AR-NEWS Digest 690

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Heart wrenching experience!
     by molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton)
  2) Bardot the faux?
     by "J. Bearscove" 
  3) molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton): HELP END DISSECTION!
     by molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton)
  4) (HK) Poultry markets risk factor for bird flu 
     by Vadivu Govind 
  5) Indonesia unable to put out fires
     by Vadivu Govind 
  6) (JP) Ocean contamination
     by Vadivu Govind 
  7) (TH) Situation unstable in sanctuary
     by Vadivu Govind 
  8) [UK] Ministry warned scientists against  'costly' measures to
  tackle BSE
     by David J Knowles 
  9) [UK] Stuffed animals seized in police raid
     by David J Knowles 
 10) [EU] Battery chickens to spread their wings under EU deal
     by David J Knowles 
 11) [US] Hormone in soya beans 'suppresses cancer cells'
     by David J Knowles 
 12) [UK] Sellafield pigeons radioactive hazard - Greenpeace
     by David J Knowles 
 13) [UK] Rhino horn traders jailed
     by David J Knowles 
 14) [UK] Farm practices 'threaten health'
     by David J Knowles 
 15) [UK] Royal support for genetic food withdrawal
     by David J Knowles 
 16) [UK] Cheap burgers blamed for CJD 
     by David J Knowles 
 17) DAVIS TRIAL VICTORY
     by civillib@cwnet.com
 18) [CA] Wolves die as we think they live: big and bad
     by David J Knowles 
 19) (NJ)  NJARA Fur Demonstration 
     by joemiele 
 20) (NJ) Second NJARA Fur Demo
     by joemiele 
 21) (US) Black Farmers: Perdue Discriminates
     by allen schubert 
 22) Embedded Code/Attachments--Admin Note
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 23) FW: India's Dancing Bears
     by kjp@wspausa.com (Katherine Perkinson)
 24) Info request-Spanish animal rights
     by "A.R.Society" 
 25) Distributor of Singer's Animal Liberation?
     by jacknorris@worldnet.att.net (Jack Norris)
 26) Re: Distributor of Singer's Animal Liberation?
     by victoriajoy@webtv.net (Victoria Mireles)
 27) COURT GRANTS ALDF REHEARING IN PRIMATE REGS CASE
     by vstanley 
 28) Re: (US-NJ) Fur store owner John Guarino speaks out in local news.
     by Jackie Dove 
 29) Re: COURT GRANTS ALDF REHEARING IN PRIMATE REGS CASE
     by Jackie Dove 
 30) COURT GRANTS ALDF REHEARING IN PRIMATE REGS CASE
     by vstanley 
 31) MEATOUT Site Is Up At Last!
     by FARM 
 32) [US-MI] [Fwd: dam(n) funny...]
     by Steve Barney 
 33) Further concerns on IFAW/Korea
     by "J. Bearscove" 
 34) Alert: Predator Killing Contest in Arizona
     by Michael Markarian 
 35) Dentist, Dr Fleege
     by molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton)
 36) (US) Woman Faces Animal Cruelty Charges
     by allen schubert 
 37) Admin Note -- Inappropriate Posting
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 38) FW: Dentist, Dr Fleege
     by Bob Chorush 
 39) Fw: [PT] VILAS MONKEYS
     by paulbog@jefnet.com (Rick Bogle)
 40) Factory Farm Foes Go Hog Wild! (web link)
     by Steve Barney 
 41) [US-WI] "Thai, UW monkey plan causing fuss" (TCT-031198)
     by Steve Barney 
 42) [US-WI] "Regulating factory farms" (TCT-031198)
     by Steve Barney 
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:50:55 -0500
From: molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: chickadee-l@envirolink.org
Subject: Heart wrenching experience!
Message-ID: <19980312.003617.3214.8.molgoveggie@juno.com>


My apologies to everyone for using the word heart wrenching.  What I
should have said is that seeing the disabled man in the wheelchair on the
street with his disabled three legged dog was a very heart "touching"
experience.

It was very very late when I posted it and I am very sorry I have
confused some of you by using the term heart wrenching.  Please forgive!!

Love, Peace and Liberation,
Molly

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:04:09 -0800 (PST)
From: "J. Bearscove" 
To: HEARUS@singaporestrays.com
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Bardot the faux?
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Clipped from recent news:

> Sydney {Nove Scotia} - Bond, James Bond is hoping to take away Canadians'
> licence to kill seals.
> 
> Pierce Brosnan is joining several other stars, including William Shatner,
> Brigitte Bardot, Linda Blair and Jackie Chan on ice floes near Prince Edward
> Island on Friday to protest the seal hunt.
> 
I wonder why Brigitte Bardot used to be concerned about the millions of
dogs being slaughtered in Korea, and why she removed all information
regarding this from her website.

According to the South Korean media, Bardot "surrendered".  Furthermore,
since 1996, Brigitte Bardot and her organization has completely refused 
to respond to letters, faxes, and emails regarding her decision to forget
about two million tortured dogs per year, in exchange for Canadian seals.

It appears to me as though Bardot is merely looking for publicity, and is
as concerned for companion animals as the IFAW.  Bardot and the IFAW
should be together on the same boat in Canada, since they both basically
have done exactly the same thing:

Both apparently dumped the abuse, cruelty, and torture of millions of
companion animals in Korea, in exchange for the Canadian seals.  Both at
one time benefitted from claiming to have a campaign against the cruelty
in Korea, and both mysteriously and quietly gave up on it.  And now, both
are back in the media acting worried about Canadian seals. 

In some ways, this is yet another blow to the plight of the animals in
Korea.

Jon
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jbear//

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 01:32:32 -0500
From: molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton): HELP END DISSECTION!
Message-ID: <19980312.013241.3214.28.molgoveggie@juno.com>

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From: molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton)
To: chickadee-l@envirolink.org
Subject: HELP END DISSECTION!
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 01:10:20 -0500
Message-ID: <19980312.011030.3214.21.molgoveggie@juno.com>


I am a mother of a high school student in Middletown, N.Y.  

I have been working for six months to try to get the school to eliminate
the use of once live animals for dissection and only use alternatives.

I even got the video "class room cut ups" from PETA and gave to the
School Board, The School Superintendant, and the science department, and
the principal along with all kinds of literature.

I also went to a board meeting and gave a presentation on eliminating the
dissection of once living beings.

This is the letter I got finally in response after six months of time and
energy.

Dear Ms. Hamilton,
I am writing to seek a level of closure on the animal rights issue about
which you have been so resolute in recent months.  Thank you for your
patience in awaiting my reply to you.

I don't believe our school system has been insensitive to the issue of
animal dissection.  Understanding that we have a very diverse community,
and concomitant teaching and learning styles, we do respect the wishes of
students who choose not to dissect animals in class.  Similarly, we also
attempt to espect those students and staff members who do not eat meat. 
Moreover, the Syracuse University program in advance biology that we
utilize has a fundemental expectation of dissection in its curriculum.

Your articles and video would have schools such as ours mutilating and
dissecting dogs and cats.  As you probably know, we do not dissect dogs
or cats - or other animals to which people would commonly relate to house
pets.  In addition, the literature you provided naively suggests that
computer-driven alternatives are more cost effective.  They are not.  The
provision of hardware, software, peripherals, cabling, and maintenance
far exceeds the cost of animal specimens.  While I am not saying that
computer models are ineffective - as many believe - but that they are a
costly alternative, and representaions to the contrary further exaggerate
the position.

It is curious that our public schools would be the focus of activities in
this matter, when other institutions obviously bear more responsibility
for the abrogation of animal "rights" than we do.  Examples:  all
supermarkets; McDonalds and all other restaurants; the medical and
pharmaceutical professions; exotic jewelry and furnishings, chemicals,
medicine, ect; pet stores; the animal entertainment industry; and,
perhaps most importantlyh - those who consume these products and
services. To dwell upon a  public school, turning one's back on the
blatant excesses of the rest of our society, seems unbalanced at best.

The Enlarged City School District of Middletown will continue to make an
effort to provide a sensitive and respectful perspective on these issues;
perhaps more so that those listed above.  Thank you for elevating our
sensitivity to the cause you represent.

I appreciate the professional manner in which you have dealt with people
in our system, particularly our patience in awaiting my response.

Sincerely,

Robert H. Sigler, Jr.
Superintendant of Schools



cc:Mr. Gerard Hluchan, President Board of Education (Fax: 914 343-9938)
     Mr. Bernard Cohen, Principal Middletown High School(Fax:
914-343-0644)
     Ms. Shirley Thompson, Science Chairperson, MHS (Fax: 914-343-0644)


Fax: Mr. Robert Sigler (914)-343-9938
Phone: (914) 341-5690

Address for both Superintendant and President of The Board of Education,
Mr. Gerard Hluchan:

223 Wisner Avenue
Middletown, N.Y.  10940

Address for Shirley Thompson, Science Chairperson & Mr. Bernard Cohen,
Principal:
Middletown High School
Gardnier Avenue Extension
Middletown, N.Y, 10940



     

It would be so greatly appreciated if anyone could write a letter on my
behalf concerning banning dissection from schools!

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:36:08 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (HK) Poultry markets risk factor for bird flu 
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>Hong Kong Standard
12 Mar 98

Poultry markets a risky visit

By Ceri Williams 

VISITING a poultry market is the strongest risk factor for catching bird
flu, according to a joint study by US and Hong Kong health officials. 

Nine out of the 16 bird flu victims in the SAR visited a poultry stall a
week before they fell ill with the H5N1 virus, a study by the Department of
Health and the Atlanta-based Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
indicates. 

The study's results were presented by the centres on Wednesday at the
International Emerging Infectious Disease Conference in Atlanta. 

Hong Kong's Director of Health, Dr Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, moderated the
H5N1 session. 

Health chiefs said the finding indicated that people could be at risk of
catching the virus by visiting poultry markets. But they said it did not
mean that people would automatically get the virus if diseased chickens were
present. 

