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<x-html><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Madrid-Barcelona (Spain-Catalonia): In the program of Cadena 100 Radio "LA Jungla" ,that if I translate the name are "The Jungle", the famous spanish lead singer of "MOJINOS ESCOZIOS" (Sorry, I didn't remenber the name) has a section in this program about popular histories. The 5th of March, this singer, explain the history of " The Jungle Book". But in this section the parcularity are that the histories are explain in satiric intention.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The Jungle book, is the famous history of Mowgli, a baby that is leave in the jungle. The MOJINO'S leader explain how many animals encounter the baby and debate if they accept an human in the jungle or not.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The satiric appear when the tiger said "No, because the human shoot me and only want my skin for fur coats", and the elephant said "No, because the human dies many elephants for our Ivory" , etc.... in this moment appears the Panter, and said "Yes, but you didn't remember one thing, that we aren't humans" and all animals in the jungle accepts a Mowgli.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Is very important, that a one country how Spain, my country, prove that no all people likes the bullfighting shows and animal torture, and that is very important that famous people prove that love animals, for exemple Raul Gonzalez, Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Pep Guardiola, Magda Orenich, etc.... for this we fight for animals.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>FOR ALL ANIMALS.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jordi Niñerola</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Barcelona, Catalonia. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Jordi Ninyerola i Maymí</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><A href="../../../tppmsgs/msgs21.htm#2174" tppabs="http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/6506/pellcas.htm">http://www.geocities.com/rai nforest/vines/6506/pellcas.htm</A><BR><A href="../../../tppmsgs/msgs21.htm#2175" tppabs="http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/6506">http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vine s/6506</A><BR><A href="../../../tppmsgs/msgs21.htm#2176" tppabs="http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/academy/2855">http://www.geocities.com/hollywoo d/academy/2855</A><BR><A href="../../../tppmsgs/msgs21.htm#2177" tppabs="http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/loge/3128">http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/log e/3128</A><BR><A href="mailto:2063511@campus.uab.es">2063511@campus.uab.es</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>"Matar per sobreviure és un acte de la natura, matar per diversió<BR>o per lluïr una pell, és un acte que no fan ni els més cruels dels animals"</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> </x-html>Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:49:41 -0500 From: "Bina Robinson" <civitas@linkny.com> To: <ar-news@envirolink.org> Subject: Fw: VIRUS WARNING ! Message-ID: <199803101638.LAA00610@net3.netacc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ---------- > From: Gary L Krasner <gk-cfic@juno.com> > To: Mariposa03@aol.com; Nandaya@aol.com; Momnshlby@aol.com; alison@ctanet.fr; BatistaJ@aol.com; MCVCHQ@juno.com; AmColbin@aol.com; noshots@sprynet.com; peter@duesberg.com; HEALINTL@aol.com; chirho@ime.net; franz@aldus.northnet.org; gargoyle@echonyc.com; werpave@yahoo.com; va-sk@juno.com; akarlb@aol.com; duesberg@ina.com; mmasarik@fdldotnet.com; noshotz@erie.net; wwithin@nccn.net; HAVENLANE@aol.com; mother@ni.net; cezzium@hotmail.com; prove@swbell.net; civitas@linkny.com; dromeo@worldnet.att.net; via@access1.net; nms5ces@mail.ggg.net; pattys@web.net; ilanastein@aol.com; eddawest@netidea.com; KWNVIC@aol.com; dkwilson@cyberramp.net; peter@netlink.co.nz; peter.mancer@teltrend.co.nz > Subject: VIRUS WARNING ! > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 6:14 AM > > From: COEURL <COEURL@aol.com> > Subject: Fwd: VIRUS WARNING > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 13:47:22 EST > > Dear Folks > attached a cautionary note for your interest. I'm hesitant about any > forwardings en masse because this in itself can be a kind of "Mail bomb" > calculated to exceed a server's e-mail handling capacity, so caution is > apropriate in more than one way. This has the stink of legitimacy, but so > would a well-thought-out "jammer." Equivocality of the millennilum > best > Steve f LunOff Press > > > From: Immkd <Immkd@aol.com> > Return-path: <Immkd@aol.com> > Subject: Fwd: VIRUS WARNING > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:04:48 EST > Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) > > Subject: VIRUS WARNING > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 06:48:36 EST > Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) > > > VIRUS WARNING !!!!!! > > > > If you receive an email titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT open it. It > > will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter out to > > as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus and not > > many people know about it. This information was announced yesterday > > morning from Microsoft; please share it with everyone that might > access the > > internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address > > book so that this may be stopped. Also, do not open or even look at any > > mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER" This virus will attach > > itself to your computer components and render them useless. Immediately > > delete any mail items that say this. AOL has said that this is a very > > dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. > Please > > practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your online > friends > > ASAP. > > > > Janeen A. Jones > > Georgia Institute of Technology > > George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering > > Structural Acoustics > > Voice: 404.894.7404 (O) > > 770.319.0180 (H) > > Email: gt0905b@prism.gatech.edu > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:19:22 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org> To: ar-news@envirolink.