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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 01:02:57
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [CA/UK] Beluga researchers unravel secrets
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Beluga researchers unravel secrets
By David J Knowles
Animal Voices News

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Scientists believe they now know the answer to a question
that's been perplexing them for some time - where do Canadian beluga whales
spend the winter?

After tagging 7 belugas last year in the Mackenzie River delta, Dr. Tony
Martin, a researcher based in Cambridge, England, believes he may have
uncovered the answer. According to satelite data received from radio
transmiters attached to the beluga's backs, they migrate to Siberia.

The information means that belugas travel further than originally thought,
crossing the Artic or Northern Atlantic Oceans on their annual journeys.
Additional data obtained from the transmiters has previously shown the
belugas diving to depths of up to 1,100 metres - much deeper than
previously thought possible.

Whale researchers now say that this information may lead to a rewriting of
text books, which were based on research carried out on captive belugas in
aqauria.

Clint Wright, marine mammal curator at the Vancouver Aquarium, told CBC TV
that this new information meant that, because of the distances covered,
greater attention must be given to the effect of hunting on the beluga
population.

Wright failed to see the irony of his being interviewed against a backdrop
of the aquarium's own captive belugas. Nor did he see mention the threat to
the population caused by the continuing capture of belugas permited by
Canadian authorities.

Final word must go to CBC's 'Broadcast One' evening news program, whose
announcer said at the close of the show that they wished everyone a good
night "... particularly the folks at the Vancouver Aquarium, whose latest
research shows that belugas can swim distances of at least
thirteen-and-a-half metres."





Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:47:18 +1100
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (AU) PIT BULL TERRIER MAULS 5 Y.O. BOY AT BLOOD BAITING
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FRIDAY 24/10/97

An American Pit Bull Terrier mauled a 5 year old boy after his father and
the dog's owner had turned the dog onto a feral pig for their amusement.
Apparently the pair and the young boy watched as the Pit Bull tore the pig
to pieces, eventually killing it. "I only turned around for a second", said
the boys father before the blood crazed animal attacked, resulting in the
boy requiring emergency surgery and the dog being put down. The dogs owner
is up on charges.

What were these morons doing, letting a dog tear an animal to pieces for fun
in front of a 5 year old, god knows the sight would turn my stomach. The dog
reacted as we would all expect an excited blooded Pit Bull to react, it kept
on attacking with the nearest weak target being the boy.

Why aren't the TWO adults on charges of animal cruelty?....

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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:46:37 -0700
From: "Lega Italiana dei Diritti dell'Animale" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Net Preview of 'l'animalista dei ragazzi' ( Italian Language)
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Per la ôSettimana Nazionale dellÆEducazione Ambientaleö promossa dal
Comitato Tecnico Interministeriale (Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione
e Ministero dellÆAmbiente) il Centro Informazione e Comunicazione e il
Comitato per lÆEducazione Ambientale della L. I. D. A. annunciano che da
Venerdi' 24 ottobre æ97 e' on line un progetto-iniziativa di
Educazione Etico-Ambientale allÆindirizzo Web:
 http://www.mclink.it/assoc/lida/bambi/eea.htm
per alunni delle Scuole elementari e per tutti coloro che sono
interessati ai temi dellÆeducazione ambientale. Disegni a colori e
scritti di ragazzi delle scuole elementari di alcuni Comuni in provincia
di Messina sono protagonisti del monitor ed esprimono idee,
emozioni, pensieri, desideri, speranze, propositi per un futuro
migliore.

Thanks! Grazie!

Laura Girardello, coordinatore nazionale e direttore editoriale de
l'animalista dei ragazzi
Domenica Presti, responsabile del Comitato per lÆEducazione
Ambientale
Giovanni Peroncini, responsabile del Centro Informazione e
Comunicazione


LIDAmatic, il sito INTERNET della LIDA
http://www.mclink.it/assoc/lida
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 08:48:01 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Cheyenne Woman Given Wild Horse Job
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BLM horses
from CNN custom news http://www.cnn.com
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Wyoming State News
Reuters
24-OCT-97

Cheyenne Woman Given Wild Horse Job

(CHEYENNE) -- A Cheyenne native has been chosen to help monitor wild horses
which have been adopted. Stephanie Johnson has been selected by the Bureau
of Land Management to serve as wild horse compliance specialist. Johnson
has worked for the B-L-M for several years and is also a horse owner. The
position includes working with a large computerized data base to monitor
horses adopted in Wyoming and Nebraska. Johnson will be calling all the
people who have adopted horses and will randomly visit adopters and their
horses. The B-L-M recently completed an internal policy review after a
series of Associated Press articles that spotlighted cases in which adopted
wild horses wound up in slaughterhouses. The creation of Johnson's position
is one of the results of that review.
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 13:50:15 +0000
From: "Miggi" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [UK] - Huntingdon Life Sciences
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I received this message today:

