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[e-mail] wrote:

>Please do not support any of P.E.T.A's activities or the organization
>itself.
>Under the guise of animal rights, they are killing many animals, >believe
>that domesticated animals should be eliminated and deceive the public >in
general.  Their agenda is self-serving and I am urging everyone to >be
>responsible and research this group prior to giving them your >support.
Thank you

This is not true, nor is it an appropriate posting for AR-News
(perhaps for AR-Views).  The fact that the writer immediately sent an
unsubscribe message after sending it should tell us something.
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 14:07:17 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (HK) Campus punt on racing club
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>South China Morning Post
Monday  June 2  1997
     Campus punt on racing club
     SHIRLEY KWOK


     A group of students who love horse racing are seeking to turn their
hobby into a popular campus pastime. They hope to set up an interest club
and invite other students to join. Members will be taught how to study
racing, analyse tips and bet on races.

     Jimmy Ho Kin-tao, a third-year student in the Chinese University's
English Department,     said he and five other students planned to submit
their application to the students' union  to set up a horse racing
association.

     "My interest in racing and gambling began when I was 18," said Mr Ho, 23.

     "I was very upset at that time. I forget the reason, but I turned on
the television and     watched horse racing.

     "I tried betting on the races, and then I found I had cheered up again."
Mr Ho said horse racing and betting had sharpened his mind and helped him to
set     goals.

     "But many people do not think so. They say betting is a bad thing,
especially for     students. I want to change this image.

     "I don't aim to encourage students to bet. But students can try
appreciating horses and     enjoying horse racing from another angle."

     But he feared the application would be rejected by the students' union.

     Kwok Ka-chuen, chairman of the union's Students' Representative
Council, said     applications to start a club on campus were all considered
individually.
He refused to comment on Mr Ho's case and said the nature of a proposed
society and the number of students taking part would be looked at.

     The university has 43 registered interest clubs, including an
Investment Society and a     Buddhism Society.

Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 14:08:40 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (TH) Another 3 elephants fall prey to poison
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>Bangkok Post
2 June 97
Another 3
              elephants fall prey
              to poison

              'Water or fruit could contain chemicals'
              Chaiwat Sadyaem
              Prachuab Khiri Khan

        Three more wild elephants have been found to have been
           poisoned and one is in a serious condition, a Kui Buri National
              Park official said yesterday.

              The officer revealed that the three pachyderms showed signs of
              weariness and looked drowsy. It was believed that the animals
              might have drunk water or fruit contaminated with poisonous
              chemicals, said the officer.

              The search of the herd follows the recent deaths of two
              elephants, a bull and a cow which had only recently given birth.
              The two animals were believed to have been poisoned by
              pineapple growers who were angry with the elephants for
              destroying their crops.

              The elephants belonged to a wild herd of about 50 which have
              long been the bane of pineapple growers in the area.

              Kui Buri National Park chief Bunlue Poolnil yesterday led a
              party, including police officers and Pipat Prachuabmoh, who is
              secretary to Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister
              Sampao Prachuabmoh, on an inspection of the pineapple
              plantation.

              The team reportedly took some pineapples and elephant
              droppings from a seven-rai plot for laboratory analysis to
              determine the causes of the elephants' sickness.

              Kui Buri police inspector Manit Wongpil said villagers saw the
              two elephants eating pineapples at the suspected plot before
they
              were found dead.

              If the samples reveal that the crops are contaminated with
              poisonous chemicals, the owner of the plantation will be called
              for questioning, said Pol Lt-Col Manit.

              Pol Cap Suttipong Pongpapha-amphai of Kui Buri station said
              those found to be guilty of killing reserved species are
liable to a
              jail term of 10 years and a fine of up to 40,000 baht.

              As for those who encroach on forest reserves to grow crops,
              they will face a jail term of 5 years and a fine of 20,000 baht,
              noted Pol Cap Suttipong.

              Sources said the pineapple plantation in the national park was
              previously the feeding ground of a herd of 50 elephants until
the
              land was encroached upon by villagers to grow crops.

              A preliminary investigation into the deaths of the two elephants
              revealed that several containers of pesticides had been found
              near a watering hole frequented by the animals.

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

Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 04:30:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: Thousands of Mink Turned Loose
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In a message dated 97-06-02 02:38:41 EDT, AOL News writes:

 << Subj:Thousands of Mink Turned Loose
  Date:97-06-02 02:38:41 EDT
  From:AOL News
 BCC:LMANHEIM


       MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) - Thousands of mink died in what one fur
 industry official called the largest act of ``eco-terrorism'' ever
 against the fur trade - the release of 10,000 mink from their
 cages.
       At least half of the animals were expected to die from exposure,
 wounds from fighting with each other or trauma. Many were baby mink
 that had been separated from their mothers; others had been crushed
 by human feet.
       ``The animals have been so traumatized that many won't make
 it,'' said Marsha Kelly, a spokeswoman for Fur Commission U.S.A, a
 mink and fox farming group. ``There were thousands of dead mink in
 the yard.''
       Rick Arritola said the intruders bypassed an alarm system at his
 farm early Friday and broke into buildings and cages. He was able
 to retrieve about 1,300 mother mink, but not enough for cages full
 of dying babies. There were bags of dead animals piled around the
 farm 30 miles south of Portland.
       The damage was expected be at least several hundred thousand
 dollars, said Kelly, who suspected animal rights groups were
 responsible for the ``eco-terrorism.''
       The most costly attack on the industry was a March pipe bomb
 attack on the Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative in Sandy,
 Utah, which produces feed for mink raised in Utah and southern
 Idaho. Kelly said damage was estimated at $1 million.
       Federal law prohibits ``animal enterprise terrorism.'' FBI
 spokesman Patrick Geonetta said Sunday there were no suspects in
 the latest incident.
       Animal rights groups have battled the fur industry for years,
 contending it is inhumane to raise and kill animals to satisfy
 human vanity. Kelly said the raid was the nation's 25th such
 incident in the past 18 months.
       In 1991, a group calling itself the Animal Liberation Front
 claimed responsibility for a 1991 fire that destroyed a building at
 a Yamhill mink ranch. The group has said liberating animals is a
 means of discouraging people from raising animals for the fur
 trade.
       There are about 80 mink farms in Oregon.
       AP-NY-06-02-97 0232EDT >>


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Forwarded message:
Subj:    Thousands of Mink Turned Loose
Date:    97-06-02 02:38:41 EDT
From:    AOL News


      MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) - Thousands of mink died in what one fur
industry official called the largest act of ``eco-terrorism'' ever
against the fur trade - the release of 10,000 mink from their
cages.
      At least half of the animals were expected to die from exposure,
wounds from fighting with each other or trauma. Many were baby mink
that had been separated from their mothers; others had been crushed
by human feet.
      ``The animals have been so traumatized that many won't make
it,'' said Marsha Kelly, a spokeswoman for Fur Commission U.S.A, a
mink and fox farming group. ``There were thousands of dead mink in
the yard.''
      Rick Arritola said the intruders bypassed an alarm system at his
farm early Friday and broke into buildings and cages. He was able
to retrieve about 1,300 mother mink, but not enough for cages full
of dying babies. There were bags of dead animals piled around the
farm 30 miles south of Portland.
      The damage was expected be at least several hundred thousand
dollars, said Kelly, who suspected animal rights groups were
responsible for the ``eco-terrorism.''
      The most costly attack on the industry was a March pipe bomb
attack on the Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative in Sandy,
Utah, which produces feed for mink raised in Utah and southern
Idaho. Kelly said damage was estimated at $1 million.
      Federal law prohibits ``animal enterprise terrorism.'' FBI
spokesman Patrick Geonetta said Sunday there were no suspects in
the latest incident.
      Animal rights groups have battled the fur industry for years,
contending it is inhumane to raise and kill animals to satisfy
human vanity. Kelly said the raid was the nation's 25th such
incident in the past 18 months.
      In 1991, a group calling itself the Animal Liberation Front
claimed responsibility for a 1991 fire that destroyed a building at
a Yamhill mink ranch. The group has said liberating animals is a
means of discouraging people from raising animals for the fur
trade.
      There are about 80 mink farms in Oregon.
      AP-NY-06-02-97 0232EDT
      Copyright 1997 The
Associated Press.  The information
contained in the AP news report may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without
prior written authority of The Associated Press.


