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 10/04/1997 11:06 EST

 Facts About Meat, Poultry Industry

 By The Associated Press

 Some facts about the meat and poultry industry in the United States,
 according to Agriculture Department statistics from 1996.

 Animals slaughtered for food

 Cattle and calves: 36.5 million.

 Chickens: 7.3 billion.

 Hogs: 92.3 million.

 Turkeys: 301 million.

 Meat production

 Beef: 25.4 billion pounds.

 Chickens: 34.2 billion pounds.

 Hogs: 17.1 billion pounds.

 Turkeys: 6.84 billion pounds.

 Cash paid to farmers

 Beef: $33.9 billion

 Chickens: $11.7 billion.

 Hogs: $10.0 billion.

 Turkeys: $2.7 billion.

 Total amount recalled

 Beef: 210,334 pounds.

 Chicken: 149,700 pounds.

 Pork: 73,788 pounds.

 Turkey: 40,620 pounds.

 Total recalls involving bacteria (other recalls involved mislabeling or
 foreign substances, such as bones, in meat)

 All types of meat: 9.

 Amount recalled: 274,166 pounds.

Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 01:13:05 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) New Plan Combats Meat Contamination
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from AP Wire page:
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 10/04/1997 11:05 EST

 New Plan Combats Meat Contamination

 By CURT ANDERSON
 AP Farm Writer

 ACCOMAC, Va. (AP) -- One by one, the 330,800 chickens processed at the
 Perdue Farms plant here every day are sprayed with chlorine, part of the
 latest effort to reduce harmful bacteria that can sicken people.

 The birds -- alive and clucking moments before, now hanging upside down
 minus their heads, feathers, feet and guts -- are jet-sprayed inside and
 out, then tossed into a huge tub that chills them to a temperature of 40
 degrees or less, hindering the growth of microbes.

 The men and women who package the chickens and parts after they emerge
 must wear parkas and gloves. The plant is kept so cold their breath comes
 out in steamy plumes.

 These weapons -- chlorine and cold, coupled with increased
 microbiological testing -- represent the meat and poultry industry's new
 front line in the war to control bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella.

 ``There's a great deal of change,'' said Jim Perdue, chairman of the
 nation's second-largest chicken company, founded by his grandfather a few
 miles up the Atlantic coast in Salisbury, Md. ``It's going to continue to
 boost consumer confidence.''

 Still, there are no guarantees. Even as big plants nationwide move toward
 such systems, a Hudson Foods Co. plant in Nebraska with a similar system
 was unable this summer to prevent some tainted ground beef from getting
 into the marketplace. Eventually, 25 million pounds were recalled because
 of possible contamination.

 For most of this century, meat and poultry safety depended upon sight and
 smell inspections by the 7,500 Agriculture Department officials who work
 in plants. At a poultry plant, these inspectors look for discoloration
 and evidence in the chicken's innards of any disease or contamination.
 Those in question are discarded.

 Individual companies sometimes had more sophisticated systems, but there
 was no national anti-bacteria blueprint. And even the most sharp-eyed
 inspector can't see a microscopic organism.

 Now, however, improving technology has enabled scientists to trace food
 illnesses to microbes that exist by the tens of billions in nature. E.
 coli, for example, comes in thousands of strains, only a few of which
 make people sick but which are carried by all kinds of animals, even
 humans.

 ``These are healthy animals. The animals harbor them, but they make
 people sick,'' said Dean Cliver, a food safety professor at the
 University of California at Davis.

 The bacteria can get into chickens all kinds of ways, even from mice that
 come into chicken houses at night. And with upwards of 27,000 chickens
 living in squabbling close quarters for seven weeks or so in each house,
 the microbes often spread through manure.

 ``Dirt is dirty and animals are messy,'' Cliver said.

 By January 2000, all U.S. beef, pork and poultry plants will be required
 to have a new plan called a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point system
 aimed squarely at reducing E. coli and salmonella. Larger plants like
 Perdue's in Accomac must have such plans in place by this January.

 The USDA inspectors will remain -- there are 32 at the Perdue plant --
 and they will still examine livestock carcasses as they whiz by on
 production lines. But the inspectors will also now have more
 science-based ways to determine if companies are doing the right things
 to reduce contamination.

 ``We do the checks. We run the process,'' said Donnie Davis, plant
 manager at Accomac. ``They do the audit verification.''

 For instance, back at the chlorine bird washer, Perdue workers must
 periodically read gauges that show the water pressure and volume at
 proper levels. This data is entered onto a clipboard and checked by the
 in-plant USDA inspectors to make sure the system works.

 Later down the line, random chicken samples are taken to labs to
 determine whether E. coli and salmonella are present and at what levels.
 USDA regulations permit the bacteria to be there in certain amounts, but
 the company would have to locate and fix problems if levels get too high.

 The idea is to prevent contamination by checking key points in the plant
 instead of dealing with recalls after someone gets sick.

 Perdue and other companies are also trying to figure out ways to prevent
 the introduction of bacteria in animals on the farm. Perdue now includes
 low doses of antibiotics in most feed and has required its farmers to
 eliminate a trough-style water system that made it easier for microbes to
 spread.

 Still, there are no guarantees and no way to test every chicken or piece
 of meat. In fact, there are only two ways to completely destroy microbes
 on food: by cooking it properly or by exposing it to low-level radiation.

 Although poultry companies are permitted to use irradiation to kill
 bacteria, few do. Clay Silas, head of research at Perdue, said most
 shoppers do not yet trust irradiated products even though there's no
 evidence of danger.

 ``We're thinking about it if we feel that the consumer acceptance is
 there,'' Silas said.

Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 01:50:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: WEB pages that need to be handled.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi all,

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

If you have a weak stomach don't look at these sites.

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: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 02:10:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Anti-fur protest report (VA)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

On October 3rd Richmond Animal Rights Network held a demonstration at Alan
Furs.  15 or more police quickly showed up to monitor the actions, but no
intervention was taken against us. One Alan Furs employee tried to covertly
mingle with the protesters and gather information about the lifestyles of the
protesters.  He proceeded to take photos of the us until he was approached,
denied the chance to take further pictures, and was ultimately ushered down
the block by a crowd of chanting activists who discussed the exploitations of
his employer. We took his picture which will be plastered all over Richmond
and his college (VCU) very soon. This was the first in a series of demos at
Alan Furs until Mr. Alan gets a new line of work.

Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 18:41:14
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [CA] B.C. needs its grizzlies - alive [part 1]
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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>From Stephen Hume's column in the Vancouver Sun - Saturday, October 4th, 1997

B.C. needs it's grizzlies - alive
By Stephen Hume

The same day renowned bear biologist Wayne McCrory was arrested for defying
provincially sanctioned logging of watersheds in the Slocan Valley, Dean
Wyatt called me about grizzlies.

Wyatt came to the coast from Edmonton in 1995. He invested $750,000 in
rehabiliating an old sport fishing camp on Knight Inlet, about 250
kilometres northwest of Vancouver.

Even though watersheds farther up the inlet had been trashed by logging, he
says, what he saw on Glendale Cove was the future.

That future was eco-tourism.

The numbers support his thesis. In the United States, forest-based
recreation will pump $100 billion into the economy by the year 2000. Timber
sales will contribute only $3.5 billion.

Eighteen months after start-up, Wyatt claims 400 well-heeled guests from
around the world would have visited his lodge. He says he employs 18 people
and runs a $500,000-a-year payroll on $1 million a year on sales. In a way
it's the ultimate value-added industry for the post-industrial information
age.

The industries of our colonial past export raw materials while we spend
what we earn to import finished goods - export pulp import fax machines.
Wyatt imports cash and exports memories.

"We'll put 1,400 guests a year through here in another two years," Wyatt
predicts. That will mean more staff, a bigger payroll, more revenues for
the province - all cheerfully paid by people who don't stick around to use
expensive government services.

Talk about spinning straw into gold.

Wyatt is able to bring in vistors and send them home happy because
silvertip grizzlies concentrate near his lodge in numbers he says equal the
great bear-watching sites of Alaska.

A nearby salmon spawning channel built to replace habitat ruined by B.C's
logging industry usinf practices snactioned by the B.C. government
generates returns of 250,000 pinks. Perhaps it's worth pointing out that
despite all the current snivelling about the insensitive east, these salmon
survive courtesy of Canadian taxpayers - including those of Quebec and
Ontario.

