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from CNN web page: ----------------------- Saving the rhinos from greed Conservationists propose horn trade to cut poaching November 4, 1996 Web posted at: 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) In this story: From Correspondent Mike Hanna KWAZULU, South Africa (CNN) -- In South Africa's Pongola Valley -- where even a casual glance leaves the impression that time has stood still -- the past has been restored for those in the present and the future. Karel Landman once farmed wheat and cattle in the valley, but now he has allowed the land to fall fallow, paving the way for nature to reclaim its own. And he has reintroduced animals that vanished from the area a century ago. "In the end of the day when you look back at what you've achieved, it's a great feeling to see that you've contributed something to conservation by bringing back what people destroyed," Landman said. One of those returning species is an animal that was on the brink of extinction -- the rhinoceros. Landman says that after 30 million years, the rhinoceros was finally doomed -- or nearly so -- by the greed and corruption of man. Apart from an aggressive bull of its own kind, the rhino's only natural enemy is man. And the creature's horn, evolved for defense, has become the reason for its mass destruction. In the past two decades more than 60,000 rhinos have been slaughtered for a horn that has become more valuable than gold. Poachers will be paid less than $100 per kilogram, but to some in Africa that sum is more than a year's income. The wholesale price in cities like Hong Kong rises to more than $5,000 per kilogram. But on the streets of South Asia -- after the horn has been ground into powder and mixed with other ingredients to form a traditional medicine -- its value rockets tenfold to nearly $50,000 per kilogram. Conservationist Clive Walker, whose private game farm is a popular spot for tourists eager to see rhinos in their natural habitat, makes a preservation argument that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago -- that the only way to save the rhinoceros is to establish a legal trade in the beasts' horns. "The cost to governments to protect an animal like this is becoming so prohibitive," he said. But a legal horn trade "would release literally millions of dollars ... that could be put into the protection of these animals." Wary of trade An international ban on such a trade has been in place for 19 years, but George Hughes, the chairman of South Africa's Kwazulu Natal Park's board, said the strategy has "been a disaster." "The demand went up," he said. "The prices doubled ... and the net result has been at tremendous outflow of rhino and the crash of rhino populations everywhere." Everywhere except South Africa, where the bulk of the world's population of both black and white rhinos is found. In particular a breeding program at Kwazulu's Umfolosi Reserve has been critical in ensuring the animal's survival. Each year, conservationists tranquilize a select number of the animals to be sold to zoos and ranches for breeding. But to sell the rhino for breeding purposes is one thing, and to legalize trade in its horn is another. And those proposing the trade admit they've encountered strong international resistance. Walker says one of the main problems is the tendency of the rest of the world to want to dictate to Africans how to handle the wildlife that lives on their continent. Admitting that the idea of a legal trade is a sensitive issue, Walker notes that rhinos do not have to die for their horns. Protection means jobs Living rhinos also create jobs in remote areas, where local men are hired to track the creatures and try to keep them safe. To them, a dead rhinoceros is worthless. Reserve owner Landman says that he employees five times as many people as he did when he farmed and adds that the threat of poaching is greatly reduced when all who live in the area have a stake in the welfare of the wildlife. "They see the animals as the source of income and won't let anything slip their eye," he said. The incidence of poaching has dropped markedly in South Africa and other countries -- not only because the rangers have been successful, but also because there are so few rhinos left to poach. The few that are left, Walker says, "are in tightly patrolled sanctuaries" and watched closely. Walker, who has raised motherless rhinos in his home, said the species' demise would cost humanity "something very special." In the end, the campaign to allow legal trade in rhino horns -- an attempt to reverse a conservation policy built up over decades -- has at its roots a simple philosophy: that the world is a place of infinite variety, a range of species woven together in a complex web. And if one part should disappear, all that are left behind will be diminished. ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 17:17:07 -0500 (EST) >From: allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (US) Howard Lyman Lecture Message-ID: <199611042217.RAA09816@mail.clark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Posted for EarthSave Central PA (Located near Harrisburg PA): --------------------------------------------------- Howard Lyman will speak on Friday, November 22, 1996, at 6:00 p.m., at Embers Inn & Convention Center, Carlisle PA. EarthSave Central PA will hold a Turkey-Free Thanksgiving and host special guest speaker, Howard Lyman. Howard Lyman is a fourth-generation ex-cattle rancher from Montana. His experience has taken him from the Montana Farmers Union to the National Farmers Union to Capitol Hill as a lobbyist. He is the founder and executive director of "Voice for a Viable Future," is on the Board of Advisors of EarthSave International, is the Director of the United States, Humane Society's "Eathing with a Conscience" Campaign, and is serving as President of the International Vegetarian Union. Howard Lyman has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Hard Copy following the outbreak of Mad Cow Disease. His knowledge and experience has made him one of the most sought-after speakers in the environmental, vegetarian, and animal rights movements, taking him all across the country and abroad. Those attending will provide plant-based dishes for all to share. Participation costs $5.00 for EarthSave Central PA members bringing a dish, $7.00 for nonmembers bringing a dish, and $10.00 for general admission. This is a fund-raising event for EarthSave Central PA. Reservations and additional information are available through EarthSave Central PA at: EarthSave Central PA PO Box 459 Carlisle, PA 17013 717-245-2329 717-944-0617 ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 11:52:49 -0500 >From: Carmen Lee <105252.3520@compuserve.com> To: AR-News <ar-news@envirolink.org> Subject: Library / Archive Project Needs Help Message-ID: <199611041733_MC1-BA5-92F8@compuserve.com> The Animals' Agenda [magazine] is currently establishing an animal rights library and archive at its Baltimore [Maryland, USA] headquarters. All librarians, archivists, oral historians, and individuals interested in assisting this project are invited to contact The Animals' Agenda (e-mail 75543.3331@compuserve.com) or the volunteer project coordinator (e-mail 105252.3520@compuserve.com). ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: 04 Nov 96 18:17:21 EST >From: Pamelyn Ferdin <74107.3244@CompuServe.COM> To: AR-News <ar-news@cygnus.com> Subject: NYC Protest 11/13/96 Message-ID: <961104231721_74107.3244_GHQ75-3@CompuServe.COM> LEON HIRSCH, PRESIDENT OF U.S. SURGICAL TO RECEIVE AWARD! YES, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT........ SOUND SHORE MEDICAL CENTER WILL BE PRESENTING HIM WITH AN AWARD ON NOVEMBER 13TH AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL at 301 Park Ave. At 50th Street. LET'S BE THERE WITH SIGNS AND HANDOUTS (A LETTER FROM A SURGEON) TELLING THE GUESTS THE TRUTH ABOUT U.S. SURGICAL'S ABUSE OF ANIMALS. TRY TO WEAR BLACK MEET IN FRONT OF THE WALDORF ASTORIA AT 6:30 pm, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH. BRING SIGNS THAT HAVE PICTURES OF LAB DOGS AND/OR SIGNS THAT SAY ...................... U.S. SURGICAL STAPLES DOGS TO DEATH! U.S. SURGICAL SLAUGHTERS DOGS! LEON HIRSCH KILLS INNOCENT DOGS TO MAKE MONEY! HIRSCH KILLS NEEDLESSLY FOR GREED! FOR FURTHER INFO. PLEASE CALL JERRY AT (203) 263-0505 or BARBARA AT (914) 693-6559 ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:17:01 -0500 >From: MINKWOMAN@aol.com To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: LC in Oregonian... Message-ID: <961104201700_1613231447@emout02.mail.aol.com> Below is an article that appeared in the paper today in Portland...GO LC Special Report Passion and protest override comfort and complacency for these animal-rights activists Trying to stop animal suffering: For Liberation Collective members, speaking out against global oppression outweighs personal inconvenience By Erin Hoover of the Oregonian staff It's a weekday in Portland Many people are working in warm buildings, their coffee cups at arm's length. But Craig Rosebraugh is sitting on cold concrete, a bike lock linking his neck to the entrance of Legacy Health System offices at Northwest 19th and Lovejoy. Police officers, observing the nonviolent protest, move in after two hours and arrest Rosebraugh and 10 other animal-rights demonstrators for trespassing and criminal mischief. The protesters spend eight hours communing with drug users and parole violators in Justice Center Jail holding cells. They don't sample the jail's macaroni and cheese. On principle, they refuse to eat dairy products or meat--but they think better than telling the guards. For