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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 04:50:56 -0400
From: Nikolas Entrup <[e-mail]>
To: AR-News <[e-mail]>
Subject: dog meat
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Hi,

as there have been some send outs via AR-NEWS on the issue DOG MEAT
(especially Bangkok), some media show interest in covering this story in
Austria. Therefore and also to work on a follow up, more information is
needed. Please forward any information regarding the following topics:
* main areas of the dog kill for human consumption
* are there any information of where the dogs come from (captive bred or
captured stray dogs)
* are there any available figures of the amount of dogs getting killed in
specific areas, involved companies and connections to the dog skin trade ?
* are there politicians we can address with protests (maybe the magazine
request people to write?)
* are there any regulations and prohibitions regarding that issue?

We would be also more than thankful for any information on the leather
trade with dog skin, involved companies etc,
Thank you very much



for Marion Loecker
Niki Entrup
RespekTiere
Lebzelterbreite 23
3390 Melk
email: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 09:45:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fur Rancher Lied About Oregon Raid
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

For Immediate Release:
June 1, 1997




Farmers Lied; Freed Mink
Survived Oregon Raid,
Anti-Fur Group Says
----------------------------------------------------------
Oregon Liberation 29th in Past 18 Months in U.S., Canada
----------------------------------------------------------

     MT ANGEL, OR -- Thousands of mink freed from an Oregon fur ranch have not
died as the owner of the ranch is claiming, according to the executive
director of a national animal protection organization, which Sunday
applauded the liberation of the animals by an unknown underground animal
rights group.

     Additionally,  JP Goodwin, of the Dallas-based Coalition to Abolish the Fur
Trade, said  he has been provided information that more than 10,000 mink --
not the 8-9,000 suggested by the owner of the ranch -- were freed in the
Friday night raid.

     Goodwin said the Mt. Angel attack is the 29th known raid in North America
-- including 5 in Canada -- resulting in about 45,400 animals being freed
since the fall of 1995, about 18 months. An estimated 36,000 animals have
been freed from mostly fur farms, in a dozen states, including Utah,
Washington, Oregon, Ohio, Massachusetts, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Tennessee, New York and Maryland. Thousands of fur-bearing animals
have also been freed in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Norway this
past year.

     "We support the freeing of animals meant for certain death by neck
breaking, suffocation or gassing," said Goodwin, whose organization often
speaks for fur animal liberators and also coordinates national protests
against department stores that sell fur. Last year, those protests resulted
in more than 200 arrests in about 25 cities.

     Goodwin took great issue with comments by fur rancher Rick Arritola that
mink died of exposure or fighting with each other. "The young were probably
about 6 weeks old, not 2 as claimed in news reports. They are fully capable
of surviving at that age," said Goodwin.

     "We know that fur ranchers lie about the animals that are freed in an
attempt to minimize their guilt, and somehow make the liberators into
something other than the freedom fighters they are," said Goodwin. "Mink are
wild animals, and do well in natural surroundings, compared to the tiny
cages they are forced to live their life in," he added. He cited a recent
case where a fur rancher told news media and police that 400 liberated mink
died in the wild. However, when questioned in court, the rancher admitted no
more than 20 had probably died.
-30-
Contact: JP Goodwin/CAFT  [phone]

(NOTE: Mr. Goodwin is the animal rights spokesperson for fur farm raids --
as Ms Kelly speaks for the fur industry -- and is always available for
interview and background..)


Date: Mon, 2 Jun 97 09:17:23 UTC
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Preliminary Hearing Set for Juveniles Charged in Cat Cruelty
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In February, Second Chance Animal Sanctuary, in Norman, OK, filed a
complaint of animal cruelty with the Cleveland, OK County District
Attorney's office involving three juveniles, two 17 year-olds and one
16 year-old, who allegedly tortured and killed a neighborhood cat in
Blanchard, OK.

Second Chance had an autopsy performed on the animal which revealed
the 2 year-old cat suffered severe bruising, broken bones, a fractured
skull, and burns. According to veterinarian, Dr. Michael Hudson, the
cat was beaten so badly, "even her heart was bruised."

The animal cruelty complaint alleges the three Blanchard teens
picked the cat up alongside the road in Blanchard, beat the animal
while it was trapped in their vehicle, then bound its legs
with rope, set it on fire, kicked it, and then threw it off a bridge.
Second Chance retrieved the dead cat from the shallow water under the
bridge three miles east of Blanchard.

One of the teens reported the incident to a Blanchard teacher
who then notified Second Chance. All three boys confessed their
complicity  in this crime to Second Chance director, Jamie McAloon.
It is possible the juveniles will be classified as adults for
prosecution.  Second Chance will be closely monitoring this case
and will be a witness for the prosecution.

Second Chance's address: P.O. Box 1266, Norman, OK  73070. Email
address: [e-mail]   Website: http://www.ionet.net/~meliason/Second
Chance

--Sherrill
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:52:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Save a Million Mice!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Help End Inhumane Use of Animals
for Monoclonal Antibody Production

Monoclonal antibodies (MABs) are used in essentially every field of human and
veterinary biomedical research and in diagnosing and treating many cancers,
bacterial and viral infections, and other ailments.  They are especially
useful because they "attack" specific antigens within the body.  Some
laboratories manufacture large quantities of MABs in bioreactors.
 Unfortu-nately, many others still use the outdated and painful ascites
method of producing MABs in animals.

Animals Suffer Needlessly

When animals are used, MABs develop in their abdominal fluid in response to
tumor cells placed there by laboratory staff.  This causes ascites--a painful
swelling of the abdomen's peritoneal cavity.  In addition, the animals suffer
when staff inject a chemical to "prime" their bodies to make antibodies and
when they withdraw the MAB-containing fluid by piercing the animals' severely
swollen bodies with large syringes.  Many animals die of dehydration from the
sudden loss of so much fluid.

It is estimated that up to 1 million animals undergo this torment each year
in the U.S.

Alternatives Readily Available

Since 1975, scientists have known MABs could be produced without the use of
animals, but animal use proliferated in small-scale production.  In the
1990s, the American Anti-Vivisection Society's (AAVS') Alternatives Research
& Development Foundation (ARDF) provided funds for experienced scientists to
develop a humane, efficient, economical laboratory method of MAB production:
gas-permeable tissue culture bags.  These specially designed plastic bags
grow a desired antibody when the correct cells and culture medium are placed
inside them.  The bags make more MABs in less time for less money and
eliminate the contamination which results from the use of ascites.  Many
other alternatives are also available.

Europe Leads the Switch to Alternatives

The alternatives are so simple, reliable, and economical that The
Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland have banned use of the ascites method.
 In April 1997, ECVAM, the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative
Methods, published its recommendation that the entire European Union (EU)
prohibit animal MAB production.  The EU is expected to follow ECVAM's
recommendation.

Animal Welfare Act Falls Short

The U.S. Animal Welfare Act (AWA) requires all animal laboratories'
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) to ask experimenters
whether they considered alternatives before proposing to experiment on
animals.  Unfortunately, experimenters in the U.S. are not required to use
alternatives whenever possible--in contrast with European law.  To end
ascites MAB production and use in all U.S. laboratories, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA), which administers the AWA, must announce a ban.

NIH Fails To Comply with Law

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) can end ascites MAB production and
use for all experiments receiving NIH grants,   The National Institutes of
Health Revitalization Act of 1993 (NIHRA) mandates that the Director of NIH
prepare a plan for the use of alternatives to animals in NIH-funded
experiments.  It requires NIH to conduct or support research into
alternatives, encourage experimenters to use those found to be valid and
reliable, and train experimenters to use such alternatives.  The plan
submitted in October 1993 fails to meet those requirements:  It talks about
developing alternatives, but provides no staff or system to accomplish the
task.

