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>From The Independent On Sunday 21/9/97

Animal Activists Fall Ill After Farm Protest - By Matthew Kalman

Animal rights activists who fell ill after protesting outside a
cat-breeding farm may have been  poisoned  by  an organophosphate
pesticide spray. Environmental health officers have found "substantial
amounts" of a potentially lethal organophosphate pesticide, called
dimethoate; on the road-side verge where protesters stand outside the
Oxfordshire farm, which breeds cats for medical experiments.
  At a July demonstration out-side Hillgrove Farm, near Witney
  activists initially noticed a chemical smell and yellowing of the 20
  yard stretch of grass which serves as the centre for protest.
  Sixteen activists subsequently reported unexplained symptoms
  including nausea, sore throats, head pains and breathing
  difficulties. Exposure to organophosphate pesticides may be one of
  the causes of Gulf war syndrome and of the severe illnesses
  contracted by farmers after using certain sheep dips. The owner of
  Hillgrove Farm, Chris Brown, dismissed suggestions that he had
  sprayed the verge. "I am not concerned at all," he said. " I don't
  know who did it"   "The protesters did not need to be there and
  locals are getting fed up with them," he said. "I don't honestly
  think it was spilt by accident. I have got a suspicion but I'm not
  foolish enough to say who my suspicions are about. They'll do
  anything to discredit me. Dimethoate is an outdated pesticide and
  not one we use anyway". Sheila English, a protester who had eaten
  her lunch at the site, said: "The next day I had ulcers on my
  tongue. Three days later I got terrible pains in my throat and mouth
  and my air passages started to close up:" Another protester, who did
  not want to be named, said: "On the day after I began to feel queasy
  and suffered with diarrhoea. I felt sick for over two weeks. I am
  usually a fit person and can shake off bugs easily." Dr Irubert
  Davies, who has treated 60 sheep farmers for low-level
  organophosphate poisoning, said dimethoate could have caused the
  protesters' symptoms. "The symptoms described by the protesters are
  almost identical to those experienced by sheep farmers when they
  dip. "Dipper's flu consists of symptoms including muscular aches and
  pains, general lassitude and lethargy, feeling awful, in some cases
  tightness of the chest, and mild depression." The use of
  organophosphates against people harks back to military use. They
  were developed by the Nazis in the late 1930s as nerve agents and
  are precursors to the sarin nerve gas used in the 1995 Tokyo subway
  attack. "It's very worrying if derivatives of military nerve agents
  are now being used as, how shall I say weapons, if that indeed is
  the case," said Dr Davies. There was no agricultural reason for
  spraying the pesticide on the verge, he added. West Oxfordshire's
  principal environmental health officer Keith Dalton, who collected
  samples for analysis after the incident, confirmed the dimethoate
  found was dangerous. "The analyst's opinion was that the levels were
  such that there may be possible health implications," he said. The
  council does not spray organophosphates. Police involved in
  supervising the protests are also concerned they may have been
  contaminated. "From our enquiries we have no evidence of who put it
  there;" said Superintendent Pauline Sydenham of Thames Valley
  Police. "It could have been the protesters for all we know It
  certainly wasn't us. We're concerned about our officers in addition
  to those other people who were present," she said.
     Christine Gosden, Professor of Medical Genetics at Liverpool
     University has written to Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, whose
     weekend cottage is less than a mile from the farm, to press him
     to look into the health effects on police and protesters.
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 06:43:36 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
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Subject: (USA) ANTHRAX, ANIMALS - (TEXAS)
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ANTHRAX, ANIMALS - USA (TEXAS)
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997

The current (September) issue of "Disease Prevention News", a publication
of the Texas Department of Health, reports a case of anthrax in a Terrell
county goat with follow-up investigation to determine the extent of
possible human exposures.

In the months prior to identification of the disease in the goat
approximately 90 sheep, cattle and goats on the ranch had died of an
undetermined cause.

Some human exposure may have taken place but there was no documentation of
human anthrax infection.

