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-
- The following is off of the rec.hunting newsgroup, and shows that the hunters
- are monitoring us and acting on our alerts. Therefore, I urge everyone to
- more actively respond to calls for action, so as to counter the hunters.
-
- WI activists please make it quite known to any pro trap legislators that we
- will organize campaigns against them at election time.
-
- JP Goodwin
- Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade
- _______________The following comes from the AR-News... Wisconsin trappers and
- hunters
- had better get busy!
-
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-
- ACTION ALERT
-
- HELP RESTRICT TRAPPING IN WISCONSIN!
- ****LETTERS NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF AB 282****
-
- The furbearing animals of Wisconsin need your help NOW! Representative
- Rebecca Young (D- Madison) introduced Assembly Bill 282 in April and the
- bill currently has eight co-sponsors. If passed, this bill will limit
- the sale of traps, prohibit trapping in cities, villages and in the
- right-of-way of any public thoroughfare and would require trappers to
- post warning signs at trap sites.
-
- Please write to the Chairman of the Assembly Natural Resources
- Committee, Representative DuWayne Johnsrud, and ask him to support AB
- 282. In addition, contact your legislators TODAY and urge them to
- co-sponsor AB 282.
-
- Points you may want to include in your letter:
-
- * Leghold traps have been banned in over 80 countries and restricted or
- banned in Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and
- Florida.
-
- * Leghold traps and snares are indiscriminate. For every target animal
- trapped, at least two other non-target animals, including dogs and cats,
- are trapped.
-
- * Leghold traps and snares cause extreme suffering and pain to their
- victims. Animals caught in leghold traps can endure fractures, ripped
- tendons, edema, blood loss, amputations, and starvation.
-
- * In a national poll conducted in November 1996, it was shown that 74%
- of Americans believe leghold traps should be outlawed.
-
- To obtain the name of your district representative or senator please
- call 1-800-362-9472.
-
- Senator________ Representative DuWayne Johnsrud
- P.O. Box 7882 Assembly Natural Resources Committee
- Madison, WI 53707 State Capitol
- Madison, WI 53702
-
- Rep. (Last name A-L) Rep. (Last name M-Z)
- P.O. Box 8952 P.O. Box 8953
- Madison, WI 53708 Madison, WI 53708
-
- For more information about upcoming committee hearings and status
- reports on the bill, please contact the Alliance for Animals at (608)
- 257-6333. For more information about trapping issues, contact Camilla
- Fox at API at (916) 731-5521. Tips for contacting public officials are
- available on the Legislation page of the Animal Protection Institute's
- Web site <http://www.g-net.com/api/ContactingOfficials.htm>.
-
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- The United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania - Preserving The Tradition
- Visit our Web Site at http://www.bowsite.com/ubp
-
- _________________
- end
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:40 -0400
- From: "H. Morris" <oceana@ibm.net>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Did Your Org Endorse VSCP?
- Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970530161225.007302e4@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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-
- Hello!
-
- Did your organization endorse Vegan Standards and Certification Project?
- If you don't remember, check the list below; it's the latest list I have of
- endorsing organizations.
-
- If so, we need you to email us ASAP the number of members in your
- organization (or your best guess). If you don't have "members" persay,
- then the number of donating individuals will suffice.
-
- Please email me if you have any questions.
-
- Thank you!
