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VRC Note:  If they lived in a vegetarian culture,
they would already be eating iron-rich plant foods,
since the collective intelligence of the society would
be applied towards finding humane and healthful
solutions to the conditions of everyday life compatible
with moral norms and humane considerations.
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The Irish Times
HOME NEWS
Saturday, April 12, 1997

One-third of girls in survey have low iron levels
>From Sean MacConnell, in Venice

More than one-third of Dublin teenage girls who
participated in a major new study on nutrition were
found to have low iron levels or were anaemic, a
conference in Venice was told yesterday.

Prof Michael J. Gibney, of Trinity College Dublin, an
expert on nutrition, said the survey indicated a major
public health problem.

He told the first European Beef Congress, held to
promote beef, that the survey of 500 Irish teenage girls
found a very high resistance to eating meat.

Prof Gibney said the girls aged 14-17 gave varying
reasons for not eating meat. Some 68 per cent said
they were trying to lose weight, with 60 per cent saying
they wanted to be slimmer and did not realise lean beef
did not increase weight.

He said 53 per cent said they thought killing animals
was cruel, and 50 per cent said they did not like the
taste of meat. Some 29 per cent thought meat was
fattening and 25 per cent believed vegetarian diets
were healthier.

Prof Gibney said, in a follow-up survey, blood samples
were taken from 211 of the young women and 30 per
cent were found to have low levels of iron and 3 per
cent were anaemic.

He said the girls surveyed were at a stage when iron
was vital for growth and menstrual development.
Because low iron at the outset of pregnancy had
serious implications for birth weight and because many
pregnancies were unplanned, iron deficiency was a
major public health problem.

Prof Gibney urged the establishment of an EU iron
status advisory panel.

Delegates from throughout Europe are attending the
congress which is viewed as the industry's fight-back
against falling consumption fuelled by the BSE crisis. It
is being run by the EU-funded European Quality Beef
Association.

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 02:12:18 -0400
From: Vegetarian Resource Center <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Mother says vegetarian son hadn't complained
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The Irish Times
HOME NEWS
Monday, January 6, 1997

Mother says vegetarian son hadn't complained
By Joe Humphreys

The mother of one of the six Mountjoy Prison
hostage-takers has expressed surprise at her son's
involvement in the siege, saying he never previously
complained about the prison's living conditions.

"I visited him on Monday and he was quite happy then.
He didn't say anything was wrong," said Mrs Veronica
Ferncombe, mother of Eddie Ferncombe, who is
serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter.

"I can't understand why he's doing this. Those other
guys have nothing to lose; they're just starting their
sentences. But he hasn't got much time left. His
problem is he is easily led. That's what got him in
trouble in the first place."

While he had not complained about the living
conditions, she said he may have found his prison
sentence too hard to take.

"He was an only kid, he wasn't even 18 when he went
in. Now he is nearly 25 and for the last two years he has
been in a small confined space. After a while, I
suppose, it must close in on him," she said.

Although her son, a vegetarian, had protested before
about the prison food, she said he had no complaints
about that now.

She claimed, however, that he had been the subject of
ill-treatment in Mountjoy and had allegedly been beaten
on a number of occasions by prison officers.

Having talked to him at Mount joy Prison yesterday, she
said he had given an assurance that no one would be
harmed in the siege, and that he would give himself up
if he was granted access to a solicitor. She said the six
had intended to get on to the roof of the prison but were
prevented from doing so.

"I don't think they planned for it to happen this way," she
said, referring to the stand-off last night. "Something
went wrong in their plan."

While she confirmed a syringe was used in the siege,
she denied the six prisoners had iron bars or other
weapons.

She added that her son, from Harelawn Drive,
Clondalkin, was fearful of the consequences of the
siege. "He's terrified he'll get a hiding. That's all he's
worried about at the moment,"she said.

The family of another prisoner involved in the
hostage-taking, Paul Ward, from Windmill Park in
Crumlin, who is facing charges of conspiracy in the
murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, was more critical
of the conditions inside the prison.

"It's like a pig-sty. It's not fit for anyone to live in," said
one of Mr Ward's sisters.

Pleading her brother's innocence, she said that, as a
remand prisoner, he should be separated from
convicted criminals. "He hasn't been convicted of
anything yet. It's not right that he's kept there," she said.

