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The authorities of the Canton Valais (Western Switzerland) have recently
been notified of an outbreak of neurological disease among wild chamois and
 "bouquetins" in a remote region of the Alps. Since September 15, hunters
observed at least seven animals suffering from a progressive palsy
affecting first the posterior limbs and leading to death in about a week.
Autopsies performed until now failed to reveal any etiology but a viral
encephalitis is suspected by veterinarians who are still working on this
problem.

The question has been asked of a possible transmission to humans (it is the
hunting season) or domestic animals (cattle might be in contact with
affected wild animals).


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Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 12:40:14 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
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PARAMYXOVIRUS, PIGS - AUSTRALIA (NEW SOUTH WALES)
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Date: Sep 29,1997

Source: OIE Disease Information Vol.10 No.38


Emergency report

Text of a fax received on 22 September 1997 from Dr G. Murray, Chief
Veterinary Officer, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Canberra:

A virus in the family Paramyxoviridae has been isolated from stillborn
piglets with abnormalities of the brain, spinal cord and skeleton at a New
South Wales piggery at Menangle.

Over a 4-month period, starting in mid-April 1997, the affected piggery
experienced a substantial reduction in farrowing rate, associated with
birth of mummified fetuses and stillborn piglets, some with deformities. No
other clinical signs have been detected in pigs of any age.   Measures have
been taken to contain infection on the affected farm and to test for its
presence at other piggeries in Australia.  No evidence of the disease
elsewhere in Australia has been detected.

Studies to characterize the virus are progressing and experimental
transmission trials are underway.


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Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 01:28:34 -0400
From: "allen schubert, arrs admin" <[e-mail]>
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i live in erie, pa. i take care of a feral colony. i didn't know much about
them until the past year. i am looking for an organization in the erie, pa
area that have a feral rescue release program. i am willing to take care of
them i just don't want to see them have more new kitties that most always
die. can you assist me with anything?


        joyce counts


Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 01:52:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: burned cat update wanted
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Would anyone have an undate or information on the case concerning the burning
of the cats in Bloomington, IN in August? What is the condition of Olivia
now? And does
anyone know of a group that is working to change the current animal cruelty
law in Indiana to a felony?
Roxanne Lake
[e-mail]
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:07:01 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
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Subject: (Aus/UK)UK doctors to eat Aust.Native animals.
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A bush banquet fit for UK doctors
By George Boylen

West Australian Newspaper
7th October 1997

EMU, crocodile and kangaroo will be served to some of Britains leading
doctors when they sit down to a bush tucker banquet in London next Monday.

They will also sample wines from eight West Australian wineries.

Perth chef Mark Ford will prepare the food at the Royal Society of Medicine
in London.

The wild food banquet is part of the annual food and health forum where some
of Britains leading doctors, nutritionists, food writers, dietitians, chefs
and representatives of leading supermarkets in Britain and Europe, will gather.

John Milligan, of Milligan's Gourmet Gallery in Swanbourne, who leaves Perth
today for London, heads a team of three involved in a banquet.

The others are Mr Ford, executive chef at the Novatel Vines Resort, and Sam
Satterthwaite, of Fresher Foods, Perth, suppliers of bush tucker and game meats.

Mr Milligan sees the banquet as one of the most exciting opportunities
Australian bush tucker has had to penetrate the lucrative marketplace in
Britain. He will give a 30-minute talk on Australian bush tucker to the forum.

Mr Ford is working on an eight-course Australia on a plate menu, which will
start with canapes featuring hot emu swags, bush tomato pizza, lobster,
sun-dried tomatoes, and Akudjura smoked ocean trout with lemon myrtle and
yabbie tartlets.

Entrees include crocodile marinated in lemon aspen, native pepper and macadamia
nut oil in a Kakadu plum and chilli sauce.

The main course is a duo of roast kangaroo fillets and outback emu sausage
on a kuinera mash with bush tomato and wild berries.

Dessert is an Illawarra plum pudding with chocolate and wattleseed parfait.
Bush breads include wattleseed rye accompanied by gum leaf butter.

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Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 23:38:31
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
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I have been asked by a neighbour if the veterinary school at the University
of Guelph, in Ont, Canada, participated in animal abuse.

She had heard that dogs (and cats) have their legs broken in order for them
to be set by trainee veterinarians.

Although I am aware of some of the abuses of that occur in vet schools in
the U.S., I have no info available related to Canadian schools, and
specifically U of G.

I would be grateful if you could e-mail me privately regarding confirmation
or otherwise on this.

TIA,

David

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 00:36:56
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
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VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Vancouver Public Aquarium has stated that they will
be seeking a replacement for Finna, the 21-year-old orca who died in early
Monday morning.

There is no word yet where the replacement would be obtained from, but
aqurium director Dr John Nightingale stated that any such replacement would
not cause a "domino effect" where such a replacement would lead to a whale
capture.

Nightingale told aquarium staff involved in Finna's care that they did
their best. In an undisguised public relations exercise, he also instructed
staff to "Look people in the eye and tell them - Yes, Finna did matter."

The aqurium announced that Finna's partner, Bjossa, who was captured
together with Finna and three other orca off the coast of Iceland in 1980,
showed an immediate reaction to the death. They reported that she swam
several extremely fast laps around the pool before finally settling down in
the back area.

The aquarium has, in the past, been quick to condemn animal rights and
welfare advocates when they made the case that the captive cetaceans were
suffering. The aquarium's reaction has always to be claim the activists
were guilty of anthroopmorphism, claiming that animals are incapable of
suffering in a way understood by humans, or that there is no way of
knowing. Nightingale himself stated on a CBC Vancouver news program in 1995
that: " I don't feel any different towards a killer whale than towards a
star fish. To a biologist, life is life."

Dr Peter Watts, in his report (1) prepared for the parks board, noted that:
"In fact, a large body of anatomical, neurochemical and behavioural
evidence supports the claim that higher mammals experience essentially the
same emotional responses as do humans, including such sophisticated states
as "anxiety" (which can not exist without some sense of self, and some
cognitive awareness of past and future.)"

The aquarium itself has resorted to anthropomorphism itself on several
occasions - especially following the birth of a cetacean "baby". Now they
report what would appear to be Bjossa showing some feeling at the death of
Finna. Is the aquarium having a change of its viewpoint towards the animals
in its care? Or is it merely milking the public again?

Believe it or not, in a in a final touch of irony, a memorial service is
being planned for later in the week  - by the aquarium.

David J Knowles
Animal Voices News

(1) "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - A reasonably objective review
of options for the elimination of live cetacean displays at the Vancouver
Public Aquarium"; Watts, Peter, Ph.D.; September 17, 1996. The report was
commissioned by the Coalition for No Whales In Captivity. Watts was,
however, given full control over its contents.

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 01:07:36
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, October 7th, 1997

Horse ban for Gucci mistress
By Michael Fleet

                THE mistress of the late Paulo Gucci was banned from
keeping horses for five years yesterday after magistrates were told of the
appalling suffering of animals at the estate where she lived.

