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Greetings --

Please find the following actions on behalf of greyhounds for your calendar:

 Protest Dog Racing at Wonderland Dog Track in Revere
June 7 (Sat) - 11:00 am
July 12 (Sat) - 11:00 am (all day protest) Special Race Day
August 9 (Sat) - 6:00 pm  ***BIG  BIG  BIG***  Special Race Day
Meet outside of the MAIN GATE of the dog track.  Bring posers, signs and banners
(some will be provided).  By car - Route 1A in Revere.  Parking is free in
the Stop &
Shop mall across the street.  MTBA accessible - Blue line, Wonderland "T" stop.
Call Libby @ 617-567-0280 if you need additional directions.

Protest Dog Racing at Taunton/Raynham Dog Track
June 21 (Sat) - 11:30 am  ***BIG BIG BIG***
Meet outside of the MAIN GATE of the dog track.  Bring posters, signs and
banners
(some will be provided).
Call Robin @ 508-435-6023 in you need directions

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The bill to "Ban Dog Racing in Massachusetts" (House Bill 3434) is stuck in
Joint
Committee on Government Regulations.  You can continue helping to move the
bill by
doing one or more of the following:

1)  Call, write or e-mail the two Chairmen of the Joint Committee on
Government Regulations:
      Sen. Michael Morrissey, phone: [phone]
      Rep. Daniel Bosley, phone: [phone], e-mail:
[e-mail]
      Ask them to report House Bill 3434 favorably out of committee.
2)  Call, write, fax or e-mail your Representative and Senator.
      Tell them that dog racing is not a sport and you want it banned in
Massachusetts.
      You can find the name of your legislators by calling your town clerk's
office or by
      calling the elections office at 617-722-2828.

Call Greta @ 413-442-6079 if you have any questions

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Volunteers are needed for greyhound educational outreach at malls and public
places.  Volunteers
will be given literature to hand out, a visual aid and prompted on how to
answer common questions.
Call Steve @ 508-393-5339.

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Primate Freedom Campaign
Brainstorm, strategize and coordinate with others at one of three hour-long
workshops on raising
public awareness about primate abuse.
June 8 (Sun) - After regularly scheduled Peace Abbey programming.  Junction
of Routes 16 & 27
in Sherborn, MA.
June 12 (Thur) - 6:30 pm at NEAVS office, 333 Washington Street, Boston near
Downtown Crossing.
June 17 (Tue) - 6:30 pm at Buddha's Delight Too, 404 Harvard Street, Brookline.

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: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:28:43 -0700
From: Andrew Gach <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Dr. Frankenstein's latest feat
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Subject:
            Dr. Frankenstein's latest achievement
       Date:
            Sat, 31 May 97 01:52:44 +0000
       From:
            Andrew Gach <[e-mail]>
Organization:
            Wells Fargo Bank
         To:
            [e-mail]


Human gene parts implanted into mice

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON (May 30, 1997 3:07 p.m. EDT) - Scientists in Japan have
successfully implanted human genetic material into mice in a procedure
that could lead to a new generation of cancer treatments for humans.

Such implants have taken place before but never on this scale.
Researchers at Kirin Brewery Technology Laboratory of Yokohama, Japan,
managed to transplant full human chromosomes containing up to a thousand
genes each.

The study, to be published in the June issue of Nature Genetics, says
the modified mice were otherwise normal and passed on the
characteristics to their offspring.

The research team headed by professor Kazuma Tomizuka of Kirin inserted
human chromosomes into embryonic mouse cells that were then implanted
into female mice.

Confronted with protein from another species, the resulting newborn mice
produced fully human, disease-fighting antibodies, they said.
Previously, implants of human genetic material into mice had yielded
only antibodies that were part human, part mouse.

How the modified genetic characteristics were transmitted to the next
generation is "the most intriguing question," the study's authors say,
because extra chromosomes usually block reproduction.
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 22:46:02 -0500
From: Horgan <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Shelter massacre - help to prosecute criminals who murdered cats!!!!
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8603/petition2.html
<x-html><xbasehref="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8603/petition2.html">
Please help us by signing adding your name and address to the letter below. A hard copy of
all letters
will be made and forwarded onto the Prosecutor's Office of Fairfield.
If you can't send it with this form, please send it to me,.