> Huntingdon Life Sciences have today placed a planning proposal with Mid
> Suffolk Council asking permission to build a dog breeding complex at there
> site in Occold. Suffolk. They say it will be the largest in the UK, and is
> required after consort Breeders closed down.
> They will probably gain permission and start building work before the end
> of the year, due to the fact that they will be helping with the
> unemployment within the area, as they intend to employ a extra 100 staff.
>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 08:54:48 -0400
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 08:57:38 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
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from CNN custom news http://www.cnn.com
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Missouri State News
Reuters
24-OCT-97

Activists Want Carriage Regulations

(KANSAS CITY, Missouri) -- Animal rights activists are urging Kansas City
to impose stricter regulations on horse- drawn carriages in the Country
Club Plaza... but carriage owners say there is enough regulation already.
The city council is expected to vote on a proposal next week. The push
comes just before the peak of the busiest season for the fashionable
shopping area... which draws tourists from around the world to see its
famous outdoor Christmas lights. Concern about the treatment and welfare of
the animals was raised last year when one of the horses collapsed and died.
Activists want the city to impose a cap on the number of carriages that can
operate and the number of hours a horse can be worked.
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:01:00 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
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Subject: (US) Wild Horse Roundup Is On
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BLM horses
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Montana State News
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24-OCT-97

Wild Horse Roundup Is On

(BILLINGS)-- A federal judge in Billings says a roundup of wild horses can
continue. Judge Robert Shanstrom denied a request for a temporary
restraining order, in a lawsuit that seeks to halt the wild-horse roundup
in the Pryor Mountains. Several individuals and two animal-rights groups
filed the suit. The roundup along the Montana-Wyoming border began Tuesday
and continued yesterday. The Bureau of Land Management says it is necessary
to reduce the herd to 138 horses.

As of yesterday, the B-L-M had rounded up 81 horses, keeping 31 for
adoption and releasing the rest. Officials plan to round up another couple
dozen horses in the next few days.
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:05:08 -0400
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performing animals
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California State News
Reuters
24-OCT-97

Panther Strikes Again

(CALABASAS) -- A panther that attacked a stuntwoman on a movie set last
week has struck again. The panther, named

``Bear,'' attacked a stuntman while filming a scene in which the animal
jumps in the water. This time, the stunt double was not as badly hurt as
the woman. The incidents occurred on the set of the movie, ``The New Swiss
Family Robinson.'' A spokesman says they will not use the animal again.
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:40:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Pro Trap Legislator
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I took this off of the a fur trapper listserv.  I don't know which state this
legislator is from but apparently she is tight with the trapping industry.
 Perhaps you all would like to respond to her request for pro trap propaganda
with a heavy dose of the truth.

Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade
PO Box 822411
Dallas, TX 75382


     To whom it may concern:

     Jim Tate told me to contact you.  I have a constituent letter that
is very strongly against steel jaw leghold traps.  She states that they
have been condemned by the American Veterinary Medicine Association.
Jim said you would have the best advice on how to answer this letter.
I'd appreciate your reply as soon as possible so I can answer her.
     Thanks
     Pandi
     [e-mail]

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:08:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Oklahoma Duck Hunting Season
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


A/w local Oklahoma City hunting news:

An estimated 90 million ducks will make up this year's fall flight from
Canada and the nothern US to souther states and Mexico.  Oklahomans
are gearing up to take advantage of it.
Mike O'Meilia, migratory bird biologist for the Okla. Wildlife Dept.,
says "More ducks will make their annual migration this fall than many
of us have witnessed in our lifetimes.  Habitat conditions in the state
are looking favorable and that should draw and hold birds.  I look
for this year's duck season to be one of the best."
This 74-day season is two weeks longer than last year's 60-day
hunt.  In addition, hunters are allowed a more generous bag limit this
year.  The daily bag limit is six ducks and may include no more than five
mallards (two of which may be hens), three pintails, two wood ducks,
two redheads, one canvasback.
O'Meilia also said that the recent boom in duck populations has brought
hunters back who stopped duck hunting a few years ago. He added
that this year's populations should entice even more hunters to
marshes, lakes, ponds across the state.
"Seeing a fiery sunrise and hearing the whistling of wings overhead is
a very powerful and awe-inspiring experience," said O'Meilia.
"I think there are a lot of "retired" waterfowlers out there who will
see the rebirth of duck hunting and dust off their decoys and get
their waders out of storage so they can be part of this experience."
 Sportsmen are encouraged to enjoy the opportunities afforded by
increased duck numbers, particularly since sport harvest has
little influence on future duck populations.  Mallards are a perfect
illustration of that statement. Last fall, the mallard harvest increased
almost 10 %, yet this spring's surveys show the breeding population
is up 25 %, or 2 million birds, over last spring's count.

