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>The Korea Herald
6 Aug 97
Government to Push for Oriental Medicines to Cure Fatal Diseases

     A large-scale project to develop Oriental-medicinal methods to treat
major incurable diseases     such as cancer and AIDS will be soon initiated
by the Korean government.

     The Health and Welfare Ministry announced yesterday that it is backing
an ambitious     undertaking for the treatment of seven such diseases by the
year 2010. Dubbed ``Project     2010,'' the plan is aimed at developing more
effective treatment methods for fatal diseases,     which Western medicine
has thus far been unable to curtail, said a ministry official.

     ``But it also targets Korea to break away from its long and heavy
reliance on developed     countries for medical technology,'' he said. The
ministry plans to invest 200 billion won in     research and development
prior to the practical usage, beginning in 2010. The ministry will
organize a commission of related experts within this month and lay out more
specific plans to
     support the research and development activities to ``overcome the
hard-to-cure diseases''' by     year-end.

     The commission will direct 11 local colleges of Oriental medicine to
engage in their own     specified research on such diseases as senility,
cancer, cerebral apoplexy (stroke),     cardiopathy (heart disease),
allergies, osteoporosis and AIDS. The 11 colleges will also be
encouraged to carry out the joint research projects with various groups in
related scientific     fields such as pharmacology and medical engineering.

     The ministry decided to invest in Project 2010 this year and has
already allocated about 3     billion won for 62 research projects planned
by the colleges. ``These days, even such     developed countries as the
United States and Europe are making active movements to     overcome the
limits of Western medicine through Oriental medicine,'' said another
ministry     official.
``In this sense, we believe that Korea, which has a long history of
accumulating clinical     experience and expertise on Oriental medicine,
will be able to lead the field to develop     treatments for incurable
diseases,'' he said. The official noted that with world medical
communities ``conquering'' diseases on an increasing level, the project will
hopefully     contribute in that direction and by finding cures for the
fatal diseases.



Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 00:18:41 -0500
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is the place to find the adresses for your reps and senators via zip
code
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 00:54:04 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
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Subject: (US) Food terrorism a possibility, report warns
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                     Food terrorism a possibility, report warns

                     August 5, 1997
                     Web posted at: 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315
                     GMT)

                     From Correspondent Eugenia Halsey

                     (CNN) -- Mention the word terrorism, and the image
                     of a salad bar isn't what comes to mind.

                     But a new report says authorities need to be on
                     the lookout for an unlikely kind of public threat:
                     food terrorism.

                     Two recent reports in the Journal of the American
                     Medical Association cite prior incidents in which
                     food was deliberately contaminated.

                                           In 1984, someone spiked
                        CNN's    restaurant salad bars in
                         Eugenia Halsey    Oregon with salmonella
                            reports        bacteria and, last year,
                                           pastries tainted with
                     shigella bacteria were set out for labor workers
                     in Texas.

                     Now, researchers say, when food poisoning
                     outbreaks don't fit the usual patterns,
                     investigators should at least consider the most
                     extreme scenario.

                     "I think that the possibility that the incident
                     was intentionally started is something that
                     everyone thinks about," Dr. Thomas Torok of the
                     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

                     Keeping an eye open for such attacks may help
                     investigators, but there is little consumers can
                     reasonably do to prevent intentional
                     contamination. They would be better off focusing
                     on ways to prevent accidental food poisoning.

                      "The consumer probably shouldn't worry
                                that much in terms of free-floating
                     anxiety about terrorists. The greater risk is from
                     natural foodborne illness or the way in which food
                     is prepared -- cross-contamination -- in the
                     kitchen," Glenn Morris of the University of
                     Maryland Medical Center said.

                     As for the prior attacks, no one died in either
                     incident, although about 800 people were sickened
                     in the salad bar case. A dozen people were hurt in
                     the sabotage of the pastries, a case still under
                     investigation.

                     Authorities say the salad bar illnesses were
                     caused by members of a religious commune. They
                     contend that followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
                     wanted to make people too sick to vote in an
                     election, the outcome of which they believed
                     critical to the commune's interests.

                     However rare, researchers say it's important for
                     investigators to be aware of the possibility of
                     food terrorism, so they can recognize it early
                     issue an alert.

Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 00:58:04 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Bioterrorism: Intentional Food Contamination
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from Yahoo news page:
-----------------------------------------------
Tuesday August 5 6:44 PM EDT

Bioterrorism: Intentional Food Contamination

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Where food-borne illness does not fit usual patterns,
investigators should consider the possibility of deliberate contamination,
according to two articles in this week's issue of The Journal of the
American Medical Association (JAMA).

Though intentional food contamination is extremely rare, it does occur.
Just ask the 751 people who ate in 10 restaurants in The Dalles, Oregon, in
the fall of 1984. After the local health department began receiving an
inordinate amount of complaints of food poisoning, an investigation was
launched. They looked into the health of restaurant employees, the town
water supply, and the food suppliers the restaurants used, yet no common
factor could be found.

A year later, the investigators had enough information to link a religious
commune to the outbreak. The group had contaminated salad bar fixings and
coffee creamers at the restaurants with a strain of Salmonella bacteria in
the hope of keeping voters away from polling booths on Election Day; one of
the items on the ballot could have negatively affected the commune.

"This outbreak, which was caused by intentional contamination, is
unprecedented in the history of the Centers for Disease," said Dr. Thomas
J. Torok, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He and
his colleagues report on the outbreak in the August 6 issue of The Journal
of the American Medical Association. "The situation in Oregon is the only
example we have of a politically motivated instance where a group
intentionally contaminated food."

In a second article in this week's JAMA, which has biological warfare as
its theme, scientists at the CDC and at the Texas Department of Health
report on a case of 12 laboratory workers at a large medical center in
Texas who experienced severe gastrointestinal illness after eating muffins
or doughnuts left anonymously in a break room on October 29, 1996.
Investigators found that they were infected with Shigella dysenteriae
bacteria, probably taken from the lab's storage freezer. A criminal
investigation of the case is ongoing.

In order to prevent further episodes of such "bioterrorism," the study
authors recommend that guidelines for the secure storage and close
surveillance of lab stock cultures be established.

Experts estimate food contamination, other than intentional, is fairly
common. For example, Torok says more than 4 million Salmonella infections
occur each year, primarily due to eating or working with uncooked or
undercooked meat or inadequately cooked eggs. Most cases occur at home when
people fail to clean up properly after they've work with raw meats. But
Torok says about 40,000 cases annually are reported after people eat at
restaurants, and experts think there are many unreported cases for each one
that is reported.

"If a person thinks they get food poisoning after eating at a restaurant,
they should report to their physician, who would be obligated to report to
the local health department," Torok said. "Sometimes people report directly
to county health department, too." SOURCE: The Journal of the American
Medical Association (1997;278:389-395, 396-399)

Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 19:05:17 -0700
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Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 21:30:09 -0400
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               PRESS RELEASE

TAYLOR ANIMALS NOW SAFE AT CITY SHELTER:
COUNCIL ENDED PRACTICE OF RELEASING ANIMALS TO EXPERIMENTATION
LABS

   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, August 5, 1997

     Contact:  Jason Alley
         [phone]

Animals at the Taylor Animal Shelter will no longer be sold for experimentation
 was the unanimous decision at tonight's Council meeting.  Instead, all animals
 will be available for adoption or humanely euthanized at the shelter.

"We're thrilled that no more lost pets or abandoned animals at the Taylor Anima
l Shelter will wind up in animal labs.  Downriver pets will continue to be an i
ssue for WAG until people learn the importance of spaying and neutering," said
Diane Schuler, WAG President.

Pound animals have unknown backgrounds and often prove to be unsuitable for exp
erimentation.  The public is widely opposed to pound release and the idea of th
eir lost pets possibly ending up in animal laboratories.

"An animal shelter should exist to find new homes for animals or provide a huma
ne death for the unadopted animals, not become a clearinghouse for animal exper
imenters," said Jason Alley, campaigns director.

WAG had been urging City officials for a few months to end pound release.  Poun
d release is banned in 14 states and in several counties in other states.  In M
ichigan, only 13 counties and a select few cities in Wayne County engage in pou
nd release.

