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MARCH 21, 16:48 EST

Babbitt: Yellowstone To Keep Wolves

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt told a
conservation group Saturday that ``no wolves will be removed from
Yellowstone on my watch,'' a sign his department will fight a court order
to remove the animals from the national park.

Babbitt made his remark during a speech to the National Wildlife
Foundation at its 62nd annual meeting. His comments drew a standing
ovation from the group and coincided with the third anniversary of the
first gray wolf being released back into the wild at the Wyoming park.

Since then, some 165 wolves have been returned to public lands in
Yellowstone and central Idaho. Wildlife officials say that, if left alone,
the animals will recover sufficiently to be removed from the federal list
of endangered species.

But a U.S. District Court judge ruled in December that the reintroduced
wolves and their offspring must be recaptured and removed. The judge said
the reintroduction effort actually diminished the endangered species
protection given to native wolves.

Babbitt told the wildlife foundation that neither U.S. nor Canadian zoos
want the animals, which might mean they would have to be killed.

Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 20:50:56
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>From The (Vancouver) Province, Thursday, March 19th, 1998

Candian Press

MONTREAL - The Quebec Federation of Labor is launching a Canada-wide
campaign aimed at getting a union into as many McDonald's as possible
regardless of cost.

Federation president Clement Godbout said it will be a tough fight and the
Teamsters is just the union to do it.

The Teamsters, a federation member, have been organizing two McDonald's in
the Montreal region, but one closed just as its 60 employees were about to
get their accreditation.

"The Teamsters have a reputation as acting as a bulldog and I think we need
this in our fight," Godbout said.

Unionists will mount an intense drive to recruit McDonald's workers across
Canada and help in picketing restaurants that fight back.

Unions in the U.S. and Europe have been invited to join the campaign, said
Godbout.

It's the latest response to the closure of the St-Hubert franchise last
month. It was set to be the chain's first unionized restaurant in Canada.

The campaign will also target McDonald's image.

"This is no longer an image of the restaurant for happy families," said
Louis Lacroix, president of the Teamsters in Canada.

"It  now involves not respecting workers' rights, and abusing them by
cutting seconds off their performance time. This is an important battle for
unions everywhere."

Godbout has termed the St-Hubert closure as unfair labor practice, and the
Quebec labor department is investigating.

Owners Tom and Mary Campbell, who own five other McDonald's outlets, said
the franchise was becoming a finacial drain.

Godbout said his organization is ready to help other business people buy it
and open it under a different name.

Martin Lepage, one of the 60 employees let go, welcomed the campaign.

"We win even if McDonald's closed, because the fight has just begun."

The Teamsters are in the process of organizing the 40 employees of a
McDonald's in Montreal and are awating hearings on the union accreditation
request.

About 1,050 McDonald's restaurants in Canada employ roughly 70,000 people.

Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:14:51
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By David J Knowles
Animal Voices

VANCOUVER, BC - A royal visit to the Vancouver is to be hosted by Hillary
and Galen Weston, it was announced last week.

Hillary Weston is the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, and between the pair,
own Holt Renfrew, the up-market ladies outfitters who continue to sell fur,
and also controls George
Weston Limited.

Weston's, in turn, operate several divisions, including B.C. Packers, the
biggest operator of netcage salmon farms in BC, with annual sales of
$12,966 million CDN in 1996.

Another branch of the company processes fish caught off South America into
fish meal for farmed salmon.*

No details on whether the intinary of Princes' Chalres, William and Harry,
include a trip to a local mink farm to see where fur coats come from.

* Data from 'Net Loss - The Salmon Netcage Industry in BC' by David Elllis,
a report on behalf of the David Suzuki Foundation..


Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:11:26
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Local radio station Z95.3 announced last week that Celine Dion, of
'Titanic' theme fame, will be making an appearance in Vancouver later this
year. Co-sponsors of the event are none other than our friends at Proctor &
Gamble.

More details later, but for now rest assured work is underway to ensure
concert goers will be made aware of the other side of P&G.

David Knowles

Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:00:41
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>From The (Vancouver) Province, Thursday, March 19th, 1998

Candian Press

Foreign fisherman poach as fed officials stand by

ST JOHN'S - Foreign fishermen still are poaching in Canadian waters.

And the federal fisheries department is letting them get away with it, even
in some cases directing observers not to report infractions.

Federal observers routinely reported poaching inside Canada's
200-nautical-mile limit but no vessel - factory-freezer ships fishing for
the underutilized species silver hake last summer - was ever charged.

The irregularities, contained in observer reports obtained by the St John's
Telegraph, include innacurate log entries, fishing for a species which no
licence was held and exceeding the amount of accidental catch other species
allowed.

Some vessels were reported to be catching squid, though they were licenced
for silver hake. An observer reported that officers on a Cuban ship asked
his advice on how to catch squid more effectively.

Fisheries spokeman Robert Sciocehetti said the reports did result in action:

"Last year, we boarded 15 vessels and two warnings were issued. Five of
those boardings were the direct response to information from observers.
There was no legal action we took. We told them to wise up, or we would
take some other action."

One observer said he became certain a Cuban vessel was trying to catch
squid. His report says the captain confirmed his suspicions, adding that
the entire Cuban fleet had been ordered by its commander to fish for the
unlicenced species.

The documents also indicate that the fisheries department told some
observers to stop reporting irregularities involving squid.

Some observers also reported several instances in which vessels were
packaging more fish than was showing up in their logbooks.

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                                            COLUMN ONE; Veganism, It's Not
Just
                                            a Diet; While vegetarians
eschew meat,
                                            some go further. Avoiding animal
                                            products becomes a way of life
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                                            requires constant vigilance.
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                  COLUMN ONE
                  Veganism, It's Not Just a Diet
                  While vegetarians eschew meat, some go further. Avoiding
animal
                  products becomes a way of life that requires constant
vigilance. But with
                  the commitment come dilemmas.
                  By NORA ZAMICHOW, TIMES STAFF WRITER

                  Los Angeles Times   Monday April 14, 1997
                  Home Edition
                  Part A, Page 1
                  Type of Material: Non Dup; Recipe


                  Milk, they say disdainfully, is liquid meat. Honey means the
                  exploitation and sometimes death of bees. Sugar is
processed with charred
                  cattle bones.

                     Leather? Dried flesh of a cow corpse, they say. Wool,
down and silk?
                  Ignominious results of the abuse of living creatures.

                     These are not vegetarians, who merely abstain from
eating meat and
                  poultry.

                     These are vegans, whose numbers range anywhere from
50,000 to 800,000,
                  depending on which poll you choose to believe. They
renounce fish,
                  poultry and animal products in a society dominated by the
stuff.

                     These people also scorn eggs and cheese. Some go
further: They play
                  baseball with poly-vinyl mitts. They feed vegetables to
their dogs. Their
                  belts, watch straps and shoes are crafted from plastic or
canvas. Their
                  briefcases and wallets are hemp or vinyl. They close
their windows when
                  their neighbors barbecue meat.

                     They live in constant vigilance whenever they interact
with the
                  carnivorous world. In restaurants they pelt servers with
a barrage of
                  questions: Does the pasta have egg? Is there milk in the
bread? Can the
                  cook make hash browns with water instead of butter?

                     They scour food labels to ensure they aren't
inadvertently consuming
                  an obscure animal-related ingredient, such as casein, a
milk protein.
                  They worry about whether the glue they use has animal
products. Some
                  don't want their photographs taken, since it involves
film, which
                  contains gelatin.

                     Vegans (pronounced VEE-guns) say their path is the
healthiest for the
                  planet and for the human body. They'll look at you, a
meat-user, and
                  smile gently, as though implying that one day you'll
either come around
                  or die young.

                     "To me, the ultimate goal is being vegan--it's like
being on the top
                  rung," said Jim Abrams, 38, a vegan and Northridge
financial consultant
                  whose dietary principles are offended by the sight of his
vegetarian wife
                  ordering a cheese pizza. He is raising his baby as vegan;
his 8-year-old
                  daughter and two dogs have become vegetarian.

                     Although vegans like Abrams remain on the fringe of
American eating
                  habits, they believe that their numbers will grow by
evolution: More
                  meat-eaters will turn vegetarian, and more vegetarians
will embrace the
                  stricter vegan regimen.

                     With this commitment, however, come new dilemmas and
compromises
                  unimaginable even to many vegetarians. Commonplace soap,
for instance, is
                  made from tallow (rendered animal fat). Should vegans
carry soap so
                  they'll never have to use what's provided in a public
restroom? The tires
                  of cars and bikes contain stearic acid (derived from
animal fat). Should
                  a true vegan ever use a vehicle?

