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            A Poodle Named Louie Stirs Up a Real Dogfight in New York

            By Blaine Harden
            Washington Post Staff Writer
            Sunday, March 30 1997; Page A03
            The Washington Post

            NEW YORK, March 29 -- There are a million dogs in the naked
            city. This is the story of one of them. Be warned. It deals
            with mature themes of sex, violence and urban planning.

            His name is Louie. He's a black, unneutered, 6-year-old
            standard poodle of excellent pedigree who as a puppy sold for
            $700. He grew up with a urologist and his wife in their
            splendid four-bedroom, prewar apartment that overlooks
            Washington Square Park. It was down in that Greenwich Village
            quadrangle, where rappers schmooze with chess masters as
            nannies coo over the children of investment bankers, that
            Louie came to grief.

            The poodle is alleged to have provoked a dogfight in the park,
            a blood-spattered encounter that the urologist's wife says
            left Louie "scarred for life." The fight took place a year
            ago, but it echoes still in the daily lives of all New York
            dogs who love to run, wrestle and sniff under each other's
            tails without having to wear a leash.

            Furthermore, the fallout from Louie's fight has confronted New
            Yorkers with fundamental questions about urban life: Should
            dogs be allowed off leash in a densely populated city? What
            slice of a city's precious green space should be reserved
            exclusively for dogs? And what is to be done with a handsome
            dog who is beloved by its owners but known in the neighborhood
            as a promiscuous bully?

            For such was Louie's unsavory reputation prior to his fight on
            March 5, 1996.

            "Louie is a beautiful dog. He is an expensive dog. But he
            wants to mount everything in sight," said Maureen Byrne, a dog
            owner who knows Louie.

            Much of the poodle's problematic romancing took place inside
            the confines of the dog run at Washington Square Park. That
            dog run -- one of 16 in the city, with seven more under
            construction -- is a relatively new wrinkle in the management
            of what is by far the largest urban park system in the
            country.

            Dog runs address what Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern says
            is "one of the most contentious issues in running the parks.
            We have dog lovers and dog haters. The dog lovers want the
            dogs to run free. The dog haters can't stand the sight, the
            sound or the smell of them."

            It may be impossible to overstate the ubiquity of dogs in this
            city, especially in the concrete confines of Manhattan. They
            reside in one of every three apartments, according to the
            ASPCA, and it is difficult to walk down a hallway in any
            residential building without setting off paroxysms of snarling
            and barking from behind closed doors. Dog urine and feces
            stain nearly every sidewalk. From Harlem to Wall Street, warm
            spring days scream with the odor of dog.

            During the work day, armies of dog walkers (at $15 an hour)
            clog the parks. In the pre-dawn morning and all through the
            night, panting, barking, drooling canines drag around hundreds
            of thousands of blurry-eyed owners. Manhattan even has a sweet
            shop exclusively for dogs. The Bow-Wow bakery on East 54th
            Street offers salt- and sugar-free quiche flavored with
            chicken liver.

            Dog runs came to the city in 1989 as a way to give dogs a
            separate peace. Surrounded by a chain-link fence, surfaced
            with gravel and supplied with long-handled pooper scoopers,
            dog runs give unleashed dogs an opportunity to gratify their
            highly social pack animal instincts in a way that does not
            torment dog haters.

            Dog runs, too, have become sanctuaries for dog owners. They
            are a convenient and safe place for like-minded people to
            share the trials of keeping a high-maintenance beast in a
            small apartment. Washington Square's dog run, with its many
            fashion models and actors and artists who own dogs, has become
            an excellent place to find a date.

            A bad dog, though, can ruin everything.

            "Not every dog is dog friendly," explained Jane Kopelman, an
            animal behavior counselor for the ASPCA in New York. "There
            are dogs who cannot read dog body language, who cannot tell
            when another dog is telling them, `Hey, you have stepped over
            the line here. Back off!' "

            According to several witnesses, Louie is this kind of dog.

            He began frequenting the dog run at Washington Square 5 1/2
            years ago. From the beginning, according to witnesses, he had
            an irritating habit of mounting dogs of all breeds, male and
            female. Being a poodle (generally acknowledged as the most
            intelligent breed of dog), Louie was smarter than most of his
            would-be paramours. In many cases, he was also bigger.

            Louie routinely provoked resentful mewling, angry growls and
            brief eruptions of faux biting before he could be separated
            from other dogs. A year ago, however, violence spiraled out of
            control.