The AAVS  Takes Action

In March 1997, the ARDF surveyed and offered information on alternative MAB
production techniques to about 1,000 directors of IACUCs at registered
laboratories.  Many requested information on alternatives.  The survey
results indicate (1) animals continue to suffer needlessly from ascites under
the U.S. Animal Welfare Act; (2) alternatives are underutilized; and (3)
NIH-funded experimenters are not being educated and trained in the
alternatives as mandated by the NIHRA.

In April 1997, the AAVS petitioned the USDA to prohibit ascites MAB
production and use in all U.S. laboratories, and petitioned NIH to end
ascites production and use in all NIH-funded experiments.  Please write to
your Congressional Representative and U.S. Senators and ask them to urge NIH
Director Harold Varmus and Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to decide in
favor of the AAVS monoclonal antibodies petitions.  Thank you!

For more information, please call, fax, write, or e-mail the AAVS at
[e-mail].

*     *     *     *     *

American Anti-Vivisection Society, 801 Old York Road #204, Jenkintown, PA
19046; 215-887-0816; fax [phone]
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 01:14:11 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Letters for Taiwan
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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On 24 May 97, I sent out a few addresses to write to regarding the stray dog
extermination programme in Taiwan. The fax numbers work but someone has
checked with the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party Mission to US and
kindly forwarded to me the following info.

Chairman Tjiu Mau-Ying
Council of Agriculture
37 Nanhai Road
Taipei, Taiwan.........Taiwan was left off the original

President Lee Teng-Hui........she was told to leave off "Republic of China"

and
Mayor Wu Den-Yih
2 SSUWEI
3rd Road
Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sorry about this. The original information was given to me by a reliable
source.

Vadivu

Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 13:18:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: "Animal Rights 101" by Kathleen Marquardt
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


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Forwarded message:
From:[e-mail] (Tana McHale)
  To:[e-mail]
Date: 97-06-02 06:16:17 EDT

... and you must read this if it's not already posted up on your livingroom
wall in it's entirety!

>Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 07:28:42 -0700
>To: xxx
>From: Tana McHale <[e-mail]>
>Subject: "Animal Rights 101" by Kathleen Marquardt
>
>Source: http://www.thewild.com/plf/files/Animal_Rights_101
>
> Animal Rights 1 0 1
>
>                        by Kathleen Marquardt, President
>                              Putting People First
>
>
>     We have all heard about the "animal rights" movement. We have
>seen their compelling pictures of puppies and seals and kittens. We
>have heard their pleas for compassion. But what do we really know
>about the "animal rights" movement. What do they want? Who are they?
>Where do they come from?
>     We believe in animal welfare. We believe in human rights. But I
>have learned that the so-called animal "rights" movement does neither,
>and so I am working hard to counter their influence on our children,
>the media, and government.
>     Look at the words "animal rights movement." Start with "animal."
>In this preface to Animal Liberation (the bible of the animal "rights"
>movement), Peter Singer says that he was never especially
>"interested" in animals, nor had he "ever been inordinately fond of
>dogs, cats, or horses in the way that many people are. We didn't love
>animals." His feeling is shared by many animal rights leaders.
>     Next look at "rights."
>     Humans have rights but along with rights we have corresponding
>responsibilities.
>     We have rights because we are able to understand right from wrong
>and can choose between them. Only humans have the ability to make
>moral choices. Animals do not.
>     Animals act out of instinct. They neither know nor can choose
>right or wrong. Therefore, they cannot be held responsible for their
>actions. A lion cannot be charged with murder for eating a zebra.
>     Because animals lack responsibility, it is meaningless and
>absurd to claim they have rights.
>     So here we have a group of people who do not really care about
>animals, fighting to give bogus rights to animals. What is this
>"movement" really about?
>     Listen to their words:
>     "We, the human species, have become a viral epidemic to the
>earth." (Paul Watson, Greenpeace)
>     "We see AIDS not as a problem, but as a necessary solution."
>(David Foreman, Earth First!)
>     "We humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on
>the face of the earth." (Ingrid Newkirk, PeTA)
>     These quotes say that the leaders are using animals to attack
>humans. Animal rights is a bankrupt value system that is out to
>abolish all human use of animals. They want no milk for babies, no
>seeing eye dogs, no insulin for diabetics.
>     They are using intimidation and terrorism to coerce us into
>believing what they believe and living the way they want to live.
>Animal extremists are manipulating the public through the media every
>day, and they are brainwashing our children in our schools.
>     The average animal rights volunteer does not understand the
>true agenda of animal rights. She is duped into believing that animal
>rights is out to help animals.
>     With five pets on average, the typical activist has no idea that
>her movement is determined to do away with pets. Would she be funding
>this machine if she knew she was expected to live without pets?
>     But the average activist does not make policy or decide how the
>hundreds of millions of dollars is spent. She has no voice in the
>direction of the movement and no idea what that direction is.
>     The leaders know where the money is going -- whether to build up
>their private coffers, bomb research labs, or pay legal fees of those
>caught bombing or attempting murder.
>     For whatever reason, these leaders hat humanity and are doing
>their best to destroy animal agriculture, medical research and every
>other use of animals.
>     All of us who believe in Western culture and Judeo/Christian
>values, all of us who believe that humans are part of the food chain
>-- we must ensure that they do not succeed.


Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 13:23:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: BRAVO!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


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Forwarded message:
From:[e-mail] (Tana McHale)
  To:[e-mail]
Date: 97-06-02 06:16:58 EDT

Good for you, speaking up about PETA on AR-News!  Few understand the
differences between animal rights and animal welfare, clearly you do and
aren't afraid to speak up about it.  On the other hand I'm surprised you
dropped your subscription to that newsgroup, an invaluable tool if you can
stand the traffic and gory details about tortured housepets (makes me ill,
usually have to delete the worst titles to avoid barfing.  Disgusting, in
my opinion -- people claiming to care about animals while obsessively
collecting/distributing the bloodiest, most horrific accounts of animal
abuse they can find... wonder what Freud's diagnosis on that phenomenon
would have been).  Anyway, I thought you'd appreciate this...

>Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 03:00:46 -0700
>To: xxxxxxx
>From: Tana McHale <[e-mail]>
>Subject: "What are the animal 'rights' people really saying?"
>
>Source: http://www.thewild.com/plf/files/Activists_Quotes
>
>         My ideal is "a return to the garden of Eden where even the
>         animals are vegetarian."
>                                -Andrea Reed, Louisville Fund for Animals
>                                 (_Lexington_Herald_, 1990)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical
>                                       Treatment of Animals (PETA)
>                                 (_Washingtonian_Magazine_, August 1986)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a
>         human being.
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion
>         broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses.
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk (PETA)
>                                 (_Washington_Post_, Nov 13, 1983)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         We feel animals have the same rights as a retarded human child.
>                                -Alex Pacheco (PETA)
>                                 (_New_York_Times_, Jan 14, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         On leather jackets: That's the next step.  You have to take one
>         step at a time.  It was easier to start with fur.
>                                -Dan Matthews, Director of Fur Campaign,
PETA
>                                 (_Detroit_News_, August 13, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Never buy wool again.  Choose only cotton, synthetics and other
>         non-animal fibers.  The sheep are embarrassed when they are
>         shorn, sometimes they are nicked during the process, and they
>         get cold afterward.
>                                 (_PETA_News_, August 13, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Pet ownership is an "absolutely abysmal situation brought about
>         by human manipulation."
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
>                                 (_Washingtonian_Magazine_, August 1986)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Humanity is the cancer of nature.
>                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Man is always and everywhere a blight on the landscape.
>                                -John Muir, Founder of the Sierra Club
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         If the death of one rat cured all diseases, it wouldn't make
>         any difference to me.
>                                -Chris Derose, founder and director of
>                                        Last Chance for Animals
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The liberation of animal life can only be achieved through
>         the radical transformation of human consciousness and the
>         overthrow of the existing power structure.
>                                -Transpecies Unlimited
>                                 (_Readers_Digest_, June 1990)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The animal rights movement is "part of a revolutionary
>         process aimed at restructuring the major institution of
>         society..."
>                                -Dr. Morgan, Mobilization for Animals
>                                 (from his book, _Love_and_Anger_,
>                                  an animal "rights" organizers handbook)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are "acceptable
>         crimes" when used for the animals' cause.
>                                -Alex Pacheco (PETA)
>                                 (_Charleston,_W._VA_Gazette-Mail_,
>                                  Jan 15, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         I believe that this decade will see the first acts of true
>         violence.  Some may be accidental - like a bystander killed
>         in a bomb blast; some will be deliberate - like a vivesector
>         shot in the street.  The violence will confuse and divide us,
>         but it will be a temporary adjustment and then we will learn
>         to live with it.
>                                -Victoria Miller, ARKI: Canadian Animal
>                                  Rights Network, and former President,
>                                  Toronto Humane Society
>                                 (_Animals_Agenda_)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The optimum human population of earth is zero.
>                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The human race could go extinct and I for one would not shed
>         any tears.
>                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>        Q:  What would happen...you have a child...the child is dying
>            of diabetes.  It needs an insulin injection.  The only way
>            way to get it is from a lamb.  Do you kill the lamb in order
>            to get the insulin so you can save the child, or do you let
>            the child die?
>
>        A:  Well, I...would not even for my self...or for...I would not
>            knowingly have an animal hurt for me or my children, or
>            anything else.
>                                -Cleveland Amory, Fund for Animals
>                                 (_Larry_King_Show_, October 29, 1987)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Even if animal tests produced a cure for AIDS, "We'd be against
it."
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
>                                 (_Washington_Post_, May 30, 1989)
>
>
>(Republished from the _Michigan_Outdoors_ Fred Trost's Outdoors Club
> _Outdoor_Digest_, August/September 1992 from the _SOS_Bureau_Alert!_)


Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 13:37:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: **** <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Fwd: BRAVO!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

THIS IS OFF-TOPIC

If you would like to spout off your ignorance do it elsewhere -

Peter

P.s. Dave Foreman (Earth First!) is no where close to being an animal
rights activist, another bit of your misinformation.  Also, please
remember the mailing list is AR-NEWS.  AR stands for animal rights.  ITs
not AW-news.


On Mon, 2 Jun 1997 [e-mail] wrote:

>
> ---------------------
> Forwarded message:
 > From:[e-mail] (Tana McHale)
> To:[e-mail]
> Date: 97-06-02 06:16:58 EDT
>
> Good for you, speaking up about PETA on AR-News!  Few understand the
> differences between animal rights and animal welfare, clearly you do and
> aren't afraid to speak up about it.  On the other hand I'm surprised you
> dropped your subscription to that newsgroup, an invaluable tool if you can
> stand the traffic and gory details about tortured housepets (makes me ill,
> usually have to delete the worst titles to avoid barfing.  Disgusting, in
> my opinion -- people claiming to care about animals while obsessively
> collecting/distributing the bloodiest, most horrific accounts of animal
> abuse they can find... wonder what Freud's diagnosis on that phenomenon
> would have been).  Anyway, I thought you'd appreciate this...
>
> >Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 03:00:46 -0700
> >To: xxxxxxx
> >From: Tana McHale <[e-mail]>
> >Subject: "What are the animal 'rights' people really saying?"
> >
> >Source: http://www.thewild.com/plf/files/Activists_Quotes
> >
> >         My ideal is "a return to the garden of Eden where even the
> >         animals are vegetarian."
> >                                -Andrea Reed, Louisville Fund for Animals
> >                                 (_Lexington_Herald_, 1990)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.
> >                                -Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical
> >                                       Treatment of Animals (PETA)
> >                                 (_Washingtonian_Magazine_, August 1986)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a
> >         human being.
> >                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion
> >         broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses.
> >                                -Ingrid Newkirk (PETA)
> >                                 (_Washington_Post_, Nov 13, 1983)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         We feel animals have the same rights as a retarded human child.
> >                                -Alex Pacheco (PETA)
> >                                 (_New_York_Times_, Jan 14, 1989)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         On leather jackets: That's the next step.  You have to take one
> >         step at a time.  It was easier to start with fur.
> >                                -Dan Matthews, Director of Fur Campaign,
> PETA
> >                                 (_Detroit_News_, August 13, 1989)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         Never buy wool again.  Choose only cotton, synthetics and other
> >         non-animal fibers.  The sheep are embarrassed when they are
> >         shorn, sometimes they are nicked during the process, and they
> >         get cold afterward.
> >                                 (_PETA_News_, August 13, 1989)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         Pet ownership is an "absolutely abysmal situation brought about
> >         by human manipulation."
> >                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
> >                                 (_Washingtonian_Magazine_, August 1986)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         Humanity is the cancer of nature.
> >                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         Man is always and everywhere a blight on the landscape.
> >                                -John Muir, Founder of the Sierra Club
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         If the death of one rat cured all diseases, it wouldn't make
> >         any difference to me.
> >                                -Chris Derose, founder and director of
> >                                        Last Chance for Animals
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         The liberation of animal life can only be achieved through
> >         the radical transformation of human consciousness and the
> >         overthrow of the existing power structure.
> >                                -Transpecies Unlimited
> >                                 (_Readers_Digest_, June 1990)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         The animal rights movement is "part of a revolutionary
> >         process aimed at restructuring the major institution of
> >         society..."
> >                                -Dr. Morgan, Mobilization for Animals
> >                                 (from his book, _Love_and_Anger_,
> >                                  an animal "rights" organizers handbook)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are "acceptable
> >         crimes" when used for the animals' cause.
> >                                -Alex Pacheco (PETA)
> >                                 (_Charleston,_W._VA_Gazette-Mail_,
> >                                  Jan 15, 1989)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         I believe that this decade will see the first acts of true
> >         violence.  Some may be accidental - like a bystander killed
> >         in a bomb blast; some will be deliberate - like a vivesector
> >         shot in the street.  The violence will confuse and divide us,
> >         but it will be a temporary adjustment and then we will learn
> >         to live with it.
> >                                -Victoria Miller, ARKI: Canadian Animal
> >                                  Rights Network, and former President,
> >                                  Toronto Humane Society
> >                                 (_Animals_Agenda_)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         The optimum human population of earth is zero.
> >                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         The human race could go extinct and I for one would not shed
> >         any tears.
> >                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >        Q:  What would happen...you have a child...the child is dying
> >            of diabetes.  It needs an insulin injection.  The only way
> >            way to get it is from a lamb.  Do you kill the lamb in order
> >            to get the insulin so you can save the child, or do you let
> >            the child die?
> >
> >        A:  Well, I...would not even for my self...or for...I would not
> >            knowingly have an animal hurt for me or my children, or
> >            anything else.
> >                                -Cleveland Amory, Fund for Animals
> >                                 (_Larry_King_Show_, October 29, 1987)
> >
> >                                  *   *   *
> >
> >         Even if animal tests produced a cure for AIDS, "We'd be against
> it."
> >                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
> >                                 (_Washington_Post_, May 30, 1989)
> >
> >
> >(Republished from the _Michigan_Outdoors_ Fred Trost's Outdoors Club
> > _Outdoor_Digest_, August/September 1992 from the _SOS_Bureau_Alert!_)
>
>
>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 13:41:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: **** <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Fwd: "Animal Rights 101" by Kathleen Marquardt
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Again off-topic.

For all those not familiar with Putting People First, now known as
Putting Liberty First, the organization is a right-wing organization set
out to destroy the animal rights and environmental movements.  In fact in
Kathleen's book "Animal Scam" she says something to the affect that veal
calves aren't kept in small crates, and have a lot of room to move about.