Don't forget to sign Madlyn's letter before you leave.

Let them know how you feel:


All you have to do is put your name where it says "your name" and your address where it says
"your address" then click on submit. Thanks :

TO:

       Jefferson County Attorney
       ATTN: John Morrissey
       Scott Schroeder,  Mike Brown
       109 N. Court St.
       Fairfield, Iowa 52556


Dear Sirs,

I have read reports of the break-in which occured at the Noah's Ark
Foundation Shelter, on March 7-8, 1997.

I am shocked, appalled and outraged by this vicious and senseless crime.
The pet cats that were tortured and killed by the alleged perpetrators:

      Justin Toben, Daniel B. Meyers, and Chad Lemansky

were trusting, warm-blooded living beings, capable of pain and fear.

The taking of any life, in the commission of a crime, is repugnant to
me. Left unpunished, or not sufficiently punished, these young men may
very likely go on to commit other violent crimes, including murder.

I wish to express to you my hopes that every effort will be made by your
office to prosecute and convict the three young men accused of this
atrocious crime, using every resource available to your office.

Please make every effort, upon their conviction, to sentence them to the
maximum penalty. It is my belief that imposing the maximum sentence will
serve as a deterrant to the repetition of crimes of this nature.

Sincerely,

Your Name:

Your address:

Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 11:34:07 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (HK) Magistrate bears up to error
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>South China Morning Post
Saturday  May 31  1997

     Magistrate bears up to error
     CHARLOTTE PARSONS

A magistrate did not understand the bear facts of the case before him, the
High Court heard yesterday.

     Tsoi Wai-ching was fined $125,000 in January for having a bottled
bear's gall bladder in her herbalist's shop.

     But when Eastern magistrate Peter Line reviewed his decision, he
realised he had made     an error. Only endangered species can draw such
hefty fines; Tsoi's gall bladder belonged to an ordinary bear, making the
maximum fine $50,000.

     "A mistake has been made and the wrong fine has been imposed,"
barrister John    MacMaster said in an appeal.
In a statement, Mr Line admitted he should have called an inquiry to
establish if the gall bladder - said to be a cure-all - was for sale in the
Causeway Bay store.

     Tsoi, 50, said she brought it to the shop for her own use.

     Mr Justice Arthur Leong rejected a Crown application for a retrial and
slashed her fine  to $40,000.

     Tsoi admitted violating the protection of endangered species ordinance.


Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 11:35:37 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Fury as nations veto discussions on polar fish plunder
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>South China Morning post
Saturday  May 31  1997

     Fury as nations veto discussions on polar fish
     plunder

     AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Christchurch
The annual meeting of the 43 nations which govern Antarctica ended yesterday
in  disarray over how to end the growing threat from pirate fishing in the
Southern Ocean.

     Countries angry at what is being called "hoovering" of the icy sea by a
70-strong fleet  were forced to meet outside the Antarctic Treaty
Consultative Meeting because several  nations vetoed discussion, chairman
Colin Keating said.

     He would not name which of the 26 consultative members with full voting
rights     blocked the issue, but said the objectors were "not necessarily"
nations profiting from the fishing. "There were some consultative parties
who were strongly opposed to discussing the subject at all, and that is
unfortunate," he said.

     "It proved to be impossible to have any discussion within the Antarctic
Treaty meeting,"     said the New Zealand official.

     The frantic race for the lucrative Patagonian toothfish has alarmed
countries with     exclusive economic zones in the Southern Ocean as well as
countries regarded as     Antarctic gateways.

     The fishery was only recently revealed by declassified US naval
satellite photographs     and is attractive because of the high price the
fish fetch on world markets.
Ships from Argentina, Chile and Norway have been seen operating in the region.