A Department of Health spokesman said on Wednesday another study showed that
11 out of 44 people who did not have the bird flu had also gone to poultry
markets. 

He said the findings suggested that if the virus, previously found only in
birds, could be passed onbetween people, it was not an efficient transfer
process. 

The Department of Health spokesman said the joint study ``found that
visiting poultry stalls . . . was the strongest risk factor.''. He added
that it ``covered areas including live poultry exposure, exposure when
preparing food, food eaten during the week before onset and human illness
exposure during the week before onset.'' 

Eighteen H5N1 cases were confirmed in the SAR. The last case was contracted
on 28 December. 


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:36:27 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Indonesia unable to put out fires
Message-ID: <199803120636.OAA05960@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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>Hong Kong Standard
12 Mar 98

Parliament told Indonesia unable to put out fires

SINGAPORE: Only an international fire-fighting brigade can save Southeast
Asia from a blanket of haze from jungle fires that Indonesian was unable to
put out, Singapore's parliament heard on Wednesday. 

``Isn't there a government there?'' opposition member Chiam See Tong asked,
as Singapore felt the first haze effects of smoke from small land-clearing
fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. 

No rain is expected. The fires are burning earlier. And El Nino could bring
even hotter, drier weather. 

Parliament, dominated by the governing People's Action Party, repeatedly
burst into laughter when Mr Chiam suggested pressuring Indonesia to enforce
its own laws against using fire to clear plantation land. Most of the
Indonesian forest fires that sent smoke over vast areas of Southeast Asia
last year were deliberately lit by plantation and timber companies to clear
land for more profitable crops, such as palm oil. 

Environment Minister Yeo Cheow Toong said chances were slim the region could
be protected from a haze blanket expected to last longer and be more intense
than last year. 

He said Southeast Asian nations had asked for United Nations ``help to fight
the looming crisis''. 

Hundreds of fires have been burning for weeks in Kalimantan, the Indonesian
portion of Borneo, butthe winds from nearby Sumatra have just begun to blow
eastward, enveloping Singapore's skyscrapers in a smoky, gray cloud on
Tuesday and on Wednesday. 

Director of the Meteorological Service Woon Shih Lai said the Environment
Ministry had not mentioned the Sumatran fires in a news release to the
public on Tuesday ``because it did not want to sensationalise the issue''.
The Sumatran mainland is five times closer to Singapore than Kalimantan is.

The southwest monsoon, which blows northeast and is about to begin, will
intensify the haze in Singapore and southern Malaysia. 

``. . . We have to mobilise international support and assistance,'' Mr Yeo
said. ``Because in the current economic situation that Indonesia
experiences, I think it will be difficult to expect them to deploy a lot of
resources.'' - AP 


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:36:23 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (JP) Ocean contamination
Message-ID: <199803120636.OAA15887@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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>Asahi Shimbun 
12 Mar 98

Plastic trash prompts ocean study 

In one survey, each square-kilometer of ocean contained nearly 10 million
bits of plastic debris. 

Marine biologists and environmentalists are concerned that plastic trash and
plastic pellets are contaminating the oceans, and have prompted the
Environment Agency to conduct a three-year survey on the problem, agency
officials said Tuesday. 
Experts fear that the plastics may be leaching significant amounts of
chemicals into ocean water, including so-called environmental
estrogens--substances that are suspected to cause severe human and animal
sexual abnormalities. 

For three years starting in January, the environmental agency will research
the scope of plastic contamination, and what effects the plastic particles
may have on the the ecosystem. 

Studies show the waters around Japan are full of plastic debris of all
kinds, including tiny pellets used in the manufacture of plastic products. 

In a survey conducted in 13 prefectures in the Sea of Japan coastline in
1996, more than 90 percent of 49,150 pieces of trash collected on beaches
was made of plastic. 

A citizen's group in Kanagawa Prefecture found 15,381 pieces of plastic
debris and 16,444 plastic pellets in a small area measuring 10 meters by 10
meters in Fujisawa last November, according to group leader Azusa Kojima. 

The National Institute of Health Sciences has established a Website called
"Plastic Debris Watchers" on the Internet to collect information about
plastics floating in the sea. 

Haruo Ogi, a professor of marine biology at Hokkaido University's fisheries
department, conducted a study of the northernmost island's Funka Bay in 1994
to learn how plastics may affect whales, dolphins and other sea mammals
living in the area. 

Ogi's team collected plastic from 87 points, each 500 square meters in size,
and analyzed their findings for more than two years. 
The professor said in one survey point, 9.8 million pieces of plastic debris
per square kilometer was found. The debris included small and medium-sized
plastic trash, and pellets used in plastics manufacturing. 

The average amount of plastic discovered was 490,000 pieces per square
kilometer, Ogi said. The professor suspects that the debris travels to
Hokkaido on the kuroshio Japan current. 

Ogi said he is very concerned that the marine ecosystem is affected by
plastic contamination because plastics leach polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) and other chemicals into the water. 


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:36:31 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TH) Situation unstable in sanctuary
Message-ID: <199803120636.OAA16728@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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>Bangkok Post
12 Mar 98

Situation unstable  at sanctuary

              Unusual dryness, 50% cut in budget 

              Uamdao Noikorn

              Although the forest fire in Huay Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
              is under control for now, the situation remains unstable due to
              unusual dryness and this year's 50 percent budget cut on fire
              control.

              The drastic cut is expected to have a crippling effect on the
              Forestry Department's ability to fight forest fires, forcing
it to shift
              its emphasis from personnel and equipment to investment in
              public relations.

              According to Forest Fire Control Division director Kaew
              Lopatanagasem, cooperation from people living around the
              forest is more important.

              He said officials have been fairly successful in educating people
              not to set fires as a means of hunting, food gathering and farm
              clearance. But many do not heed the message.

              Prolonged drought poses a major problem to the department's
              work this year.

              "Usually, there's still some water in the Huay Kha Khaeng
              stream, no matter how hot it is. But the water this year is barely
              enough for drinking," said an officer who came back from the
              trip to the sanctuary yesterday.

              Officials agreed the cheapest and best way to increase public
              awareness is by simply going out and talking to people more
              often. They consider that they do an effective job, keeping fire
              damage to less than one percent of the forest each time a fire
              occurs.

              "So far the average damage level is 0.86 percent," the officer
              said.

              While lack of money will be a problem, officials said it will not
              discourage them from expanding the fire-control area. Out of the
              country's 82.3 million rai of forest, only 17.9 million rai (21.7
              percent) is under the division's control.

              Since the division was set up 13 years ago, it has expanded its
              responsibility by one percent every year.


Article copyright Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd 1998
Reprinted for non-commercial use only.
Website: http://www.bangkokpost.net

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:34:05
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Ministry warned scientists against  'costly' measures to
  tackle BSE
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, March 12th, 1998

Ministry warned scientists against  'costly' measures to tackle BSE
By David Brown, Agriculture Editor 

THE scientist who headed the first independent investigation into mad cow
disease and its possible dangers for people nearly 10 years ago claimed
yesterday that a senior civil servant
tried to persuade him not to recommend expensive measures to deal with the
problem.

Sir Richard Southwood, Professor of Zoology and Pro-Vice Chancellor of
Oxford University, said that Sir Derek Andrews, then permanent secretary at
the Ministry of Agriculture, expressed the hope that any recommendations
"would not lead to an increase in public expenditure".

Sir Richard told the third day of the BSE inquiry in London: "I responded
to the effect that we would recommend what we felt was needed and that it
was up to MAFF how they achieved it.
My memory is that he accepted that."

But in July 1988, three months after Sir Richard was invited by Sir Donald
Acheson, then Chief Medical Officer, to head a committee of inquiry, the
Government settled on paying only 50 per cent of the value for individual
BSE cattle slaughtered and destroyed.

The inquiry was told how cutbacks in Government spending had hindered
efforts to begin an urgent scientific investigation and restricted
compensation paid to farmers to encourage them to surrender suspect cattle.
There were fears, said Sir Richard, that farmers would not report suspect
cattle but try to sell them on the market instead. The ministry has always
claimed that there is no evidence of "under-reporting" of BSE cases because
of the low compensation.

There was disagreement at the time over whether BSE cases were still
rising. Sir Richard claimed that John Wilesmith, the ministry's leading
veterinary epidemiologist, challenged his
estimate of the extent of the BSE epidemic and that he and his team had
gone along with Mr Wilesmith's lower estimate since he was an expert. He
said: "It is tempting to speculate that if we had given a higher estimate,
the costs of compensation would then have been so considerable that only
partial compensation would have been offered and the risks consequently
increased."

It was not until February 1990 - about five years after MAFF pathologists
had identified BSE as a new, fatal brain disease - that the Government
raised compensation to 100 per cent. Sir
Richard said that the ministry had indicated that 50 per cent compensation
was an effective measure but added: "Privately, we remained concerned."

In a letter to the committee, Sir Derek, who retired as permanent secretary
at the MAFF in February 1993, said he did not recall the precise words he
used nearly 10 years ago but
claimed that there was "nothing in the record" to substantiate Sir
Richard's interpretation. 

Sir Richard said that his committee had then tried to strike a balance
between cost and practicality. Treating the entire UK cattle herd as
suspect and taking action against it would have had "profound" implications
but his committee still put forward proposals to protect the public costing
tens of millions of pounds.He said: "We wanted to eliminate all the risks we
possibly could."

Sir Richard described how he received a telephone call at home in April
1988 from the Chief Medical Officer inviting him to head the investigation.
He dismissed criticisms that he and his team were not proper experts in the
BSE family of diseases. He described the "professional turmoil" in
Government scientific establishments at the time, a result of financial
cutbacks, and in the Neuropathogenisis Unit in Edinburgh, which had
knowledge of CJD and scrapie but was faced with closure. He said: "I
thought it was going to be a difficult job but it turned out worse than I
expected."

