AR-NEWS Digest 514

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) (US) Making the Connection: Animal Cruelty and Human Violence
     by allen schubert 
  2) Re: Fw: Sickening Web Site - Crushing of Small Animals (US)
     by Kristin832@aol.com
  3) unsubscribe
     by Kristian 
  4) (AU) Doctors warn drug could cause heart disease
     by Vadivu Govind 
  5) (TW) Coral reefs seriously damaged by fisherman
     by Vadivu Govind 
  6) (AU) Extinction looms for many Australian animals, plants
     by Vadivu Govind 
  7) (UK) Job Vacancy in Animal Aid
     by Vadivu Govind 
  8) FWD: UK Gov Set to Repeat BSE Fiasco
     by David J Knowles 
  9) FWD: GP Thanks Cypriot Justice for Dropping Charges
     by David J Knowles 
 10) [US] Prime Time damages sliced
     by David J Knowles 
 11) [US] Most American Children Fail Diet Standards
     by David J Knowles 
 12) [CA] Campaign will warn Canadians of global warming danger
     by David J Knowles 
 13) Hegins article; email address to comment
     by Wyandotte Animal Group 
 14) Hegins '97 Arrestees List
     by Wyandotte Animal Group 
 15) [US] HSUS Symposium in D.C.: "Animal Cruelty and Human
     Violence"
     by Jeanie Stone 
 16) McDonalds Doing Badly
     by Hillary 
 17) McDonalds Doing Badly
     by Hillary 
 18) (TW) COA urges pig farmers to slow down
     by Vadivu Govind 
 19) (US) MN DNR will not release Canada geese 
     by klaszlo@juno.com (Kathryn A Laszlo)
 20) Bullfightin Peru!!!!!!
     by Jordi Ninerola 
 21) [UK] Pigs thrown half a mile by tornado
     by David J Knowles 
 22) [UK] Why the sheriff let off falconer
     by David J Knowles 
 23) Barry Horne : Activist Photo's on The Web
     by "Miggi" 
 24) [UK] Pigs thrown half a mile by tornado
     by David J Knowles 
 25) [UK] Why the sheriff let off falconer
     by David J Knowles 
 26) Anti-Fur Activists Free Animals
     by NOVENAANN@aol.com
 27) King Royal Hearing Dates
     by PAWS 
 28) ENN Newswire: Number of Fishing Licenses Down
     by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
 29) Elephant Sanctuary on Coast to Coast
     by PAWS 
 30) Bullfighting inPeru!!!!!!
     by "sa338@blues.uab.es" 
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 00:20:43 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Making the Connection: Animal Cruelty and Human Violence
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from HSUS web page:
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September 9-10, 1997
The 1997 HSUS Symposium and Annual Membership Meeting" Making the
Connection: Animal Cruelty and Human Violence" J.W. Marriott Hotel,
Washington, DC

This ground-breaking event will focus national attention on the link
between cruelty to animals and human violence. Invited speakers include
representatives from social-service agencies, social workers, law
enforcement officers, teachers,veterinarians, and members of the medical
community. Informative and provocative sessions will encourage and
establish greater cooperation between animal-welfare andsocial-service
agencies as they address -- and attempt to reverse -- the tide of violence
in society.
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 01:27:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kristin832@aol.com
To: alibvic@paradigm4.com.au, ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: Fw: Sickening Web Site - Crushing of Small Animals (US)
Message-ID: <970903012752_533846383@emout05.mail.aol.com>

In a message dated 97-09-02 07:52:23 EDT, alibvic@paradigm4.com.au writes:

 << Subj: Fw: Sickening Web Site - Crushing of Small Animals (US)
  Date:97-09-02 07:52:23 EDT
  From:alibvic@paradigm4.com.au (Karen Bevis)
  Sender:owner-ar-news@envirolink.org
  Reply-to:alibvic@paradigm4.com.au
  To:ar-news@envirolink.org
 
 This was forwarded to me by the person below 'Nancy'.  It sound disgusting
 and I daren't look at the site in question.  The site is hosted by America
 Online.  Can someone based in the US do something of a legal nature about
 this?  It must be illegal!!
 
 I think sending the perpetrator an email complaining, as suggested below,
 would only gratify this type of person who must enjoy the shock value of
 their actions.
 