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org Subject: MD Alert: Animal Friendly License Plates Message-ID: <2.2.16.19980310122356.52b75b34@pop.igc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MARYLAND ALERT SUPPORT "ANIMAL FRIENDLY" LICENSE PLATES! Senate Bill 88 is pending in Annapolis to create a special vehicle license plate to fund spay and neuter programs for dogs and cats in local communities. This bill already passed the Senate by an overwhelming margin of 40 to 5, and will soon be considered by the House Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and then hopefully, by the entire House of Delegates! You have three Delegates who represent you in Annapolis. Please contact them immediately and tell them to support Senate Bill 88. Call 1-800-492-7122 or write to: The Honorable __________ Maryland House of Delegates Annapolis, MD 21401 Besides contacting your own three Delegates, please also contact Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., the Chairman of the House Commerce and Government Matters Committee. Use the same address as above, or call 410-841-3502 (from the Baltimore/Annapolis area) or 301-858-3502 (from the Washington/Montgomery/Prince George's area). Here are a few points you may wish to make in your phone calls or letters: *** Overpopulation of cats and dogs causes much suffering as unwanted animals are either euthanized or become strays. One female cat can be the source of 420,000 cats in only seven years. Prevention through spaying and neutering is the key to solving this problem. *** Through the sale of these license plates, money will go back to each local community to run a sterilization program for cats and dogs. By purchasing these special license plates, people who want to help animals financially can, but are not required to do so. *** The license plates educate the public that spaying and neutering animals is important, and it also shows how much and how many people care about animals. *** Six other states (including our neighbor Virginia) have already enacted successful license plate programs to fund community spaying and neutering programs. Thank you for your help! Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:21:09 -0800 From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net> To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" <ar-news@envirolink.org> Subject: (US) Submarine tests too loud for whales? Message-ID: <3505AEC5.A7A1A662@usa.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (UPI; 03/09/98) By GLENN GARELIK UPI Science News WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 (UPI) Using sonar to detect distant enemy submarines presents a problem for the military: Seawater quickly dampens most sound, leaving the far-off subs to maintain their stealthy existence. But scientists found a way around the problem: Since very low- frequency waves can travel much farther than other sounds, they said, the military should try blasting very loud, very low-frequency signals into the water and wait for the echoes to return. That's the method whales use to communicate over thousands of kilometers. In the early 1990s scientists for the Navy and NATO began experimenting around the globe with such extremely loud, low-frequency sounds. Then in 1994, Joel Reynolds, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, learned of the experiments and insisted the Navy determine whether the noises might be disturbing endangered marine life. To do so would constitute a violation of federal laws. The Navy halted the program until an Environmental Impact Statement could be prepared. It targeted the end of 1998 for a draft. To test the impact of the sounds on whales, the Navy engaged experts from Cornell University's Shoals Marine Laboratory and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. The first experiments on gray, blue, and fin whales off the coast of California began last fall. The final tests were to begin late last month off Hawaii, where two-thirds of the world's population of humpbacks breed in March. Whereupon an angry coalition of environmental groups stepped in. The groups sued to halt the Navy testing. When the federal district court judge in Honolulu ruled against them recently on grounds they had failed to establish sufficient evidence of harm to the animals, members of one of the groups sailed into test-site waters. Benjamin White, the group's director, promised to "get as many human bodies as possible between the Navy and the whales." Judge Helen Gilmor at the federal district court in Honolulu heard the case twice, and a decision is expected anytime. Chief plaintiff against the Navy and its researchers is psychobiologist Marsha Green, of Albright College in Reading, Pa., a specialist on the effects on whales of the engine noise of marine vessels. Says Green, "Blasting humpback whales with sounds of this intensity could kill them." A Navy spokesman responds that neither the environmental impact tests nor its military program have yet produced ill effects on any marine creatures. If further testing turns out to affect those creatures, the spokesman told United Press International, the program "will stop." Green fears the damage will already have been done. She bases her reasoning in part on an understanding that the experimental sonar is capable of sounds as loud as 230 decibels, and that even the environmental impact tests could run as loud as 215 dB. Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, the firm that has taken up the environmentalist case, describes that as 1,000 times louder than a 747 engine. Green argues that troubles start at intensities well under 215 dB. She points to a recent research paper in which the authors say even at 180 dB sound waves can "shear" living tissues especially in marine mammals, which have lungs, and so a significant differential versus surrounding water pressure. She notes there was a mass-stranding of beaked whales on the Greek shore in May. Because such mass-strandings are highly unusual, a University of Athens zoologist has written in the journal Nature that it may have been precipitated by NATO tests of its low-frequency submarine- detection system. And Green refers to sightings of dead whales at places where biologists from the Scripps Oceanographic Institute studied the behavior of loud, low-frequency sounds to gauge ocean temperatures. Cornell University animal communications specialist Christopher Clark, the researcher leading the environmental impact experiment for the Navy, says he will issue sonic "pulses" of 125 dB or lower, at least initially. In water, he says, that is about as loud as human speech. And he says he will take the signals no louder than 155 dB. In water, he says, that is "about as loud as a Waring blender." But Clark also acknowledges he has seen apparent signs of discomfort in whales exposed to loud boat engines. According to Peter Tyack, a Woods Hole whale expert respected by both sides of the controversy, whales have been known to change their migratory patterns when encountering manmade sounds as "low" as 120 dB, such as those produced by underwater oil-drilling. Environmental lawyer Reynolds, for his part, says that while he opposes deployment of the submarine detection system per se, he reluctantly supports research into the damage it might cause. "If it's necessary to get data," he says, "then I'm prepared to live with it." ------------------------------------------ end of story ------------------------------------------ (I received an error message so I'm reposting this. Apologies if it appears twice) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:33:35 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Plants May Not Repel Deer, But Can Curb Their Appetites... (US/MD) Message-ID: <2.2.16.19980310143749.44b7c8f0@pop.igc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" from the Maryland DNR web site (http://www.dnr.state.md.us): Plants May Not Repel Deer, But Can Curb Their Appetites, Saving Your Garden For Its Beauty And Other Wildlife Annapolis, MD (March 10, 1998)--If deer are munching your garden like it's going out of style, chances are your plants are among their favored foods. While many people are interested in sharing their backyards with wildlife, they are sometimes discouraged by the ravenous appetites of neighborhood deer. But don't despair. There are some garden plants that are not on the favored menu of white-tailed deer, according to staff at Maryland's Department of Natural Resources and Cooperative Extension Service. White-tailed deer have taken full advantage of the great habitat offered to it by suburban development and luscious garden plantings. The notion that deer are showing up in backyards because they have lost habitat is misinformed. White-tailed deer like forest edges best and really enjoy living in the narrow bands of forest along streams and in community parks, especially when they border some nice azaleas. The deer population explosion is due, in part, to the expansion, not the loss of habitat. The Maryland Cooperative Extension Service has published a list of plants that are considered rarely or seldom damaged by deer in its publication "Resistance of Ornamentals to Deer Damage" fact sheet #655. To receive a copy of the complete list, contact your county Cooperative Extension office, listed in the blue pages of the telephone book. That being said, there are many other wildlife species that are not usually intrusive and could use a helping hand in the form of created and enhanced habitat. All kinds of songbirds, like cardinals, blue jays, robins, goldfinches and many beautiful butterflies really can benefit from a well-planned backyard habitat. Just because deer are dining in your hostas, doesn't mean you have to give up the idea of a garden that's attractive to humans or beneficial to other wildlife. To enhance your garden for songbirds and butterflies, consider adding a shallow bird bath. Water is one of the most precious habitat elements for wildlife. Fresh water is often scarce in urban and suburban neighborhoods. Add a little movement to the water and you're sure to attract all kinds of songbirds. The bathing and drinking antics of birds and their springtime breeding plumage will delight you. Songbirds appreciate offering of bird seed, especially in the spring when their other food (insects, fruit and natural seed) is limited and their nesting preparations have begun. Also, consider adding a nest box. A good choice for suburban homes is a wren nest box. Wrens are tiny and adorable. Males prepare several nests and one is chosen by the female, so nesting space for wrens is always in demand. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Wild Acres Program has lots of ideas for projects that you can undertake to benefit and enjoy wildlife at home, whether you have a window box, a townhome garden, a large farm or any space in between. Over 3,600 properties are currently part of the program. Participants receive a certificate and outdoor decorative sign, as well as a periodic newsletter with tips and great wildlife information. Call (410) 260-8570 for more information. Posted on March 10, 1998 Date: 10 Mar 1998 16:24:02 EST From: kjp@wspausa.com (Katherine Perkinson) To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Travel Advisory-Cancun, Mexico Message-ID: <kjp.980310.16240202@wspausa.