-
- Hillary
- VSCP
- http://www.veganstandards.org
-
- Latest List of Endorsing Organizations
- ***********************************
- ╖ Amberwood Sanctuary (GA)
- ╖ Animal Advocates of the Inland Northwest (WA)
- ╖ Animal Liberation League (MN)
- ╖ Animal Place (CA)
- ╖ Animal Rights America (NJ)
- ╖ Animal Rights Connection (CA)
- ╖ Animal Rights Direct Action Coalition (CA)
- ╖ Animal Rights Hawaii (HI)
- ╖ Animal Rights Lobbying Network (CA)
- ╖ Animals Deserve Adequate Protection Today (MI)
- ╖ Animal Watch (CA)
- ╖ Big Apple Vegetarians (NY)
- ╖ Center for Animal Protection (MA)
- ╖ Civil Liberties Defense Fund (MN)
- ╖ Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (IN)
- ╖ Direct Action Defense Fund (AZ)
- ╖ Direct Action for Animals (NC)
- ╖ Fund for Animals (NY HQ-national)
- ╖ Humanitarians for Animal Rights Education (MI)
- ╖ Liberation Collective (OR)
- ╖ New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance (NJ)
- ╖ No Compromise (MN)
- ╖ North Shore Vegetarians (MA)
- ╖ Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (MD)
- ╖ PhysiciansÆ Committee for Responsible Medicine (Washington, DC)
- ╖ Rallying on Animal Rights (TN)
- ╖ Rocky Mountain Animal Defense (CO)
- ╖ SOAR (Student Organization for Animal Rights) (MN)
- ╖ SPEAK (Supporting and Promoting Ethics for the Animal Kingdom) (AZ)
- ╖ St. Edward's Animal Rights Society (SEARS) (TX)
- ╖ Students for Education and Animal Liberation (SEAL) (NY)
- ╖ Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Southwest Texas State
- University Chapter) (TX)
- ╖ Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Boston University) (MA)
- ╖ Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (UC-Ohio)
- ╖ TAAR-get Health (NY)
- ╖ The Maimonides Project (NY)
- ╖ Texas Establishment for Animal Rights (TX)
- ╖ Vegetarian Society of Hawaii (HA)
- ╖ Veggies Unite! (Web-based vegetarian group--30,000 members)
- ╖ Voice for Animals (TX)
- ╖ Wayne County Vegetarian Society (NC)
-
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 16:39:59 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Lynn Halpern <lynn@computi.erols.com>
- To: dmmarie@msg.PacBell.COM
- Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: (US) NWF and McDonalds
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-
-
- You can call the following person at the National Wildlife Federation to
- express your opionion about this partnership:
-
- Phil Kavits
- Senior Director of Public Outreach
- (703) 790-4096
-
- Let him know that there are the public that is concerned with wildlife
- considers this Outrage, not Outreach.
-
- Lynn
-
- > I came across this web site while I was researching pesticides for a
- > paper my daughter was doing for college. McDonald's is pushing
- > conservation (Ha!) in conjunction with the National Wildlife Federation.
- >
- > Here is a bit of the barf that is on the web site.
- >
- > www.nwf.org/nwf/news/mchab.html
- >
- >
- >
- >
- > McDonald's Helps NWF bring Habitat Lesson to Millions
- >
- >
- >
- >
- > A burger, fries and Conservation
- > Information. That's the order going out to
- > millions of hungry consumers this month as
- > the National Wildlife Federation and
- > McDonald's join forces to teach America
- > about the importance of habitat and how to
- > protect it.
- >
- > This month, wildlife habitat information will appear on McDonald's bags
- > and cups at
- > participating McDonald's restaurants nationwide. Along with habitat
- > information,
- > customers will be able to request free information on NWF's BackYard
- > Wildlife
- > Habitat« program, which offers an easy, enjoyable way to make a place
- > for wildlife
- > and discover the joys of nature right in your own backyard. So far,
- > nearly 20,000
- > people have created NWF-certified habitats. By reaching out to
- > McDonald's
- > customers we hope to inspire many more.
- >
- >
- >
- >
- >
- > Learn More about BackYard Wildlife Habitat
- >
- > Learn More about other NWF Education Programs
- >
- > Learn more about what McDonald's is doing to educate its customers about
- > the importance of wildlife habitat.
- >
- >
- >
- >
- > Home | NWF Issues | Take Action! | Join Us |
- > Catalog | Feedback | Search | Help Up
- >
- > ⌐ 1997 National Wildlife Federation.
- > All rights reserved.