            "Louie's big fight occurred when I was busy talking," recalls
            Alice Amelar, the urologist's wife and primary caretaker of
            the poodle. "I never saw that dog before who got into it with
            him. Suddenly, Louie is covered with blood and everybody in
            the dog run is yelling at me for having such a vicious dog.
            Louie was bred to be calm. He is an incredibly docile dog. But
            he is not a wimp. My detractors are wimps."

            Louie suffered a nasty chomp on the nose. Later, his
            veterinarian strongly suggested that Louie never return to the
            dog run. His owner decided to write a letter of protest to the
            parks commissioner, police and local community board. That
            letter has caused many Gotham dog owners to get red in the
            face and lose sleep. It says that all dog runs should be
            dismantled.

            "Dog runs in New York City do not work," Amelar wrote.
            "Unleashed dogs in a confined area all want to be top dog
            whether or not they have been [neutered]. I don't think the
            answer is to allow dogs off the leash where they destroy the
            grass and flowers. I do not know what the answer is. I do know
            dog runs are not the answer."

            That letter rattled around harmlessly in the city bureaucracy
            until last month, when it surfaced at a public hearing as
            evidence for not building a new dog run in lower Manhattan.
            News of the letter's existence triggered a rapid-response
            mobilization from dog-run devotees across the city.

            Sixty of them -- dog owners who serve as officers in volunteer
            associations that keep dog runs tidy and feces-free -- packed
            a public hearing last month. They were beside themselves with
            indignation. They said hurtful things about Louie, about his
            owner and about city government in general.

            "Louie has tormented the other dogs in the Washington Square
            dog run for years," said Monay Germaine, the presiding officer
            for a dog run at Tompkin's Square Park and a professional dog
            walker. "Mrs. Amelar has ignored the pleas of her fellow dog
            owners because she claimed it was never Louie's fault.
            Finally, one day Louie met his match. Now, she says all dog
            runs must go, they don't work! I suppose if Louie was a child
            and the playground bully, and he got bested, then she'd want
            all the playgrounds closed down."

            Germaine and other dog-run supporters suspect a conspiracy by
            unnamed power brokers in the city to squelch the dog-run
            movement. Parks Commissioner Stern says he does not take
            Boomer, his unneutered golden retriever, to dog runs because
            Boomer tends to get into fights. Nevertheless, Stern insists
            he supports dog runs and believes them to be a useful and
            appropriate innovation in urban design.

            Dog-run supporters remain suspicious. They are busily writing
            newsletters on the Louie-inspired threat and girding for
            another public hearing in April.

            Louie's owner, meanwhile, continues to insist on Louie's
            innocence, as regards last year's fight. She accepts the
            poodle's de facto banishment from the dog run at Washington
            Square but frequently takes Louie for a walk within barking
            distance of it.

            "Rumors of Louie's aggressiveness are entirely apocryphal,"
            Amelar said. "I thoroughly enjoy taking Louie to the park and
            snubbing everyone. It is my delight."

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 00:33:24 -0800 (PST)
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VANCOUVER, BC - As part of the 'Easter Bunnies Around The World' ( World Day
of Action against Proctor & Gamble), 30 activists participated in a peaceful
demonstration and public information session outside the Vancouver Art
Gallery on Robson Street Saturday.

The protesters were not put off by less than perfect weather - cold & rain -
and received a good response from passers-by, many of whom signed a petition
against the continued use of animal testing.

Local media, including CBC-TV, UTV, and radio stations CkWX and CFRO covered
the demo.




Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 05:11:45 -0500 (EST)
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     While more than 50 activists from Compassion Over Killing (COK)
protested in DC this past Saturday against the Ringling Bros. circus,
five COK activists locked themselves together with steel pipes on the
loading dock where the animals are brought into the arena.
     It took police approximately two hours to remove the five
activists from the loading dock, thereby seriously delaying the show.
While some animals were able to be skirted around the activists, the
majority could not be used.
     However, the circus did manage to retaliate by strategically
placing a blocked elephant just uphill from the activists and allowing her
to urinate. Needless to say, all five activists continued to lay boldly,
as they marinated in elephant urine for more than an hour.
     The five activists arrested are: Dan Beben, Miyun Park, Paul
Shapiro, Ryan Shapiro, and Franklin Wade. After being held in police custody
for nearly 11 hours, all five were released on their own recognizance.
Miyun, Ryan and Franklin were all charged with "unlawful entry" and have
court dates set for April 22nd. All charges against Dan and Paul were
dropped, as they are both minors.
     NBC, Fox, and ABC all had clips on the evening news regarding
the demo and CD. Local radio station WTOP also had updates every
thirty minutes letting listeners know what the situation was. These
updates inlcluded interviews with COK spokesperson Mike Markarian.
     In all, it was a great day for the animals who had part of the
day off as a result of COK's event.