"Hopefully other cities in the Downriver area will learn from Taylor's decision
  It is our intention to see pound release banned in the few Downriver communi
ties that still engage in it," concluded Alley.

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Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
[e-mail]

    Taylor, MI:  Pound Seizure Ended
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 09:25:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Debbie Leahy <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Festival Cancels Elephant Rides
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              FESTIVAL CANCELS ELEPHANT RIDES
                Animal Advocates Commend Decision

CHICAGO RIDGE, IL - Organizers of Ridgefest have decided against
elephant rides.  The decision came after members of Illinois Animal
Action (IAA) expressed concerns for mistreatment of performing
animals and public safety issues.

Since 1983, captive elephants have killed over 20 people and
seriously injured 59, including six children.  Dozens of tragedies
have panicked crowds and caused extensive property damage.

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

Earlier this year, Skokie's Festival of Cultures canceled its
planned elephant rides.  And just this week Waukegan officials
determined elephant rides violated city ordinances dealing with
dangerous animals.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Thank you letters may be sent to:

Eugene L. Siegel, Mayor
10655 S. Oak Avenue
Chicago Ridge, IL  60415

================================
Illinois Animal Action
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL  60555
630/393-2935
================================
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 09:25:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Debbie Leahy <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [US] Activist Arrested at Boys Town Demo
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          ACTIVIST ARRESTED AT BOYS TOWN DEMO

On Tuesday, August 5, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals and Illinois Animal Action (IAA) protested a Boys Town office
in downtown Chicago.  Before a crowd of spectators and media, IAA
member David Amundson, age 22, drove a pickup truck filled with used
kitty litter to the protest site and began shoveling the material
onto the street.  The truck displayed banners that read "Boys Town's
Kitten Experiments Stink."  Amundson was arrested and charged with
illegal dumping and disorderly conduct.  He was released six hours
later after activists posted bail.

Responding to a PETA complaint, the National institutes of Health has
cited Boys Town's Omaha laboratory for its failure to provide
veterinary care to ill animals, failure to keep medical records on
animals, failure to have standard operating procedures in place for
the care of animals, and use of outdated drugs.  The few surgical
records that exist indicate the kittens were given no postsurgical
painkillers despite the fact that incisions the length of their
entire skulls were made as researchers cut into their brains.
Federal law requires painkillers following such procedures.

=========================
Illinois Animal Action
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL  60555
630/393-2935
=========================
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 09:33:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Debbie Leahy <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [US] No More Circuses for Police Associa
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NEWS RELEASE - 2 August 1997

POLICE ASSOCIATION VOWS END TO CIRCUS SPONSORSHIP
       Animal Protectionists Praise Compassionate Decision

SAUK VILLAGE, IL - Yesterday, the Sauk Village Policemen's
Association hosted its last circus fund-raiser.  Citing concerns
for animal mistreatment, the association agreed to make an
appearance by King Royal Circus its last sponsorship of circuses
using animal acts.

The decision was reached after Illinois Animal Action (IAA)
representative Cindy Michalowski relayed King Royal's shocking
history of animal abuse to the association's secretary, John
Wiszowaty.

King Royal was penalized $8,000 by the U.S.Department of
Agriculture (USDA) last year after being charged with physically
abusing animals and failing to keep dangerous animals under
control.  Charges stemmed from the public beating of a baby
elephant named Mickey during a performance in Oregon.  This tragic
beating, which caused Mickey to bleed, gasp for air, scream in
pain, and collapse led horrified spectators to file animal cruelty
charges with the local police.  The elephant trainer was penalized
$10,000 and his USDA license was revoked.  The incident, captured
on videotape, has since been featured in several news documentaries
exposing animal cruelty at circuses.

Says IAA president Debbie Leahy, "We are very pleased that the Sauk
Village Policemen's Association has joined the ranks of many other
charitable organizations that have abandoned, or never used, circus
fund-raisers."

The Willow Springs Lions Club did not invite the circus back again
after IAA protested its sponsorship of King Royal last year.

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

###

Illinois Animal Action, Inc.
P.O. Box 507, Warrenville, IL  60555
Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
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          ACTIVIST ARRESTED AT BOYS TOWN DEMO

On Tuesday, August 5, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals and Illinois Animal Action (IAA) protested a Boys Town office
in downtown Chicago.  Before a crowd of spectators and media, IAA
member David Amundson, age 22, drove a pickup truck filled with used
kitty litter to the protest site and began shoveling the material
onto the street.  The truck displayed banners that read "Boys Town's
Kitten Experiments Stink."  Amundson was arrested and charged with
illegal dumping and disorderly conduct.  He was released six hours
later after activists posted bail.

Responding to a PETA complaint, the National institutes of Health has
cited Boys Town's Omaha laboratory for its failure to provide
veterinary care to ill animals, failure to keep medical records on
animals, failure to have standard operating procedures in place for
the care of animals, and use of outdated drugs.  The few surgical
records that exist indicate the kittens were given no postsurgical
painkillers despite the fact that incisions the length of their
entire skulls were made as researchers cut into their brains.
Federal law requires painkillers following such procedures.

=========================
Illinois Animal Action
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL  60555
630/393-2935
=========================



Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 20:57:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Update on Lydia the elephant
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Update on Lydia the elephant (original post follows)

Illinois Animal Action has learned that an elephant used for rides is, oddly
enough, being heavily promoted to Chicago suburban communities by a
Bridgeview animal control officer who is friends with exhibitor David Tesch.

According to USDA documents, Tesch has been cited for numerous
noncompliances to the Animal Welfare Act, including failure to provide
adequate veterinary care; transporting Lydia in a dirty, rusty trailer
without proper ventilation; repeatedly storing food near contaminants;
failing to maintain her enclosure; and ignoring multiple warnings to supply
an itinerary.

Please note the correction to the spelling of the name of the Mayor of
Chicago Ridge.  The correct spelling is Siegel, not Fiegel.

Joe Espinosa
Illinois Animal Action
PO Box 507
Warrenville, IL 60555
[phone]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lydia the elephant to be used for the miserable spectacle of elephant
rides.

Lydia the elephant is to be used to give rides at three different events in
suburban Chicago in the upcoming weeks.  Such uses of wildlife are
remarkably degrading, presenting a sight that is the epitome of human
domination of other animals.  When elephants are used for such
purposes, there is a very real danger to public safety as well.  Many
cases have been documented of frustrated or confused elephants lashing
out aggressively to harm people and property.  Not surprisingly, many
deaths have been caused by such avoidable mishaps.
Elephants used for entertainment are violently trained, requiring enough
beating and deprivation to break their spirits' before they begin to serve
humans from fear.  The conditions that these animals endure during
their performing lives are best described as grossly inadequate.
Performing elephants spend the vast majority of their lives in chains,
unable to move about freely or engage in other natural behaviors.  This
treatment does take its toll on the elephants who react with bored
frustration, aggression and disease susceptibility.
The elephant to be used for the elephant rides in these three events is a
prime candidate for such a violent outburst, having attacked four
elephants in the past.  Two of the elephants attacked died as a result of
their injuries.  Imagine the amount of strength it takes to kill another
elephant.  Releasing this same energy in an attack on a much smaller,
weaker human would lead to predictably lethal consequences.  Such
aggressive behavior is unheard of amongst female elephants in the wild
and is purely the result of the miserable existence Lydia endures.  Most
recently, an elephant expert reviewed photos and film of Lydia's feet
and stated that they were being improperly cared for, and the USDA
has cited Lydia's exploiter for various violations of the Animal Welfare
Act.  Please write, phone and fax to keep Lydia from being forced out
onto the hot, hard pavement for the folly of ignorant humans.