There were only "three or four" available people looking at this family of
diseases in this country. For others, the team would have had to turn to
the United States. His team recommended a range of actions - including
experiments to test whether meal laced with the sheep disease scrapie did
cause BSE if it was fed to cattle. "To my knowledge this has never been
done, so we still cannot be sure of the origin of BSE," he said. The
inquiry, which was adjourned until next Monday, was told that this
experiment was now being set up.

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:39:33
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Stuffed animals seized in police raid
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, March 12th, 1998

Stuffed animals seized in police raid

A HUGE haul of stuffed endangered animals, including a newborn tiger cub,
was put on display by police yesterday.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police seized examples of 65 different
species from a taxidermist's shop in north London, among them an adult
tiger, a wolf, a Green turtle and a griffon vulture. There was also an
elephant's foot.

The shop and three other premises were raided yesterday by officers who
spent 11 hours examining the samples. The male shop owner, who has not been
named, has been interviewed by  police and may now face charges.

Police were alerted after a tip-off from members of the public involved in
the World Wildlife Fund Eyes and Ears campaign. It is believed to be one of
Britain's largest-ever hauls of dead
endangered species.

Insp John Francis, Central London wildlife officer, said 20 officers were
involved in the raids. He said: "Everything we seized was displayed quite
prominently in the shop. The vast majority of taxidermists operate quite
legally, but there are some who are less scrupulous."

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:44:34
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [EU] Battery chickens to spread their wings under EU deal
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, March 12th, 1998

Battery chickens to spread their wings under EU deal
By Helen Cranford in Brussels 

BATTERY chickens are to get improved conditions under European Commission
plans unveiled yesterday.

The proposal is a move towards phasing out battery cages for Europe's 270
million laying hens. Brussels wants to increase the minimum space per hen
from 450 sq cm to 800 sq cm and tighten rules governing temperature, light
and ventilation. The standards will apply to all new and rebuilt hen houses
from next January and to all cages from 2009. But they are likely to face
opposition from France, Europe's leading egg producer.

Franz Fischler, the European Union agriculture commissioner, said the
continued use of battery cages "generates the strongest negative public
reaction, a fact which producers and policy makers would be foolish to
ignore". Mr Fischler said extending the living room for hens could increase
the cost of egg production by 15 per cent. "But grants covering the capital
cost of improving the hens'  welfare, and the reduction in cereal prices
foreseen in reform of the Common Agricultural Policy should adequately
offset this cost," he said.

His proposal needs the approval of the EU agriculture ministers who meet in
Brussels on Monday. It is expected to win the support of Germany, Sweden,
Finland, Austria, Belgium and Britain.

Elliot Morley, the minister for fisheries and the countryside, welcomed the
proposal yesterday. He said the Government was committed to phasing out
battery cages across Europe. "In the meantime, we need to make improvements
to cages," he said.  "We need to find ways of overcoming the problems
associated  with alternative systems such as free-range."

However, the proposal could spark clashes with the United States whose egg
producers are allowed to limit cage space to 360 sq cm. The issue comes at
a time when imports are expected to increase following the abolition of
existing tariff barriers between the EU and America.

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possible, but comments about the content should be addressed to the ET and
not myself. 

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:48:41
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] Hormone in soya beans 'suppresses cancer cells'
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, March 12th, 1998

Hormone in soya beans 'suppresses cancer cells'
By Aisling Irwin, Science Correspondent 

SOYA beans contain a powerful substance that thwarts cancer, scientists
have shown. The beans are packed with genistein, a hormone that plays a
pivotal role in suppressing the growth of cancerous cells.

Asian diets that are high in soya have been linked for some time with a low
incidence of cancer and researchers believed that they had traced the cause
to soya beans.

The link was reinforced by recent evidence that when Asians migrate
elsewhere and abandon their high-soya diets their risk of developing
breast, colon and prostate cancers increases.

Cancer cells usually respond to certain stresses by growing faster.
Scientists have shown that genistein, an oestrogen, interferes to prevent
that response. 

"When a cancer cell is growing at full blast, the cells soon run out of
oxygen and glucose that are normally supplied in blood," Amy Lee, of the
University of Southern California in Los Angeles, told New Scientist. To
cope with this they usually send out an SOS message which triggers new
blood vessels to grow around them to supply the extras they need. By
interfering with this, genistein causes the cancer cells to starve, wither
and die. It has no effect on normal, healthy cells that are not dividing
rapidly. 

"This is preliminary evidence, but genistein really stands out as the
ingredient that is most active in stopping cancer growth," Dr Lee said.

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1998.

Disclaimer: Articles from the Electronic Telegraph are posted for
informational purposes. Any views expressed therein are those of the
Electronic Telegraph, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, and may
not necessarily agree with those of 'Animal Voices' or those connected with
'Animal Voices'. I will be pleased to provide further information, where
possible, but comments about the content should be addressed to the ET and
not myself. 

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:02:25
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Sellafield pigeons radioactive hazard - Greenpeace
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>From The BBC News website - Thursday, March 12, 1998 Published at 03:42 GMT 

UK

Sellafield pigeons radioactive hazard - Greenpeace

[Photo caption  BNFL's nuclear reprocessing site at Sellafield in Cumbria]

Pigeons roosting on a nuclear power station have been turned into "flying
radioactive waste", according to the environmental pressure group Greenpeace.


It tested a number of birds removed from the garden of two sisters who had
been feeding them at their home in Seascale near the Sellafield plant in
Cumbria.

The tests at a laboratory in France found "dangerously high" levels of
radioactive chemicals, including caesium, which make the birds a danger to
anyone who comes into contact with
them, Greenpeace says.

British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), which runs the station, dismissed the claim
as "nonsense", saying it has tested the two women concerned and found them
to be unharmed.

But Mirella Lindenfels from Greenpeace said: "These birds are heavily
contaminated, their feathers, flesh and faeces have all been found to be
way above normal levels, they are dangerously high.

 "We have no difficulty in saying that these pigeons which have been
roosting on Sellafield are flying nuclear waste.

"They pose a risk to human beings - the tarmac of these two ladies' front
drive is a nuclear waste zone."

The Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) has advised residents
of Seascale and the surrounding area not to kill or eat pigeons in the
immediate  vicinity of Sellafield.

But BNFL says Greenpeace's findings are no different from its own analysis
of the dead pigeons carried out several weeks ago.

The company said it carried out checks at the home of the sisters and found
no widespread contamination.

Copyright -  BBC 1998

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:07:57
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Rhino horn traders jailed
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>From The BBC News website - Wednesday, March 11, 1998 Published at 19:44 GMT 

UK

Rhino horn traders jailed

Two men involved in a multi-million pound deal to sell rhino horn on the
black market have been jailed. 

Wilfred Bull, 63, who is already serving a life sentence for murdering his
wife, was jailed for 15 months. This will be run at the same time as his
current jail term. 

Judge Peter Langan, QC, at King's Lynn Crown Court, also ordered that
Bull's collection of more than 120 rhino horns be confiscated and ordered
him to pay £700 prosecution costs. 

The RSPCA said the collection, one of the largest in the world, was worth
£2.8m and represented 1% of the current rhino population. 

David Eley, from Great Shelford in Cambridgeshire, was jailed for nine
months after the judge told him that his part in the plot had been so
serious that it could only be dealt with by a custodial sentence. 

Defendant 'buried head in sand' 

Judge Langan said Eley, 53 was being jailed because of the quantity of
rhino horns involved and because he was convinced that he had "deliberately
buried his head in the sand" about whether the trade was illegal. 

Carol Scotchford-Hughes, 50, from Willingham in Cambridgeshire, was
sentenced to 120 hours community service. 

Sentence on a fourth defendant Elaine Arscott, 40, also of Great Shelford,
was deferred for two weeks. 

Legitimate collector 

All four pleaded guilty at earlier hearings to conspiring to sell rhino
horn between January and September 1996 contrary to the Control of Trade in
Endangered Species (Enforcement) Act 1985. 

The case was the first ever involving rhino horn and was of "strict
liability" meaning the defendants were guilty whether they had known they
were breaking the law or not. 

The court was told Bull, originally from Coggeshall, Essex, murdered his
wife in 1985 but had collected the horns legitimately before that time. 

He instigated the sale from his prison cell bringing in his long-standing
girlfriend Carol Scotchford-Hughes who in  turn recruited her former boss,
businessman David Eley and his live-in girlfriend Elaine Arscott. 

The court heard that Arscott, using a false name, rang the London Stock
Exchange to speak to an expert on "animal trophies" - and he tipped off the
RSPCA. 

Police raid 

Detectives from the South East Regional Crime Squad were called in to pose
as potential buyers. 

Scotchford-Hughes, Eley and Arscott were arrested after officers swooped on
a West London storehouse when Scotchford-Hughes arrived to prove to her
"buyers" the horns were genuine. 

Rhino horn powder is sought after in the Far East as a medicine and
aphrodisiac but trade was banned in 1985 to protect the endangered species
from poachers. 

Defence lawyers for all four defendants told the court they had not known
the trade was illegal. 

Last month a fifth man, Paul Rexstrew, 45, of Wimbledon, south London, was
acquitted of the same charge on the second day of a trial after the judge
ruled there was no case to answer. 
               

Copyright -  BBC 1998

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:17:38
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Farm practices 'threaten health'
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>From The BBC News website - Wednesday, March 11, 1998 Published at 02:26 GMT

UK

Farm practices 'threaten health'

The NCC fears that antibiotics fed to animals will lower human resistance
to bacteria

Intensive farming is putting public health at risk, according to a
controversial report published by a consumer watchdog. 

The National Consumer Council (NCC) claims the use of antibiotics on farms
is reducing their effectiveness to treat life-threatening human illnesses
while the use of pesticides,
nitrates and animal feed concentrates also raises question marks over the
safety of food. 

Its report calls for a radical overhaul of farm practices and policies -
including the EU's Common Agricultural Policy - to put public health at the
heart of the food chain. 

But the paper has been criticised by farmers and scientists, who say it is
inaccurate, alarmist and could spark an "unjustified food scare". 