                     "You can never be completely free of animal
products--it's such a part
                  of our society," said Melinda D'Arrigo, 23, a Sherman
Oaks entertainment
                  marketer and a vegan for six years.

                  The Road to Veganism

                     To her parents' dismay, D'Arrigo, a native of Buffalo,
N.Y., became a
                  vegetarian at age 11 when she was grossed out by blood on
her steak, even
                  though her father dismissed it as juice. D'Arrigo's
mother indulged her,
                  omitting meat, for instance, from a portion of the tomato
sauce she
                  cooked for the family. Her father figured it was just a
phase.

                     But over the years, D'Arrigo's diet became stricter.
Today, she is the
                  only vegan in her circle of friends. She's learned to
make dishes even
                  meat-eaters like, such as dairy-less cheesecake.

                     She used to figure she would one day meet and marry a
vegan. No
                  longer. She dated one a few months ago. "He was the most
annoying man I
                  ever went out with." Now she's decided her future husband
has to be
                  vegetarian, though not necessarily vegan. "It's such a
big part of my
                  lifestyle; it always comes down to it."

                     ****

                     MELINDA D'ARRIGO'S DAIRY-FREE RICOTTA

                      1 lb. firm tofu

                     1/3 cup olive oil

                     1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg, 1/2 tsp. rock salt

                     Blend 3/4 cup above ingredients, then mash in
remaining tofu with a
                  spoon.

                     ****

                     In every era there are people who restrict their diet
in the name of
                  ethics, health or religion. As increasing numbers of
Americans become
                  concerned about health, more and more claim to be
vegetarian or vegan.

                     Trouble is, we lie about our purity.

                     According to a 1992 national survey, 6.7% of Americans
describe
                  themselves as vegetarian compared to 4% in the 1960s. But
when they are
                  asked about their actual eating habits, most of those
self-proclaimed
                  vegetarians admit to occasionally eating meat. Only about
1% of Americans
                  turn out to be pure vegetarians, according to a 1995 poll
conducted by
                  the Roper Organization and the Washington-based
Vegetarian Research
                  Group.

                     The research group believes that about a third of all
vegetarians are
                  vegans. But Dr. Victor Herbert, a hematologist and
nutrition expert at
                  the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center and co-editor
of the 1995 book
                  "Total Nutrition," estimates they make up only 2%.

                     Herbert says that while vegetarian diets present no
known health
                  hazards for most healthy adults, "a greater challenge
awaits those who
                  eliminate all animal products from their diets."

                     For example, unless vegans are careful to pair certain
plant foods,
                  their diets may lack some vital amino acids that are
found only in animal
                  foods, such as milk or cheese, he said.

                  Obstacles From Past, Present

                     To go from vegetarian to vegan is to not only wrestle
with nutrition,
                  but with ridicule, temptation, doctrine and the
contradictions of your
                  past life.

                     Consider how April Raynell, 44, executive assistant to
actor Peter
                  Falk, handled a craving for milk shortly after she became
a vegan 16
                  years ago.

                     In a supermarket near her Studio City home, she found
herself drawn to
                  the dairy section. Unable to stop, she took a quart of
milk off the shelf
                  and began guzzling it.

                     "I've never touched drugs in my life," said Raynell,
who was a
                  vegetarian for four years, then became a vegan because
she did not want
                  to exploit animals. "But picture a person falling off the
wagon."

                     Tatiana Wrenfeather had been a member of a gourmet
club before she
                  took the plunge nine years ago. Her name was originally
Gail Weiss, and
                  she used to love cooking chicken cacciatore or duck a
l'orange. She
                  roasted pork loin and baked leg of lamb.

                     Today, she is a "vegan consultant." For a price,
she'll come to your
                  home and go through your cupboards, discarding meat-laden
products and
                  advising you how to safely restock your shelves. At 59,
she glides
                  through Santa Monica in Birkenstocks and long, flowing
dresses or
                  smock-like jackets and drawstring waist pants. Her wavy
blond hair has no
                  hint of gray. (She insists she doesn't color it though
she did have a
                  "natural" perm.)

                     She cringes at her past like a remorseful thief,
recoiling at the
                  memory of how her gourmand club served rabbit. "I love
bunnies," she
                  said. "I'm so embarrassed."

                     Animals did not motivate Robin Armstrong to become a
vegan, unless you
                  include animal instinct. Armstrong, 31, of Lancaster,
wanted to date a
                  girl who wouldn't consider him until he changed his diet
to hers. He has
                  since developed his own World Wide Web site that
occasionally denounces
                  fast food chains, calling them names like Murder King,
Carl's Tumor and
                  McDeath.

                     Sabrina Nelson, a 38-year-old Northridge resident,
changed her eating
                  habits on the advice of her doctor and found that her
autoimmune disorder
                  disappeared. Like other vegans, she plumbs her
conscience, drawing a line
                  at how much--if any--animal products she can abide.

                     To her chagrin, her husband Jeff, a vegan for a year,
purchased a
                  mini-van with leather seats. (He had his reasons: Sabrina
was about to
                  give birth to the couple's third child, and the car with
fabric seats
                  would have arrived several weeks later.)

                     April Raynell lives this contradiction: She won't eat
any meat, but
                  cooks stews of ground chicken or turkey for her three
cats, Cleopatra,
                  Commander and Evita. "You can't just overnight force an
animal that's a
                  carnivore into becoming vegetarian," she said.

                     And those Birkenstocks that Tatiana Wrenfeather wears
have leather
                  upper soles.

                     "I have very delicate feet," she said. "Maybe the
vegan police will
                  throw me out. To me, it's a case of doing the best I can.
I'm not willing
                  to box myself off and not live."

                     ****

                     TATIANA WRENFEATHER'S CASHEW CREME (Serve instead of
whipped cream)

                      1 cup raw cashews

                     3/4 cup purified water

                     Juice of 1/2 lemon

                     Zest of one lemon, maple syrup to taste

                     1 tsp. vanilla

                     ****

                     Soak cashews in purified water 9 hours. Rinse and
drain, place in
                  blender with water. Blend cashews until very smooth. If
needed add more
                  water. Mix in bowl, adding other ingredients. Refrigerate.

                     To Jim Abrams, who became a vegetarian five years ago
and has been
                  vegan for the last two, the notion of a vegan wearing
leather shoes or
                  purchasing a car with leather seats seems almost
inexcusable. It's not as
                  though you can't easily get non-leather alternatives
(Payless shoe stores
                  and an Iowa mail order company called Heartland
Products), he says.

                     When Abrams meets a vegan, he silently inspects the
person's
                  credentials, starting at the feet: Are the shoes leather?
These days,
                  with so many good imitations, it's increasingly difficult
to tell, so if
                  he's in doubt Abrams will ask. From there, he casually
shifts to food,
                  gently probing the depths of his new acquaintance's
commitment. The milk
                  protein casein--sometimes found in cheese
substitutes--serves as a litmus
                  test, separating the hard-core from dabbling vegans.

                  A Family Renounces Meat

                     Under Abrams' watchful eye, his wife, Sharon, his
8-year-old daughter,
                  Ashley, and his two dogs--Cheyenne and Goldie--have
become vegetarian.
                  (Ashley confided she's the only vegetarian in her
third-grade class and
                  "my friend Cassandra thinks it's crazy.")

                     Ashley used to eat Chicken McNuggets. But one day, Jim
pointed out
                  chickens in a friend's yard, saying: "This is what you're
eating,
                  Ashley." The girl hasn't eaten poultry again.

                     The couple's baby, 5-month-old Riva, is vegan and has
never tasted
                  meat, dairy or eggs. She drinks soy milk and has started
on vegetable
                  baby food.

                     "I'm raising her vegan because I think it's the best,
healthiest
                  alternative," Abrams said.

                     Abrams proudly shows off his dogs, a Samoyed and a
chow-retriever mix,
                  insisting that they are quite content with their non-meat
diet, which
                  includes vegetarian dog biscuits.

                     He grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa, where his father
worked in a meat
                  processing plant. Abrams, who played tackle on his high
school team, used
                  to wash down French fries and triple hamburgers with a
large Pepsi and
                  would tease a vegetarian friend by cooking a steak and
setting it in
                  front of her.

                     "At the time, I thought it was funny," he said
sheepishly. "If she
                  knew I was vegan now, she'd be laughing."

                     Abrams learned about vegetarianism from a late-night
radio program,
                  where the hosts spoke of the health benefits and
described suffering farm
                  animals being pumped full of antibiotics. Abrams still
isn't sure whether
                  it was the avalanche of chilling facts or the compelling
descriptions
                  that turned his stomach and his mind but after the show,
he vowed to
                  become vegetarian.