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 08:23:29 -0800
>From: Andrew Gach <[e-mail]>
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British government slammed by E-coli report

Agence France-Presse

LONDON (Mar 29, 1997 7:37 p.m. EST) - A report on an outbreak of food
poisoning in Scotland last year in which 18 people died after eating
food contaminated with E-coli germs, is severely critical of government
action, The Sunday Times reported.

The report, due to be published later this week, said the government had
failed to implement reforms to improve hygiene in the food industry
because of the high costs involved.

A commission led by Professor Hugh Pennington, particularly criticises
the "softly softly approach" of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Pennington told The Sunday Times that "the government was quite relaxed
about the implementation because clearly it was technically difficult
and it cost money and would have had a big effect on the industry."

The E-coli epidemic broke out in November in the Glasgow region of
Scotland and was traced to a butcher in Wishaw who supplied several
other butchers and delikatessen shops in the region with meat and
ready-cooked dishes.

More than 500 people were affected by the outbreak and 18 died.

In January, the government announced a thorough overhaul of hygiene
rules in the food sector and promised additional funds for research into
E-coli 0157 bacteria and its consequences.

However only last week, the government was accused of having tried in
1996 to cover up a damaging report about poor hygiene at certain
slaughterhouses. In particular the report spoke of meat being
contaminated by faeces.

The E-coli bacteria is found in cattle and is spread by eating
contaminated meat and dairy produce.  It can also be transmitted between
humans by poor hygiene. Young children and old people are most
vulnerable.
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 08:55:26 -0800
>From: Andrew Gach <[e-mail]>
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BMJ No 7085 Volume 314  (British Medical Journal)

        Editorial Saturday 29 March 1997

        The promise of cloning for human medicine

        Not a moral threat but an exciting challenge

The production of a sheep clone, Dolly, from an adult somatic cell(1) is
a stunning achievement of British science. It also holds great promise
for human medicine. Sadly, the media have sensationalised the
implications, ignoring the huge potential of this experiment.
Accusations that scientists have been working secretively and without
the chance for public debate are invalid. Successful cloning was
publicised in 1975,(2) and it is over eight years since Prather et al
published details of the first piglet clone after nuclear transfer.(3)

Missing from much of the debate about Dolly is recognition that she is
not an identical clone. Part of our genetic material comes from the
mitochondria in the cytoplasm of the egg. In Dolly's case only the
nuclear DNA was transferred. Moreover, we are a product of our
nurture as much as our genetic nature. Monovular twins are genetically
closer than are artificially produced clones, and no one could deny that
such twins have quite separate identities.

Dolly's birth provokes fascinating questions. How old is she? Her
nuclear DNA gives her potentially adult status, but her mitochondria are
those of a newborn. Mitochrondia are important in the aging process
because aging is related to acquired mutations in mitochondrial DNA,
possibly caused by oxygen damage during an individual's life.(4)
Experimental nuclear transfer in animals and in human cell lines could
help elucidate mechanisms for many of these processes.

Equally extraordinary is the question concerning the role of the egg's
cytoplasm in mammalian development. Once the quiescent nucleus had
been transferred to the recipient egg cell, developmental genes
expressed only in very early life were switched on. There are likely to
be powerful factors in the cytoplasm of the egg that make this happen.
Egg cytoplasm is perhaps the new royal jelly. Studying why and how
these genes switch on would give important information about both
human development and genetic disease.

Research on nuclear transfer into human eggs has immense clinical
value. Here is a model for learning more about somatic cell
differentiation. If, in due course, we could influence differentiation
to give rise to targeted cell types we might generate many tissues of
great value in transplantation. These could include skin and blood
cells, and possibly neuronal tissue, for the treatment of injury, for
bone marrow transplants for leukaemia, and for degenerative diseases
such as Parkinson's disease. One problem to be overcome is the existence
of histocompatibility antigens encoded by mitochondrial DNA,(5) but
there may be various ways of altering their expression. Cloning
techniques might also be useful in developing transgenic animals-for
example, for human xenotransplantation.