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" College Students/Travelers Urged to Boycott Bullfights While on Spring Break in CANCUN, MEXICO Boston/Washington- The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Humane Society International (HSI), through their joint Travel Partners for Animal Welfare program and under the slogan of No Mas Violencia!, are asking college students and travelers vacationing south of the border this spring to pull the cape over the eyes of entrepreneurs and bullfighters by not attending regularly scheduled bullfights in Cancun, Mexico. This week alone, 1500 tourists will attend a bullfight in Cancun. Ninety percent of these people will be North American and many will be college students. Most will leave Cancun's bull ring sickened by a display of cruelty never before witnessed by these unsuspecting tourists. Bullfighting is not an indigenous tradition in Cancun. It was imported in 1984 by entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of tourist revenue. In the past 15 years Cancun has grown to be a very wealthy city, enticing capitalists from around the world with one of the highest and most consistent occupancy rates of any vacation destination. While the bullfighting industry represents less than 5% of the total revenues produced by attractions in Cancun, the billions of dollars which pour into Cancun yearly still make it a very profitable business. With the wide array of eco-friendly activities Cancun has to offer, it is senseless that the cruel sport of bullfighting continues to draw a crowd. In addition to launching a wide-spread publicity campaign, WSPA and HSI are working with officials in Cancun and throughout Mexico to introduce an educational curriculum within local communities. Teacher training seminars will provide educators with the information necessary to integrate animal welfare and environmental issues into existing school programs. WSPA and HSI have also asked the government to publicly label bullfights as violent events and to restrict attendance by young children who are currently admitted free of charge. The absent voices and wallets of college students this year in Cancun's bullrings will demonstrate a growing intolerance to the violence involved in bullfighting. By not patronizing these events, students can discourage the further growth of this sport and hit entrepreneurs, matadors, and aficionados where it really hurts - their profits. With all the other options, why not say "No Mas Violencia"? ______________________________________________________ Travel Partners for Animal Welfare is a group of travel agencies and wholesalers who have joined in partnership with two of the world's leading animal protection agencies - the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Humane Society International (HSI)- to raise consciousness within the tourism industry about animal welfare. Partners use their influence to prevent tourism revenues from supporting events and industries that exploit animal suffering and to encourage patronage of those which are beneficial for animals. A listing of participating agencies can be found on both WSPA and HSI websites: http://www.way.net/wspa/TPAWagen.html and http://www.hsus.org/TPAW.html Contact: Katie Perkinson at WSPA, (617) 522-7000 or Janet Frake at HSI, (301) 258-3010 for more information ### Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:40:23 -0800 From: Bob Chorush <BChorush@paws.org> To: "'ar-news@envirolink.org'" <ar-news@envirolink.org> Subject: National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA) [Seattle] Message-ID: <0036E62F4D76D111AD4B004095020B3602A1CA@EXCHANGE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain For Immediate Release March 9, 1998 WILD IN BELLEVUE On Thursday March 12 through 15, PAWS Wildlife Center will be host to over 500 veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators, biologists, university professors and zookeepers from throughout the United States and abroad as they converge for the Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA). This is the first year that this important gathering of wildlife professionals will be held in the Northwest. The Symposium attendees, some of whom have come from as far away as New Zealand, are collectively responsible for treating and returning to the wild hundreds of thousands of injured and orphaned wild animals every year! Held at the Double Tree Hotel in Bellevue, the symposium will provide important opportunities for sharing information on latest advances in wildlife medicine and rehabilitation care. Some of the highlights of the four days of concurrent sessions include an Avian Fracture Repair Workshop by world renown veterinarian, Patrick Redig of the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota, discussion of the Restoration of Gray Wolves by Joe Fontaine with the US. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rearing Australian Mammals by Debra Dyson from the Melbourne Zoo, A Cooperative Approach to Oil Spill Management by Joanna Mazet, DVM from the University of California, and Building a Rehabilitation Center by Walter Crawford from the World Bird Sanctuary. Local speakers include: Eric Stauber, DVM, Washington State University (Value of Wildlife Rehabilitation, Opportunities for Treatment, Research, Education, and Conservation) Darin Collins, DVM, Woodland Park Zoo, (Organophosphate Toxicosis in Raptors in the Pacific Northwest) Michael Garner, DVM, Northwest Zoo Path, (The Role of Pathology in Wildlife Rehabilitation) Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Research, (the First People of Puget Sound Learn from the Earth) Sam Wasser, PhD, Center for Wildlife Conservation (Non-invasive Measures of Ecosystem Health) Curtiss Clumpner, PAWS Wildlife Center (Rehabilitation of Black Bears) The PAWS Wildlife Center is pleased to host this Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, an incredible learning opportunity for those working to save wildlife. Contact: Jeanne Wasserman, PAWS Wildlife Center (425)787-2500 x 815 or (206)363-7268 Sue Howell, NWRA (408)779-9372, or (425)455-1300 at Double Tree (from March 11) NWRA Symposium site: Double Tree Hotel, 300 112th Ave SE, Bellevue Bob Chorush, Web Administrator Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) 15305 44th Ave W. Lynnwood,WA 98046 425-787-2500 ext 862 fax 425-742-5711 bchorush@paws.org Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:37:28 -0800 (PST) From: Twilight <twilight13@rocketmail.