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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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-
- The following open letter has been submitted to the Chief of the US
- Scientific Authority, Dr. Ronald Nowak. Nowak is quitting in disgust at
- USFWS' kow-towing to sport-hunting lobbies, among other reasons.
-
- 14 November 1997
-
- To: Chief, Office of Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- From: Ronald M. Nowak, Zoologist, OSA, FWS
- Subj: Retirement
-
- I have today submitted to the Division of Personnel Management an
- application for early retirement. If approved, I would plan to depart on
- the last day of the currently authorized period, 30 December 1997.
-
- My primary reason for seeking this opportunity to retire is that this agency
- is no longer adequately supporting the function for which I was hired, the
- classification and protection of wildlife pursuant to the Endangered Species
- Act of 1973, and indeed, often is working against this function. I have
- become particularly concerned about the agency's seemingly unrestrained use
- of public funds to carry on litigation and other actions to thwart or delay
- appropriate classification and regulation of species, such as the lynx. It
- also recently was unsettling to learn that the agency is essentially
- supporting the destruction of the wolf in Central Asia to justify issuance
- of permits for American hunters to import trophies of the threatened argali
- sheep, which itself may be contrary to regulations. My own efforts to call
- attention to and mitigate these problems have failed.
-
- Notwithstanding the above, I readily acknowledge that this and associated
- agencies have many dedicated employees and worthwhile programs, notably (but
- not limited to) those involved with wolf conservation and research.
-
- Another factor in my application is that work-related pressures, to which I
- have been subject, especially within the last year, have been the cause of
- considerable stress and may be aggravating conditions potentially damaging
- to my health.
-
- I do not want, and will not accept or participate in, any party, gift, card,
- testimonial, or any recognition of what to me is a distressing event.
-
- If, after retirement, my services might be useful relative to measures that
- would appropriately classify, protect, or study the urial sheep, koala,
- wolf, or any other foreign or native species, I would be glad to be of help
- to the extent that circumstances may allow.
-
- I ask that my home address and telephone number (see below) be given freely
- to parties seeking my attention or assistance. Anyone, whether in or
- outside of this agency, is welcome to contact me at any time.
-
- Ronald M. Nowak
- 2101 Greenwich Street
- Falls Church, Virginia 22043
- (phone 703-237-6676)
-
- |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
- | Dr. Shirley McGreal | PHONE: 803-871-2280 |
- | Int. Primate Protection League | FAX: 803-871-7988 |
- | POB 766 | E-MAIL: ippl@awod.com |
- | Summerville SC 29484 | Web: http://www.ippl.org |
- |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:47:52 -0800
- From: superbeck@juno.com (Rebecca D Crane)
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Noah's Ark Update
- Message-ID: <19971219.104755.3974.0.superbeck@juno.com>
-
- Court TV is providing live coverage of the sentencing in the Iowa cat
- cruelty case beginning at 2:30 p.m. EST. Randy Lockwood from The Humane
- Society of the United States is scheduled to testify in the sentencing
- phase. Court TV is currently running the trial of the two boys found
- guilty in the case and will continue coverage through the sentencing.
-
- For more information on the case, please go to:
-
- http://www.hsus.org/iowacat.html
-
- Please pass this on to other interested lists, groups, or individuals.
-
- Thank you! :)
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:57:28 -0500
- From: Constance Young <conncat@idsi.net>
- To: lgrayson@earthlink.net
- Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: bad news re. Steve Siegel]]
- Message-ID: <349AB588.15A3@idsi.net>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
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-
- Liz and all on ar-news:
-
- The funeral arrangements for Steve Siegel are as follows:
-
- 2:30 Pm Sunday Dec 21st
- Forest Park Funeral Home (formerly called Schwartz's)
- on Queens Boulevard
- address: 114-77th Street Queens Boulevard
-
- Take the E or F train to the Express stop Continental Boulevard. Change
- there for a local. Get off on the local stop 75th street.
-
- Or take E or F train to Union Turnpike and walk down (South) on Queens
- BOulevard to 75th Street.
-
- There will be a Memorial service and anyone who wants to speak out about
- him can do so.