                Penny Armstrong, 28, who allowed 11 young horses to become
so emaciated that one died and six more had to be put down, was also
ordered to pay compensation and costs of more than ú20,000.

                She had preferred to see the animals get into that
condition than ask for help because of her pride, said David Buck,
prosecuting. "She appeared more concerned at keeping up outward appearances
than getting to grips with the condition of the horses," he said.

                Magistrates at Horsham, West Sussex, heard that some of the
animals had to lie in their own manure while others were riddled with worms
and had not eaten for two weeks. The conditions were some of the worst
encountered by Insp Carroll Lamport, of the RSPCA. He said afterwards:
"Young horses were close to death in dreadful conditions. It was very
distressing."

                Armstrong pleaded guilty to 11 charges of causing
unnecessary suffering to horses, 10 relating to horses that were found at
the farm and one to an animal that had earlier died.

                Matthew Pascall, defending, said Armstrong, mother of Mr
Gucci's  two youngest children, had been thrown into the centre of "hugely
complex" legal proceedings after Mr Gucci died in October 1995 without
leaving a will.

                He said that Armstrong, who had started out as a stable
hand at Mr Gucci's estate at Rusper, West Sussex, was now penniless and on
the verge of being made homeless with the impending sale of the 97-acre
property.

                The court heard that in 1994, Mr Gucci, grandson of the
fashion empire founder, had made himself bankrupt in America with his
business affairs in Britain being taken over by the financial firm KPMG.

                He died intestate and since then his estate has been at the
centre of  legal actions in Britain and America, with claims on it from his
former wife, Jennifer, and business partners. Armstrong continued to live
at the estate but by November last year events "began to get out of
control", said Mr Buck.

                One horse died in December after receiving treatment from a
vet for emaciation and Armstrong was given advice on the care of the horses.

                Mr Buck said Armstrong made no call for help even though
"by the middle of December she must have known that the situation was
becoming desperate with a lack of funds to buy food." He claimed that
Armstrong was choosing to feed older, more valuable horses at the expense
of younger animals, until a vet called the RSPCA in December.

                Mr Buck said: "By that time the whole farm was in a state
of crisis.There was insufficient food for the entire population of horses."
Mr Pascall said the background to the case was "very complicated" following
the death of Mr Gucci.

                Armstrong continued to look after the horses but had no
income in the winter and was reduced to selling furniture to get money for
food.

                The situation "deteriorated rapidly" and worsened when
hopes of a sale of four horses fell through. A loan was agreed but bankers
in Italy did not forward the funds until two days after the RSPCA visited
the stud farm. "By then it was far too late," said Mr Pascall.

                He denied that Armstrong had been "trying to keep up
appearances" but she accepted that she should have called for help earlier,
he said.

                He said the financial wrangle in Britain over Mr Gucci's
estate had been resolved, with Armstrong receiving nothing. Funds in
America had been virtually exhausted on legal fees and although she was
living in "splendour" on the estate, the reality was of no heating, with
the house was soon to be sold.

                Mr Pascall said that "she will then be homeless". There is,
however,  the possibility that Armstrong may be able to get some of the
proceeds of the sale of companies in Milan and Rome.

                Armstrong left the court without commenting. She was given
a year to pay the RSPCA's costs of ú5,640 and compensation of ú15,573 for
the treatment to the horses.

⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 01:29:00
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [UK] Extinction threat in blazing forests
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, October 7th, 1997

Extinction threat in blazing forests
By Alex Spillius, South East Asia Correspondent

THOUSANDS of species of plants and animals face extinction in the
Indonesian forest fires that have created a choking smog across much of
South East Asia, environmentalists say.

World Wide Fund for Nature officials who have visited the area say the
situation is a catastrophe. A vast amount of flora and fauna has been
destroyed by the fires burning for two months in the islands of Borneo,
Java and Sumatra. Ed Matthews, who works for the fund in
Britain said: "This is one of the richest and most diverse parts of earth,
and thousands of species are threatened."

Among larger mammals seriously threatened are the orang-utan, rhinoceros,
tiger and elephant, whose terrains and food stocks are being destroyed.
Before the fires, the orangutan population on the island of Borneo was
already living on only two per cent of its
pre-war habitat.

Mr Matthews said: "Their number has fallen by 50 per cent in the last 10 to
15 years." The fund's researchers found 29 orphaned orangutans in villages
in Kalimantan province, part of Borneo. They had escaped the fires with
their mothers but the mothers had been killed so the offspring could be sold.

Some of the orang-utans' protected areas have been affected by the fires,
started by planters and loggers clearing land. Satellite photographs
indicate that between 1.5 million and two million acres have been burnt or
are still ablaze.

The Indonesian news agency Antara said 1,800 elephants in Sumatra faced
famine and severe respiratory problems. There is also grave concern about
the Sumatran tiger and the Javan and Sumatran rhinoceros, all listed as
"critically endangered" by the World Conservation Union.

⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 08:27:10 GMT
From: Chris Wright <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: HLS UK licence renewed
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I heard yesterday that the UK Labour Government has surreptitiously
renewed Huntingdon Life Science's licence, moving forward the renewal
date from the one they had originally announced. They knew that
petitions were being filled in right round the country demanding that
Huntingdon's licence should not be renewed, with a deadline for return
to the BUAV of October 10th. More in AR-views...

Chris Wright
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:18:29 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
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Subject: (MO) Bullfights to continue despite protests
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>South China Morning Post
Monday  October 6  1997

     Bullfights to continue despite protests

     OLIVER POOLE and FIONA HOLLAND

     The campaign by animal welfare protesters against bullfights in Macau
appeared to  have failed last night with organisers promising to return next
year.

     As this year's events came to a close in front of an 80 per cent full
6,000-seat stadium     in the centre of Macau, it was revealed the group
staging the tournament planned to     hold the annual bullfights next year.

     The motivator behind the tournament, architect Jose Melo Pinto, said:
"If possible we will be back.

     "All that will stop me is bad health or if I am dead."

     He said many of the bullfighters brought over for this year's events
enjoyed themselves     and were keen to return to the enclave.

     However, he refused to comment on the amount of money the tournament -
which cost     $5 million to stage - had made. "This is a private business,"
he said.

     The tournament was backed by a $2.5 million grant from the Macau
Government. Last     year's tournament only broke even.

     "My motivation is not money but bringing the bullfight to Macau," Mr
Pinto said.

Speculation that Mr Pinto's company, Taurus, had been hired to organise
bullfights on     the mainland were played down.

     Last year Mr Pinto and bullfighter Rui Salvador revived the Macau event
after a     20-year break.

     This year's event was plagued by problems. A parade before the
tournament had to be     postponed when a group of bullfighters was stranded
in Malaysia by the haze and last     Sunday's fight had to be abandoned due
to heavy rain.

     The European Parliament is to discuss the event at a meeting on October
23. It is     expected to result in a protest letter being sent to the
Portuguese Government.

