
cover the staffing and veterinarian costs. The university has reportedly
rejected such a proposal, but negotiations are continuing.
Topf Wells, an aide to Falk, said Friday afternoon that no deal had
been struck yet to keep any of the monkeys at the zoo.
He wouldn't comment further, saying that both the UW and the county had
agreed to limit their comments to the press.
Without a county commitment by Monday, university officials said they
would proceed with their own plans: sending the 100 rhesus monkeys to a
Louisiana research center and the 50 stump-tails possibly to Thailand.
The director of the Tulane center has made no secret about the fact
that UW monkeys would possibly be used in invasive research projects.
Joe Kemnitz, interim director of the Wisconsin Regional Primate
Research Center, told the Zoo Commission Wednesday that the rhesus
monkeys would be shipped sometime next week.
But the possible injunction request could delay the shipment to Tulane.
Activists say the delay would put pressure on the university to be more
open in negotiations, while at the same time giving the Alliance more
time to raise money.
County officials have strongly objected to the transfer to Tulane,
saying it violates a 1989 agreement between the UW and the zoo to ban
invasive research on monkeys housed at the zoo.
Almost everyone involved in the monkey controversy agrees that keeping
all of the rhesus monkeys at the zoo is a highly unlikely proposition.
Falk's most recent proposal called for only the stump-tails to remain at
the zoo.
County officials, at the urging of the Alliance for Animals, have been
pressing the UW to send the rhesus monkeys to a primate sanctuary in
Texas.
The Wild Animal Orphanage in San Antonio has written Falk's office
absolving the county or the university of any liability should there be
any problems with the macaques once they arrive. This waiver addresses a
major concern raised by UW officials at this week's county Zoo
Commission meeting.
Carol Asvestas, vice president of the sanctuary, also said that it
could begin construction of a facility immediately with a $10,000 down
payment, something the Alliance for Animals has agreed to pay.
Karen West, chairwoman of the Zoo Commission, said she prefers the
sanctuaries over Tulane. ``If the university does not agree to these
sanctuaries, I will have some real trouble understanding their interest
in the matter,'' she said.
-- End --
More information about the UW-Madison monkey scandal is available at:
http://www.uwosh.edu/organizations/alag/Issues.html
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 01:36:20 -0600
From: Steve Barney
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Subject: [US-WI] "Monday Deadline Looms For Monkeys" (TCT-2/27/98)
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"Monday Deadline Looms For Monkeys"
by Jason Shepard (Correspondent for The Capital Times)
The Capital Times
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Friday, February 27, 1998
-- Beginning --
"Monday Deadline Looms For Monkeys"
By Jason Shepard
Correspondent for The Capital Times
For the 150 Madison monkeys, it's three days and counting.
Following an unsuccessful round of negotiations Thursday, Dane County
officials now have just that much time to come up with a plan to keep at
least some of the Henry Vilas Zoo monkeys in Madison.
The University of Wisconsin owns the monkeys, but because of federal
funding cuts, it plans to start getting rid of them next week unless the
county intervenes. The UW plans to send 100 rhesus monkeys to a research
center in Louisiana, and 50 stump-tailed macaques may be sent to their
homeland in Thailand.
The UW has given the county until Monday to agree to take over payments
for the upkeep of the round monkey house starting in 1999 or it will put
its plans in motion.
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and UW Graduate School Dean
Virginia Hinshaw met again Thursday to discuss various proposals that
would keep some of the monkeys at the zoo and send others to primate
sanctuaries. But according to a joint statement released Thursday night,
no deal has been struck.
``The meeting was productive but inconclusive, and the existing March 2
deadline for a county response to the university remains in effect,''
the statement read.
Animal rights activists -- to whom the UW and the county have looked to
raise money for the monkeys -- were not invited to, nor told of, the
meeting.
``We're obviously hopeful that something will work out between the UW
and the county, but we're disappointed we weren't contacted today,''
said Tina Kaske, head of the Alliance for Animals. ``I thought that at
least the county would include us in the discussions after everything
we've done.''
The Alliance, a Madison group, is sponsoring the Monkey Protection Fund
to raise money to keep the monkeys at the zoo. So far, about $9,000 had
been raised. Kaske fears that the vagueness of the joint statement from
Hinshaw and Falk could deter donors.
``All this does is leave the public in limbo,'' she said. ``This
threatens fund-raising efforts at a time when fund raising is
critical.''
One former UW grad is so disgusted with how her alma mater has handled
the situation, she has decided to auction off her diplomas to raise
money for the monkeys.
Catherine Uselmann of Madison has offered her two UW degrees for
auction as part of an as-yet unscheduled Alliance for Animals
fund-raiser.
``The university has shown a lack of ethics, integrity and honesty with
this whole Vilas monkey situation,'' said Uselmann, who owns a marketing
business. ``I don't want my name at all to be attached to the university
any longer.''
Her degrees -- a B.A. in sociology and a specialized degree
concentration in analysis and research -- will be sold to the highest
bidder, much like an honorary degree given to dignitaries, she said.
``I am not an animal rights nut or anything like that,'' Uselmann said.
``But the university had different values when I received my degrees.''
Meanwhile, first lady Sue Ann Thompson spent Thursday afternoon with
the Alliance for Animals filming a public service announcement pleading
for people to donate money to save the monkeys.
The commercial may air as early as today on WKOW, Channel 27. Monkey
supporters hope that the backing of the governor and his wife will
increase pressure on county and UW officials to keep the animals.
Monkeys have lived at the zoo for three decades under the UW's
ownership. A federal funding cut and a decrease in behavioral research
have caused the UW to abandon the facility.
The university's plans to dispose of the monkeys met opposition from
the community, which in turn led to discussion of the possibility of
keeping the monkeys in Madison. While the university has proposed giving
the monkeys to the county, it has balked at any ongoing financial
commitment or even any further delays in negotiations.
Costs have been estimated from $100,000 to more than $200,000 annually
to care for all of the monkeys. The county has proposed keeping only the
stump-tailed macaques at the zoo, sending the rhesus monkeys to a Texas
sanctuary. The county's proposal includes a joint operating agreement
with the university that would split costs. The UW has apparently
rejected that proposal.
-- End --
More information about the UW-Madison monkey scandal is available at:
http://www.uwosh.edu/organizations/alag/Issues.html
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 16:51:42
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: McLibel group turn on Body Shop
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>From The Sunday Times, March 1 1998 - BUSINESS NEWS
LONDON GREENPEACE, the lobby group behind the "McLibel" case against
McDonald's, is this month targeting Anita Roddick's Body Shop. It plans to
launch a leaflet attacking Body Shop International outside one of its shops
on March 21.
London Greenpeace aims to highlight the reality behind the green image of
the company in a leaflet called What's wrong with Body Shop.
Its attack comes at a bad time for Body Shop, which is facing a series of
lawsuits from its franchisees around the world. Two are in court with the
company in America and litigation is underway in Canada, France and Spain,
as well as Britain.
The company has bought out more than 100 franchisees, and so far the battle
has failed to attract much publicity. Many American franchisees, some of
whom have settled for cents on the dollar for their $500,000 investments,
have for the most part signed confidentiality agreements that forbid them
to talk to the press.
Body Shop is coming under increasing pressure with its financial year
ending on a sour note: its share price is hovering near historic lows and
its "store revitalisation" - early last year it redesigned five stores with
plans to roll out the new interiors throughout the chain -
has not gone well, according to British franchisees.