Rosebraugh, 24, and his compatriots in a group called the Liberation Collective, the need to speak out outweighs the day's discomforts. They live the lives of activists, motivated more by principles than paychecks. "If you did not know anything else about the issue, (the demonstration) would look like a fanatical action to take," Rosebraugh says. "But when you think of all the suffering that goes on worldwide, not just with animals but with humans, it makes you feel somewhat good that you're one of the few willing to take a stand." Rosebraugh works at a record store and teaches a social justice class as a volunteer at a community school. He helped found the Liberation Collective eight months ago. The group says it focuses on animal testing and the connections among all forms of oppression, including issues of environmentalism and gay rights. The Liberation Collective meets monthly at a Southeast Portland bookstore. But its 35 to 40 active members, ranging in age from 18 to 45, spend part of every week planning demonstrations, staffing information tables and producing a newsletter. Members include college students, a bicycle messenger, a property management employee and a dishwasher -- jobs that support and allow time for their activism. Each month, the group marches and pickets to draw attention to neurological research conducted on cats at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital. Its Oct. 29 demonstration was the most confrontational, resulting in the 11 arrests. For members such as Jeff Morehead, it was their first time in jail. Morehead, 37, says he discovered activism and animal rights a year ago at a conference he attended with his wife. He was struck by the injustice of a few people with power inflicting pain on the vulnerable, he says. Ending such injustice could mean more compassion in the world. And he sees in the activists some of the heroism that seems lost today. Now, looking for work after being laid off from his bookstore manager's job, he volunteers 30 hours a week with the Liberation Collective. Sitting on a hard bench in a cell Tuesday, staring at walls caked in places with blood, Morehead thought about his commitment. "It's hard to say 100 percent that is isn't sometimes discouraging," Morehead says. "I can't see any other way to get people to listen at the moment." The Liberation Collective has drawn a smattering of local media attention. Legacy Health Systems has refused to meet with the group. Dr. Lutz Kiesow, Legacy Health Systems' chief of research, says the cat research -- in which electrodes are implanted in cats' brains to study balance -- helps shed light on such disorders as Parkinson's disease and brain injuries in humans. He credits protesters with ending unnecessary animal testing and improving treatment of laboratory animals by making intense scrutiny by the federal government and other groups routine. But he says the protests now seem counterproductive. "The image some people have of the medieval scientist cruelly torturing animals is absolutely ridiculous in the biomedical research environment of today," Kiesow says. Halting animal testing would mean losing the ability to gather valuable information, he says. But the Liberation Collective wants all animal testing to be replaced with computer modeling, epidemiological studies, in vitro research or clinical tests with humans. Several of the arrested protesters have been activists for years, including a 41-year-old musician who joined the animal rights cause 20 years ago and 19-year-old Vanessa Villarreal. Villarreal, who moved from California to Portland this year, says she became an activist as a young adolescent when she marched in anti-Gulf War protests. She organized other students in high school to work at soup kitchens and get involved in Earth Day. Now she works in a gift shop on Southeast Hawthorne and attends Liberation Collective protests. "I just don't like sitting back and complaining about things," Villarreal says. "You have to do it. Where would we be without protesters?" ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:23:45 -0500 >From: MINKLIB@aol.com To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Anti Fur Resources Available Message-ID: <961104202342_1747452082@emout09.mail.aol.com> We are selling the following books, reports, etc. to any interested parties. These items can be excellant resources for your anti fur campaigns this season. All orders must be done through snail mail, and can be sent to: CAFT PO Box 822411 Dallas, TX 75382 *Fur Farming in Finland $2 Seventy percent of the worlds fox farms are in Finland, and this report describes, in detail, the conditions of the animals in these farms, as well as the environmental ramifications of intensive fox farming. *The Holland Reports $10 Holland became the first nation in the world to ban fox farming. A mink