     International Fund for Animals China director Jill Robinson said: "This
is a way animal     welfare is being exploited. It is dying in the West and
now it is being exported to Asia."

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:18:43 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (TW) Goodall's concern over Indonesian fires
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>>CNA Daily English News Wire

MOTHER OF CHIMPANZEES ON FUND-RAISING TOUR OF TAIWAN

Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) "It is everybody's responsibility to save the earth,"
Dr. Jane Goodall, the "Mother of Chimpanzees," said on Monday in her first
speech here since her arrival on Sunday.

The world-renowned British primatologist said her top concern at the moment
is the forest fires raging over large parts of Indonesia, which is not only
causing irreparable damage to the environment and to human beings, it is
also endangering the habitat of much of the country's wildlife.

Goodall, who is here to lend support to the establishment of the Jane
Goodall Institute in Taiwan, which aims to promote global research and
conservation of wildlife, said it is hoped that part of the funds raised in
Taiwan in the near future will go to Indonesia to help ease the difficulties
there caused by the fires and the resulting smog which has cloaked large
areas of Southeast Asia.

This is the 63-year-old primatologist's second visit to Taiwan since last
October.

During her stay, Goodall will be joined by Vice President Lien Chan in a
fund-raising drive, soliciting funds both for the institute and for
financing global wildlife conservation efforts.

Speaking at a press conference upon her arrival on Sunday, Goodall said she
hopes that her visit here will serve as "water" to moisturize and foster the
growth of the "seed of conservation" in Taiwan which she sowed during her
first visit here last year.

Heralding her as a pioneer of wildlife conservation, Government spokesman
David Lee said the people of Taiwan should see her as a model of human
persistence for a noble humanitarian cause.

Goodall has achieved fame for her 35 years of devoted research into
chimpanzees. She has spent nearly two decades in Africa, in what is now
Tanzania's Gombe National Park, researching
chimpanzees and baboons. She began promoting global education on wildlife
conservation in 1977 when she established the Jane Goodall Institute in the
US city of San Francisco.

In recent years, she has made countless public appearances around the world
to promote her "Roots & Shoots" campaign, a conservation program for children.

Through the program, Goodall said, "the world's children are taught that to
care for the earth and each other is our hope for the future."

During her stay, Goodall will meet with President Lee Teng-hui and Premier
Vincent Siew to exchange views on Taiwan's efforts in the protection of
endangered species.

She will also visit Kenting National Park at the southernmost tip of the
island, where she will see Taiwan conservationists' success in breeding the
rare Siko, or Formosan spotted deer, which has been extinct in Taiwan's
wilderness areas since 1969.

Over the last three years, specialists at Kenting have increased the herd of
Siko deer from 22 to200, some 50 of which have been released into the wild.

Goodall, who has been studying chimpanzees in Africa since 1957, is
considered one of the world's three leading primatologists. (By Debbie Kuo)

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:18:35 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
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>Hong Kong Standard
6 Oct 97

Columnist spears bullfighting foe

By Harald Bruning in Macau

MACAU'S best selling Portuguese-language daily, newspaper Macau Hoje on
Monday likened Britain's anti-bullfighting campaigner Vicki Moor to an
espionage agent.

In a special article on the British activists' recent campaign against
Portuguese bullfights in Macau, a columnist also described Ms Moore as a
``fundamentalist'' who ``wants to be a heroine''.
Columnist Antonio Duarte, who claimed to be impartial because he does not
like bullfighting, also says the campaigns by the British activists were
based on a ``ridiculous superiority complex'' towards the Portuguese people.

Ms Moore staged a low-key protest outside Macau's makeshift bamboo bullring
on 27 September when the first of five bullfight shows was held.

She attended the first show ``armed with her video camera like a secret
agent working for MI6'', according to Macau Hoje.

Ms Moore described both Spanish and Portuguese bullfights (the bulls are not
killed in the arena in the Portuguese version) as ``pornographic'' and a
``decadent, ugly and abhorrent thing''.

The last of this year's bullfights were held on Sunday, attended by about
5,000 spectators, or 80 per cent of the 6,000 seating capacity.

Workers on Monday began dismantling the bullring at a soccer pitch near the
Lisboa casino.

The Portuguese organisers have promised to return to Macau next year.

``It is quite possible that there will be bullfights in Macau next year,''
said Jose Pinto, a spokesman for the promoters, Taurus.

Mr Pinto declined to comment ``for the time being'' on plans by Chinese
businessmen to bring the bullfights to the mainland at Lunar New Year.

It would be the first time that Portuguese bullfights have been held in China.

The Macau government has said the bullfights are part of the enclave's mixed
Sino-Portuguese cultural heritage.

But some Macau Chinese privately objected to the shows being held in the
current Year of the Ox, saying they could bring ``bad luck'' to the enclave
because of ``lack of respect''.


Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:18:49 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
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>>CNA Daily English News Wire

PRESIDENT LEE MEETS MOTHER OF CHIMPANZEES


Taipei, Sept. 30 (CNA) President Lee Teng-hui met with Dr. Jane Goodall,
commonly known as the "Mother of Chimpanzees," on Tuesday for talks on
wildlife conservation and research.

During the meeting, President Lee promised to donate NT$1 million
(US$34,965) under his own name to the Jane Goodall Institute to help finance
its program to set up a branch in Taiwan.

Lee also expressed his hope that local residents will support the current
fund-raising drive to facilitate the establishment of the Jane Goodall
Institute in Taiwan, which will be dedicated to enhancing the younger
generation's care and respect for the environment, wildlife and human beings.

This was the second tete-a-tete between Lee and the world-renowned British
primatologist. Goodall asked Lee to autograph a black chimpanzee puppet that
he presented to her during her first visit to Taiwan last October.

During their half-hour talk, Lee decided to take time out of his busy
schedule and accompany Goodall on a trip to the Kenting National Park at the
southernmost tip of Taiwan to see Taiwan conservationists' success in
breeding the rare Siko, also known as the Formosan spotted deer,
which had been extinct in Taiwan's wilderness areas since 1969. Over the
past three years, specialists at Kenting have managed to increase the herd
of Siko deer from 22 to 200, some 50 of which have been released into the wild.

According to the itinerary arranged by the Government Information Office,
Vice President Lien Chan was to accompany Goodall on her Kenting tour. As
Lee once promised to accompany Goodall to travel on the island to see for
herself Taiwan's efforts to conserve and protect endangered species, the
president insisted on honoring his promise even if he would have to change
his working schedule.

Goodall said she was moved by the president's insistence on honoring his
promise, calling Lee a "rare species" in the world political community.

Noting that honoring a promise is a traditional Chinese virtue, Lee said he
would take great pleasure in accompanying Goodall to inspect Taiwan's
conservation efforts.

"I also hope your visit will help upgrade local residents' awareness of the
importance of environmental protection, wildlife conservation and
humanitarianism," Lee told Goodall.

Goodall arrived in Taipei on Sunday for a six-day visit. While here, the
63-year-old primatologist will attend a bazaar aimed at raising funds for
the planned Taiwan branch of the Jane Goodall Institute.