- >
- >
- >
- >
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 19:32:44 -0500 (CDT)
- From: AnimalLib@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu (Steve Barney)
- To: AR-News@envirolink.org
- Cc: GAP@envirolink.org
- Subject: WI JOB: Canvassing for GAP, ALAG (UW Oshkosh)
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- CONTACT: Steve Barney (Oshkosh)
- phone: (414) 235-4887
- email: AnimalLib@uwosh.edu
-
- DATE: May 30, 1997
-
-
-
- **SUMMER JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR WISCONSIN ANIMAL ADVOCATES!**
-
- Please consider joining us as a paid canvasser this summer.
-
- This weekend will mark the beginning of a summer long door to door
- educational and fund raising canvassing campaign in Oshkosh and other areas
- of Wisconsin to get support for the Great Ape Project (GAP), and the Animal
- Liberation Action Group of UW Oshkosh (ALAG).
-
- Donations received will be distributed to the GAP (at least 60%), the
- canvasser (based on a commission), and the ALAG.
-
- We will be collecting signatures endorsing GAP's "Declaration on Great
- Apes," which, briefly, calls for the extension of 3 basic legal rights
- (life, liberty and prohibition from torture) to all great apes (human
- beings, chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans). The full Declaration is
- posted on the WWW at:
-
- http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/gap/Decsigtx.html
-
- For info about those groups, go to:
-
- http://www.uwosh.edu/organizations/alag/
- http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/gap/gaphome.html
-
- The GAP was launched internationally 3 years ago with the publication of
- the book of the same title (_The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond
- Humanity_, edited by Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer, (St. Martin's Press,
- New York,
- 1994, ISBN 0-312-11818-X).
-
- Please contact me for further details.
-
-
- Bonobos have more fun,
-
- Steve Barney
- Animal Liberation Action Group
- Campus Connection, Reeve Memorial Union
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
- 748 Algoma Blvd.
- Oshkosh, WI 54901-3512
- UNITED STATES
- phone: 414-235-4887 (ask for Steve)
- fax: 414-424-7317 (care of:
- Animal Liberation Action Group
- Campus Connection, Reeve Memorial Union)
- email: AnimalLib@uwosh.edu
- web page: http://www.uwosh.edu/organizations/alag/
-
-
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 23:22:05 -0400 (EDT)
- From: baerwolf@tiac.net (baerwolf)
- To: info@ma.neavs.com
- Cc: Veg-Boston@waste.org, ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Greyhounds - Actions against Dog Racing
- Message-ID: <199705310322.XAA01935@mailrelay.tiac.net>
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-
- Greetings --
-
- Please find the following actions on behalf of greyhounds for your calendar:
-
- Protest Dog Racing at Wonderland Dog Track in Revere
- June 7 (Sat) - 11:00 am
- July 12 (Sat) - 11:00 am (all day protest) Special Race Day
- August 9 (Sat) - 6:00 pm ***BIG BIG BIG*** Special Race Day
- Meet outside of the MAIN GATE of the dog track. Bring posers, signs and banners
- (some will be provided). By car - Route 1A in Revere. Parking is free in
- the Stop &
- Shop mall across the street. MTBA accessible - Blue line, Wonderland "T" stop.
- Call Libby @ 617-567-0280 if you need additional directions.
-
- Protest Dog Racing at Taunton/Raynham Dog Track
- June 21 (Sat) - 11:30 am ***BIG BIG BIG***
- Meet outside of the MAIN GATE of the dog track. Bring posters, signs and
- banners
- (some will be provided).
- Call Robin @ 508-435-6023 in you need directions
-
- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
-
- The bill to "Ban Dog Racing in Massachusetts" (House Bill 3434) is stuck in
- Joint
- Committee on Government Regulations. You can continue helping to move the
- bill by
- doing one or more of the following:
-
- 1) Call, write or e-mail the two Chairmen of the Joint Committee on
- Government Regulations:
- Sen. Michael Morrissey, phone: 617-722-1494
- Rep. Daniel Bosley, phone: 617-722-2030, e-mail:
- Rep.DanielBosley@house.state.ma.us
- Ask them to report House Bill 3434 favorably out of committee.
- 2) Call, write, fax or e-mail your Representative and Senator.
- Tell them that dog racing is not a sport and you want it banned in
- Massachusetts.