Peter

On Mon, 2 Jun 1997 [e-mail] wrote:

>
> ---------------------
> Forwarded message:
 > From:[e-mail] (Tana McHale)
> To:[e-mail]
> Date: 97-06-02 06:16:17 EDT
>
> ... and you must read this if it's not already posted up on your livingroom
> wall in it's entirety!
>
> >Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 07:28:42 -0700
> >To: xxx
> >From: Tana McHale <[e-mail]>
> >Subject: "Animal Rights 101" by Kathleen Marquardt
> >
> >Source: http://www.thewild.com/plf/files/Animal_Rights_101
> >
> > Animal Rights 1 0 1
> >
> >                        by Kathleen Marquardt, President
> >                              Putting People First
> >
> >
> >     We have all heard about the "animal rights" movement. We have
> >seen their compelling pictures of puppies and seals and kittens. We
> >have heard their pleas for compassion. But what do we really know
> >about the "animal rights" movement. What do they want? Who are they?
> >Where do they come from?
> >     We believe in animal welfare. We believe in human rights. But I
> >have learned that the so-called animal "rights" movement does neither,
> >and so I am working hard to counter their influence on our children,
> >the media, and government.
> >     Look at the words "animal rights movement." Start with "animal."
> >In this preface to Animal Liberation (the bible of the animal "rights"
> >movement), Peter Singer says that he was never especially
> >"interested" in animals, nor had he "ever been inordinately fond of
> >dogs, cats, or horses in the way that many people are. We didn't love
> >animals." His feeling is shared by many animal rights leaders.
> >     Next look at "rights."
> >     Humans have rights but along with rights we have corresponding
> >responsibilities.
> >     We have rights because we are able to understand right from wrong
> >and can choose between them. Only humans have the ability to make
> >moral choices. Animals do not.
> >     Animals act out of instinct. They neither know nor can choose
> >right or wrong. Therefore, they cannot be held responsible for their
> >actions. A lion cannot be charged with murder for eating a zebra.
> >     Because animals lack responsibility, it is meaningless and
> >absurd to claim they have rights.
> >     So here we have a group of people who do not really care about
> >animals, fighting to give bogus rights to animals. What is this
> >"movement" really about?
> >     Listen to their words:
> >     "We, the human species, have become a viral epidemic to the
> >earth." (Paul Watson, Greenpeace)
> >     "We see AIDS not as a problem, but as a necessary solution."
> >(David Foreman, Earth First!)
> >     "We humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on
> >the face of the earth." (Ingrid Newkirk, PeTA)
> >     These quotes say that the leaders are using animals to attack
> >humans. Animal rights is a bankrupt value system that is out to
> >abolish all human use of animals. They want no milk for babies, no
> >seeing eye dogs, no insulin for diabetics.
> >     They are using intimidation and terrorism to coerce us into
> >believing what they believe and living the way they want to live.
> >Animal extremists are manipulating the public through the media every
> >day, and they are brainwashing our children in our schools.
> >     The average animal rights volunteer does not understand the
> >true agenda of animal rights. She is duped into believing that animal
> >rights is out to help animals.
> >     With five pets on average, the typical activist has no idea that
> >her movement is determined to do away with pets. Would she be funding
> >this machine if she knew she was expected to live without pets?
> >     But the average activist does not make policy or decide how the
> >hundreds of millions of dollars is spent. She has no voice in the
> >direction of the movement and no idea what that direction is.
> >     The leaders know where the money is going -- whether to build up
> >their private coffers, bomb research labs, or pay legal fees of those
> >caught bombing or attempting murder.
> >     For whatever reason, these leaders hat humanity and are doing
> >their best to destroy animal agriculture, medical research and every
> >other use of animals.
> >     All of us who believe in Western culture and Judeo/Christian
> >values, all of us who believe that humans are part of the food chain
> >-- we must ensure that they do not succeed.
>
>
>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 97 12:51:33 UTC
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Animal Tales
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

(Excerpts from "Country," June issue). Written by Pat Lane of Pullman,
Washington:  "Our dog, Duke, a collie-shepherd mix, was the best pooch
in the world," says Pat Lane of Pullman, Washington.

"All he lived for was to please us. He was a great companion to our
four boys.

"One day, I was planting petunias and leaving the little boxes behind me
to pick up later. When I finished, I went back to gather them up - only
to find that Duke had already neatly put them in a pile on the patio.

"Duke was truly one neat dog!"

_________________________________________________________

-- Sherrill
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 12:56:17 -0500 (CDT)
From: John Ello <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: A New Animal Rights list.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

I'm pleased to announce the creation of [e-mail], a new activist
news oriented list. Here's the info file:

== Introduction to AR-Wire

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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 11:26:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Markarian <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject: LIVE FROM ZIMBABWE!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from the Fish and Wildlife Service:
>============================================================
>
>                       LIVE FROM ZIMBABWE!
>
>
>Travel through cyberspace to observe the deliberations during an
>important environmental meeting, the Convention on International
>Trade in Endangered Species' (CITES) biennial Conference of the
>Parties (COP) to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 8-20.  By
>bringing up the U.S. delegation's Internet address, you can get
>an inside look at the conservation work of the treaty's 136
>member nations and get a feel for the behind-the-scenes
>negotiations so important to the protection of animals and plants
>around the world.  Cover fast-breaking news stories, learn what's
>hot and what's not, meet the real movers and shakers, and compare
>your own opinions on issues and decisions with those of the U.S.
>delegates.
>
>To access the U.S. delegation's Internet site, go to
>http://www.fws.gov/~r9dia/index.html for information about
>getting COP10 coverage via U.S. CITES Online.  You can also take
>a look back at what went on at COP9, held in Ft. Lauderdale,
>Florida, in 1994.  The site will become active June 8.
>
>For further information, contact Mary Maruca at [phone] or
>Patricia Fisher at [phone] until June 4; after June 4,
>please contact Mitch Snow at [phone].
>
>
>May 30, 1997
>
>

Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 14:01:56 -0700
From: ckelly <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Harrassment of ARs>Fwd: BRAVO!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

List Manager:
Please consider evaluating the suitablility of [e-mail] (she
unsubscribed this a.m.) if she should try to resubscribe. Please read the
following and recent (today) xmissions from her and [e-mail] -
clearly they are involved in hate and harrassment of animal rights people,
and, I believe violate the stated purpose of the ar-news/views list ("not
opened to people whose agenda is to combat, defeat, or ridicule the central
idea of the Animal Rights Movement").  Thank you, Chris.


---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:[e-mail] (Tana McHale)
  To:[e-mail]
Date: 97-06-02 06:16:58 EDT

Good for you, speaking up about PETA on AR-News!  Few understand the
differences between animal rights and animal welfare, clearly you do and
aren't afraid to speak up about it.  On the other hand I'm surprised you
dropped your subscription to that newsgroup, an invaluable tool if you can
stand the traffic and gory details about tortured housepets (makes me ill,
usually have to delete the worst titles to avoid barfing.  Disgusting, in
my opinion -- people claiming to care about animals while obsessively
collecting/distributing the bloodiest, most horrific accounts of animal
abuse they can find... wonder what Freud's diagnosis on that phenomenon
would have been).  Anyway, I thought you'd appreciate this...

>Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 03:00:46 -0700
>To: xxxxxxx
>From: Tana McHale <[e-mail]>
>Subject: "What are the animal 'rights' people really saying?"
>
>Source: http://www.thewild.com/plf/files/Activists_Quotes
>
>         My ideal is "a return to the garden of Eden where even the
>         animals are vegetarian."
>                                -Andrea Reed, Louisville Fund for Animals
>                                 (_Lexington_Herald_, 1990)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical
>                                       Treatment of Animals (PETA)
>                                 (_Washingtonian_Magazine_, August 1986)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The smallest form of life, even an ant or a clam, is equal to a
>         human being.
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion
>         broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses.
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk (PETA)
>                                 (_Washington_Post_, Nov 13, 1983)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         We feel animals have the same rights as a retarded human child.
>                                -Alex Pacheco (PETA)
>                                 (_New_York_Times_, Jan 14, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         On leather jackets: That's the next step.  You have to take one
>         step at a time.  It was easier to start with fur.
>                                -Dan Matthews, Director of Fur Campaign,
PETA
>                                 (_Detroit_News_, August 13, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Never buy wool again.  Choose only cotton, synthetics and other
>         non-animal fibers.  The sheep are embarrassed when they are
>         shorn, sometimes they are nicked during the process, and they
>         get cold afterward.
>                                 (_PETA_News_, August 13, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Pet ownership is an "absolutely abysmal situation brought about
>         by human manipulation."
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
>                                 (_Washingtonian_Magazine_, August 1986)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Humanity is the cancer of nature.
>                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Man is always and everywhere a blight on the landscape.
>                                -John Muir, Founder of the Sierra Club
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         If the death of one rat cured all diseases, it wouldn't make
>         any difference to me.
>                                -Chris Derose, founder and director of
>                                        Last Chance for Animals
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The liberation of animal life can only be achieved through
>         the radical transformation of human consciousness and the
>         overthrow of the existing power structure.
>                                -Transpecies Unlimited
>                                 (_Readers_Digest_, June 1990)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The animal rights movement is "part of a revolutionary
>         process aimed at restructuring the major institution of
>         society..."
>                                -Dr. Morgan, Mobilization for Animals
>                                 (from his book, _Love_and_Anger_,
>                                  an animal "rights" organizers handbook)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are "acceptable
>         crimes" when used for the animals' cause.
>                                -Alex Pacheco (PETA)
>                                 (_Charleston,_W._VA_Gazette-Mail_,
>                                  Jan 15, 1989)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         I believe that this decade will see the first acts of true
>         violence.  Some may be accidental - like a bystander killed
>         in a bomb blast; some will be deliberate - like a vivesector
>         shot in the street.  The violence will confuse and divide us,
>         but it will be a temporary adjustment and then we will learn
>         to live with it.
>                                -Victoria Miller, ARKI: Canadian Animal
>                                  Rights Network, and former President,
>                                  Toronto Humane Society
>                                 (_Animals_Agenda_)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The optimum human population of earth is zero.
>                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         The human race could go extinct and I for one would not shed
>         any tears.
>                                -Dave Foreman, Earth First!
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>        Q:  What would happen...you have a child...the child is dying
>            of diabetes.  It needs an insulin injection.  The only way
>            way to get it is from a lamb.  Do you kill the lamb in order
>            to get the insulin so you can save the child, or do you let
>            the child die?
>
>        A:  Well, I...would not even for my self...or for...I would not
>            knowingly have an animal hurt for me or my children, or
>            anything else.
>                                -Cleveland Amory, Fund for Animals
>                                 (_Larry_King_Show_, October 29, 1987)
>
>                                  *   *   *
>
>         Even if animal tests produced a cure for AIDS, "We'd be against
it."
>                                -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
>                                 (_Washington_Post_, May 30, 1989)
>
>
>(Republished from the _Michigan_Outdoors_ Fred Trost's Outdoors Club
> _Outdoor_Digest_, August/September 1992 from the _SOS_Bureau_Alert!_)


Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:57:32 -0400
From: "Patrick Tohill" <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Canada's Position WAS: LIVE FROM ZIMBABWE!
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FYI: How Canada Plans to Vote At CITES

I was recently in touch with Steve Curtis who is the Associate Director
General of the Canadian Wildlife Service.

With respect to the proposals being brought forward by Botswana, Namibia
and Zimbabwe to remove protection for their elephant populations
(downlisting them from Appendix I to Appendix II), Canada will oppose any
move to reopen the ivory trade, therefore they would oppose the proposals
(unless they are amended). Canada, would not resist a move to reopen trade
in live elephants or elephant hides as long as a total ban on ivory was
still in force.

With respect to the proposal being brought forward by Finland, with support
from Bulgaria and Jordan to raise the level of protection afforded to the
remaining popuations of European and Asian brown bears from Appendix II to
Appendix I, Canada will oppose the proposal. Canada will, however, be
supporting a separate resolution for better monitoring and enforcement of
the trade in bear parts.

Regards

Patrick Tohill
Communications Officer
WSPA Canada

The World Society for the Protection of Animals has been at the forefront
of animal protection and wildlife conservation for more than 40 years. The
only international animal protection organization recognized by the United
Nations, WSPA represents more than 300 member societies in over 70
countries.

Visit WSPA's website at http://www.way.net/wspa/

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> From: Mike Markarian <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Subject: LIVE FROM ZIMBABWE!
> Date: Monday, June 02, 1997 2:26 PM
>
> from the Fish and Wildlife Service:
> >============================================================
> >
> >                       LIVE FROM ZIMBABWE!
> >
> >
> >Travel through cyberspace to observe the deliberations during an
> >important environmental meeting, the Convention on International
> >Trade in Endangered Species' (CITES) biennial Conference of the
> >Parties (COP) to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 8-20.  By
> >bringing up the U.S. delegation's Internet address, you can get
> >an inside look at the conservation work of the treaty's 136
> >member nations and get a feel for the behind-the-scenes
> >negotiations so important to the protection of animals and plants
> >around the world.  Cover fast-breaking news stories, learn what's
> >hot and what's not, meet the real movers and shakers, and compare
> >your own opinions on issues and decisions with those of the U.S.
> >delegates.
> >
> >To access the U.S. delegation's Internet site, go to
> >http://www.fws.gov/~r9dia/index.html for information about
> >getting COP10 coverage via U.S. CITES Online.  You can also take
> >a look back at what went on at COP9, held in Ft. Lauderdale,
> >Florida, in 1994.  The site will become active June 8.
> >
> >For further information, contact Mary Maruca at [phone] or
> >Patricia Fisher at [phone] until June 4; after June 4,
> >please contact Mitch Snow at [phone].
> >
> >
> >May 30, 1997
> >
> >
>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 16:38:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Toronto Council opposes pound seizure, shames humane society
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In the following, my comments (not to make commentary but to help clarify the
issues) are contained in square brackets, [like this].

If you don't want to wade through the whole letter, skip to point 5...it's
the one about pound seizure, brought about because of information that the
THS was secretly providing animals to laboratories, an accusation for which
solid, documented proof is currently lacking.  Our concern is that the
McKenzie Institute is solidly in opposition to the so-called animal rights
movement and has sought to discredit the movement in Toronto, and that Mr.
Slibar is an officer of the McKenzie Institute.

In a letter to Mr. Jack Slibar, Acting Chief Operating Officer of the Toronto
Humane Society, dated May 20, 1997, the city solicitor to the City of Toronto
wrote:

"Dear Mr. Slibar,

"City Council, at is meeting held on May 12, 1997, gave consideration to
Clause 25, contained in Report No. 7 of the Neighbourhoods Committee titled
"Toronto Humane Society Public Complaints Procedure".

"While considering this Clause, Council had before it a communication (may 5,
1997) from Liz White, Animal Alliance of Canada, and Barry Kent MacKay, The
Animal Protection Institute.

"Council ammended the Clause by striking out the recommendations of the
Neighbourhoods Committee and replacing it, and in so doing:

"1  Directed that the Public Complaints Process [our earlier successful
argument that there be a complaints process was that people were losing
animals and had no virtually recourse, the THS acting as a power
unaccountable even though it receives public funding] contained in the draft
contract appended to this report (April 28, 1997) from the Medical Officer of
Health and also appended to his report (April 17, 1997) be amended by
rewording the final paragraph under STEP 2: to read:
"If the investigating senior staff member is unable to resolve your
complaint, or the investigating senior staff member has not communicated back
to you in writing within 4 weeks or followed up within 2 weeks after that to
explain the findings, of is you wish to appeal the findings:" and approved
the Public Complaints Process as amended.  [This was just a bit of house
keeping to assure that there were time limits imposed on the process.]

"2:  Requested the Toronto Humane Society to indicate to members of the
public, in a mannger to be agreed upon by the City and the Society, the
availability of written public complaints procedure.

"3:  Granted authority to enter into an agreement with the Toronto Humane
Society, in form and content, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, for the
provision of animal sheltering services for the period June 1, 1997 to May
31, 1998.