Goodall, who has been studying chimpanzees in Africa since 1957, is
considered one of the world's three leading primatologists. In recent years,
she has traveled around the world to promote her "Roots and Shoots"
campaign, a conservation program for children. (By Sofia Wu)

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 09:27:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jean Colison <[e-mail]>
To: Miyun Park <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: 10-05-97 Fish Rescue Review
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Miyun,
Who do we write to, our Montgomery County representatives?
Jean



On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Miyun Park wrote:

> Yesterday, more than 20 people--representing the Washington Humane Society,
> HSUS, the Fund for Animals, Compassion Over Killing, and local community
> residents--participated in an animal rescue effort in Gaithersburg, Md. A
> large pond--home to goldfish, minnows, tadpoles, and other animals--was
> being drained in order to widen the road. The animals were left to bake in
> the sun, as their home was drained.
>
> Rescue efforts had been ongoing since Friday. By Sunday, the pond was
> almost empty of water. The mud and muck at the bottom of the pond was very
> deep and extremely dangerous. Large sheets of plywood were donated by
> Hechinger's and the wood served as make-shift bridges upon which activists
> could stand while scooping up the animals into nets. They were then placed
> in buckets with water, transferred up a steep mud-covered embankment, and
> then, finally, placed in large transport containers where they would swim
> until they were transferred to their new home. The rescue was long, hot,
> tedious, and strenuous. But, the work paid off: thousands upon thousands of
> animals were saved.
>
> Thanks to everyone for their compassion and for giving up their Sunday to
> save the animals Montgomery County so unforgivingly left to die.
>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 09:50:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail], [e-mail],
        [e-mail]
Subject: Antibodies without Animals
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

NEWS RELEASE

  For Immediate ReleaseContact:  Tina Nelson, Ex. Director
    October 7, 1997             [phone]

AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY ISSUES RECOMMENDATIONS AT
WORKSHOP ON
ALTERNATIVES TO MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION.

TOP SCIENTISTS AGREE, THE TIME HAS COME TO REPLACE ANIMALS WITH IN
VITRO
METHODS.

JENKINTOWN, PA-- The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) announced today
that significant agreement among members of the scientific community was
reached at the conclusion of the "Alternatives to Monoclonal Antibody
Production" workshop held on September 25.  This workshop, held in response
to a petition filed by AAVS on April 23, 1997, brought together leading
researchers who have investigated non-animal methods of monoclonal antibody
production, academic and industry oversight representatives, government
regulators and animal advocacy organizations.

Despite NIH's official refusal to implement a ban on the use of animals for
MAb production as argued in the AAVS petition, they agreed that the
alternatives are "scientifically acceptable, reasonable and practically
available," and that widespread use of such methods is highly desirable.

Without a ban however, participants at the workshop were skeptical about the
effectiveness of the current patchwork of efforts to encourage a voluntary
switch.  John McArdle, Ph.D., Director of the Alternatives Research &
Development Foundation, which funds research projects to develop alternatives
and which is affiliated with AAVS, presented an overview of the MAb issue at
the workshop.  Dr. McArdle was seated on the concluding panel, and issued the
following recommendations for NIH:


     * NIH should establish and subsidize more In Vitro Core Antibody
        Production Facilities.
     * Researchers should be required to use available Core Facilities.
     * NIH should give higher review scores to grant proposals using in vitro
        MAb methods.

     * NIH and the US Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health
        Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) should instruct all Institutional
        Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) to reject routine ascites
        protocols and require the use of in vitro alternatives.

"After this workshop I am more convinced than ever that the time has come to
prohibit the use of animals in MAb production--as many as one million animals
a year would be saved from this cruel and painful procedure," says Tina
Nelson, AAVS Executive Director.  Dr. McArdle adds, "NIH has failed to take
its leadership role or demonstrate a meaningful plan of action to promote
greater use of in vitro MAb production methods.  Adoption of the
recommendations as part of a serious action plan would at least be a start in
advancing towards the ultimate disuse of the method."  Ms. Nelson agreed and
stated, "That is the only acceptable goal."

The American Anti-Vivisection Society is an international non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all animals.  Founded
in 1883, its primary mission is to ensure humane research and instruction by
working to end animal experimentation in testing, biomedical research and
education.  AAVS pursues its objectives through legal and legislative
actions, advocacy, education and development of alternative methods.

####




Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 07:40:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Friends of Animals <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: NY Times Pro Fur Article
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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The following letter was sent to the New York Times in response
to their recent pro-fur article.  The same reporter did another
pro-fur piece in Monday's paper.  The reporter actually was so
upset by the letter that she called FoA in a near hysteria,
demanding evidence that advertising dollars effect editorial
content.

Bill Dollinger, FoA

---------------------------------------------


            Letters to the Editor
            The New York Times
            229 West 43rd St.
            New York, NY 10036-3959


Dear Editor,


Your article "Fur is Coming Out of the Fashion Industry's Closet," (10/1/97)
reads much like several other pieces you've published lately, implying that
social movements are dead.  (See also "How Political Theatre Lost Its
Audience.")  It is true that social movements don't exist in the mainstream
media.  But they do exist in the real world where, in fact, a wide variety of
causes ranging from civil rights to animal rights are as active as they were in
the early 1990's.

I am pleased that your article on fur admits that fashion trends are
actually set
by those who wave the biggest advertising bucks under the noses of the
fashion press.  It puzzles me though, that your reporter seems not to realize
that the mainstream press is in much the same position.  How many fur ads
will the New York Times run during the upcoming fall "fur" season?  The
simple fact is that advertising revenues don't come from social movements;
they come from vested interests.  And when a paper is reporting on those
vested interests, I consider that to be a conflict of interest.

If social movements were dumping a lot of advertising dollars into the
mainstream media, I think we would see very different coverage of the fur
issue and many others.  Newspapers and magazines who have a financial
interest in an issue such as fur should not be the ones to tell us whether it is
"back" or not.


Sincerely,



Priscilla Feral
President

Friends of Animals


Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 10:43:12 -0400
From: Allen Schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Crossposting--Admin Note
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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A reminder....

Please do not "crosspost" when posting to AR-News!

While crossposting is often frowned upon on many lists, on AR-News it can
lead to a "degradation" of the "news" concept.  Crossposting to other lists
and/or individuals when posting to AR-News may be convenient for the
poster, but may later cause problems for AR-News.  Many people quickly go
for the reply option and, depending on software, may "default" through
options asking "reply to all?" or "reply to all recipients?"--this is one
cause of comments/discussion/chat interfering with the "news" of AR-News.
Not everyone has unlimited access or time to the internet, therefore many
people subscribe to a "news" list for news, not discussion.  Please
remember this when posting to AR-News.
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 11:09:12 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) RFI: feral cat colony
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance presents our 6th annual

ANIMAL RIGHTS FESTIVAL!

October 18, 1997
9:30-6pm

John E. Toolan Kiddie Keep Well Camp    -  Edison, New Jersey

$3 admission, $4 at door

Cooking classes and great vegan food!
Educational exhibits!
Merchandise and cruelty free products!
Meet other Animal Rights activists!