The report, called Farm Policies and Our Food: The Need for Change, says
the use of antibiotics on farms, to speed up growth and prevent infections
among animals bred intensively, could encourage the development of
resistant bacteria which cause both animal and human illnesses. 

There is also concern about antibiotic residues left behind in meat and
consumed by people. 

Pesticides, which can impair the human immune system and lower resistance
to cancer, are increasingly being found deeper inside fruit and vegetables
rather than just on the skin. 

And the NCC warns that excessive use of fertilisers could lead to residues
of nitrates in produce or contamination of water supplies. 

'Radical overhaul' of government policy 

The report calls for the ban on mammalian meat and bone meal being fed to
cattle, sheep and goats to be extended to all animals, and a continuing ban
on the use of growth hormones in meat and milk. 

The NCC pins the blame for the problems it identifies on agriculture
policies which it says encourage farmers to increase output at the expense
of other concerns. It suggests a "radical overhaul" of the Common
Agricultural Policy across Europe, and more guidance for farmers to change
the way they work. 

The NCC director, Ruth Evans, said: "Over-intensive farming methods led to
the BSE-CJD crisis. So long as we reward high output rather than high
quality of food, further risks are likely." 

The NCC is an independent body set up by the government to represent the
interests of consumers of goods and services. 

Farmers attack 'alarmist' report 

Farmers criticised the report and accused its authors of basing their
arguments on European data which were not necessarily applicable to food
production in the UK. 

The president of the National Farmers' Union, Ben Gill, said it also
ignored the enormous progress made by UK farmers recently to meet consumer
concerns. 

"Farmers take food safety very seriously which is why the NFU has supported
the concept of the Food Standards Agency and the development of farm
assurance schemes," he said. 

"British produce is routinely tested for residues and has an excellent
track record - the last thing farmers need are more alarmist claims at a
time when the industry is facing a dramatic downturn in  farm incomes." 

The director of the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH), Roger Cook,
said  the NCC should have checked its facts before criticising British
farmers, especially as it was an organisation supported by the tax payer. 

He said the use of antibiotics and chemicals by farmers was controlled by
regulation and was vital for production and the safeguarding of human health. 

"It is particularly regrettable that an organisation supported by the
British tax-payer is apparently seeking to inflame public anxiety while
ignoring all the many good things being done by the Government to protect
the public and restore confidence in British food," he said. 
               

Copyright -  BBC 1998

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:24:54
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Royal support for genetic food withdrawal
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>From The BBC News website - Wednesday, February 25, 1998 Published at 07:21
GMT 

UK

Royal support for genetic food withdrawal

Prince Charles is backing calls by an organic farming lobby group for
supermarkets to stop selling foods with genetically engineered ingredients. 

The Soil Association has won the Prince's support for its campaign urging
shops to withdraw modified products from their shelves by 2000. 

It is challenging eight store chains to agree to meet the deadline. 

In a letter sent to 15,000 homes by the Association recently, the Prince
says that experts should not ask if genetically altering food is possible
or safe, but whether it is right. 

The Prince wrote: "I believe that this particular technology is so powerful
and so far-reaching that we should seek ways of engaging a wide range of
people and interests in a thorough ethical debate about how and where it
should be applied." 

The Director of the Soil Association, Patrick Holden says the campaign
reflects the               concerns of shoppers. 

 "Consumers are alarmed at the prospect of participating in a genetic
experiment without their permission, and with no guarantee of a safe
outcome," he said. 

"There are too many unquantifiable risks involved to justify using
genetically engineered crops, especially since farmers do not need them and
they pose a serious threat to sustainable agriculture and biodiversity." 

He challenged Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury, Waitrose, the Co-op, Safeway,
Somerfield and Marks & Spencer to stop selling food containing genetically
engineered raw materials. 

The Soil Association also wants the government to follow Switzerland's lead
and hold a referendum on outlawing genetically modified food. 

Most of the genetically engineered species released so far in America have
been developed by major agro-chemical companies trying to win farmers over
to their herbicides. 

At present, less than one out of every 200 British crops are grown
organically, far less than in countries such as Switzerland. 
               

Copyright -  BBC 1998

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:31:18
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Cheap burgers blamed for CJD 
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>From the Sky News website - Thursday, March 12th, 1998

Cheap burgers blamed for CJD 

The British scientist who made the link between mad cow disease and its
human version CJD has blamed cheap hamburgers 
                      
Microbiologist John Pattison says cheap burgers bought out of vans were
central to the spread of the disease in Britain 
                      
But he said the bigger burger chains used far better quality meat and had
good quality control. 

Copyright - BSB 1998

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:34:58 -0800 (PST)
From: civillib@cwnet.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: DAVIS TRIAL VICTORY
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 1998







WOODLAND JUDGE TOSSES  OUT UC DAVIS CHARGES AGAINST 5 ACTIVISTS

     WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Municipal/Superior Court Judge Thomas Warriner
Wednesday dismissed all charges against five people who were tried under a
controversial "University Libel Law." 

     Judge Warriner – after two days of pre-trial hearings and before a jury
could be selected – ruled that key elements of the statute could not be
proven "beyond a reasonable doubt" before "any" jury by the District Attorney.

     The five were arrested after they held a news conference at the University
of California, Davis on April 21, 1997 critical of the university's use of
excessive force at an animal rights demonstration on April 20, 1997.

     The Judge had also been asked to rule on whether the County's use of Penal
Code Section 626.6 was misapplied because the law states, specifically, that
it cannot be used to "impinge on constitutionally-protected activities."
The law could be used to prosecute anyone – including the news media – who
come onto state campuses, whether they've broken any other law or not.

     However, he noted that the activists, and possibly even the police "without
a map" could not ascertain where UC Davis property begins or ends, and
therefore, could not have broken the statute. The judge never had to rule on
the constitutionality aspect of the statute.

     A series of four more trials of 29 people arrested at the demonstration on
April 20, 1997 begins next Tuesday.

     "Despite the efforts of UC Davis and the District Attorney's Office, free
speech is, for now, still alive and well in Yolo County," said John Paul
Goodwin, who represented himself in the case. "We consider this a victory,
not just for us, but for the Bill of Rights and every American."

     Charges were dismissed against Goodwin, 25, of Dallas; David Wilson, 20, of
Salt Lake City; Sheila Laracy, 51, of Sacramento; Peter Leone, 29, and
Jonathan Paul, 32, of Williams, OR. They faced up to 6 months in jail, and
fines up to $500, if convicted.
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Activist Civil Liberties Committee
PO Box 19515
 Sacramento, CA 95819
Telephone: (916) 452-7179
 Fax: (916) 454-6150 

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 00:11:58
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Wolves die as we think they live: big and bad
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>From The Vancouver Sun - Tuesday, March 10th, 1998

[posted with permission of author]

By Nicholas Read

News of a snowmobile slaughter says to me that the humane Canadian trapper
is a fiction.

When Alison Beale, executive director of the taxpayer-subsidized Fur
Institute of Canada, heard that 460 wolves had been run down with
snowmobiles in the Northwest Territories, she told reporters that it was a
"question of efficiency" and if the NWT government approved of hunting
wolves from snowmobiles it must be all right.

Last week, after biologists and conservationists expressed outrage at the
kill, she was more circumspect.

She refused any comment, saying only that she and the institute needed more
information.

The Institute's favourite fairytale is that trapping in Canada has become
less cruel. It speaks piously now of more humane traps, and during the "fur
is back" hysteria of recent months, has boasted that the bad old days of
leghold traps are over.

This is nonsense. Leghold traps are still used widely throughout Canada,
and the Canadian government shows no sign of aboloshing them. Still, the
institute likes to pretend.

But 460 wolves run to exhaustion by trappers on snowmobiles is beyond
anyone's pale - even, it appears, the institute's.

The territory's wildlife minister, Stephen Kakfwi, is practising damage
control. After the kill was reported last month, he told the Globe & Mail
that his government had no intention of banning snowmobile hunting of
wolves. Then he told me that hunting from snowmobiles was already illegal,
and that he was very angry that no newspaper had reported that.

However, he added that while it was illegal to harass an animal to death
from a snowmobile, it's not illegal to chase an animal and kill it. The 460
wolves were run to exhaustion and then shot.

But the cruelty of the hunt is only one issue. Waste is another. Some
biologists have called the kill "local genocide," saying if it keeps up it
could have dire implications for northern Canada's wolf population,
especially since no one knows how many wolves there are in the north.

Kakfwi says because northern caribou herds are large the wolf population is
strong too. But that's only a guess.

You can't estimate exactly the size of a wolf population from the size of a
caribou herd because wolves prey on animals other than caribou, and the
requirements of the pack vary from season to season. Thus caribou
populations provide only a rough guide.

The only way to really know how many northern wolves there are is to count
them, and even Kakfwi admits that no study of northern wolf populations has
been done.

In B.C., 87 wolves were trapped in 1996 and 146 were poisoned. In fact,
Victoria encourages trappers to kill wolves "especially in areas of chronic
animal damage control problems."

The myth of the big, bad wolf dies hard: the lie of the humane trapper
chokes in the telling.

A correction to last week's column about fur sales. New government
statistics put the value of ranched fox and mink for 1996 at $41.3 million,
down from $58 million the year before.


Note: The figures Nicholas Read used in last week's column were a year out
of date. Correct figures were provided to him by 'Animal Voices'. We would
like to thank Don Roebuck for providing us with the figures, and for
clarifying them for Nicholas Read. These were the same figures which were
posted to AR-News in February. 