                                                       For the Animals,

                                                       Jana, OKC
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:12:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Oklahoma's Primitive Firearms Deer Season
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


A/w Oklahoma hunting news:

The primitive fire arms deer season begins this Saturday and for the
first time it will allow black power hunters two "doe days."  Opening
weekend promises to be cold and not too wet, which may increase
buck activity.
Antlerless deer won't be legal until the final weekend of the season
on Nov. 1-2.  Doe hunting will be permitted on those dates over the
entire state except for the western Panhandle.  Hunters out on that
weekend also will be able to take a turkey in areas where fall turkey
hunting is legal.  This fall turkey hunt is either sex and rifles are legal.
No one may hunt with more than one weapon at a time.
Quail season also will begin before the deer hunt ends, opening on
1 Nov.  On Nov 1-2 quail and turkey hunters must wear either a head
covering on upper body garment of blaze orange while deer hunters
must wear blaze orange on both the head and body.
It will be bucks only for the first seven days of the deer hunt.  Last
year thirteen of the largest bucks were killed during the black powder
season.
The Okla. Wildlife Dept. says 93,199 huntes took part in the '96
muzzleloader hunt, harvesting 14,574 deer for a success ratio of
15.6 percent.  Nearly 6000 deer were killed on the final day of the
season.  This was the only day when antlerless hunting was legal
last year.  About half of them were does.
This year, with two days of doe hunting permitted, the total may be
significantly higher if the weather cooperates.
Annual license holders must have $16.75 tag for each animal they
intend to hunt.  A doe may not be killed on an unfilled buck tag.

                                                 For the Animals,

                                                 Jana, OKC
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:31:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Dallas: Neiman's Action
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           CONTACT:  Lydia Nichols - 214-342-8144
October 24, 1997                                                   Animal
Liberation of Texas



ANTI-FUR ACTIVISTS RETURN TO NEIMAN MARCUS  DESPITE VIOLENT ATTACKS



     Dallas - Anti-fur activists from Animal Liberation of Texas (ALT) announced
plans for a disruptive action at Neiman Marcus downtown for selling fur and
assaulting peaceful activists.  The protest will take place on Saturday,
October 25, 1997 beginning at 2:15 p.m.

     On Saturday, September 27, four activists distributed anti-fur leaflets
peacefully in front of the Neiman Marcus downtown.  Afterwards, two security
employees followed two activists to their car, which was parked a mile away
from the store.   Witnesses state that an identified Rod Lewis, security
executive for Neiman's, attacked the protesters.  Mr. Lewis jumped out of his
vehicle and attacked the 110-pound female activist by beating her head into
the pavement and choking her to unconsiouness.  The second activist was
assaulted while trying to help Ms. Nichols during the attack.  Mr. Lewis was
arrested and jailed for assault and battery.  Mr. Lewis is still employed by
Neiman Marcus.

     Lydia Nichols, of the Dallas animal rights organization Animal Liberation
Texas was hospitalized with a concussion and released.  J.P. Goodwin, the
director of a national anti-fur organization called Coalition to Abolish the
Fur Trade, suffered cuts and bruises and was handcuffed illegally by the
guards for nearly an hour.

     Activists announced that the overall objective is to eliminate the fur trade
by providing education and public awareness to the torture and murder of
innocent animals for the sake of fur.  "I feel confident that when consumers
become educated of the cruelty involved in making fur products the demand
will drop", stated Ms. Nichols.  Ms. Nichols went on to say "It is obvious by
the violent assault from Neiman Marcus employees, that educating the public
is a threat to their fur sales and that they are hiding the horrific truth.
 We will continue our campaign against Neiman Marcus despite their violent
intimidation tactics to hide their participation in murdering animals for the
sake of profit and greed".



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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:31:35 -0400
From: "Zoocheck Canada Inc." <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Monkey business at Health Canada
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The Globe and Mail, Friday, October 24, 1997
Page A12
Monkey business next step in lab
Restoration of food-research funds spares animals, leads to reproduction tests

By Erin Anderson
Parliamentary Bureau

Ottawa--In the animal cages at Health Canada's food laboratory, 50 female
monkeys have been pulled back from the brink of death.

They now get to have sex instead.

The monkeys owe this twist in their fate to Health Minister Alan Rock, who
kept them working this week when he changed his mind about cutting food
research. The monkeys, which scientists feared would have to be destroyed
because of the cuts, are at the centre of a government study into the
effects of a pesticide called toxaphene, which has turned up in the food
supply of Inuit.

Every morning for two years, the scientists have fed the monkeys pesticide
pills for breakfast, watched for strange behaviour, run tests on blood
samples and screened for immune-system changes.

Some monkeys are fed more pesticide than others, so the scientists can see
not only the side effects of toxaphene but how much can be ingested before
side effects appear.

"We want to be able to give advice on food consumption--how much is safe
and how much isn't", said Frank Iverson, head of toxicology research, who
is overseeing the project.

A few months ago, the scientists started making plans to impregnate the
monkeys to determine whether the toxaphene is passed from mother to baby.