Workshops on Fur, hunting, genetically engineered foods, non-violence,
vivisection.

Tickets available now!

Send  a check payable to NJARA PO BOX 174, Englishtown, NJ 07726

Or call the NJARA office at 732-446-6808 for more information

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 10:19:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Markarian <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject: Pottsville, PA: Day 5 of Hunger Strike
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 7, 1997

CONTACT: Heidi Prescott, 301-585-2591
Schuylkill County Prison, 717-628-1450


DAY 5 OF HUNGER STRIKE
Pigeon Shoot Bill to be Introduced Tomorrow


POTTSVILLE, Pa. -- Dawn Ratcliffe, a pigeon shoot protestor serving a 45-day
sentence in Schuylkill County Prison, is holding her resolve on the fifth
day of a hunger strike and her condition is good. Ms. Ratcliffe will
continue her hunger strike in prison until the Republican leaders of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives put legislation to ban live pigeon
shoots on the House floor for a fair vote.

State Rep. Sara Steelman (D-Indiana County) will introduce a bill to ban
live pigeon shoots on Wednesday. The House leaders have thus far stalled
every attempt to vote on similar legislation.

"I will continue to do everything I can to let the public know that the
leaders of the House of Representatives have turned a blind eye to the
wanton abuse of thousands of animals," declares Ms. Ratcliffe. "I will not
eat until they give this issue the fair vote it deserves."

A Schuylkill County jury found Ms. Ratcliffe guilty of disorderly conduct
for her participation in a peaceful protest at the 1996 Hegins pigeon shoot.
A charge of resisting arrest was dismissed, and the jury was deadlocked on
the charges of defiant trespassing and criminal conspiracy.

Adds Heidi Prescott, National Director of The Fund for Animals, "Dawn is
standing strong in her convictions, and she is a hero to all people
concerned with ending violence in our society."

Dawn Ratcliffe, 24, of Charlotte, N.C., is the co-founder of Direct Action
for Animals. The media has access to prisoners, and can interview Ms.
Ratcliffe by calling the jail at 717-628-1450.


# # #


http://www.fund.org

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 17:59:59 GMT
From: Chris Wright <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (UK) Consort Beagles saved!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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Following on from the initial 50 beagles which were saved in September,
a further 126 beagles have been rescued from being sold to laboratories
for vivisection as a result of a massive fund-raising initiative,
organised by Liz Stewart of Dorset Animal Rescue, which raised 38,000
in just 2 weeks.

The beagles, mostly aged between 6 months and 2 years, were offered on
September 15th to Dorset Animal Rescue for 250 (+VAT) each, about half
the going rate for beagles in the vivisection industry, by Consort Ltd -
a company which bred beagles specifically for sale to laboratories.
Consort were closing down following prolonged protests by animal rights
protestors and wanted the money for the dogs they still had remaining at
their breeding centre in a matter of days otherwise they'd have no
option but to offer them to vivisection laboratories in the UK or in
Europe.

Once the money was paid to Consort, the dogs were collected by a fleet
of vans and cars from the Consort breeding centre near Hereford on
Friday, October 3rd and have been taken to various sanctuaries and
rescue centres around the country prior to caring and loving homes being
found for them. It was a very emotional day for all concerned, but this
time for the right reasons. A web page with photos of the dogs will be
created soon - email me for details if you're interested.

The fund-raising effort got off to a flying start when a Paul and Linda
McCartney donated 15,000 to save 50 of the beagles. The other 23,000
has been raised as a result of various public appeals and the resulting
generosity of organisations and individuals alike. The last 17 dogs were
paid for by the Sunday Mirror newspaper which ran an excellent article
on the dogs on October 5th.

The people and organisations most involved in this success story are:

Liz Stewart (Dorset Animal Rescue)
Paul and Linda McCartney
The Sunday Mirror
British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Uncaged
National Canine Defence League
Last Chance Sanctuary
Freshfield Sanctuary, Merseyside
Angie Hill (South Midlands Animal Aid)
PETA (UK)
RSPCA
The Daily Mirror

Angie Hill, of South Midlands Animal Aid, said "We are absolutely over
the moon that we've been able to save these dogs from a life of misery
and likely death in laboratories. We still can't believe that we managed
to raise all the money we needed so quickly and our heartfelt thanks go
out to all the organisations and individuals who helped us with the
appeal. Many of those directly involved have been beside themselves with
anguish and have had many sleepless nights worrying about the dogs and
what might happen to them if we couldn't raise the money to save them.
Everyone was in tears when the dogs were brought out of the compound
they had spent their entire lives in. The next step is to find patient
and caring families to take the dogs in and give them the happy lives
they deserve."

The next step has almost been achieved. Offers of homes for the dogs
have been flooding in, and it looks like every single one will go to a
caring new home even before Christmas.

I'd like to extend my own personal thanks to everyone in the UK and
abroad who has helped with the appeal and hope that you can share in the
success with us and be proud that you played a part in it.

Take care

Chris Wright
South Midlands Animal Aid
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:39:48 +0000
From: "Joan Zacharias" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Update on Important NYC Event
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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In case you haven't heard, the McLibel 2 -- Helen Steel and Dave
Morris -- are now scheduled to appear at this event.  Hope to see you
there.

Day:    Wednesday, October 8
Time:  6:30 p.m.
Place:  Fourth Universalist Society
(Landmark on the Park)
160 Central Park West at 76th Street
New York City

*MEET PETER SINGER
Author of "Animal Liberation," the book which launched the modern
animal rights movement, and
*HENRY SPIRA
Human and animal rights activist and the reason that so many product
labels now say "Not Tested On Animals"

* Screening of Peter Singer's new documentary film, "Henry: One
Man's Way," recently shown on Australian National TV to wide acclaim,
followed by discussion on strategies for bringing about change.

* Admission is free.
* No need to RSVP.
* Vegan treats/refreshments served.

Sponsored by:
Animal Rights International
Big Apple Vegetarians
Sierra Club-Vegetarian Outings Committee
Vegetarian Visions
Viva Vegie Society


# # #



Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 15:28:30 -0400
From: Shirley McGreal <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Indonesia burning - animals dying
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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Indonesian Fires: 30 Orangutans Dead, Other Species Threatened

                October 3, 1997

GLAND, Switzerland --

The 2-month-old Indonesian fires that have submerged large areas of
Southeast Asia in a thick haze and chaos have now become a real threat to
some of the region's most vulnerable wildlife and protected areas, and are
already claiming victims, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today.

"About 30 female orangutans have died as a result of the fires in
Kalimantan," said Mr. Willie Smits, coordinator of orangutan conservation
activities at the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. "Twenty-nine orphaned
orangutans have been found in several villages and alongside the roads after
escaping from the forests, probably in search for food and water."

Mr. Smits explained that it was likely the animals left the forests with
their mothers and that the mothers had been shot in order to take the babies
as pets or for sale into the illegal wildlife market. When found "they were
dehydrated and hungry," he said.