-
- It is indeed a very sad occasion. Constance (Connie) Young
- Received: from germany.it.earthlink.net (germany-c.it.earthlink.net [204.250.46.123])
- by mail.idsi.net (vIDSI) with ESMTP id MAA21144
- for <conncat@idsi.net>; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:31:05 -0500
- Received: from 153.37.131.200 (1Cust200.tnt10.nyc3.da.uu.net [153.37.131.200])
- by germany.it.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA20093
- for <conncat@idsi.net>; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:31:00 -0800 (PST)
- Message-ID: <349AB004.1FAD@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:33:56 -0500
- From: Liz Grayson <lgrayson@earthlink.net>
- Reply-To: lgrayson@earthlink.net
- Organization: the ANIMAL CONNECTION, Inc.
- X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Macintosh; I; 68K)
- MIME-Version: 1.0
- To: conncat@idsi.net
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: bad news re. Steve Siegel]
- References: <349A8EEB.15DC@idsi.net>
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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-
- Constance Young wrote:
-
-
- This saddens me terribly. Please email me info about the services.
-
- Thank you.
-
- Liz
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:02:30 -0500
- From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: (US) 5 Trumpeter Swans Shot
- Message-ID: <349AB6B6.9DCE8137@usa.net>
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-
- Five trumpeter swans, a protected species, have been shot in Illinois
- over the past several weeks, three of them in one day, according to U.S.
- Fish and Wildlife Service special agent Timothy Santel. Four of the
- birds have died. Three of the trumpeters shot most recently were wearing
- neck collars, indicating they were part of a reintroduction effort by
- the State of Wisconsin. The trumpeter swan is protected by the Federal
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act and, unlike many other species of waterfowl,
- may not be hunted at any time. Even accidental shootings are
- misdemeanor violations and carry penalties of $5,000 for individuals
- and $10,000 for organizations, up to six months in prison, and possible
- loss of hunting privileges. For more information contact Santel,
- (217)793-9554, Tim_Santel@mail.fws.gov.
-
- Copyright ⌐ 1997 Environmental News Network, Inc.
-
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:15:25 -0500
- From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: Malaysian restaurateur kept exotic animals on ice
- Message-ID: <349AB9BD.3ACD4085@usa.net>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
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-
- KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A Malaysian restaurateur has been fined
- after a large number of dead exotic and protected animals, including
- flying foxes, leopards and a lizard, were found in his refrigerator.
-
- Wong Hoi Yin, 50, was fined 9,000 ringgit ($2,375) after admitting he
- kept the animal parts at his house in Puchong in central Selangor state,
- Bernama news agency reported late on Thursday.
-
- The dead animals and animal parts were found in his refrigerator on
- December 11. The agency reported that found in the fridge were a leopard
- leg, a bear leg, nine dead wild cats, eight dead clouded leopards, 39
- dead foxes, 111 flying foxes, a wild boar, a lynx,
- a mouse-deer, monkey bones and meat, part of a monitor lizard and parts
- of other unidentified animals. All of the animals were dead.
-
- Bernama did not say how large the refrigerator was or how officials
- found out about the chilled animal remains.
-
- Wong was charged under the 1972 Wildlife Protection Act.
-
- In mitigation, Wong said he had a valid restaurant licence and kept the
- animal parts for medicinal purposes.
-
- But the prosecuting officer for the Wildlife Department said the licence
- did not apply to the animals, which were all protected species.
-
- Wong paid the fine.
-
- (REUTERS)
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:16:20 -0500
- From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: (US) Activist Jailed for Freeing Animals
- Message-ID: <349AC804.B3B406B3@usa.net>
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-
- (AP Online; 12/18/97)
-
- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) An animal rights activist was sentenced to two
- years in jail for freeing thousands of farm-bred minks, many of which
- died of stress or were run over by cars.
-
- Clinton Colby Ellerman, 21, pleaded guilty to burglary and theft in the
- attack in July at the Holt Mink Ranch in South Jordan, 20 miles from
- Salt Lake.
-
- Ellerman and several others freed 3,000 animals in the name of the
- militant Animal Liberation Front.
-
- Most were recaptured. However, the mink farmers said the harm came from
- the loss of the animals' pedigrees. Each cage identified the mink's
- pedigree; there was no way to match the captured animal with its cage.
