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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>  <pre> AR-NEWS Digest 670 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) First pictures of Nadas at Best Friends available on Web by "Bob Schlesinger" <bob@arkonline.com> 2) (AU) Victory for Ducks by Lynette Shanley <ippl@lisp.com.au> 3) Marine mammals, birds die of starvation by Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> 4) Hormones, rats and appetite by Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> 5) Propagating rare cheetahs for the animal trade by Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> 6) (Australia)RSPCA supporting cruel live sheep trade? by bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> 7) JESUS WAS A VEGETARIAN by allen schubert <ar-admin@envirolink.org> 8) Admin Note -- Inappropriate Posting by allen schubert <ar-admin@envirolink.org> 9) (US) Poultry Growers Air Problems by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 10) (US) Farmers Get More Time To Stop Run-Off by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 11) Re: (Australia)RSPCA supporting cruel live sheep trade? by MINKLIB@aol.com 12) Good Morning America glorifies rodeo by "Christine M. Wolf" <cwolf@fund.org> 13) Editorial blasts primate center director by Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com> 14) Confiscated chimps given to B dealer by Shirley McGreal <spm@awod.com> 15) Japan Killing Bears and Monkeys by kjp@wspausa.com (Katherine Perkinson) 16) Seregeti Lions Protected from Deadly Disease by kjp@wspausa.com (Katherine Perkinson) 17) Reforms for Dogs in Taiwan by kjp@wspausa.com (Katherine Perkinson) 18) BBC News: Scientists warned of human BSE in 1988 by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long) 19) Vilas monkeys still fighting by paulbog@jefnet.com (Rick Bogle) 20) State sues over elk management rights by Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org> 21) More on St. Jude's Coon Hunt by Ilene Rachford <irachfrd@erinet.com> 22) Committee approves bill to de-list grizzly bears by Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org> 23) Re: Confiscated chimps given to B dealer- correction on inof by "David Meyer" <david@campaignhumane.org> 24) (US) NJ DEP to hold waterfowl seminar by CircusInfo@aol.com 25) March 2: Protest Animal Damage Control by Michael Markarian <mmarkarian@fund.org> 26) Canadian Beaver Killers by MINKLIB@aol.com 27) (USA) Endangered Species petition by bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> 28) ACLU and Virginia Animal Rights Activists Speak Out! by NOVENAANN@aol.com 29) [UK] Water is clear of BSE pollution, claims firm by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 30) [UK] Warning to RSPCA over vegetarians by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 31) [EU] Progress over beef 'blocked by Germans' by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 32) [CH] Panda dies aged 30 by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 33) [US] Rootworms learn crop rotation by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 34) (US) Defense witness calls plaintiffs' witness testimony á `invalid' by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 35) (CN) Animal park fun for the family by jwed <jwed@hkstar.com> 36) (CN) Extension of "Zoo with Laboratory" by jwed <jwed@hkstar.com> 37) (US) USDA Moves to Help Pork Prices by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 38) (US) New Corn Hybrid Could Cut Pollution by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 39) (US/CN) Perdue Chicken Builds in China by allen schubert <alathome@clark.net> 40) EUROPE COULD FACE 'DEVASTATING' OUTBREAKS OF ANIMAL DISEASES by Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net> 41) Early identification of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. by Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net> 42) Former Deputy Forest Supervisor Blasts SW Grazing Subsidies á (fwd) by Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net> 43) Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing á Countries, Global Economy by Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net> 44) Film: "It's a dog's life" (fwd) by Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net> 45) USDA Amends Tuberculosis Regulations to Include More Livestock by Wyandotte Animal Group <wag@heritage.com> 46) [UK] Parrot calls "Help" for trapped man by David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> 47) Squabbles in the chicken industry by Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:19:57 -0800 From: "Bob Schlesinger" <bob@arkonline.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: First pictures of Nadas at Best Friends available on Web Message-ID: <199802192119570530.02A3330C@pcez.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit You can now see pictures of Nadas taken today at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab Utah at <http://www.bestfriends.org/>http://www.bestfriends.org.á He looks great! Also we have updated Ark Online at <http://www.arkonline.com/>http://www.arkonline.com Enjoy! -Bob Schlesinger Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:47:07 +1100 From: Lynette Shanley <ippl@lisp.com.au> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (AU) Victory for Ducks Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980220164707.00685b54@lisp.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" For many years animal welfare groups in Australia have been trying to ban the use of ducks in parenting skill classes. The children are given a day old duck by the school and they must look after the duck. They must feed it, make sure it has the right heat, take it to school, check on it through the night etc. The duck imprints on the child and never learns how to fend for itself in the wild. The children are allowed to keep the duck after the experiment but one woman I worked dumped her son's duck on a nearby lake. The duck did not know how to find food, which other animals were its enemy, how to act like a duck etc. The mother duck must have also suffered having the day old chick taken from them. These experiments in schools also teach children that animals can be used by us for our own purposes. Two years I become so angry about this when a woman I worked with explained what happened to the duck. I wrote to the Department of Agriculture, who is responsible for animal welfare and Department of Education asking that this practice stop.