The dead females would be the first confirmed wildlife victims of the fires,
but experts say that the situation could get much worse if the fires are not
put out soon. "Already, some 11 protected areas are burning in the islands
of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Irian Jaya and Java," said Mr. Darmawan Liswanto,
who works with the Species Monitoring Project at the WWF office in Jakarta.

According to Mr. Liswanto, "there are reasons for serious concern about the
future of the orangutan populations in Sumatra and Kalimantan, where
satellite images have shown major forest destruction." Whereas prior to the
fires the entire orangutan population was estimated to be around 30,000
individuals, only about 2 percent of the orangutan's original forest habitat
remained, much of it in areas now ravaged by fire or affected by the thick
haze. The primate is listed as 'vulnerable' in the categories established by
IUCN-The World Conservation Union and its trade is prohibited by CITES, the
convention which governs and restricts international wildlife trade.

But the orangutans are not the sole species threatened by the fires.
Indonesia is home to several unique species whose ability to survive may be
negatively affected by the fires. Three of them, the Javan and Sumatran
rhinoceroses and the Sumatran tiger have been listed as
"critically-endangered" by the IUCN.

"Although the main concentrations of the Indonesian population of Sumatran
rhinos (some 100-200 animals) are still outside the fire areas, there are
small groups in some of the affected protected areas that are very
threatened," said Elizabeth Kemf, Species Information Officer at
WWFInternational. "Meanwhile there are only about 60 Javan rhinos in the
wild in Indonesia. This is the rarest rhino in Asia, making it extremely
vulnerable to any extraordinary event, such as the viral infection that
killed five of these animals in the 1980's," she added.

With some 400-500 individuals left, the Sumatran tiger is the last species
of tiger remaining in Indonesia. The Javan and Bali tigers were driven into
extinction in the 1980's and 1940's, respectively. Other threatened species
that are at risk in Indonesia's forests are the Asian elephant and the Sun
bear. All of these species are present in areas that are currently or have
been affected by the fires.

For more information or a list of species affected by the Indonesian fires,
please contact Javier Arreaza at [phone].

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Dr. Shirley McGreal             |   PHONE: [phone]                  |
| Int. Primate Protection League  |   FAX: [phone]                    |
| POB 766                         |   E-MAIL: [e-mail]                |
| Summerville SC 29484            |   Web: http://www.ippl.org             |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 19:28:13 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: US Firms Team To Make Cloned Cattle, Human Milk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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from Yahoo news page:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday October 7 4:59 PM EDT

US Firms Team To Make Cloned Cattle, Human Milk

BOSTON (Reuter) - Two U.S. companies said Tuesday they had teamed up to
make cloned cattle that would in turn produce milk containing human
proteins.

Genzyme Transgenics Corp of Framingham, Massachusetts, and Worcester,
Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology Inc said they would combine
both genetic engineering and cloning to create a herd of cattle genetically
identical to one another, and carrying human genes.

Genzyme said it would pay Advanced Cell Technology $10 million over five
years in the deal, which combines Genzyme's ability to create transgenic,
or genetically engineered, animals wth Advanced Cell's techniques for
producing cloned cattle embryos.

The companies are using similar technology to that being developed by
Scotland-based PPL Therapeutics and the Roslin Institute to make Dolly, the
cloned sheep whose birth was announced earlier this year.

The idea at both laboratories is to first create an animal that is
successfully transgenic -- one that contains the human gene and in which
the gene causes the animal to produce the human protein in its blood or
milk.

Genetic engineering does not always work. The gene is put into an egg cell
or newly fertilized cell, called a blastocyst.

Sometimes the inserted genes do not "take", so the researchers are keen to
develop the few successful ones. So they want to clone the successful
animal to make several others just like it and eventually a herd.

Advanced Cell Technology's cloning technology involves clones made at the
embryo stage -- not clones made from adult cell, like Dolly was. Using
embryos to make clones is easier.

The company inserts the genes into the embryo cells, then implants the
embryos into surrogate mothers.

All of the embryos transferred into the surrogate mothers are female, and
therefore are milk producers.

Genzyme Transgenics said the first protein to be produced in the cow milk
under the agreement would be human serum albumin, which is used to maintain
fluid balance in the blood.

The protein will then be purified out of the milk for medical use.

Human serum albumin is currently derived from pooled human plasma. About
440 metric tonnes of plasma-derived albumin are used annually worldwide,
with annual sales of about $1.5 billion.

Serum albumin is given to patients who have lost a great deal of blood and
is used widely in a range of other problems from extreme malnutrition to
burns.

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 19:35:23 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Irradiation Promoted Over Recalls
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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from AP Wire page:
-----------------------------------
 10/07/1997 16:42 EST

 Irradiation Promoted Over Recalls

 By CURT ANDERSON
 AP Farm Writer

 WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Clinton administration pushes for mandatory
 recalls and tougher penalties in contaminated meat cases, the industry is
 promoting an alternative that kills dangerous bacteria: irradiation.

 Fearing the economic fallout of more highly publicized recalls, the meat
 industry is trying to persuade the Food and Drug Administration to
 approve irradiation for beef and is lobbying Congress to allow smaller,
 less ominous irradiation labels for all foods.

 ``We need to make this food safety tool available for the public,'' said
 Rhona Applebaum, executive vice president for scientific and regulatory
 affairs at the National Food Processors Association.

 Irradiation -- exposing food to low levels of radiation -- is already
 permitted for poultry, pork, fruits and vegetables, but is not in
 widespread use for several reasons: consumer wariness, expense and
 opposition by consumer groups that question its safety.

 This summer's recall of 25 million pounds of Hudson Foods Inc. ground
 beef has focused new attention on meat safety and how to guard against
 illnesses caused by such foodborne bacteria as E. coli and salmonella.

 Tainted meat was in the news again last week with the recall of nearly
 444,000 pounds of ground beef processed at a Nebraska plant and South
 Korea's detection of E. coli on beef supplied by another Nebraska
 meatpacker.

 The Senate Agriculture Committee has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to
 discuss food safety and the potential of new technology such as
 irradiation.

 Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman wants Congress to grant him authority
 to issue mandatory recalls instead of using persuasion and public
 pressure to get companies to do recalls voluntarily, as is now the case.

 Glickman wants authority to seek civil penalties of up to $100,000 per
 violation per day and a requirement that anyone in the food supply chain
 from slaughterhouse to restaurant notify USDA if there is any evidence of
 contamination.

 In introducing the administration's bill Tuesday, Sen. Tom Harkin,
 D-Iowa, said the current system does not give people ``total assurance''
 that the meat they eat is safe.

 ``These are vital tools the secretary just doesn't have today,'' Harkin
 said.

 Consumer advocates say mandatory recall and tougher penalties will give
 companies greater incentives to adhere to food safety rules and not cover
 up mistakes.

 ``Human lives shouldn't depend on a secretary's charm or force of
 personality,'' said Carol Tucker Foreman of the Safe Food Coalition.