Sales are soft generally and Asia is in a deep slide as a result of the
regional financial crisis. But its most intractable problem remains its
operation in America, where sales are declining for the fifth successive
year. According to the latest figures, sales on a like-for-like basis to
date are down 5.6%, with every region showing a decline.
Body Shop abruptly cancelled its annual early-February franchisee meeting
just a few days before it was scheduled to get under way. Erik Stangvik, a
northern California franchisee who owns three stores, said: "We were told
the marketing plan was not in place." The cancellation was followed by the
abrupt resignation of Steen Kanter, the company's president, who had been
in the job only a year.
The American operation is now back in the hands of David Edwards, its
former president and friend of Gordon Roddick, who moved aside when the
company's fortunes faltered a few years ago.
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 00:44:18
From: David J Knowles
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Subject: [UK] 284,000 march for the country
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Monday, March 2nd, 1998
284,000 march for the country
By George Jones, Charles Clover and David Brown
IN the biggest demonstration for more than a decade, at least 250,000
people marched through London to protest against Government policies on
foxhunting, farming and the right to roam.
Organisers of the Countryside March claimed that the largest single
demonstration since the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rallies in the
early 1980s had woken up politicians to the strength of feeling in rural
areas. Stewards at the march recorded a count of 284,500.
Faced with what amounted to a popular uprising by the shires, Michael
Meacher, the environment minister, adopted a conciliatory tone with the
full backing of Downing Street. Ministers promised to "listen" to the views
of countryside people and hinted at a string of
concessions, including a new rural affairs Ministry and efforts to reach a
compromise on attempts to ban foxhunting.
Mr Meacher, on the march to represent the Government, described it as a
"celebration of the countryside" and said that Labour had not done enough
to meet the concerns of rural voters. "I welcome the fact that so many
people have taken the time, the trouble, and the money to come to London."
Appearing on the Jonathan Dimbleby programme on LWT, he said: "I tell you
this Government is going to listen, not just today, but in the weeks and
months ahead."
In a change of Government tone, he accepted that the field sports lobby had
organised the march and that hunting was the core issue among a number of
"festering" problems which had brought the countryside to town. He made it
clear that the Government did not expect the Private Member's Bill to ban
hunting to become law this session and said that he wanted to see whether
there could be "conciliation" between the two sides.
But yesterday's demonstration is understood to have hardened the resolve of
Tony Blair and Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, to frustrate further back
bench efforts to legislate against foxhunting. Mr Straw is seeking to
ensure that his Criminal Justice Bill is framed in such a way that it would
be impossible for the anti-hunt lobby to amend it if, as expected, the
private Bill is killed.
Mr Meacher confirmed that Mr Blair was considering giving the countryside a
stronger voice in Cabinet, with the creation of a Department of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs. Under the plan, the Ministry of Agriculture, which is
handing over responsibility for food standards to an independent agency,
would take control of important countryside areas from the Department of
the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Mr Meacher highlighted the series of olive branches to rural communities in
recent days, including more financial help for beef farmers and action to
stop closures of village schools. He reaffirmed that the Government wanted
to open the countryside to the people by voluntary agreement, not
legislation, and hinted that there would be tax concessions to encourage
refurbishment of old housing rather than building on new sites. Labour MPs,
with ministers' support, are lobbying Gordon Brown, Chancellor, to
reconsider plans to raise petrol duty by around 27p a gallon in his March
17 Budget because of the impact on rural communities.
More than 2,000 coaches and 29 special trains took protesters to London.
Marchers snaked their way up from the Thames and through Trafalgar Square
to Hyde Park. It took five hours for them to leave The Embankment after the
start, just before 10.30am.
The Underground struggled to cope with three to four times more travellers
than in a normal rush hour. Some stations were closed briefly because of
overcrowding, despite running the system to capacity, with trains every 50
seconds.
Placards called for the anti-foxhunting Bill, introduced by Michael Foster,
Labour MP for Worcester, to be dropped. "Ban Foster Not Hunting", "Foster's
Bill is Labour's Poll Tax" and "Don't Kill our Countryside" were the messages.
Lady Mallalieu, a pro-hunting Labour peer, challenged the Government to
accept that the numbers marching meant that it could not support a hunting
ban.
Despite Mr Meacher's placatory tone, march organisers were furious at a
renewed claim by Jack Cunningham, the Agriculture Minister - who stayed
away yesterday - that it had been taken over by the pro-hunting lobby.
Robin Hanbury-Tenison, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, said it
was "really sad" that some ministers had been saying that the march had
been hijacked by field sports interests. He said: "We organised it. How can we
hijack our own march?"
He dismissed claims that the march had been financed by the American gun
lobby. "This allegation is totally and absolutely false. The march is
funded by thousands of donations, most in the £5-£20 bracket, the vast
majority from members of the Countryside Alliance. The largest single
donation was £2,000. We wonder what myths will be drummed up against us
today."
Mr Cunningham, however, threatens to undermine today the Government's
conciliatory stance by warning farmers facing hardship that they cannot win
public and political sympathy. In an interview for BBC Television's
Panorama programme, he said: "There is not a great deal of public sympathy
for farmers who simply demand more and more taxpayer support whenever they
face difficulties."
Janet George, spokesman for the Countryside Alliance, accused agriculture
ministers of "foot in mouth disease". She said that about 85 per cent of
the organised transport for marchers was provided by hunts and shoots.
Neither Mr Blair nor any Cabinet minister was present, but there was a
strong turn out of Tory and Liberal Democrat politicians. William Hague,
who led a delegation of shadow cabinet
members, was greeted by marchers. He said Labour was to blame for "setting
off this anger in the countryside".
Lord Donoughue, the only minister from the agriculture department to
attend, said: "It is total humbug for ex-ministers, members of the last
administration, to come to march against
problems and measures for which they were responsible."
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1998.
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 01:28:29
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Cambodian logging attacked
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>From The BBC Website (news.bbc.co.uk)
Saturday, February 28, 1998 Published at 12:01 GMT
Despatches
Phnom Penh
The British-based environmental group, Global Witness, has accused senior
Cambodian and Vietnamese political and military leaders of colluding over
illegal logging exports worth more than $130m over the past year. Caroline
Gluck reports from Phnom Penh:
According to Global Witness, its investigators have filmed massive
stockpiles of Cambodian logs at several sites in Vietnam.
The environmental group says the stockpiles are so large, amounting to
260,000 cubic metres, that their value represents around a third of
Cambodia's national budget.
The group believes that the size of the trade between the two countries, in
violation of their
national laws, is the result of corruption and collusion at the highest
levels in both countries.
It is urging the Vietnamese government to take immediate action to halt the
illegal imports.
Global Witness says that the logging is not only highly destructive and
wasteful, but warns that it is unlikely any of the money will go to the
Cambodian treasury and will probably be used to fund the military and
political parties in the run up to the general elections.
Senior aides to Cambodia's co-prime ministers said they had not seen any
document authorising the illegal log exports and said that Global Witness
should produce their evidence before making allegations.
The pressure group has been a strong advocate of the need for sustainable
logging in Cambodia.
Two decades ago Cambodia's forests covered more than 70% of the country.
Today that figure has dropped to around 30%.
Global Witness says that if uncontrolled illegal logging continues, there
won't be any trees left worth logging within the next three to five years.