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Fwd: "Live Frog Habitat" Message-ID: <19980310223728.21407.rocketmail@web1.rocketmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This was posted on another list but thought it may be of interest > Dear Frog Friends, > Today while looking for gifts for a niece and nephew, I was at a > Natural Wonders store and a Learningsmith store. Both stores had an > item called "Uncle Milton's Surf Frogs Live Frog Habitat." This is a > domed and glorified version (with a surf board for the frog) of the > plastic pools with an island in the center and a plastic palm tree that > were sold years ago to house hatchling turtles sold at the 5 & dime > stores. It was inadequate for turtles then, and the updated version > (yes, it still has the plastic palm) is inadequate for frogs now. Worse > yet, the whole image presented by the packaging and design is of frogs > as living toys. It comes with a certificate to send away for 1 or 2 > Leopard frog tadpoles (_R. pipiens_). The spiel on the back of the box > says something about amphibian experts being involved in it's > development, and how Earth friendly it is because the tadpoles are > captive hatched. If you have one of these stores in your area, stop in > and see what you think of this thing. > Anyway, I was going to write letters to both stores' main offices, and > to the manufacturer, and I thought in case anyone else sees this thing > and is as bothered by it as I was- here are the addresses: > > Uncle Milton Industries, Inc > 5717 Corsa Ave. > Westlake Village, CA 91362 > > Natual Wonders > 4209 Technology Dr. > Fremont, CA 94538 > > Learningsmith > 32 3rd Ave. > Burlington, MA 01803 > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 07:12:10 +0800 From: bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Your letters to New Zealand may save bunny lives Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980311070403.2ff74d5e@wantree.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear All, Someone wrote to me and suggested that it was important that people in New Zealand speak out on behalf of pet rabbits threatened by RCD/VHD and this is true. However I thought I'd explain why any letter you can send to Jenny Shipley (New Zealand Prime Minister) will be so helpful and may help save pet bunnies from dying of RCD in New zealand. My sources in New Zealand say that many pet bunny owners (especially those with 5 or 6 rabbits or more) are afraid to speak out to ask for free or cheap vaccine because the authorities could make things hard for them. In my state of Western Australia there are bi-laws that say you should only have two rabbits although I believe you can obtain a permit to hold more. Many people have many more than 2 rabbits here. Yet, it would always be possible that if authorites decided to target rabbit carers that we would have a big dispute here. I feel that the same situation may exist in New Zealand. Personally, I cannot sit by and think of people's pet bunnies dying because of lack of free/cheap VHD vaccines. From anyones point of view, to see a government totally uncaring of the death of peoples beloved companionship animals (pet rabbits)and yet allowing deliberate epidemics of VHD instigated by renegade farmers is a totally unacceptable and a cruel state of affairs. I would protest at this abomination whether the companionship animal involved was rabbit, dog or cat. The whole NZ RCD saga is cruel, bizzare and heartless in the lack of consideration shown by the NZ authorities regarding peoples beloved pet rabbits. Jenny Shipley's address is Hon Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand Fax International +64 4 473 7045 Kind regards, Marguerite ===================================================================== ======== /`\ /`\ Rabbit Information Service, Tom, Tom, (/\ \-/ /\) P.O.Box 30, The piper's son, )6 6( Riverton, Saved a pig >{= Y =}< Western Australia 6148 And away he run; /'-^-'\ So none could eat (_) (_) email: rabbit@wantree.com.au The pig so sweet | . | Together they ran | |} http://www.wantree.com.au/~rabbit/rabbit.htm Down the street. \_/^\_/ (Rabbit Information Service website updated frequently) Jesus was most likely a vegetarian... why aren't you? Go to http://www.zworx.com/kin/esseneteachings.htm for more information. It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. - Voltaire Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:51:40 PST From: "Cari Gehl" <skyblew@hotmail.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Re: New Australian Wildlife mailing list Message-ID: <19980310235140.27770.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Hi everyone - A correction to my earlier message about this mailing list. The correct address to subscribe should be: ozark-request@paradigm4.com.au Apparently, they left the "a" out of paradigm. Sorry about that! Best wishes, Cari > >Cari Gehl wrote: > >> Also from rec.animals.wildlife... >> >> Interested in Australian Native Animals? >> The new OZARK mailing list is now open. >> Discussion will centre around the care, rehabilitation and release of >> Australian Wildlife. >> Vets, Registered Carers and interested parties are invited to join >> free. >> To subscribe, send email to: >> ozark-request@pardigm4.com.au >> with the subject: subscribe >> and the word "subscribe" as a message >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:03:02 -0500 From: Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Documents re Vilas Park Zoo monkeys Message-ID: <199803110002.TAA12044@sumter.awod.