Planning to have elephant rides at the "Ridgefest"city festival Aug.
8,9,10:
Chicago Ridge Mayor Eugene L. Siegel
10655 S. Oak Avenue
Chicago Ridge, IL  60415
phone [phone]
fax [phone]

Planning to have elephant rides at the Bridgeview city festival Aug. 28-
Sept 1:
Mayor John Oremus
Bridgeview City Hall
7500 Oketo Avenue
Bridgeview, IL  60455
phone [phone]
fax [phone]

Planning to have elephant rides again (had them the June 29th
weekend) the third week in September to promote her business:
Renee Grabinski-owner
Pup-n-Pop Hot Dogs
8258 S. Harlem Avenue
Bridgeview, IL  60455
phone [phone]
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 20:57:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Update on Lydia the elephant
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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Lydia the elephant to be used for the miserable spectacle of elephant
rides.

Lydia the elephant is to be used to give rides at three different events in
suburban Chicago in the upcoming weeks.  Such uses of wildlife are
remarkably degrading, presenting a sight that is the epitome of human
domination of other animals.  When elephants are used for such
purposes, there is a very real danger to public safety as well.  Many
cases have been documented of frustrated or confused elephants lashing
out aggressively to harm people and property.  Not surprisingly, many
deaths have been caused by such avoidable mishaps.
Elephants used for entertainment are violently trained, requiring enough
beating and deprivation to break their spirits' before they begin to serve
humans from fear.  The conditions that these animals endure during
their performing lives are best described as grossly inadequate.
Performing elephants spend the vast majority of their lives in chains,
unable to move about freely or engage in other natural behaviors.  This
treatment does take its toll on the elephants who react with bored
frustration, aggression and disease susceptibility.
The elephant to be used for the elephant rides in these three events is a
prime candidate for such a violent outburst, having attacked four
elephants in the past.  Two of the elephants attacked died as a result of
their injuries.  Imagine the amount of strength it takes to kill another
elephant.  Releasing this same energy in an attack on a much smaller,
weaker human would lead to predictably lethal consequences.  Such
aggressive behavior is unheard of amongst female elephants in the wild
and is purely the result of the miserable existence Lydia endures.  Most
recently, an elephant expert reviewed photos and film of Lydia's feet
and stated that they were being improperly cared for, and the USDA
has cited Lydia's exploiter for various violations of the Animal Welfare
Act.  Please write, phone and fax to keep Lydia from being forced out
onto the hot, hard pavement for the folly of ignorant humans.

Planning to have elephant rides at the "Ridgefest"city festival Aug.
8,9,10:
Chicago Ridge Mayor Eugene L. Fiegel
10655 S. Oak Avenue
Chicago Ridge, IL  60415
phone [phone]
fax [phone]

Planning to have elephant rides at the Bridgeview city festival Aug. 28-
Sept 1:
Mayor John Oremus
Bridgeview City Hall
7500 Oketo Avenue
Bridgeview, IL  60455
phone [phone]
fax [phone]

Planning to have elephant rides again (had them the June 29th
weekend) the third week in September to promote her business:
Renee Grabinski-owner
Pup-n-Pop Hot Dogs
8258 S. Harlem Avenue
Bridgeview, IL  60455
phone [phone]
Update on Lydia the elephant (original post follows)

Illinois Animal Action has learned that an elephant used for rides is, oddly
enough, being heavily promoted to Chicago suburban communities by a
Bridgeview animal control officer who is friends with exhibitor David Tesch.

According to USDA documents, Tesch has been cited for numerous
noncompliances to the Animal Welfare Act, including failure to provide
adequate veterinary care; transporting Lydia in a dirty, rusty trailer
without proper ventilation; repeatedly storing food near contaminants;
failing to maintain her enclosure; and ignoring multiple warnings to supply
an itinerary.

Please note the correction to the spelling of the name of the Mayor of
Chicago Ridge.  The correct spelling is Siegel, not Fiegel.

Joe Espinosa
Illinois Animal Action
PO Box 507
Warrenville, IL 60555
[phone]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lydia the elephant to be used for the miserable spectacle of elephant
rides.

Lydia the elephant is to be used to give rides at three different events in
suburban Chicago in the upcoming weeks.  Such uses of wildlife are
remarkably degrading, presenting a sight that is the epitome of human
domination of other animals.  When elephants are used for such
purposes, there is a very real danger to public safety as well.  Many
cases have been documented of frustrated or confused elephants lashing
out aggressively to harm people and property.  Not surprisingly, many
deaths have been caused by such avoidable mishaps.
Elephants used for entertainment are violently trained, requiring enough
beating and deprivation to break their spirits' before they begin to serve
humans from fear.  The conditions that these animals endure during
their performing lives are best described as grossly inadequate.
Performing elephants spend the vast majority of their lives in chains,
unable to move about freely or engage in other natural behaviors.  This
treatment does take its toll on the elephants who react with bored
frustration, aggression and disease susceptibility.
The elephant to be used for the elephant rides in these three events is a
prime candidate for such a violent outburst, having attacked four
elephants in the past.  Two of the elephants attacked died as a result of
their injuries.  Imagine the amount of strength it takes to kill another
elephant.  Releasing this same energy in an attack on a much smaller,
weaker human would lead to predictably lethal consequences.  Such
aggressive behavior is unheard of amongst female elephants in the wild
and is purely the result of the miserable existence Lydia endures.  Most
recently, an elephant expert reviewed photos and film of Lydia's feet
and stated that they were being improperly cared for, and the USDA
has cited Lydia's exploiter for various violations of the Animal Welfare
Act.  Please write, phone and fax to keep Lydia from being forced out
onto the hot, hard pavement for the folly of ignorant humans.

Planning to have elephant rides at the "Ridgefest"city festival Aug.
8,9,10:
Chicago Ridge Mayor Eugene L. Siegel
10655 S. Oak Avenue
Chicago Ridge, IL  60415
phone [phone]
fax [phone]

Planning to have elephant rides at the Bridgeview city festival Aug. 28-
Sept 1:
Mayor John Oremus
Bridgeview City Hall
7500 Oketo Avenue
Bridgeview, IL  60455
phone [phone]
fax [phone]

Planning to have elephant rides again (had them the June 29th
weekend) the third week in September to promote her business:
Renee Grabinski-owner
Pup-n-Pop Hot Dogs
8258 S. Harlem Avenue
Bridgeview, IL  60455
phone [phone]
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 10:03:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (baerwolf)
To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
        [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: PRIMATES Campaign: 8/8-8/10 Calendar Update
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Dear Human -

Our primate cousins need you to help them move closer toward freedom from
being tortured in labs.

The effort continues - please find below the activities that will precede
the "changing of the guard" with respect to the non-stop informational
tabling/vigil lead by  Rick Bogle that began August 2nd.

It now becomes incumbent upon we who remain vigilant to seek assurance from
our communities, from our State and from our Nation that no animal shall be
forced to undergo such heinous manipulations and trauma as has been the
practice by people in institutions such as the New England Primate Center in
Southboro, MA.

To get involved in the Primate Freedom Campaign call NEAVS at 617-523-6020,
or Steve at 508-393-5339.
For Harvard Square actions and helping to make the Ordinance to " Abolish
Primate Exploitation And Slavery Within The City Of Cambridge, MA ," a
reality call Bill at 617-625-1451.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PRIMATE RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY LIST - updated
(Some items listed are subject to final verification)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Today -Aug 10 (Sun) - Informational Protest at New England Regional Primate
Center 1 Pine Hill Drive, Southboro, MA on the Marlboro line. About one mile
south of Rte 20.
++ See full set of directions below. ++
Non-stop protest. Come for the day; come for the duration, or as you please.
Your participation supports non-stop protesters, and sends vivisectors and
media a message.
Bring vegan food, water, insect repellent, necessities.
Bring anti-vivisection posters, banners and flyers if you have any.
Call Steve at 508-393-5339 or NEAVS at 617-523-6020 for info and carpooling
arrangements.

*Aug 8 (Fri) Vigil at New England Regional Primate Center
6:00PM-8:00PM -  Southboro, MA.
Restraint Chair, Posters, Paper Tombstones
Call NEAVS 617-523-6020 for carpooling and more info.

*Aug 9 (Sat) Neighborhood Primate Awareness Walk
Literature distribution 2 PM - 4 PM
Meet at 1PM at Parmenter Road Parking Area or  Rick's "Ape Army" Table
across from 1 pine Hill Drive (NRP Center) for Literature & Group Assignments
Leave awareness notices and talk with residents whose houses are
near the primate research center.