 Karen Bevis
 Animal Liberation (Victoria) (Australia)
 http://www.vicnet.net.au/~animals/alibvic/
 
 ----------
  
 > 
 > Here is a letter forwarded to me from another animal lover. Please check
 out
 > this web site. If there is no action that can be taken against them, at
 least
 > send an e-mail to let them know how you were sickened and appalled by
 these
 > photos.
 > 
 > Nancy
 > 
  > Subj:What can be done about this website - by DixieBeth@aol.com
  > Date:97-09-01 11:31:10 EDT
  > From:EnglandGal
  > BCC:Nestewart
 > 
  > Subj:Help!  I'm not sure who to ask about this!
  > Date:97-08-30 15:26:02 EDT
  > From:Dixie Beth
  > To:Dixie Beth
 > 
 > I'm sorry to bother you - I found your profile when I did a search for
 "ASPCA
 > and animal rights" in the members directory.  I saw a website last night
 on
 > AOL that showed pictures of a woman killing mice, frogs, etc. with her
 feet
 > ... it's a fetish site dedicated to "crushing" ... and it really disturbed
 > me.  Problem is, if I report it to AOL, all they will do is take her page
 off
 > the air.
 > 
 > I want this to be stopped somehow, but I don't know where to go to report
 > this.  It seems to me that this is illegal, especially since she brags
 about
 > torturing them first, piercing their skulls with high heels, explains in
 > graphic detail about how their bones crunch under her feet, all that.  It
 was
 > really sick.  It seems to me that there must be somewhere I can go to have
 > this reported - like I said, AOL will only take her off the air and won't
 > help with any legal action.  I think someone in some position to do
 SOMETHING
 > about this needs to be notified - and I don't know where to go.  
 > 
 > If you have any suggestions or know where I should report this where
 > SOMETHING will be done, I would really appreciate it!  This is bothering
 me
 > so much and I just don't know what to do.
 > 
 > Here are the URLs if you want to see for yourself -
 > 
 > http://members.aol.com/FlaAnimal/indexpage1.html
 > http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexsummaries.html
 > http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/index.html
 > http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexmainmenu.html
 > 
 > PLEASE keep in mind I am only asking for advice, I am not asking for any
 sort
 > of harrassment or anything like that to be done!!!  I want to know a LEGAL
 > way to handle this and I just don't know what to do.  Thanks so much for
 your
 > time and I'm sorry to bother you!
 > Dixie >>
I have sent a letter of complaint to AOL's CEO Steve Case, demanding an
explanation of how this orginated on AOL, in addition to demanding the
removal immediately.
Christine Kochmann (Kristin832@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 08:10:54 +0200
From: Kristian 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
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Please take me off your ar-news subscription list.Thank you very much.
Kristian.
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:09:11 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (AU) Doctors warn drug could cause heart disease
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>>CNA Daily English News Wire

DOCTORS WARN SLIMMING DRUG COULD CAUSE HEART DISEASE 


Canberra, Aug. 30 (CNA) Australian doctors have warned against prescribing
an anti-obesity drug combination because it might cause heart disease. 

The combination anti-obesity drug, which has caused at least 80 cases of
diseased heart valves and one death in the United States, is not licensed
for use in Australia, although the two drugs are individually available and
some doctors are understood to occasionally prescribe them in combination.
It combines the appetite suppressants fenfluramine and phentermine, they said. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US has announced that it will
require manufacturers to include label warnings about the possibility of
heart valve disease. 

Australian health authorities on Friday said they would review the FDA move.
(By Peter Chen) 

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:09:27 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TW) Coral reefs seriously damaged by fisherman
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>>CNA Daily English News Wire

CORAL REEFS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY FISHERMEN: EXPERT 

Kaohsiung, Aug. 30 (CNA) A marine biological expert on Saturday urged the
authorities to address the problem of serious damage to coral reefs in the
seas around the Pratas islands, known in Mandarin Chinese as the Tungsha
islands, a small group of islands lying approximately 240 nautical miles
southwest of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. 

Fang Lee-shing, director of the National Museum of Marine Biology
Preparatory Office on Saturday cited a survey report from last year which
said the reefs, spreading over 100 square kilometers, were suffered heavy
damage from bombing and poisoning conducted by fishermen from Taiwan, Hong
Kong and mainland China. 

Fishermen from mainland China were reported as being the worst offenders,
followed by Hong Kong fishermen. 
Fang indicated that the illegal fishing methods have seriously damaged the
horseshoe-shaped coral reefs in the region, reefs which have taken two
million years to form and which provide sanctuary for a wide variety of
fish, shellfish and other marine life. 

Coral reefs are one of the most precious natural resources on the globe, the
expert said, urging relevant agencies to take steps to stop any further harm
being done. 