"It's not done by artificial insemination", Dr. Iverson. "Males are brought
into the picture."

Before the monkeys could be mated, the government said it was going to end
the program.

The study was among 24 research projects slashed from Health Canada's
health protection branch, but the move was a public-relations disaster.
While the government argued that it could get its research elsewhere,
scientists in the branch penned a petition warning that the cuts
jeopardized Canadians' safety. People started asking questions about the
future of the department's monkey colony if the monkeys weren't being used
for research.

And a project such as the toxaphene study is not easily replaced with
information from other countries because it has not become a health issue
outside Canada. "That's a fair statement", Dr. Iverson said. "Nobody is
really conducting other studies like this. Toxaphene is an out-of-date
pesticide."

In fact, toxaphene is mostly an imported health problem. It appears in the
Arctic--in higher quantities than any other pesticide--because it was once
used in the United States and other countries and carried by air currents
thousands of kilometres.

Scientists call this the "grasshopper effect".

In September, Mr. Rock announced he was holding off further cuts to the
health protection branch. This week, he said he was restoring 19 projects
in food research.

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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:43:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Oklahoma Hog Farm Protest Critic
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


A/w local Okla. City news:

A Beaver County hog farmer on Thursday accused some of the
speakers at a recent anti-hog farm rally here in Okla. City this
past week of being millionaires who have nothing better to do
than protest at the state capital.  Mr. Dale Cook, of Elmwood, Okla.,
criticized Ms. Suzette Hatfield, coordinator of the Okla. Family
Farm Alliance and Mark Mayo of Forgan, Okla.  "They're folks
who have so much money that they don't have anything else to
do but stand on the steps of the Capitol down there and get thier
pictures taken.  And at the same time, they're protesting some
poor folks like me and my sons that are just trying to pay our phone
bills and raise a few pigs."  Cook added that Hatfield protested
his application for water rights for a hog operation last fall. Hatfield
said she protested the application because Cook had hired an
attorney who also represented large hog feeding operations.
  Cook also said Hatfield never lived on a farm.  She agreed but
said her father grew up in Beaver County, and "I am a fourth-
generation landowner in Beaver County." Asked about being a
millionaire, Hatfield said "I have no idea how much my parents
have right now.  I'm not actively involved in ranching, so all our
income comes from oil and gas business."
  Cook said news reports of the protest rally at the Capital on
Tuesday sounded like "these were just poor little old famers
that made it to Okla. City in their rattled-up pickups."  Mayo
brushed off Cook's statements and added that he "would sooner
make the statement that the fellows that are important in the
'new innovations of the hog industry' are not good old Okla.
farm boys."  Mayo also added that he agreed with the farm
protesters' calls to remove Guymon swine producer Paul Hitch
from the state agriculture board. Cook said he thinks the
anti-hog people want a trade-off, Hitch for State Ag Commissioner
Dennis Howard, whose ouster was requested by some in the
agriculture industry.
Cook said "The folks being attacked here are real people, that
have real work to do, real jobs, real things to do, and these folks
your're quoting, they don't have anything better to do than to hang
around the capital."  Hatfield disagreed and said "Those people
hanging around the Capitol for the most part, 99 percent of them
are farmers and ranchers and they had to sacrifice to come to
the capitol."  They went "because they see the issue of
supporting Oklahoma agriculture for the future to be important
and not to give the state over to outside corporate interests."

                                                     For the Animals,

                                                     Jana, OKC
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 10:32:19 -0700
From: "Chris O'Riley" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Bioavailability-synthetic biofluids- an alternative to animal
     experiments
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>From the schedule of the upcoming (Dec.11&12) International Business
Communications conference on bioavailability titled "Quantifying the Real
Toxicity of Common Soil Contaminants":

Estimates of Bioavailability of Metals in Soils with Synthetic
Biofluids:  Is this a Replacement for Animal Studies?
-Brian Buckley, Director of Laboratory & Facilities, Environmental and
Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University.

"Estimating the bioavailability of metal contaminants is an important factor
in assessing potential human health risks.  The total extractable metals
concentration can be a poor estimate of what will actually be extracted
by the human body.  We have developed a synthetic bio-fluid extraction
system designed to mimic the extraction process involved in the digestive
process. ... This method has helped us to understand the human
extraction system and provides a potentially useful alternative to using
laboratory animals."

for more info:  www.ibcusa.com

-Chris O'Riley
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:52:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Heidi Prescott <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
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We need calls from Pennsylvanians to members of the Judiciary Committee
asking for the bill to be let out of Committee.  An "N" before their name
indicates that they have either voted against the bill before or have stated
that they will oppose us.  A "Y" before the name means they have voted with
us or are co-sponsors.  A "?" means they have not yet stated a position.
They are the most important to confirm as a yes.   The yes votes are more
likely to cooperate with asking the chair to release the bill, so we need
the issue to be raised with them.  Please ask "Y" votes to call the Chair
and ask for the bill to be released.