-
- Ellerman's 19-year-old brother, Douglas, is awaiting trial on charges of
- bombing a Utah mink-feed plant.
-
- {APWire:Domestic-1218.321} 12/18/97
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:18:13 -0500
- From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: (US) Utah Animal Rights Criminals Sentenced to Jail, Says Fur Commission USA
- Message-ID: <349AC875.8F14F293@usa.net>
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-
- (PR Newswire; 12/17/97)
-
- SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ Animal rights criminals convicted
- on felony charges for attacking fur farms have received jail sentences
- in Salt Lake County, Utah, according to Fur Commission USA.
-
- On December 16, Clinton Colby Ellerman was sentenced to two consecutive
- one year jail terms for attacking fur farms and releasing animals, many
- of which died from stress caused by the attack, or were killed on the
- Salt Lake County roads. Judge Robert Hilder told Ellerman he would
- consider suspending the second one year jail term if Ellerman cooperates
- with authorities investigating the fur farm raids and other animal
- rights crimes.
-
- On December 15, Jacob Lyman Kenison was sentenced to a year in jail and
- ordered to pay more than $30,000 in restitution for firebombing a Tandy
- Leather store in Murray in June, 1995. Kenison is already serving a 16
- month sentence for violating federal firearms laws. He lied on a
- federal firearms purchase form when buying an assault-style rifle he
- later gave as a gift to Douglas Joshua Ellerman, an animal rights
- activist under federal indictment for a bombing attack.
-
- Ryan Holt, a fur farmer whose farm was attacked by Clinton Colby
- Ellerman, told the court that attacks by Ellerman and other animal
- rights criminals have caused nearly $2 million in damages to Utah farms
- and businesses. In addition to attacking fur farms and the leather
- store, animal rights criminals burned to the ground a McDonalds
- restaurant in West Jordan in August, 1996. An animal rights bombing at
- the Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative in Sandy resulted in nearly $1
- million in damages in March, 1997. Douglas Joshua Ellerman faces
- federal charges for the Sandy attack.
-
- "Utah courts are sending a strong message that animal rights terrorism
- won't be tolerated," Holt said after Ellerman was sentenced. "Animal
- rights extremists are entitled to their own views, but they have no
- right to break the law or force other people to comply with their
- strange beliefs. It is tragic that animal rights terrorists kill so
- many animals and endanger human beings in the name of 'animal rights,'"
- Holt said.
-
- So far this year, six Utah animal rights criminals have received jail
- sentences. In addition to Ellerman and Kenison, four others were
- sentenced to jail for the arson attack against the West Jordan
- McDonalds.
-
- SOURCE Fur Commission USA 12/17/97
- CONTACT: Robert Buckler of Issue Strategies for Fur Commission USA,
- 612-222-1080
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:19:12 -0500
- From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: Russians Search for Man-Eating Lion
- Message-ID: <349AC8B0.FC3A8DD3@usa.net>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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-
- (AP Online; 12/31/69)
-
- MOSCOW (AP) Authorities in Russia's Far East launched a hunt Wednesday
- for a man-eating tiger that has killed two people this month.
-
- The animal mauled and ate one man Dec. 3 and killed a second man Monday
- in the northern Primorye region along Russia's southeast coast, the
- Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.
-
- A team of hunters set out Wednesday.
-
- {APWire:International-1217.255} 12/31/69
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:21:27 -0500
- From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
- To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: (US) Reward Offered for Information on Bald Eagle Shooting
- Message-ID: <349AC937.D997ACF6@usa.net>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
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-
- (PR Newswire; 12/19/97)
-
- FT. SNELLING, Minn., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
- Service is offering a $2,500 reward for information on the shooting of a
- bald eagle near Grafton, Illinois. The eagle, an adult male, was found
- December 17 on Eagles Nest Island in the Mississippi River, with shotgun
- wounds to its wings.
-
- The eagle was discovered by commercial fishermen, who alerted Treehouse
- Wildlife, Inc., a wildlife rehabilitation facility located in Brighton,
- Ill. The bird was retrieved and is receiving treatment for shotgun
- pellets in its wings.
-
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Special Agent Timothy Santel is
- investigating the case. According to Santel, the eagle was unable to
- fly, indicating it was shot on or near Eagles Nest Island, probably
- within a few days of being found. The area is popular with waterfowl
- hunters; duck hunting season ended December 16, and the goose hunting
- season continues.