"4:  Authorized that funds in the amount of $726,000 be paid to the Toronto
Humane Society in monthly allotments of $60,500.  Funds for this purpose are
provided in the Public Health's 1997 Operating Budget.

"5:  Agreed to adopt as policy, notwithstanding the Animals for Research Act,
that Council will not sell, transfer or gift animals for research purposes:
 that its animals sheltered by the Toronto Humane Society will not be sold,
transferred or gifted for research purposes, and that this policy be attached
to the Animal Sheltering Services Contract with the City of Toronto and the
Toronto Humane Society.  [This is wonderful...The THS would not state that it
would absolutely NOT, under any circumstances, give animals to research, but
continued to waffle, saying that it had never been asked, would try to
negotiate an exemption, etc.,...this in contrast to previous boards of
directors (including the one I was once on) who vowed to go to jail rather
than give animals to research...so city council, not able to "order" the THS
to "break the law" with regard to non-city animals, did the progressive best
it could by making sure that CITY animals were as protected as possible.]

"6:  Advised the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of Council's
position with respect to its policy on using animals for research, and that
he be requested to delete references to the sale of animals for research
purposes from the Animals for Research Act.  [How about that...and we were
able to get support across the political spectrum...Council is doing a hell
of a lot more than the THS on this issue.]

"7:  Requested the Toronto Humane Society to seek an exemption from the
Animals for Research Act with respect to animals impounded pursuant to the
City's Municipal Code.

"Council adopted the Clause as so Amended.

"Yours truly, "

[signed by Assistant City Clerk]

---Barry Kent MacKay
Animal Protection Institute, Canadian Office
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 17:52:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: PETA Protests Kenny Rogers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In a message dated 97-06-02 05:40:07 EDT, AOL News writes:

 << Subj:PETA Protests Kenny Rogers
  Date:97-06-02 05:40:07 EDT
  From:AOL News
 BCC:LMANHEIM

c. The Associated Press
       LEXINGTON, Ga. (AP) - Despite an attempt by animal rights
 protesters to ruffle some feathers, Kenny Rogers was married to
 longtime girlfriend Wanda Miller at his private estate.
       People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had two protesters
 in chicken suits outside the estate Sunday to demonstrate its
 claims that chicken suppliers for the Kenny Rogers Roasters
 restaurant chain debeak and declaw the birds without anesthesia.
       The demonstrators waved at passing cars, threw pellets of
 poultry feed and held signs.
       Rogers, 58, and Miller, 30, were wed in a traditional ceremony
 inside one of the barns on the estate in east Georgia. The wedding
 was Rogers' fifth and Miller's second. >>


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Date:    97-06-02 05:40:07 EDT
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      LEXINGTON, Ga. (AP) - Despite an attempt by animal rights
protesters to ruffle some feathers, Kenny Rogers was married to
longtime girlfriend Wanda Miller at his private estate.
      People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had two protesters
in chicken suits outside the estate Sunday to demonstrate its
claims that chicken suppliers for the Kenny Rogers Roasters
restaurant chain debeak and declaw the birds without anesthesia.
      The demonstrators waved at passing cars, threw pellets of
poultry feed and held signs.
      Rogers, 58, and Miller, 30, were wed in a traditional ceremony
inside one of the barns on the estate in east Georgia. The wedding
was Rogers' fifth and Miller's second.
      AP-NY-06-02-97 0537EDT
Copyright 1997 The
Associated Press.  The information
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:18:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: Pro athletes fuel up from the same  carton
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


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Date:    97-06-02 08:54:22 EDT
From:    AOL News

      CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1997--

Survey of Professional Team Trainers Finds Milk on the Training Table
          Whether they're working with a seven foot NBA center of a
300-pound NFL lineman, professional team trainers are on a level
playing field when it comes to recommending milk for the athletes
they train, according to a new survey.
          A poll of professional team trainers from the ranks of the NBA,
NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball, found that 96 percent of the
trainers surveyed recommended milk as one of the key components of a
professional athlete's nutrition plan, often called a "training
table."  Team trainers cited milk's major health benefits as key
elements to their training tables with 98 percent of respondents
recognizing milk as a vital source of nine essential nutrients,
96 percent of respondents advocating fat-free skim and lowfat milk
varieties for athletes wanting to lose weight and 98 percent of
respondents recommending milk's high quality protein for muscle mass.
In fact, on average, the team trainers surveyed advise their athletes
to drink three glasses of milk a day.
          "Milk is a powerful nutrient package," says Susan Barr, Ph.D.,
professor of nutrition at the University of British Columbia.  "Few
beverages, like milk, provide athletes with such a unique mix of
nutrients, including calcium, protein and vitamins.  And, it's as
close as your fridge."

Bone-Strengthening Calcium
          "Injury is a top concern for many athletes," says Clyde Hart,
personal trainer for Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson.  Team
trainers surveyed, who all (100%) agree that strong bones and a
strong body can help battle injury, also agree (100%) that milk's
bone-building calcium is a vital nutrient for their athletes.  Hart
recommends milk because "many of milk's nutrients, like calcium,
help athletes in a variety of ways."
          "Adult men tend to still think of milk as a drink for kids.  The
fact is, adults need a daily supply of calcium-rich foods, like
milk, to help maintain strong bones," says Barr.  "And since bones
continue to grow in density until about age 35, drinking milk now
not only helps develop bone mass, but may also help keep bones
strong and reduce the risk of bone density loss later in life."
          Michael Johnson, the latest celebrity to join the milk mustache
education campaign, has always made milk an important part of his
training table.  "Calcium is very important," says Johnson.  "I try
to eat a healthy diet for performance and also because I want to live
a long, healthy life.  Fat-free skim milk fits in because it gives me
calcium, vitamin D and protein in addition to a lot of other
nutrients."

Protein For Muscle Mass
          Milk is nature's power drink -- an 8-oz. glass of milk offers
eight grams of high-quality protein, which provides essential amino
acids important for muscle mass, and is also important to help
repair muscles.  Nearly all professional team trainers surveyed
(94%) recommend some form of milk to their professional athletes for
muscle mass.
          "Athletes are concerned about their muscles, and dietary protein
      -- such as that from milk -- is necessary for muscle growth and
maintenance," says Dr. James Rippe, director of the Center for
Clinical and Lifestyle Research at Tufts University School of
Medicine.
          "Trainers are constantly searching for a perfect mix of
nutrients that can benefit the athletes they train," says Hart.
"When I set nutritional guidelines for Michael, we work on keeping
the diet balanced with nutrients from dietary sources.  Michael's
diet includes milk as a staple to help meet protein, calcium and
potassium needs."

Slimming Down for the Season
          Before the start of a season, many professional trainers are
faced with the battle of getting their athletes in shape.  While
there are several measures an athlete can take to slim down, nearly
all professional trainers surveyed (96%) recommend milk to athletes
needing to lose weight with 80 percent of respondents recommending
fat-free skim milk and 12 percent of respondents preferring 1%
lowfat milk.  Unfortunately, many men believe that milk is high in
fat, when in fact 1% lowfat and fat-free skim milk have the same
amount of nutrients as whole milk with little or no fat and are
recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA) for reducing fat
in the diet.

Brochure Offer
          For the free booklet Milk on the Training Table, an excellent
resource for men concerned about their fitness regimes, visit the
milk Web site at www.whymilk.com or call the 1-800-WHY-MILK hotline.
The training table survey was a telephone survey of 50 professional
team trainers conducted in March of 1997 by Impulse Research for the
National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board.
-0-
      The "Milk, Where's Your Mustache?" campaign was developed under
the guidance of the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board,
an organization funded by U.S. milk processors.  This multi-faceted
education program was initiated to change attitudes and correct
misperceptions about milk and increase consumption.
      CONTACT:
      Bozell Public Relations
      Julie Sevening, 312/988-2368

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Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 09:19:01 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Yeast demonstrate prion like protein
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YEAST DEMONSTRATE PRION LIKE PROTEIN
====================================

Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:24:45 -0400
Via: FOODSAFE (D. Powell, Univ. Guelph):

NEW TYPE OF DNA-FREE INHERITANCE IN YEAST IS SPREAD BY A "MAD COW"
MECHANISM
May 29, 1997(from a University of Chicago Medical Center press release)

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Howard Hughes Medical Institute
have found that a protein molecule able to transmit a genetic trait without
DNA or RNA in yeast is able to string itself together into long fibers much
like those found in the brain in "mad cow" and human Creutzfeldt-Jakob
diseases.