- You can find the name of your legislators by calling your town clerk's
- office or by
- calling the elections office at 617-722-2828.
-
- Call Greta @ 413-442-6079 if you have any questions
-
- ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
-
- Volunteers are needed for greyhound educational outreach at malls and public
- places. Volunteers
- will be given literature to hand out, a visual aid and prompted on how to
- answer common questions.
- Call Steve @ 508-393-5339.
-
- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
-
- Primate Freedom Campaign
- Brainstorm, strategize and coordinate with others at one of three hour-long
- workshops on raising
- public awareness about primate abuse.
- June 8 (Sun) - After regularly scheduled Peace Abbey programming. Junction
- of Routes 16 & 27
- in Sherborn, MA.
- June 12 (Thur) - 6:30 pm at NEAVS office, 333 Washington Street, Boston near
- Downtown Crossing.
- June 17 (Tue) - 6:30 pm at Buddha's Delight Too, 404 Harvard Street, Brookline.
-
- steven baer
-
- baerwolf@tiac.net
- Massachusetts
-
- HOW DEEP INTO SPACE MUST HUMANS GO BEFORE THEY REALIZE
- ALL THE NEIGHBORS THEY'VE TORTURED ON PLANET EARTH.
-
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:28:43 -0700
- From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Dr. Frankenstein's latest feat
- Message-ID: <338F9AEB.28E4@worldnet.att.net>
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-
- Subject:
- Dr. Frankenstein's latest achievement
- Date:
- Sat, 31 May 97 01:52:44 +0000
- From:
- Andrew Gach <gacha@wellsfargo.com>
- Organization:
- Wells Fargo Bank
- To:
- UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net
-
-
- Human gene parts implanted into mice
-
- Agence France-Presse
-
- WASHINGTON (May 30, 1997 3:07 p.m. EDT) - Scientists in Japan have
- successfully implanted human genetic material into mice in a procedure
- that could lead to a new generation of cancer treatments for humans.
-
- Such implants have taken place before but never on this scale.
- Researchers at Kirin Brewery Technology Laboratory of Yokohama, Japan,
- managed to transplant full human chromosomes containing up to a thousand
- genes each.
-
- The study, to be published in the June issue of Nature Genetics, says
- the modified mice were otherwise normal and passed on the
- characteristics to their offspring.
-
- The research team headed by professor Kazuma Tomizuka of Kirin inserted
- human chromosomes into embryonic mouse cells that were then implanted
- into female mice.
-
- Confronted with protein from another species, the resulting newborn mice
- produced fully human, disease-fighting antibodies, they said.
- Previously, implants of human genetic material into mice had yielded
- only antibodies that were part human, part mouse.
-
- How the modified genetic characteristics were transmitted to the next
- generation is "the most intriguing question," the study's authors say,
- because extra chromosomes usually block reproduction.
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 22:46:02 -0500
- From: Horgan <horgan@sprintmail.com>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.com
- Subject: Shelter massacre - help to prosecute criminals who murdered cats!!!!
- Message-ID: <338F9EFA.3579@sprintmail.com>
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-
- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8603/petition2.html
- <x-html><xbasehref="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8603/petition2.html">
- Please help us by signing adding your name and address to the letter below. A hard copy of
- all letters
- will be made and forwarded onto the Prosecutor's Office of Fairfield.
- If you can't send it with this form, please send it to me,.
-
- Don't forget to sign Madlyn's letter before you leave.
-
- Let them know how you feel:
-
-
- All you have to do is put your name where it says "your name" and your address where it says
- "your address" then click on submit. Thanks :
-
- TO:
-
- Jefferson County Attorney
- ATTN: John Morrissey
- Scott Schroeder, Mike Brown
- 109 N. Court St.
- Fairfield, Iowa 52556
-
-
- Dear Sirs,
-
- I have read reports of the break-in which occured at the Noah's Ark
- Foundation Shelter, on March 7-8, 1997.
-
- I am shocked, appalled and outraged by this vicious and senseless crime.