The members of the Judiciary Committee in Pennsylvania are:

Majority members (Republican):

N  Chair --  Thomas Gannnon [phone]

N  Daniel Clark [phone]
N Jerry Birmilin [phone]
N Brett Feese  [phone]
N Scot Chadwick [phone]
Y Lita Cohen [phone]
? Craig Dally [phone]
Y Timothy Hennessey [phone]
Y Stephan Maitland [phone]
Y Albert Masland  [phone]
? Dennis O'Brien [phone]
N Robert Reber [phone]
N Jere Schuler [phone]
Y Chris Wogan [phone]


Minority (Democrat):

Y Minority Chair Thomas Caltigirone [phone]
Y Frank Dermody [phone]
Y Harold James [phone]
? Joseph Petraca [phone]
Y Andrew Carn [phone]
? Peter Daley [phone]
Y Babette Josephs [phone]
Y Kathy Manderino [phone]
Y David Mayernik [phone]
Y Don Walko [phone]
Y Leanna Washington [phone]


Thank you for your help.  If you have any questions, please feel free to
e-mail or call.  [phone].

Heidi

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:04:54 -0700
From: "Bob Schlesinger" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Oregon governor will not grant clemency to dog sentenced to death for chasing horse
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Salem, Oregon
October 24, 1997
Ark Online News Service     http://www.arkonline.com
-------------------------
A spokesperson for Governor John Kitzhaber indicated today that the governor would not
respond to offers for clemency for Nadas, the dog scheduled to die for allegedly chasing a horse
in Jackson County, Oregon.  Jeff Brown, legal counsel to the governor, indicated that the
governor's position was that his power of clemency does not apply to animals, that the issue was a
local issue between the dog's owner and county officials, and that the responsibility for changing
the law rested with the state legislature.  Yesterday the Oregon Court of Appeals declined to
reverse the county's decision to put the dog to death.

Robert Babcock, attorney for dog owner Sean Roach, disagrees, saying that the governor clearly
has the power under Oregon statutes to issue orders that will have the effect of clemency.  These
prerogatives exist in other states as well and there is a precedent.  In 1994 New Jersey governor
Christie Whitman issued an executive order which saved the life of a dog condemned to die for
injuring a child.  In the New Jersey case, the governor lifted a forfeiture order that resulted in the
dog's impoundment.  Quoted in a New York Times News Service article in January 1994,
Governor Whitman stated "While I can't pardon the dog, I can forgive the forfeiture order that
had allowed the dog to be seized."  Babcock also refutes the governor's position that the issue is a
local issue, since the law by which Nadas is to be killed is a state law.

Animal advocates are being asked to contact the governor's office and appeal to his sense of
compassion to spare Nadas, and to indicate ways he can do so legally as described above.

Governor John Kitzhaber
160 State Capitol
Salem, Oregon 97310
Phone: [phone]
FAX:    [phone]


-------------------
Background information on the Nadas story:

Nadas, a dog (collie/malamute mix) owned by Sean Roach of Jackson County
Oregon, was impounded 13 months ago for allegedly chasing a horse and
sentenced to die.  In Oregon, a dog can be impounded and killed simply for
chasing any animal classified as livestock, even if the livestock is not
injured.  Attempts to change the law failed earlier this year in the state
legislature.

In Nadas' case, there was no damage, and the only witness to the chasing
was a 13 year old girl - owner of the horse.  Read the full story of Nadas
at http://www.arkonline.com

The sentence was appealed to the Oregon Court of Appeals.  Yesterday, the court
refused to reverse the county's decision.

Even volunteers at the Jackson County Oregon Animal Control facility where
Nadas is held have told us what a great, friendly dog Nadas is.  However,
county government, dominated by livestock interests, have steadfastly
refused to consider non-lethal options, including permitting someone
(including myself) outside of Jackson county to adopt Nadas with the full
permission of his owner.

-Bob Schlesinger

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:07:18 -0700
From: Hillary <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect 10/21
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Bill I think is on the Board of AAVS (NAVS?)

Hillary


At 01:10 PM 10/22/97 EST5EDT, Elaine Kaufmann wrote:
>Just a note of interest--
>
>Last night by chance I caught Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect.
>Roger Fouts was one of the guests, along with Vicki Lawrence, Fred
>Savage, and another man whose name escapes me. The discussion was
>about animal testing and the rights of humans versus non-humans. Roger
>made some wonderful points (I personally felt the best was his
>explanation of the word "dominion" in its original meaning in the
>Bible) and was very well received by the audience. Bill Maher also seemed
to be
>inclined towards the pro-animal viewpoint.
>
>Regards to all.
>Elaine
>
>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:13:09 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail] (truddi lawlor)
Subject: (US)Press Release/IFAW on the IWC Monaco
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International Fund for Animal Welfare -- Press Release
_____________________________________________________
October 23, 1997

                     MAKAH HUNT CONTROVERSY DOES NOT SET
                       PRECEDENT FOR COMMERCIAL WHALING

Monaco: October 23: At the annual meeting in Monaco of the
International Whaling Commission (IWC) a proposal to allow a hunt
quota on the California gray whale by the Makah Indian tribe caused
controversy because a compromise decision left it unclear if the hunt
would go ahead.