Aug 9 (Sat) 24 Hour Hunger Fast - Calling for a Moratorium on
Animal Experimentation/Mourning the Torture of Animals at NERPC in Southboro
Fasting continues from 2PM Saturday until 2PM Sunday.
Restraint Chair, Posters, Paper Tombstones
Call Steve at 508-393-5339 or NEAVS at 617-523-6020 for info and carpooling
arrangements.

*Aug 10 (Sunday) Bearing Witness Vigil
Sun-up(~5AM)  till 2PM
On site will be, among other items, a Primate Restraint Chair,
Hunger Fasters, Moratorium mail-in letters,
and (weather permitting) videos on Primates in Experimentation.
Call Steve at 508-393-5339 or NEAVS at 617-523-6020 for info and carpooling
arrangements.


On-going
1) Distribute Flyers in Malls, and other public places in your area.
Flyers specific to Southboro serve to inform the public about the treatment
of primates there.
Call Steve at 508-393-5339 for flyers, or pick some up at Cambridge or
Southboro tables.

2) Write for Primates
     - Letters to the NIH, Southboro and other primate labs,
     - Newspaper op-ed pieces against primate exploitation,
     - Letters to legislators about financial waste of primate exploitation.
Call Steve at 508-393-5339 for details, or email [e-mail]

Aug 16(Sat)-Nov 4(Tue) - Neighborhood Campaigning in Cambridge for
the Ordinance to Abolish Primate Exploitation and Slavery (Proposition
A.P.E.S).
Call Bill at 617-625-1451 or Steve at 508-393-5339 for literature and
coordination.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN ORDINANCE TO ABOLISH PRIMATE EXPLOITATION
AND SLAVERY WITHIN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE,  MA.

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT,  THAT ALL  PRIMATES ARE
CREATED
EQUAL AND ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE
RIGHTS,
AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

THESE RIGHTS WILL BE PROTECTED IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

HENCEFORTH, IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE NO PRIMATE WILL BE,
(1.) USED IN ANY EXPERIMENT HARMFUL TO HIS/HER PHYSICAL OR
PSYCHOLOGICAL
WELL-BEING,
(2.) FORCED TO PERFORM IN ANY MANNER CONTRARY TO HIS/HER NATURE,
(3.) BOUGHT OR SOLD OR,
(4.) DEPRIVED OF AN APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT, ADEQUATE FOOD, EXERCISE,
COMPANION, AND INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION.

ANY ABROGATION OF THE RIGHTS OF PRIMATES WILL BE PUNISHABLE BY A
FINE OF
$5000,  SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH, AS OF THE DATE OF ENACTMENT
OF THIS
LAW.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                -- Directions to Southboro --
                                                    ------------------------
--------
MA Pike (Rt. 90) to Exit 11A (Rt 495 North)
Rt. 495 North Exit 24A (Rt. 20 East)
Follow Rt. 20 East ( ~ 2+ miles)
On Right at lights see Mobil Gas Station - then Farm Rd.
Take Right onto Farm Rd.
Pass Marlboro Airport (on left)
Take left onto Broadmeadow Rd (~ 0.5 mi)
Then Take Right onto Parmenter Rd (~ 0.5 mi)
~0.8 mi on Right is the NE Primate Center

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks for bringing this dark side of humanity out
for public scrutiny and correction.

For any and all that you do to help primates,
and animals in general,  have a better life,
I Praise You,
sbaer


steven baer

[e-mail]
Massachusetts

HOW DEEP INTO SPACE MUST HUMANS GO BEFORE THEY REALIZE
ALL THE NEIGHBORS THEY'VE TORTURED ON PLANET EARTH.

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:08:20 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (PH) Manila moves to curb poaching
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>CNA Daily English News Wire

MANILA MOVES TO CURB POACHING

Manila Aug. 6 (CNA) In its biggest and most concrete move yet to curb
poaching in Philippine territorial waters, the Philippine Senate on
Wednesday approved a third and final reading of the proposed Fisheries Code
of 1997.

Senator Leticia Ramos Shahani, principal author of the measure, said the
bill added more teeth to the government's campaign against foreign poaching
by imposing stiffer penalties against offenders.

A fine of $100,000 will be imposed and the catch, fishing equipment and
vessel of the illegal fishermen confiscated.

"We have to protect our remaining marine resources against poaching by
foreign fishermen and ensure that only our local fishermen benefit from the
bounty of our seas," Shahani, a presidential
aspirant said.
The navy has regularly arrested foreign fishermen, mostly mainland Chinese,
for fishing in the country's territorial waters, she noted, adding that the
government is losing about four billion pesos-worth of fish stocks annually
due to these intrusions.

The bill's enactment into law will also ensure additional protection for the
country's one million fishermen, by limiting commercial fishing in municipal
waters and bays. (By Timothy Sun)



Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 09:55:26 -0500
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ACTIVIST ARRESTED AT BOYS TOWN DEMO

On Tuesday, August 5, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals and Illinois Animal Action (IAA) protested a Boys Town office
in downtown Chicago.  Before a crowd of spectators and media, IAA
member David Amundson, age 22, drove a pickup truck filled with used
kitty litter to the protest site and began shoveling the material
onto the street.  The truck displayed banners that read "Boys Town's
Kitten Experiments Stink."  Amundson was arrested and charged with
illegal dumping and disorderly conduct.  He was released six hours
later after activists posted bail.

Responding to a PETA complaint, the National institutes of Health has
cited Boys Town's Omaha laboratory for its failure to provide
veterinary care to ill animals, failure to keep medical records on
animals, failure to have standard operating procedures in place for
the care of animals, and use of outdated drugs.  The few surgical
records that exist indicate the kittens were given no postsurgical
painkillers despite the fact that incisions the length of their
entire skulls were made as researchers cut into their brains.
Federal law requires painkillers following such procedures.

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          ACTIVIST ARRESTED AT BOYS TOWN DEMO

On Tuesday, August 5, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals and Illinois Animal Action (IAA) protested a Boys Town office
in downtown Chicago.  Before a crowd of spectators and media, IAA
member David Amundson, age 22, drove a pickup truck filled with used
kitty litter to the protest site and began shoveling the material
onto the street.  The truck displayed banners that read "Boys Town's
Kitten Experiments Stink."  Amundson was arrested and charged with
illegal dumping and disorderly conduct.  He was released six hours
later after activists posted bail.

Responding to a PETA complaint, the National institutes of Health has
cited Boys Town's Omaha laboratory for its failure to provide
veterinary care to ill animals, failure to keep medical records on
animals, failure to have standard operating procedures in place for
the care of animals, and use of outdated drugs.  The few surgical
records that exist indicate the kittens were given no postsurgical
painkillers despite the fact that incisions the length of their
entire skulls were made as researchers cut into their brains.
Federal law requires painkillers following such procedures.

=========================
Illinois Animal Action
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL  60555
630/393-2935
=========================


Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:45:24 -0500
From: L Grayson <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [Fwd: :change in trapping regulations]
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Subject:
                 : change in trapping regulations
       Date:
                  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 07:48:28 -0400
     From:
                  "Bina Robinson" <[e-mail]>

from <[e-mail]> Aug 6/97

>From an AP report in "The Hornell Evening Tribune" of August 4:   "In
response to the outcry over Valentine's (the beloved dog) highly
publicized
death, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is drafting
statewide changes in trapping regulations.  After reviewing comments
solicited from trappers, community officials and citizens across the
state
(Has anybody called you?), the DEC will put a proposal out for public
comments, said Gordon Barcheller (DEC's Mr. Trapper), a wildlife
specialist
at the agency.

"The new law (what law?) would targetkill-type body-gripping traps like
the
Conibear, as opposed to leghold or cage traps.  The law would be applied
to
high-use recreational areas, Batcheller said.  It could ban the traps on
land or make changes in how they can be used.

"The trap that killed Valentine was legally set in all respects except
that
it wasn't labeled with the trappers name and addres, Batcheller said."