farming ban fell short by just a few votes. This is a collection of reports, used by the Dutch parliament, when deciding the fate of the anti fur farm legislation. One piece is too sympathetic to the fur industry, and is followed by 12 articles refuting its claims. This goes very in-depth into the environmental and social deprivation that mink must endure on fur farms. Very good! *Jaws of Steel by Thomas Eveland $8 This is the most comprehensive anti trapping book available. This book argues nearly every anti trapping argument, while devoting 4 chapters to refuting pro trapping arguments with well reasoned, biological arguments. *Living With Beaver by Thomas Eveland $3 Trappers try and defend their activity by claiming that they must control beaver populations. This booklet outlines non-lethal beaver control methods. It also discusses the environmental benefits of having a strong beaver population. *The Final Nail $2 This booklet is an ALF guide book to destroying the fur industry. Above ground groups might still find it useful as it lists known fur farms and their locations. If there is a farm nearby, you can get photos, etc. for that local news angle at your protests *The Final Nail supplement $1 Has some new farms listed, as well as articles about mink liberation and mink adaptability to the wild. Discusses new security measures being adopted by fur farmers. *No Blood For Vanity bumper sticker $2 If any groups want bulk amounts of these (10 or more) then we can sell them for 70 cents a piece. It is a glossy sticker with No Blood For Vanity in blood red an Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade in black along with two little mink. *No Compromise #4, #3, and #2 $2 an issue This is the news magazine of the direct action animal lib movement. It contains updates on civil disobedience campaigns, ALF updates, and news in the grassroots animal rights movement. *Underground #5 $3 News magazine of the North American ALF Supporters Group. Contains articles on the ALF mink liberation campaign, ALF news from around the world, etc. All orders come with a free Point/Counterpoint flyer that refutes the 15 most commonly used pro fur arguments. You can still get this by sending a SASE or donation to the CAFT address. *********** ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:19:02 -0800 (PST) >From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: International Orangutan Awareness Week Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19961104201932.35efde0a@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" November 4th - 10th, 1996 has been declared International Orangutan Awareness Week by the Orangutan Foundation International. This is the first of what is hoped to become an annual event. It is being held to highlight the problems that the orangutan faces in its native Borneo and Sumatra, and to recognize the anniversary of Dr. Birute Galdikas first trip into the rainforest. I recently spoke with Cat Simrel Ishikawa, who is secretary of the Orangutan Foundation (Canada) and is also the Canadian coordinator for the Great Ape Project. The full interview aired today. Ishikawa notes the greatest threats to the once-widespread orangutan are logging activities by international logging companies and animal traders. An estimated six to eight young orangutans die for every one taken into captivity, and the population has diminished by an estimated 50 per cent in recent years as a result of these twin threats. He also points out that although originally one of the three "Leaky's Angels", chosen by Louis Leakey, to date Birute Galdikas has not had the same public recognition as her two compatriates - Dianne Fossey and Jane Goodall. Despite Dr. Galdikas still teaching at Simon Fraser University, near Vancouver, she has received little acknowledgement locally for her work. Ishikawa hopes this will change in the near future - Galdikas' autobiography was published last year, and a biographical film is due to be made next year. November 6, 1996 marks the 25th anniversary of Birute Galdikas' first trip to Indonesia. -David ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:19:05 -0800 (PST) >From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Alert as new brain disease hits beef herds in Britain[UK] Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19961104201935.35ef0c44@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, November 5th, 1996 Alert as new brain disease hits beef herds in Britain By David Brown, Agriculture Editor GOVERNMENT vets are baffled by another fatal brain disease of cattle which has been discovered by scientists fighting the BSE epidemic. More than 100 British cattle are known to have died so far from the mystery illness, which has no known cure. The only other single case was reported in Switzerland. The disease, known as idiopathic brainstem neuronal