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The International Primate Protection League has received copies of the documents reproduced below, pertaining to the Vilas Park Zoo monkeys. ---------------------- E-mail from "Joseph W. Kemnitz" (kemnitz@primate.wis.edu) to "gerone@tpc.tulane.edu" (Peter Gerone, director of Tulane Primate Center), dated 10 November 1998, subject "Gift" Pete, would you accept a gift of a group of ~50 rhesus monkeys from us? Or two groups totalling ~100? I am trying to resolve a controversy (and now a funding issue) regarding our monkeys kept at the local zoo. If I could find a new home for the rhesus, it would make life much easier [my comment, CLEARLY EASIER FOR KEMNITZ, NOT THE MONKEYS!]. Both groups consist of males and females of mixed ages. They are reasonable breeding troops. It would be best if they were used for breeding, rather than invasive research FOR PR ISSUES [Emphasis added by SM, for non English language list members, PR = Public relations, the violation of the long-standing agreement that the zoo monkeys never be used for invasive research was apparently viewed as a "PR problem" by the university - not a matter of right and wrong]. We would like to ship them before February. If you have any interest, let me know. Best regards, Joe ----------------------------- Reply on 11 November 1997 from "Peter J. Gerone" Joe - sorry for the delay in responding. I got your message the first thing this morning but I wanted to talk to Jim Blanshard before responding. The answer is YES! We have our quarantine pretty full through January but we hope to move them out in time to accept your monkeys. We would be interested in the whole group and, obviously, would pay the expense of getting them there. We appreciate your offer. Pete. ------------------------------ On 23 December, Michael Lankeit, Acting Director of the Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH in Gottingen, Germany, contacted Kemnitz, proposing a way for the primate center to "get rid" of the monkeys "in an elegant manner." Its letterhead lists the center's "research groups" as "Aging and Metabolic Disease, Immunogenetics, Neurobiology, Physiological ethology, Psychobiology, Reproduction, Virology and Immunology" I am writing you in my function of the chairman of the European Primate Resources Network - EUPREN - a network of the leading primate centers in Europe. Via Primate-Talk we learned that NIH will stop funding the WRPRC colony at Vilas Park Zoo and I had the opportunity to talk to David Abbott some days before in Paris. During this talk very spontaneously the idea was born that EUPREN would overtake this colony. Without having thought about the details we believed that such a solution would be advantageous for WRPRC and EUPREN as well because one of the aims of EUPREN is the expansion of the breeding capacities of macaques in Europe and WRPRC could "get rid" of the colony in an elegant manner. So my question is, do you see a realistic chance to transfer the colony from Vilas Zoo to Europe? If so, we could start thinking about the feasibility and details of such an operation. In that case, we would need of course more information about the colony. If not, it makes no sense to invest any more time into it. I am looking forward hearing from you. -------------------------------- On 23 December 1997 Kemnitz responded: Thank you for your fax message of earlier today and for your interest in our monkeys at the Vilas Park Zoo. In answer to your questions, yes, I do see transfer of at least the stumptailed macaques from the zoo to the Deutsches Primatenzentrum as a realistic possibility! The group consists of 51 animals ranging from infants to older adults (~20 yr old). I would be happy to discuss opportunities with you. [IPPL Note, on 14 January, Kemnitz was quoted in the Madison Capital Times as saying, "Transferring the stumptails to Thailand remains my No. 1 option for them."] ------------------------- On 6 January 1998 Kemnitz contacted the German Primate Center again. This note is to follow-up on our correspondence of two weeks ago. Is EUPREN still interested in acquiring our stumptailed macaques? Please let me know as we would like to develop a plan for them in the very near future. --------------- On 8 January 1998 Michael Lankeit replied to Kemnitz. Many thanks for your faxes on December 23 and January 6. To be honest, EUPREN's focus of interest was the rhesus macaque colony of Vilas Park which obviously is not available. Stumptailed macaques are not very common in biomedical research in Europe so I fear there is no great interest to acquire the colony. ---------------- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:10:10 -0600 From: Steve Barney <AnimalLib@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu> To: AR-News <AR-News@envirolink.org> Subject: [US-WI] "7 monkeys too sick to make trip south" (TCT-030798) Message-ID: <3505D662.4A9596A0@uwosh.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit "7 monkeys too sick to make trip south" By Paul Norton The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin United States Saturday, March 7, 1998 Page 2A -- Beginning -- 7 MONKEYS TOO SICK TO MAKE TRIP SOUTH By Paul Norton The Capital Times Born in Madison, they'll 'die in Madison. Seven of the 78 zoo monkeys scheduled for shipment to Louisiana Wednesday were deemed too infirm or aged to travel and were kept here. The seven rhesus monkeys, many of them sick with terminal cancer, will live out their years at the University of Wisconsin Primate Research Center, 1223 Capitol Court, said Dr. Christine O'Rourke, the facility's attending, veterinarian. The Madison based Alliance for Animals learned of the decision to hold back some of the monkeys and fired off a press release suggesting that primate center staffers had handpicked these particular monkeys for use in further experimentation. O'Rourke stressed that the monkeys cancers are from natural causes, and assured that they will