The U.S. delegation claimed that approval of a quota for the tribe
gave the go ahead for a hunt, but opponents said that an amendment to
the proposal required a recognition of traditional subsistence need by
the IWC, which they say had not been given to the Makah request.

However, the U.S. was widely supported in its view that whichever way
you read the decision it clearly did not set a precedent to allow
commercial coastal whaling by Japan or other countries.

"We are satisfied that the amended resolution maintains the IWC's
right to establish the need on a case by case basis regarding
aboriginal subsistence hunting. We strongly agree with the U.S. and
the majority of other countries that this clearly does not set a
precedent for renewed commercial whaling of any kind, including
coastal whaling by Japan or any other nation," said Fred O'Regan, the
Chief Executive Officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare
(IFAW).

"We also support the view of a majority of countries at the IWC that
this amendment was introduced to clarify that a subsistence need has
not been identified for the Makah. Countries cannot on their own
determine a subsistence need as that is the role of the IWC. There was
no doubt from the comments of many countries here that no such need
had been shown for the Makah, who have not hunted whales for more than
70 years."

The U.S. delegation said their view was that despite the amendment,
approval of a quota was in itself acceptance of a subsistence need,
but they expected to face challenges in the U.S. courts over the
issue.

Opposition at the IWC to the Makah hunt was led by Australia. Chris
Pulplick of the Australian delegation stated: "The Makah case has not
been made. We would not accept under any circumstances that passage of
this quota resolution gave permission for the hunt to go ahead. An
amendment was specifically made to identify that a subsistence need
must first be agreed by the IWC and that has clearly not happened
here."
                                ends.....................
Further Information:
IFAW Europe: Nick Jenkins [e-mail]


Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:34:52 -0400
From: "Zoocheck Canada Inc." <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Ottawa animal labs 'inhumane'
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 Ottawa Citizen Online

Friday 24 October 1997

Ottawa animal labs 'inhumane'

Inspectors' secret findings could shut entire federal animal research division

Donna Jacobs
The Ottawa Citizen

A federal inspection team has found that Health Canada's animal labs are in
breach of regulations on humane treatment of research animals. If Health
Canada does not meet these standards for the animals, the entire animal
research division could be ordered shut down.

The Ottawa-based Canadian Council on Animal Care, a quasi-regulatory
agency, criticized the animal facilities in two different labs.

It cited the labs for examples of neglect, for permitting some animals to
suffer slow painful deaths, and for stark and uncomfortable cages. The
Citizen obtained a copy of the December 1996 report.

The labs house between 8,000 and 11,000 animals.

The report criticized the Animal Resources Division, located in the Banting
building in Tunney's Pasture, for ignoring repeated requests by its own
animal care committee to improve conditions.

Some of the findings in its assessment include:

Several mice with very large tumours and one mouse with a large ulcerated
tumour on its flank.

Mice dying "in extremis" from botulism, usually without staff to monitor
them or to administer euthanasia in painful death-as-endpoint (fatal)
research.

Rabbits living in cages with bare steel floors, devoid of boards for
resting, and rats forced to live in cages with wire mesh floors instead of
solid floors.

Mice checked only once a week by technicians.

Rodents living in substandard conditions in the basement of the
Environmental Health Centre. A 1993 assessment panel had called for its
closing or renovation.

Health Canada researchers funded internally, year after year, without
outside scientific peer review of the usefulness or merit of the animal
research project.

CCAC's guidelines state: "The ACC (animal care committee) must have the
authority, on behalf of the head of the institution to: a) stop any
objectionable procedure; b) Stop immediately any use of animals which
deviates from the approved use; c) Have an animal killed humanely if pain
or distress caused to the animal cannot be alleviated."

Dr. Joseph Losos, assistant deputy minister of health and Dr. George
Paterson, director general of the Food Directorate, have refused to release
the assessment and turned down requests by the Citizen for interviews about
the assessment.

The CCAC inspects animal research labs in pre-announced tours that last one
to three days.

Dr. Jim Wong, a veterinarian and head of assessments for CCAC, refused to
confirm or deny the probationary status given to Health Canada's research
division because only Health Canada has the authority to release the report.

"I agree that there should be some transparency in the way things should be
conducted at CCAC," he said. "I don't think the entire report needs to be
released."

The board is reviewing its policy regarding openness.

If the CCAC orders the animal resources facility to close, it would be
unprecedented. Its authority is clearer at universities, where a persistent
negative report from the CCAC can trigger the freezing or withdrawal of
research funds from the Medical Research Council and the Natural Science
and Engineering Research Council.