Due to the reefs' proximity to Kaohsiung, the marine expert recommended the
development of a tourist industry there, perhaps by erecting leisure devices
on the reefs similar to those found on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. (By
Elizabeth Hsu) 

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:09:33 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (AU) Extinction looms for many Australian animals, plants
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>>CNA Daily English News Wire

EXTINCTION LOOMS FOR MANY AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS, PLANTS 


Canberra, Sept. 2 (CNA) Australia will face the extinction of many of its
native animals and plants unless urgent national action is taken to better
protect the continent's biological diversity, a scientific body has warned. 

In a statement issued Tuesday, the National Biodiversity Council urged all
governments to urgently focus on the problem and accused them of failing to
appreciate the seriousness of the threat. 

Harry Recher, president of the council, said Australia's unique birds face
extinction or are in decline due to human impact on the environment. 

"We now have a situation in Australia where virtually every species and
every population of plant and animal has been diminished -- many by more
than 90 percent of their original numbers," he said in the statement. 

"Extinction threatens the survival of a vast array of plants, fish, birds,
mammals, reptiles, frogs, insects, spiders and a host of less noticeable,
but equally important organisms," he said. 

He said a review of state, regional and local bird faunas has found evidence
of a widespread decline of between 30 and 90 percent of bird species. 

Recher predicts that about 100 species or nearly 20 percent of Australia's
terrestrial birds will be lost by the end of the next century. Many birds
that migrate seasonally within Australia are declining because of the
cumulative effects of habitat changes, he noted. 

"Many of our forests, fisheries and farms have been worn out and current
levels of exploitation are unsustainable," he said. 

He said the focus of conservation needs to shift from species preservation
to the management of ecosystems as a whole. 

He said land management and wildlife conservation needs to be extended to
include all lands, regardless of their tenure. (By Peter Chen) 

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:28:12 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) Job Vacancy in Animal Aid
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There is a job vacancy as GENERAL MANAGER in Animal Aid, the UK's major
national animal rights organisation which exposes and campaigns peacefully
against the abuse of animals in all its forms and promotes a cruelty-free
lifestyle.

All applications, addressed to the Director, should reach the Animal Aid
office by Friday 5th September 1997.

For more information, please visit the Animal Aid Homepage at:
http://www.animalaid.u-net.com/home.htm

- Vadivu

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 00:06:32
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: FWD: UK Gov Set to Repeat BSE Fiasco
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>From The Greenbase - the Greenpeace Press Release Server

GOVERNMENT SET TO REPEAT "BSE" FIASCO, SAYS GREENPEACE

UK, August 22, 97 (GP): Politicians appear to have learnt nothing from the
BSE crisis
that  undermined the entire British beef industry, argues Greenpeace in a
report published today. Exactly the same mistakes are likely to be
repeated over the introduction of 
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the human food chain.


The environmental group says that even the current proposal for a Food
Standards Agency will fail to address the central lesson of the  BSE
crisis. That crisis, says Greenpeace, was caused by a negligent
decision-making process which cannot cope with scientific uncertainty.


"The similarities between the BSE crisis and the possibility of  another
crisis looming over GMOs are obvious," said Greenpeace  scientist, Dr Ian
Taylor. " This new report documents how the  political response to the
risks from genetically modified crops and  foods has replicated, word for
word, the response to BSE, and is just  as inadequate."


"The Government must stop its persistent denial of the potentially serious
risks from GMOs to public health and the environment."

The Greenpeace report: " From BSE to Genetically Modified Organisms" spells
out how the risks from BSE are strikingly similar to those of  GMOs. In
both there is potentially a long time lapse before problems  can be
identified, an irreversible impact and scientific uncertainty  about the
damage they can cause. Yet safety approvals for the  marketing and growing
of new GMO crops are becoming routine in  Europe. 

"UK farmers are already being asked if they want to plant the first ever
GMO crop to be grown commercially in Britain - a variety of oil  seed rape.
It could be planted by next Spring," 
said Ian Taylor. " It  will bring the risks to the very heart of our
countryside, and into  our food chain through the oil's use in cooking and
cattle feed." 

"The BSE fiasco showed that waiting for proof of harm is indefensible  ...
yet the Government want to do the same with GM food," said Dr.  Ian Taylor,
Greenpeace Scientist.  "Trotting 
out the phrase "there  is no evidence of harm" will no longer con people
into believing  there is no risk."