Meg Massaro (dateline of story was NISKAYUNA) was running with her two
dogs
along "a paved bike path".  Valentine darted after a squirrel and wound
up
with head caugh in a Conibear 200 trap.  Meg, her husband, and
passers-by
were unable to spring the trap.  You can imagine how hard they must have
tried.  By the time an animal control officer arrived, Valentine was
dead.

Meg has formed the Trail Users Group (TUG) and want the state to ban
trapping within 500 feet of bikeway which runs for 42 miles along the
river
northwest of Albany.   That's all I know right now.  - Bina
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:39:51 -0500
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ACTIVIST ARRESTED AT BOYS TOWN DEMO

On Tuesday, August 5, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals and Illinois Animal Action (IAA) protested a Boys Town office
in downtown Chicago.  Before a crowd of spectators and media, IAA
member David Amundson, age 22, drove a pickup truck filled with used
kitty litter to the protest site and began shoveling the material
onto the street.  The truck displayed banners that read "Boys Town's
Kitten Experiments Stink."  Amundson was arrested and charged with
illegal dumping and disorderly conduct.  He was released six hours
later after activists posted bail.

Responding to a PETA complaint, the National institutes of Health has
cited Boys Town's Omaha laboratory for its failure to provide
veterinary care to ill animals, failure to keep medical records on
animals, failure to have standard operating procedures in place for
the care of animals, and use of outdated drugs.  The few surgical
records that exist indicate the kittens were given no postsurgical
painkillers despite the fact that incisions the length of their
entire skulls were made as researchers cut into their brains.
Federal law requires painkillers following such procedures.

=========================
Illinois Animal Action
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL  60555
630/393-2935
=========================


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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:07:53 -0700
From: Sean Thomas <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Primarily Primates offers hope for Canada's Primats
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An incredible offer was made yesterday by Primarily Primates, a primate
sanctuary located in Texas, to take all of Canada's research monkeys.
Please show your support for this proposal by demanding that Health
Canada retire its monkeys to this sanctuary, and allot the appropriate
funds to provide for their long-term care there.

The Minister of Health can be reachd by writing:

The Honourable Allan Rock, T.C., M.P., Minister of Health
Brooke Claxton Building,
postal locator 0916A, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0K9 (no stamp in Canada)
Phone  [phone]
Fax [phone]
www.hwc.ca

We really do have a chance to save these monkeys from further torture.

Sean Thomas
Co-Director, Animal Action
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                                  Wednesday 6 August 1997

                 U.S. group offers monkeys refuge

                 Health Canada could send research animals to Primarily
                 Primates 'retirement home'

                 Randy Boswell
                 The Ottawa Citizen

                 A Texas animal sanctuary wants to ride to the rescue of
                 the 750 Ottawa research monkeys whose future is being
                 studied by a Royal Society panel of scientists and
                 philosophers.

                 Primarily Primates Inc., which runs a rural "retirement
                 home" near San Antonio for about 450 apes and other
                 primates that have served in research labs, as pets, or
                 in circuses throughout the United States, has written to
                 the Royal Society offering sanctuary to all 750 of Health
                 Canada's long-tailed macaques -- for a price.

                 "If federal funds are available to assist in the purchase
                 of suitable land, construction of necessary enclosures
                 and endowment funds to maintain the animals, Primarily
                 Primates will consider retiring the entire colony in your
                 care," wrote corporate secretary Stephen Tello on July
                 18, after he was sent Citizen reports on the appointment
                 of the expert panel. "While our offer to retire the
                 entire primate colony may sound a bit overwhelming, we
                 are making this offer in the sincere interest of the
                 primates."

                 The proposal, which would pull the monkeys out of
                 scientific testing and provide for them a permanent,
                 semi-natural habitat in which to live out their days, has
                 emerged at the same time that the Toronto-based Animal
                 Alliance of Canada is requesting that the expert panel's
                 terms of reference be amended to specifically include the
                 option of creating a sanctuary for the Health Canada
                 monkey colony.

                 In a letter sent yesterday to Health Minister Allan Rock,
                 alliance director Liz White urges that a veterinary
                 representative and an animal welfare expert be added to
                 the five-member panel, which includes three men with
                 scientific research backgrounds and two with social
                 sciences training in philosophy and ethics.

                 "Although the panel claims to consider the welfare of the
                 animals," there is no framework in place through which
                 decisions that affect the welfare of the colony can be
                 made," the AAC letter states.

                 The Ottawa monkeys, offspring of a brood brought to
                 Canada from the Philippines in 1983, have been used for
                 research into AIDS and herpes, to screen polio vaccines
                 and to probe the effects of ingesting chemicals ranging
                 from PCBs to caffeine. The colony is described in one
                 Health Canada report as "unique in the world" because it
                 is free of a herpes virus that taints many of the
                 research primates in North America and because its
                 genetic history is known for two generations.

                 But facing deep budget cuts that have financially
                 crippled its animal resources division, Health Canada is
                 seeking expert advice on what to do with a scientifically
                 valuable resource that the federal government appears
                 unable to afford.

                 The department has acknowledged that although there is
                 strong potential demand for the macaque colony among
                 industry and university researchers, there is also a
                 declining general interest in the use of primates for
                 research because of the high cost of maintaining the
                 animals and because of battles with animal rights
                 activists.

                 The Royal Society panel, chaired by University of
                 Waterloo philosophy professor Conrad Brunk, is to issue
                 its recommendations in November.

                 Animal welfare activists have urged Health Canada to stop
                 using the monkeys for research or to at least incorporate
                 some kind of sanctuary into the future of the colony --
                 providing a leafy, cageless refuge for groups of monkeys
                 that have "given their due" for the sake human health.

                 But only brief mention was made of a sanctuary in a list
                 of options outlined in a preliminary Health Canada report
                 that focused largely on the commercial potential of
                 breeding the monkeys for sale.

                 Primarily Primates is a charitable organization located
                 in the southwest Texas hill country that raises its own
                 funds to feed and maintain animals but also seeks
                 financial contributions from whatever organizations kept
                 the animals previously. Along with primates, the
                 operation houses about 200 birds and mammals on a
                 four-hectare compound with open-air and indoor
                 facilities.

                 In the letter to the Royal Society, Mr. Tello first urges
                 the creation of a Canadian sanctuary for the macaque
                 colony.

                 "These animals, who have been used to aid Canadians,
                 deserve the opportunity of retirement," the letter
                 states. "This may be the first and only opportunity they
                 may ever have to find true retirement and your
                 recommendations to create this facility could help set a
                 precedent for the way animals in research are cared for
                 when they are no longer needed."

                 But the letter suggests that if federal authorities
                 decide it isn't feasible to build a sanctuary to house
                 the macaques, Canada should consider moving the entire
                 colony to Texas. The move would be "a resolution to this
                 dilemma whereby these primates will find the permanent
                 and safe retirement they deserve after being used for the
                 service of humankind."

                 Health Canada officials could not be reached for comment.

                 "We don't want to be a dumping ground," he says. "In
                 order for us to take on these animals, including the
                 Canadian colony, we would have to receive some kind of
                 ongoing support."

                 But he says the cost of maintaining the relatively small
                 macaque would be about $3 per day per animal -- about
                 half of the $6 per diem for chimpanzees and much less
                 than the cost of maintaining monkeys in laboratory
                 settings.

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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:07:53 -0700
From: Sean Thomas <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Primarily Primates offers hope for Canada's Primats
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An incredible offer was made yesterday by Primarily Primates, a primate
sanctuary located in Texas, to take all of Canada's research monkeys.
Please show your support for this proposal by demanding that Health
Canada retire its monkeys to this sanctuary, and allot the appropriate
funds to provide for their long-term care there.

The Minister of Health can be reachd by writing:

The Honourable Allan Rock, T.C., M.P., Minister of Health
Brooke Claxton Building,
postal locator 0916A, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0K9 (no stamp in Canada)
Phone  [phone]
Fax [phone]
www.hwc.ca

We really do have a chance to save these monkeys from further torture.