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 06:56:51 -0500
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Deer Management Public Hearing Today
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from CNN Custom News http://www.cnn.com
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West Virginia State News
Reuters
02-MAR-98
Deer Management Public Hearing Today
(CHARLESTON) -- Hunters, farmers and property owners are being asked to
come to the state capitol today. In what is turning into the hot issue of
this legislative session... the Senate Natural Resources Committee will
take public comment on the deer kill plan this afternoon (from two to
four). It's legislation that gives the D-N-R authority to reduce the
state's deer population by one-third over the next several years to reduce
deer damage to crops, cars and property. The issue has prompted thousands
of calls to lawmakers... especially since its passage by the House last
week. Now the Senate gets its turn.
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 07:04:15 -0500
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Feedlot Limits Split Farming Areas
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factory farm/hog farm/environment
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03/02/1998 01:29 EST
Feedlot Limits Split Farming Areas
By BETH SILVER
Associated Press Writer
FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) -- Some 3,500 pigs root around, squealing and
snorting as they jump over one another and push each other in heated
indoor pens.
Despite their reputation, they are a pretty clean bunch. But under the
wooden-slatted floors sit two concrete pits, each nearly the length of a
football field and each holding manure up to 7 feet deep.
Jeff and Kevin Gibbs run the operation just a couple of hundred feet from
their parents' home. The existence of the manure is barely detectable
near the house on a cool, dry day. But closer to the barns, huge exhaust
fans pump out a sewage-like stench that permeates the air.
So far, their neighbors have not complained. Four miles away, where the
Gibbses and a cooperative of 23 farmers wanted to house another 2,400
hogs and the manure pits, it was a different story.
Township meetings turned ugly. Some asked if the Gibbses went to church
on Sundays. Others wanted to know if they had ever fought in a war. Still
others questioned why they had farmed in their area of Goodhue County for
years but never stopped in for coffee.
Kilkenny Township passed a temporary moratorium on new feedlots and the
Gibbses were forced to halt their plans.
``We were really the bad guys,'' said Jeff Gibbs. ``It was like a little
communist country down there (in Kilkenny Township).''
But those who fight feedlots believe they have grounds.
In some communities, the odorous operations have prompted all-out wars.
Eight Minnesota counties and several townships have adopted moratoriums
on new or expanded large feedlots (those with a minimum of about 530 cows
or 1,800 hogs). The moratorium issue has dominated hearings at the state
Legislature this session.
``It's dividing rural Minnesota,'' said state Rep. Doug Peterson.
Cletus Gregor is a small dairy farmer whose property borders the Gibbs
acreage. He and his son raise 80 cows on a farm that his parents bought
in 1950. If they ever want to expand to support his other son's family,
they would have to buy more land.
But Gregor said he is afraid farming corporations or cooperatives will do
it first. When large operations move in, they often have an absentee
owner, he said.
``If you're going to make money off it, you should smell it, too,''
Gregor said, sipping coffee in his kitchen just a couple of hundred feet
from a manure lagoon of his own. ``If something is sitting at your house,
on your yard, you're probably going to manage it a little better.''
For other large-feedlot opponents, it is a question of smell and what the
pools of manure, some of which hold millions of gallons of waste, are
doing to groundwater.
Julie Jansen, who lives near two corporate hog farms in Olivia, Minn.,
regularly lobbies lawmakers, lamenting the side-effects of feedlots:
migraine headaches, nose bleeds and diarrhea.
``Our family practitioners don't know what they're dealing with,''
Jansen, a mother of six, said at a recent Capitol rally supporting
feedlot restrictions.
Manure has been a major cause of water pollution. A spill in Olivia last
summer killed 60,000 fish when up to 100,000 gallons of hog manure were
believed to have entered Beaver Creek. Hog operations also have fouled
waterways in several other states, including Iowa, North Carolina and
Missouri.
State Sen. Steve Dille, a chief opponent of a temporary moratorium on
feedlots, acknowledged some short-term environmental problems. But he
said manure eventually will decompose.
``Even when there is a spill, it's not irreversible. I think the whole
thing is being blown out of proportion,'' Dille said.
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 98 06:44:38 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
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Subject: Chick Hatches in Refrigerator
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On the morning radio news: In Virginia, a woman kept hearing a chirping in
her refrigerator. She finally opened the carton of eggs she had just
bought, and a baby chick had hatched in it. Evidently, the store had
sold her fertilized eggs by mistake.
- Sherrill
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 98 07:25:42 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: Anniversaries of Victories for Animals
Message-ID: <199803021318.IAA01808@envirolink.org>
(From PETA's calendar): March 1, 1990: Spiegel dropped furs from catalog.
Feb. 29, 1996: Shell International agreed to birdproof all stacks,
worldwide.
Feb. 29, 1996: Willmann's Furriers of Oklahoma City announced it was going
out of business.
March 2, 1995: Eddie Bauer stopped selling fur-trimmed garments.
-- Sherrill
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 08:57:11 EST
From: Tereiman
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Nude Anti-Fur Protest in Hong Kong
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Nude anti-fur protest thwarted in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Two naked women making an anti-fur protest were
led away by police minutes after they emerged to cross a busy street in Hong
Kong's central business district on Saturday.
The two women, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
pressure group, painted their nude bodies with leopard spots, drew cat-like
whiskers on their whitened cheeks and carried a banner reading ``Only animals
should wear fur.''
The women were taken away in a police van after being told they were
disturbing the public order.
In a statement, stripper Karla Waples said ``By showing some of our skin, we
hope to save animals' skins. Fur coats used to be a status symbol, but now
they're a social liability.
PETA's ``Rather go naked Than Wear Fur'' campaign has led to protesters
marching au naturel in Tokyo, Paris, Milan, New York, London and Moscow.
^REUTERS@
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 98 09:15:05 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: George Carden Circus - next stop: Reno, Nevada (?)
Message-ID: <199803021507.KAA17732@envirolink.org>
Noone in Tulsa, OK could or WOULD tell me where this circus is headed. They
just left Tulsa Sunday night. I called the home office in Springfield, MO.,
and she was insistent that their route is extremely confidential. I told
her I don't want to know their route - just tell me their next stop. She
**says** their next stop is Reno, Nevada, if she's telling me the truth.
-- Sherrill
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 23:28:41 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) Veggie Month by Animal Aid
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From
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On March 1st, Veggie Month begins and in support of our campaign to increase
the number of vegetarians in the UK, Animal Aid has organised a national UK
Vegetarian Helpline on (01732) 354032.
The Helpline will offer free information and recipes throughout March to
the thousands of people who want to find out more about kicking the
meat habit. The new service will be promoted by a hard-hitting poster
campaign in shopping centres throughout the country.
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 98 10:51:22 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: Action Alert on Pet Theft
Message-ID: <199803021643.LAA04996@envirolink.org>
(USA): On Feb. 5, 1997, Representative Charles Canady (R-FL) introduced
H.R. 594, Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1997. H.R. 594 would do the
following:
* Ban research facilities from obtaining dogs or cats from dealers who
do not breed and raise the animals themselves.
* Eliminate Class B dealers and allow the USDA to better regulate the
animal dealer industry.
* Prohibit private shelters from voluntarily choosing to make animals
available for research.
* Better protect all animals from the danger of pet theft by Class B
dealers and bunchers.