 The food processing industry, however, contends that USDA can already
 effectively force companies to issue recalls by using public pressure and
 can close down plants by pulling its inspectors from production lines.
 Criminal charges can be brought and contaminated products can be seized.

 ``The punitive measures sought by USDA will do nothing to enhance the
 safety of the meat supply or prevent future foodborne illness
 outbreaks,'' said J. Patrick Boyle, president of the American Meat
 Institute.

 The institute and other industry groups say new technology such as
 irradiation offers consumers even greater protection from harmful
 microbes. The industry has already cleared some congressional hurdles
 toward using the process in beef production and possibly increasing its
 use in poultry, fruit and other products.

 The FDA overhaul bill passed Tuesday by the House -- and a similar
 version passed previously by the Senate -- would allow companies to use
 labels on irradiated products that are no larger than those used for
 ingredients. Current law mandates that the word ``irradiation'' be much
 larger, which food manufacturers say is a customer turnoff.

 ``It takes it from being what looks like a warning label to something not
 as scary-looking,'' Tim Willard, spokesman for the Food Processors
 Association, said of the bill.

 In addition, the House version would require the FDA to act within 60
 days on a petition allowing irradiation for red meat that has been
 pending for three years. FDA officials already say the petition is a top
 food safety priority.

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 19:41:27 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Methods of Food Irradiation
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from AP Wire page:
----------------------------------
 10/07/1997 16:45 EST

 Methods of Food Irradiation

 By The Associated Press

 Three methods of irradiating food products are emerging to kill harmful
 bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella.

 One method uses gamma rays from cobalt 60 or cesium 137 in low doses to
 irradiate large quantities of finished, packaged products. It requires a
 separate facility away from the processing plant and is the most costly
 to use.

 Another method uses electron beams generated by a machine to treat an
 individual product, such as a package of hamburger. Its limitation is
 that it doesn't penetrate deeply into large products and must be used on
 smaller amounts.

 A third method that is still under development could be used on larger
 quantities. It uses cesium 137 gamma rays but is built compactly to fit
 into an existing processing plant, eliminating the need for a separate
 facility.

 Food industry experts say irradiation does not leave any radioactive
 residue or make other harmful changes to products. Anti-nuclear groups
 and other critics say that is not scientifically certain.

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 20:04:44 +0000 (GMT)
From: Pat Fish <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject: Crushing Footsy Sickos: How to deal with them
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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On Sun, 5 Oct 1997 [e-mail] wrote:

>Yet again we have discovered more "crushing sites".  If you are not familiar

  While it is tempting to simpley complain to the ISPs that offer space to
these wackos, it is better to take a strategy that insures legal
consequences, not just the loss of web space.  TIPS:

1) Save and document every image, ever URL, every letter, every link.
   If you don't know how to do this, find somebody to help you.

2) Contact the ISP and ask them what areas they serve (this won't be
   of great help to those sites hosted by national ISPs).

3) Contact the individual who is responsible for content on the site and
   pretend to be interested.  Do whatever you have to to get their name
   and address.  Tell them you have videotapes to trade if you have to.

4) Once you have their address, use the library (or net) to find out
   what county/parish they're in and contact the agency charged with
   animal protection/law enforcement.  It may be treated like porn,
   depending on content.  You may also want to contact national groups
   to see if they have people in the state with already-established
   relationships with law enforcement.  If the county humane society
   seems unwilling to move against these sickos, contact national
   groups for grassroots activists' names and numbers in the region.
   You and the regional activists can then bring the issue to the
   media as a way of embarrassing the local authorities to act.
   This is especially effective since many elections are heating up now.

5) If the site seems to be of a commercial nature, or offers to sell
   anything, use the library (or net search) to find the county
   clerk's office.  Tell them you're conducting a humane investigation
   related to online animal-snuff pornography.  At that point they'll
   likely not require you to file the usual FIOA request.  Give them
   the name and address and see if the sicko at least has a DBA (Doing
   Business As certificate).  Contact the IRS office in that
   county and ask to speak with an investigator about undisclosed income
   concealed by the sicko.

6) Contact their local Post Office Inspector, letting them know that
   such materials are being solicited via the mail.

7) At all times, point out that these are sexual fetish videos involving
   the mutilation and killing of animals, and certainly outside the bounds
   of community standards, and thus, constitute illegal pornography, not
   to mention animal abuse. If you don't get the response desired, again
   use the media to generate articles.  The national animal groups can
   assist with this.

8) Don't be afraid to go over people's heads.  Some may simply shrug it
   of as freedom of speech.  At that point ask for the spelling of
   their name and their position.  Then give it to the press.  Usually,
   just asking again for a bureacrat's name and position again will
   get some action out of them.

9) Keep in touch with law enforcement, and any agencies you can get
   to involved.  Do this daily if possible.  You may or may not want to
   let certain agencies know that other agencies are involved.  It is
   is usually better to let them coordinate together.  Do what you can
   to stay in the loop.  If you're part of a group, especially one with
   some power, make sure you let them know.

10)Following completion of an investigation by authorities, organize a
   protest outside the offender's workplace and home.  This lets others
   living near the deviant know there is a dangerous person in their midst.



>with these sites, they are websites that show animals (mice, cats, hamsters,
>chicks, ginea pigs, etc) being crushed to death underneath high heel shoes
>that are worn by women.  These sites show hundreds of photos and advertise
>videos for sale.

>Action needs to be taken against these sick people.  If you know of any
>organization that can put a end to this horrifying trend online please
>forward this info on to them to investigate.  If they have any questions they
>can email me at [e-mail]

There are none per se.  It's up to activists to work with the HSUS, The
Fund, IDA, PETA, ASPCA, etc.  They in turn must get local law enforcement
involved.  If your quest for info becomes stalled, your largest regional
library can be of immense help.  Don't be afraid to let people know what
you're working on-- they'll be more inclined to help you once they know what
its about.