There are also environmental advantages in pursuing this technology.
Mention has been made of the use of these methods to produce dairy
herds and other livestock. This would be of limited value because
animals with genetic diversity derived by sexual reproduction will
always be preferable to those produced asexually. The risk of a line of
farm animals prone to a particular disease would be ever present.
However, cloning offers real prospects for preservation of endangered
or rare species.

In human reproduction, cloning techniques could offer prospects to
sufferers from intractable infertility. At present there is no
treatment, for example, for those men who exhibit total germ cell
failure. Clearly it is far fetched to believe that we are now able to
reproduce the process of meiosis, but it may be possible in future to
produce a haploid cell from the male which could be used for
fertilisation of female gametes. Even if straight cloning techniques
were used, the mother would contribute important constituents-her
mitochondrial genes, intrauterine influences, and subsequent nurture.

Regulation of cloning is needed, but British law already covers this.
Talk of "legal loopholes"(6) is wrong. The Human Fertilisation and
Embryology Act may need modification, but there is no particular
urgency. A precipitate ban on human nuclear transfer would, for
example, prevent the use of in vitro fertilisation and preimplantation
diagnosis for those couples at risk of having children who have
appalling mitochondrial diseases.(7) Self regulation and legislation
already work well. Apart from any other consideration, it seems highly
unlikely that doctors would transfer human clones to the uterus out of
simple self interest. Many of the animal clones that have been produced
show serious developmental abnormalities,(8) and, apart from ethical
considerations, doctors would not run the medicolegal risks involved.
Transgenic technology has been with us for 20 years, but no clinician
has been foolish enough to experiment with human germ cell therapy.
The production of Dolly should not be seen as a moral threat, but rather
as an exciting challenge. To answer this good science with a knee jerk
political reaction, as did President Clinton recently,(9) shows poor
judgment. In a society which is still scientifically illiterate, the
onus is on researchers to explain the potential good that can be gained
in the laboratory.

             References

1 Wilmut T, Schnieke A K, McWhir J, Kind A J, Campbell K H S.Viable
offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells. Nature
1997;385:810-3.

2 Gurdon J B, Laskey R A, Reeves O R. The developmental capacity
of nuclei transplanted from keratinised skin cells of adult frogs. J
Embryol Exp Morph 1975;34:93-112.

3 Prather R S, Simms M M, First N L. Nuclear transplantation in early
pig embryos. Biol Reprod 1989;41:414-8.

4 Ozawa T. Mitochondrial DNA mutations associated with aging and
degenerative diseases. Exp Gerontol 1995;30:269-90.

5 Dabhi V M, Lindahl K F. MtDNA-encoded histocompatibility
antigens. Methods Enzymol 1995;260:466-85.

6 Masood E. Cloning technique "reveals legal loophole." Nature
 1997;385:757.

7 Winston R M, Handyside A H. New challenges in human in vitro
fertilization. Science 1993;260:932-6.

8 Campbell K H S, McWhir J, Ritchie W A, Wilmut I. Sheep cloned
by nuclear transfer from a cultured cell line. Nature 1996;380:64-6.

9 Wise J. Sheep cloned from mammary gland cells. BMJ
1997;314:623.

             Robert Winston
             Professor of fertility studies

             Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
             Hammersmith Hospital,
             London W12 0HS
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:37:08 +0000
>From: "L.I.D.A." <[e-mail]>
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A Sua Santita'
Giovanni Paolo II
Citta' di Vaticano

Santo Padre, nell'inviarLe un affettuoso augurio per la S. Pasqua Le
chiedo di intervenire nei confronti di quei Vescovi e Parroci che in
Italia e altrove, forse per opportunismo o per timore di turbare
tradizioni e coscienze, non dicono una parola sulla strage che si fa
ogni giorno di animali innocenti per soddisfare la gola degli uomini e
per lo strazio di altri animali sacrificati e torturati in feste
incivili e sanguinarie effettuate in nome della Madonna e di Santi e
Patroni. Cio' accade particolarmente nella Cattolica Spagna con la
benedizione dei sacerdoti. Cristo, che mostro' nell'ultima Cena il pane
e il vino quali cibi gia' naturalmente puri e degni del divino, durante
la Sua vita ebbe a volte momenti di ribellione di fronte a
comportamenti umani ingiusti o errati.
Si ribelli anche Lei con la passione e con la dolcezza che trapelano dal
suo desiderio di giustizia e di vera Pace.
Grazie Papa