H.R. 594 currently has 70 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors are bi-partisan and
consist of both animal welfare and animal rights organizations, including
the Humane Society of the U.S. and the Animal Welfare Institute. The bill
is currently awaiting action in the House Agriculture Subcommittee on
Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.
Last Chance for Animals asks you to please join them in the fight against
B dealers by giving your members an Action Alert through your newsletter
and any other means by which you provide information.
The immediate requirement is that supporters write letters to their
congressional representatives urging their support for the passage of
H.R. 594. A sample letter can be found at LCA's website: www.LCAnimal.org
Last Chance for Animals has also provided a link to the website of the
US Congress. By simply typing his or her zip code, the supporter can
quickly obtain the name and mailing address of the appropriate
representatives.
Additionally, it will be particularly helpful to write letters to
Representative Richard Pombo (R-CA) Chairman of the Subcommittee on
Livestock, Dairy and Poultry. Pombo, a former cattle rancher, has
traditionally been non-supportive of animal welfare issues. Letters
written firmly, however in a respectful, courteous tone are expected
to be most effective.
The passage of HR 594 would be a tremendous step toward ending the
epidemic of pet theft which is placing all our companion animals in
danger.
Sincerely,
Karri Holley, Director of Campaigns, LCA
-- Sherrill
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 12:06:12 -0500
From: Animal Alliance of Canada
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Directory and Website
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To all of you who have ordered one or more of the Global Animal Protection
list from Animal Alliance, I am pleased to announce that it will be mailed
out no later than March 6 1998.
Thanks to all for participating! To anyone unfamiliar with this message and
is interested in the directory, please request information from me
personally at marie@animalalliance.ca
Also, Animal Alliance of Canada's website has moved! Please check out our
new and improved website at www.animalalliance.ca
Sincerely,
Marie Crawford
Director
Animal Alliance of Canada
221 Broadview Ave. Suite 101
Toronto, ON M4M 2G3
E-mail: contact@animalalliance.ca
Web site: http://www.animalalliance.ca
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 98 12:24:02 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: George Cardin Circus
Message-ID: <199803021816.NAA22591@envirolink.org>
If anyone can check on the Reno, Nevada George Cardin circus, please let
me know. I hired a PI to get footage for me while they were in town, and
the workers were so upset that she was even there in the back as an
innocent spectator, that they practically attacked her and ran her off.
She caught one elephant doing the swaying incessantly back and forth for
hours - they didn't let this particular elephant perform. (Wonder why)
Also - she caught them having many adults and children on one elephant
at one time. They had several elephant and pony rides during the day.
She's not an animal rights person. She knew nothing about elephants and
circuses - but she clearly saw that they were hiding something - and that
particularly one circus elephant was extremely upset!
-- Sherrill
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 14:14:14 -0400
From: WPIRG
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Cat-trapper's charges dropped
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Cat-trapper's charges dropped
Whether trapping felines on private property is legal remains an
unresolved question
by Dianne Wood
Record Staff
Was it the purr-fect ending to the cat-napping caper? Doug Brown
thinks so. Although, not everyone agrees.
Brown, a resident of Lydia Street in Kitchener, left Kitchener court
Wednesday after shaking hands with the neighbor who trapped his cat
last March and let it out in the parking lot of the K-W Humane
Society.
Pepper, the family pet for over 14 years, disappeared and was never
seen again.
Joe Fehrenbach was charged with cruelty to animals after admitting he
was trapping neighborhood cats out of disgust at them defacating in his
gardens, climbing on his roof and howling at night.
On Wednesday, the Browns agreed to a deal in which the charge would be
dropped in return for Fehrenbach making a donation to a charity of his
choice. There was nothing in the agreement that said he couldn't trap
animals again.
"I'm sad because we still don't have our cat," Doug Brown said outside
the court. "But at the same time, we're not into punishing
neighbors."
Gerhard Hess, general manager of the K-W Humane Society, was also
satisfied with the outcome.
"I think it's been settled as well as can be," Hess said. "I think a
lesson has been learned by both parties."
Fehrenbach declined comment and left the courthouse quickly after he
thanked the Browns. With the charge withdrawn, he has no criminal
record and didn't have to go through a trial.
Assistant Crown attorney David Russell, who had changed the cruelty
charge to a charge of theft of the cat, said he withdrew it largely
because the Browns were content with the deal.
He said if they were "magnanimous enough" to let him off, he had to
weigh that heavily. Russell also took into account the fact that
Fehrenbach is 68 and has no criminal record.
"Should such an incident occur again, I wouldn't have the slightest
hesitation in prosecuting it," he said in court.
Russell had wanted Fehrenbach to agree to donate $150 to the humane
society. But Fehrenbach rejected that idea, suggesting instead
Covenant House in Toronto, a home for teenagers.
Russell also wanted Fehrenbach to agree not to have a trap for a year.
But the elderly man also balked at that condition and it was dropped.
The issue of whether trapping cats is legal caused some disagreement as
the deal was being discussed.
Humane society officials were under the impression it is legal under
Kitchener's animal control bylaw.
But Russell pointed out the bylaw says only that owners can't let
animals run at large in the city, or let animals trespass on private
property.
Gary Boes, a humane society inspector, said officials will check
further with the city to see whether there is some other law that
allows trapping of animals.
The humane society thinks it should be legal, Hess said. It's the only
way people can trap nuissance animals on their property, like skunks
and raccoons. Many other cities allow it and even rent traps, he
said.
In Fehrenbach's case, he had heard trapping was legal, so he set up a
trap on his own property.
Pepper, a declawed indoor cat, was let out on the back porch one night,
and ended up caught in the trap two houses away. It had been baited
with cat food.
Troy Seidle is Animal Issues Coordinator for the Centre for
Compassionate Living, a project of the Waterloo Public Interest
Research Group geared to preventing cruelty to animals.
Seidle, who was at court to monitor the case, said he would like to see
people required to get a licence to humanely trap animals.
Seidle wasn't happy with the outcome of Fehrenbach's case.
"What we've seen today does nothing to right the wrongs," he said.
"The resolution does nothing to deter Mr. Fehrenbach from taking
similar action in the future."
The Record
February 26, 1998
Please write (~200 word letters):
The Editor
The Record
225 Fairway Road
Kitchener ON N2G 4E5
fax: 519-894-3829
e-mail: recordletters@southam.ca
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 98 13:17:29 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: Who Says Dogs Can't Smile?
Message-ID: <199803021909.OAA03515@envirolink.org>
(Woman's World): "A whopping twenty degrees!" Dawn Sadler laughed as she
looked at the thermometer. After a month of 30-below temps, Fairbanks,
Alaska, was almost experiencing a heatwave.
"Can I try my cross-country skis, Mom?" six-year-old Jerry Lee asked.
Before Dawn could say yes, Jerry Lee was calling, "Come on, Sheena!"
Four years earlier, a friend from the humane society had called
saying, "I have a Samoyed...and I thought she'd be perfect for your
family." Sure enough, as soon as Dawn met the dog, she knew Sheena was
perfect. And whenever Sheena did something naughty, such as steal a
treat from the cabinet, she would curl back her lips in a doggy smile.
Samoyeds are known as the "smiling dogs of the North."
Dawn watched Jerry Lee clomp through the yard, Sheena at his side.
But minutes later, Jerry Lee was back. "Mommy!" he shrieked. "Sheena's
in the river!"