                     The problem was, he didn't exactly know how to do it.
He went to the
                  bookstore but left unable to find a how-to book. So he
simply stopped
                  eating meat. When his wife cooked dinner, he'd eat
everything but the
                  meat entree or he'd make his own dish. He missed hot dogs
and hamburgers,
                  longing for the texture. He downed salads, steamed
veggies, cheese
                  omelets or Egg McMuffins without the meat. It was neither
satisfying nor
                  healthy; Abrams gained weight.

                     "It's pretty well established that vegetarianism can
be more healthy,
                  but it also can be just as high in fat as a
non-vegetarian lifestyle,"
                  said Nadine Pazder, a vegetarian and spokeswoman for the
American
                  Dietetic Assn. "People eliminate red meat, chicken and
fish but eat
                  potato chips and milk shakes."

                     Abrams began reading cookbooks. He and his wife took a
vegetarian
                  cooking class. He learned about balancing meals,
essential amino acids
                  and eating nuts, grains, tofu and stuff he'd never heard
of. He became
                  increasingly convinced that meat and meat-related
products were virtually
                  a poison, triggering diseases from cancer to strokes.
Sure, it would cost
                  more to eat a vegan diet, he figured, but think of the
expensive
                  consequences of what everybody else was eating.

                     Gradually, he completed his transition from one
extreme to the other
                  and took up a vegan diet. "I've done a 180-degree turn."

                     His dedication to veganism has raised some thorny
marriage issues. He
                  hates it when Sharon's sisters arrive with take-out
hamburgers to eat at
                  his house. He sees it as a sign of disrespect. ("It's
like smoking in a
                  nonsmoker's home.") He'll glare at strangers eating meat
at restaurants
                  or loading steaks into their shopping carts at the store.
He suggests
                  that Sharon orders those offending cheese pizzas because
of pressure from
                  her meat-eating friends.

                     "It does cause friction," said Sharon, an insurance
representative.
                  "I'm 38 years old, I don't need someone telling me what
to eat. He
                  doesn't want to associate with people who don't eat the
way he does. . .
                  . He turns people off quite a bit."

                     Jim acknowledges that his dogmatism repels some
acquaintances. "I
                  guess I'm more rude--but I want people to be more aware,"
he said.

                     Actually, he says, he's toned down his behavior. Sure,
he might glare
                  at meat-users but he no longer verbally hammers them.
He's trying not to
                  judge.

                     He realizes what a long way he's come when he
contemplates returning
                  to Fort Dodge in August for his high school reunion. He
plans to request
                  in advance a meal that he'll be able to eat.

                     He already knows what the answer will be: "What in
heck is a vegan
                  meal?"






Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 01:22:42 -0800
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This appeared in the "feedback" section of the Jerusalem Post....


                                            FEEDBack


                  Could you tell us what a vegan is and what seitan is?

                  - Susie Mandel, Alon Shvut

                  A vegan is a vegetarian who also omits from his diet
anything of animal derivation, like eggs, dairy
                  products and honey. Some vegans do not fry food, but will
steam it, while others try to base their diets on
                  uncooked foods. There are also vegans who will not wear
leather or use cosmetics that contain animal
                  derivatives.

                  Seitan is the Japanese name for wheat gluten, which is
prepared by separating the wheat's protein from its
                  other components. Wheat gluten is available in
health-food stores.


Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 01:23:59 -0800
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Death of baby on vegan diet

                  ( The Daily Telegraph )

                  A BABY boy died aged four months after being put on a
vegan diet by his father who considered him
                  overweight, a jury heard yesterday.

                  Ki Beau Low had been shaken and there was evidence of a
bottle or hand being forced into his mouth,
                  the court was told.

                  For the first two months, Ki Beau was fed on formula milk
and was started on solid food by foster
                  parents.

                  But the child was put on a diet of soya milk when his
natural father David Low, 37, took over his care.

                  In eight weeks Ki Beau put on just 370 grams (about 13oz)
when he would have been expected to gain
                  between 1.5kg and 2kg (4.4lb), Sheffield Crown Court was
told.

                  The baby had been born to Isobel Price in June 1995 after
she and Low had ended their relationship. She
                  returned to live with her parents in Derbyshire and later
agreed to him having sole care of the baby.

                  An ambulance crew found Ki Beau in an upstairs bedroom at
Low's home in a converted garage in
                  Sheffield after his new girlfriend made an emergency
call. Attempts to revive him failed. Jeremy Baker,
                  prosecuting, said the results of a post-mortem
examination showed that Ki Beau had scar tissue around
                  the mouth, suggesting a bottle or a hand had been forced
into or over the child's mouth.

                  "Internally, there were recent signs of bleeding around
the brain and lungs consistent with shaking and
                  mechanical constriction of the airway," he said.

                  Mr Baker said Low "decided that his child was overweight
and started to feed him on soya milk in
                  keeping with his own vegan diet and stopped giving him
solids".

                  "The accused had only recently become a vegan himself and
he refused to consume any dairy products
                  or meat and extended this aspect of his life to his son."

                  The child developed phlegm in his throat but his father
never sought medical help, he added.

                  Low, unemployed, denies two counts of child cruelty
between August and October 1995. Mr Baker said
                  there were no charges relating to Ki Beau's death because
doctors had failed to establish the exact cause.

                  The hearing continues.
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Vegan father cleared of cruelty

                  ( The Daily Telegraph )

                  A FATHER whose four-month-old son died after he put him
on a vegan diet was acquitted of child
                  cruelty charges yesterday after a court ruled there was
insufficient evidence to proceed with the case.

                  As David Low, 37, left Sheffield Crown Court after an
eight-day trial, he said that his current girlfriend,
                  Sharon Brown, was expecting a baby in May who would also
be given a vegan diet.

                  Low said there had been a "witch-hunt" against him in the
two and a half years since Ki Beau, his son by
                  a previous girlfriend, died. "We are not Marks &
Spencer-type people. We have been stigmatised
                  because of our lifestyle," he said. "When my new child is
born, it, too, will be given a vegan diet. This
                  court has accepted it is a perfectly acceptable diet."

                  Low, now of Hermit Hill Lane, Wortley, near Sheffield,
denied two charges of child cruelty between
                  August and October 1995. Judge Michael Walker, Recorder
of Sheffield, directed the jury to return
                  formal not guilty verdicts and dismissed the case. "The
evidence is that David Low is a gentle and caring
                  man," he said. The judge drew attention to a virus
suffered by Ki Beau that was often associated with
                  cot- death babies.

                  It had been alleged that Low had fed the child a vegan
diet using soya milk, which had considerably
                  reduced his weight gain.
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Appeared in Atlanta Journal


                                      Make theirs meatless: Health, ethics
prompt
                                      many to go vegetarian


                  Heidi Feldman's journey into vegetarianism began with a
finicky toddler.

                  When her younger daughter Nicole, now 10, was old enough
to eat table foods, Feldman said meal times
                  became a battleground.

                  "She gave us a really hard time every time she was given
fish or meat or anything with meat in it," said
                  Feldman. "It was such a battle that I simply decided not
to cook any more separate meals for her."

                  Overnight, the Feldman family ---Heidi, her husband,
Marc, their eldest daughter Kiersten and Nicole
                  ---became vegetarians.

                  Now, for ethical and health reasons, the family is moving
toward veganism, a strict form of vegetarianism
                  whose subscribers eat no eggs or dairy products at all
and buy no animal-based clothing, including leather,
                  wool, angora and cashmere. Feldman has also started a
business based on her vegetarian beliefs, making
                  vegetarian soaps and other bath and personal care
products out of her home.


                  More going meatless


                  "After we became vegetarian, I came to realize how many
of the things we wear and use on our skin in
                  body care products that have hidden ingredients that are
animal byproducts," Feldman said. Out of a
                  desire to create products for her family that would be
healthier for them, Feldman extensively researched
                  soap-making and vegetarian ingredients that would take
the place of animal ingredients. It was difficult to
                  find alternatives at first, but through diligence Feldman
has been successful and now makes more than a
                  dozen different types of vegan soap, plus lip balms,
lotions, body creams and bath salts.

                  The Feldmans are an example of the growing number of
Americans who are adopting a vegetarian or at
                  least semi-vegetarian lifestyle, which is much easier now
in America than 10 years ago, said Susan
                  Tauster, advertising director for Vegetarian Times
magazine.

                  In 1996, the magazine commissioned a study that showed
that 46 percent of Americans ---about 121
                  million ---say they are reducing their consumption of red
meat. Of that number, 18 million say they are at
                  least to some degree thinking of becoming vegetarian and
66.2 million Americans say they are eating
                  meatless meals more often than one year ago. Vegans still
represent a statistically insignificant portion of
                  the population, she said.