     China is building a large new fleet to operate in the region, which is
under the     jurisdiction of the 23-nation Hobart-based Commission for the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

     France last month arrested three boats operating in its exclusive zone
in the Southern     Ocean.

     Officials have said the plundering of the toothfish shoals threatens
the credibility of the     conservation coalition and the Antarctica treaty.
On Thursday, Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs polar adviser Jon Bech
said his  Government was committed to halting involvement of its nationals
and fishing  companies.

Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 22:51:08 -0500
From: Horgan <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: cat shelter massacre...anyone have news??
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I was told about and recently read about a horrible tragedy in an Iowa
shelter.  3 teens broke into a no-kill cat shelter and stabbed,
tortured, and beat 30 some cats.  The trial is set for 7/29/97.  Letters
and petitions are being sent all over the country.  Does anyone know the
details of this story or where I could find it's initial news release?
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:44:32 -0700
From: Andrew Gach <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Egypt declares organ transplants unconstitutional
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Organ transplants unconstitutional, Egypt official says

Reuter Information Service

CAIRO, Egypt (May 30, 1997 11:02 a.m. EDT) - The speaker of Egypt's
parliament said human organ transplants were unconstitutional and vowed
to oppose attempts to legalize the practice, parliamentary sources and a
government newspaper said Friday.

The daily al-Akhbar said speaker Fathi Sorour had postponed discussing
the issue in the house and the sources added that he told a session of
parliament he would step down from his post and staunchly argue against
transplants.

Transplants of human organs, particulary from the dead to the living,
have sparked debate and controversy in Egypt.

Many doctors and intellectuals say Egypt is "backward" for not
legalizing the widespread practice but opponents say there is
uncertainty in the medical profession about the exact time of death and
others fear a law would lead to a trade in organs.

Muslim clerics too disagree on whether Islamic law allows for organ
transplants but Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar
who is one of Sunni Islam's most senior clerics, said he would donate
his organs after his death and urged people to do the same.

Doctors need approval by the medical syndicate to perform transplants,
which is usually granted only when the operation involves relatives.
Al-Akhbar said the syndicate was taking disciplinary action against 43
doctors who transplanted organs without its permission.
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:47:02 -0700
From: Andrew Gach <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: EU considers ban on human cloning
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EU considers ban on human cloning

Reuter Information Service

BRUSSELS (May 30, 1997 11:02 a.m. EDT) - The European Commission
announced Friday it was studying whether to propose a formal ban on
cloning humans, but stopped short of condemning the technique for
animals.

Responding to a report by an advisory group on biotechnology ethics,
Commission President Jacques Santer said in a statement that European
Union rules should exclude human cloning from patent protection.

"I share entirely the rejection by this group of human reproductive
cloning," Santer said in a statement.

Ethical concerns have grown since scientists in Scotland, working with a
biotechnology company, cloned a sheep known as Dolly from a single cell
of another sheep.

Santer joined other government leaders, including French President
Jacques Chirac, who have condemned a technology that raises the spectre
of Nazi efforts to create a "master race."

But Santer was less dogmatic about animal cloning, saying only that the
EU executive would study the advisory group's recommendations, which put
the emphasis on animal welfare.

The EU's Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology
-- made up of outside scientific, legal and ethical experts and headed
by French lawyer Noelle Lenoir -- said cloning of
farm animals could have medical, agricultural and economic benefits.

Research would add to understanding of biological processes, including
aging and "hence may contribute to human well-being," it said in a
report handed to the Commission Thursday in The Hague.

But it was acceptable "only when the aims and methods are ethically
justified and when it is carried out under ethical conditions," it said.
"These ethical conditions include the duty to avoid or minimise
animal suffering."

The group said research on animal cloning should take place under the
supervision of licensing bodies and reflect the need to preserve genetic
diversity in farm animal stocks.

It called for a ban on "reproductive" human cloning -- creating a
genetically identical human being using cells from a child or adult --
saying the technique was "ethically unacceptable" and a safety
threat.

The creation of genetically identical embryos to help couples have
children should also be prohibited, it said.

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