In any event, Glendale River grizzllies gather in summer to fatten up on
the mountain berry crop and then stick around through the fall to gorge on
fish, a situation McCrory describes as unique.

Wyatt sets up viewing platforms similar to those used in African safari
parks so visitors can safely watch the huge predators up close and unobserved.

Omagine his dismay the other day when staffer John Marriott told him that
while taking clients out to the bear-watching platforms they had
encountered a pair of guys in full military-style camouflage packing rifles.

Now, I don't disapprove of hunting. I think we owe genuine hunters a great
debt for much of the wildlife habitat we still have. And I've been a hunter
myself. In fact, I actually fed myself with my own rifle one entire winter.
It wasn't much fun either, unless you're into frozen ears and long, weary
hours that culminate in failure more often than not.

I respect someone who kills and prepares his own meat far more than I do
someone who buys shrink-wrapped poultry at the supermarket while expressing
dewy-eyed horror at the evils of grouse hunting. Just as I respect
vegetarians who reject all killing. At least there is an ethical basis for
both arguments.

But I have no time for the business that calls itself trophy hunting. To
me, killing animals you don't intend to eat demonstrates an obscene
contempt for the natural world.

"Hunters" who dress up like banana republic commandos, who hire somebody to
fly them into the bush, lead them to prey they couldn't find themselves if
it were painted Day-Glo orange and back them up with firepower in case they
miss their shot, all just to inflate little boy egos - what a grotesque
parody of genuine hunting.

And this "stalking" of grizzlies around salmon spawning streams is about as
sporting as stalking steers at a feedlot.

Under the Wildlife Act, hunting is a bear by luring it with a bait is an
offence. By some curious logic, staking out spawning beds in hopes in hopes
of bushwacking bears on their way to and from the "bait" provided by nature
is a legitimate sporting thrill.

[cont.]

Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 19:07:44
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [CA] B.C. needs its grizzlies - alive [part 2]
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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>From Stephen Hume's column in the Vancouver Sun - Saturday, October 4th, 1997

Gosh, if just getting the biggest bear in the easiest possible way is the
object, wny not licence helicopter hunting?

Anyhow, the B.C. government confirms that it plans to issue permits for the
slaughter of up to 11 grizzlies across the three management zones that
cover Knight Inlet.

Now it's true that some small no-hunting zones - four kilometres by four
kilometres at Glendale Cove - protect bears in the areas immediately around
major spawning channels.

Big deal. in other words, you can't shoot that trophy steer while it's
actually in the feedlot, but you're welcome to set up camp inside, wait at
the fence and then put a highj-tech bullet into its spine when it steps
over the line.

The government's excuse is that there are 14,000 grizzlies in B.C. McCrory,
who has contracted to do field inventory for Wyatt, says the number is
derived from ""mystery math" to prop up the trophy hunting ethos.

>From his research, he doubts there are more than 6,000. Besides, grizzlies
across North America are classified as vunerable to extinction.

"This is managing a species at the brink," he says.  "We need to have a
much more conservative approach to grizzly management.

"For people to go in and shoot these [Knight inlet] bears is simply
appalling. Where does the bear have the greatest value - living in the
imagination of thousands of peoplewho go away with splendid images of B.C.?
Or hanging on some guy's wall?

This is the week the Sierra Legal Defence Fund gave the province a failing
grade for endangered species protection. This week, the province arrested
its most famous grizzly bear biologist for taking a personal stand on
environmental protection.

And this week the Knight Inlet tourists were left with one indelible memory
of B.C.'s attitude towards its priceless wildlfie heritage - a bunch of
dorks in camouflage outfits with permission from the environment ministry
to sneak around looking for the best grizzly specimen to erase from the
genetic record.

It's time we all grew up in B.C.  We should push this government and the
opposition parties for a ban on the trophy hunting of grizzlies. They are
too important to be placed at risk simply to satisfy the swollen egos of
disgusting little boys playing at being men.


END

[Stephen Hume writes a weekly column in the Vacouver Sun on current issues
affecting British Columbia. He can be reached via e-mail at
[e-mail]]



Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 23:15:02
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [CA/NO] Norwegians get a whale of a politician
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>From The Province - Thursday, October 2nd, 1997

Norwegians get a whale of a politician

OSLO, Norway - Norway's top whale-hunter, derided by some as a barbaric
murderer, fool and clown, has acquired a new title - politician.

Steiner Bateson - known for drinking whale oil and wearing seal-pelt
clothing - took his seat  yesterday as a member of Norway's Parliament.

As chairman of the Norwegian Whaler's Association for 12 years, Bateson
became a folk hero to many for his fierce defence of whaling.

Norway resumed commercial whale hunting in 1993, after a  grudging six-year
break under international pressure.

Since then, it has faced protests, sanctions, threats and attacks on
whaling boats - all of which helped Bateson's campaign in a region where
whaling is seen as a natural part of making a living.

He once said protesters who illegally board whaling boats should have to
walk the plank. in one protest, a knife-wielding Bateson tried to throw
demonstrators off his boat.

"If it hadn't been for the whaling issue, I wouldn't have made it into the
national legislature," said Bateson, 52. He won his seat running as an
independent in his home province of Nordland, in Norway's Artic.

"We see that people are getting frustrated and tired of all the
centralization of power and the economy," he said.

At least one vehement anti-whaler is delighted to see Bateson in the
Parliament.

"He is the biggest clown and idiot in Norway, and is going to say things
that embarass the country," said Paul Watson, of the California-based Sea
Shepherd Society.



Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 15:58:17 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (S Korea) Government Ignored E-Coli Warning: Lawmaker
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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>The Korea Herald
3 Oct 97

Government Ignored E-Coli Warning: Lawmaker

     By Nam In-soo Staff reporter

     An opposition lawmaker yesterday claimed the government new about the
     risk of E-coli contaminated beef from the United States in August.
     During a parliamentary review of the Ministry of Health and Welfare,
     Rep. Kim Hong-shin of the small opposition Democratic Party said that
     the ministry was notified of the bacteria danger in early August but
     began quarantine inspection one week later. ``The Korean Embassy in
     Washington sent the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the
     Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry a report Aug. 13, warning against
     the import of bacteria-contaminated U.S. beef. But none of the
     ministries took the proper action promptly,'' said Rep. Kim. He
     presented a copy of the report to the Assembly.

     Local quarantine officials began inspecting imported U.S. beef Aug.
     21, detected the contamination in early September and announced it two
     weeks later, according to Rep. Kim. ``The distribution of contaminated
     U.S. beef could have been prevented if it were not for negligence on
     the part of the officials of the relevant ministries,'' said the
     opposition lawmaker. The Ministry of Agriculture said in the first
     nine months of this year, the nation imported 11,033 tons of Nebraska
     beef, which has turned out to be contaminated with the O-157:H7 strain
     of E-coli bacteria.

     Of the imports, the ministry said 1,712 tons are kept in warehouses
     and 1,105 tons are waiting to be inspected. The rest is estimated to
     have been either distributed or consumed already. The Yonhap News
     Agency, meanwhile, quoted an unnamed top ruling party official as
     saying that the government was notified by the United States of the
     detection of E-coli in the Nebraska beef around the end of August but
     did not take any action. ``Through its embassy in Seoul, the United
     States officially notified the government of the contamination in
     August,'' the agency quoted the ruling party official as saying.

     The Agriculture Ministry was one of the 39 government agencies the
     National Assembly inspected their work yesterday. The parliamentary
     audit and inspections will continue until Oct.18. During an inspection
     of the Defense Ministry, an opposition lawmaker claimed that 25 South
     Korean soldiers, who were captured by North Korea during the 1950-53
     Korean War, may be alive in the North. ``A ministry report said 25
     South Korean POWs are in the North. The names and whereabouts of 13 of
     them have been confirmed. It's very likely that they are alive,'' said
     Rep. Lim Bok-jin of the main opposition National Congress for New
     Politics.

     He urged the government to try to repatriate them to the South,
     saying, ``Many of them are working at coal mines despite their age.''



Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 15:58:23 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (S Korea-US) Specialists to Be Sent to U.S. to Inspect
  Nebraska Beef Exports
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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>The Korea Herald
5 Oct 97

    [Image] 10-05-97 : Specialists to Be Sent to U.S. to Inspect Nebraska
     Beef Exports

     By Cho Yoon-jung Staff reporter

     As fears over the import of contaminated beef from the United States
     continue, the government has decided to send a team of quarantine
     specialists to Nebraska to inspect the beef export process. The
     Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has also reconfirmed its position
     that it cannot agree to a joint reexamination of the beef samples in
     question.

     These and other points were disclosed after a meeting of senior
     officials from the ministries of Agriculture and Forestry, Health and
     Welfare and Foreign Affairs, to discuss ways to deal with the current
     scare over contaminated beef, yesterday. The imported beef scare began
     when the O-157:H7 strain of E coli bacteria was found Sept. 26 in a
     shipment of Nebraska beef exported by Iowa Beef Packers. Over the past
     week, listeria germs and O-26 bacteria have also been found in beef
     from Nebraska and Texas, also exported by IBP.

     Sales of not only imported beef but all meat in general, have sharply
     declined amid the tainted beef turmoil. The Korean inspection team
     will be visiting IBP to examine the beef export process, from
     slaughter to packaging, in order to trace the possible source of
     contamination. The timing of the team's departure has not yet been
     set. Meanwhile, four specialists from the U.S. Department of
     Agriculture's Food and Safety Inspection Service is scheduled to
     arrive in Korea tomorrow to asses the situation.

     They are scheduled to visit the National Animal Quarantine Service as
     well as the Korea Food and Drug Administration of health and welfare
     ministry. It is expected that visiting U.S. officials will request a
     reexamination of the beef samples in question. But the Korean
     government does not appear to agree to this, according to an
     agriculture ministry official. ``A joint reexamination amounts to
     interference in domestic affairs,'' the official said. ``There is no
     international precedent for such a move and it is the government's
     position that such a request cannot be accepted,'' he said.

     The ministry is prepared, however, to explain the whole quarantine
     inspection procedure in detail and give full evidence of the
     scientific legitimacy of the tests used. The U.S. is seeking proof of
     the presence of E coli. According to U.S. standards, E coli is allowed
     on the surface of beef as microbes are usually killed during
     high-temperature cooking.

     The beef scare seems to be developing into another trade issue,
     especially with the ministry's announcement Thursday that beef imports
     from Nebraska would not be given customs clearance until the meat is
     proved safe from contamination, observers here said. Inspections have
     also been stepped up on beef from six other U.S. states. According to
     wire reports, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office said Friday that
     it had not been given official notice of a customs clearance block. It
     was noted that the supposed import block came after the U.S. accused
     Korea of unfair trade practices in the auto sector.

     An association of beef manufacturers has also reportedly sent a letter
     to the USDA expressing concern that Korea may be using the E-coli case
     to decrease its beef imports from the United States. Exports of beef
     to Korea from the state of Nebraska alone amounted to some $48 million
     last year.


Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 00:43:54
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [UK] No wheat, no dairy - but I eat mangoes in the bath
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Saturday, October 4th, 1997

No wheat, no dairy - but I eat mangoes in the bath

WHEN Terence Stamp was 27 years old, and his screen career was well under
way, he developed a duodenal ulcer that physically crippled him. He had no
idea how to cure himself until, one day, on the set of a Fellini film, he
was introduced to the director's "personal astrologer". She advised Stamp
to look at his diet, to give up meat, and experiment with foods to see what
was right and what was wrong for him. Today, Stamp is cured, but maintains
a strict exclusion diet. Here he explains how he has become an exponent of
the natural, organic-food lifestyle.


I THINK it has only been in the past few years that people have started to
really know about food. There is a consciousness beginning to creep in now,
as increasing numbers of people develop food intolerances and we have begun
to question the large number of artificially produced foods. A recent US
government survey found there were 119 pesticide residues on a peanut. You
don't expect this and you don't know about it. You can no longer buy the
natural
products people of my parents' generation bought.

As a boy in London I ate what other boys ate: plenty of margarine on toast,
loads of jam, and dripping on thick slices of bread. My mother, like any
mum down our street, knew just how to comfort my childhood hurts and
traumas with "a nice cuppa tea" and another gargantuan, fatty doorstep of
daily bread.

When I started earning money, I began to eat steak Diane and roast beef -
foods that I associated with success. I became a connoisseur of cheeses - I
knew exactly when the Christmas Cheddar would be out. I loved it all, of
course, but none of it loved me back and I was finally felled by an ulcer.
The road back to feeling well involved changing the habits of a lifetime.
Most of my favourite comfort foods were from then on out of bounds.

I was forced to come to the realisation that my body is what I eat. If my
diet isn't giving me perfect blood, the repercussions are obvious.
Pollution and contamination of food is increasing and causing a global drop
in sperm activity. Apparently, the sperm count of guys
my age is twice that of teenagers who have only ever eaten a polluted diet.

When I was first forced to experiment with food, it was 1967 and at that
time I was like a stranger in a strange land - people thought I was a
crackpot. Experimenting with different exclusion diets, I learnt I had to
cut out all wheat and dairy products and keep sugar and salt
to a minimum.

I taught myself to cook because I couldn't go out anywhere - I couldn't go
to people's houses or to restaurants. (Even now, few places cater for
people with food intolerances - God forbid you should ask for a wheat-free
meal on an airline. You will get a bit of blotting-paper that masquerades
as bread).

At first, it seemed like torture to give up all my childhood favourites,
but I realised I could still enjoy my food: I just had to work my way round
my intolerances. I love puddings, but not being able to eat sugar or dairy
products meant I had to find another way. So I developed a dairy-free
organic chocolate made with fruit sugar.

When travelling, it was difficult to find a snack free of animal fat and
salt, so I launched my own line in crisps [chips]. To bake breads and
cakes, I had to find an alternative wheat-free flour. This was the hardest:
I lost so many cakes and puddings in the effort - dragging them out of the
oven to find they hadn't risen and were as heavy as tombstones.

In America, it was easier because they have been into organic food longer
than over here. There are a lot of young farmers growing grains without
pesticides.

There is also a delicious Italian grain called farro - the centurions used
to carry it in a bag and throw it in their minestrone. I discovered the
ancient grains in their pure form agreed with me. It was beautiful - I
could suddenly make bread pudding to my mother's recipe again.

L EARNING to cook was an essential part of that process. Now, I'm not a
really good cook, but the one or two dishes I can do really sparkle. My
brown rice and morel risotto (see recipe) is a speciality. I cook it on
special occasions only; I prepared it once for Diana, Princess of Wales
when she came for lunch.

I had just returned from Milan bringing with me two little tubes of truffle
paste. So on top of the risotto I put H in black, R in white and H again in
black. It made her laugh, but she liked the risotto. She was a healthy
eater by the time I met her.

One of the people with whom I have cooked is Elizabeth Buxton, whose
nine-year-old daughter, Poppy, I first heard about through my
physiotherapist. She had heard tell of this little girl who could bake
marvellous cakes for lost souls like me.

One night I was invited to dinner and my relationship with her and her
family began. Not long after that, Poppy's little sister, Lucy, became very
ill and I noticed that she was showing the same signs of dietary
intolerance as I had. Action was taken and soon she was returned to health.

One day I was cooking for the author Peter Mayle and his wife. I was a
little self-conscious because both Peter and Jenny Mayle are fantastic
cooks. I mentioned to Elizabeth Buxton that I was preparing this dish with
four different kinds of onion. She really liked the sound of it and wrote
it down. That started the idea of keeping recipes and  now we have
published a book.

The problem with buying food for those with intolerances is that you can
never know everything from food labelling. During our production research,
we were looking for a flavouring for a plantain crisp. We phoned the
biggest spice-making firm in Britain to ask it to
develop a natural flavouring to our specifications. No sugar - fine. No
salt - fine. No wheat. A pause. No dairy. A pause. All its flavourings
contained 80 per cent rusk and whey. When you see "natural flavouring" on a
label, it doesn't tell you that. Labelling needs to be more accurate.

The problem is there are no real New Age politicians. You read about Bill
Clinton eating pizzas and hamburgers. His vice-president,  Al Gore, is
meant to be a great environmentalist. Gore needs to say:  "Bill, do
yourself a favour, get into organic pizzas." To my knowledge, no government
subsidises organic farming.

Eating well is a great pleasure. My idea of gastronomic heaven is eating
alfonso mangoes in the bath. When I'm in India, I get in the bath with 12
alfonso mangoes on a table next to me and tuck in. Eating a mango is like
having sex - it has to be dirty to be good. You can't really enjoy a mango
unless you're prepared to get in there and get it all over you. When the
parrots eat them in the trees, the juice goes all over the place and you
can see they're in ecstasy - that's how eating should be.

⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 00:43:39
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [UK] "Pet of the week"
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Saturday, October 4th, 1997

"Pet of the week" segment

[picture of Rt Rev Humphrey Taylor sat on garden steps with Finbarr]

FINBARR, a mongrel rescued from ill-treatment, now lives with the Bishop of
Selby, the Right Rev Humphrey Taylor, and his family, close to York
Minster. He is "a kind of emblem of the relationships between humans", says
the bishop, who today will be remembering St Francis of Assisi, whose feast
day it is.


"When others in the family are away and I am alone with him, he is a
physically present reminder of them - a kind of bond with them," he says.

The Old Testament idea that man has dominion over all animals was
challenged by St Francis, who called other creatures his brothers and
sisters.

"Finbarr is part of the family in his own doggy way. There are things that
I do which he can't. But there are also things he can do - with his nose,
for instance - that I can't.

"I do presume to control his life, as far as I can. I suppose, in having
pets, we take animals out of their natural environment and there is an
element of exploitation in that. But Finbarr is not just something to be
used."

The bishop believes that we should feel solidarity with, rather than
dominion over, the rest of creation. Finbarr is one outwardly visible sign
of this solidarity. "I think that the love people have for animals is all
part of the same love, for we are all part of the love of God."

A pet blessing service, to celebrate St Francis's day, will be held
tomorrow at St Asaph Cathedral, St Asaph, North Wales, at 3pm - small
animals inside, large animals outside.

⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 04:27:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Friedman Furs website
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Another scum gets online...

I just found this-
http://www.friedmanfurs.com/home.htm
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 19:31:29 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (Aust)Making a quick killing from wildlife.
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Letters to the Editor
The Australian Newspaper
4th and 5th October 1997

Making a quick killing from wildlife.
*************************************

There'll be no smiles on the faces of our crocodiles with the latest
assault on Australia's wildlife. A "trial hunt" which will result in a
hundred saltwater crocodiles being killed is the first since the species
was protected in 1971.

The crocodiles are now prime target in the present thrust to "commercialise"
our wildlife. Put a dollar sign on wildlife and we'll save it, goes the slogan.
And with a price tag on their skins of $400 to $600, crocodiles are apparently
well worth "saving".

In some States this new commercial trend is well underway. The first possum
abattoir is already operating in Tasmania and fried crispy possum is now
appearing on menus. Meanwhile, in parts of South Australia, the legally endorsed
kangaroo kill is as high as 50 per cent.

Under the guise of conservation and hiding behind such bland euphemisms as
"managing" and "harvesting", the greed-driven initiative of commercialisation
promotes profit-making ventures involving the capture, killing, eating, selling
and exporting of our wildlife - birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians.

Flying in the face of all the evidence, our politicians are putting their
mouths where the money is and promoting this initiative. This, despite the
fact that commercial operations under regulation have resulted in the
decimation of fish
populations, and the continuing disappearance of our remaining old-growth
forests in a cloud of woodchips.

The sustainable use of wildlife is a myth. Commercialisation will see few
winners- only those short-term investors who are looking for a quick killing
before moving on to their next business venture. The losers, however, will
be numerous-the bulk of the Australian people and the millions of animals
who will suffer and die in the interests of short-term profits for the few.

Katherine Rogers
Pymble
NSW

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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 11:38:40 -0300
From: Ty Savoy <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (Ca)BC Considers Massive Park
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Saturday, October 04,
 1997


               British Columbia considers massive park

               By WENDY COX / The Canadian Press

               Victoria - If the B.C. government approves it, part of
northeastern British
               Columbia will become one of the largest parks in North
America, spanning
               a wilderness area almost the size of Nova Scotia.

               Scientists are hoping the area, a haven for wolves, grizzly
bears, moose, elk
               and other large mammals, would form the most pristine link in
a chain that
               would eventually connect wilderness from the Yukon to
Yellowstone.

               They also want the proposed Northern Rockies Wilderness, or the
               Muskwa-Kechika, to show the world that the mistakes of Banff
and Jasper
               can be avoided.

               The provincial government is expected to announce the park in
the next few
               weeks.

               "Go to Banff National Park and look at it," commands Valerius
Geist, a
               former University of Calgary environmental science professor.

               "It's an absolute black hole when it comes to the existence
of large
               mammals. The roads have swallowed them up."

               Geist and others argue that Banff is evidence that national
parks don't work.
               In trying to preserve wilderness, governments have created
artificial
               environments that visitors treat as their playground.

               In the end, it harms the animals the park was intended to
protect, Geist
               maintains.

               "National parks have become the ranches and recreation
grounds of the
               urban middle class. They're not conservation areas."

               The Northern Rockies Wilderness will be different.

               It will actually be several areas with a one-million-hectare
park at its core.

               Another 3.3 million hectares would be classified as special
management
               zones which would allow mining, oil and gas exploration and
logging but
               under stricter circumstances.

               And that has pleased industry spokesman.

               "It clarifies the rules about where you can go," says Rob
McManus, with the
               Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

               "The same plan that says we should set this protected area
aside also says
               that other areas can include resource development."

               Forestry companies are also cautiously optimistic about the
arrangement.

               But the mining industry isn't so sure.

               Gary Livingstone, president of the B.C. Mining Association,
worries that
               despite the assurances, industry needs will take a back seat
to the demands
               of environmentalists.

               "Unless this government says that's wrong, you're just not
going to get
               investors interested," he said. "We want assurances from the
government
               that it will be business as usual."




Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 11:50:34 -0300
From: Ty Savoy <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (Ca)Wildlife Corridor 'Common Dream'
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Saturday, October 04,
 1997



               Corridor 'common dream'

               By REG CURREN / The Canadian Press

               Waterton, Alta. - Harvey Locke may have been one of the
architects of a
               continuous wildlife corridor stretching from the Yukon to
Yellowstone Park,
               but he says it will take all kinds of North Americans to
actually build it.

               "If we all embrace it - community people, ranchers,
environmentalists,
               people who drill for oil and gas or cut trees - we can keep
this tapestry of
               life together," said Locke, a Calgary-based conservationist.

               The past president of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness
Society said it was
               an overwhelming feeling to walk into a jam-packed conference
room Friday
               for the start of a conference on the Yellowstone-to-Yukon
Initiative.

               The initiative, which he and a handful of colleagues dreamed
up four years
               ago, has now grown to include 80 conservation groups and
conservation
               biologists.

               They stress the 2,800-kilometre corridor would not be a
national park, but
               rather a connecting of the protected areas within the Rocky
Mountain
               ecosystem that would allow animals - especially large
omnivores such as
               grizzly bears - acccess to the huge ranges they require.

               "It was a tremendous feeling for me to go into that room with
309 people
               from all over the Yellowstone to Yukon region, native people,
local
               community people, environmentalists, biologists who are all
here because
               they share this common dream," said Locke.

               "It felt so good to see that people are prepared to come and
spend their time
               and then try to take this vision and apply it on the ground
so that we can keep
               this great system alive."

               Locke believes the initiative is gaining profile among the
general population,
               pointing to Canmore, Alta., and the Municipal District of Big
Horn as two
               Canadian areas starting to plan with Yellowstone-to-Yukon in
mind.

               "They can see their valley matters very much to the whole
system, that
               they're a part of the bigger whole," he said. "We're very
much out of the
               chute and rolling."




Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 12:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: High-Tech Bow Sights Put Hunters on the Target, But Are They Fair?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

By Eric Sharp, Knight-Ridder Newspapers

Detroit, MI, USA: Opening day of deer season seems to be approaching even
more slowly than Christmas does to a kid counting down the days until Santa
arrives. I went to sleep last night thinking about climbing into a tree stand
with my bow for the first of maybe 60 days I'll spend watching and waiting
for a shot.

I'm fascinated by whitetail deer, maybe the toughest big-game animal to hunt,
bar none. But something I saw recently in Jim Gauthier's archery shop in
Traverse City, Michigan, bothered me: high-tech bow sights by Pollington and
EOTech.

With the Pollington sight - like a pistol scope - the hunter sees a red dot
that he lays on the target in the center of the scope. It sells for $269. The
EOTech sight projects a holographic image of two red rings with a dot at the
center onto a tiny, clear screen, like a fighter pilot's heads-up display.
The archer sees the target through the screen, lines up the two red circles
one side the other and places the red dot on the target. It sells for $425.