  

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:10:12 -0500
From: joemiele 
To: sue4turkey@aol.com, Bedford@Palsplus.org, Sbenn@cyberenet.net,
        biginil@mail.dnb.com, cabivona@aol.com, wave6@juno.com,
        blaeuer@earthlink.net, veganman@idt.net, TaraLogan@hotmail.com,
        Chiu.Amamda, zorka@superlink.net, lisa_donnelly@hotmail.com,
        JILLD@aol.com, vegansbg@earthlink.net, VincenzaM@Juno.com,
        redwoods.reviews@mci2000.com, enigma@nerc1.nerc.com, nurt@iname.com,
        kelsay@bergen.org, modernjim@compuserve.com, sincag2@aol.com,
        lyndasmith@mpecom.com, Sultanofswing@compuserve.com,
        jeannies@bellAtlantic.net, miriamdg@carroll.com,
        msmopane@ix.netcom.com, sirius@mindpulse.com, ara@superlink.net,
        vegan904@superlink.net, njara@superlink.net, BNUS02C@prodigy.com,
        MLauren310@aol.com, alb_nj@hotmail.com, radnitz@alpha.fdu.edu,
        ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (NJ)  NJARA Fur Demonstration 
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For Immediate Release
March 11, 1998

Contact: Joe Miele (201) 368-8271
                  

FUR SALES DOWN IN 1997
ACTIVISTS STAGE DEMONSTRATION TO SHOW THAT "FUR IS DEAD"


PARSIPPANY - The Fur Mart, Located on Rt. 46 West in Parsippany will be the
site of a demonstration being held by members of the New Jersey Animal
Rights Alliance (NJARA).  Activists will educate the public to the cruel
nature of the fur trade during their demonstration that is scheduled to
begin at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 14. 


"It has been another dissappointing retail year for the fur industry," said
Joe Miele of NJARA's Fur Action Task Force. "Nationally, sales are down
approximately ten percent.  It is clear that the public is not believeing
all the lies being spread by the public relations firms representing the
fur interests.  You cannot breathe new life into something that is already
dead" added Miele.

Past actions by NJARA's Fur Action Task Force include leafleting and
information tables, statewide demonstrations, and acts of civil disobedience.



FACTS ABOUT THE FUR INDUSTRY:

Each year 40 million animals are killed worldwide for fur-based leisure
products. To produce a chinchilla fur coat, an average of 100 chinchillas
are killed. The two major means of acquiring animals for the fur trade are
so-called "fur farms" and trapping. "Fur farms" are operated with an
emphasis on fiscal efficiency - keep the margin of profit high, the
operational costs low. Rows and rows of tiny cages are crammed with
animals. Mink, 90% of the animals raised this way, are kept in cages that
measure 12" X 18." This is insufficient space for a predator with a daily
range of five square miles.

Trapping is the other most common means of collecting animals for the fur
industry. Steel leghold traps (which have been banned in 88 countries
worldwide), a primary trapping technique, leave the animal writhing in
pain.  Broken bones and teeth, torn tendons, and the loss of limbs are
injuries sustained by the victims of steel leghold traps. Other casualties
occur due to loss of blood, dehydration, starvation, and hypothermia. These
animals can be trapped for days while waiting for the trapper to either
club them to death or break their necks. Trapping also contributes to the
deaths of companion animals and endangered species. Due to the random and
indiscriminate nature of traps, these casualties are unavoidable to even
the most experienced trappers.

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:11:18 -0500
From: joemiele 
To: sue4turkey@aol.com, Bedford@Palsplus.org, Sbenn@cyberenet.net,
        biginil@mail.dnb.com, cabivona@aol.com, wave6@juno.com,
        blaeuer@earthlink.net, veganman@idt.net, TaraLogan@hotmail.com,
        Chiu.Amamda, zorka@superlink.net, lisa_donnelly@hotmail.com,
        JILLD@aol.com, vegansbg@earthlink.net, VincenzaM@Juno.com,
        redwoods.reviews@mci2000.com, enigma@nerc1.nerc.com, nurt@iname.com,
        kelsay@bergen.org, modernjim@compuserve.com, sincag2@aol.com,
        lyndasmith@mpecom.com, Sultanofswing@compuserve.com,
        jeannies@bellAtlantic.net, miriamdg@carroll.com,
        msmopane@ix.netcom.com, sirius@mindpulse.com, ara@superlink.net,
        vegan904@superlink.net, njara@superlink.net, BNUS02C@prodigy.com,
        MLauren310@aol.com, alb_nj@hotmail.com, radnitz@alpha.fdu.edu,
        ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (NJ) Second NJARA Fur Demo
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For Immediate Release
March 11, 1998

Contact: Joe Miele (201) 368-8271
                  

ACTIVISTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST FUR TRADE
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE KILLING


WAYNE - Macy's department store, located on Rt. 46 East in Wayne is being
targeted by members of the New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance (NJARA)
because of their continued sale of fur.  Activists will line a busy stretch
of Rt. 46 to educate the public to the cruel nature of the fur trade during
their demonstration that is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm on Sunday, March
15. 

"Once again the fur industry hs shown a loss in sales.  1997 was a bad year
for fur and a better year for compassinate shoppers," said Joe Miele of
NJARA's Fur Action Task Force. "Despite their deserate attempts to mislead
the public into believing that the popularity of fur is experiecing a
resurgence, furriers have suffered through yet another unprofitable season.
 heir false bravado is embarrassing." added Miele.

Past actions by NJARA's Fur Action Task Force include leafleting and
information tables, statewide demonstrations, and acts of civil disobedience.



FACTS ABOUT THE FUR INDUSTRY:

Each year 40 million animals are killed worldwide for fur-based leisure
products. To produce a chinchilla fur coat, an average of 100 chinchillas
are killed. The two major means of acquiring animals for the fur trade are
so-called "fur farms" and trapping. "Fur farms" are operated with an
emphasis on fiscal efficiency - keep the margin of profit high, the
operational costs low. Rows and rows of tiny cages are crammed with
animals. Mink, 90% of the animals raised this way, are kept in cages that
measure 12" X 18." This is insufficient space for a predator with a daily
range of five square miles.

Trapping is the other most common means of collecting animals for the fur
industry. Steel leghold traps (which have been banned in 88 countries
worldwide), a primary trapping technique, leave the animal writhing in
pain.  Broken bones and teeth, torn tendons, and the loss of limbs are
injuries sustained by the victims of steel leghold traps. Other casualties
occur due to loss of blood, dehydration, starvation, and hypothermia. These
animals can be trapped for days while waiting for the trapper to either
club them to death or break their necks. Trapping also contributes to the
deaths of companion animals and endangered species. Due to the random and
indiscriminate nature of traps, these casualties are unavoidable to even
the most experienced trappers.

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:35:27 -0500
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Black Farmers: Perdue Discriminates
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factory farming/human issues
from Associated Press http://wire.ap.org
---------------------------------------------------------
MARCH 12, 07:18 EST

Black Farmers: Perdue Discriminates

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Black farmers in Maryland and North Carolina say Perdue
Farms gave them bad feed, underweighed their loads and broke their
equipment, and are suing the poultry processor for $160 million.

Among other things, Perdue is accused of charging a black contract grower
for feed that was delivered to nearby white growers, delivering adult feed
for baby chicks and breaking equipment on farms.

Seven poultry farmers sued Friday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va.,
claiming Perdue engaged in a ``deliberate, systematic and continued
pattern and practice of racial discrimination against African-American
growers.''

Richard Auletta, a spokesman for the Salisbury, Md.-based company, said
Perdue has always been fair with its producers and is confident the claims
will not be upheld.

The suit was based on the results of an investigation done in December
1997 by the Packers & Stockyard Investigation Team, a branch of the United
States Department of Agriculture, said plaintiffs' attorney Clarence
Jenkins.

Contract growers buy young birds and supplies from Perdue, then sell back
the grown chickens. Farmers who produce bigger birds are paid more, the
suit states.
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:58:49 -0500
From: ar-admin@envirolink.org
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
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Again...(and, perhaps, not posted often enough)

Attachments to your post, as well as embedded HTML (& other features of
high-end e-mail software), are guaranteed way to REDUCE the EFFECTIVENESS
of you posts!

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 If you have something so important as to send as an attachment, ask that
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Embedded HTML/other code -- many subscribers to AR-News _do_not_ have the
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None of this is to say that what you wanted to post was necessarily bad or
that there is anything wrong with that really cool e-mail software you
have, but that AR-News has nearly 1,000 subscribers, in many countries,
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If you have questions regarding this, please contact me via private e-mail.

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Both of these reduce the effectiveness of your post as many subscriber
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Date: 12 Mar 1998 10:47:35 EST
From: kjp@wspausa.com (Katherine Perkinson)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: FW: India's Dancing Bears
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LAUNCH OF NEW CAMPAIGN TO END
THE ILLEGAL SPECTACLE OF  INDIA'S DANCING BEARS


A new campaign is being launched by the World Society for the Protection of Animals 
(WSPA) to end the illegal spectacle of India's dancing bears.  This barbaric form 
of entertainment haunts many unsuspecting tourists every year and is accelerating 
the decline of the endangered sloth bear in the Indian sub-continent (now reduced 
to about 8,000).

In its recently released report, 'Dancing Bears in India', the result of an 18 month 
undercover investigation, WSPA estimates that up to a thousand sloth bears are kept 
in captivity as dancing bears, with over a hundred sloth bear cubs illegally (under 
India's Wildlife Protection Act 1972) taken from the wild every year to be cruelly 
trained to 'dance' for money.

The bears are owned by nomadic gypsies, or Kalandars, who travel India using them 
to beg for money from tourists.  Dancing bears can be found at the major tourist 
centres in India, particularly along the roads from Delhi to Jaipur and Agra.  They 
are seen at the entrances to many hotels and even outside the Taj Mahal!

WSPA investigators have discovered the widespread smuggling and selling of bear cubs 
throughout India.  Most cubs are taken from the wild and sold at village markets 
between November and March where they can fetch up to 8000 rupees ($200 US) each. 
 A fully grown bear can sell for 25000 rupees ($635 US).  During the peak tourist 
season, in the winter months, the bears can earn their owners up to 3000 rupees ($75 
US) a month.