Notes to Correspondents 

1. Topicality Note: Minister for Food Safety, Jeff Rooker MP, said in
answer to a Parliamentary Question (14 July): "All genetically modified
organisms currently in the food chain have been approved on  safety grounds
following a thorough scientific assessment. I cannot  therefore see any
reason for preventing their use."

2. Greenpeace's report "From BSE to Genetically Modified Organisms -
Science, uncertainty and the precautionary principle" compares
Government's approach to BSE and GMOs. It 
exposes: * The same blinkered pretence: Assumptions were made about BSE,
which were based on existing  knowledge of scrapie. These proved to be
completely misplaced. Now
 the Government is fostering another pretence - that GMO products are
essentially the same as non GMO products. However, had the same  tests
being used to detect differences 
between GMO and non-GMO foods  been applied in the BSE case, they would not
have identified the  scrapie in sheep offal.

* The same reassurances: " There is no reason to believe BSE will be any
different from  scrapie," said John Gummer, about BSE. "There is no reason
to believe  that the genetic 
modification of the GM maize will give rise to any  adverse effects on
human health from its use in human food" said John  Gummer about GMOs.

* The same flawed thinking: The government assumed the public would support
anything which  improved productivity. But the public were shocked and
outraged at  the "unnatural" practice of feeding animal remains to beef
cattle. 

Now research shows that the public is just as appalled by the idea of
unnatural and unnecessary tinkering with their food. In both cases,
increased profit is the driving force. In both cases the public is  well
aware of the obvious risk, and sees no justification for taking  it. A
recent survey of public attitudes to GMOs confirmed widespread suspicion
and anxiety about their risks. 

4. Topicality Note: New case of CJD confirmed: The National
Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit in Edinburgh this week confirmed
that the death of Susan Carey in Kent earlier this year is attributable to
the new variant of Creutzfeld-Jakob  Disease (v-CJD) which has been linked
to eating meat from cattle  infected with BSE. This brings the total number
of v-CJD victims in  Britain to 21. (From Guardian, Monday Aug 4 1997) 

5. Topicality Note: New Government measures focus on communicating  risk
not avoiding it: Agriculture Minister Jack Cunningham has  announced
interim measures to handle food safety before legislation  is drafted next
year for a Food Standards Agency. From September 1997, a Joint Food Safety
and Standards Group will be set up with both Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF)
and Department of Health (DoH)  staff. A significant feature is the setting
up a joint MAFF/DoH Risk  Communication Unit reporting to Sir Kenneth
Calman, Chief Medical  Officer. Greenpeace strongly challenges the idea
that food crises  can be waved away by better "communication". The public
has very  valid concerns about risks in the food chain and policy-makers
ignore  these at their peril, as shown by this Greenpeace report. 
(From MAFF  press release 30/7/97)  

6. Topicality Note: First ever genetically modified (GM) crop to be  grown
in the UK is scheduled for spring 98. UK farmers are currently  considering
the planting of genetically modified oil-seed rape. By  the end of the year
they will decide whether to buy seed, and by next  Spring the new crop
could be growing in the UK, bringing with it  serious risks both to the
environment and to human health. Once  planted in our fields the GM rape
could cross breed with wild  relatives spreading its foreign genes.
Rapeseed is known to spread  beyond the fields it's planted in, appearing
in verges and country  lanes. The GM variety carries bacterial genes and an
antibiotic  resistance gene. There are fears that such an antibiotic
resistance  gene could render bacteria immune to antibiotics. 






Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 00:10:19
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: FWD: GP Thanks Cypriot Justice for Dropping Charges
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>From The Greenbase - Greenpeace Press Release Server

GREENPEACE THANKS CYPRIOT JUSTICE FOR DROPPING CHARGES
The government must now declare the Akamas Peninsula a national reserve

Nicosia, Cyprus, 1 September 1997 (GP):The Greenpeace Mediterranean Office
thanked today the Cypriot attorney general, Mr. Alekos Markides for
dropping charges against eight
Greenpeace activists who had staged a peaceful protest in front of the
Environment Ministry. The trial was to take place in Nicosia on September 3.

"We would like to thank the Cypriot justice authorities for deciding that
our non-violent action is not a crime but only a legitimate right to
express our opinion against environmental
crimes," said in Nicosia Irene Constantinou, Cyprus Campaigner of
Greenpeace Mediterranean.

Eight crew members from the Greenpeace ship "Sirius" and local activists
last July 10 blocked the entrance the Cypriot Ministry responsible for
Environmental affairs by chaining themselves to the gate. They protested
against the Cypriot government's broken promises to declare the Akamas
peninsula, where endangered turtles nest, a natural reserve.