Sean Thomas
Co-Director, Animal Action


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                                  Wednesday 6 August 1997

                 U.S. group offers monkeys refuge

                 Health Canada could send research animals to Primarily
                 Primates 'retirement home'

                 Randy Boswell
                 The Ottawa Citizen

                 A Texas animal sanctuary wants to ride to the rescue of
                 the 750 Ottawa research monkeys whose future is being
                 studied by a Royal Society panel of scientists and
                 philosophers.

                 Primarily Primates Inc., which runs a rural "retirement
                 home" near San Antonio for about 450 apes and other
                 primates that have served in research labs, as pets, or
                 in circuses throughout the United States, has written to
                 the Royal Society offering sanctuary to all 750 of Health
                 Canada's long-tailed macaques -- for a price.

                 "If federal funds are available to assist in the purchase
                 of suitable land, construction of necessary enclosures
                 and endowment funds to maintain the animals, Primarily
                 Primates will consider retiring the entire colony in your
                 care," wrote corporate secretary Stephen Tello on July
                 18, after he was sent Citizen reports on the appointment
                 of the expert panel. "While our offer to retire the
                 entire primate colony may sound a bit overwhelming, we
                 are making this offer in the sincere interest of the
                 primates."

                 The proposal, which would pull the monkeys out of
                 scientific testing and provide for them a permanent,
                 semi-natural habitat in which to live out their days, has
                 emerged at the same time that the Toronto-based Animal
                 Alliance of Canada is requesting that the expert panel's
                 terms of reference be amended to specifically include the
                 option of creating a sanctuary for the Health Canada
                 monkey colony.

                 In a letter sent yesterday to Health Minister Allan Rock,
                 alliance director Liz White urges that a veterinary
                 representative and an animal welfare expert be added to
                 the five-member panel, which includes three men with
                 scientific research backgrounds and two with social
                 sciences training in philosophy and ethics.

                 "Although the panel claims to consider the welfare of the
                 animals," there is no framework in place through which
                 decisions that affect the welfare of the colony can be
                 made," the AAC letter states.

                 The Ottawa monkeys, offspring of a brood brought to
                 Canada from the Philippines in 1983, have been used for
                 research into AIDS and herpes, to screen polio vaccines
                 and to probe the effects of ingesting chemicals ranging
                 from PCBs to caffeine. The colony is described in one
                 Health Canada report as "unique in the world" because it
                 is free of a herpes virus that taints many of the
                 research primates in North America and because its
                 genetic history is known for two generations.

                 But facing deep budget cuts that have financially
                 crippled its animal resources division, Health Canada is
                 seeking expert advice on what to do with a scientifically
                 valuable resource that the federal government appears
                 unable to afford.

                 The department has acknowledged that although there is
                 strong potential demand for the macaque colony among
                 industry and university researchers, there is also a
                 declining general interest in the use of primates for
                 research because of the high cost of maintaining the
                 animals and because of battles with animal rights
                 activists.

                 The Royal Society panel, chaired by University of
                 Waterloo philosophy professor Conrad Brunk, is to issue
                 its recommendations in November.

                 Animal welfare activists have urged Health Canada to stop
                 using the monkeys for research or to at least incorporate
                 some kind of sanctuary into the future of the colony --
                 providing a leafy, cageless refuge for groups of monkeys
                 that have "given their due" for the sake human health.

                 But only brief mention was made of a sanctuary in a list
                 of options outlined in a preliminary Health Canada report
                 that focused largely on the commercial potential of
                 breeding the monkeys for sale.

                 Primarily Primates is a charitable organization located
                 in the southwest Texas hill country that raises its own
                 funds to feed and maintain animals but also seeks
                 financial contributions from whatever organizations kept
                 the animals previously. Along with primates, the
                 operation houses about 200 birds and mammals on a
                 four-hectare compound with open-air and indoor
                 facilities.

                 In the letter to the Royal Society, Mr. Tello first urges
                 the creation of a Canadian sanctuary for the macaque
                 colony.

                 "These animals, who have been used to aid Canadians,
                 deserve the opportunity of retirement," the letter
                 states. "This may be the first and only opportunity they
                 may ever have to find true retirement and your
                 recommendations to create this facility could help set a
                 precedent for the way animals in research are cared for
                 when they are no longer needed."

                 But the letter suggests that if federal authorities
                 decide it isn't feasible to build a sanctuary to house
                 the macaques, Canada should consider moving the entire
                 colony to Texas. The move would be "a resolution to this
                 dilemma whereby these primates will find the permanent
                 and safe retirement they deserve after being used for the
                 service of humankind."

                 Health Canada officials could not be reached for comment.

                 "We don't want to be a dumping ground," he says. "In
                 order for us to take on these animals, including the
                 Canadian colony, we would have to receive some kind of
                 ongoing support."

                 But he says the cost of maintaining the relatively small
                 macaque would be about $3 per day per animal -- about
                 half of the $6 per diem for chimpanzees and much less
                 than the cost of maintaining monkeys in laboratory
                 settings.

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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 09:07:39 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Fresno Bee:  McD's Donates To SPCA??? (California, US)
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Letter To The Editor that was printed in today's paper:

CRUEL IRONY August 6, 1997

FRESNO BEE : An interesting little item appeared at the
bottom of Page B2 in the July 25 Bee. It announced that
four Valley McDonald's restaurants have raised $7,400,
which will be donated to the SPCA.

''SPCA'' stands for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.

An organization dedicated to stopping people from being cruel to
animals. Animals. Ironic, considering the ''billions and billions''
of cow-animals, chicken-animals, fish-animals, pig-animals and God
knows what other animals who are murdered each year to be
''served'' on a bun with ''special sauce.''

Let's not forget that McMurder isn't just cruel to animals; it's cruel
to our digestive, cardiovascular and moral systems, as well.

Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of too
much life by doing so. Aim above morality. Be not simply
good; be good for something."  -- Henry David Thoreau
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 13:32:36 -0400
From: Mesia Quartano <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Anti-hunt protesters march through London
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11:04 AM ET 08/02/97

Anti-hunt protesters march through London


LONDON (Reuter) - About 2,000 anti-hunt campaigners marched
through London Saturday to protest the first day of Britain's
traditional, but now threatened, deer-hunting season.

The protesters gathered in central Hyde Park to listen to
speeches before setting off for Trafalgar Square, waving banners
and chanting.

Other protest groups said they intended to disrupt hunts in
western England.

The hunting of foxes and deer with hounds could be banned if
a bill put forward by a Labor member of parliament is passed.

But the bill may never become law because the Labor
government, which took office in May, is giving priority to
other legislation. Parliament may simply run out of time to
debate and vote on it.

Last month, around 100,000 hunt supporters gathered in
London to demonstrate their opposition to the banning of the
traditional sport.

The sight of red-jacketed horse riders and packs of baying
hounds in pursuit of a deer or fox has been part of the British
landscape for centuries.

In recent years the sport has become increasingly
controversial, with repeated clashes between hunters and
protesters, who disrupt the hunts using whips and whistles to
scare the horses.

But one anti-hunt group said it opposed the protests and the
London rally, saying dialogue was now preferable to
confrontation.

The League Against Cruel Sports said it would monitor stag
hunts in the southwest England counties of Somerset and Devon
using video cameras, but would not intervene.

"We have much to celebrate, many new areas in the West
Country...look likely to become havens for deer, free from the
barbarity of hunting," said the league's Graham Sirl.

Britain's National Trust, a heritage organization, recently
banned deer hunting on the vast areas of land it owns after a
report detailed the stress the animals suffer.

-- REUTER --
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 14:11:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fwd: UPDATE: Trapping Bills Near Floor Vote in State Legislature
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In a message dated 97-08-06 11:09:58 EDT, [e-mail] (Theresa E.
Jancek) writes:

 << Subj:UPDATE: Trapping Bills Near Floor Vote in State Legislature
  Date:97-08-06 11:09:58 EDT
  From:[e-mail] (Theresa E. Jancek)
  To:[e-mail]

 The NY State Senate and Assembly have adjourned without voting on
 Assembly Bill No. A01635-A and Senate Bill No. S03561-A (Title:AN ACT to
 amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the trapping of
 beaver, otter, muskrat and mink).