Once taken from the wild, the cubs are held down by several men whilst a thick red-hot 
iron needle is used to pierce through their nose, with a heavy rope then forced through. 
 Unsurprisingly, infections are common.   Before they are a year old, the cubs have 
their teeth forcibly removed, usually with a blunt instrument and almost always without 
anything in the way of an anaesthetic.  The animals are trained through a regime 
of pain and starvation and usually live a brief and painful life before dying of 
disease and/or malnutrition.  In fact, dancing bears rarely live more than eight 
years, whereas their wild counterparts live for about 25 years.

John Joseph, WSPA's Regional Manager for Asia, said "Dancing bears suffer injuries 
and trauma throughout their prematurely short lives, with the first two years being 
particularly torturous and cruel for the captured bear cubs, who often have their 
noses brutally pierced several times and are routinely starved into submission."

WSPA is urging tourists not to give money to people who 'dance' bears and is calling 
on the Indian Government to do the following:

enforce an immediate ban on the capture of any more cubs from the wild

register all of the estimated 1200 dancing bears in India

give permission and land for WSPA to build a special sanctuary

where bears can be confiscated and/or retired to and thereby phase out the spectacle 
of dancing bears

support WSPA in its campaign to educate the Indian people about the traumatic truth 
behind a centuries-old tradition

take steps to provide vocational training to the gypsies who have always had little 
choice but to follow in their father's footsteps and dance bears for money

Dancing bears are a traditional spectacle dating back to the 16th Century, when they 
often performed for the amusement of the ruling classes.  Bears are seen as protectors 
of children and a safeguard against ghosts and evil spiritsThey are also used as 
entertainment at traditional weddings, village fairs and at events to celebrate the 
birth of a child.

WSPA believes that, following the success of its Libearty campaign in stamping out 
dancing bears in Turkey and Greece, and with the co-operation of the Indian Government, 
it will also be able to relegate this cruel tradition into the history books.

-ends-

The following materials are available upon request:
new broadcast quality footage of India's dancing bears, including powerful images 
of captured bear cubs and Indian village children

colour photographs of India's dancing bears

copies of the 'Dancing Bears in India' report

interviews with WSPA investigators

For further information on the 'Dancing Bears of India' campaign, or any other aspect 
of WSPA's activities, please contact:

JONATHAN OWEN, WSPA UK PRESS OFFICE
0171 793 0540 (mobile 0467 234689)

LAURA SALTER, WSPA US PRESS OFFICE
617 522 7000

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:49:28 +0000
From: "A.R.Society" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Info request-Spanish animal rights
Message-ID: <4DE6DE0731@union.shef.ac.uk>
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Please could anyone who has any information, i.e. recent news or laws 
made, about the current state of animal rights  in Spain forward it 
to us.
We have a student at our university who wants to compare the animakl 
rights situation in Spain to that of our situation in Britain.  We 
have a rough idea of the problems in Spain but no recent bulletins or 
news with which to back up our views.
Thank you!!
Sheffield University Animal Rights Group
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:23:39 +0000
From: jacknorris@worldnet.att.net (Jack Norris)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Distributor of Singer's Animal Liberation?
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Does anyone know who distributes Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation?
Vegan Outreach would like to carry it, but I don't even have a new copy to
see who the publisher is.

Thanks for any help,

Jack Norris, Vegan Outreach


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 11:38:12 -0600
From: victoriajoy@webtv.net (Victoria Mireles)
To: jacknorris@worldnet.att.net
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: Distributor of Singer's Animal Liberation?
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Hi Jack:

My copy of Singer's book has a little blurb on the inside that says to
contact the Director of Special Markets, Avon Books, Department FP, 105
Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (212) 481-5653.

Victoria

Humans argue, Nature acts.

Voltaire

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:26:55 -0500
From: vstanley 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: COURT GRANTS ALDF REHEARING IN PRIMATE REGS CASE
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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:40:53 -0800
From: Jackie Dove 
To: jlapa@pegasus.rutgers.edu
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: (US-NJ) Fur store owner John Guarino speaks out in local news.
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Hello sisters and brothers,

Some of you may remember this vile opinion piece written by furrier John
Guarino in an obviously desperate and feeble attempt to defend his
ungodly trade. I was particularly offended by his calling upon the
teachings of the Catholic Church to mask his cynical justification of
his own economic interest. 

As host of the animal rights program Unheard Cries on San Francisco
Liberation Radio, I took the occasion to read several paragraphs of Mr.
Guarino's piece to Father Louis Vitale, pastor of Saint Boniface Church,
which is located in one of the poorest districts of San Francisco. The
interview was conducted on March 5, aired on March 9, and was
rebroadcast last night.

In a few well-chosen words, Father Vitale eloquently captures the true
spirit of Christ, debunking Mr. Guarino's flawed interpretation of
Catholic doctrine. Incidentally, Father Vitale, in other parts of this
hour-long interview, describes himself as an ethical vegetarian who does
not wear leather. 

Whereas Father Vitale has devoted his life to helping the poor--both 
human and animal, I'd like to know what Mr. Guarino has ever done for
anyone, except for his own profit, though the marketing of a product
based upon the torture and murder of others.  

Here is Father Vitale's answer to John Guarino's piece:

"He (Guarino) speaks from a very dated kind of theology in which we see
that Heaven is just a place for human beings, and I think it's more this
transformation to a new Heaven and a new Earth, a new creation, and I
think it will be very different than what he thinks it's going to be.

So I just don't accept even his beginning premises, and I certainly
think there's a lot of self interest in there since he is a furrier and
has that attitude. There's no way I believe that you can say that we're
not called to have respect and regard for created animals, for all
creation as well.

Even though he may find, certainly within the Church, support for the
idea of some priority of human needs over animal needs, I don't believe
it will come anywhere near what he's talking about in terms of a total
disregard for the well-being of animals.

It certainly is consistent with the teaching of respect and care, that
we have the very admonitions against cruelty to animals and all of that,
which have been there for a long, long time."

Elsewhere in this interview Father Vitale states:

"I think all of God's creation has a right to exist and certainly a
right of respect. I'm a Franciscan, and in light of Saint Francis, he
gave the names brother and sister to all of creation, to the animals,
and even to the sun and the moon and the stars--certainly all the
animals, and saw them as created by God and worthy of respect and care.
And I think that is very consistent with Christian teaching. I don't
think it demeans one to recognize the rights and worth of another."

If folks would like to hear the rest of this interview (which includes
discussions of whether Christ was a vegetarian, and whether animals have
an immortal soul) please e-mail me, and I'll tell you how to order a
tape from the station.

Regards,
Jackie Dove


Jeffrey A. LaPadula wrote:
> 
> hello all,
>         This is the owner of the fur store who was focus to the ADL-NJ
> week
> long fur proteset  Feb 7-14th.  Letters can be sent to:
> yourviews@thnt.com.  I dont know if you have to live in NJ to have your
> letter printed, but it is worth a try if you can think of something to
> say.
> with the letter you MUST include you're full name, the town that you live
> in, and a phone number.  your letter will NOT be printed if they cannot get
> a hold of you.  read on:::::
> 
> Source: Home News Tribune
> Published: February 19, 1998
> 
> Don't hold animals as equal to humans
> 
> It was our pleasure to host the Animal Defense League during the week of
> Feb. 7 to Feb. 14. We enjoyed their youthful exuberance and zeal for their
> cause and we look forward to their biweekly visits in the future.
> 
> However, please do not misconstrue our hospitality as acquiescence. My
> opinion of their case is as follows: animals do not equal people on any
> level. As a Roman Catholic, I believe only man is created in the image and
> likeness of God, with an immortal soul. If heaven is full of cats, dogs and
> woodchucks, I'm not going. Animals are a God-given natural resource to be
> treasured, protected, and used wisely for the benefit of mankind, that
> includes for food, research,    companionship and clothing.
> 
> Violence against people and property never is acceptable, and most
> assuredly, not in the name of compassion. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian,
> which is the ultimate debunking of any association of vegetarianism with
> compassion. Further, when an organization and its leaders refuse to condemn
> violence, they embrace it.
> 
> There is the childish logic that implies people can exist on Earth without
> killing any animals. Only an adolescent, or someone with the logic and
> reasoning of an adolescent, could arrive at that conclusion.
> 
> It is far more damaging to the Earth to consume nonrenewable petroleum and
> mineral products than to consume animal resources. This brings to mind the
> deception that animal rights is in any way an ecological movement. Nothing
> could be further from the truth. Animal rights quite simply is a pagan
> religion, one which feeds upon the cheapening of the value of human life. It
> is not possible to raise animals to the level of humans, but it is possible
> to lower the value of human life to that of animals, if we allow it to happen.
> 
> We thank our friends and loyal customers for their support, and assure them
> that after 51 years of operating an honorable, legal and morally correct
> business, we fully intend to continue operating for generations to come.
> 
> John Guarino
> FURS BY GUARINO
> EAST BRUNSWICK
> ****************************************************************************
>                      ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE - NEW JERSEY
>                                  P.O. Box 84
>                              Oakhurst, NJ 07755
>                                 (732)774-6432
>                        http://envirolink.org/orgs/adl
> ****************************************************************************

-- 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Jackie Dove
San Francisco Liberation Radio
http://www.slip.net/~dove
Unheard Cries Program Page
http://www.slip.net/~dove/Unheard_Cries.html
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:42:25 -0800
From: Jackie Dove 
To: vstanley@washingtonian.infi.net
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: COURT GRANTS ALDF REHEARING IN PRIMATE REGS CASE
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Please, no attachments! Can you copy and paste the message into the
window? Thanks.