Dawn rushed out - and found Sheena submerged about 10 feet from the
riverbank, her paws clinging to the edge of the ice. Frantic, Dawn
ran back to call 911. "We'll come as soon as we can," they told her.
Dawn watched as Sheena tried to pull herself to safety. But with each
grasp, she plunged further into the depths - and more ice cracked off.
My poor Sheena! Dawn gasped. This was the dog who would snooze near
Dawn's bed; then, as if guarding the family in shifts, she'd cuddle
with Sierra, then go check on Jerry Lee.
"I'm coming for you, girl!" Dawn called, lowering herself onto the ice.
She inched forward on her belly. Dawn reached for Sheena's frosty
paws, yanking the pooch upwards. But as Dawn began to scoot back, she
heard a crack. What do I do now? she thought.
She shimmied backward and climbed onto the bank, carrying a terrified
Sheena.
"You saved her!" Jerry Lee cheered.
Later, when he heard his wife's tale, Jerry Sr. cried, "You risked your
life for a dog?"
"Well, she's part of the family, too," Dawn explained. And, today,
there's a new member of the family: Baby Sabrina. Sometimes, Dawn
will find Sheena watching over Sabrina's crib. And whenver Dawn
walks in, a smile stretches across Sheena's snout.
You do understand what I did for you, don't you, Girl? Dawn thinks,
smiling. And for you, Sheena, I'd do it again.
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 16:29:16 -0600 (CST)
From: In Defense of Animals
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: URGENT P&G GLOBAL DAY MESSAGE
Message-ID: <199803022229.QAA23242@dfw-ix14.ix.netcom.com>
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In Defense of Animals
131 Camino Alto, Suite E
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415/388-9641
ida@idausa.org
TO ANYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST PROCTER
& GAMBLE:
Due to a computer glitch, the order form on our website for materials and
event registration for P&G Global Day was not functioning. As a result, we
have received no orders for this important day.
Anyone who requested information through our website, please do so again.
The form is now working. The address is www.idausa.org.
Also, if you are planning an event, please email us to let us know where and
when it will be.
Thanks.
Posted on Behalf of lauren Sullivan, IDA National Campaign Director
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 16:51:43 -0600 (CST)
From: ljg@mcs.net (Linda J. Geant)
To: B.J.Noland@monsanto.com, ar-news@envirolink.org, CHELKOW@luc.edu,
CHRISTOPHER.KARPIESIUK@monsanto.com, Douglas.J.Winter@monsanto.com,
Julie.M.Williams@monsanto.com, KATHI.PRYBYLO@monsanto.com,
klw@anet-chi.com, Matthew@cottonexpress.com, Pam_Brahos@dbm.com,
Robin.R.Fox@monsanto.com,
"Zahn, Steve" ,
Parvenu10 ,
Thomas M Steuri <105477.2071@compuserve.com>
Subject: Chick Hatches in Refrigerator
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>To: ar-news@envirolink.org
>Subject: Chick Hatches in Refrigerator
>
>On the morning radio news: In Virginia, a woman kept hearing a chirping in
>her refrigerator. She finally opened the carton of eggs she had just
>bought, and a baby chick had hatched in it. Evidently, the store had
>sold her fertilized eggs by mistake.
>
>- Sherrill
_________________________________________________________
"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to
all living things, man will not himself find peace."
- Albert Schweitzer -
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 15:14:32 -0800
From: Lionel Friedberg
To: Animal Rights News
Subject: SLAUGHTERHOUSE
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In addition to the publishers, Prometheus Books of Amherst, NY, Gail
Eisnitz' powerful new book on the horrors of the meat industry,
SLAUGHTERHOUSE, is also available from Amazon Books (Amazon.com) and
from the Humane Farming Association in San Francisco, (Tel.
415-771-2253), at almost $10.00 below the publisher's rate. READ THIS
BOOK!!!
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:20:06 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: RFI UK demonstration on environment?
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980303091205.11370754@wantree.com.au>
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Has there been any information posted on the large rally in the UK
held a day or two ago regarding the pro-UK countryside lobby and the UK
pro-fox hunt lobby?
I caught a glimpse of this rally on TV and saw some animal rights activists
protesting against the fox hunts to the side of the march.
How much of the march was dedicated to pro-fox hunting and how much
to environmental awarenwess? Any information much appreciated.
The TV report here seemed a bit vague.
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Jesus was most likely a vegetarian... why aren't you? Go to
http://www.zworx.com/kin/esseneteachings.htm
for more information.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
- Voltaire
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 09:29:55 +0000
From: jwed
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (CN) Topless activists to take protest against fur trade to
Tiananmen
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Tuesday March 3 1998 - South China Morning Post - by JOHN FLINT
http://www.scmp.com/news/
With mainland fur sales booming, topless activists Toni Vernelli and Karla
Waples are planning to take their show to Tiananmen Square.
The pair, who almost brought traffic to a halt in Central on Saturday with
their near-naked protest against the fur trade, flew out of Hong Kong last
night - but not before pledging to continue their campaign of exposure.
Ms Vernelli, a London-based Canadian, and Ms Waples, of Texas, have their
sights fixed on the region - particularly the mainland - for future
demonstrations.
"In Europe and North America fur is no longer a status symbol. Asia is
where the industry is marketing its product and the only place in the world
where fur sales are increasing," Ms Vernelli said.
"China specifically is the place they are really targeting as people there
become more wealthy and want the things that were once seen as status
symbols in the West."
By revealing some of their own skin, they hoped to save animals' skins,
said Ms Vernelli,
However, she added that she would not dream of normally going topless.
"You could not pay me enough money to go to a nude beach or take my clothes
off in public for enjoyment. Some people love going to topless beaches, but
I would be mortified. I could never do it. But I would do for something
like this," said Ms Vernelli. She has stripped five times in various cities
including Moscow, where she went completely naked.
Ms Vernelli, 26, the European co-ordinator for People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, said: "My mother knows about this. She's proud that
I'm doing something that I believe in."
Ms Waples, 23, on her first nude assignment outside the United States,
said: "I told my mother that we are dressing up as leopards. I just said we
had tails and ears and body paint to put spots on."
Saturday's protest was designed to coincide with the Hong Kong
International Fur Fair at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 21:08:37 EST
From: Tereiman
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: LETTERS ASAP!!
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LETTERS NEEDED ASAP!
We now believe that the hospital will show fur!!!
Help Get Fur Out of Hospital Fundraiser
The John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, New York,
will be hosting a fundraiser, its 5th Annual Promenade of
Fashion. Originally, they had intended to use fur during the
fashion show, but after receiving a video and detailed
information about the millions of animals who are trapped,
drowned, and beaten to death in the wild, and strangled, gassed,
and electrocuted on fur farms, they said that they would replace
fur in the event.
However, we have been unable to confirm this. The event is less
than a week away--Friday, March 6. Please fax, email, or call
Kenneth Roberts, president of the hospital, and remind him that
he is in the business of saving lives, not destroying them. Urge
him to replace fur in the hospital's fundraiser and commit to not
using fur in any future fundraisers.
Time is of the essence, so please contact the hospital right
away.