chromatolysis, was found in 1989 - three years after BSE was first identified - when scientists examined the brains of cattle culled mistakenly as victims of BSE. Many showed clinical symptoms almost identical to those of mad cow disease. Most of the victims were in Scottish herds but at least five cattle in England have also succumbed - and there may be more. The most worrying aspect for farmers is that, unlike BSE, the second disease has mainly targeted beef herds rather than dairy cows. BSE has claimed most of its victims between two and 12 years old; IBNC has mainly hit beef animals between six and 12 years old. The Ministry of Agriculture has appealed to vets to report any new cases, but the ministry said yesterday: "This is purely a veterinary problem. There are no implications for human health." A spokesman said that while BSE had so far claimed more than 164,000 cattle in Britain, the second illness had hit very few. Only between eight and 27 cases a year are reported. Since all cattle more than 30 months old are destroyed routinely under the Government's emergency measures to restore confidence in beef, the ministry says that consumers do not have even a remote chance of eating beef from the older cattle. -David ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:19:08 -0800 (PST) >From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Drug firm prefers to do tests on humans[UK] Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19961104201937.35ef6406@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, November 5th, 1996 Drug firm prefers to do tests on humans By Roger Highfield, Science Editor A DRUG evaluation company is to reduce animal testing by using humans in trials of drugs to treat anxiety, depression, addiction and a range of other psychiatric disorders. Neuraxis claims to be the only company in the world that has the ability to test the effectiveness of neurological drugs using healthy human volunteers before subjecting the substances to clinical trials, which can cost millions. The company bases its expertise on a decade of work on volunteers by Prof Bill Deakin of Manchester University, who is now a non-executive director of Neuraxis. "We aim to help select or reject drugs for very expensive clinical trials," he said. "That is critically important now because there are so many compounds under development, not just for anxiety but schizophrenia, depression and drug abuse." Prof Deakin said that it was difficult to do away with all animal studies in efforts to unravel basic drug biochemistry, but using humans provided more immediately applicable data. To test drugs that can allay anxiety, for example, Prof Deakin first used research which showed that when a healthy individual is anxious, the same parts of the brain are involved as in morbid states of anxiety. He then developed a reproducible laboratory method to make volunteers anxious. Volunteers are given a dummy or real drug and are then told they have two minutes to prepare a speech to teams of psychologists. "It is guaranteed to induce anxiety," he said. Panic attacks can be created by triggering the brain's "suffocation alarm" by giving the volunteers air containing high levels of carbon dioxide. Again, the panic reaction is measured after taking a dummy or the drug of interest. In the case of schizophrenia, the search is on for drugs to deal with lack of motivation and self-neglect by activating part of the brain called the frontal cortex. Prof Deakin found that probing the frontal cortex in the normal volunteers provided the best information possible to predict a drug's effectiveness. Volunteers can earn "hundreds of pounds" depending on whether they have to stay overnight for observation, he said. -David ----__ListProc__NextPart____AR-NEWS__digest_216 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:40:19 -0800 (PST) >From: anmlpepl@whidbey.com (Merritt Clifton, editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE) To: AR-news@envirolink.org Cc: Crystall@capecod.net Subject: FoA goes to IRS re March money Message-ID: <v01510100aea43550dbc4@[204.94.52.170]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >"Not to change the subject but could you please tell me what happened >finally with the Peter Gerard/Washington D.C. thing? Thanks Truddi Lawler<" It will probably be a few years before we know what happened finally, as the IRS moves glacially slowly and is presently in the process of drafting new regulations governing nonprofit accountability, as authorized by the 104th Congress, which would apply to just this sort of situation. Meanwhile, below is the latest information we're aware of. --Merritt Clifton, editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE. -------------------------------------------- FoA goes to the IRS seeking World Week missing money (From ANIMAL PEOPLE, 10/96.) WASHINGTON D.C.