Both sights eliminate the peep sight. And once the archer adjusts the
controls so the arrow hits where he wants, he never has to worry about the
anchor point. If he centers the dot on the target properly, it will be a
bull's-eye.

My first reaction was "Wow!" A left-hander who shoots a 56-pound bow, I was
able to use a 70-pound right-handed bow equipped with the Pollington sight to
shoot groups in which the arrows touched each other. Any archer knows that
with a standard pin, I'd have been doing well just to hit a four-foot target.

But my next thought was, "Is this the step that carries us over the line the
way the modern muzzleloader has made a mockery of black-powder hunting?"

It's a tough call. On one hand, I'm for anything that will improve the woeful
level of accuracy exhibited by most bow hunters. I visit a lot of archery
ranges where people are tuning up for the season, and what I see reinforces
my belief that we need a proficiency test before people get bow licenses.

On the other hand, I think that bow hunting isn't supposed to be easy. It's
meant to be a challenge, and part of it is becoming a good shot. Gadgets that
allow any twinkie to head into the field without practicing aren't my idea of
progress.

Interestingly, the electronic sights I saw at Gauthier's were used not by
yahoos but by two excellent shooters who take bow hunting seriously, archers
who consistently shoot higher scores on the video range than I do and are so
dedicated, they'll pay a hefty sum for something that makes them even better.

I have to admit I'm wavering on this one. On one hand, I want to own anything
that makes me a better hunter. On the other, I want my skills to be the key
factor in killing game, not my equipment. Where do you draw that line?

Proponents of such innovations, usually those who profit from selling them,
sometimes give me flak about not being able to define such wretched excess. I
can't remember who said it, but I steal a great line and answer, "I can't
define pornography, either, but I sure know it when I see it."

Some would argue that the high-tech sights are a natural progression from my
Tru-Glo sight, which uses optical fiber to amplify natural light and make it
easier to see the pins at dawn and dusk when so many deer are killed. That's
not true. My sight is no different from mechanical pins that have been  used
for centuries, and I can use it even if its light-gathering properties are
cut off. You can't use these new sights if the batteries die.

Some would argue that my Martin Cheetah compound bow is technological excess.
I have to admit there's some validity in that argument. I went to a compound
after an arthritic shoulder made it impossible to pull a stick bow.

I guess in the long run we must decide individually the level of technology
we can accept and still feel that our skills are more valuable than the
hardware.


-- Sherrill
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 15:57:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: some facts about the meat and poutlry industry.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Some facts about the meat and poultry industry in the United States,
according to Agriculture Department statistics from 1996:

Animals slaughtered for food:

Cattle and calves: 36.5 million.

Chickens: 7.3 billion.

Hogs: 92.3 million.

Turkeys: 301 million.

Meat production:

Beef: 25.4 billion pounds.

Chickens: 34.2 billion pounds.

Hogs: 17.1 billion pounds.

Turkeys: 6.84 billion pounds.

Cash paid to farmers:

Beef: $33.9 billion

Chickens: $11.7 billion.

Hogs: $10.0 billion.

Turkeys: $2.7 billion.

Total amount recalled:

Beef: 210,334 pounds.

Chicken: 149,700 pounds.

Pork: 73,788 pounds.

Turkey: 40,620 pounds.

Total recalls involving bacteria (other recalls involved mislabeling or
foreign substances, such as bones, in meat):

All types of meat: 9.

Amount recalled: 274,166 pounds.


AP-NY-10-04-97 1106EDT

Copyright 1997 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news
report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed
without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.


Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 15:59:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: how a chicken gets to the grocery store.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

c The Associated Press

(Oct. 4) - Chickens go from live animals to packaged product in a matter of
hours at a modern processing plant.

The Perdue Farms Inc. plant at Accomac, Va., produces some 400,000 pounds of
boneless breasts and 100,000 pounds of thighs a week. About 1,800 people work
on three shifts, one of which is dedicated to cleaning the plant.

Chickens are grown for about seven weeks on a farm, crowded into long, low
houses with more than 20,000 other birds, then trucked to the plant in small
cages.

Workers grab them by the legs and hang them upside down on moving hooks. The
chickens are quickly stunned with an electric shock by passing their heads
through liquid. A machine then cuts their throats. After the blood drains
out, they are scalded with hot water and their feathers plucked by machine.

Their feet are cut off, usually headed for sale in Asian markets.

Still hanging by a drumstick, the carcasses move quickly along the loud,
clattering line to the ''evisceration area,'' where rubber-gloved
''eviscerators'' scoop out the chickens' guts and leave them hanging.
Sometimes an intestine unravels and stretches for several yards.

This is done for Agriculture Department inspectors, who sit on tall stools
alongside company workers and examine the birds inside and out for disease or
contamination. The questionable get tossed into plastic bins marked ''USDA
condemned.''

More machines then clean out the chickens' guts and separate hearts, livers
and other parts. One augur-like machine drills out the chickens' crops and
another breaks necks. Then the birds are washed inside and out with a
high-pressure chlorine spray and dumped into a large vat called the chiller.

In just over an hour, the chickens will be 40 degrees or less, which retards
the bacteria growth and extends shelf life. Once out, they will be in a part
of the plant kept so cold that workers must wear parkas.

Most chickens are then cut up by machine into parts, moved along conveyer
belts, packed into styrofoam trays and wrapped in plastic, complete with
price and bar code.

Some whole birds are packed into large cardboard boxes and covered in ice,
usually headed for New York or other cities with large numbers of ethnic
shoppers who prefer whole chickens.

The boxes contain labels with enough information to enable the chickens to be
traced back to the farm that produced them and forward to the grocery store
shelves, in case of a recall.

Large processing plants often have their own wastewater treatment systems to
handle the tons of byproduct left behind.

AP-NY-10-04-97 1107EDT

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report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed
without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.



Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 16:04:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: new plan combats meat contamination
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

By CURT ANDERSON
.c The Associated Press

ACCOMAC, Va. (Oct. 4) - One by one, the 330,800 chickens processed at the
Perdue Farms plant here every day are sprayed with chlorine, part of the
latest effort to reduce harmful bacteria that can sicken people.

The birds - alive and clucking moments before, now hanging upside down minus
their heads, feathers, feet and guts - are jet-sprayed inside and out, then
tossed into a huge tub that chills them to a temperature of 40 degrees or
less, hindering the growth of microbes.

The men and women who package the chickens and parts after they emerge must
wear parkas and gloves. The plant is kept so cold their breath comes out in
steamy plumes.

These weapons - chlorine and cold, coupled with increased microbiological
testing - represent the meat and poultry industry's new front line in the war
to control bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella.

''There's a great deal of change,'' said Jim Perdue, chairman of the nation's
second-largest chicken company, founded by his grandfather a few miles up the
Atlantic coast in Salisbury, Md. ''It's going to continue to boost consumer
confidence.''

Still, there are no guarantees. Even as big plants nationwide move toward
such systems, a Hudson Foods Co. plant in Nebraska with a similar system was
unable this summer to prevent some tainted ground beef from getting into the
marketplace. Eventually, 25 million pounds were recalled because of possible
contamination.

For most of this century, meat and poultry safety depended upon sight and
smell inspections by the 7,500 Agriculture Department officials who work in
plants. At a poultry plant, these inspectors look for discoloration and
evidence in the chicken's innards of any disease or contamination. Those in
question are discarded.

Individual companies sometimes had more sophisticated systems, but there was
no national anti-bacteria blueprint. And even the most sharp-eyed inspector
can't see a microscopic organism.

Now, however, improving technology has enabled scientists to trace food
illnesses to microbes that exist by the tens of billions in nature. E. coli,
for example, comes in thousands of strains, only a few of which make people
sick but which are carried by all kinds of animals, even humans.

''These are healthy animals. The animals harbor them, but they make people
sick,'' said Dean Cliver, a food safety professor at the University of
California at Davis.

The bacteria can get into chickens all kinds of ways, even from mice that
come into chicken houses at night. And with upwards of 27,000 chickens living
in squabbling close quarters for seven weeks or so in each house, the
microbes often spread through manure.

''Dirt is dirty and animals are messy,'' Cliver said.

By January 2000, all U.S. beef, pork and poultry plants will be required to
have a new plan called a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point system aimed
squarely at reducing E. coli and salmonella. Larger plants like Perdue's in
Accomac must have such plans in place by this January.