Mr. Kenneth Roberts, President
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
Ph: 516-473-1320
Fax: 516-473-7367
Also e-mail:
Terry Quinn, Director of Public Affairs
publicaffairs@matherhospital.com
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 21:25:34 -0500
From: Animal Rights Resource Site
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Florida -- steel traps
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is currently using
steel traps in an unprofessional manner. This is an attempt to eradicate
coyotes from St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. In the process, the
inexperienced ranger in charge of this operation is managing to maim and
kill non-target animals. Wire snares have also been used, with the end
result of strangling to death innocent deer. In addition, in spring of
1997, these traps were set and left unattended for a period of three days.
Also during the spring of 1997, a coyote caught in a steel trap was riddled
by .22 calibre riffle bullets in a prolonged attempt to kill it made by the
same ranger in charge of the operation. Most recently, a beaver stepped
into one of the set steel traps and was severely mangled. His tail was
lacerated and his face looked like raw hamburger, a result of the ranger
attempting to release it with a catch pole. Florida DEP has managed to
keep this quiet as possible, in order to avoid public outcry. All this in a
2,516 acre wilderness preserve supposedly set aside for the protection of
the environment. Please pass this message on and make people aware of this
atrocity. This type of cruelty should be stopped.
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 11:27:32 +0800
From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Australian Government email list
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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:48:27 +1100
To: "GeneEthics Network"
From: acfgenet@peg.apc.org (Bob Phelps)
Subject: DIY Democracy
Forward
>Subject: DIY DEMOCRACY - The Australian Politics Directory
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 15:55:12 +1100
> From: marcus
>Hi,
>
>I got such a positive response from the original Senators email list
>that i compiled several months ago that I've decided to update it. I've
>updated it and now i've added a *new* house of representatives list.
>This list now includes the email addresses of *ALL* members of the
>Federal Parliament who claim to be contactable by email sorted by party
>and house. Please feel free
>to distribute this list and the associated notices, etc, far and wide.
>And if you find this useful, please email me (marcus@loud.org.au) and
>let me know.
>
>Now you can put nearly every politician in your mail box (in Eudora or
>Netscape) and contact them all with a single keypress!
>
>Some General Tips:
>
>1. The list is broken up by parties and vary your message accordingly if
>you have time.
>2. If you like, try and act like a marginal voter - they are the only
>species politicians listen to. (try sentences like: "I changed my vote
>at the last election because i thought this nation needed a change but
>the government's views on has made me regret
>ever having done anything so stupid...")
>3. Put the addresses in the BCC: field if possible and address any
>comments to "Dear Senator," (senate) or "To the Honourable Member"
>(house of reps) - this way they won't necessarily realise that you're
>sending it to all of them!
>
>Good luck and happy participating,
>
>marcus.
>----------------------
> Senate
>DEMOCRAT
>senator.allison@aph.gov.au
>senator.bourne@aph.gov.au
>senator.lees@aph.gov.au
>senator.murray@aph.gov.au
>senator.woodley@aph.gov.au
>senator.stott.despoja@democrats.org.au
>Andrew.Bartlett@democrats.org.au
>
>GREENS
>senator.brown@aph.gov.au
>senator.margetts@aph.gov.au
>
>ALP
>senator.forshaw@aph.gov.au
>senator.faulkner@aph.gov.au
>senator.west@aph.gov.au
>senator.campbell@aph.gov.au
>senator.neal@aph.gov.au
>senator.bishop@aph.gov.au
>senator.bolkus@aph.gov.au
>senator.conroy@aph.gov.au
>senator.cook@aph.gov.au
>senator.crowley@aph.gov.au
>senator.denman@aph.gov.au
>senator.evans@aph.gov.au
>senator.george.campbell@aph.gov.au
>senator.gibbs@aph.gov.au
>senator.hogg@aph.gov.au
>senator.jacinta.collins@aph.gov.au
>senator.lundy@aph.gov.au
>senator.mckiernan@aph.gov.au
>senator.murphy@aph.gov.au
>senator.obrien@aph.gov.au
>senator.quirke@aph.gov.au
>senator.ray@aph.gov.au
>senator.reynolds@aph.gov.au
>senator.schacht@aph.gov.au
>senator.sherry@aph.gov.au
>
>LIBERAL
>senator.heffernan@aph.gov.au
>senator.payne@aph.gov.au
>senator.coonan@aph.gov.au
>senator.abetz@aph.gov.au
>senator.calvert@aph.gov.au
>senator.chapman@aph.gov.au
>senator.eggleston@aph.gov.au
>senator.ferguson@aph.gov.au
>senator.ferris@aph.gov.au
>senator.gibson@aph.gov.au
>senator.hill@aph.gov.au
>senator.ian.macdonald@aph.gov.au
>senator.knowles@aph.gov.au
>senator.lightfoot@aph.gov.au
>senator.macgibbon@aph.gov.au
>senator.minchin@aph.gov.au
>senator.newman@aph.gov.au
>senator.reid@aph.gov.au
>senator.rod.kemp@aph.gov.au
>senator.synon@aph.gov.au
>senator.tierney@aph.gov.au
>senator.troeth@aph.gov.au
>senator.watson@aph.gov.au
>
>NATIONAL
>senator.boswell@aph.gov.au
>senator.mcgauran@aph.gov.au
>senator.sandy.macdonald@aph.gov.au
>
>CLP
>senator.tambling@aph.gov.au
>
>IND
>senator.colston@aph.gov.au
>senator.harradine@aph.gov.au
>
> House of Representatives
>ALP
>D.Adams.MP@aph.gov.au
>A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au
>P.Baldwin.MP@aph.gov.au
>Kim.Beazley.MP@aph.gov.au
>David.Beddall.MP@aph.gov.au
>Arch.Bevis.MP@aph.gov.au
>Laurie.Brereton.MP@aph.gov.au
>R.Brown.MP@aph.gov.au
>S.Crean.MP@aph.gov.au
>J.Crosio.MP@aph.gov.au
>Steve.Dargavel.MP@aph.gov.au
>Annette.Ellis.MP@aph.gov.au
>G.Evans.MP@aph.gov.au
>Martyn.Evans.MP@aph.gov.au
>M.Ferguson.MP@aph.gov.au
>Alan.Griffin.MP@aph.gov.au
>Michael.Hatton.MP@aph.gov.au
>C.Hollis.MP@aph.gov.au
>B.Jones.MP@aph.gov.au
>Duncan.Kerr.MP@aph.gov.au
>M.Latham.MP@aph.gov.au
>Carmen.Lawrence.MP@aph.gov.au
>Michael.Lee.MP@aph.gov.au
>R.McClelland.MP@aph.gov.au
>Jenny.Macklin.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bob.McMullan.MP@aph.gov.au
>S.Martin.MP@aph.gov.au
>D.Melham.MP@aph.gov.au
>Allan.Morris.MP@aph.gov.au
>P.Morris.MP@aph.gov.au
>F.Mossfield.MP@aph.gov.au
>N.Okeefe.MP@aph.gov.au
>R.Price.MP@aph.gov.au
>Harry.Quick.MP@aph.gov.au
>R.Sawford.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bob.Sercombe.MP@aph.gov.au
>Lindsay.Tanner.MP@aph.gov.au
>Andrew.Theophanous.MP@aph.gov.au
>Greg.Wilton.MP@aph.gov.au
>
>LIBERAL
>Kevin.Andrews.MP@aph.gov.au
>Fran.Bailey.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bob.Baldwin.MP@aph.gov.au
>Phil.Barresi.MP@aph.gov.au
>Kerry.Bartlett.MP@aph.gov.au
>B.Billson.MP@aph.gov.au
>bradford@OntheNet.com.au
>A.Cadman.MP@aph.gov.au
>E.Cameron.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bob.Charles.MP@aph.gov.au
>Nick.Dondas.MP@aph.gov.au
>A.Downer.MP@aph.gov.au
>K.Elson.MP@aph.gov.au
>Richard.Evans.MP@aph.gov.au