á Letters went back and forth for 18 months. No one was going to stop the experiments. I then heard after my concerns were raised some schools volunteered to stop the experiments. (Partial Victory only). In March last year at an inquiry into the Animal Research Regulations I pointed out to the parliamentarians that this kind of research was not an approved study according to the "Animals In Schools" guidelines. In fact a school would have to seek permission for Department of Education to carry out the experimentá and it should then be rejected as it did not meet any of the educational aims and objectives as listed in the guidelines.á I put it to the parliament that schools were carrying out the experiment illegally as they were not seeking permission for the Dept of Education. Still everyone denied this. Eventually I lodged a formal complaint. Today I received a letter from Dept of Agriculture after they had the formal complaint fully investigated. They have admitted in writing I was right all along and the use of ducks in this manner was not an approved experiment. Schools in New South Wales are being advised now that they can no longer use ducks for these experiments, and I have been advised that in the new guidelines being drawn up it will be listed as a prohibited activity. Victory in New South Wales for thousands of baby ducks. Lynette Shanley International Primate Protection League - Australia PO Box 60 PORTLANDá NSWá 2847 AUSTRALIA Phone/Fax 02 63554026/61 2 63 554026 EMAIL ippl@lisp.com.au Dog's lives are to short. Their only fault really. Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:00:25 -0800 From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Marine mammals, birds die of starvation Message-ID: <34ED1BF9.50CB@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit El Nino forces sea lions onto Chile beaches Reuters News Service SAN ANTONIO, Chile, February 19, 1998 A fearless sea lion pup waddles up to a fisherman on the beach, its sad, black eyes begging for a scrap of fish. But the old man boots the hungry pup away and another fisherman nearby growls, "If I had a stick of dynamite, I'd blow them up." The southern sea lion pups have become a common sight on the beaches of this small fishing harbor 68 miles west of Santiago since January. They are victims of the erratic weather pattern called El Nino. El Nino results from an interaction between the surface layers of the ocean and the overlying atmosphere in the tropical Pacific. Depending on the region, it can cause droughts or floods as well as unusually warm ocean currents. These warmer waters have pushed fish farther offshore in search of colder waters, so the parents of the young sea lions have left them behind to pursue the fish. "They wean them before they normally do, which is usually between six and 10 months of age," said Jose Luis Brito, head of a rehabilitation campaign in San Antonio manned by about two dozen volunteers. "The little ones cannot swim far. They get weak and fall sick." The pups, cold from their lack of blubber, turn to Chile's beach in search of warmth and rest. Dozens have died. "In the 100 kilometers (62 miles) of coast around San Antonio we have found 107 dead ones," Brito said. "We have found pups in yards and in the streets where cars pass. We found two swimming in a freshwater streamlet of the San Pedro River eating dead fish and we have also found them around the containers at the port." Brito's team nourishes the pups, lets them swim a few hours a day in a shallow pool and then returns them to the sea. Since January, they have housed 86 pups and returned 72 of them. But money, medicine and fish to feed them are scarce, he said. The volunteers spend about $100 to $150 a day, excluding medicine and equipment. The group has launched a campaign to collect funds. But while the young sea lions' stomachs are rumbling, local fishermen are grumbling. They see the creatures as rivals in their efforts to put food on their families' tables. "In one fishing net, 10, 15, 20 sea lions gather. How many fish are they going to leave?" asked one fisherman, his crossed arms defensively resting on his yellow overalls. Fisherman probably will not have to complain much longer. Brito expects the beaching trend to slow down when El Nino is over, which climate experts expected to occur in April. San Antonio's beaches are not the only ones being flooded by sea lions. Silvia Arancibia, a university professor, said she counted 30 dead sea lions and dozens of dead sea birds scattered on the sand while she was on vacation at the Pan de Azucar National Park, 620 miles north of Santiago. Even farther north, in the Peruvian port of Callao just outside Lima, two sea lions are being rehabilitated, Brito said, adding that he is advising the caretakers. And sea lions are not the only animals affected by El Nino. The phenomenon has also caused sea turtles to migrate from Central American waters to northern and central Chile. The turtles, which prefer warmer waters, follow the El Nino current, Brito said. His volunteers sheltered two stray turtles, which eventually died. El Nino has also caused feeble pelicans to flock to Chile's coasts in abnormal quantities, he said. At beaches in northern Chile, pelicans, sea lions and stray dogs fight viciously over fish scraps that the public throws them. Meanwhile, in southern China, fisheries officials suspect El Nino of causing rare whale beachings in the South China Sea island province of Hainan this month. And in Alaska, Fish and Wildlife Service officials said hundreds of thousands of seabirds have starved to death as warmer waters forced their food sources deeper into the ocean beyond their reach. By TIFFANY WOODS, Reuters Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:01:39 -0800 From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Hormones, rats