not be subject to invasive research. Most of the animals have been alive for 20 to 30 years, O'Rourke said. They are being held in two large pens and living with members of the troops to which they belonged at the Henry Vilas Zoo until this week. The rest of the monkeys arrived safely at their new home, a Tulane University research facility, said the Primate Research Center's Jordana Lenon. "The animals arrived at Tulane Thursday evening at about 6:30 and they were all fine," Lenon said. The Wednesday morning departure of the van carrying the monkeys was marked by protests at the zoo and last-minute negotiations to divert them to an animal sanctuary in Texas. In all, 144 monkeys were shipped to Tulane, 71 of them from the zoo. Those who sought to keep the monkeys in Madison expressed deep disappointment with members of the UW Board of Regents Friday. The UW has said it could not afford the costs of keeping the zoo monkeys here. Behavioral research on the animals ended in June, and federal funds for them subsequently dried up. Lesley Arena, president of the Alliance for Animals board, and UW English professor Marian Bean criticized the university s handling of the monkeys. "We're not here to discuss the pros and cons of animal research," Arena said. "We're talking about a group of very special pet monkeys at our zoo." Regents President Sheldon Lubar declined comment, saying the state Attorney General's Office told the regents not to discuss the matter since it remains under litigation in a Dane County Circuit Court. The animal rights group sought an injunction early this week to keep the monkeys in Madison, but Judge Robert DeChambeau did not rule on the request. On Wednesday, the judge set a hearing in the case for April 15, but King Street Law Collective lawyer Gene Linkmeyer, representing the monkey supporters, said he likely would ask to have the injunction request voluntarily dismissed. In a statement before the Board of Regents, Vice Chancellor John Wiley said the university had handled the issue as well as it could. -- End -- More information about the UW-Madison monkey scandal is available at: http://www.uwosh.edu/organizations/alag/Issues.html Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:41:51 EST From: Tereiman <Tereiman@aol.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: 'First Dog' To Be Neutered Message-ID: <ae903734.3505ddd1@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 'First Dog' To Be Neutered .c The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - The fix is in. Buddy, President Clinton's rambunctious new puppy, will be neutered, the White House said Tuesday. The president decided to neuter his chocolate-colored Labrador after an appeal from actress Doris Day, who urged that Buddy go under the knife for health reasons, White House spokesman Barry Toiv said. ``The president is inclined to do so,'' Toiv told reporters aboard Air Force One as Clinton flew here from Connecticut to attend a fund-raising dinner. Ms. Day, president of the Doris Day Animal League, sent Clinton a letter in December expressing concern that Buddy would suffer health problems if he were left intact. In January, Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry said there were no plans to neuter Buddy, who had moved into the White House in mid-December. However, Clinton physician Connie Mariano has now told Ms. Day in a letter that the Clintons had decided to neuter the dog on the advice of their veterinarian. ``Thank you for your thoughtful concern,'' Dr. Mariano wrote. No date was set for the procedure. As of Monday, Buddy seemed oblivious to his fate. He engaged in an energetic game of fetch with Clinton in the Rose Garden after the president returned from a speech before the American Medical Association. Socks, the first family's cat, was neutered while Clinton was Arkansas governor. AP-NY-03-10-98 1828EST Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:02:46 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (TH) Sanctuary fire Message-ID: <199803110402.MAA20190@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Bangkok Post 11 Mar 98 Forest fires rage at sanctuary Insufficient staff seen as main problem Uamdao Noikorn Forest fires have so far claimed more than 3,500 rai in Huay Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary and the surrounding forest, but officials claim to have been able to keep them under control. The fires at the World Natural Heritage site in Uthai Thani have been raging since January. Much of the fires occurred in the buffer zone, officials said. Other damaged areas include 1,000 rai at Khao Bandai inside the sanctuary proper. Officials said they have been able to control 85 percent of the fire in the area. According to a Forestry Department report released yesterday, there are four other spots under fire including Khao Khiew which is located north of the sanctuary linking Mae Wong National Park. There, about 1,000 rai is under the blaze but about 80 percent of fire has been put out. Over 200 rai in the Sri Nakharin water catchment area was burned before officials finally stopped the fire. About 250 rai at the checkpoint 2 was destroyed. The only troublesome site is at the Kra Puk Kra Piak Protection Unit where more than 1,000 rai of forest has been burned so far while officials attempt to get the fire under control. The Forestry Department admitted lack of personnel was the main problem. At present, there are 13 units of fire squads with a total of 195 persons stationed all over the sanctuary. But the department is confident the situation will be under control as the army has lent its hand. Forest fire is common in the sanctuary as it happens every year. A study by the department shows that all the fire incidents result from human activities including hunting, food gathering and clearing for farmland. This time was no exception. A forestry official at the Forest Fire Control Division said the disaster has its merit as it