-
- "We need the help of the public in identifying whoever is responsible
- for injuring this magnificent bird," Santel said. "It is discouraging
- to know that there are still people who believe it is acceptable to
- shoot at eagles and other protected birds."
-
- Santel said the reward is offered under provisions of the Bald Eagle
- Protection Act, which prohibits "taking," or killing, as well as
- possession and of and commerce in bald eagles. The act authorizes up to
- $2,500 for information about eagle shooting incidents. Santel added
- that additional reward monies are also available.
-
- Bald eagles are classified as threatened species under the Endangered
- Species Act, which prohibits killing, harming, or harassing wildlife
- listed as threatened or endangered. Bald eagles are also protected by
- the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a Federal law aimed at conserving
- waterfowl, songbirds, raptors such as eagles and hawks, and other bird
- species.
-
- Violations of the Endangered Species Act carry penalties of up to
- $100,000 and 1 year in prison. Under the Bald Eagle Protection Act,
- first offenses may result in a $100,000 fine and 1 year in prison;
- second offenses are treated as felonies. Persons convicted of violating
- the Migratory Bird Treaty Act face up to $5,000 in fines and 6 months in
- prison.
-
- Santel encourages anyone with information on the eagle shooting to
- contact him at 217-793-9554 or the Target Illinois Poacher hotline at
- 800-252-0163. Callers may remain anonymous.
-
- SOURCE U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- CONTACT: Timothy Santel, 217-793-9554, E-Mail Tim_Santelmail.fws.gov or
-
- Georgia Parham, 812-334-4261 x 203, E-Mail Georgia_Parhammail.fws.gov,
- both
- of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service/
-
- {PRNewswire:Environment-1219.395} 12/19/97
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:15:28 -0800 (PST)
- From: Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Cc: agambino@fund.org
- Subject: Cuyahoga Deer Kill Canceled!
- Message-ID: <2.2.16.19971219173435.3ee73efe@pop.igc.org>
- Mime-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
-
- Because of a lawsuit filed by The Fund for Animals, Animal Protection
- Institute, Humane Society of the U.S., Ohioans for Animals Rights, In
- Defense of Deer, and other plaintiffs, the U.S. Justice Department has just
- announced that the National Park Service has withdrawn its entire Deer
- Management Plan for the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area in Ohio.
- They had planned to kill approximately 500 deer in the Park, but now the
- deer are safe!
-
- Mike Markarian
- The Fund for Animals
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:32:39 -0800 (PST)
- From: Twilight <twilight13@rocketmail.com>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: (aa)(US)River Otters In Missouri
- Message-ID: <19971219213239.21162.rocketmail@web1.rocketmail.com>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
-
- Kiss These Babies Goodbye!
-
- The taxpayers of Missouri spent over $1.6 million to bring
- river otters back from the brink of extinction.
-
- The citizens of Missouri were led to believe that river otters
- would be free to roam the riverbanks of that state.
-
- Last winter, Missouri held an unlimited trapping season on
- river otters; trappers killed 1,054 of an estimated 3,000
- otters.
-
- Trappers used the barbaric steel jaw leghold trap, a device
- that causes painful injuries to its victims for many hours
- prior to their death.
-
- The otters' skins were sold for $60 - $80 at auction and
- then exported to the Far East, mainly China, where they are
- worn as a fashion item.
-
- Now, Missouri plans another unlimited trapping season,
- starting on 11/20/97.
-
- IS THIS STUPID, OR WHAT???? We desperately need your
- help to stop this cruel and needless waste of life.
-
- Right now - please contact these agencies and tell them to
- cancel the river otter trapping program:
-
- Governor Mel Carnahan
- State Capitol, Room 218
- Jefferson City, MO 65101
- Phone: (573) 751-3222
- Fax: (573) 751-1495
- E-Mail: constit@mail.state.mo.us
-
- Mr. Jerry Conley, Director
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- 2901 West Truman Boulevard
- Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
- Phone: (573) 751-4115
- Fax: (573) 751-4467
- E-Mail: conlej@mail.conservation.state.mo.us
-
-
-
-
-
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-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 17:08:02 EST
- From: Me1ani <Me1ani@aol.com>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Cc: Me1ani@aol.com
- Subject: 1998 Animals and the Law Conference, Pace University Law School
- Message-ID: <d2fa9af1.349af045@aol.com>
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-
-
- Please join us at the Pace University School of Law
- 1998 Animals And The Law Conference
-
- ''THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT?"
