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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN//2.0"> <html> <head> <title>AR-NEWS Digest</title> </head> <BODY bgcolor=fbfaea text=#211818 link="#190748" alink="#FFFFEF" vlink="#401C92"> <center> <IMG SRC="IMAGES/HEAD.GIF" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/digest/images/head.gif" USEMAP="#toplinks" BORDER="0"><BR> <img src="IMAGES/YCBAR.GIF" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/digest/images/ycbar.gif"><a href="../INDEX~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/index.html"><img src="IMAGES/HOMEBAR.GIF" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/digest/images/homebar.gif" border=0></a><br></center> <map name="toplinks"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="345,27,393,54" href="../../../tppmsgs/msgs0.htm#14" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/envirohome.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="458,7,512,27" href="../SUPPOR~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/Support.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="401,7,446,26" href="../SEARCH~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/search.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="352,7,386,26" href="../ORGS~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/Orgs.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="298,7,337,25" href="../NEWSPA~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/newspage.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="211,7,286,27" href="../SUB~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/sub.html"> </map> <center><TABLE cellspacing=15 border=0> <TR> <TD width=50 align=center> </TD> <TD width=400 align=left> <!-- PAGE CONTENT GOES BELOW --> <hr> <pre> AR-NEWS Digest 521 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) [UK] Hirst gives brush-off to Royal Academy by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 2) [UK] Butterfly's valley home protected by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 3) (US) Meat Experts Gather in Shadow of Burger Recall by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 4) FIGHTING PET AND PEOPLE ABUSE AT ONCE by Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net> 5) (BG) Ban on Animal Shows by Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> 6) (US) Zoo benefits from Billionaire Buffet by Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> 7) The killing effect of destroying nature by Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> 8) zoos by Lynette Shanley <ippl@lisp.com.au> 9) ACTION LETTER - CALIFORNIA GRAY WHALE - BY SEPTEMBER 22 by BreachEnv@aol.com 10) Fish oils may reduce hair loss in cancer patients by Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> 11) [UK] New creatures are found in holiday island caves by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 12) [UK] Butterfly's valley home protected by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 13) [UK] Hirst gives brush-off to Royal Academy by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 14) ALTERNATIVES IN SPAIN by "Guillermo Repetto" <repetto@cica.es> 15) Taiwan letter by jeanlee <jeanlee@concentric.net> 16) [Fwd: Re: Cruelty in Korea] by jeanlee <jeanlee@concentric.net> 17) (Aust)Live Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Bait Development by bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> 18) (US) Hurting animals often a sign of abuse by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 19) Family Offers Reward For Cat's Killer by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US 20) Oklahoma "Refuges" by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US 21) (US) Advocates win stay for Canada geese by klaszlo@juno.com (Kathryn A Laszlo) 22) Chimpanzees on the Move? by Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com> 23) S. 830, FDA Reform, Cosmetics Pre-emption by DDAL@aol.com 24) Mad SQUIRREL DISEASE by Hillary <oceana@ibm.net> 25) (US) An Okla. Anti-Hog Farm Letter to the Editor... by JanaWilson@aol.com 26) Mobile telephones and Cancer. by Lynette Shanley <ippl@lisp.com.au> 27) (Aust) Rabbit Virus Fails (10/9/97) by bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> 28) (US) Pepsi's Offensive Commercial (fwd) by arrs <arrs@envirolink.org> 29) (US) Sick Fish in Second Maryland River by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 30) [US] Horribly ensnared by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 31) [CA/US] Sardines return to North Pacific by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 21:08:43 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] Hirst gives brush-off to Royal Academy Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19970909210843.35c7ad74@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Wednesday, September 9th, 1997 Hirst gives brush-off to Royal Academy By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent DAMIEN Hirst has refused to join the Royal Academy and attacked the 230-year-old artists' governing body as "a big fat stuffy old pompous institution". The controversial British artist spoke only days before the academy, anxious to shed its old-fashioned image, mounts the biggest exhibition of the work of contemporary British conceptual artists seen in this country. The centrepiece of the exhibition, provocatively named Sensation, will be nine large works by Hirst, including his installation of a preserved shark, a cow sliced into 12 sections, a bifurcated pig and a sheep in a display case. Earlier this year, Rachel Whiteread, another leading light in the movement that has become known as the Young British Artists, refused to join but only after she had been elected to the body by its 100-plus academicians. To avoid another snub, Hirst was asked by Norman Rosenthal, the RA's exhibitions secretary, if he would consent to his name going forward for election, the artist disclosed