Regards,
Pat Fish
Computer Professionals for Earth & Animals


>If you are on AOL 3.0, you can get to these sites by clicking on the words
>below:
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2210" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/links.htm">
>Main</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2211" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/cats.htm">Cat 1</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2212" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/animal.htm">Animal Main Page</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2213" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/animal1.htm">Animal 1</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2214" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/mkprods/AlicesFootVideos.htm">Alice's Foot Tap
>es</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2214" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/mkprods/AlicesFootVideos.htm">Please title thi
>s page. (Page 1)</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2215" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/Paulito66/index.html">JESTRS COURT</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2216" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/anima4a.htm">The Mouse</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2217" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/hamster1.htm">Hamsters</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2218" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/boot1.htm">The Boots</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2219" tppabs="http://cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/di1.htm">Steponit Video's (for the best i
>n Crush Video's)</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2220" tppabs="http://cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/paulito2.htm">The Stompers Page 2</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2221" tppabs="http://cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/paulito3.htm">The Stomper Page 3</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2222" tppabs="http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7ethomas/chris1.htm">The Chris Crush Page 1</A
>>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2223" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexsummaries.html">TAPE
SUMMARIES<
>/A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2224" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexpage1.html">GALLERY</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2225" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexpaul.html">THE EVIDENCE</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2226" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexform.html">XXXFORMXXX</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2227" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexmainmenu.html">THE MAIN
MENU</A
>>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2228" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/FlaAnimal/indexCRUSH1.html">WELCOME TO THE
LOU
>NGE</A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2229" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/index.html">DNKS WORLD's Home
Page</
>A>
><A HREF="../../../tppmsgs/msgs22.htm#2230" tppabs="http://members.aol.com/FlaAnimal/indexpage1.html">YOUR GALLERY</A>
>
>If you are on AOL 2.5 or any other internet provider you can get to these
>sites by going to keyword and typing in the following website address:
>
>http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Ethomas/cats.htm  <--crushing cats
>http://www.cybercomm.nl/~thomas/animal1.htm <---crushing mouse
>http://members.aol.com/Paulito66/index.html <---crushing lizards and mice
>http://www.cybercomm.nl/~thomas/anima4a.htm <---crushing mouse
>http://www.cybercomm.nl/~thomas/hamster1.htm <---crushing hamster
>http://www.cybercomm.nl/~thomas/boot1.htm <---crushing mice with boots
>http://cybercomm.nl/~thomas/di1.htm <---crushing mice
>http://cybercomm.nl/~thomas/paulito3.htm  <---crushing lizzard and mice
>http://cybercomm.nl/~thomas/chris2.htm  <---Crushing Ginea Pig
>http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexsummaries.html
>http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexpage1.html
>http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexpaul.html
>http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexform.html
>http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexmainmenu.html
>http://members.aol.com/FlaAnimal/indexCRUSH1.html
>http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/index.html
>http://members.aol.com/FlaAnimal/indexpage1.html
>
>
>This information was given to me by ARO(Animal Rights Online) at AOL.
>
>Michael Rain
>
>
>

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 10:14:40 -0700
From: Coral Hull <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (AU) Secret Police List
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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TODAY ONLY..........Wednesday, 8th October, 1997

ARE YOU ON THE AUSTRALIAN SECRET POLICE LIST?? (VICTORIANS ONLY)

To check out a list of Australian activists who have been infiltrated by
the secret police in Victoria go to:

http://www.theage.com.au/

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Coral Hull (AWA Site Director)
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/animal_watch/au.html
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 21:18:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Ohio Rally to Protest Deer Kill
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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NEWS RELEASE


     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For additional information, contact Bonnie Vlach 216-581-3410; Kathy Gatto
216-835-8453
______________________________________________________________________

300 Expected at Rally to Oppose Deer Killing


 WHAT
A rally to protest the proposed plan to kill deer in the Cleveland (Ohio)
area Metroparks system and in the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area.

WHO
Rally organized by local grassroots organization In Defense of Deer.
Scheduled to speak at the rally are representatives of the Animal Protection
Institute, the Fund for Animals, and the Humane Society of the United States
ù  national animal advocacy organizations with a combined membership of more
than 5 million.

 WHEN
Saturday, October 11th.
11:30 am to 1:00 pm.
Speakers scheduled 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.

WHERE
Cleveland Metropark's Bedford Reservation.
Egbert picnic area off Egbert Road.

  WHY
Local and national animal advocacy organizations are opposed to the planned
killing of deer in Cleveland area parks because the parks have failed to
present scientific evidence of the need for the action and because the parks
have not adequately considered nonlethal alternatives for handling human-deer
conflicts.

 NOTE
Press packets will be distributed at the rally.
Speakers will be available for interviews after 1:00 pm.

# # #






Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 21:32:55 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Group Seeks Records On Animal Kills
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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from CNN web page:
----------------------------------
Reuters
07-OCT-97

Group Seeks Records On Animal Kills

(SANTA FE) -- A Santa Fe environmental group has filed a lawsuit against a
federal agency it claims is withholding public information. The lawsuit was
filed in U-S District Court yesterday by Forest Guardians. It seeks the
release of documents related to the scope and cost of the federal Animal
Damage Control program, which protects livestock by killing predators such
as coyotes. The Forest Guardians claim in July they made three requests for
information under the federal Freedom of Information Act. But the Guardians
claim they were ignored by the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, which administers the Animal Damage Control program.
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 21:57:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: They Paved Paradise....
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

(Excerpts from Playboy Magazine):

President Clinton likes to assure us that he is ecology friendly. His trip
last spring to Costa Rica also had a stop at the Braulio Carrillo Nat'l. Park
- a government-
protected rain forest where the president was to deliver a pro-environment
speech that included the line, "We destroy these resources at our own peril."
 But,
according to a report in "The American Spectator," the president's staff
decided that the site of the speaking platform was too remote - more than 100
yards from an access road - and the terrain was too difficult for the
president, who was walking on crutches at the time. So, part of the rain
forest was bulldozed and a 350-foot strip of asphalt was put down to help
accommodate President Clinton, our environmentalist-
in-chief. A White House staffer said: "The Costa Ricans were eager to pave
the walkway for the president. They seemed to understand how important a
photo op this was for us."


-- Sherrill
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 21:37:37 -0500
From: "JBeam" <[e-mail]>
To: "AR-News" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mandatory Sterilization of Vicious Dogs?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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We are seeking information regarding existing legislation that requires the
mandatory sterilization of dogs that have been declared vicious or
dangerous.  This is one component we are considering to address dogfighting
in our community.  If you know of any programs, I would appreciate hearing
about them or any sources to contact that might have a listing of similar
programs.  We are also researching a free-roaming ordinance for cats, once
again, if you have any model legislation we would appreciate receiving it.
Please e-mail me with any contacts on the above two issues.

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 22:52:49 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Bison Organ Thrower Found Guilty
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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from AP Wire page:
-----------------------------------
 10/07/1997 22:37 EST

 Bison Organ Thrower Found Guilty

 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- An animal-rights activist was found guilty
 Tuesday of assaulting Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman and Sen. Conrad
 Burns by throwing a 5-gallon bucket of bison entrails on them during a
 public meeting.

 Delyla Wilson said she didn't regret the incident last March in the
 Yellowstone National Park gateway community of Gardiner.

 She testified she threw the entrails on the table where the men were
 sitting but did not intend to splash Glickman or Burns, R-Mont., with the
 gore or assault them.

 ``I regret it turned out this way,'' Wilson said after the federal jury
 issued its verdict. ``But I think it still served a purpose.''

 Wilson has actively opposed the killing of bison from the national park
 when they enter Montana. The state says the executions are necessary to
 prevent the spread of brucellosis, a disease that infects bison and elk
 in Yellowstone. It causes domestic cattle to abort and can result in
 undulant fever in humans.

 Last winter, nearly 1,100 bison were shot or shipped to slaughter when
 they moved out of Yellowstone.

 Wilson was convicted of two counts of misdemeanor congressional assault.
 She faces a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $200,000 fine
 when she is sentenced Jan. 7.



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