Laura Girardello
coordinatore LIDA


             LIDAmatic
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 18:27:58 -0500 (EST)
>From: Debbie Leahy <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [US] Elephant Rides Canceled
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Illinois Animal Action - NEWS RELEASE

      FESTIVAL CANCELS ELEPHANT RIDES
Animal Protectionists Praise Committee's Decision

SKOKIE, IL - Organizers of Skokie's Festival of Cultures
have decided to discontinue elephant rides.  The decision
follows a meeting between Illinois Animal Action (IAA) and
the festival's executive committee.  The committee
graciously allowed IAA to present its concerns during a
private session held last week.

"Clearly the celebration of cultural diversity is the
product of a progressive community," says IAA president
Debbie Leahy.  "We are very pleased that the festival
concluded elephants were not a necessary component to make
this event a success."

Performing elephants used for rides and circus tricks endure
a miserable life of chains, confinement, and abusive
training.  Elephant rampages--and now the added danger of
tuberculosis discovered in captive elephants--pose a very
serious public safety issue.

IAA is an all-volunteer, non-profit, animal rights
organization dedicated to promoting the humane and ethical
treatment of animals.

                                    ###


Illinois Animal Action, Inc.
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL  60555
630/393-2935
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 16:54:39 -0800
>From: Andrew Gach <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Hunter-turned-rhino-rescuer dies at 67
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Hunter-turned-rhino-rescuer dies at 67

The Associated Press

LONDON (Mar 30, 1997 12:31 p.m. EST) -- Count Maurice Rudolf Coreth von
und zu Coredo und Starkenberg, a big game hunter-turned-conservationist
who helped save Kenya's black rhinoceros from extinction, has died. He
was 67.

Coreth died Feb. 11, according to The Daily Telegraph. It did not give
the cause of death.

Born in Austria in 1929, Coreth moved to England in 1936 to escape the
Nazis. He bought a farm in Kenya in 1954 and for many years hunted game
in the African bush and went on safaris in sub-Saharan Africa.

When Kenya gained independence from Britain in 1963, Coreth gave up his
farm and returned to England.

In 1985, he attended a meeting of the Shikar Club, a group of former
African and Indian hunters living in Britain, and listened to a speech
about the number of rhinos killed by poaching.

A year later, Coreth founded Rhino Rescue, which is still dedicated to
saving the black rhino from extinction. The group also organizes
projects to save the tiger and India's one-horned rhino.

As a result of his efforts, a game preserve for rhinos was established
in Kenya and tough anti-poaching operations were initiated in Zimbabwe
and Namibia.

Coreth also had a lifelong love of the sea.

An accomplished yachtsman, he spent 63 days sailing from Rio de Janeiro
to Cape Town, South Africa, after leaving Kenya. He later worked as a
charter skipper in the Seychelles before sailing the Mediterranean Sea.

He is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 23:16:18 -0500
>From: Wyandotte Animal Group <[e-mail]>
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A news report in Detroit just said that some 1,000 mink were released today
from a Canadian mink farm with most of them being found and returned.  5
Michigan activists have been arrested in connection with the raid, they
reported.

Does anyone have any other info on this and a list of the arrestees?

Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
[e-mail]

Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 23:54:53 -0500
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from NY Times web page:
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          March 30, 1997

          Tiger Escapes in Ontario, Canada

          Filed at 10:04 p.m. EST

          By The Associated Press

          BARRIE, Ontario (AP) -- An 800-pound Siberian tiger
          escaped Sunday from an exotic animal farm on the
          western outskirts of this city, and police warned
          residents to stay indoors.

          Zarak, a 4-year-old male, was described as being
          docile. He has been in captivity all his life.

          Zarak was delivered to the Bear Creek Exotics animal
          farm Saturday evening and escaped by scaling a fence
          about noon Sunday.

          Bear Creek Exotics, about a mile west of Barrie, is
          owned by a man who started collecting exotic animals
          about six years ago.

          Police officers aided by a helicopter called off a
          search at the end of the day, but sharpshooters were to
          remain at the farm overnight. A bait trail was laid out
          to lure Zarak into a cage.

          Barrie is about 50 miles north of Toronto.




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