yesterday. "The last thing I want is to be an RA. It's ridiculous," said Hirst, 33. "I'm more interested in art, plus, if there's a revolution they come and kill you [Royal Academicians], don't they? Can you believe they want me? I got Cs in all my O-levels." He also got an E grade for art at school. Sensation, which opens next week and features 120 works from the private collection of Charles Saatchi, is likely to be one of the most controversial shows ever mounted by the academy. The RA is already facing a rebellion over a decision to show a portrait of Myra Hindley, the Moors murderer, created from thousands of children's handprints by Marcus Harvey. The family of one of Hindley's victims has urged the academy not to show the portrait and Craigie Aitchison, one of the academy's most admired artists, said those responsible for the "disgraceful" decision to exhibit it should resign. The RA has decided against calling a general assembly of members but its ruling council will today debate whether to drop the portrait. The academy said yesterday that the issue was "difficult" and was likely to be decided by a vote but that no public announcement would be made until Friday. The RA said it "shares the universal public revulsion" at Hindley's crimes. Hirst defended the work at a London bookshop where he was launching a ú59.99 pop-up book of his own work. He said that, if he was able to do so, he would withdraw his pieces if the RA dropped the portrait. ⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997. Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 20:58:36 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] Butterfly's valley home protected Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19970909205836.35c73044@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Wednesday, September 9th, 1997 Butterfly's valley home protected By Charles Clover A VALLEY in Westmorland which supports the Scotch argus butterfly, fragrant orchid and red squirrel was made a national nature reserve by English Nature yesterday. The 100-acre reserve in Smardale Gill, near Kirkby Stephen, has been built up through acquisitions by Cumbria Wildlife Trust and includes a disused Victorian railway viaduct and a three-mile section of the former Tebay to Darlington railway line. The line is home to one of the two remaining colonies of Scotch argus butterfly in England. The caterpillar's food, blue moor grass, itself nationally rare, grows on the limestone slopes of the gorge. The trust has found that the butterfly will not thrive if its habitat is grazed, the likely cause of its disappearance elsewhere. The trust has been coppicing the railway line instead and hopes to enable the butterfly to extend its range. Dr Simon Lyster, director general of the Wildlife Trusts, said: "Smardale Gill is arguably one of the most beautiful valleys in England. This is a terrific accolade and welcome Government recognition of the conservation work by Cumbria Wildlife Trust." ⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997. Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:15:22 -0400 From: allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (US) Meat Experts Gather in Shadow of Burger Recall Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970910001520.006d80a0@clark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" (Hmmm...have these people heard the good news! It's really quite safe to _not_ eat meat!) from Yahoo news page: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday September 9 7:43 AM EDT Meat Experts Gather in Shadow of Burger Recall WASHINGTON (Reuter) - Food safety experts from the meat industry and consumer groups gather this week for the first major meeting on U.S. meat inspection since last month's massive recall of hamburger patties linked to a deadly strain of the E. coli bacteria. The National Advisory Committee for Meat and Poultry Inspection will consider policy issues at the three-day meeting that begins on Tuesday, including interstate shipments of state-inspected food and the government's new Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system. Also on the agenda, what role federal meat inspectors should play after high-tech HACCP-based inspection procedures begin at large meat processing plants next January. Previously, inspectors relied on sight and smell to certify that meat and poultry was safe to eat. The new inspection rules require scientific-testing for disease-causing bacteria. Jacque Knight, spokeswoman for the U.S. Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service, said the department would heed the panel's recommendations when it makes policy decisions. The meeting comes just weeks after USDA pressed Hudson Foods Inc. to close its Nebraska beef processing plant and recall a record 25 million pounds of hamburger after 17 people became ill in Colorado after eating Hudson meat. Health officials found some of the Hudson beef contaminated with a virulent form of the E. coli bacteria that can cause severe diarrhea and cramps, dehydration, and in some cases, kidney failure. USDA investigators are working to determine the source of the contamination. In the wake of the recall, Hudson exited the hamburger business with the planned sale of its Columbus, Neb., plant to meatpacker IBP Inc. Last week, Tyson Foods Inc. said it would buy Hudson in a deal worth about $650 million. The Clinton Administration is asking Congress for power to order a recall of tainted meat and to fine foodmakers. The meat industry opposes the legislation, and industry representatives will likely use the three-day meeting to make their case. Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:56:14 -0400 From: Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net> To: Veg-News@envirolink.org Subject: FIGHTING PET AND PEOPLE ABUSE AT ONCE Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970910005614.01bba660@pop.tiac.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 