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 02:21:53 -0400
From: Vegetarian Resource Center <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: vegan prison food in Ireland
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The Irish Times
FRONT PAGE
Monday, January 6, 1997

Hostages still held as prisoners make demands
By Jim Cusack and Joe Humphreys

The Department of Justice has agreed to investigate
complaints by six prisoners in an attempt to defuse the
worst hostage crisis in the history of the prison service.

There was no indication by early today that any of the
prison officers who were seized at 6.30 p.m. on
Saturday had been injured. However, the six
hostage-takers include two prisoners whose mental
states are a source of concern. They are armed with a
blood-filled syringe, table legs and metal tubing.

Three of the prisoners, including a man charged in
connection with the murder of the journalist, Veronica
Guerin, are heroin addicts. It is possible these men
may have been aggravated by a lack of the drug after a
package of heroin was seized by prison authorities last
week. The three heroin addicts were yesterday
supplied with physeptone, the heroin substitute used to
treat addicts. According to sources at Mountjoy, the
ring-leader of the group appears to be Mr Paul "Hippo"
Ward (32), the Crumlin man who is awaiting trial on a
charge of conspiracy to murder Ms Guerin.

Three of the other hostage-takers, Warren Dumbrell
(22), Joseph Cooper (26) and Edward Ferncombe
(23), are described by gardaφ as unstable and
dangerous.

The two other prisoners involved in the protest have
said they do not wish to be named. One is in prison for
robbery and the other for grievous bodily harm.

The prisoners have made a series of complaints. Mr
Ward is protesting his innocence. The others are
protesting against living conditions and have made
allegations of ill-treatment by prison staff. They are also
seeking transfer to other prisons.

The four hostages have not been named. One officer
has 17 years' service, another seven years and two are
only in their second year as prison officers.

Last night, the Labour TD Mr Joe Costello, appealed to
the prisoners to release the prison staff unharmed. Mr
Costello said it was virtually unheard-of for prisoners to
take prison staff hostage in Ireland and that such a
development could have serious adverse effects on
prison reform. He added that if the prisoners wished to
make formal allegations of ill-treatment to the gardaφ
they were entitled to do so, and to have these
allegations investigated by the gardaφ.

After the hostages were taken, the Department of
Justice initiated its Hostage Situation Management
Plan, which has been prepared for more than two years
in anticipation of such an event.

Teams of prison officers who are trained in hostage
negotiation have been working in shifts at the
separation unit, which is on the fourth floor of the old
prison infirmary.

Mrs Veronica Ferncombe, the mother of one of the
hostagetakers, Eddie Ferncombe, visited him at
Mountjoy Prison yesterday. She said that he had given
an assurance that no one would be harmed in the
siege, and that he would give himself up if he was
granted access to a solicitor.

The family of Mr Ward were critical of the conditions
inside the prison.

"It's like a pig-sty. It's not fit for anyone to live in," said
one of Mr Ward's sisters.

Ferncombe (23) stabbed a Mormon missionary to
death in Clondalkin in May, 1990. Although initially
charged with the murder of Gale Stanley Critchfield
(20), the State dropped this charge and accepted
Ferncombe's guilty plea to manslaughter. He received
nine years' imprisonment. Ferncombe, who was born in
Birmingham but brought up in Clondalkin, has been a
regular source of trouble in prison. In April 1993 he
attacked a prison officer in Limerick and broke his jaw.
This precipitated further violence in the prison, followed
by allegations that prison officers overreacted and
assaulted prisoners. He received a further two years'
imprisonment for the assault on the prison officer.

In autumn 1994, Ferncombe refused to eat prison food
and demanded a vegan diet consisting of vegetables
prepared without the use of any animal fats or dairy
products. He was being provided with a vegetarian diet
at the time. He took the matter to the High Court but
failed to provide medical evidence that his health was
affected by not having vegan food.

Dumbrell was arrested last November shortly after he
robbed a corner shop in Crumlin. During the robbery he
injured the shopkeeper's elderly mother with a cudgel.
Cooper, from Rathfarnham, is serving a five-year term
for kidnapping.

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 12:20:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Oklahoma Weekly Hunting News
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


These stories are in a local Okla. City hunting news source:

The group Sportsmen Against Hunger will sponsor a celebrity
sporting clays shoot Aug. 9 at the Southern Ranch Hunting Club
near Chandler Okla.  The entry fee is $50 in advance or $65 after
the first of Aug.  The shoot will be a team even with one celebrity
assigned to each team.  Shotguns will be awarded to winners
in three categories.  The shooting begins at 1 pm with a barbecue
set for 5:30 pm.  An auction of hunting trips will follow.  Call Steve
Scott at [phone] here in Okla. City.
In conjunction with the Southern Ranch Shoot, a "Clean Out Your
Freezer Day" is also planned.  Sportsmen are urged to bring
last year's frozen wild game to Southern Ranch where it will be
distributed to Feed the Children (an Okla. City based charity).
Sportsmen Against Hunger is a progran that takes venison
donated by hunters.  They pay for its preparation by participating
processors and donates it to needy persons.  The local Safari
Club is the major sponsor of the program.

For those Colorado big game hunters, OmniPrime Inc. has
developed a new product call the "Colorado Intelligent Hunter Kit".
This company claims that hunters visiting the state for the first
time or seeking new hunting grounds can make use of the
package of charts and maps.  This material also allows huntes to
locate the ideal hunting areas according to the hunters' preferences
for herd size, success rate, male-female rations, hunting pressure
and accessibility.  If interested please call for the kit toll free at
[phone].

                                                For the Animals,

                                                Jana, OKC
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 12:43:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Oklahom Hunter Safety Clinic
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


An Oklahoma newspaper is sponsoring a hunter safety clinic
in Norman, Okla. on Saturday, Aug 16, at the Norman Police
Range.  This event which is the largest of its kind in the state
is co-sponored by the Tri-City Gun Club, the City of Norman,
the Oklahoma Wildlife Federation, the state Wildlife Dept. and
the 72nd Engineering Group at Tinker AFB located in Midwest
City, Okla.  This clinic annually attracts between 800 and
a thousand particpants.  The Minimum age is 10.
Students will move from station to station thruout the day for
courses on turkey calling, muzzleloading, archery, deer rattling,
gun safety, wilderness survival and other aspects of the outdoors
including actual firing on the range.  Guns and ammo will be
furnished.
Several demonstrations are planned: one on aging whitetail deer
and a Ducks Unlimited program.  Popular naturalist Bob Jenni
(anti-AR person) will present his "fascinating" lecture on reptiles.
Parents are welcome to accompany their children or to take the
course themselves.  Those who complete it will be certified to
buy hunting licenses in states where hunter safety is mandatory.
This includes Okla.
Oklahoma state law says no person born or or after Jan. 1, 1972,
upon reaching the age of 16, can buy a hunting license or tag
without completing a hunter safety course.

                                               For the Animals,

                                               Jana, OKC
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 15:46:19 -0400
From: Patrick Nolan <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: trapping; more corrections (sorry!)
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Hello all,
       I'm terribly sorry, but there were several incorrect fax numbers
in the July 11 "alert on trapping."  (The reason was a sloppy scan and
my failure to proofread it.)  Here are the correct numbers:

Hon. Wolfgang Schussel
Vice-Chancellor and Federal
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ballhausplatz #2
1014 Vienna
AUSTRIA
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Erik Derycke
Minister for Foreign Affairs
#2 Rue Quatre Bras
1000 Brussels
BELGIUM
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Niels Helveg Petersen
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Asiatisk
Platz #2
1448 Kobenhavn K.
DENMARK
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Tarja Halonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 176
00161 Helsinki
FINLAND
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Hubert Vedrine
Minister for Foreign Affairs
37 Quai D'Onsay
75700 Paris
FRANCE
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Dr. Klaus Kinkel
Federal Minister for Foreign
Affairs
Adenauer Allee 99-103
53113 Bonn
GERMANY
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Theodoros Pangalos
Minister for Foreign Affairs
1 Akadimias
Athens   10671
GREECE
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Dick Spring
Tanaiste and Minister for
Foreign Affairs
80 St. Stephens Green
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Lamberto Dini
Ministero degli Affairesteri
P.E. Farnese #1
00194 Roma
ITALY
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Jacques Poos
Deputy Prime Minister, Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs, For-
eign Trade and Cooperation
5 Rue Notre Dame
L2910 Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Hans Van Mierlo
Deputy Prime Minister, Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs
PO. Box 20061
2500 EB   The Hague
THE NETHERLANDS
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Javier Solana Madariaga
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Palacio de la Provincia, 1
Madrid   28071
SPAIN
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Lena Hjelm-Wallen
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Box 16121
10323 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Robin Cook
Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs
House of Commons
London   SW1A 0AA
UNITED KINGDOM
Fax: [phone]

* Note: the numbers we have for Portugal  (011-351 1 609708) and the
Netherlands (011 31 70 348-4848) have not been getting through.  Any
help on the correct fax numbers would be much appreciated.  Thank you.