- The pet cats that were tortured and killed by the alleged perpetrators:
-
- Justin Toben, Daniel B. Meyers, and Chad Lemansky
-
- were trusting, warm-blooded living beings, capable of pain and fear.
-
- The taking of any life, in the commission of a crime, is repugnant to
- me. Left unpunished, or not sufficiently punished, these young men may
- very likely go on to commit other violent crimes, including murder.
-
- I wish to express to you my hopes that every effort will be made by your
- office to prosecute and convict the three young men accused of this
- atrocious crime, using every resource available to your office.
-
- Please make every effort, upon their conviction, to sentence them to the
- maximum penalty. It is my belief that imposing the maximum sentence will
- serve as a deterrant to the repetition of crimes of this nature.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Your Name:
-
- Your address:
-
- Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 11:34:07 +0800 (SST)
- From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: (HK) Magistrate bears up to error
- Message-ID: <199705310334.LAA06836@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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-
-
-
- >South China Morning Post
- Saturday May 31 1997
-
- Magistrate bears up to error
- CHARLOTTE PARSONS
-
- A magistrate did not understand the bear facts of the case before him, the
- High Court heard yesterday.
-
- Tsoi Wai-ching was fined $125,000 in January for having a bottled
- bear's gall bladder in her herbalist's shop.
-
- But when Eastern magistrate Peter Line reviewed his decision, he
- realised he had made an error. Only endangered species can draw such
- hefty fines; Tsoi's gall bladder belonged to an ordinary bear, making the
- maximum fine $50,000.
-
- "A mistake has been made and the wrong fine has been imposed,"
- barrister John MacMaster said in an appeal.
- In a statement, Mr Line admitted he should have called an inquiry to
- establish if the gall bladder - said to be a cure-all - was for sale in the
- Causeway Bay store.
-
- Tsoi, 50, said she brought it to the shop for her own use.
-
- Mr Justice Arthur Leong rejected a Crown application for a retrial and
- slashed her fine to $40,000.
-
- Tsoi admitted violating the protection of endangered species ordinance.
-
-
- Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 11:35:37 +0800 (SST)
- From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Fury as nations veto discussions on polar fish plunder
- Message-ID: <199705310335.LAA07135@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
- Mime-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
-
-
-
- >South China Morning post
- Saturday May 31 1997
-
- Fury as nations veto discussions on polar fish
- plunder
-
- AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Christchurch
- The annual meeting of the 43 nations which govern Antarctica ended yesterday
- in disarray over how to end the growing threat from pirate fishing in the
- Southern Ocean.
-
- Countries angry at what is being called "hoovering" of the icy sea by a
- 70-strong fleet were forced to meet outside the Antarctic Treaty
- Consultative Meeting because several nations vetoed discussion, chairman
- Colin Keating said.
-
- He would not name which of the 26 consultative members with full voting
- rights blocked the issue, but said the objectors were "not necessarily"
- nations profiting from the fishing. "There were some consultative parties
- who were strongly opposed to discussing the subject at all, and that is
- unfortunate," he said.
-
- "It proved to be impossible to have any discussion within the Antarctic
- Treaty meeting," said the New Zealand official.
-
- The frantic race for the lucrative Patagonian toothfish has alarmed
- countries with exclusive economic zones in the Southern Ocean as well as
- countries regarded as Antarctic gateways.
-
- The fishery was only recently revealed by declassified US naval
- satellite photographs and is attractive because of the high price the
- fish fetch on world markets.
- Ships from Argentina, Chile and Norway have been seen operating in the region.
-
- China is building a large new fleet to operate in the region, which is
- under the jurisdiction of the 23-nation Hobart-based Commission for the
- Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
-
- France last month arrested three boats operating in its exclusive zone
- in the Southern Ocean.
-
- Officials have said the plundering of the toothfish shoals threatens
- the credibility of the conservation coalition and the Antarctica treaty.
- On Thursday, Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs polar adviser Jon Bech
- said his Government was committed to halting involvement of its nationals
- and fishing companies.
-
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 22:51:08 -0500
- From: Horgan <horgan@sprintmail.com>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.com
- Subject: cat shelter massacre...anyone have news??