- THE USE OF NONHUMAN ANIMALS
- FOR HUMAN AMUSEMENT
-
- Saturday, March 21st, 1998
-
- A variety of speakers and informative discussion about Zoos, Circuses, Rodeos,
- Marine Mammal Parks, Greyhound Racing, Sport/Trophy Hunting and more.
-
-
- To be included on the mailing list for a conference brochure, please contact
- Adjunct Professor Suzan Porto
- 914-937-5605
-
- Pace University School of Law
- White Plains, NY
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 15:31:00 -0800 (PST)
- From: Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
- Subject: N.Y. N.Y. Beaver Bond Act Funds Alert!
- Message-ID: <2.2.16.19971219195017.08b737cc@pop.igc.org>
- Mime-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
-
- forwarded from private email:
-
- >Our years of stopping harmful beaver and snare bills, plus educational
- efforts, have finally paid off with several million $ in the Clean
- Water/Clean Air Bond Act for non-lethal solutions, such as water-level
- control devices) to beaver flooding. Hooray!!
- >
- >Now the draft guidelines are out for this important program. You have
- only until Dec. 26th (what timing!) to submit your comments to:
- >
- >Ms. Aimee Kea or Ms. Christine Serth
- >NYSDEC Bond Act Office
- >50 Wolf Rd.
- >Albany, N.Y. 12233-1040 (Fax: 518/457-6996)
- >
- >Because the draft also includes uses for the beaver money, such as
- raising highway roadbeds and construction of bridges a danger exists that
- most of the funds could go for these very expensive types of projects.
- >Please urge that more cost-effective proposals, where the public gets more
- for their bucks, such as installing water-level control devices, get highest
- priority.
- >Also please urge that higher priority be given to proposals that will
- stop objectionable beaver flooding while allowing most beaver wetlands to
- remain. Wetlands are the worlds most valuable terrestrial ecosystem,
- according to a team of ecologists and economists writing in the May 15, 1997
- journal Nature, yet most of New Yorks wetlands have been drained.
- >
- >To ensure that town officials considering these projects get the best
- advice, please ask that the lead person to assist those applying for Bond
- Act beaver projects be experienced and positive about water-level control
- devices. The individual listed in this position in the draft is from DEC
- Wildlife Services and has spent his career promoting trapping. (Do not
- despair, others will evaluate the
- >applications.) Suggest that an experienced Beaver Damage Coordinator be
- appointed to advise both applicants and DEC staff to ensure the best use of
- taxpayers money.
- >
- >We, and the beavers, thank you for your help. Happy Holidays!
- >
- >For more information contact Beavers: Wetlands & Wildlife, 518/568-2077.
- >N.Y. Beaver Bond Act Funds Alert!
- >
- >Sharon & Joseph Brown
- >Beavers: Wetlands & Wildlife
- >146 Van Dyke Rd.
- >Dolgeville, N.Y. 13329
- >http://www.telenet.net/~beavers
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 15:41:00 -0800
- From: LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Look Out 'Babe,' Here Comes Emily the Cow
- Message-ID: <199712192332.SAA03145@envirolink.org>
- Mime-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
-
- >From today's newswire:
-
- ``Air Bud'' Director Charles Martin Smith has signed to direct ``Emily,'' the
- true story of a cow on the lam from a Massachusetts slaughterhouse.
- That's according to Variety. ``She escaped this slaughterhouse and lived
- in the woods and nobody could catch her,'' said Smith, who's best
- remembered for playing the role of Toad in ``American Graffiti.'' Since it's a
- Disney film, it's not exactly giving away a surprise ending to note that the
- bovine boosters win, and the cow was rescued on Christmas Eve of 1995.