The USDA inspectors will remain - there are 32 at the Perdue plant - and they
will still examine livestock carcasses as they whiz by on production lines.
But the inspectors will also now have more science-based ways to determine if
companies are doing the right things to reduce contamination.

''We do the checks. We run the process,'' said Donnie Davis, plant manager at
Accomac. ''They do the audit verification.''

For instance, back at the chlorine bird washer, Perdue workers must
periodically read gauges that show the water pressure and volume at proper
levels. This data is entered onto a clipboard and checked by the in-plant
USDA inspectors to make sure the system works.

Later down the line, random chicken samples are taken to labs to determine
whether E. coli and salmonella are present and at what levels. USDA
regulations permit the bacteria to be there in certain amounts, but the
company would have to locate and fix problems if levels get too high.

The idea is to prevent contamination by checking key points in the plant
instead of dealing with recalls after someone gets sick.

Perdue and other companies are also trying to figure out ways to prevent the
introduction of bacteria in animals on the farm. Perdue now includes low
doses of antibiotics in most feed and has required its farmers to eliminate a
trough-style water system that made it easier for microbes to spread.

Still, there are no guarantees and no way to test every chicken or piece of
meat. In fact, there are only two ways to completely destroy microbes on
food: by cooking it properly or by exposing it to low-level radiation.

Although poultry companies are permitted to use irradiation to kill bacteria,
few do. Clay Silas, head of research at Perdue, said most shoppers do not yet
trust irradiated products even though there's no evidence of danger.

''We're thinking about it if we feel that the consumer acceptance is there,''
Silas said.


Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 21:06:36 +0000
From: "Miggi" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [UK] Chaos At Caley's (John Lewis Store)
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CHAOS AT CALEY'S AS ANIMAL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS
PROTEST AGAINST JOHN LEWIS' SUPPORT FOR HUNTING

╖ Demonstration in Windsor at Caley's Department Store in Windsor
╖ Two protesters hung banner from store balcony
╖ Customers leafleted inside the store
╖ Hundreds of leaflets given out to passers-by
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The John Lewis Partnership were recently exposed by the National
Anti-Hunt Campaign for allowing hunters to use their land for fox
hunting and also for arranging shooting parties for members of their
staff to blast away at pheasants.

Around a dozen protesters turned up at the store at around midday on
Saturday 4th October. Several entered the store and started to
distribute leaflets to John Lewis' customers. Other group members
handed leaflets to people outside. Meanwhile, two campaigners took a
banner out onto the balcony via a first floor window and hung it on
prominent display for passers-by. Those leafleting people inside the
store left voluntarily after about 15 minutes when they felt they had
made their point and had handed leaflets to the majority of the
customers. The two on the balcony stayed until the police arrived and
they were politely asked to leave. Store management told us we were
"banned from the store from the rest of the day" ! The demonstration
continued outside the store until campaigners ran out of leaflets.
We handed out around 1,000 leaflets in total.

Spokesperson for East Berks Animal Aid, Mark Ridley, said "We handed
out around 1000 leaflets to the public and received a lot of support
for the action. People were shocked that John Lewis, who attempt to
portray themselves as caring, could be involved i such barbarity." He
continued "We fully support the National Anti-Hunt Campaign and call
on John Lewis to ban all hunting and shooting from their land.
Shooting these pheasants is cruel and unnecessary. If they asked
their staff they would probably find most them were against it as
well".

Mark Ridley of East Berks Animal Aid can be contacted for any further
information on Saturday's activities, or for negatives of the
enclosed prints on 01753 731684.

The National Anti-Hunt Campaign can be contacted for further
information about John Lewis and about hunting in general on 01442
240246
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 16:52:16 -0700
From: dan dan the vegan man <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: URGENT: SUE MCCROSKY'S CONDITION]
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Sue McCrosky is now, after her jailing Friday night, being kept - again
-
 in
 solitary confinement, with NO reading material, NO medication, NO food,
 and
 in complete and utter isolation. She has NO access to other prisoners,
NO
 writing materials and is kept in this small cell 24 hours a day.

 She could be there for a very, very, very long time -- maybe 6 months.

 If she doesn't die first.

 We should be filing habeas corpus writs Monday or Tuesday. They may
help.
 They may not. In the meantime, we owe it to the animals, to Sue and
 ourselves, not just for today, but for all the tomorrows, to do what we
 all
 can to stop this atrocity.

 I know it has been difficult. For all of us on the outside, as well as
 Sue
 -- WHO IS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT CLOSELY, OUR NEXT BEST EXAMPLE OF HOW
 BILLIONS
 OF ANIMALS ARE TREATED EVERY DAY. Locked in isolation, with no hope and
 waiting to die.

 Is this how we react? Let's do it.

 Please, pass the phone numbers on to others - friends, relatives, etc.
-
 so they might call and INQUIRE of Sue's health.

 Ask about her medication, her condition and her treatment. Be polite,
of
 course.

 And, don't let anyone tell you different, what you do, and I do, and
Sue
 does, in fact does make a difference. Maybe all the difference in the
 world.

 The jail: 404/298-8515 or 404/298-8220
 The infirmary: 404/298-8531

 You can still write Sue at:

 Sue McCrosky
 Infirmary Unit
 DeKalb County Jail
  4425 Memorial Drive
 Decatur, GA 30032
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:32:48 -0400
From: Wyandotte Animal Group <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: 5 elephants killed for tusks
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The Detroit Free Press
Friday, October 3, 1997
Page 4A


5 elephants killed for tusks

Nairobi, Kenya--Poachers have killed five elephants and hacked off their
tusks in Kenya, renewing fears that poaching will surge as a world-wide ban
on ivory is eased.

The five adult males were killed in early September at Muge Ranch, a private
reserve near Nanyuki, 90 miles north of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service
said Thursday.

The UN wildlife convention on June 19 eased a 7 1/2-year-old world-wide ban
on ivory trade.  The decision--opposed by Kenya--was immediately condemned
by animal-rights activists.




Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
[e-mail]

Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 09:32:44 -0700
From: Coral Hull <[e-mail]>
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ANIMAL WATCH AUSTRALIA
Release..........
6th October, 1997

FREE MULLOKA:10 YEARS OF SOLITARY CONFINMENT FOR AN AUSTRALIAN
MURRAY
COD

Mulloka (aboriginal for water-spirit) is a 30 kilogram native Murray Cod
caught from the Oven's River in Victoria 1987. He is estimated to be
between 20-25 years old. In the wild Murray Cod can live to 100 years
and the largest ever caught weighed more than 100 kilograms.

Mulloka the Murray Cod is imprisoned in a small glass tank at The
Freshwater Discovery Centre - Snob's Creek, Victoria, Australia. Mulloka
is unable to fulfil the natural behavioural patterns of a Murray Cod.
The tank is almost the exact width of the fish from back-to-front, so
that when Mulloka faces into the visitors centre, he is forced to adopt
a slight angle. Mulloka had been in solitary confinment for 10 years.

Mulloka needs to be taken out of solitary confinment and put back into
the Oven's River, where he was orginally captured. Specific steps need
to be taken in order to ensure the safe rehabilitation and release of
this unique native fish. Mulloka needs to be where he can at least move,
swim and have company. He is a wild fish who is used to living in the
wild.
Please visit Mulloka The Murray Cod (including graphics) at:

http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/animal_watch/article13.html

and write the appropriate letters. Thank you for your kind support.