However, in the case of Health Canada, the federal government funds itself
directly through taxpayers' money.

Dr. Wong said that an institution is on probation if it fails to respond to
an assessment report or to submit an acceptable plan. If research labs do
not correct "major issues" of animal welfare, they can be put into
non-compliance. In that event, "CCAC can't say we're going to close and
board up your institution. Health Canada would have to do that."

He said that even if one part of the facility is operating against
regulations, the whole facility can be closed down.

Liz White, director of Animal Alliance of Canada says such conditions
"absolutely point to the fact that Canada needs proper legislation with
clear enforcement capabilities." She said the current system doesn't
protect animals.

"Everything is stacked in favour of the researcher and not the animals."

She has learned that Dr. Deborah Rice, a Health Canada researcher who
worked with macaque monkeys, actually refused to meet with a CCAC
assessment panel.

Dr. Rice does behavioural testing on macaque monkeys who have been
subjected to heavy metal poisoning. She separated infant monkeys from their
mothers at birth and subjected them to 20-hour test sessions, withholding
infant formula to motivate them and, later, curtailed water or juice for
older monkeys during sessions lasting six hours. Some of these monkeys are
now 20 years old.

"If Deborah Rice's work met the CCAC guidelines, then the guidelines are
shocking," said Ms. White. "If they allowed that kind of research to go on,
than the CCAC should be ordered to change immediately. They can't have it
both ways."

The December 1996 report is divided into serious and regular
recomendations. The serious ones require correction or a plan for
correction within three months of receiving the report. Because that would
put the deadline around June 1997, Health Canada required a revised
deadline to respond to the assessment.

The four-member panel cited another weakness: the lack of authority of the
institution's own animal care committee over researchers and administrators
in Health Canada. The CCAC relies on the committees to carry out the
watchdog function in the three years between formal assessments.

The committee at the Health Protection Branch, said the panel, needs more
respect.

Each facility that does research on animals must have such a watchdog
committee. It is supposed to have at least two members from the community
to represent the Canadian public, along with scientists and institutional
representatives. In fact, some committees meet rarely and some have no
community representatives. The committee at Health Canada's labs meets
monthly and has two community members.

As its No. 1 recommendation, the panel asked Dr. Losos for a clear
description of the committee's authority "to stop objectionable or
non-approved procedures on animals." The committee system has been
functioning for nearly 30 years.

The assessment panel members are: Chairman Dr. Peter Flanagan, professor of
medicine, University of Western Ontario in London; Dr. Andrew Fletch,
director, central animal facility at McMaster University in Hamilton;
Stephanie Brown, past-president of the Ottawa-based Canadian Federation of
Humane Societies; and Dr. Gilles Demers, associate director of asssessments
of the CCAC. Panelists are not allowed to release their assessment to the
public or discuss the conditions they encountered during their tour.

The panel was concerned that death is still the experimental endpoint for
many animals despite the review of this issue by the animal care committee
and its attempt to establish humane endpoints.

The panel singled out the research of Dr. Jack McLean of Health Canada's
radiobiology department. Several of his mice had tumours that were
oversized and exceeded guidelines for permissible "tumour burdens."

The panel met directly with Dr. McLean, who is studying the effect of
magnetic fields on tumours. Noting the condition of the mice and the fact
that they are looked at only once a week, they essentially lectured him on
basic animal welfare.

Also, at the top of its list of serious infractions, the panel noted "an
apparent breakdown" in what the animal care committee had approved and what
the researcher was doing. An unnamed researcher who sent in Protocol 96029
was supposed to monitor mice four times a day and administer mercy killing
before they suffered too greatly from fatal doses of the food poisoning
toxin that causes botulism.

Instead, these animals were allowed to die in extreme pain often unattended
or even monitored -- even though the animal care committee had already
approved a schedule of monitoring them every six hours during the four-day
test period.

It also noted that animals should not to be tested on weekends when the lab
was understaffed.

The Bureau of Biologics, a heavy user of animals, has no representation on
the animal care committee and is not even mentioned in the committee's
terms of reference.

The bureau was testing mice for a whooping cough vaccine. Many mice were
dying of the disease despite the animal care committee's attempts to secure
mercy killing for those who were suffering and near death.

The panel devoted two recommendations to the macaque monkey breeding
colony. First, it said monkeys should only be bred if they're going to be
used for research. (The Health Protection Branch continues to produce
surplus monkeys.)

It also says that group housing is preferable to single and pair housing.
If the colony remains at Health Canada, monkeys should be housed in large
social groupings with enrichment (natural wood-shaving litter, toys,
climbing structures and branches).

Overbreeding is a problem with mice as well. Fewer than one in five mice
are involved in research. Use them, said the panel, or lower the breeding
rate.

The panel said scientists have been mislabelling their experiments -- that
death in extremis is Level E, or most severe, on the scale of invasive
research. Level E research is being recorded as Level D.