--Dissatisfied with World Animal Awareness Week organizer Peter Gerard's September 3 statement of income and receipts, Friends of Animals is pursuing legal action to force more complete disclosure. At deadline several other World Week sponsors indicated that they might join the FoA initative if Gerard failed to promptly provide a specific list of donors and the amounts they gave, along with an itemized list of expenditures. Wrote FoA counsel Herman Kaufman to Gerard on September 4, "Friends of Animals Inc., cognizant of your failure and refusal to respond to the organizations' requests for a true accounting of the revenues and expenses generated in connection with World Animal Awareness Week and the March for Animals, has directed me to request an audit and examination of your books by the Internal Revenue Service." The World Week program thanked donors for cash gifts of at least $754,925, under seven different headings, each representing a specific level of giving. The amounts purportedly given at each level were stated in the literature that Gerard's organization, the National Alliance for Animals, used to solicit donations. However, Gerard's September 3 statement, issued after Gerard reportedly received repeated requests for a complete accounting from at least four institutional sponsors, listed cash contributions under only four headings, totalling just $376,157. Only one heading, the Honor Roll, appeared on both lists. The $33,557 for which Gerard thanked Honor Roll donors was plausibly close to the amount indicated by the World Week program. But from other donor categories, Gerard on September 3 claimed to have received just $342,600, $382,400 less than the $725,000 received according to the program acknowledgements. Gerard in a July 15 letter to Kaufman attributed the difference to receipt of donated goods and services from some sponsors in lieu of cash. However, Gerard's September 3 statement made no reference to either the receipt or the value of in-kind contributions. Gerard's September 3 statement claimed ticket sales revenue of $205,419, only slightly less than the $213,600 that attendence estimates indicated. Together with the donations, this should have given World Week resources, whether received as cash or in kind, of upward of $950,000. Although World Week drew only 3,000 participants, according to the National Park Service crowd count at the biggest event, the June 23 March, well below the 100,000 participants that promotional literature promised, ticket sales alone should have almost covered the costs, which Gerard at the Summit for the Animals in April estimated at $218,000, plus unspecified amounts for advertising that the September 3 statement indicated as $13,320. The September 3 statement, however, alleged World Week cash expenses came to $674,339, more than triple the April estimate. Gerard reported $79,240 as WAAW "Gala Expense," $55,097 as "March Expense," and $136,377 as "World Congress Expense," offering no further breakdown. The Gala, the March, and the World Congress were the major events of World Animal Awareness Week, but Gerard said the sum of their declared cost, $271,714, was less than half of the total World Week outlay. A comparision of the further expenses Gerard claimed on September 3 with the estimates he gave the Summit in April revealed more unexplained discrepancies: April Sept. 3 Payroll $ 69,000 $ 160,641 Contracted services $ 83,000 $ 21,595 Printed materials $ 18,400 $ 43,729 Office expense $ 17,400 $ 38,995 Telephone $ 3,600 $ 12,864 Postage, shipping $ 7,200 $ 61,102 Offsetting the $62,000 overestimate of expenditures for contracted services were unexplained expenditures in excess of estimates amounting to approximately $207,000 Gerard informed the Summit for the Animals that "computers, fax, copier, typewriters, printers, laptops, phones, and general office equipment" would be donated by the National Alliance for Animals, which he heads. However, his September 3 statement charged $1,354.27 to World Week budget for use of unspecified office equipment. Alan Berger, executive director of the Animal Protection Institute, wrote to Gerard on July 15, three weeks after FoA's initial demand, also seeking "a complete accounting of the revenues and expenses," along with explanations "for the small turnout, lack of celebrities, " and other disappointing aspects of World Week. "Besides our sponsorship amount," Berger said, "we spent another $12,000 on travel, products, printed materials, and advertising, in addition to our hours of staff time. I'm sure," he concluded, "that many other sponsors have similar questions and concerns." Claimed Gerard in a nine-page July 23 response, "I have in fact received no other letters or phone calls from sponsors which might be viewed as critical of the event." 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