 Both bills remain in the Rules Committees in their respective houses,
 however. I do not know how likely it is that they will be reported to
 the floor for a vote when the Legislature reconvenes (January 1998,
 unless a Special Session is called earlier). My understanding is that,
 unless the bills are discharged from Rules, either could be reported to
 the floor for a vote anytime after the Legislature reconvenes.

 At least the bills weren't passed into law in the now-characteristic
 last-minute frenzy of voting before the summer recess.

 It would be a good idea for those of you who have contacted Speaker
 Silver and/or Senator Bruno to thank them for holding back the bills.
 You might also wish to reiterate your opposition to this legislation,
 should any chance exist that it might be resurrected when the
 Legislature reconvenes.

 I'll keep you posted as I learn more about the fate of this unwise and
 unnecessary legislation.

 Thanks for your interest and efforts,
 Terry
 ____________________________________________________
 Theresa E. Jancek
 Mail:  PO Box 276, Hannawa Falls, NY 13647-0276 USA
 Tel:  [phone]
 E-Mail: <[e-mail]> >>


---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:[e-mail] (Theresa E. Jancek)
  To:[e-mail]
Date: 97-08-06 11:09:58 EDT

The NY State Senate and Assembly have adjourned without voting on
Assembly Bill No. A01635-A and Senate Bill No. S03561-A (Title:AN ACT to
amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the trapping of
beaver, otter, muskrat and mink).

Both bills remain in the Rules Committees in their respective houses,
however. I do not know how likely it is that they will be reported to
the floor for a vote when the Legislature reconvenes (January 1998,
unless a Special Session is called earlier). My understanding is that,
unless the bills are discharged from Rules, either could be reported to
the floor for a vote anytime after the Legislature reconvenes.

At least the bills weren't passed into law in the now-characteristic
last-minute frenzy of voting before the summer recess.

It would be a good idea for those of you who have contacted Speaker
Silver and/or Senator Bruno to thank them for holding back the bills.
You might also wish to reiterate your opposition to this legislation,
should any chance exist that it might be resurrected when the
Legislature reconvenes.

I'll keep you posted as I learn more about the fate of this unwise and
unnecessary legislation.

Thanks for your interest and efforts,
Terry
____________________________________________________
Theresa E. Jancek
Mail:  PO Box 276, Hannawa Falls, NY 13647-0276 USA
Tel:  [phone]
E-Mail: <[e-mail]>



Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:26:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Heidi Prescott <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: urgent -Hegins deadlines
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Activists,

        The Hegins pigeon shoot is now less than 1 month away.  We are in
the last weeks of organizing and need an accurate count of how many people
are participating in the rescue/documentation effort and the planning
dinner.  We have a limited number of sponsorships available, so it is
important to contact us if you need to be sponsored. If you have not yet let
us know you are coming, please contact The Fund [phone].   Peter
Peterson, the person in charge of organizing Hegins, will be increasingly
busy as the weeks progress, so the more we can assign teams and identify the
areas we need additional people, the smoother things will go.  We still need
people, so please contact us ASAP.


Heidi Prescott.


Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:33:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Markarian <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (NY) Ch. 9 on Canned Hunts
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>The Ch. 9 piece (New York City area) on canned hunts that was supposed to
>run tonight (Wednesday) has been postponed. It will run either Thursday or
>Friday of this week or Monday or Tuesday of next week, at 10:00 P.M. I will
>post an exact date when I find out.
>
>

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:37:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Heidi Prescott <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: widow needs help placing pigeons
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A 77 year old widow who lives in Pensylvania contacted us because she has
between 200 and 300 pigeons in coops.  She feels that she will soon no
longer be able to care for them and does not want them to end up at the
Hegins pigeon shoot.  Is there anyone out there who can help?  Please
contact us for her number. She is in Lake Ariel, PA.

Thanks,

Heidi

Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 20:30:23 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Feeding on freshwater fish could be hazardous
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Another reason for people not to fish/eat fish...
from Mercury Center web page:
----------------------------------------------
Posted at 6:56 a.m. PDT Wednesday, August 6, 1997

Feeding on freshwater fish could be hazardous

BOSTON (AP) -- Anglers who eat freshwater fish
could flip through nearly 2,200 warnings before
selecting a main course because states are finding
potentially harmful contaminants in more lakes and
rivers.

Fish consumption advisories are at an all-time high
and continue to grow by more than 20 percent a
year, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
Last year, states issued 453 such advisories -- a
26 percent increase from 1995 -- raising the total
to 2,193 for inland waters fished for sport.

Although the advisories list a total of 45
contaminants, virtually all of them cite the
presence of mercury, PCBs, chlordane, dioxin and
DDT in the water bodies. Those contaminants entered
the waters through dumping, runoff and underground
seepage and take decades to break down into less
harmful forms.

The EPA said 15 percent of the nation's acres of
lakes -- including all of the Great Lakes -- and 5
percent of its miles of rivers were covered by an
advisory at the end of 1996.

Minnesota had the most advisories, with 709, while
Wisconsin had 431.

Only Alaska, South Dakota and Wyoming, along with
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, had not
issued any advisories by Dec. 31.

The EPA said the rising tide of advisories does not
mean more contamination is seeping into America's
inland waters.

``The increase in advisories issued by the states
generally reflects an increase in the number of
assessments of the levels of chemical contaminants
in fish and wildlife tissues,'' the agency said in
a fact sheet.

But some fishing industry representatives said the
high number of advisories results from the EPA's
overzealous regulations concerning contaminants in
the environment.

``The numbers get inflated but it really has to be
taken with a grain of salt as to what it means,''
said Lee Weddig, executive vice president of the
National Fisheries Institute, a trade association.
``Many of them are based on too conservative a risk
assessment for many of these chemicals.''

Water sampling is intended to prevent a situation
similar to that of Japan's Minimata Bay. For
decades, hundreds of people have died after eating
fish contaminated by mercury dumped by chemical
companies.

Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA has determined
how much of a chemical can be present in a
freshwater body before it is considered
contaminated. Using that data, states conduct the
sampling and issue advisories if necessary.

The advisories pertain only to non-commercial
fishing. Some examples include large-mouth bass in
Tyngsboro's Flint Pond, crayfish in California's
Putah Creek and shorthead redhorse in Minnesota's
stretch of the Mississippi River.

The U.S. sport fishing industry generates $100
billion in economic activity and 1 million jobs,
according to the American Sportfishing Association,
a lobbying group. ASA president Mike Hayden
applauded the EPA's concern for public health, but
questioned the sampling techniques and the language
of the advisories.

For example, contaminants are measured in the
entire fish -- including scales, eyeballs and
entrails -- but most people only eat a fillet.

Also, an advisory can be specific for a species, a
location and a consumer such as children or
pregnant women. Too often, those finer points are
lost on the general population.

``Oftentimes these advisories are stated in a way
that the public doesn't understand it,'' Hayden
said. ``That hurts fishing and that hurts the
consuming public.''

NFI's Weddig said the EPA shouldn't have uniform
standards for chemical exposures.

``It doesn't make sense to tell people with
different ages or sexes to have the same type of
concern over a contaminant,'' he said.

No EPA official was available for on-the-record
comment Tuesday.

Sometimes, though, the advisories aren't bad news.
Minnesota's included statements that locations were
safe for all fishing.

``Maybe being very scrupulous has given people the
wrong impression,'' said Buddy Ferguson, spokesman
for the Minnesota Department of Health. ``It isn't
a case of Minnesota having uniquely contaminated
waters or uniquely contaminated fish.''

Since the EPA tally, the land of nearly 15,000
lakes has issued another 50 advisories, some good
and some bad.

Massachusetts has issued 71 advisories, including
20 last year. The commonwealth has issued bans on
all fish from at least 10 bodies of water.

``It's a little misleading and you have to be kind
of careful,'' said Elaine Krueger, chief of the
commonwealth's environmental toxicology program.
``The more you sample, the more you find.''

Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 20:57:26 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Feds Exaggerated Horse Abuse Info
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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More on the BLM horses...
from AP Wire page:
----------------------------------
 08/06/1997 16:06 EST

 Feds Exaggerated Horse Abuse Info

 By MARTHA MENDOZA
 Associated Press Writer

 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Federal agents, already catching heat for
 allowing the slaughter of thousands of wild horses, gave false
 information to Congress this year while trying to prove aggressive
 enforcement of a law meant to protect the animals, The Associated Press
 has found.

 The Bureau of Land Management declared 125 people had been convicted of
 violating the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act from 1985 to 1995.

 Government records, however, reveal a far slimmer tally.

 Using computer databases, the AP reviewed records of all federal
 prosecutions in 1985-95 and found only three convictions under the wild
 horse law. Twenty-three people were convicted in the same period of
 assorted other crimes related to the abuse of wild horses or burros.

 The discrepancy needs ``more explanation,'' acknowledged BLM spokesman
 Bob Johns.

 ``I would suspect that Justice defines convictions differently than we
 do,'' Johns said. ``I don't think there was any deliberate intention to
 mislead the public.''

 Johns said the BLM defines convictions to include indictments, citations,
 fines and even cases that U.S. attorneys decline to prosecute.

 In early June, after four months of promises to produce records of the
 125 convictions, Johns said the Interior Department's solicitor would
 release no further information.

 The lack of criminal convictions is evidence that people who adopt wild
 horses can sell them for slaughter with impunity, more than a dozen
 former BLM law enforcement agents told the AP.

 ``The law is supposed to keep wild horses and burros out of the
 slaughterhouse, but without enforcement there's no teeth to it. It's a
 joke,'' said Dale Tunnel, a retired agent who ran BLM law enforcement for
 Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the 1980s and early '90s.

 The BLM made its claim about convictions in January, just weeks after the
 AP reported the adoption program was in disarray. In a series of stories
 this year, the AP has reported many people who adopt wild horses or
 burros under the $16 million-a-year program could not account for their
 animals, that thousands of horses had ended up in slaughterhouses and
 that politics had shut down a Texas grand jury's 1996 criminal
 investigation into the program.

 In the weeks after the first stories appeared, several members of
 Congress asked the BLM for evidence the adoption program was working. The
 BLM's response to their inquiries was additionally posted on the Internet
 and sent to newspapers. The BLM said it was ``committed to doing all that
 it can to ensure that wild horses are adopted by people who provide
 humane care.'' Those who neglect or abuse the animals are prosecuted, the
 BLM insisted.

 ``For example, in the years 1985 to 1995, the BLM investigated numerous
 possible violations related to the wild horse and burro program resulting
 in 125 convictions, despite the fact that these are often difficult cases
 to prove,'' Thomas Pogacnik, chief of the Wild Horse and Burro Program,
 said in the statement.

 Pogacnik did not return calls from the AP seeking an explanation for the
 misleading claim of 125 convictions.

 The BLM ``should know better,'' U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff, R-N.M., told the
 AP last month. Schiff had earlier called for a congressional inquiry into
 the wild horse program.

 Federal officials should realize that a request to prosecute is not a
 conviction, said Schiff, a former Albuquerque district attorney.

 In defending its attempts to enforce the law, the BLM may actually be
 trying to defend a law that is unenforceable.

 Justice and Interior records show that U.S. attorneys dropped or declined
 at least 75 cases in the last decade. In many more incidents of abuse,
 including thousands of horses shot dead on public lands, no one was even
 arrested.

 ``It's not a good criminal statute,'' said Rhonda Backinoff, an assistant
 U.S. attorney in Albuquerque who has declined to prosecute three Wild
 Horse and Burro Act cases. Many prosecutors regard the law as ambiguous
 and open to interpretation on violations.

 ``It's a beautiful piece of writing, talking about the wild horses and
 the wild plains, but you need to be real specific in a criminal statute,
 and this one wasn't tightly drawn,'' Backinoff said.

 The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed by Congress 25 years
 ago to control the animals, which compete with cattle for forage on
 public lands, and keep them from ``disappearing from the American
 scene.''

 The law says the Interior Secretary establishes how many animals public
 lands can support, rounds up the extras and offers them for adoption.
 Wild herds with more than 40,000 animals now roam vast expanses of 10
 states; authorities hope to get that down to a permanent herd of 29,000
 next year.

 Most people who adopt horses make them pets or ride them for pleasure.
 Those who abuse or neglect adopted animals face fines of up to $2,000 and
 a year in jail. Those who harass or disturb the animals on public lands
 are also subject to prosecution.

 Many ranchers consider the law a slap at the traditions of the West,
 where rounding up wild horses, training the good ones and selling the old
 for slaughter is an age-old profession called ``mustanging.''

 ``We run horses all our life, yes, ma'am, and I'm proud of the fact that
 my family, whenever we needed money, we made our money off the
 mustangs,'' said George Parman, a Eureka, Nev., rancher.

 Parman is one of the rare individuals to be even prosecuted. In 1990, he
 was caught with 117 wild horses he'd allegedly stolen on public land. He
 maintained the Duckwater Indians had hired him to remove the horses from
 Indian land. But the horses in his trailers were clearly BLM horses.

 Parman and several other men were tried but found not guilty because, as
 Parman put it, his attorneys ``poked holes all over the case.''

 ``I thought they had a good case against us,'' Parman said, ``but I feel
 that the Wild Horse and Burro Act is practically unenforceable. My gosh,
 it's about as big of a mess as they could have.''

 In May, acting BLM director Sylvia Baca told Congress that while
 ``enforcement ... continues to be controversial,'' agents were committed
 to investigating every report of harm to a free-roaming or adopted horse
 or burro.

 But retired officers say it just isn't happening.

 ``You have a law that's supposed to protect the horses, but if you have
 ineffective law enforcement, it's as if there is no law,'' said Steve
 Sederwall, a retired agent.

 Tugging on one end of his handlebar mustache, Sederwall added, ``It's the
 horses that pay the price.''

Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 22:09:07 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (BM) Bermuda bans McDonald's
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from CNN web page:
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                           Bermuda bans McDonald's

                           Nation has just one fast-food outlet; New law's

                           legality to be challenged

                           August 6, 1997: 2:39 p.m. ET

                 HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuter) - Bermuda
                 Gov. Thorold Masefield has signed into
                 law the Prohibited Restaurants Bill, the
                 final step in banning U.S. fast food
                 titan McDonald's Corp from the
                 conservative British colony, officials
                 said Wednesday.

                 The signing of the bill Monday
                 ended a protracted battle by grassroots
                 organizations and some legislators to
                 stop former Premier Sir John Swan from
                 opening a chain of McDonald's
                 restaurants on the island.

                 The row was deemed partly
                 responsible for the sudden resignation
                 in March of Premier David Saul, though
                 he had denied that he was privy to the
                 decision of the ruling United Bermuda
                 Party to grant Swan permission to open
                 the chain.

                 The Prohibited Restaurants Bill
                 survived a tempestuous 18 months of
                 debate in the island's House of
                 Assembly, revealing deep divisions
                 within the UBP.

                 The bill bans fast-food
                 restaurants, but does not name any
                 chains specifically. There is one
                 fast-food restaurant in Bermuda, a
                 Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet that
                 opened in the 1970s. The government did
                 not allow any further restaurants to
                 open, however, until the McDonald's
                 proposal that spurred the bill.
                 The bill was first rejected by
                 the Senate and sent back to the House,
                 which passed it a second time and
                 returned it to the Senate. The Bermuda
                 constitution barred the Senate from
                 blocking the legislation a second time.
                 Swan will challenge the legality
                 of the new law in the Supreme Court,
                 sources close to the former premier
                 said.

                 The governor, who had the bill
                 for nearly a month, was doubtful that it
                 was constitutional and withheld his
                 approval until he had received legal
                 advice, a political source said.
                 Masefield, as governor, is the
                 representative of the British Crown on
                 the wealthy, self-governing island,
                 which has been a British colony since
                 1684. Bermuda, with an area of only 20.5
                 square miles, lies 570 miles southeast
                 of North Carolina.


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