promotes growth of saplings but admitted there is an environmental impact in the long run including soil erosion and degradation of forest conditions especially if the fire is frequent. The worst forest fire in the history of Huay Kha Khaeng was in 1994 which saw 68,271 rai of forest including evergreen burned down and hundreds of wild animals, young species and eggs of rare breeds killed. Article copyright Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd 1998 Reprinted for non-commercial use only. Website: http://www.bangkokpost.net Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:14:06 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (TH) Dog saves boy Message-ID: <199803110414.MAA07878@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >The Straits Times 10 Mar 98 DOG SAVES BOY: A 10-year-old boy, who jumped into a pond to save his drowning mother and sister, was saved from the same fate by his pet dog, which pulled him to safety, Thai police said yesterday. The dog rescued the boy on Sunday from a pond near Bangkok. But it was unable to save the other two. -- Reuters. Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:20:59 -0500 From: Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Corrected e-mail address Message-ID: <199803110420.XAA18654@sumter.awod.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The correct e-mail address of Wisconsin Primate Center Acting Director Joe Kemnitz is: kemnitz@primate.wisc.edu Sorry, Shirley McGreal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Shirley McGreal PHONE: 803-871-2280 FAX: 803-871-7988 Int. Primate Protection League E-MAIL: ippl@awod.com POB 766 Summerville | http://www.ippl.org "It was the first time in my life that I was important enough for someone I'd never met to hate me" - George Orwell of his days as a civil servant in India ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:41:47 -0500 From: molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton) To: ar-news@envirolink.org Cc: ar-nys@waste.org Subject: HELP END DISSECTION!! Message-ID: <19980310.234153.3262.5.molgoveggie@juno.com> I have been working since last October to have my High School here in Middletown, N.Y. end dissection of once living creatures and use only computers and models which the school already has. I have been to the board meetings, given video's to all the board members and the superintendant, as well as the science teachers and principal. The video from PETA, called class room cut ups and I finally got a response letter from the Superintendant. Here it is as follows: Dear Ms. Hamilton, I am writing to seek a level of closure on the animal rights issue which you have been so resolute in recent months. Thank you for your patients in awaiting my reply to you. I don't believe our school system has been insensitive to the issue of animal dissection. Understanding that we have a very diverse community, and concomitant teaching and learning styles, we "DO" respect the wishes of students who choose not to dissect animals in class. Similarly, we also attempt to respect those students and staff members who do not eat meat. Moreover, the Syracuse University program in advanced biology that we utilize has a fundamental expectation of dessection in its curriculum. Your articles and video would have schools such as ours mutilating and dissecting dogs and cats. As you probably know, we do not dessect dogs o cats - or other animals to which people would commonly relate to house pets. In addition, the literature you provided naively suggests that computer- driven alternatives are more cost effective. They are not - as many believe - but tat they are a costly alternative, and representations to the contrary further exaggerate the position. It is curious that our public schools would be the focus of activities in this matter, when other institutions obviously bear more responsibility for the abrogation of animal "rights" that we do. Examples; all supermarkets; McDonalds and all other restaurants; the medical and pharmaceutical professions; most research institutions; manufacturers of leather goods, cosmetics, building products, exotic jewelry and furnishings, chemicals, medicine, etc.; pet stores; the animal entertainment industry: and perhaps most important - those who consuume these products and services. To dwell upon the publc school, turning one's back on the blatant excesses of the rest of our society seems unbalanced at best. The Enlarged City School District of middletown will contine to make an effort to provide a sensitive and repectful perspectiveon these issues, perhaps more so than those listed above. Thank you for elevating our sensitivity to the cause you represent. I appreciate the professional manner in which you have dealt with people in our system, paticularly your patience in awaiting my response. Sincerely, Robert H. Sigl, Jr. Superintendant of Schools The letter was also cc'd to : Mr. Gerard Hluchan, President Board of Education Mr. Bernard Cohen, Principal Middletown High School Ms./ Shirley Thompson, ScienceChairperson, MHS If anyone feels that they would like to send a letter to Mr. Sigler concerning dissection on my behalf it would be great. Fax: 914-343-9938 Phone: 914-341-5690 Address: Mr. Robert Sigler Superindendant of Schools, 223 Wisner Avenue Middletown, .Y. Love, Peace & Liberation, _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:52:15 -0500 From: molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton) To: ar-news@envirolink.org Cc: chickadee-l@envirolink.org Subject: Heart Wrenching Experience. Message-ID: <19980310.235220.3262.8.molgoveggie@juno.com> Today I saw a disabled man in a wheel chair on the streets with his dog tagging along with him. The dog was also disabled only having three legs. The dog was a black labrador retriever. I cried when I saw them. Love, Peace, and Liberation, Molly _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. 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