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On Thursday morning at 10 a.m. 8 activists from Animal Action blockaded
the entrance to Health Canada's head office in Ottawa.  The group was
there with their "monkey prisoner" mascot who was confined to a small
cage, representative of the conditions at Health Canada's primate
breeding facility.

The building houses the office of Allan Rock, Canada's Minister of
Health.  The Minister was presented with the option of retiring the
monkeys to a sanctuary in Texas but has failed to give proper
consideration to the issue.

Media coverage was extensive, print, radio and television were all
represented.

Activists maintained the blockade for almost 4 hours and remained in
place under threat of arrest from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Health Canada backed down in the end however and dropped any threat of
charges in order to minimize the importance of the issue.

All people entering and exiting the building were forced to use a single
back entrance for the duration of the action.

Animal Action will now be focusing on public awareness and will be
touring the region with the monkey mascot.

For more information contact:
Sean Thomas
Co-Director, Animal Action
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
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Today is Thursday, August 7, 1997.

Only two people have asked to be taken off the "mailing list" for Speaking of
Women.  Both were white, hetersexual male researchers who work in the
"domestic violence field."  Anyone care to offer a diagnosis??

Speaking of Women - Today's Cogitation:

Feminism Defined

"Feminism is a transformational force, an individual and social force.  It is
a way of looking at the world - a questioning of power/domination issues, an
affirmation of women's energy."
- Charlotte Bunch

"Feminism simply means supporting womrn's rights and choices."
-Susan Faludi

"Feminist is understood to include a recognition of the unequal status of
women economically, socially, culturally, and politically, and a commitment
to redress this condition."
- The Women's Foundation, San Francisco

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is:  I
only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that
differentiate me from a doormat..."
- Rebecca West


Oh oh:  "When I was therteen, my father took me aside and told me that all a
girl needed to know to get by in life was written on the top of a mayonnaise
jar.  I puzzled for days about the meaning of the phrase, 'Refrigerate After
Opening: - until my father remarked that in his day mayo jars always said
"Keep Cool, Don't Freeze."     - Cathy Crimmins
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 18:24:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: PAWS <[e-mail]>
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Subject: King Royal Elephant Dies
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Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico were investigating a suspicious-looking
trailer parked in a motel parking lot yesterday when they discovered
nearly a dozen exotic animals locked inside.  One young African elephant
was dead, apparently from heat prostration.  The animals were traveling
with the King Royal Circus, a company that has a long history of animal
neglect.  In fact, the deplorable conditions of this circus have been the
subject of innumerable complaints, media stories and public letters to
the US Department of Agriculture.

Says PAWS' Director Pat Derby,  "I have been tracking this circus since
the appalling stabbing and beating of a baby elephant in Lebanon, Oregon
in 1994.  I have taken the plight of these elephants to the media and
to the Secretary of Agriculture.  I am dismayed that yet another elephant
has suffered and died."

Derby and PAWS have filed a formal complaint with the USDA against King
Royal Circus, demanding that the elephants remaining in King Royal's
custody be confiscated and placed in a safe refuge.  Says Derby, "Our
organization will be happy to assist in the placement of these elephants,
if necessary."

The King Royal Circus has a long history of disregard for the well-being
of its animals and for the safety of the general public.  Indeed, King
Royal is responsible for a long list of animal deaths/injuries to
visitors and spectators.  (PAWS publication "License to Kill" delineates
these incidents.)  PAWS has made the King Royal Circus the subject of
several "Crusaders" and "20/20" television programs and the target of
please and petitions to the USDA about King Royal's egregious violations
of the Animal Welfare Act.

The incident that brought the cavalier and callous attitude of King Royal
Circus into the public eye more than any other was the case of the baby
elephant Mickey.  On September 17, 1994, this young Asian elephant was
beaten by his trainer when he refused to perform a trick and tried to
crawl out of the arena.  This incident was exposed on several consecutive
episodes of the "Crusaders" television show and tens of thousands of
calls were made to PAWS and the USDA.  But it was not until the spring of
1996 that the Circus agreed to pay an $8,000 civil penalty in order to
stay a 30-day license suspension.  Because of the persistence of PAWS,
the trainer's license was revoked.  Nevertheless, nothing has changed for
Mickey and the other King Royal animals.

Says Derby, "According to information we have received from local humane
societies, King Royal's latest violation of the Animal Welfare Act was
'appalling.' How much more will it take before the USDA will revoke their
license to kill."



To protest the death of Heather, the King Royal elephant, please contact:

Mr. Mike Dunn
Asst. Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Affairs
AG-Box 0109
Washington, DC  20250-0109
[phone] phone
[phone] fax



Copies of PAWS' publications "Everything You Should Know About Elephants"
and "License to Kill" are available by calling the PAWS" office at (209)
745-2606 or send your request via e.mail.


Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 20:47:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alex Press <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Cloned bull (US)
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>From the New York Times's Late-News Update, Thurs., August 7

     Wisconsin Company Introduces Cloned Bull That Could Lead to
Beefier Steers

     A biotechnology company unveiled a 6-month-old cloned calf
     Thursday, saying its new way of cloning could lead to beefier steer
     and cows that produce more milk.

     ABS Global Inc. said the black bull calf named Gene was the result
     of cloning a stem cell from a 30-day old calf fetus. Stem cells are
     ``blank slate'' cells that haven't yet specialized their function,
     such as a liver or muscle cell, and thus their genes are relatively
     easy to manipulate. But company officials said they had refined the
     process so that any kind of cell could be used.

     ``We can make an unlimited number of cells, freeze them for any
     amount of time, then thaw them and make identical animals
     possessing a desired trait,'' said Michael D. Bishop, vice
     president of research. The company's president and CEO, Marc van't
     Noordende, said it would be several years before the first products
     resulting from the process would be introduced.

     Company officials said adult animal cells were not used to clone
     Gene, which makes him significantly different from Dolly, the sheep
cloned last year by Scottish researchers. Dolly was produced from
     the udder cell of a 6-year-old ewe.



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