                  Tauster said the number of vegetarians in the United
States is somewhat ambiguous, but that she hears the
                  terms "semi-vegetarian and part-time vegetarian" more
often than ever.

                  Most who convert to vegetarianism do not do it overnight,
Tauster said, but it is easier now than ever for
                  people to find vegetarian items and resources. A wider
variety of grains, vegetables and meat and dairy
                  substitutes are now available in most mainstream chain
grocery stores, and many restaurants now feature
                  vegetarian offerings on their menus. Vegetarian Times
also has one of thousands of Web sites on the
                  Internet (http://www.vegetariantimes.com) that offers a
variety of information on vegetarianism.

                  The Vegetarian Society of Georgia was formed in September
1990 by Louise Stewart, who made the
                  switch to vegetarianism because of her love of animals.

                  "I did a lot of volunteer work for the Humane Society and
I did a section in their newsletter called the
                  Animal Safety Report in which I talked about all of these
endangered animals and one day I realized it was
                  hypocritical of me to be saving these animals while I was
making a meal of others," Stewart said.


                  `Craving for steak'


                  Still, the transition was slow for the woman who grew up
in Greenville, S.C., in a home where a meal
                  wasn't complete without meat.

                  "I really couldn't perceive of life without meat and in
the beginning I fell back a couple of times in the first
                  few weeks. I would get a craving for steak and I'd get
one and the first bite or two would be like manna
                  from heaven, but after that it just didn't taste as good
as I had remembered," Stewart said. Now Stewart is
                  nearly vegan, eating eggs "from time to time," but only
those from chickens a friend raises as pets.

                  Heidi Feldman has a bookshelf stocked with vegetarian
cookbooks such as "The Brilliant Bean" and
                  "Meatless Indian Cooking." She said her family is
healthier than ever and that her children have never been
                  to the doctor because of an illness.

                  Although it is still something of a challenge to adhere
to a mostly vegan lifestyle, Feldman says it is worth
                  the effort.

                  "It doesn't take that long to make food from scratch,
maybe 20 extra minutes per meal, and I would rather
                  take that time to make a good meal for my family," she said.
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:59:30
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [CA] Contact info for Canadian politicos
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Further to an earlier RFI and a reply to this, here is some additional
contact info.

Prime Minister Jean Chretien

e-mail: [e-mail]

website: http://pm.gc.ca (e-mail can be accessed from this site too. Limit
of 150 words, and they ask for lots of personal info.)

Fisheries Minister - David Anderson

[e-mail]

B.C. Premier Glen Clark (to protest the resolution in favour of a
commercial seal/sea lion hunt on the west coast passed by Vancouver Island
municpalities or the lack of protection for marine mammals in the Vancouver
Aquarium)

[e-mail]

Office:
156, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, B.C.
V8V 1X4

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Constituency:

3295 East 23rd Avenue
Vancouver, B.C.
V5R 1B6
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

B.C. Environment Minister - Hon. Cathy McGregor

Office:
337, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, B.C.
V8V 1X4
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Constituency:
103, 125 Fourth Avenue
Kamloops, B.C.
V2C 3N3
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Hon. Corky Evans - B.C. Agriculture Minister (responsible for the BC SPCA)

Office:
346, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Constituency:
203, 402 Baker Street
Nelson, B.C.
V1L 4H8
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


Doug Symons MLA - about the only MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly -
the provincial parliament) who cares anything about animal welfare.

E-mail: [e-mail]

Office:
201, Parliament Buildings
Victoria, B.C.
V8V 1X4
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Constituency:
206, 8171 Park Road
Richmond, B.C.
V6Y 1S9
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


Vancouver Parks Board - to protest against the continued abuse of marine
mammals at the Vancouver Aquarium, which the parks board charges $1 (yes,
that's one solitary dollar) per year rent to an organisation which claims
not to recieve any government subsidies.

Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
2099 Beach Avenue,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6G 1Z4
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

E mail: Terri Clark, Manager, Public Affairs -
[e-mail]

[I've tried to get the e-mail info for Tobin and Efford - Newfoundland
premier and fisheries minister respectively, but can't get throught to
their web site - www.gov.nf.ca

It connects, but is not replying tonight.

Hope this is of use,

David

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 04:22:41 -0400
From: Ty Savoy <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (Ca) Sealers could have tough time
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Sealers could have tough time

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Sealers who have been spoiled with two years of
ideal weather conditions may be in for a tough season if the wind and
temperature don't soon co-operate.

This year's seal herd is scattered over a much larger area in the North A
Atlantic  and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Peter Kettle, an enforcement
co-ordinator with the federal Fisheries Department, said Friday.

And the lack of ice in many areas could make it more difficult for sealers who
use small boats to find and kill the seals.

"I expect in the latter part of next week or early April we will have sealing
activity," said Kettle.

"However to what degree, at this time, is too early to tell because the ice
conditions are changing so fast."

This year's total allowable catch for harp seals is 275,000. The hood seal
quota  of 10,000 seals has already been caught.

In 1996 and 1997, sealers had little trouble filling similar quotas.

Since the collapse of the cod fishery, many Newfoundlanders have relied on
sealing for a greater part of their annual income.

But unless there are strong winds to push the ice farther south, many sealers
who live along the bays in southeastern Newfoundland face a much tougher,
 slower hunt because they will have to kill the seals in open water instead
of on the ice, said Kettle.




Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 00:33:42
From: David J Knowles <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [CA] Vancouver Aquarium to implement "swim with whales" program
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By David J Knowles
Animal Voices

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Vancouver Aquarium, never short of ideas when it
comes to getting new customers through its doors, has come up with another
bright one - swimming with the whales.

As if the stress of being seperated from her mother, and force-weaned,
Quila, the 30-month old beluga, and her two adult female companions in her
prison tank, will now be forced to share her accomodation with members of
the public.

Last week saw a select few taking the opportunity to swim with the belugas,
in front of invited media - Animal Voices' invite must of got lost in the
mail - as the aquarium announced its new idea, to be implemented in May
this year.

The aquarium has also decided to allow children access to "play" with other
marine wildlife in their care, including an octopus, eels. lizards and
other species.

Annelise Sorg told Animal Voices in an interview conducted aboard BC
Ferry's Spirit of British Columbia Friday, that she had seen children
handling sea stars in the aquarium's 'wet lab' and that they don't know how
to handle them. They end up just torturing them, Sorg, of the Coalition For
No Whales in Captivity, said.

"We continously say the aquarium miseducates the public, and this is
another example, a clear example where we fight so hard to have sanctuaries
in the wild, and we fight so hard for people to realise if they're diving,
if they're boating, whatever they are doing, DON'T get close to the
animals, DON'T touch the animals, DON'T touch the coral, DON'T touch the
plants, DON'T touch the live animals, because it changes the ecosystem
...," Sorg said, "Instead the aquaium are saying 'Come to the aquarium,
dive with the whales, touch the octopus. How in the world are those people
going to go back to the ocean and have respect in a sanctaury, where you're
not allowed to touch but there's no policeman there stopping you."

The only thing the aquarium teaches people is that it's okay not only to
keep animals in captivity, but to abuse them as well - for profit, Sorg said.

The aquarium already makes $10 million per year, but executive director
John Nightingale excuses this by saying they have to run it as a business.

Sorg suggests that, in that case, they should buy a business licence, pay
rent at market value and taxes like other businesses have to do. In their
40 years of existence in Stanley Park, they have contributed exactly $40 to
the park's upkeep.

The aquarium, not satisfied with its $10 million per year, has now applied
for charitable status in the United States.

Sorg says its time the Vancouver parks board was held responsible for
allowing commercial whale breeding to take place in the aquarium.

Although marine mammals are afforded some protection in the wild, once they
are in captivity, they receive virtually none at all. Sorg adds it's time
this changed as well.









Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 04:23:06 EST
From: STFORJEWEL <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: HUNTERS MAY HAVE TO PAY UP
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEW
DENVER, COLORADO
Saturday, March 21, 1998

COLORADO AND THE WEST SECTION
Mike Acton-Editor
[phone]
email: [e-mail]

Regional News Briefing
Staff and Wire Reports

HUNTERS FACE ROAD DAMAGE FEE
Grand Junction, Colorado

Hunters who search for game in national forests may be charged a fee to help
pay for road damage.

The National Forest Service is considering the fee and road closures to reduce
damage that occurs during hunting season.
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 04:35:21 EST
From: STFORJEWEL <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: BEAR LOSES
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO
Saturday, March 21, 1998

FROM THE COLORADO & THE WEST SECTION
Mike Anton-Editor
[phone]
email: [e-mail]

REGIONAL NEWS BRIEFING
Staff and Wire Reports

RANCHER WINS BEAR-KILLING DISPUTE

A Montana rancher has won his fight with the federal government over his right
to defend himself from a grizzley bear in his own yard.

John Shuler's claim of self-defense for the September, 1989 confrontation in
which he shot and killy the grizzley was upheld by the US District Court in
Montana this week.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service charged him with violating the Endangered
Species Act and sought to fine him $7,000.

Shuler, A Dupuyer rancher, was watching his sheep when the grizzley appeared
with a roar.  "Fearing for his life, Shuler shot the bear," the Mountain
States Legal Foundation said.
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 09:02:38 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jason A LaGreca)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Baby Chiks still need homes
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Vegan Resistance for Liberation, a grassroots orginization from
Philladelphia, had recently received a phonecall from a woman saying that
she had about 300 baby chiks in her custody, and they needed homes fast.
If they were not gone by Saturday (yesterday), they would have been
handed over to a factory farm.  Well, there are 140 chiks that haven't
found homes, but IT'S NOT TOO LATE!!!  VRL has supplied the chiks with a
temprary home untill we can find them a permanent location to live out
their natural lives. If anybody can help them out, please do so.  Ti get
in touch with VRL, you can email Joe at [e-mail], or call him
at 609-627-1627 anytime.

     Total Liberation,
                Jay

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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:07:14 -0800
From: Hillary <[e-mail]>
To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (US) Animal Shelters offers to house humans
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Interesting idea....

Shelter Meant for Beasts Is Deemed Fit for Man
New York Times Sunday 3/22/98



  SAN FRANCISCO -- In a twist in dealing with homelessness, an animal
shelter is volunteering to provide overnight lodging for homeless adults
alongside the dogs.

  The city's chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, which recently opened a $7 million shelter, is seeking to work
with an agency to offer adults nightly shelter in "dog apartments."

  "It would give our dogs a chance to know what it would be like to have an
overnight roommate," said the president of the San Francisco SPCA, Richard
Avanzino. "For the homeless people it's an offer to get them off the street
and give them shelter with a dog buddy who will be their best friend
overnight."

  The organization has proposed the plan to six agencies in the city.

  The SPCA shelter, the privately financed Maddie's Pet Adoption Center,
opened last month and is not the standard animal shelter. It has
"home-style" quarters for dogs and cats, with television sets, Persian
rugs, skylights, couches and tables. The shelter also provides obedience
and toilet training.

  "What is missing from the equation," Avanzino said, "is having an
overnight roommate. That's where the idea comes in."

  Any agency that works with the shelter would have to provide cots.
Because the shelter was not designed for humans, the accommodations will
strictly be for overnight stays. The homeless people will not bathe, eat or
receive clothes there. Homeless people with their own pets would also not
be allowed to stay the night.

  Terry Hill, the homeless coordinator for Mayor Willie Brown, said he had
not seen the proposal and could not comment on it. "I don't understand the
concept," Hill said. "So I have to speak with them first and talk to the
mayor before I can take a position."

  The Rev. Cecil Williams of the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church,
which has 41 programs for the homeless, said the idea had merit. "The rooms
look very livable, and probably they're better than most rooms for homeless
folks," he said. "Dogs and animals tend to get more love and care than
humans, especially those that are on the fringes of society like the
homeless."

  An estimated 15,000 people live on the streets, in cars or in shelters
here. When he took office in 1996, Brown said homelessness would be a top
priority. A year later he said the problem "may not be solvable."

  Brown and other officials have offered proposals that include the mildly
odd and the ridiculous. In the fall, Brown began a crackdown on homeless
camps in Golden Gate Park and suggested borrowing a helicopter from Oakland
that was equipped with heat-sensing equipment to detect campsites at night.

  Next, a member of the Board of Supervisors encouraged chopping limbs off
trees where the homeless had taken refuge. In a shift, the supervisor later
recommended that supermarkets donate old shopping carts to the homeless.

  Advocates for the homeless see the SPCA plan as another strange idea. But
at least, they said, it is not intended to hurt the homeless.

  The director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness, Paul Boden,
said the animal shelter was nicer than a shelter for the homeless that the
city recently opened in a building in China Basin. In that shelter, 600
people share space with roving raccoons and other nocturnal creatures. Some
homeless people, Boden said, are quite likely to take advantage of the SPCA
offer.

  "It's condescending, it's weird and it's a little creepy," Boden said.
"But there's nothing punitive about them saying, 'Well, if people want to
come here and stay with the animals, they can. The more you think about it,
the more bizarre it becomes, because of the statement it makes that the
nicest shelter in town is going to be the one for the animals."




Sunday, March 22, 1998

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:09:38 -0800
From: Hillary <[e-mail]>
To: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (US) Guinea Pigs "Freed" In Central Park
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Unwanted Guinea Pigs Dumped in Park
NEW york times 3/21
By DOUGLAS MARTIN


  NEW YORK -- A worker in Central Park saw the villain in the gathering
dusk of Thursday evening. Standing on the edge of the Conservatory Garden
at Fifth Avenue and 105th Street, the culprit opened some cages and little
animals scurried forth, scrambling wildly about.

  The parks worker was faced with a decision: to chase the man or the
animals. He chose the animals, which turned out to be brown-and-black
guinea pigs. Of an estimated 45, he and his colleagues captured 18. Four
more were apprehended Friday, and the search is scheduled to continue
Saturday.

  The remaining escapees face a perilous future, park rangers said. Rats
are likely to consider the cuddly critters with the stubby tails threats to
their territory and react accordingly. Not to mention the hawks, owls and
ospreys, which feed on small mammals.

  "This is prime meat," said Corey Salsberg, a Parks Department spokesman.

  The guinea pig tale captured the attention of television crews who came
to Central Park throughout the day to film members of a species that most
scientists consider a rodent and others don't. "The only better story than
an animal story is an escaped-animal story," exuded the parks commissioner,
Henry Stern. "The lion is loose."

  But unlike lions, the lost guinea pigs, members of the Cavia porcellus
species, are almost wholly unsuited for survival in the wilds of Central
Park. The 8-inch-long, 10-ounce beasts originally hailed from the South
American jungles, and Friday night's temperatures were expected to dip into
the 30s.

  Not being native to the Northeast, they most likely lack appropriate
survival instincts; in fact, experts say, several centuries of
domestication has probably obliterated their atavistic behavior. In this,
they are different from chipmunks and other native species that the Parks
Department has recently been stocking in parks from which they vanished
decades ago.

  "They might not know how to burrow, find tree holes or even keep out of
sight," said Bram Gunther, director of the Urban Park Rangers. "I don't
even know if they have the instincts of the wild left in them."

  Food is less of a problem. Guinea pigs do well on almost any kind of
vegetation, Gunther said. But another threat may exist: people. The Incas
of ancient Peru found guinea pigs so tasty that they raised them for food.

  Parks officials say they do not know who released the animals. Perhaps a
laboratory wanted to jettison no-longer-useful experimental subjects,
Gunther suggested. Perhaps a pet store jettisoned some excess inventory.

  The captured guinea pigs seemed healthy and well fed, some even quite
plump. They were clean and had no fleas.

  Despite their apparently pristine condition, the guinea pigs cannot be
given to school groups, which the rangers would normally do if the animals
were their own or had belonged to somebody they knew. The problem, Gunther
explained, is that nobody knows the animals' health history.

  So they were sent to the pound, the city's Center for Animal Care and
Control. They cuddled together in a cage Friday night and were eating well,
according to Faith Elliott, a spokeswoman for the center.

  Ms. Elliott promised that the inmates could look forward to a new home.
"We're making preparations to send them to a nature preserve where they'll
have a better life," she said. Ms. Elliott said they would be kept indoors
at the preserve, which is in upstate New York.

  Parks officials doubt that the person who freed the guinea pigs will be
caught, but if he is found and convicted, he faces a fine of $100 to $200.
That is far from severe enough to satisfy Ms. Elliott.

  "It was a disgusting thing to do," she said.




Saturday, March 21, 1998

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 08:44:00 -0800
From: Michael Kundu <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Makah gray whale hunt
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This Sunday at 10:00am, I've been asked to debate Richard Markishtum, Makah
tibal chair Hubert Markishtum's nephew, on KVI radio in Seattle.  The focus
will be our divergent views on the Makah whale hunt and it's international
ramifications.

This will be an hour long call -in show, so anyone who happens to be
listening at that time can call to voice their independent concerns.

Michael Kundu
Michael Kundu
Project SeaWolf/Arcturus Adventure Communications
Marysville, WA
**NOTE: Email address change -- [e-mail]
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 11:57:16 -0500
From: "Robin Russell" <[e-mail]>
To: "William Lai" <[e-mail]>, "Tara Huff" <[e-mail]>,
        "Shannon Zentall" <[e-mail]>,
        "Sean Direnzo" <[e-mail]>,
        "Samantha McEldowney" <[e-mail]>,
        "Robert Asher" <[e-mail]>, "Rachael Dane" <[e-mail]>,
        "Lori Unger" <[e-mail]>,
        "Kiran Chitluri" <[e-mail]>,
        "John Champlin" <[e-mail]>,
        "Cynthia Newberry" <[e-mail]>,
        "Amanda Bridgens" <[e-mail]>,
        "Erica Read" <[e-mail]>,
        <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quote for My Week
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 "God knows we've cured mice of all sorts of tumors. But  that isn't medical research,"   explains
scientists and cancer researcher, Thomas E  Wagner, on his retirement from Ohio University,
Athens. He  will head up a new clinically oriented gene-therapy program in Greenville, S.C.
Wagner, 56, molecular biologist, is a senior scientist at OU's  Edison Biotechnology Institute,
which he founded in 1984. (This Institute  also receives your Ohio tax dollars.)  Information from
The Columbus Dispatch - March 20,  1998.  Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 15:12:58 PST
From: "Cari Gehl" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [NY] Update on Burned Kitten case
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This is an update on the case of the kitten that was doused with
gasoline and set on fire in Syracuse, NY on February 4th.  For more info
on this story, go to:

http://www.localnet.com/~pijo/


Teen-ager Denies Setting Kitten AbIaze
Outside Onondaga County
Family Court, the boy's lawyer
said the youth was being
framed by gang members.

By JIM O'HARA
The Post~Standard

A city teen-ager accused of setting fire to a kitten last month may have
been framed by members of a neighborhood gang angry that he would not
join their ranks, according to the boy's lawyer.

"I believe he may have been falsely accused by people who have an ax to
grind," defense lawyer Thomas Lenidewicz said. "He has taken a job to
avoid gang problems and gang activities in his neighbor-hood, and they
told him they would get him."

The boy, 15, was in Onondaga County Family Court Thursday for an initial
appearance  before Judge Anthony Paris. The boy's mother and brother
were in court to support him.

   His mother cried when Paris ordered the boy to be held at the
Hillbrook Detention Center at least until his next court date, March 24.
Paris said he believed the boy posed a threat to the community and to
himself, in light of two charges of juvenile delinquency within 13 days.

When police arrested the boy on the charge of abusing the kitten, he
also was charged with possessing a BB gun.

Paris said that although they were only allegations for now, the charges
"seem to indicate an escalation of some kind of anti-social be-havior."

   The boy denied the animal cruelty charge in court.

   "He did not do it," Lenkiewicz said outside the courtroom.  "I would
look long and hard at those making the allegations".

   The boy was arrested Feb. 18th and accused of putting the kitten in a
box, dousing it with gasoline and setting it ablaze with a match Feb. 4.

A passer-by doused the flames and rescued the kitten, but it died six
days later from its injuries.

The boy's name is not being re-leased because of his age. He is ac-cused
of committing a misdemeanor act of cruelty to animals in violation of
state Agriculture and Markets Law.

According to Lenkiewicz, the charge against the teen-ager appar-ently is
based on the accusation of one other boy who told police saw  the
accused teen-ager set the cat ablaze.

But that witness has given police two statements changing the time and
date of the incident, the lawyer said.  That witness also said a number
of other youths were present at the time of the incident, but there are
no statements from any other witnesses filed in the case, Lenkiewicz
said.

Lenkiewicz said his client had been taking care of the stray kitten for
several weeks, tending to the animal on the porch of his sister's home.

"You don't take care of a stray for a couple of weeks, and then do
something like this," Lenkiewicz said.

Lenkiewicz said his client had been doing volunteer work, through a
local group that advocates alternatives to incarceration, to avoid
problems with other youths in his neighborhood.  The group is standing
firmly behind the youth, Lenkiewicz said.

The boy is a cousin of another city youth killed last year in a shooting
incident, Lenkiewicz said.  Family members of that , Larry Lewis Jr.,
had indicated at the time they believed the fatal shooting of Lewis was
the result of his refusal to join a local gang.

County officials said they expected a crowd of spectators at Thursday's
court appearance, given the number of phone calls and letters they'd
gotten from people outraged by the kitten's death.

But only two women showed up at the boy's court appearance to protest.

"It hurts people to see this" said Pat Barnett of Liverpool, who was
holding up and enlarged photo of the kitten that was taken the day it
died.

Lenkiewicz said he hopes the community will remember that his client is
innocent until proven otherwise.


   The county Law Department has received phone calls from people
threatening to harm the accused teen-ager, Deputy County Attorney Kara
O'Connor told Paris.  Some of the callers were trying to find out the
boy's name, she said.

The kitten's story reached people in Canada and as far away as South
Africa after a Syracuse couple created a Web page detailing the animal's
plight.

The Central New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the person responsible for setting the kitten on fire.




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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:14:10 EST
From: STFORJEWEL <[e-mail]>
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO
Saturday, March 21, 1998

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FROM: Sue Crist
Longmont, Colorado

NO WATER FOR 24 HOURS WILL STRESS ANY HORSE

I am writing regarding the recent reported deaths of nine wild horses (March
11 News article,  "Stress-related Illness Blamed for Wild Horse Deaths").  It
has been stated by the Bureau of Land (Livestock) Management that the horses
died from a stress-related illness that was brought on by the capture and non-
stop, 24-hour trip from Nevada to Colorado.

Although I realize transporting wild horses can be difficult and sometimes
dangerous to the animals and the handlers involved, it seems to me that
allowing any animal to go without water for 24 hours is cruel and unusual
punishment.  The horses are scared, they are sweating, kicking, expending huge
amounts of energy, which requires some type of replenishment.  Water should
have been made available to the horses.  I hope this unforunate occurrence
will become a learning experience for all involved.

NOTE:

To tell the US Federal Bureau of Livestock Management what you think:

National Director Pat Shea; 1849 C Street NW; Washington, DC  20240; (202)
208-6734; email: [e-mail]

Colorado State Director Ann Morgan; 2850 Youngfield St; Lakewood, CO  80215;
[phone]; email: [e-mail]

National Office of the Wild Horse and Burro Managment Office of the US Bureau
of Livestock Managment:  Toll Free #: 1800-417-9647; email: [e-mail]

Colorado Adoption Office; Canon City District Office; 3170 East Main St; Canon
City, Colorado  81212; phone: [phone]; no email address given; call
them for it.

Website of the Bureau of Livestock Management Wildhorse and Burro Adoption
Center:  http://www.blm.gov/whb

And of course, the person ultimately responsible: the Secretary of the
Interior; the ever-popular Bruce "I need to get a spine" Babbitt; Also at 1849
C St NW; Washington DC  20240; [phone]; email: bruce_
[e-mail]
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:14:20 EST
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FROM THE DENVER POST
DENVER, COLORADO
Friday, March 20, 1998

JOLLY ABOUT A BOWLFUL OF JELLYFISH
By Masayo Yoshida
The Associated Press

Slippery Creatures Cool Pets in Japan

TOKYO-
Move over, Rover.  Trendy pet owners in Tokto have found a new companion--the
jellyfish.

They don't slobber or bark.  They don't leave claw marks on the sofa.  And,
best of all, they excude calm.

"It relaxes me to watch them float," Miki Koyama, a 28-year-old office worker,
said of 2 doughnut-sized jellyfish floating in a tank at her Tokyo apartment.

The pet jellyfish craze has been the topic of specials on nearly all major TV
networks in Japan.  Jellyfish have even squished their way onto the pages of
the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the country's leading economic newspaper.

As is often the case here (sigh!), single women in the 20s and 30s appear to
be fueling the fad.(Somthing's out of wack there if women in this age group
prefer jellyfish to men.)

Many cite the creature's slow, soothing movement in the water as their main
attraction.  Like living lava lamps, jellyfish are a kind of relaxation-
inducing objet d' art.  (Note: "object."  Certainly, they couldn't be living,
breathing non-human animals!-ed.)

They're not much trouble to take care of, and their sting is mild.

"Jelly fish never disturb you," said Hironobu Fujii, an employee at a Tokyo
pet shop.  "If you leave the house for a week, it doesn't matter to them."

The pet species tend to be small and are transparent, pale blue or milky
white.  They range in price from about $14 to $38.

While a jellyfish might seem an odd choice for someone looking for
companionship, they have long held a special place in Japanese stomachs, if
not hearts.

Japan is one of the world's largest jellyfish consumers.  Appetizers made of
jellyfish strips steeped in vinegar and soy sauce are featured in good
restaurants here.