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-- 
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Jackie Dove
San Francisco Liberation Radio
http://www.slip.net/~dove
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:58:48 -0500
From: vstanley 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: COURT GRANTS ALDF REHEARING IN PRIMATE REGS CASE
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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Valerie Stanley
        (301) 294-1617
      COURT GRANTS ALDF  REHEARING IN BANC
     IN CHALLENGE TO PRIMATE WELL-BEING REGS

     In a rare action, the U.S. Court of Appeals has issued an order
granting rehearing by the full Court in a challenge brought by the
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), and individuals, to regulations USDA
issued in purported compliance with a 1985 amendment to the Animal
Welfare Act regarding the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates. 
      On December 9, 1997, Judges Sentelle and Henderson held that
plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge USDA's failure to issue
standards for the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates,
requiring that regulated entities (research labs, zoos, circuses and
animal dealers) set those standards themselves.  Judge Patricia Wald
dissented from the ruling, finding that, "it is striking, particularly
in a world in which animals cannot sue on their own behalf, how far the
majority opinion goes toward making governmental action that regulates
the lives of animals . . . unchallengeable."   Plaintiffs asked for
rehearing by the three judge panel that heard the case and for rehearing
by the entire Court.  The Court's order vacated the December 9, 1997
ruling, and stated that a majority of the judges voted to have the case
reheard by the full court.
     Valerie Stanley, attorney for the ALDF, stated, "We are heartened by
the Court's grant of rehearing in banc.  This is a very important case
for nonhuman primates and other animals. When animals' lives and
interests merit protection by law, they deserve protection by courts, as
well."


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:39:51 -0800
From: FARM 
To: AR-News 
Subject: MEATOUT Site Is Up At Last!
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The http://www.meatout.org site is now up and running. Enjoy! Alex H.


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:58:38 -0600
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 STATE OF MICHIGAN
 Reply to: GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT OFFICE STATE OFFICE BUILDING 6TH FLOOR
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To: ar-news@envirolink.org, info@bfss.org, HEARUS@singaporestrays.com
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In response to numerous emails sent to my personal box:

Thank you for your comments regarding my posting.  I am already aware of
IFAW's interest in seals, as this was the apparent reason Mr. Davies
founded the IFAW back in 1969.  That would make it a 29 year adventure at
stopping Canadian commercial seal hunting. 

I am glad that there are readers concerned about my posting, as I have
been concerned with IFAW's misleading letters and publicity regarding
South Korea.  I have also been concerned regarding why a famous animal
activist/organization so completely withdraws from one type of animal
cruelty, and switches concern to another, and then fails to exercise the
common courtesy of replying to correspondence.

An IFAW brochure claims that: 

"IFAW has expanded its campaigns to include the full spectrum of animal
life...from seals to whales...from dogs to cats to elephants...the
beautiful and the ugly...the great and the small."  --end quote--

My focus happens to be the two million domestic dogs that are horribly
slaughtered each year in South Korea for human consumption.  Dogs are
mainly eaten as a sexual stamina food, and not for any other reason.  My
secondary focus are the hundreds of thousands of cats that are slaughtered
for liquid drinks that are only rumored to aid people suffering from
ailments like rheumatism. 

In 1994, in an IFAW advertisement I quote:

"TO YOU, ITS A PET, TO A KOREAN, ITS A BOWL OF SOUP 

To help cats and dogs, not just in South Korea, but worldwide, IFAW has
set up a special Hardship Fund.  This even extends to helping cat and dog
sanctuaries here in the UK."  --end quote--

If you have seen my website with the photos I took of the animal shelter
they were helping, then maybe my concerns would be easier to visualize. 

I quote from a Letter to the Editor written by an IFAW representative on
December 20, 1989 to the Korea Herald Newspaper: 

"Currently two million dogs (five and a half thousand per day) and 250,000
cats are slaughtered yearly....They are kept in the most horrific
conditions - cramped in cages, some times for hours on end; left to suffer
the burning heat in the summer months, and to freeze in the winter.  The
dogs are then dragged from their cages, and in front of their companions
hung, suspended by the necks for anything over 10 minutes, and then beaten
to death with a wooden club.  The cats fare no better." 

--end quote--  

These conditions still exist today, in 1998 and have increased since the
IFAW abruptly shut down its office in Seoul Korea back in 1995.  It is a
fact that the worlds first chain restaurant(s) specializing in dog meat
opened in South Korea in 1997.  This surely is a guarantee that the animal
cruelty has increased, especially since Korea knows that no international
animal organization challenges massive animal cruelty against companion
animals.

Perhaps Brigitte Bardot attempted to gain attention on the cruelty by her
strong words against it, but to this day, the cruelty has not gone away. 
Famous people have been in the news and international organizations have
perhaps touched peoples hearts, but the cruelty and widespread animal
suffering continues untouched regardless of what is thought. 

The animal shelter on my website continues to suffer even more since the
Korean economy is in its current state of affairs.  This should be a
reality check for anyone truly concerned about companion animals.  When
looking at the animal shelter, try to remember that those are actually the
lucky animals that are not in Korea's unsanitary butcher markets, caged
and waiting to die. 

Jon
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jbear//

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:44:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: Alert: Predator Killing Contest in Arizona
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ACTION ALERT!     IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED!
PREDATOR KILLING CONTEST IN ARIZONA!

Another killing contest designed to pile high the bodies of coyotes, bobcats
and foxes is scheduled to take place in Arizona on March 14th and 15th. A
similar contest was canceled last month due to public pressure, and your
phone calls can help halt this killing contest as well!

Ralston's Outdoor Sports in Camp Verde will be awarding first, second and
third place prizes to the teams which kill the most animals. This disgusting
event highlights the urgent need to prohibit the indiscriminate and
wholesale slaughter of wild animals for profit.  Such practices are
exceedingly inhumane and ecologically and biologically reckless.  The time
is long overdue to stop the flagrant abuse of wildlife by prohibiting
killing contests.  Please contact Ralston's Outdoor Sports to express your
outrage.  And, please urge the Arizona Game and Fish Department and
Commission to take immediate steps to ban killing contests.  There is no
place in responsible wildlife management for such appalling practices. 

Ralston's Outdoor Sports
283 South Third Street
Camp Verde, AZ 86322
PHONE: (520) 567-3550

Duane Shroufe, Director
Arizona Game and Fish Department
2222 West Greenway Road
Phoenix, AZ  85023
PHONE: (602) 942-3000
FAX: (602) 942-3299

Arizona Game and Fish Commission Members:

Herbert Guenther, Chairman
P.O. Box 365
Taona, AZ  85352
PHONE and FAX: (520) 785-3351

Michael Golightly
3900 East Huntington Drive
Flagstaff, AZ  86004
PHONE: (520) 526-1945
FAX: (520) 527-4851

Jean Hassell
8542 East Edgemont Avenue
Scottsdale,  AZ  85718
PHONE: (602) 990-3771
FAX: (602) 970-3734

Dennis Manning
P.O. Box 640
Alpine, AZ  85257
PHONE and FAX: (520) 339- 4852

William Berlat
2131 East Camino el Ganado
Tuscon, AZ  85718
PHONE: (520) 325-4200
FAX: (520) 325- 0412

Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:56:47 -0500
From: molgoveggie@juno.com (Molly G Hamilton)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Dentist, Dr Fleege
Message-ID: <19980312.175649.3230.8.molgoveggie@juno.com>


Was anyone able to get a fax through to Dr. Fleege, the dentist who keeps
a Capuchin monkey in a pexiglass box in his office out in Seatle?

I have been trying to fax him everyday for two weeks now.  I just never
stopped ringing, but today a recording said that the number was no longer
in service.

Do you think he had the number changed?  Did anyone get a response back
from him or have any information about the monkey?  

I have been using the fax number: 206-292-8090

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 19:22:29 -0500
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Woman Faces Animal Cruelty Charges
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980312192226.00709680@pop3.clark.net>
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animal abuse/collectors
from CNN http://www.cnn.com
-----------------------------------------
Arizona State News
Reuters
12-MAR-98

Woman Faces Animal Cruelty Charges

(PHOENIX) -- A Phoenix woman faces 23 counts of animal cruelty and neglect
after Humane Society workers took 21 cats and a dog out of her house.
Authorities found piles of garbage and three-foot-high piles of animal
feces throughout the house after neighbors complained of the smell. There
are still a few more animals in the home that could NOT be captured. Most
of the animals did appear well-fed and well- taken-care-of. 
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 19:22:48 -0500
From: ar-admin@envirolink.org
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Admin Note -- Inappropriate Posting
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980312192248.0069b91c@envirolink.org>
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I hate doing this twice in one week.

This is in support of the new "posting policy" to AR-News (11/11/97).  Now,
Jackie Dove  will be banned from direct posting for
a minimum of 2 weeks for the post: Re: (US-NJ) Fur store owner John Guarino
speaks out in local news.

AR-News is not a discussion list.  Many of us have thoughtful comments, but
there are other lists for such a purpose.

Allen Schubert
AR-News Listowner
----------------------------------------------------
Due to the sudden surge of inappropriate postings to AR-News, the Listowner
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repeatedly posts inappropriate material _may_ be banned from posting
permanently.  

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I am avoiding making this a "moderated" list (one in which the Listowner
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of posting -- plus, it puts the decision of what is considered "animal
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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:32:50 -0800
From: Bob Chorush 
To: "'ar-news@envirolink.org'" 
Cc: Lisa Wathne 
Subject: FW: Dentist, Dr Fleege
Message-ID: <0036E62F4D76D111AD4B004095020B3602A223@EXCHANGE>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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To those Trying to Contact Dr. Fleege:

We have just checked with GTE and the fax number for Dr. Fleege is
correct (206-292-8090). However, his office states that they have turned
off their fax machine due to a large number of "solicitations".