Greenpeace also thanked local environmental groups and the head of the
parliamentary committee on environment, Mr. Dimitris Eliades,  who
demonstrated last Saturday in Nicosia against plans to put the eight
activists on trial. The committee will decide on advising the government to
protect the Akamas 

The groups "Friends of Akamas" and "Ecological Movement" as well as Mr.
Eliades demanded that all charges against the eight activists be dropped
and described the plans to prosecute them as a disgrace to Cyprus.

"Greenpeace and local groups have been campaigning for the protection of
the Akamas area and its precious habitats for the past eight years.
Together we have been successful in postponing developments in the area,
but the government until today has not definitively protected the Akamas,"
said Dr. Mario Damato, Executive Director of Greenpeace Mediterranean. 

Greenpeace's main concern are the nesting beaches of rare sea-turtles. With
the Green turtle probably made extinct if these habitats are lost to the
type of hotel tourism rampant in most of the Mediterranean. (1) 

The crew of the "Sirius" surveyed the Akamas last July and documented the
leveling of another area some 400 meters away from the new hotel of former
foreign minister Michaelides (2).  

Irene Constantinou, Cyprus Campaigner of Greenpeace Mediterranean,
concluded: "The Cypriot government must protect the island's environment
for the generations to come and declare the Akamas a national reserve.
Greedy developers and short-sighted politicians must be stopped so that our
children and their children can enjoy the wildlife in Akamas in the 21st
century." 

NOTES:

(1) The IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) lists
Loggerhead Turtles as vulnerable and the Green Turtles as endangered
species.  The annual number of Green
Turtles nesting females in the entire Mediterranean could be as low as
225-275.  Apart from Cyprus, they nest in a very few other states in the
basin. The Akamas is an area of rare beauty which has changed little since
Homer's time.  

The uniqueness of the area for Cyprus and for the whole of the
Mediterranean is centered on its rare ecology as well as on its rich
archaeological heritage.  The flora and fauna living in
this relatively small area is truly impressive.  Rare and epidemic plants
grow there and foxes, snakes and other reptiles as well as many types of
migratory birds live in Akamas or use
it in their movement. 

(2) The family business of Cypriot Foreign Minister Alecos Michaelides
broke the law by building a 352-bed hotel in the Akamas that directly
impacted an area of 80,000 m2. In January 1996, the government relaxed
building restrictions in Akamas to allow the development by the minister's
company "Thanos Hotels". Other firms have asked permission to build hotels
there.  

END



Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 00:33:00
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] Prime Time damages sliced
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>From The Vancouver Sun - Tuesday, September 2nd, 1997

(Reuter) GREENSBORO, NC. - A North Carolina judge has reduced the damages
by Capital Cities-ABC must pay Food Lion Inc. to $315,000 from the more
than $5 million the supermarket company was awarded in connection with a
hidden-camera investigation. 

In a 33-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Carlton Tilley also said Food
Lion could ask for a new trial rather than accept the reduced damages.

In lowering the reward, Tilley cited a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court decision,
BMW vs. Gore,  which said there had to be correlation between actual and
punitive damages awarded in legal cases.

The jury in the Food Lion case in January awarded Food Lion $1,402 in
actual damages, but $5.5 million in punitive damages, for fraud, trespass
and breach of loyalty for a report that aired on Nov. 4, 1992, on the show
'Prime Time Live'.

The report alleged that Food Lion sold spoiled meat and other outdated
merchandise and did not use sanitary handling practices. 

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 01:41:49
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] Most American Children Fail Diet Standards
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>From Yahoo news server - Tuesday, Sept 2nd, 1997

Most American Children Fail Diet Standards

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The vast majority of U.S. children fail to meet federal
standards for a healthy, balanced daily diet, researchers say. 

Comparing the diets of American youth to the government's own "recommended
dietary allowances" (RDA), researchers at Pennsylvania State University in
University Park, Pennsylvania, discovered that just "1% of children met all
the
recommendations." 

They publish their findings in the current issue of the journal Pediatrics. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) dietary standards may be most
familiar to Americans in its common incarnation as the "Food Pyramid." The
Pyramid's broad base echoes the USDA call for large daily amounts of dietary
grains, fruits, and vegetables. It then tapers to smaller recommendations
for meats
and dairy products, and ends in narrow daily allowances of sugars and fats. 

