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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN//2.0"> <html> <head> <title>AR-NEWS Digest</title> </head> <BODY bgcolor=fbfaea text=#211818 link="#190748" alink="#FFFFEF" vlink="#401C92"> <center> <IMG SRC="IMAGES/HEAD.GIF" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/digest/images/head.gif" USEMAP="#toplinks" BORDER="0"><BR> <img src="IMAGES/YCBAR.GIF" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/digest/images/ycbar.gif"><a href="../INDEX~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/index.html"><img src="IMAGES/HOMEBAR.GIF" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/digest/images/homebar.gif" border=0></a><br></center> <map name="toplinks"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="345,27,393,54" href="../../../tppmsgs/msgs0.htm#14" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/envirohome.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="458,7,512,27" href="../SUPPOR~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/Support.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="401,7,446,26" href="../SEARCH~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/search.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="352,7,386,26" href="../ORGS~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/Orgs.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="298,7,337,25" href="../NEWSPA~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/newspage.html"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="211,7,286,27" href="../SUB~1.HTM" tppabs="http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/sub.html"> </map> <center><TABLE cellspacing=15 border=0> <TR> <TD width=50 align=center> </TD> <TD width=400 align=left> <!-- PAGE CONTENT GOES BELOW --> <pre> AR-NEWS Digest 600 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) medical advice needed, please by "Stephen Wells" <farnorth@classic.msn.com> 2) Another genetic mouse "breakthrough" by Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> 3) Cancer prevention by Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> 4) [JP] Global warming deal struck after all-night talks by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 5) [UK/EU] New danger is lamb on bone, say scientists by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 6) [HK] Hong Kong 'bird flu' sparks fear of pandemic by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 7) [CA] Gibsons visitor billed as Canada's rarest bird by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 8) [CA] Hunger gets best of fugitive flamingo by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 9) Hard Copy - Rodeo by Hillary <oceana@ibm.net> 10) by Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org> 11) (UK) Shop Stops Selling Fur by MINKLIB <MINKLIB@aol.com> 12) New Census For Uganda's Mountain Gorillas by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long) 13) Infant Abuse Observed In Primates by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long) 14) More On Gardenburger Boycott & Labor Dispute by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long) 15) CA--TV show on AR by Stephanie Brown <brown@idirect.com> 16) IDA job opening in main office by In Defense of Animals <ida@idausa.org> 17) Help Monkey in Dentist's Office [Seattle] by bchorush@paws.org (pawsinfo) 18) Hard Copy anti-fur story to air Friday night by "Eric Mindel @ LCA" <eric@lcanimal.org> 19) (Aust)National Launch of rabbit control hand book by bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> 20) [UK] WHO calls for ban on antibiotic use in animal feed by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 21) Newswire: NASA Blamed In Monkey Death by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long) 22) Goodall Says, "Human Needs Must Also Be Met" by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long) 23) Goodall: Chimpanzees threatened by illegal hunting by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long) 24) Re: Reminder: Ch. 7 Poll on Deer Hunting by Liz Grayson <lgrayson@earthlink.net> 25) killing bears at Yosemite by Jean Colison <jcolison@CapAccess.org> 26) (US) Freedom of Information Act Requests by Dena Jones <djones@gvn.net> 27) King Royal Decision by PAWS <paws@CapAccess.org> 28) (USA)AR and GE news by bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> 29) Yerkes employee dies of herpes B by Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com> 30) Researcher dies of monkey virus by Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 97 03:33:21 UT From: "Stephen Wells" <farnorth@classic.msn.com> To: "ar news" <ar-news@envirolink.org> Subject: medical advice needed, please Message-ID: <UPMAIL03.199712110338060845@classic.msn.com> Hello, Can anyone help our dear friend Lisa, in Scotland? I think I've heard of a plant that (homeopathically) helps allergies such as these, but I can't think of it. Thanks. Alex Bury and Stephen Wells By the way, this is the same Lisa who many of you helped at thanksgiving with easy vegan recipes. her thanksgiving meal, for four flat-mates new to animal rights, was a smashing success. ---------- Here's her message: I am itching to death from an allergic reaction (source as yet unknown), but refuse to use regular antihistamines that have been tested on animals. Does anyone know any antihistamines that I can take that are cruelty free? Please reply as quickly as possible to Lisa at 9706695k@student.gla.ac.uk I greatly appreciate any itch-relief advise anyone can offer. Lisa Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 21:23:14 -0800 From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Another genetic mouse "breakthrough" Message-ID: <348F78C2.61F4@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The New York Times, December 9, 1997 Science Watch: Of Mice and Memory By KAREN FREEMAN >From research comes a mouse that cannot remember its history -- even particularly unpleasant history -- and is doomed to repeat it. By knocking out a gene, scientists have knocked a big hole in the mouse's ability to remember frightening things that it has encountered. And that could mean that mice, and other mammals, have a gene for remembering fear. It may not be quite that simple, but the gene mutation undoubtedly wipes out much of the healthy fear that underlies the instinct for self-preservation. Normal mice are not afraid of the dark -- in fact, they head for the shadows every chance they get. So to test the mutant mice's ability to learn to be afraid, they were put in a lighted compartment and given a choice of moving to a compartment that was appealingly dark but held an unpleasant surprise: electric shocks. The mutant mice, who lacked a gene called Ras-GRF, learned just as quickly as normal animals to be wary of the treacherous dark, an international team of researchers reported in a recent issue of the journal Nature. But by the next day, the mutant mice had largely thrown caution to the winds and were ready to chance the dark again. Based on this and other behavioral tests, the researchers speculated that the missing gene might change the way neurons involved in long-term memory communicate with one other or might affect the alertness of certain kinds of neurons. It seems certain that such a gene would be crucial for survival: mice without one in good working order would have a hard time remembering -- or caring about -- just where the neighborhood cats hung out. Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 21:30:04 -0800 From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Cancer prevention Message-ID: <348F7A5C.74C6@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Experts say half of all cancers are preventable with lifestyle changes Agence France-Presse BOSTON (December 10, 1997 9:07 p.m. EST) Half of all cancers can be prevented by simple lifestyle changes, experts reported Wednesday at the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention. The authors of the center's annual report put particular emphasis on preventing colon cancer, which is frequently linked to inadequate exercise. Just a half-hour of daily exercise could ward off many cases of colon cancer, the study's authors assert. They also recommended a high-fiber, low-fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables. "This newest report actually details practical steps we can take to make those lifestyle changes," said Graham Colditz, the center's director for education. The Harvard Center reported that 60 percent of U.S. adults do not follow those health guidelines and estimated that 50 percent of American children are not getting daily exercise. Researchers said colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer fatalities, resulting in 54,900 deaths in 1997. Some 95,000 new cases of colon cancer are diagnosed each year, experts reported. ************************************************************* It took the experts a while to find out what most vegetarians have known for ages. Better late than never. Andy Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 20:57:14 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [JP] Global warming deal struck after all-night talks Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19971210205714.22ef04de@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, December 1997 Global warming deal struck after all-night talks By Charles Clover, Environment Editor, in Kyoto A GLOBAL treaty to reduce emissions of gases which may be changing the Earth's climate was agreed in Kyoto today following all-night talks which twice came within sight of foundering. The Kyoto protocol commits developed countries to making legally-binding reductions in their emissions of carbon dioxide by 2010, the EU by eight per cent, the United States by seven per cent and Japan by six per cent. Other nations were expected to offer six per cent. Demonstrable progress will have to be shown by 2005. The treaty will not produce the 60 per cent reductions in greenhouse gases which scientists claim is necessary to stabilise concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere at a level which will prevent damage to natural systems. But it is a start. It promises to usher in a new age in which a price will be attached to the emission of carbon dioxide and the other gases, making it for the first time cheaper for many companies to save energy than to use more of it. John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, said: "We have every reason to be pleased. We have increased the figures by a tremendous amount. We're very, very happy about that." America came to Kyoto committed only to stabilising its emissions at 1990 levels by 2010. Japan - which moved only after the United States - had been committed only to reducing by around 2 per cent. In a night of drama India and China nearly destroyed the treaty by objecting to an international trade in pollution permits on the grounds that emissions trading was not fair to poor countries. Then the main US condition for accepting the protocol - the participation of developing countries - was deleted from the text by the Argentinian chairman, Raul Estrada, because the G7 countries and China would not agree it. At that point, just before dawn, the US delegation had to seek clearance from President Clinton to proceed. Talks on the involvement of developing countries and the fairness of the global emissions trading regime to poorer countries will now be settled at the next conference in Buenos Aires next year. Mr Prescott said the deal would not affect Britain's ambitious target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by 2010 but it would require further meetings to share the burden of five other gases now within the agreement. He said Britain's plan for cutting its own emissions would be published next April or May. Within a decade, under the treaty, industries are likely to have to buy permits to pollute, if they wish to allow their emissions to grow. Alternatively they will have to fit energy-saving equipment. These permits will be tradeable allowing each country to meet some of their targets by buying up rights to pollute in other countries. The final deal was brokered behind the scenes as the talks dragged into this morning, and the chairman took the conference through the final text line by line with the proceedings descending at times into farce. Matthew Spencer, of Greenpeace, said: "This deal falls tragically short of providing us with any climate protection and will, because of loopholes, lead to increased emissions in the industrialise world. A ray of hope is that it may start sending out signals that we're on the way." ⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997. Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 21:02:44 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK/EU] New danger is lamb on bone, say scientists Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19971210210244.2a870718@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit