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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:05:13 -0400
From: Mesia Quartano <primates@usa.net>
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Subject: RE: UPC Alert: DA Won't Prosecute Emu Beaters
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In case anyone is interested, here's some additional Texas Tourism info.
The Texas Dept of Commerce, Tourism Division also has a Web site where
comments can be added to their guestbook (which other visitors can view)
:-)
http://WWW.TravelTex.COM/FS_TalkTheTalk.html
Tourism Division
Texas Department of Commerce
P.O. Box 12728
Austin, TX 78711
512-462-9191 (Voice)
512-320-9698 (TDD)
512-936-0089 (FAX)
~Mesia
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West, Jamey wrote:
>
>Anyone who was planning a vacation to Texas, might want to reconsider.
>Of course, you would want to let the Texas Chamber of Commerce know
>that this horrible injustice affected your decision. The Texas Chamber
>of Commerce can be reached at 1-800-8888-TEX The man I talked
>to was very nice and said that he would forward my comments to the
>appropriate official.
>Jamey Lee West
>Peace for All Beings
>
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>From: Franklin Wade[SMTP:franklin@smart.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 1997 9:49PM
>To: ar-news@envirolink.org
>Subject: UPC Alert: DA Won't Prosecute Emu Beaters
>
> United Poultry Concerns
> Action Alert
> No Prosecution of Men Who Beat Twenty-Two Emus To Death?
>
>
>July 23, 1997
>
> Today in Tarrant County the District Attorney's Office
>announced it will not press cruelty charges against Steven and
>Russell Vinson, the two medical doctors who beat to death twenty-
>two penned emus with aluminum baseball bats on June 28, 1997.
>
> The district attorney's office told UPC president Karen
>Davis on July 21 that there was no proof that the men's conduct
>was cruel. He said that maybe if the men had starved the birds or
>set them on fire the case might be different. The last bird to
>die in the pen was described by the humane investigator as
>"vomiting blood and staggering until it fell on the ground and
>couldn't get up anymore."
>
> Attorney Richard Alpert, who recommended not to prosecute,
>told Karen Davis that breeders all over Texas are beating their
>emus to death "even as we speak." He said the only difference
>between the Vinsons and others is that the other breeders
>"generally tie the birds up first." He said this as if to say
>that the fact that others are beating their emus to death makes
>it a common practice so it is not "cruel" or a crime under the
>law.
>
>What Can I Do?
>
>Contact:
>Robert Mayfield
>Deputy Chief, Misdemeanor Court
>Tarrant County Criminal Justice Building
>401 West Belknap
>Fort Worth TX 76196
>ph: 817-884-1649
>fax: 817-884-2499
>
>Tell him to revise the decision and to recommend prosecution of
>Steven and Russell Vinson, the two brothers who beat their
>captive emus to death. Their decision compounds the evil and
>sends a message to other breeders that they can beat their birds