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 21:45:37 -0400
From: Mesia Quartano <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Woman Burns Dog to Death
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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This is a news item that was on local broadcast news in West Palm Beach,
FL:

Laura Bowker is being held on $25,000 bail in the St. Lucie County, FL
jail on charges of Arson and Animal Cruelty.

Bowker, of 5613 Myrtle Drive in Indian River Estates, killed the family
dog by covering it in a gas-soaked towel and setting it on fire. Bowker
claims that she killed Peaches, a 9-year-old lab mix, because the dog
was possessed by the Devil.
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 15:59:33 -1000 (HST)
From: Animal Rights Hawaii <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Field & Stream owns Veggie Times
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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This is from private e-mail; I am posting it FYI
Cathy
    "In any case, I never have nor will subscribe to Veggie Times for 2
major reasons:
1) They actively promote cuisine replete with bovine mammary secretions,
unborn avian embryos & bee barf.
2) Hunters & fishers publish it.  We can reasonably infer from fact this
alone that they only care about exceeding their profit margin, not
promoting a more ethical diet.
This is just food for thought, no pun intended."




























Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 22:57:00 +0000
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Field & Stream owns Veggie Times
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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Does anyone know if Field & Stream itself actually owns Veg Times, or
if it's just that the company that owns Field & Stream also owns Veg
Times as well as other magazines?

Animal Rights Hawaii wrote:
>
> This is from private e-mail; I am posting it FYI
> Cathy
>     "In any case, I never have nor will subscribe to Veggie Times for 2
> major reasons:
> 1) They actively promote cuisine replete with bovine mammary secretions,
> unborn avian embryos & bee barf.
> 2) Hunters & fishers publish it.  We can reasonably infer from fact this
> alone that they only care about exceeding their profit margin, not
> promoting a more ethical diet.
> This is just food for thought, no pun intended."
>
>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 22:15:21 -0400
From: David Rolsky <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [USA] 9 Arrested at Green Bay, WI Slaughterhouse Protest
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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July 20, 1997



9 Activists
Arrested in Green Bay
Slaughterhouse Blockade


GREEN BAY - 9 animal liberation activists have been arrested during a
non-violent act of civil disobedience at a Green Bay slaughterhouse.  The
activists were arrested for disorderly conduct earlier this afternoon after
they locked themselves together to prevent the entrance of trucks carrying
cattle.

The protest was organized as part of a regional protest against the
slaughter of animals for food, which the activists believe is unnecessary
and extremely cruel.  When asked why they chose to blockade the
slaughterhouse, activist Joolie Geldner of Minneapolis stated that "we are
trying to save these animals from a terribly cruel fate.  People need to
know that the food they eat comes from the painful, bloody death of these
innocent creatures.  We kept at least two trucks of animals from death today,
and hopefully this protest will bring some much-needed attention to this
issue."

At the slaughterhouse, the eight activists formed two human octopi, which
consists of several people bike locked around the neck to a central lock,
which forms a shape like an octopus or a star.

     -- End

Please call the jail at 414-448-4250 and ask about the activists.  Their
names are:

Joolie Geldner
Jade Lunde
Andrea Dejarlais
Leighanne Wagner
John Thompson
Matt Mackall
Adam Patterson
Laurie Voeltz
Dave Turner (unconfirmed)
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 23:23:48 -0400
From: Wyandotte Animal Group <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (MI) Pound Seizure Update
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=====================_869480628==_"

Thanks to all who have written and called since the last post of this
message.  Especially those in Utah and Colorado.  The Mayor of Riverview
mentioned those two states at a recent press conference.  To update briefly,
we are urging two cities whose contract is up for renewal with an animal
dealer to stop pound seizure.  One city, being small without their own
animal shelter, ships their animals to the larger city.  The smaller city is
on our side and recently held a press conference with us to urge the larger
city to end the practice.  I am reposting the message below, minus the
contact for the small city, and ask that if you haven't written or called
yet, to PLEASE do so.  The pressure is working as the cities keep delaying
the decision-making process for what they call time to find out more on
alternatives ... exploratory times.



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