To fax Dr. Fleege you must first telphone his office at: 206-622-6696
and tell the receptionist that you want to send a fax; or

Snail mail Dr. Fleege at:

Dr. Patrick Fleege
Medical Dental Building
509 Olive Way, #1024
Seattle, WA 98101

Thank you all for continuing to express your opinions about Dr. Fleege
keeping a capuchin monkey in a plexiglas box in his office for the past
20 years. Please continue to contact Dr. Fleege. If possible, please
send a copy of your letter to Dr. Fleege to the folks below:

Washington State Dental Association 
2033 Sixth Avenue, Suite 333 
Seattle, WA 98121-2514 
Tel: 206/448-1914 ; Fax: 206/443-9266

Robert Watt, President 
Seattle Chamber of Commerce 
1301 Fifth, Suite 2400 
 Seattle, WA 98101 
Tel: 206/389-7200 ; Fax: 206/389-7288

Lisa Wathne 
PAWS Box 1037
Lynnwood, WA 98046
lwathne@paws.org

Additional information available at : http://www.paws.org/activists/pj/

Bob Chorush, Web Administrator
Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
15305 44th Ave W. Lynnwood,WA 98046
425-787-2500 ext 862 fax 425-742-5711
bchorush@paws.org


> ----------
 > From: molgoveggie@juno.com[SMTP:molgoveggie@juno.com]
 > Reply To: molgoveggie@juno.com
 > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 2:56 PM
 > To: ar-news@envirolink.org
 > Subject: Dentist, Dr Fleege
> 
> 
> Was anyone able to get a fax through to Dr. Fleege, the dentist who
> keeps
> a Capuchin monkey in a pexiglass box in his office out in Seatle?
> 
> I have been trying to fax him everyday for two weeks now.  I just
> never
> stopped ringing, but today a recording said that the number was no
> longer
> in service.
> 
> Do you think he had the number changed?  Did anyone get a response
> back
> from him or have any information about the monkey?  
> 
> I have been using the fax number: 206-292-8090
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 20:51:41 -0600
From: paulbog@jefnet.com (Rick Bogle)
To: "AR-News Post" 
Subject: Fw: [PT] VILAS MONKEYS
Message-ID: <19980312205217588.AAA91@paulbog.jefnet.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



----------
> From: Wild Animal Orphanage 
> To: PRIMATE-TALK@primate.wisc.edu
> Subject: [PT] VILAS MONKEYS
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 8:12 PM
> 
> (from wao@wildanimalorphanage.org [ Wild Animal Orphanage ])
> 
> I am curious to know the facts which led up to the monkeys being sent to
> Tulane, After sifting through several articles posted on the net about
> this ordeal, I notice a little misinformation, so I would like to
> clarify a few things.
> Firstly I read that The Wild Animal Orphanage had made the offer to take
> these animals at a cost of $20,000.00 to the County, just to make it
> clear the WAO sent numerous agreements to UW and Dane County that it
> would not hold either responsible for any finances what-so-ever, the
> only request we had was could they possibly vasectomize the males, 
> We didnt think this was too much of a request, we were sure that UW
> would have a Veterinarian that could do this, The reply was: Who will
> cover the cost, so we said OK dont worry about it.
> The reason finally given as to why these animals were not sent to
> us was that UW officials did not think WAO could keep up its end of the
> bargain in constructing enclosures on time! With all due respect, we
> would not take on something we could not finish, We built a 3/4 acre
> natural enclosure welding each panel to pipe in less than three months.
> This was verified by Sarasota In Defense of Animals who paid for this
> enclosure over a period of a year, 
> I want all to know that as I was talking with UW's attorney and still
> faxing everything they requested to them I was told the animals were
> actually being loaded. Just wanted to present a few facts from my end.
> The offer continues to stand on our side. Alliance for Animals has done
> a wonderful job for these animals, UW should not have looked on this as
> a challenge by animal activists but should have seen it for what it was
> and still is a valliant attempt to retire animals that more than deserve
> the right to a peaceful life.
> 
> Thanks 
> Carol
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:43:15 -0600
From: Steve Barney 
To: AR-News 
Subject: Factory Farm Foes Go Hog Wild! (web link)
Message-ID: <35087313.1D9A33CB@uwosh.edu>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit

A link to information on citizen opposition to factory hog farms:

     www.salamander.com/~manyhogs/index.html


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:43:45 -0600
From: Steve Barney 
To: AR-News 
Subject: [US-WI] "Thai, UW monkey plan causing fuss" (TCT-031198)
Message-ID: <35087331.8D5C489D@uwosh.edu>
MIME-version: 1.0
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"Thai, UW monkey plan causing fuss
Wildlife group: Keep them in U.S."
The Capital Times
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Wednesday, March 11, 1998
Page 5A

-- Beginning --

THAI, UW MONKEY PLAN CAUSING FUSS

WILDLIFE GROUP: KEEP THEM IN U.S.

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -A Thai conservation group, breaking with other
local wildlife organizations, has expressed opposition to a plan to take
in 51 monkeys facing eviction from the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison.

The monkeys - stump-tailed macaques - are owned by the University of
Wisconsin's Regional Primate Research Center.

The Thai Society for the Conservation of Wild Animals expressed its
opposition at a meeting hosted Wednesday by the national forestry
department to solicit opinions on the idea of bring the monkeys to
Thailand, the land of their ancestors.

The society said the existing captive population of stump-tailed
macaques is already high - it estimates greater than 200 - and the wild
population is also sufficient.  It said that macaques are difficult to
keep under any circumstances, and no suitable facilities currently exist
in Thailand to hold them.

It also noted potential mechanical problems because, it said, the
monkeys' medical records indicate that at least some have the herpes B
virus, which is endemic in virtually all macaque colonies.

At the meeting it was decided to set up a committee, with members from
both the public and private sectors, to investigate further.

Pisit na Patalung of the Wildlife Fund Thailand said it was good to have
the meeting, but he felt the discussion of health issues strayed from
its purpose.

"If they are happy in America, that's fine," he told the Associated
Press.  "If they are being taken care of, we don't want them here, we
don't need them here.  The whole point is, if the monkeys are going to
die, if they are going to suffer, we want then home."

Recently a flamboyant Thai hotel entrepreneur who arranges an annual
feast for wild monkeys offered to provide land for a sanctuary, but a
large number of hurdles remain before the stump-tailed macaques could
come to Thailand.

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana has agreed to help arrange
transportation for the monkeys.

But few concrete plans have been made, said Jordana Lenon, a spokeswoman
for the UW's primate center.

"We will not send the stump-tail colony to any facility that does not
have appropriate housing and the ability to properly care for this
threatened species," Lenon said in an e-mail message to the Associated
Press.

-- End --

More information about the UW-Madison monkey scandal is available at:

     http://www.uwosh.edu/organizations/alag/Issues.html


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:44:10 -0600
From: Steve Barney 
To: AR-News 
Subject: [US-WI] "Regulating factory farms" (TCT-031198)
Message-ID: <3508734A.EB663578@uwosh.edu>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: MULTIPART/MIXED;
BOUNDARY="Boundary_[ID_beQe/nzBwWpiCEPIULEuvQ]"

"Regulating factory farms"
Editorial
The Capital Times
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Wednesday, March 11, 1998
http://www.thecapitaltimes.com/factfarm.htm
Reply to: tctvoice@madison.com
                                  [Image]

Editorial

Regulating factory farms

March 11, 1998

>From the snow-covered farm fields of Wisconsin to the lobbyist-clogged
hallways of Capitol Hill, no agricultural issue has sparked more debate in
recent months than factory farming.

Mounting concern about the threats posed by huge corporate hog, poultry and
dairy farms to public health, environmental safety and consumer choice has
led to bold proposals at virtually every level of government.

Yet few of the proposals have shown an adequate level of concern for
protecting the small family farms that remain the backbone of Wisconsin
agriculture. That's because too many politicians are resorting to
simplistic calculations that fail to address the rapid restructuring of
America's farm economy to favor huge corporations and penalize working
farmers.

The trouble begins with the Clinton administration's recent proposal to
regulate factory farms.

Responding to the outcry against factory farming in states such as
Wisconsin and Iowa, the Clinton administration is seeking to apply stricter
environmental regulation to agribusiness.

Proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency to cut down on pollution
harmful to waterways, the regulations would apply federal Clean Water Act
standards to dairy, hog, beef and poultry farms.

To the extent that environmental regulations are used to restrict the
expansion of factory farms -- which pose a genuine threat not only to
waterways but also to the rural economy of states such as Wisconsin -- the
Clinton administration's approach is worthy. But if those regulations end
up forcing more small family farms out of business, then there's got to be
a better way.

In a letter to the president, State Sen. DaleSchultz Schultz, R-Richland
Center, argues that the regulations do indeed threaten small family farms.

The main target of the rules would be large farms, which would have to
undergo regular inspections, get pollution permits and develop plans to
limit the release of chemicals, manure and wastes into waterways.

But, as Schultz points out, under the proposed rules, even farms with as
few as 20 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle and 100 hogs would face new
regulations. Without federal aid or tax credits, those regulations could
additionally burden already hard-pressed farmers -- particularly those in
the dairy industry. In a state that has lost 9,000 dairy farms since 1990,
that's a very serious threat.

So why not just scrap the rules altogether?

Two reasons.

First, factory farms do pose a pollution threat, and must be regulated.
Second, Wisconsin's already strict rules on farm runoff mean that farmers
in this state are far better prepared than most to deal with new rules.

What to do?

The Clinton administration should apply tough new rules to factory farms.
But those farms ought to be more clearly defined, so that the rules do not
harm traditional family farms.

Small farms should be subject to regulations, as well. But the federal
government needs to recognize the inherent value of family-owned farms to
rural communities, and the feds should thus provide small farmers with
assistance that will make it possible to at once reduce pollution and keep
farmers on the land.

That's the alternative that is necessary. AndClausing if Dale Schultz is
serious about helping the majority of farmers in Wisconsin, he will make it
clear that the way to preserve Wisconsin's farm communities is not with an
absence of regulation but with an approach that recognizes the need to
limit factory farms.

This is what state Sen. Alice Clausing, D-Menomonie, is proposing in a bill
she was expected to present today. Clausing's bill represents a more
reasoned approach than the Clinton administration's line, since it targets
the problem directly, and since it takes a clear stand in favor of family
farms.

If Schultz really wants to stand up for Wisconsin farmers, he should
continue to critique the flaws in the Clinton administration's approach.
But he should also sign on as a co-sponsor to Clausing's bill.

Let us know what you think

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