According to industry figures, 359 tons of edible jellyfish were sold by Tokyo
area wholesalers last year--different species from those now being raised as
pets.

Sadanobu Sugiura of Pet Buyer magazine said the popularity for jellyfish comes
at a good time for sellers (but obviously not for the jellyfish), who are
slogging through a slump in the sales of home aquarium fish.

"Jellyfish still have the cachet of being something unusual, something that
not everyone has yet," Sugiura said.  "Calling them a status symbol might be
too much, but it's something along those lines."

50 to 60 pet shops in the Tokyo area now sell jellyfish, according to Hiroshi
Yazaki, of Nisso Industry Co., Ltd, which has introduced special jellyfish
aquariums costing between $461 and $508.

Without special tanks, the prognosis for domesticating a jelly isn't good.
Bubbles can penetrate jellyfish membranes, proving fatal.  And because
jellyfish float--instead of swim--care must be taken to keep them from sinking
or getting sucked into the tanks's purification pump.

(Eat them or keep them as pets but heaven forbid, don't leave them alone!
Humans just can't ever leave any non-human animals alone, can they?!-Ed.)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:14:34 PST
From: "Cari Gehl" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RFI: [CA] Wolf Kill In NW Territories
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Hi -

Does anyone in Canada (or anywhere else) have access to the proper
addresses to write to to protest the wolf killing in the Northwest
Territories?  If anyone has this information, I would greatly appreciate
it if you could post it to the list.

I have searched all over the internet but am greatly confused by the
Canadian government's web sites and can't seem to find the info I need!
Thanks much!

Cari Gehl

[Note: The article below was posted previously by me but I am including
it for reference purposes.]





---Snowmobile hunt claims hundreds of wolves
Biologists worried about impact of subarctic slaughter



Thursday, February 26, 1998
The Globe and Mail


By Alanna Mitchell


CALGARY -- About a dozen native hunters have killed 460 wolves so far
this winter in the Northwest Territories in what biologists fear may be
one of the biggest and most concentrated commercial wolf hunts in
Canadian history.

Many of the wolves are being chased to death by hunters riding
snowmobiles, said conservation officers and biologists who oversee the
subarctic area. The hunters track down a pack of wolves, manoeuvre them
onto a frozen expanse of tundra, and then, as the animals search vainly
for somewhere to hide, chase them until they collapse from exhaustion.
Then the hunters shoot them.

The final tally of wolves killed will be significantly higher than 460
by the end of the season. Several hunters who are expected to be making
large kills have not yet prepared the skins for export, so have not been
included in the count.

The massive hunt is being driven by an unusually strong appetite for fur
in the fashion industry and by hefty prices for wolf in the
international fur market. As well, the wolves seem to be congregating in
the lower Northwest Territories this winter as they follow caribou
herds.

Biologists, who are calling the kill a "local genocide," say a hunt on
that scale has far-reaching, dire implications for Canada's wolf
population if it keeps up.

Some biologists are especially worried because the Northwest Territories
government has no count of the number of wolves in the region and no
data on what damage a kill of this magnitude could do to the nation's
stock of wolves.

"You can't allow something like this to happen without a way of seeing
what the impact is," said Ludwig Carbyn, Canada's most prominent wolf
biologist and the Canadian delegate to the wolf group of the Swiss-based
International Union of the Conservation of Nature.

He said that since the early 1920s, Canada has recognized the need to
regulate commercial consumption of wildlife. Yet today in the Northwest
Territories, resident hunters and natives can take as many wolves as
they can get.

Paul Paquet, another internationally respected Canadian wolf biologist,
said there is a desperate lack of hard data on wolf stocks.

"If you don't have good information and you make a mistake, it can be a
disaster," he said. "You can see where that took us in the fishery."

The ethics of using snowmobiles to hunt is also being questioned.
Hunting from snowmobiles is legal in the Northwest Territories and
widespread. But it gives hunters a huge advantage over their prey -- so
much so that it is banned as unsportsmanlike in other parts of Canada,
including Yukon, where it carries a fine of up to $10,000 and the
possibility of jail.

"I suspect that these harvesting practices are unacceptable to most
people, including consumers of the fur," said Carolyn Callaghan, a wolf
biologist who is studying the canines as part of the Central Rockies
Wolf Project in Alberta.

The Canadian fur industry has come under intense criticism in recent
years -- especially in Europe -- for the clubbing and skinning of seal
pups and the now-abandoned practice of leg-hold traps. After boycotts
and international condemnation, the Canadian fur lobby has taken pains
to convince fur buyers that hunters today are humane.

The story of the vast wolf kill in the Northwest Territories has come to
light only in the past few weeks as the number of wolf pelts certified
by officials for export began to mount. George Bihun, a conservation
officer in Stony Rapids, in Saskatchewan's far north, said his office
has done paperwork for the export permits of 460 wolves captured and
skinned by about a dozen local Indian hunters.

The hunters live in Fond-du-Lac and at Black Lake just below the
Saskatchewan-Northwest Territories border, Mr. Bihun said. But they
charter aircraft to ferry them and their supplies of gas to camps they
have set up near Rennie Lake in the Northwest Territories, just where
the tree line gives way to the tundra barrens.

Dean Cluff, a biologist with the Northwest Territories government, said
he had to swallow hard when he first heard how high the wolf kill was
around Rennie Lake.

"It's not going to be the extinction of the wolf," he said. "But there
are other things we just don't know about."

Mr. Bihun went up to the camp and watched the snowmobile pursuit for
himself. He said conservation officers have seen the number of wolf
pelts exported from the Northwest Territories rise rapidly since hunters
began using powerful modern snowmobiles.

"The last several years, we've seen a high number coming out," he said.
"They're big-time pursuing the wolves. They're not out there trapping."

Lawrence L. Adam, a native hunter who lives at Fond-du-Lac, came away
from his camp in the Northwest Territories a couple of weeks ago with
162 wolf pelts from animals he killed this season.

He said the wolf hunting this year is the best it's been in some time.
"I guess I'm getting good at it," he said.

His nephew is still at the camp and won't be out with his wolf pelts for
another few weeks.

In earlier, less productive years, they have been killing 150 to 200
wolves a year between them, sometimes using snowmobiles, sometimes not,
Mr. Adam said. They also harvest white fox, mink and marten and have
invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in their hunting camp over the
years, he said.

"That's my livelihood," he said. "That's what I'm here for."

Until this year, an average of 915 wolf pelts were taken annually in all
of the Northwest Territories. In 1995-96, 727 wolf pelts were taken.

"We don't have a shortage of wolves up here," said Ron Graf, manager of
integrated resource management in the territory's wildlife and fisheries
division.

Next door in the Yukon, where hunting by snowmobile has been banned
since 1982, about 30 wolves are hunted each year and another 100 are
trapped, said Doug Larsen, a biologist who is the chief of wildlife
management there.

In Saskatchewan, where wolves can be caught only by licenced trappers
who have trap lines, the 3,000 or so such trappers take a total of about
225 wolves a year, said Al Arsenault of Saskatchewan's fish and wildlife
branch.

Even in the years when governments waged all-out war against wolves,
dubbing them noxious vermin for their predations on elk, deer and
caribou, they were rarely able to kill on the scale now under way in the
Northwest Territories.

William Fuller, a biologist who conducted a "wolf-control" program for
the territorial government in the 1950s, said he killed fewer than 300
animals at the peak of the program in the winter of 1955-56 south of
Great Slave Lake. And he was using the now-outlawed strychnine, packing
the poison into holes he drilled with a half-inch bit in the frozen
carcasses of buffalo, and leaving them on lakes in the tundra as bait.

"These guys are killing more than we ever did in our attempts to poison
wolves," he said. "It's anything but sportsmanlike. The wolves wouldn't
have a chance."

He said in all his years of study, he has never heard of as large a
commercial kill as that going on at Rennie Lake and added that hunters
could never have caught that many with the traditional dogsled.

While biologists believe wolf numbers are plentiful in the Northwest
Territories, they also say they used to be plentiful throughout North
America (even Newfoundland). But humans' slaughter of wolves has been so
efficient and so sustained that the animals have been all but wiped out
in the United States and are now considered an endangered species.

In fact, northern Canada has what is considered the only vibrant wolf
population left in the world.

"If Canada cannot maintain a sustainable population of wolves," Ms.
Callaghan, "nobody else can."


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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:19:03 PST
From: "Cari Gehl" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: RFI: SPAIN - King receives snow leopard coat
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Hi again -

Sometime ago, someone from Barcelona posted a short item about a gift of
a snow leopard coat that was given to the king of Spain.  The
International Snow Leopard Trust is very interested in this report and
would like to obtain as much information as possible.