>John.Fahey.MP@aph.gov.au
>C.Gallus.MP@aph.gov.au
>P.Georgiou.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bob.Halverson.MP@aph.gov.au
>D.Hawker.MP@aph.gov.au
>J.Hockey.MP@aph.gov.au
>R.Johnston.MP@aph.gov.au
>Jackie.Kelly.MP@aph.gov.au
>D.Kemp.MP@aph.gov.au
>Peter.Lindsay.MP@aph.gov.au
>Jim.Lloyd.MP@aph.gov.au
>Graeme.McDougall.MP@aph.gov.au
>Ian.McLachlan.MP@aph.gov.au
>Chris.Miles.MP@aph.gov.au
>J.Moylan.MP@aph.gov.au
>Stephen.Mutch.MP@aph.gov.au
>G.Nairn.MP@aph.gov.au
>Peter.Nugent.MP@aph.gov.au
>C.Pyne.MP@aph.gov.au
>D.Randall.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bruce.Reid.MP@aph.gov.au
>P.Slipper.MP@aph.gov.au
>Tony.Smith.MP@aph.gov.au
>warwick.smith@tassie.net.au
>Andrew.Southcott.MP@aph.gov.au
>S.Stone.MP@aph.gov.au
>K.Sullivan.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bill.Taylor.MP@aph.gov.au
>W.Tuckey.MP@aph.gov.au
>Danna.Vale.MP@aph.gov.au
>Barry.Wakelin.MP@aph.gov.au
>Andrea.West.MP@aph.gov.au
>
>NATIONAL
>Ian.Causley.MP@aph.gov.au
>J.Forrest.MP@aph.gov.au
>De-Anne.Kelly.MP@aph.gov.au
>P.Marek.MP@aph.gov.au
>Garry.Nehl.MP@aph.gov.au
>P.Neville.MP@aph.gov.au
>Bruce.Scott.MP@aph.gov.au
>Ian.Sinclair.MP@aph.gov.au
>W.Truss.MP@aph.gov.au
>Mark.Vaile.MP@aph.gov.au
>
>IND
>Peter.Andren.MP@aph.gov.au
>Paul.Filing.MP@aph.gov.au
>A.Rocher.MP@aph.gov.au
>
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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 11:44:19 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TH) Log-hauling elephants exhausted
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>Bangkok Post
3 Mar 98
Log-hauling elephants exhausted
Onnucha Hutasingh
Elephants used by the Forest Industry Organisation to haul
seized illegal logs out of Salween forest in Mae Hong Son have
been found to have health problems due to overwork.
Sithidej Mahasawangkul, veterinarian from the FIO's Northern
Forest Industry Division, said nine elephants which joined the
Salween Special Task Force's operation had to work hard and
had little time to rest, so many of them became weak.
Veterinarians are keeping a close watch on the affected
elephants, who are now fed with vitamins, health supplements
and rice paddies and protected from hard work.
Nine out of all 70 FIO elephants from Phrae, Lampang and Mae
Hong Son must haul 1,513 teak logs and 254 pieces of
processed wood seized by the Salween Special Task Force and
2,980 logs and 1,295 pieces of wood seized by police from
deep forests to the Salween River bank, where trucks are used
to take the logs to an FIO office in Mae Sariang district.
According to a source, some 50 elephants owned by many
Karen refugees living in the park must work very hard for the
illegal logging business and take about 300 logs out of the forest
each day over the past two years.
These elephants were fed with amphetamines and many of them
died of overwork.
Article copyright Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd 1998
Reprinted for non-commercial use only.
Website: http://www.bangkokpost.net
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:46:24 -0500 (EST)
From: veganman@idt.net (Stuart Chaifetz)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Woman looking for house for her, and her dogs
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Hey all,
A soon to be single mom is looking for a small house/trailer to rent in
NJ, so she can be re-united with her 4 rescued dogs. She will need to be
able to put up a fence for them.
She will soon be in a desperate situation, and any help you can give will
be much appreciated.
She has a house in Valois NY, only 30 minutes from Farm Sanctuary that she
is either looking to sell, or rent after May.
It is a 4 bedroom house, 2 baths, large fenced in yard, barn, and is near
beautiful lake Senaca.
Rent is $500.
Please contact me if you have any leads of information that could help.
My phone number is 732-899-4202
Thanks,
Stu Chaifetz
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 22:58:47 -0500
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) 'Free Willy' Sea Pen Is Unveiled
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from Associated Press http://wire.ap.org
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03/02/1998 19:50 EST
'Free Willy' Sea Pen Is Unveiled
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) -- Keiko got his first look Monday at the design for
his halfway house to the open sea.
The group that rescued the ``Free Willy'' star from a cramped Mexico City
amusement park two years ago unveiled a scale model of the sea pen that
will be used to adapt the killer whale to his eventual home in the North
Atlantic.
``From this new home, Keiko will be safely reintroduced to the sounds and
sensations of his native environment after 18 years of living in concrete
pools,'' said Beverlee Hughes, president of the Free Willy Keiko
Foundation.
The $350,000 floating pen will be placed somewhere in the North Atlantic,
possibly as early as this fall. There, he will learn how to catch fish,
swim against the tides and smooth the transition to the day when he will
be set completely free, just like in the movie.
Foundation spokeswoman Diane Hammond said the group is negotiating with
the governments of Iceland, Ireland and Scotland and hopes to have a site
picked soon.
``If everything comes together, we're still hoping to be able to move him
to the sea pen by this fall,'' Hammond said.
The sea pen will be 250 feet long, 100 feet wide and 24 feet deep or
more, depending on the actual depth of the bay or fjord that's selected.
The pen will not be attached to land but will be anchored to the bottom
of the bay and will be reachable by boat.
Last fall, officials at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, where Keiko has been
the star attraction, raised concerns with the foundation about whether
Keiko was healthy enough to be released to the wild.
Aquarium President Phyllis Bell said Monday, however, said that those
concerns were put to rest earlier this year when a federally appointed
panel of experts gave Keiko a clean bill of health.
``We're totally supportive,'' she said.
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 22:30:31 -0600
From: Steve Barney
To: AR-News
Subject: Vilas monkeys [Fwd: UW-Madison News Release -- Proposed agreement for
Vilas monkeys]
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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 21:21:30 -0600
From: Amy Toburen
Subject: UW-Madison News Release -- Proposed agreement for Vilas monkeys
To: UW-news@facstaff.wisc.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/2/98
CONTACT: Virginia Hinshaw, Charles Hoslet, LaMarr Billups, (608) 263-5510
UNIVERSITY, COUNTY VERY CLOSE ON VILAS MONKEY AGREEMENT
MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison has proposed a
seven-point agreement to Dane County officials that opens the door to
keeping the stumptailed monkey colony at the Henry Vilas Zoo, and finding
an acceptable animal sanctuary for the rhesus monkeys.