- Message-ID: <338FA02C.6450@sprintmail.com>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
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-
- I was told about and recently read about a horrible tragedy in an Iowa
- shelter. 3 teens broke into a no-kill cat shelter and stabbed,
- tortured, and beat 30 some cats. The trial is set for 7/29/97. Letters
- and petitions are being sent all over the country. Does anyone know the
- details of this story or where I could find it's initial news release?
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:44:32 -0700
- From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Egypt declares organ transplants unconstitutional
- Message-ID: <338F9EA0.6265@worldnet.att.net>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
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-
- Organ transplants unconstitutional, Egypt official says
-
- Reuter Information Service
-
- CAIRO, Egypt (May 30, 1997 11:02 a.m. EDT) - The speaker of Egypt's
- parliament said human organ transplants were unconstitutional and vowed
- to oppose attempts to legalize the practice, parliamentary sources and a
- government newspaper said Friday.
-
- The daily al-Akhbar said speaker Fathi Sorour had postponed discussing
- the issue in the house and the sources added that he told a session of
- parliament he would step down from his post and staunchly argue against
- transplants.
-
- Transplants of human organs, particulary from the dead to the living,
- have sparked debate and controversy in Egypt.
-
- Many doctors and intellectuals say Egypt is "backward" for not
- legalizing the widespread practice but opponents say there is
- uncertainty in the medical profession about the exact time of death and
- others fear a law would lead to a trade in organs.
-
- Muslim clerics too disagree on whether Islamic law allows for organ
- transplants but Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar
- who is one of Sunni Islam's most senior clerics, said he would donate
- his organs after his death and urged people to do the same.
-
- Doctors need approval by the medical syndicate to perform transplants,
- which is usually granted only when the operation involves relatives.
- Al-Akhbar said the syndicate was taking disciplinary action against 43
- doctors who transplanted organs without its permission.
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:47:02 -0700
- From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: EU considers ban on human cloning
- Message-ID: <338F9F36.3E9F@worldnet.att.net>
- MIME-Version: 1.0
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-
- EU considers ban on human cloning
-
- Reuter Information Service
-
- BRUSSELS (May 30, 1997 11:02 a.m. EDT) - The European Commission
- announced Friday it was studying whether to propose a formal ban on
- cloning humans, but stopped short of condemning the technique for
- animals.
-
- Responding to a report by an advisory group on biotechnology ethics,
- Commission President Jacques Santer said in a statement that European
- Union rules should exclude human cloning from patent protection.
-
- "I share entirely the rejection by this group of human reproductive
- cloning," Santer said in a statement.
-
- Ethical concerns have grown since scientists in Scotland, working with a
- biotechnology company, cloned a sheep known as Dolly from a single cell
- of another sheep.
-
- Santer joined other government leaders, including French President
- Jacques Chirac, who have condemned a technology that raises the spectre
- of Nazi efforts to create a "master race."
-
- But Santer was less dogmatic about animal cloning, saying only that the
- EU executive would study the advisory group's recommendations, which put
- the emphasis on animal welfare.
-
- The EU's Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology
- -- made up of outside scientific, legal and ethical experts and headed
- by French lawyer Noelle Lenoir -- said cloning of
- farm animals could have medical, agricultural and economic benefits.
-
- Research would add to understanding of biological processes, including
- aging and "hence may contribute to human well-being," it said in a
- report handed to the Commission Thursday in The Hague.
-
- But it was acceptable "only when the aims and methods are ethically
- justified and when it is carried out under ethical conditions," it said.
- "These ethical conditions include the duty to avoid or minimise
- animal suffering."
-
- The group said research on animal cloning should take place under the
- supervision of licensing bodies and reflect the need to preserve genetic
- diversity in farm animal stocks.
-
- It called for a ban on "reproductive" human cloning -- creating a
- genetically identical human being using cells from a child or adult --
- saying the technique was "ethically unacceptable" and a safety
- threat.
-
- The creation of genetically identical embryos to help couples have
- children should also be prohibited, it said.
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