The finding is reported in the May 30 issue of the journal Cell. Scientists
have suspected that in the neurodegenerative diseases of mammals such as
sheep scrapie, mad cow disease (or bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and
the kuru disease of the Papua New Guinea tribes, a
normal protein in the brain can somehow become twisted and then corrupt
other, healthy molecules of the same protein to do likewise a process much
like the seeding of a crystal. The improperly folded protein molecules seem
to spin themselves together into fibers, which grow as other molecules are
recruited.

The infectious protein particles are called prions, and their existence has
been hotly debated for 30 years, since researchers showed that diseased
brain tissue remained infectious even after treatment with radiation that
would have destroyed any DNA or RNA.

Last year the Chicago team led by Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., professor of
molecular genetics and cell biology, showed that prion-like proteins exist
in yeast. In the mammalian brain, whose cells do not divide, prions pass
between cells and function as infectious agents; in yeast, they produce
heritable changes in metabolism from one generation to the next as the
cells divide. The change is easy to see, because in one case the cells are
red and in the other white.

"That a genetic property carried by protein shape can be responsible for
inheritance from generation to generation or for an infection is a
revolutionary concept," Lindquist said.

Lindquist's group focused on a yeast protein called sup35, part of the
normal yeast machinery for making all the other proteins in the cell. In
certain strains which appear to have identical DNA to normal strains the
sup35 protein doesn't work. They showed that the defective trait can be
propagated by this faulty protein, without any DNA or RNA serving as the
genetic blueprint. They now show that even in the test tube, the purified
yeast protein can knit together into fibers that have the same staining
properties and molecular architecture as the amyloid plaques seen at
autopsy in the brains of animals and humans that have died of
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. They also show that the
formation of fibers from normal protein molecules is greatly speeded up by
the presence of defective ones.

"Instead of a vague conceptual model for this new type of inheritance, we
now have a detailed molecular mechanism for this mysterious process,"
Lindquist says, "and this seems to be closely related to the mechanism
behind these devastating neurodegenerative diseases."

Although the yeast sup35 protein and the mammalian prion protein are not at
all related to each other the yeast pose no risk to consumers of bread or
beer the researchers think that in-depth analysis of the yeast prion-like
elements and other proteins that help them fold up may lead to new
approaches to therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. "From the molecular
standpoint, this looks like the changes you get in the mammalian prion,"
said research associate John Glover, Ph.D., lead author on the Cell paper.
"This gives us a clear structural basis for understanding how these things
behave in the cell," he said. The researchers said it is much cheaper and
easier to study genetic mechanisms in yeast than in animals.

Lindquist said that the ability of certain proteins to confer heritable
properties by changing their shape may underlie other unexplained genetic
phenomena. A similar protein misfolding that is not infectious seems to
cause Alzheimer's disease.

Other authors on the Cell paper include electron microscopist Anthony
Kowal, graduate students Eric Schirmer and Jia-Jia Liu, and research
associate Maria Patino, Ph.D. The research was funded by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute and the National Institutes of Health.

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Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
- The Witches (Macbeth, Shakespeare)

http://www.wantree.com.au/~rabbit/rabbit.htm
-Rabbit Information Service

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4620/
-Anita's Vegetarian & Animal Rights Pages

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars
of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents
combined. If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people' you'd better
live real close to a real good hospital.
-Neal Barnard M.D

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the time
will come when men such as I will look
upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
-Leonardo Da Vinci

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. We feel
better about ourselves and better
about the animals knowing we are not contributing to their pain.
-Paul McCartney




Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:19:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: Vitasoy Completes Its Journey West With New Domestic Soymilk
Production
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


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Date:    97-06-02 09:50:00 EDT
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North America's Leading Soyfoods Provider Invests $12 Million to Increase
tofu
          and Soymilk Production and Keep Pace With Consumer Demand
          SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- To meet
increased
consumer demand for tofu and soymilk in the United States, Vitasoy USA Inc.,
North America's leading soyfoods provider, will begin domestic production of
its line of soymilk products.  Production will start this summer in a newly
renovated 120,000 square-foot facility in Ayer, Mass.
          Vitasoy's subsidiary, Nasoya Foods, Inc., a leading maker of
organic tofu,
will also move into the $12 million facility, substantially increasing its
production capacity.  In addition to its current 77 employees at the Nasoya
facility, Vitasoy will create 100 new positions at the plant during the next
three to five years.
          "My goal when I started this company in 1979 was to make soymilk
and tofu
household words in the U.S.," said Yvonne Lo, president of Vitasoy USA Inc.
"With the help of medical research showing soy's health benefits, that goal
is
now becoming a reality."
          Vitasoy USA will discontinue importing soymilk from its parent
company,
Vitasoy International Holdings LTD.  The domestic plant will continue using
the same formula and process that made Vitasoy International Hong Kong's
leading beverage company, as well as the world's leading soymilk producer.
Domestic production will allow Vitasoy USA to increase soymilk supply by
30 percent to meet heightened demand, and to create faster distribution of
soymilk to market.
          Vitasoy USA Inc. chose the former New England Shrimp Company after
a
methodical three year search for the proper location.  The company chose this
plant because the facility could be easily configured for making tofu and
soymilk.  The building was also chosen for its proximity to the former plant,
allowing Vitasoy to keep more than 90% of its current employees.  The newly
renovated site will house soymilk and tofu production, as well as production
lines for its mayonnaise alternative, Nayonaise(R) and Vegi-Dressing(TM).
          Nasoya Foods, Inc. has outgrown two production facilities since the
company was founded in 1978.  Its first plant was a barn in Leominster,
Mass.,
where the company produced 25,000 pounds of tofu per week.  The second
facility is its current 30,000 square-foot processing facility, also in
Leominster.
          After several years of double-digit growth, Nasoya reached maximum
capacity, producing 250,000 pounds of tofu per week.  The new Ayer facility
will allow for an 85 percent increase in tofu production.
          Domestic production of Vitasoy's Creamy Original, Vanilla Delight,
Carob
Supreme, Rich Cocoa, Light Original, Light Vanilla and Light Cocoa soymilk
varieties will begin in July.  Tofu production in the Ayer facility is
expected to begin in September.
          U.S. soyfood sales in the 1990s have been impressive.  Soymilk
sales have
been growing 10 to 15 percent a year since 1990, reaching $150 million in
sales in 1996, according to Soyatech, a market research and publishing firm.
The tofu market has been growing at five percent a year since the early
nineties, doubling to 10 percent in 1996 when it reached $125 million in
sales.  Soy is also the staple of the meat-alternative industry, which has
grown 30 percent a year in the past two years.  Last year, all soyfoods
earned
$1 billion in sales, up from $760 million in 1990.
          Nasoya Foods, Inc. manufacturers and markets organic tofu, Asian
pasta,
Vegi-Dressing(TM) and Nayonaise(R).  Nasoya products can be found nationally
in health food stores, major retail outlets in the Eastern U.S., and select
retail outlets in the West.  Nasoya is known for its long-standing commitment
to organic soy products and is dedicated to encouraging healthy eating.
          With 200 employees, Vitasoy USA Inc. is headquartered in South San
Francisco, Calif.  The company manufactures and markets soy beverages, tofu,
Asian pastas, juices, teas, vegiburgers, vegidogs and tofu seasonings under
several well-known brand names including Vitasoy(R), Azumaya(R), Nasoya(R),
NewMenu(R) and Vita(R).
      SOURCE  Vitasoy USA Inc.
      CO:  Vitasoy USA Inc.; Nasoya Foods Inc.
      ST:  California, Massachusetts
      IN:  FOD
      SU:

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