-
- Lawrence Carter-Long
- Science and Research Issues, Animal Protection Institute
- email: LCartLng@gvn.net, phone: 800-348-7387 x. 215
- world wide web: http://www.api4animals.org/
-
- "Civil liberties are always safe as long as their exercise doesn't
- bother anyone." New York Times editorial, 1-3-41
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 19:10:15 -0500
- From: "Leslie Lindemann" <LDTBS@worldnet.att.net>
- To: "AR-news postings" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: Joan Rivers
- Message-ID: <19971220001311.AAA16027@oemcomputer>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
-
- I wanted to call Joan Rivers about her fur, but I discovered that her
- oh-so-important radio show is only broadcast on one little AM station in my
- entire state, and nowhere near me. I then stumbled upon her mailing
- address on PETA's Action Alert page
- http://www.peta-online.org/
- Please take a minute to tell her how tired the "You're wearing leather
- shoes and don't you have anything more important to do?" retort is. (if the
- woman was running into the crowd, how could she tell what her belt was made
- out of?) I think one would be hard pressed to find a scrap of leather on a
- fur protester, and I want people to know that!
-
- Leslie Lindemann
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 19:13:49 -0500
- From: "Leslie Lindemann" <LDTBS@worldnet.att.net>
- To: "AR-news postings" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: The Nature Conservancy
- Message-ID: <19971220001311.AAB16027@oemcomputer>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
-
- Thank you for all the reponses to my info request! Most people just
- referred me back to the PETA page, which I'm still not convinced is
- updated. I'm sure I read that they stopped using the snares (but that
- they're still killing some animals). I'll still write to Stop N' Shop and
- tell them they shouldn't support TNC.
- Others asked that I share what I found, so I'll just direct everyone again
- to PETA's action alert page. You have to scroll to almost the bottom.
- http://www.peta-online.org/
- Thanks again!
- Leslie
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 21:02:42 -0500
- From: "Leslie Lindemann" <LDTBS@worldnet.att.net>
- To: "AR-news postings" <ar-news@envirolink.org>
- Subject: Joan Rivers mailing address
- Message-ID: <19971220020204.AAA14274@oemcomputer>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
-
- I was going to call Joan Rivers radio show to tell her what I thought of
- her fur, but it seems her oh-so-important program is only aired on one
- little AM station in this entire state.
- Then I stumbled upon her mailing address in PETA's action alert website
- http://www.peta-online.org/
-
- Please take a minute to tell her how tired the "You're wearing leather
- shoes and don't you have anything better to do?" retort is. I believe one
- would be hard pressed to find a scrap of leather on an anti-fur activist,
- let alone identify the material of the belt on a woman who is running into
- a crowd! And what does she do that's so much more important than defending
- the defenseless?
-
- Thanks
- Leslie
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 20:52:48
- From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: [CA] SPCA gets grant for bone-crusher
- Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19971219205248.1c573ece@dowco.com>
- Mime-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-
- [Perhaps they could use some sensitivity training too!]
-
- >From The Vancouver Sun Website - Friday 19 December 1997
- NATIONAL NEWS
-
- SPCA gets grant for bone-crusher
-
- RED DEER, Alta. (CP) û All staff at a central Alberta animal shelter want
- for Christmas is a bone-crusher and thanks to local lottery players, they
- may get one.
-
- Every week at Red Deer's Parkland SPCA, staff have to pulverize the bones
- of cremated pets using hammers. Shelter manager Clare Wetzel estimated that
- about 500 kilograms of bone will be smashed by hand this month.
-
- "Many people don't realize that in cremation only the skin and flesh goes
- to ash," said Wezel. "But they don't want a bag of bones and ash back, so
- we have to break them up.
-
- "At the moment, someone has to spend at least 100 hours a month smashing
- the bones by hand. That is very hard on the wrists."
-
- Wetzel said two of her staff have had surgery for repetitive stress injury.
-
- On Friday, Wetzel learned the Wild Rose Foundation, which distributes
- Alberta lottery funds, has given the shelter a $24,876 grant.
-
- Wetzel isn't sure if the cash will cover the No. 1 item on her wish list û
- a $2,122 cremolator û which she described as "basically, a big coffee
- grinder."
-
- "We are all very excited about this grant. If we get the cremolator, it
- means we can spend less time smashing bones and more time looking after the
- animals that are alive." SPCA gets grant for bone-crusher
-
- Copyright The Vancouver Sun / Southam News 1997
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