Unfortunately, I no longer have the post.  If anyone has the post, could
you please forward it to me through private e-mail?  If the writer of
the post could also contact me that would be wonderful.  My e-mail
address is:

[e-mail]

Thanks much!

Cari Gehl

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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:33:16 PST
From: "Cari Gehl" <[e-mail]>
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I forgot to mention, the International Snow Leopard Trust is also
interested in learning about any mailing lists that may apply to their
work.  I know I have heard of a CITES e-mail list in the past, does
anyone know about this?  Any others that might be of interest would be
welcomed as well. Any suggestions and info you have would be greatly
appreciated, you can send it to me at: [e-mail]

Also, if there are any groups that are interested in networking with
them and sharing info, their primary work occurs in the 12 countries
that currently make up the snow leopard's range.  These include: Nepal,
Pakistan, India, Mongolia, and parts of the former Soviet Union, among
others. For more info, you can check out their web site at:

http://www.serv.net/islt/index.html

or e-mail them at:

[e-mail]


Thanks again!
Cari Gehl
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 17:03:44
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Here are the addresses, as requested. (Originally posted by Friends of
Animals)

David

The Hon. Don Morin,  Premier
Government of the Northwest Territories
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2L9
Telephone [phone]
Fax [phone]
email [e-mail]

The Hon. Stephen Kakfwi
Minister of Wildlife
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT, X1A2L9
Telephone [phone]
Fax [phone]
eamil [e-mail]

The Hon. Christine Stewart
Minister of Environment Canada
Centre Blk. Rm. 103-S
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Telephone [phone]
Fax [phone]

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 20:28:05 -0800
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FARM has current openings for an Administrator, Membership Director,
and Research Director. For additional details, see our website at
http://www.farmusa.org. To apply, send resume and letter detailing
applicable skills, interests, timing, and compensation requirements to
FARM, 10101 Ashburton Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817.

Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:25:28 -0500
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Attention all list admins: please forward this to all relevant lists.

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A series of free seminars sponsored by
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The History and Political Agenda of Animal Research - Dean Smith
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 Dean, Alix,  Barbara Stagno

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 Early Panel :
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Dr. Frank Barile is an associate professor at York College.  He holds a
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in the book In Vitro Methods in Pharmaceutical Research.

Chadwick Bovee of In Defense of Animals fights animal research at NYU and
other institutions for In Defense of Animals .  He formerly directed the
Animal
Rights Action Team at Wetlands.

David Cantor worked for years as senior researcher for People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals.  He later ran the American Anti-Vivisection
Society's
Primate Protectors campaign and authored a chapter, "Items of Property" in the
Great Ape Project   He is currently runs the Speciesism Awareness Project,.

Lawrence Carter-Long is Coordinator for Science and Research Issues of the
Animal Protection Institute of America  He has worked the American
Anti-Vivisection Society, the Farm Animal Reform Movement, Friends of
Animals, Sangre de
Cristo Animal Protection, the disabled people's rights group Disabled in
Action, and
was the director of the Health Care Consumers' Network, a group of disabled
and
terminally ill people against animal research.

Dr. Murray Cohen, an honors graduate from Chicago Medical School has been
a physician for 32 years, trained in internal medicine, which he
practiced in the US Army.  In 1973, he completed his psychiatry residency
at Mt. Sinai and Montefiore
Hospitals, and has practiced psychiatry for the last 24 years.  He is former
director of the Narcotics Rehab Center at Mt. Sinai and former chief of the
Psychiatric Out-Patient Dept. at Lennox Hill Hospital.  Murray is co-chair
of the Medical
Research Modernization Committee, an advisor to Association of
Veterinarians for
Animal Rights, The Nature of Wellness, Jews for Animal Rights and Concern for
Helping Animals in Israel (CHAI) and author of Alcoholic Rats and Other
Alcohol
Research Using Animals (with Connie Young) and Aping Science: A Critical
Analysis of
Research at the Yerkes Regional Primate Center., as well as numerous
articles.

Barbara Erenberg is Policy Coordinator for the Great Ape Project-USA,
working to gain fundamental rights for non-human great apes.  She works for
the
Center for Science in the Public Interest, working to change student
drinking culture
and reduce problems associated with heavy drinking.  She was Special
Assistant to
the Executive Director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal and
holds a
law degree from George Washington U and a masters of public policy from the
U of
Michigan.

Alix Fano is the Executive Director of the Medical Research Modernization
Committee, a group of scientists and physicians who challenge vivisection on
scientific grounds.  Alix is the author of Lethal Laws, which  documents how
 animaltests are allowing toxic chemicals to be released into the environment.

Gary L. Francione, is a Professor of Law at Rutgers U. and director of the
Rutgers Animal Rights Law Clinic..  Previously he practiced law in the New
York
City firm of Cravath, Swaine, & Moore, served as law clerk to US Court of
Appeals
Judge Albert Tate and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor,  taught
law at
the University of Pennsylvania, and was general counsel to People for the
Ethical
Treatment of Animals. He  wrote Vivisection and Dissection in the Classroom: A
Guide to Conscientious Objection (with Anna Charlton), Animals, Property,
and the Law, and Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights
Movement., a chapter in
the Great Ape Project,  and numerous journal articles.  Gary, a frequent
lecturer , organized two conferences, and  offers commentary on WBAI
radio's Walden's Pond. He holds a JD degree and an MA in philosophy from
the University of
Virginia School of Law.

Felicia Holden established the nation's first university alternatives
committee at Indiana U through  Bloomington ADL.

Dr. Harry Hovel, a  research scientist,  is president of the Companion
Animal Coalition, a humane educator for the New England Anti-Vivisection
Society's
LivingEarth Learning Project, a board member of New York State Humane
Association and was the co-founder and past president of the Animal Welfare
Alliance, a
grassroots group in Rockland and  Westchester Counties.

Dr. Ken Shapiro is the executive director of Psychologists for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, co-editor of The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare
Sciences and Society former president of the Animal Rights Network
(publisher of
Animals' Agenda) and the author of  Animal Models in Human Psychology.

Dean Smith is Outreach Director of the American Anti-Vivisection Society,
former president of the human rights group Together Towards Peace,  sat on the
steering committee of the Coalition for Animal Rights and the Environment,
and is a
board member of Listen..., an organization dedicated to bringing lasting
social
changefor earth, animals, and all people.

Jessica Speart is an investigative journalist specializing in illegal
wildlife trade.  She has written numerous articles on the international
trade in
wildlife for publications such as Animals Magazine, Audubon, The New York
Times
Magazine, Travel and Leisure, Wildlife Conservation, and International
Wildlife.  She
wrote the chapter on the primate trade in the book Animal Dealers, and is
writingmurder  mysteries on endangered wildlife.

Barbara Stagno, president of ROAR (formerly the Animal Welfare Alliance)
and Northeast regional coordinator of In Defense of Animals, was a vital
player in
the campaigns to end NYU monkey drug addiction studies and Rockefeller U. cat
brain research.

Dr. Ethel Thurston, creator World Day for Laboratory Animals, which became
World Week for Animals in Laboratories, is the founder of Beauty Without
Cruelty-USA and the American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research, the
first US
animal protection group to fund scientific research into alternatives to
animal
experiments.
 Projects include developing a non-animal polio vaccine safety test,
co-sponsoring validation trials for over  200 potential  alternatives to
Lethal Dose
tests, helping to found the Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular
Biology and established classes for young students there to familiarize
potential
scientists with alternatives to animals, and supporting the Center's
distribution
of cell biology experiment kits to high school and college classes around the
nation. For years Beauty Without Cruelty has provided information on
cruelty-free
personal products and fur and leather alternatives.

Connie Young, a medical writer, was an IACUC member at the Brooklyn
Veteran's Administration Hospital, was original coordinator of the Medical
Research
Modernization Committee, is a founder of Unitarian Universalists for the
Ethical
Treatment of Animals, produced Queens Public TV on vegetarian cooking and
the link
between animal rights and health concerns,  writes a newspaper column, is
active
in local animal groups and issues like a pigeon shoot and is co-author of
Alcoholic Rats.








Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:38:45 -0500
From: Wyandotte Animal Group <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (MI) PeTA says free penned-up bear
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Sunday, March 22, 1998
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PETA says free penned-up bear

CADILLAC (MI)--The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants
Cadillac convenience store owners Georgia and Jim Kerkyras to free Samantha,
a 26-year-old bear that has lived in a pen at the store since 1972.  The
Kerkyras said the bear could not survive in the wild.  PETA said it listed
Samantha on the Internet because it had received complaints for several years.







Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
[e-mail]
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