UW-Madison and county officials are considering a plan to transfer
ownership of the stumptailed colony to the county, effective Jan. 1, 1999,
and have identified a series of arrangements to provide for their long-term
care. The agreement would be contingent upon the county's ability to find
long-term financial support.
In a memorandum of understanding proposed Monday (see attached),
the county would have 60 days to identify a suitable sanctuary for the
rhesus colony. The animal sanctuary would be required to take ownership of
the monkeys and provide for the transfer of the colony at no cost to the
university. If an agreement with a sanctuary is not reached by that time,
the university will retain the right to transfer the colony.
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk is considering the proposal and
intends to respond to the university on Tuesday, March 3, according to
Charles Hoslet, special assistant to the chancellor for state relations.
Hoslet said the university agreed to extend the deadline again from today
to Tuesday because the sides are so close to agreement.
The latest developments have come from a series of meetings over
the past week led by Graduate School Dean Virginia Hinshaw and Dane County
Executive Kathleen Falk.
"We appreciate the effort Falk, other county officials, and the
governor's office have shown on this issue in recent weeks," Hinshaw said.
"We all recognize that this is a very unique situation, to have a research
facility maintained within a zoo setting for 35 years," Hinshaw said. "In
view of that, the National Institutes of Health has been understanding as
we work on placing these animals. To meet the goals of the county and the
university I determined this to be the most acceptable solution."
UW-Madison officials have been looking into alternatives for the
monkeys since November, when the NIH announced that the center could no
longer use federal funding to support the Vilas monkey colony.
NIH stated that the funding was no longer justified because monkeys
at Vilas are not being used in any federally supported research programs.
The loss of funding was effective February 1, 1998. Care and maintenance of
the Vilas colonies is estimated at more than $100,000 per year. Currently
there are about 50 stumptailed monkeys at the zoo, 90 rhesus monkeys at the
zoo; and another 40-60 rhesus monkeys (members of the Vilas colony)
currently housed at the Primate Center.
###
** High Priority **
March 2, 1998
C. Topf Wells, Executive Assistant
Office of the County Executive
Room 421
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Madison, WI 53702
Via Facsimile
Dear Topf:
Attached is a draft of the Memorandum of Understanding. Please note
that in paragraph 4 we have offered to provide the opportunity for the
county to purchase all staffing services from March 3, 1999 - April 30,
2002. We have also included language which would allow that
arrangement to be extended past April 30, 2002 if the county and the
university agree. Finally, we have changed the date in paragraph 6 by
which the county must notify the university if it is not able to raise
sufficient funds to September 10, 1998 per your request.
In discussing with university personnel the county's desire to have the
opportunity to purchase services on an indefinite basis, it was pointed
out that the current grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that
funds the UW Primate Center and its employees ends on April 30, 2002.
As a result, we are unable to enter into an agreement that would utilize
Primate Center staff on a cost recovery basis beyond the life of the
grant itself. Even though no NIH funding can be used for the services,
the grant allows us to hire the staff who would be providing the
services on a cost-recovery basis. While we hope and expect that we
would be awarded another grant in 2002, such an award is by no
means guaranteed. We feel strongly that this is as much of a
commitment as we can make vis a vis providing staff services and urge
the county to accept it.
Given that the County Executive has asked for additional time to continue
talking we will extend our need for agreement to mid-afternoon
tomorrow. That is the absolute latest that current plans for the transfer
of the Rhesus monkeys can be changed. If there are other changes that
need to be made to the Memorandum of Understanding please let me
know as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
CHARLES B. HOSLET
Special Assistant to the Chancellor - State Relations
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON AND
DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN
WHEREAS, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (the university) has
maintained a colony of Rhesus Macaque monkeys and a colony of
Stumptail Macaque monkeys for research purposes funded by the
National Institutes of Health since 1963, and
WHEREAS, monkeys from each colony have been housed at a facility
owned and maintained by the university at the Henry Vilas Zoo (the zoo)
which is operated by Dane County, Wisconsin (the county), and
WHEREAS, the National Institutes of Health ceased providing funding for
these colonies on February 1, 1998 and the university has no other
discretionary funding available for the care and maintenance of the
colonies or the facility at the zoo, and
WHEREAS, the university and the county believe that this understanding
is in the best interests of both parties,
NOW, THEREFORE, the university and the county hereby enter into the
following understanding from which the appropriate legal documents will
be entered into at the appropriate time:
The colony of Stumptail Macaque monkeys will remain at the zoo.
Ownership of the Stumptail colony will transfer to the county
effective January 1, 1999. The county will be responsible for all costs
associated with food, supplies, and utilities for the Stumptail colony,
effective January 1, 1999.
The county will assume the university's interest in the lease with
the City of Madison for the monkey facility on January 1, 1999. The
university will, no later than January 15, 1999, pay to the county $60,000
towards the cost of capital improvements of the monkey facility. The
county will be responsible for all other capital improvement costs.
The university will provide all staffing services, including
veterinary care, monkey handlers, and maintenance and cleaning of the
interior and exterior of the monkey facility, through March 3, 1999. From
March 3, 1999 through April 30, 2002, the county may purchase these
services from the university on a cost recovery basis. After April 30,
2002 the university and county may agree to extend the purchase of
these services on a cost recovery basis.
The county agrees to hold the university harmless for any injuries
caused to the general public by the Stumptail colony or any individual
member thereof effective January 1, 1999.
The university will support and assist the county in seeking
foundation grants to fund the county's financial obligation under this
agreement. If, on September 1, 1998, the county has been unable to
raise the requisite funds to provide for the future care and maintenance
of the Stumptail colony, the county may cause this agreement to become
null and void by so notifying the university in writing not later than
September 10, 1998. In the event of such action by the county the
university will maintain responsibility for the Stumptail colony and may
transfer the colony from the zoo.
If, within sixty days from the date of this agreement, an animal
sanctuary which is deemed suitable by the university enters into an
agreement with the university to take ownership of and provide for the
transfer of the colony of Rhesus Macaque monkeys at no cost to the
university, the colony will be transferred to that sanctuary. In the event
an agreement with a suitable sanctuary is not reached within sixty days,
the university may transfer the colony.
Entered into at Madison, Wisconsin this 3rd Day of March, 1998.
Virginia Hinshaw, DeanKathleen Falk, County Executive
Graduate SchoolDane County, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Amy E. Toburen
Associate Director, Office of News and Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Madison
28 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/262-0925; Fax: 608/262-2331; e-mail: atoburen@facstaff.wisc.edu
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 22:34:01 -0600
From: Steve Barney
To: AR-News
Subject: Vilas monkeys [Fwd: UW-Madison News Release -- Joint
Statement/Deadline extended]
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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 19:22:09 -0600
From: Amy Toburen
Subject: UW-Madison News Release -- Joint Statement/Deadline extended
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Joint Statement by
UW-Madison Graduate School Dean Virginia Hinshaw and
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk
March 2, 1998
County and University officials are continuing to discuss a
long-term arrangement for the university monkeys which are housed at the
Henry Vilas Zoo. While substantial progress is being made on a number of
key issues, some matters could not be resolved by late Monday. Therefore,
the university has agreed to extend until Tuesday, March 3 the deadline for
finalizing plans to transfer the colony.
###
Amy E. Toburen
Associate Director, Office of News and Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Madison
28 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/262-0925; Fax: 608/262-2331; e-mail: atoburen@facstaff.wisc.edu
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