There was a prior history of anthrax (25 years ago) at this location, at
which time the ranchers instituted annual livestock vaccination.  The
current ranch owners, who bought the property 17 years ago, discontinued
this policy.

The TDH postulates that increased rainfall after four years of drought
caused rapid growth of grass which was contaminated with soil containing
the _B. anthracis_ spores, which were ingested by the animals and thus
caused disease.

The dead animal carcasses were destroyed by burning.

This article and a brief review of animal and human anthrax is available at
http:/www.tdh.state.tx.us/phpep/dpnhome.htm

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 14:01:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Christine M. Wolf" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: CAMPFIRE:  House Conferees Named
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Our final chance to eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the CAMPFIRE program
will be when the conference committee, consisting of certain House and
Senate members, meets to work out the differences in the versions of the
Foreign Operations Spending Bill that passed each chamber.

Just a refresher...

The SENATE approved language that prohibits taxpayer subsidies of the ivory
trade through the CAMPFIRE program in Zimbabwe.

The HOUSE rejected a similar amendment on September 4th by a vote of 267-159.

A few weeks ago, I posted a list of the senators who were on the conference
committee, and I now have the list of house members.

IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE DISTRICTS LISTED BELOW, PLEASE CALL YOUR
REPRESENTATIVE AND ASK HIM OR HER TO "SUPPORT THE SENATE LANGUAGE
IN THE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS SPENDING BILL THAT PROHIBITS TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES
TO THE
IVORY TRADE."

All offices can be reached through the Capitol Switchboard: 1-800-972-3524
(D.C. area residents, use 202-224-3121). Conferees are expected to meet
later this week, so please call as soon as possible.

STATE AND DISTRICT                      REPRESENTATIVE

Alabama-01                              Sonny Callahan

Illinois-10                             John Porter

Illinois-09                             Sid Yates

Virginia-10                             Frank Wolf

California-48                           Ron Packard

California-08                           Nancy Pelosi

California-34                           Esteban Torres

Michigan-11                             Joe Knollenberg

New York-01                             Michael Forbes

New York-18                             Nita Lowey

Georgia-01                              Jack Kingston

New Jersey-11                           Rodney Frelinghuysen

Louisiana-01                            Bob Livingston

Pennsylvania-01                         Thomas Foglietta

Wisconsin-07                            Dave Obey


**** As always, please call me if you have any questions, want to know how
your legislator voted on the amendment, or want to know who your elected
officials are.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTIVISM  - THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN ON THIS
ISSUE!

******************************************************************
Christine Wolf, Director of Government Affairs
    The Fund for Animalsphone: 301-585-2591
     World Buildingfax:   301-585-2595
   8121 Georgia Ave., Suite 301e-mail: [e-mail]
    Silver Spring, MD 20910web page: www.fund.org

"When a man wantonly destroys a work of man, we call him a vandal.  When he
wantonly destroys a work of nature, we call him a sportsman."
     -Joseph Wood Crutch

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 08:14:03 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (NZ)RCD to be legalised on Upton's Return
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The Dominion 23/9/97

RCD to be legalised on Upton's Return

The Government was working on regulations to legalise
the spread of the rabbit-killing calicivirus, a spokesman
for Biosecurity Minister Simon Upton said yesterday.
But the Biosecurity Act regulations were not expected
to be formalised till Mr Upton returned on Thursday or
Friday, after attending environment meetings in Montreal
and London.
The Government announced a fortnight ago that it would
legalise the possession and spread of the virus, after
a Crown Law Office opinion contradicted Agriculture
Ministry advice to farmers that spreading it was legal.
Though those who spread the virus before the regulation
changes would be technically have broken the law,
the ministry considers it impractical to prosecute most
of the people involved.
But those who smuggled the virus into New Zealand and
were involved in its initial spread were still being sought
with view to prosecution.
Ministry spokeswoman Debbie Gee said the ministry's
enforcement unit was "still hopeful" they would be caught.
Meanwhile, the ministry was monitoring the virus spread.
But once the virus spread was legalised, the ministry expected
its main role would be in giving advice to farmers who wished
to spread it further.
"Other than that, we're not resourced for a major monitoring
operation".