and appetite Message-ID: <34ED1C43.519E@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Study points up new hormones found that affect appetite Copyright ⌐ 1998 Nando.net Copyright ⌐ 1998 Reuters News Service BOSTON (February 19, 1998 5:24 p.m. EST <http://www.nando.net/>http://www.nando.net) - Scientists have found two new hormones that seem to influence eating behavior and could lead to new treatments for obesity and help adults with diabetes control the disease. The Texas researchers' finding is published in Friday's issue of Cell magazine. "It could also be of value for people suffering from the effects of emaciation such as cancer patients or AIDS patients," said Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The hormones, dubbed orexin-A and orexin-B, are released by nerve cells in the region of the brain known to play a key role in appetite. When Yanagisawa and his colleagues injected the hormones into the brains of rats, the animals began eating more. When they starved the animals, brain levels of the hormones increased. The team also pinpointed proteins studding the surface of nerve cells that react to the presence of orexin-A and orexin-B. That reaction sparks a chemical cascade that affects eating behavior. Finding a way to prevent or slow the release of the hormones, or blocking the protein receptors that are sensitive to them could lead to a new way to control appetite. The process could also be turned around to encourage eating in people who have become dangerously thin. Weight control is believed to be important for preventing or controlling a host of health problems, the most prominent of which are heart disease and the form of diabetes that appears in adulthood. "For the treatment of adult diabetes, one of the most important aspects is to lose weight," Yanagisawa said. The team is now trying to genetically engineer rats that lack one of the orexin hormones and both protein receptors to see if the defect affects their appetites. Yanagisawa said researchers at SmithKline Beecham were already trying to create an oral medicine that will block the protein receptors. The newly discovered hormones are two of about a dozen chemicals in the body known to affect eating behavior, Yanagisawa said. Whether the two forms of orexin are more important than the others "is something we have to study from now on," he said. The hormones get their name from the Greek word orexis, which means appetite. ============================================= If the animal researchers stepped out of their labs and learned about *people*, instead of messing with rats, maybe they would figure it out that weight control in humans has more to do with psychological and cultural factors than hormones and appetite. Andy Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:02:48 -0800 From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Propagating rare cheetahs for the animal trade Message-ID: <34ED1C88.19C3@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Science working to keep king cheetahs alive Reuters News Service Africa News Online POTGIETERSRUS, South Africa, February 19, 1998 Scientists trying to save the rare king cheetah have performed a world first to achieve what three males and five females failed to do naturally. The first artificial insemination of the highly prized animals was carried out recently in this northern South African town. While it will take a month to find out if the operation was successful, Professor Woody Meltzer of the veterinary school of Pretoria University has high hopes. "We hope to achieve two pregnancies out of five," Meltzer said after the marathon operation performed with Dr. Ian Espie, chief veterinary surgeon at the National Zoological Gardens, which owns the cheetahs. Four of the females and one of the males are king cheetahs -- a recessive genetic mutation that causes the graceful cats' normal spots to blend together to form striking strips down their backs. King cheetahs are rare in nature and are therefore treasured by zoos and parks around the globe. There are only about 250 cheetahs in the Kruger National Park, the largest concentration in South Africa. Willie Labuschagne, the zoo's director, says a king cheetah is worth about $45,000, compared with $4,000 for a regular cheetah. He says the zoo, based in Pretoria, will not sell any king cheetah cubs it gets from the artificial insemination but will "enter into exchange programs with other zoos." He cites an agreement with Wuppertal Zoo in Germany to swap a king cheetah for a bongo, a rare antelope found in Central African jungles. Artificial insemination is not new to cheetahs. A female was successfully impregnated in the United States. But it has never been done successfully elsewhere and has never been attempted with king cheetahs anywhere in the world. Meltzer says that if they can produce cubs they will use artificial insemination far more frequently. "This is just the beginning," he said. South Africa's two other cheetah breeding centers have successfully bred cheetah using natural methods. Meltzer and Espie believe the zoo's cheetahs have not bred because of low sperm counts in males reared in captivity and a lack of natural circumstances for both males and females. The zoo has tried using the traditional "lovers' lane" method whereby males are released into a narrow fenced run between the females' enclosures. The females then select which male they would be willing to mate with and the two are put in the same cage for five days. But this did not work and "plan B" -- artificial insemination -- was put into effect. The females and males were tempted by food into boxes at the side of their enclosures, from where they were put in crates and taken to the makeshift operating room. The animals were then anesthetized and a male and a female placed side-by-side. Semen was extracted from the male and the female was cut open and her ovaries checked. By Clyde Russell, Reuters Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 17:29:28 +0800 From: bunny <rabbit@wantree.com.au> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (Australia)RSPCA supporting cruel live sheep trade?