The panelists repeated their "serious" recommendation from a 1993
assessment that called for either renovation or closing of the Environment
Health Building. There Dr. Renaud Vincent, of Health Canada's air quality
health effects research section, carries out inhalation experiments. During
the assessment he was studying ozone and dust. The animals were held in the
basement facilities, which are substandard.

Aside from criticisms, the assessment panel singled out two veterinarians,
Dr. Jocelyn Fournier and Dr. Cecile Baccanale, for their "excellent work in
promoting animal welfare."

It commended the Health Proteciton Branch itself for increasing the number
of rooms where macaque monkeys live out of cages, in a social environment.

And it said that in some areas of the Banting Building, staff had enriched
the stark rodent cages.

Donna Jacobs is a freelance writer

Copyright 1997 The Ottawa Citizen




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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:32:15 -0800
From: Jackie Dove <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Anti Fur Action Needed: Nordstroms Catalog
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Hi all,

When you call this 800 number you just get the operator at the order
desk and there is nothing she can do. She can't even pass a message on
to management. After a little prodding, she suggested I call Jim
Nordstrom collect at this number: 206-628-2111. They *do* accept the
charges and send you right to Jim Nordstrom's office where his assistant
will take your message and record your name and number for a return
call. Make sure to let them know that there is a Nordstronm's in your
local area and that you will not buy there till they stop dealing with
the fur trade.

Jackie



[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Nordstroms dept. store operates 12 fur salons in their stores around the
> country, and is heavilly promoting fur in their new catalog.
>
> Please call their toll free number at 1-800-695-8000 and demand that they
> stop selling fur and fur trim.
>
> If the anti fur movement can get fur out of dept. stores then we will greatly
> diminish the products exposure to the public, and drastically reduce sales.
>  This must include fur trim, as this is a major marketing tool to get people
> used to a little fur, in hopes of weaning them onto full furs in the future.
>
> Please call Nordstroms, and distribute the toll free number widely.  Then,
> please take the time to call your local dept. store that has fur or fur trim,
> and complain about the dead animals on their racks.
>
> Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade
> PO Box 822411
> Dallas, TX 75382

--
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Black Cat Creative
http://www.slip.net/~dove
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:05:39 -0400
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Activists Promise To Fight Whaling
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from CNN custom news http://www.cnn.com
--------------------------------------------------------------
Washington State News
Reuters
24-OCT-97

Activists Promise To Fight Whaling

(STATEWIDE) -- Congressman Jack Metcalf is leading the fight against the
International Whaling Commission's grant of whaling privileges to the Makah
tribe. The Marysville Republican has already filed one lawsuit to stop the
whaling. The International Humane Society is promising to file another
suit. Metclaf says the Makah have NOT stated their aboriginal need for
killing the whales... which he says is required by the I-W-C. An animal
rights spokesperson says whales are more than ``simply seagoing cows that
can be killed for food.''
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:14:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 10:16:06 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (NZ)RCD/RHD sites identified by hawks
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RCD sites identified by hawks

The Press (New Zealand)
October 16th 1997


The unusual behaviour of hawks in areas where RCD is killing rabbits is
being used by the regional council to track down release sites.

Ian Lucas, the Canterbury Regional Council pest services manager, said that
in Marlborough, Canterbury, and Otago hawks had been observed circling
rabbits killed by RCD, but not scavenging them.

Hawks normally scavenged rabbit carcasses, he said, but for some reason they
would not touch RCD-infected ones. Seagulls, however, were still eating
infected rabbit carcasses.

As yet there was no scientific explanation for the unusual behaviour, Mr
Lucas said.

"Where we see hawks circling, we are pretty sure it's an RCD site, and we
are using that information."

Mr Lucas said if hawks were not eating rabbit carcasses they could be eating
other predators, or native species.

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Western Australia 6148

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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 22:09:53 -0400
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Hi All-

Here's a letter you can copy and send to your senators and
representative.  Same letter to all.  No legislation involved:



Dear Congressman/Woman:
Dear Senator:

Colorado University Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, has an
underground laboratory where 100 macaque monkeys have been bred and live
their entire lives in small barren cages and never see the light of day.

Mark Laudenslager and Martin Reite have spent 20 years and nearly $7
million taxpayer dollars on USELESS mother deprivation experiments.
Experimenters take infant monkeys away from their mothers, isolate them,
and measure levels of growth hormone and cortisol.  We already knew that
growth hormone fluctuates under stress and cortisol rises under stress.
Does it take a scientist to conduct such cruel experiments to learn what
we already know - THAT BABIES NEED THEIR MOTHERS!?

I firmly believe that the future of human health will continue to be
sidetracked by research on animals.  To make matters worse, my tax
dollars are being spent on these repetitive, futile experiments which
torment these little creatures.  Psychological torment is every bit as
heartless as physical torment.

The funding on these experiments must be immediately cut.

Sincerely yours,


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