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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 20:16:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: PAWS <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: PAWS conference
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PAWS annual Animals in Entertainment Conference will be held at the
Beverly Garland Hotel in North Hollywood November 13-16.

The weekend begins with a cocktail party and award ceremony featuring as
our special guest Mr. Bob Barker of television's "The Price is Right."

Seminars will be held on Friday, Saturday,and Sunday, November 14, 15 1nd
16.  Speakers and special guests for the weekend include friends from
"The X-Files," "The Leeza Show," "Entertainment Tonight,"  and "Animal
Planet" as well as Roger Fouts, author of "Next of Kin,"  Jeffrey Masson,
author of the new best-seller "Dogs Never Lie About Love,"  veterinarian
Holly Cheever, Bob Hillman of Albuquerque Animal Services, elephant and
gorilla expert Ian Redmond, and many more.

On Sunday, we are replacing our traditional "field trip" with an
"Elephants 101" workshop which will address activists' most-asked
questions about elephants in circuses, such as:  How do I know if an
elephant's behavior is 'normal'?  How can I tell if an elephant's skin
and feet are healthy?  How can I tell if an elephant is underweight or
dehydrated?  What are the warning signs that an elephant is ill? and many
more.  (In the spring, PAWS will sponsor a hands-on 2-day seminar at the
PAWS sanctuary on elephant-related issues and problems.  Registration
forms for this event will be available at the November conference.)

Registration for the Animals in Entertainment conference is $100 in
advance, $125 at the door.  This fee includes a vegan lunch on Friday and
Saturday.  There is an additional charge of $35 in advance/$50 at the
door for the Thursday evening cocktail party.

For a registration brochure, e.mail us or call the PAWS office at (209)
745-2606.
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:28:14 -0400
From: Wyandotte Animal Group <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: USDA Extends Comment Period for Exotic Animal Handling
  Standards
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>                                   Jim Rogers    [phone]
>                                          [e-mail]
>                                   Jerry Redding (202) 7206959
>                                                  [e-mail]
>
>
>USDA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR EXOTIC ANIMAL HANDLING
>STANDARDS
>
>     WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 1997--The U.S. Department of Agriculture is
>extending the comment period for its request for information concerning
>currently used practices for handling and training potentially dangerous
>exotic or wild animals used in exhibition that are covered by the Animal
>Welfare Act.
>
>     USDA also needs input on training and experience requirements for
>trainers and handlers of potentially dangerous exotic or wild animals.
>
>     "We are reopening and extending the comment period for accepting
>informaiton on dangerous and exotic animal training guidelines," said
>Michael V. Dunn, assistant secretary for marketing and regulatory
>programs.  "We will now accept comments until Nov. 6."
>
>     The request for information was originally published in the July 24
>Federal Register.
>
>     To comment, send an original and three copies of comments to Docket
>No. 97-001-2, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, USDA,
>Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, Md. 20737-1238.
>
>     Comments received are available for public review at USDA, Room
>1141 South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, S.W.,
>Washington, D.C., between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
>except holidays.  Persons wishing access to this room are requested to
>call in advance at  [phone].
>
>                                #




Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
[e-mail]

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:46:57 -0400
From: Allen Schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (UK) Huntingdon Rooftop Demo
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posted for "Miggi" <[e-mail]> due to computer error:
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I've just heard on the radio (Ridio 5 + Virgin Radio) that 3 people
got onto the roof of Huntingdon Research Centre yesterday, and are
still up there (police unable to persuade them to come down)
There were also 9 arrests yesterday (they didn't give reasons)
I will post stuff later if I hear more.
-
UK People - Please remember the HRC people are at the High Court in
London tommorrow to fight their eviction from the camp. Please try to
get there to support them.
-
Mark
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:56:04 -0400
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