Coral Hull (AWA Site Director)
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/animal_watch/au.html
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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 19:48:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Charles River Labs in trouble over monkeys
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Subj:     Quarter Century of Monkey Business
Date:     97-10-05 12:08:44 EDT
From:     AOL News
BCC: LMANHEIM

.c The Associated Press

      By WILL LESTER
      KEY LOIS, Fla. (AP) - For a quarter century, the furry
residents
of two tiny islands in the Florida Keys have been swinging in the
trees, bathing in the subtropical water and snacking on protected
red mangroves.
      But what may have seemed like a good idea to Charles River
Laboratories and the state of Florida 24 years ago has turned into
an environmental nightmare.
      The red mangroves are decimated on Key Lois and Raccoon Key,
one
of the islands is badly eroded and the water around the islands is
polluted with waste.
      The culprits: about 1,000 Rhesus monkeys bred for research.
      ``These are healthy, happy monkeys,'' said Curtis Kruer, a
biologist and fishing guide who has campaigned since the early
1980s to evict the voracious primates. ``They live in their little
harems. They have their breeding groups, a bunch of females to a
few males.''
      Five years ago, the state and Charles River worked out an
agreement that allowed the company to keep the monkey operation
well into the next century if it would reduce the population,
protect the mangroves and start a program to replant damaged areas.
      In 1995, scientists even tried to cage the red mangroves to
protect them, but the monkeys were still hungry after devouring
their daily ration of monkey chow and soon figured out how to get
dessert.
      Officials with Charles River, a subsidiary of vision care
giant
Bausch & Lomb, admitted this summer that their plans to revegetate
had been foiled by the wily primates.
      ``They ought to run this headline,'' quipped Ed Davidson,
chairman of the Florida Audubon Society, ``Darwin's theory of
evolution disproven: Bausch and Lomb's top scientists consistently
outwitted by monkeys.''
      After the state complained that Charles River wasn't living
up
to its agreement, Circuit Judge Sandra Taylor listened in July to
three days of arguments about the future of the monkey islands.
Davidson called the hearing the ``second great monkey trial of the
century.''
      In early September, the judge ordered Charles River to speed
efforts to remove the free-roaming monkeys.
      Under the decision, the monkeys on 100-acre Key Lois would
have
to be off the island by June 1, 1998. The monkeys on 200-acre
Raccoon Key would have to be off by Sept. 1, 1999.
      The company has another 200 monkeys in breeding cages on Key
Lois and agreed to give the island to the state by the end of 2012.
Raccoon Key would be vacated by the end of 2024.
      Charles River has requested a rehearing on Taylor's ruling,
which only applied to the free-range monkeys.
      The monkeys are bred for scientific and medical research,
including the study of AIDS, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease.
They have also been sold for vaccine testing and NASA projects.
When the young monkeys reach a year old, they are trapped and sold
for $1,500 to $4,000 each.
      Their isolated island habitat enhances their value, ensuring
they are free from tuberculosis and other diseases, including one
known as the simian B virus. Company officials say such
infection-free animals are a valuable resource for researchers.
      But the monkeys have long worn out their welcome with nearby
residents in the Keys - people attracted to the region by ocean
breezes, sparkling azure waters and a sense of tropical refuge.
      They complain of the smell, worry about the mangrove
destruction
and brood that a tropical storm could blow monkeys onto neighboring
islands like a scene out of ``The Wizard of Oz.''
      Opponents said the monkeys pose a threat because they could
reach neighboring islands that are populated or part of the Great
White Heron National Wildlife Refuge.
      For Nettanis Kline, a former nurse who retired with her
husband
in 1969 to Summerland Key about 25 miles east of Key West, the
monkeys aren't good neighbors.
      She complains about monkey waste that pollutes the water and
said, depending on the wind, she can smell their ``circus animal''
fragrance.
      ``We were here long before the monkeys came,'' she said.
``But
they've been there a long time. Nobody likes them.''
      That includes Florida environmental officials.
      For years, Charles River and the state wrangled over the
environmental damage and the threat of escapes. Each time,
agreements with government officials allowed the company to keep
breeding the monkeys. Kruer worries the latest ruling allows too
much time.
      ``This order gives them two more years of monkeys eating
mangroves, two more years of water degradation and two more
hurricane seasons,'' Kruer said.
      State lawyers said they thought the judge's order was the
best
they could expect. But Kruer said the company is using the legal
system to stall eviction so it can continue breeding and selling
the monkeys as long as possible.
      ``This is a good example of the inability of government to
deal
with something like this,'' Kruer said. ``The moral of the story is
don't let something outrageous get started unless you're prepared
to deal with it.''
      Company officials complain their property rights are being
lost
in the noise.
      ``Everybody seems to forget that we own the islands. The
landowner has been there since 1973,'' said Charles River attorney
Bob Routa, who complains that one man's environmental crusade is
driving the state's actions. ``We entered into an agreement to give
away our land. But that is not enough for the other side.''
      The environmentalists are concerned about the red mangroves,
which thrive in saltwater and have an elaborate root system that
helps hold the sandy islands together. The thick root systems are
also a valuable nursery for smaller fish and shellfish.
      While Charles River may own the two islands, Kruer said the
state owns the submerged lands up to high-tide level and has a
right to protect the red mangroves from being used as ``food for a
commercial monkey-breeding operation.''
      Kruer and his allies are watching to see if Charles River is
able to win more concessions - and time - from the state.
      AP-NY-10-05-97 1202EDT
Copyright 1997 The Associated Press.  The information
contained in the AP news report may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without
prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 10:34:39 -0700
From: Coral Hull <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (AU) Secret Police Revealed (The Melbourne Age)
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Press Release...........................6th October,1997
FRONT PAGE SPECIAL (including a full page on p6)
FROM: THE MELBOURNE AGE, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
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SECRET POLICE REVEALED
By GERARD RYLE and GARY HUGHES investigative reporters

A secret Victoria Police unit has infiltrated and  spied on community
organisations, kept detailed dossiers on hundreds of individuals and
bugged civil liberty groups campaigning for an independent inquiry into
the force.

Undercover officers also infiltrated community radio station 3CR,
covertly producing and helping present shows - including a weekly
breakfast show - to win the trust of groups on which they spied.

Confidential records and files of the Operations Intelligence Unit seen
by The Age reveal in detail covert operations that extended beyond its
official role of openly liaising with community groups.

The records cover 1985 to 1992 - about the time the unit's role was
taken over by the force's Protective Security Intelligence Group - and
include names of unit members and the identities they used.

Groups targeted by the unit included the Victorian Council for Civil
Liberties, the Federation of Community Legal Centres, Greenpeace, the
Wilderness Society, Friends of the Earth, the Women's Information and
Self Help Group and the Koorie Information Centre.

..(Also Animal Liberation VIC and The Coaltion Against Duck Shooting,
the Melbourne based direct action operation run by Laurie Levy)..

Records and files kept on individuals included Senator Janet Powell, the
former independent federal MP Mr Phil Cleary, the animal rights
campaigner Professor Peter Singer, the Catholic priest Father Peter
Norden, the Uniting Church minister Reverend Dick Wootton and the former
Victorian MP Ms Joan Coxsedge.

Records show that on 7 July 1989 undercover officers used a hidden radio
transmitter to bug a meeting of the Victorian Council for Civil
Liberties and lawyers from the Federation of Community Legal Centres.
The meeting had been called to plan a campaign for a judicial inquiry
into police shootings.

The unit, which emerged after the abolition of the police special branch
in 1983, worked closely with ASIO and Australian army intelligence.

According to unit records, searches were conducted at least twice
without search warrants. On one occasion, undercover police were seeking
information a senior policer officer wanted to use in the media.

The Victoria Police refused to comment on a series of detailed questions
put to it by The Age on the operations of the unit, including the
bugging of the civil liberties meeting and infiltration of 3CR.

But the force's media director, Mr James Tonkin, said "accurate
information and intelligence is vital to policing".

"The Victoria Police, as part of its duty to protect the community,
gathers information in a number of ways as part of its efforts to detect
and prevent politically motivated crime and violence," he said.

"Threat or risk assessments are used to plan the deployment of personnel
and resources when policing demonstrations and other events which have a
potential to jeopardise public safety.

"Given the sensitive nature of this work it is inappropriate to comment
further."

The president of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, Ms Jude
Wallace, said it would be naive for any community organisation to
believe that police monitoring and surveillance had stopped.

"For any organisation like the police to monitor a passive, transparent
and community- based lobby group that has no history of violence is an
insufferable intrusion on the rights of citizens in a democracy," she
said.

The unit conducted covert surveillance during industrial disputes -
including the 1986 nurses' strike.
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Kind Regards,
Coral Hull (AWA Site Director)
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/animal_watch/au.html
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 20:39:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Stuart Chaifetz)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: NJARA'a Animal Rights festival
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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: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 10:53:46 -0700
From: Coral Hull <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Animal Crushing Websites
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Subject: Fwd: "Animal Crushing sites" - this is the sickest thing I ever
did see!!!!!!!!! Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 04:27:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]

LIST,
I have discovered today the most sickening, perverse, cruel, and
murderous thing I have ever heard of or seen. Apparently their is a
group of people known as "Crush Fetishists" who film women killing
animals with their feet. There are several sites on the web dedicated to
this, some of which include addresses of the companys that produce such
films. I have forwarded the letter that I recieved telling me about
this. We need to get on this one! This is absolutely unforgivable, these
people must pay. Those of you on AOL should recieve links to these
sites, although I don't reccomend going there unless you are prepared to
be extremely sick and upset. This is so terrible, we have to do
something.  Please take what ever action you can to stop this. Forward
it to as many people as possible. I will be asking Animal Legal Defense
Fund for help. This has to be illegal, one sight features a woman
killing a monkey with high heels, another has a woman suffocate two
kittens by sitting on them. Unfortunately the people involved are very
shady and have deep financial incentive to continue. One video can go
for up to $200! I have yet to find an address at one of these
sites.thanks for your help, I am really persuing this one.

Josh
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Forwarded message:
Subj: "Animal Crushing sites" - this is the sickest thing I ever did
see!!!!!!!!!
Date:    97-10-04 23:51:12 EDT
From:    EnglandGal

Yet again we have discovered more "crushing sites".  If you are not
familiar 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] If you have a weak stomach don't
look at these sites.

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
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Something you might want to do:

'...i think that you can inform a government agency in the country that
hosts these sites, they can have such sites pulled off the
internet....snuff movies are illegal, and so too child pornography...i
would think that animal killing in such a situation is too, that might
be worth bringing to such agencies attention....and lobbying that this
stuff promotes animal suffering and is akin to sexually explicit /
offensive material in that it is violent and is forced upon innocent
parties...the animals. alternately you could write to the isp that hosts
these sites and state your position to them. let them know that you have
complained to government agencies....they can have their isp revoked for
pedalling such stuff, which may make them take action to no longer host
such stuff...'
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Thanks for your help on this.
Coral Hull (AWA Site Director)
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/animal_watch/au.html
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:38:33 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (AUS)CJD/Mad Cow Disease Australia
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Death spurs CJD riddle
By Amanda Bower

From: The West Australian , 4th October 1997

The WA woman suffering symptoms consistent with a new strain of
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease has died in Royal Perth Hospital.

RPH confirmed that the woman, in her early 20's, died early yesterday, most
likely from a complication of her immobility such as pneumonia or blood clots.

She had been seriously ill for more than a month.

Neurologist Graeme Hankey said it would take some weeks to establish whether
the woman had, in fact, suffered from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD.

A diagnosis of the extremely rare disease is only possible from an autopsy.
The woman's illness confused experts at the hospital because her symptoms
were consistent with two strains of CJD.

The first strain affects one in a million people. Most victims are elderly
and apart from about 10 per cent of hereditary cases, are randomly struck down.

But the second strain, identified last year in Britain and known as nvCJD,
has been linked to mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Scientists in London
and Edinburgh claimed this week they had new evidence that nvCJD was the
equivalent of mad cow disease and was almost certainly contracted by eating
contaminated beef.

Despite the scientists' findings, there is still considerable scientific
debate about the link, and how it was possible to be "infected" with a
non-infectious disease.

Dr Hankey said it was extremely unlikely the woman had nvCJD. She had not
been overseas or eaten British beef, which was embargoed by the European
Union in March last year. However, it could not be ruled out.

Tim D'Arcy , a WA member of the Australian Beef Association, said health
standards
in the local beef industry were amongst the highest in the world.

"Our meatworks have to meet rigorous quality inspection criteria and high
standards are set for food retail outlets. Beef is a safe Australian food
product," Mr D'Arcy said.

He said it was misleading to link mad cow disease to the Royal Perth
Hospital patient.

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WA (West Australian) case linked to mad cow disease.
The West Australian Newspaper(Fri October 3rd)
By Amanda Bower.

A WA woman is in Royal Perth Hospital with symptoms of a new strain of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that has been linked to mad cow disease.

RPH neurologist Graeme Hankey said yesterday it was unlikely her condition
had been caused by eating infected beef or lamb.

Australia has no recorded cases of mad cow disease and no cases of the new
human strain.

"I would be quite stunned if it was", Dr Hankey said. "But I think we need
to be on the look-out."

The disease came to prominence in Britain. In March 1996, the European Union
put an embargo on British beef.

The WA woman, in her early 20's had not been overseas or eaten British beef.
She had symptoms of both strains of the disease. Steps had been taken to
rule out the possibility she had an unrelated condition that mimicked the
systems.

Diagnosis of either form of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease,or CJD, was only
possible from an autopsy.

The first type of CJD disease occurs in one person per one million. The
average age of victims is 60. Symptoms include visual and mental deterioraton.

The second variant - known as nvCJD-was identified in Britain last year. Of
about 16 cases worldwide there are no known Australian victims.

The nvCJD hits younger victims and there are additional symptoms of
behavioural and psychological disturbances slurred speech and lack of
coordination.

Peter Buckman, Agriculture WA's acting chief veterinary officer, said there
were no animals infected with mad cow disease in Australia.

End.

NB A friend of mine's mother supposedly died of CJD 18 months after visiting
the UK,about 2 to 3 years ago.







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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 21:30:29 -0500
From: "JBeam" <[e-mail]>
To: "AR-News" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (IL) Tom Regan to speak at Northern Illinois University
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Tom Regan will present a lecture entitled "Animal Rights, Human Wrongs" on
November 15th at 7:00 pm in Cole Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois
University, Dekalb, Illinois.  The lecture is being sponsored by VEG, the
Vegetarian Education Group of Dekalb.  The lecture is free and open to all,
so please plan to attend.  Further questions can be directed to Mylan
Engel, professor of Philosophy at NIU, his e-mail address is
[e-mail].

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 12:46:09 +1000 (AEST)
From: Jonathan Sumby <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Secret Police Spy on Community, Environment, AR groups.
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10th October 1997
BREAKING NEWS:
SECRET POLICE INFILTRATE COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT AND CHURCH
GROUPS.

Wherever you live this is a must read story, a real laugh!

A special undercover unit of the Victorian Police in Australia has
reportedly infiltrated and spied on community organisations, kept dossiers
on hudreds of individuals and bugged meetings.

The cops were recruited directly to 'Ops Intell' from the police academy
and given powerful motorbikes with false plates and hidden two-way radios.
The had false identities and working charge card and bank accounts in their
false names. Wait, there's more!

Groups spied on included Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, The Wilderness
Society, the Koorie Information Centre and peace vigils held by the Uniting
Church.

Individuals with files included Professor Peter Singer (animal rights
campaigner) Laurie Levy (Coalition Against Duck Shooting), Catholic priest
Father Peter Norden and hundreds of others.

Information and files were shared with Australian Army intelligence units,
the official Australian spy organisation, ASIO (Australian Security and
Intelligence Organisation) and visiting US military intelligence personnel.

The story broke in this mornings The Age and police have refused to make
any statement until after a high level crisis meeting later this afternoon.

Check out the whole story in 'The Age' at http://www.theage.com.au






Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 11:10:00 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (Hawaii/USA)Fish Poisoning
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Warning issued on ciguatera fish poisoning.
*******************************************

The state Department of Health is issuing a warning to avoid eating a fish
found around all of the Hawaiian islands after fish poisoning afflicted 12
people.

The department reported yesterday that the 12 have become ill in the past
two weeks with ciguatera fish poisoning after eating surgeon fish, known in
Hawaii as _kole_.  The inflicted individuals consumed contaminated fish
caught off the
north shore of Kauai between Anini and Hanalei.

State officials do not know when it will be safe to eat _kole_ again.

"I recommend never eating _kole_ on the north shore of the island," said
state Health Department epidemiologist Jo Manea.  She believes there are
several unreported cases in addition to the 12 documented.

The ciguatera poison cannot be detected in the fish by sight, taste or
smell. Freezing, cooking or drying the fish does not eliminate the poison.

The first symptom, which normally starts in about three to four hours after
consumption, is diarrhea. That is frequently followed by aching muscles,
nausea, weakness, sweating and dizziness. Numbness and tingling around the
mouth, hands or feet may also follow.

Health officials advise people who have experienced poisoning to avoid
eating fish or shellfish for several weeks after the symptoms disappear.
Other fish that have been linked to ciguatera poisoning in recent years are
_paio_, _ulua_ and _roi_ (grouper).

Anyone who becomes ill with ciguatera or knows someone who is sick should
report it to the Health Department. Leftover fish that is believed to be
the cause of the poisoning should be frozen and submitted to the Health
Department for testing.

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