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- AR-NEWS Digest 608
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- Topics covered in this issue include:
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- 1) CT-Greyhound Awareness Rally
- by Hillary <oceana@ibm.net>
- 2) Nike Sweatshop Abuses
- by Hillary <oceana@ibm.net>
- 3) Embargo on Indonesian monkey shipment lifted by Air France
- by Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- 4) HK bird flu triggers off international concern
- by Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- 5) USFWS official quits in disgust
- by Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com>
- 6) Noah's Ark Update
- by superbeck@juno.com (Rebecca D Crane)
- 7) [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: bad news re. Steve Siegel]]
- by Constance Young <conncat@idsi.net>
- 8) (US) 5 Trumpeter Swans Shot
- by Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- 9) Malaysian restaurateur kept exotic animals on ice
- by Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- 10) (US) Activist Jailed for Freeing Animals
- by Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- 11) (US) Utah Animal Rights Criminals Sentenced to Jail, Says Fur Commission USA
- by Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- 12) Russians Search for Man-Eating Lion
- by Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- 13) (US) Reward Offered for Information on Bald Eagle Shooting
- by Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- 14) Cuyahoga Deer Kill Canceled!
- by Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org>
- 15) (aa)(US)River Otters In Missouri
- by Twilight <twilight13@rocketmail.com>
- 16) 1998 Animals and the Law Conference, Pace University Law School
- by Me1ani <Me1ani@aol.com>
- 17) N.Y. N.Y. Beaver Bond Act Funds Alert!
- by Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org>
- 18) Look Out 'Babe,' Here Comes Emily the Cow
- by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
- 19) Joan Rivers
- by "Leslie Lindemann" <LDTBS@worldnet.att.net>
- 20) The Nature Conservancy
- by "Leslie Lindemann" <LDTBS@worldnet.att.net>
- 21) Joan Rivers mailing address
- by "Leslie Lindemann" <LDTBS@worldnet.att.net>
- 22) [CA] SPCA gets grant for bone-crusher
- by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 00:20:31 -0800
- From: Hillary <oceana@ibm.net>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: CT-Greyhound Awareness Rally
- Message-ID: <3.0.32.19971218194246.00fd03d0@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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- On Saturday March 21st, the Greyhound Protection League will be having a
- rally to protest the re-opening of the CT Shoreline Star Bridgeport
- greyhound racetrack.
-
- For more information, contact Melani Nardone at 203-968-2308
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 00:20:33 -0800
- From: Hillary <oceana@ibm.net>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Nike Sweatshop Abuses
- Message-ID: <3.0.32.19971219002028.00fd2d34@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
- Mime-Version: 1.0
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- For those of you who purchase Nike shoes that are purportedly "vegan",
- please take a look at this independent audit of Nike's overseas labor
- conditions.
-
- Remember, compassion for all beings.
-
- http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/nike/trac.html
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:18:22 +0800 (SST)
- From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Embargo on Indonesian monkey shipment lifted by Air France
- Message-ID: <199712191418.WAA11153@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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-
- >The Straits Times
- 18 Dec 97
-
- MONKEYS OKAY: French animal rights association Aequalis said Air France
- Cargo had lifted its embargo, imposed in June 1997, on the shipment of
- monkeys from Indonesia.
-
- The embargo followed the death of a baby monkey in transit at the
- airport. It formed part of a shipment of monkeys, destined for
- laboratory testing, transported by Air France between Jakarta and Paris
- en route for the US. -- Reuters.
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:39:24 +0800 (SST)
- From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: HK bird flu triggers off international concern
- Message-ID: <199712191439.WAA06446@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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-
-
- >The Straits Times
- 19 Dec 97
- HK bird flu triggers off international concern
-
- HONGKONG -- Hongkong's killer "bird flu" aroused growing international
- concern yesterday and US health officials urged increased spending
- against viruses.
-
- So far the bug, which spread to humans for the first time this year,
- has killed one child and one adult. More than half a dozen cases, two
- critical, are being treated or observed.
-
- To allay the fears, the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday said:
- "The likelihood of a pandemic has not yet been established."
- It said in a statement: "Although human-to-human transmission is possible,
- at this stage there is no confirmed evidence that such transmission has
- taken place. The results of
- the intensified surveillance indicate that the H5N1 infection is not at
- epidemic level."
-
- It was sending diagnostic kits around the world yesterday, but said it
- saw no need yet for travel or quarantine restrictions.
-
- Mr Andrew Yip, spokesman for Hongkong's Public Doctors Association,
- said doctors were worried there might not be enough isolation facilities
- to treat large numbers of patients.
-
- Doctors sought advice on whether they would have to evacuate people if
- they could not cope, he added.
- Only one Hongkong hospital has a special infectious diseases ward, with
- space for only 20 patients. Another has set aside a similar-sized ward
- for isolation if needed.
-
- In Washington, a senior health official, Mr Brian Atwood, said the
- "bird flu" was a perfect example of where the US should target spending
- on infectious diseases.
-
- The administrator of the US Agency for International Development
- (USAID) has called in experts from the WHO, the Centres for Disease
- Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and private
- companies to ask how it should use a US$50
- million (S$83 million) windfall allocated by Congress for spending on
- infectious diseases.
-
- "You can't just deal with these diseases when they reach our shore.
- It's only a day's flight from Hongkong to the US," he added.
-
- The Internet has also been flooded with information about the virus. A
- Hongkong Government Health Department site (http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/)
- gives regular information on the virus and the fight against it. --
- Reuters. See Page 43
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:53:41 -0500
- From: Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: USFWS official quits in disgust
- Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19971219145341.0072f77c@awod.com>
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