The Pennsylvania researchers sent questionnaires nationwide to the households
of over 3,300 children between 2 and 19 years of age. Each child was asked to
recount his or her dietary intake over a typical three-day period, measured in
servings per day. 

Some of the results: 

-- Less than a third (31.6%) of all children surveyed consumed the
Pyramid-recommended 6 to 11 daily servings of grains (usually found in bread,
cereals, or pasta). 

-- Just over 36% of children surveyed consumed the recommended 3 to 5
servings of vegetables each day, researchers say, while only 26% regularly
ate the
RDA of 2 to 4 servings of fruit. 

-- Over two-thirds of American children do not eat enough dairy products or
quantities of meat sufficient to meet government RDAs, researchers say. 

-- Most children may actually be exceeding recommended limits when it comes to
fats and sugars, however. While USDA guidelines urge that dietary fat be
kept to
less than 30% of the daily energy supply, the Pennsylvania researchers say the
average American child consumes a full 35% of his or her daily calories in the
form of fat. 

-- And 15% of children's daily calorie intake comes from "added"
(non-naturally
sourced) sugars, the researchers say. 

Sixteen percent of the children met none of the RDAs, researchers say, while
another 29% met only one of the them. 

Although children from across the spectrum of American society failed to meet
RDA standards, the Pennsylvania investigators say African Americans,
adolescent
girls, and children from low-income families faced especially high risks for
unhealthy diets. 

Many expert nutritionists believe that bad dietary habits learned in
childhood can
continue through a lifetime, and seriously impact adult health. 

According to the study authors, the survey results indicate an "immediate
need"
for effective nutrition-education campaigns aimed at improving the diets of
American youth. SOURCE: Pediatrics (1997;100(3):323-329) 

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 02:26:16
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Campaign will warn Canadians of global warming danger
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>From The Ottawa Citizen Web Site

Tuesday 2 September 1997

             Campaign will warn Canadians of global warming danger

             Problem demands 'dramatic
             measures,' environment minister says

             Andrew Duffy
             The Ottawa Citizen

             Environment Minister Christine Stewart is about to launch a
             massive education campaign to make Canadians aware of the
             impending danger of global warming. 

             The program, which officially begins this month, is built
             around six Environment Canada reports that detail the current
             and future effects of global warming on each region of the
             country. It will culminate in a national report to be released in
             November, on the eve of an international conference that's to
             establish a binding treaty on greenhouse gas emissions. 

             Targets set at the Kyoto Conference in December could
             require a massive restructuring of the energy-intensive
             Canadian economy, which is the second-largest per-capita
             source of greenhouse gases in the world. 

             Only the United States produces more of the emissions that
             cause global warming per capita. 

             Ms. Stewart said Canadians must be prepared for the
             "dramatic measures" required to halt global warming, just as
             they came to understand and embrace the need for deficit
             reduction. 

             "One of my priorities is to help the Canadian public understand
             the issue and make sure they have the information and
             knowledge they need to be supportive of the measures that
             have to be taken," she said. 

             In the U.S., President Bill Clinton has launched a similar public
             information campaign. Mr. Clinton, who became a convert to
             the issue under the influence of Vice-President Al Gore,
             recently invited the nation's top scientists to a White House
             symposium on global warming; another national forum is
             scheduled for October. 

             Internationally, the issue is the subject of fierce debate.
             Insurance companies, hard hit by rising claims from storms,
             floods and other natural disasters, want a greatly improved
             global treaty. Lined up against them are the fossil fuel and
             automotive industries, which could face costly new restrictions
             under tough emissions targets. 

             The European Union has called for a 15-per-cent reduction in
             greenhouse gas emissions by 2010. Small island states in the
             Caribbean and South Pacific, threatened with rising sea levels
             that could wipe out whole nations, want a 20-per-cent cut by
             2005. 

             Canada has yet to endorse any targets. Prime Minister Jean
             Chretien has said only that Canada will agree to "binding,
             realistic and enforceable" goals for gas emissions. 

             Greenhouse gases -- primarily carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide
             and methane -- accumulate in the planet's atmosphere, trapping
             heat that should escape into outer space. The vast majority of
             greenhouse gases come from the use of fossil fuels -- oil, coal
             and gas -- in factories, vehicles and generating plants. The
             greenhouse effect has already raised the Earth's average
             temperature, and scientists predict it will climb gradually by
             between one and 3.5 degrees by 2100. 

             As a northern country, Canada is particularly vulnerable to
             climate change. New projections from Environment Canada
             suggest that Central and Northern Canada will warm four to six
             degrees by 2050, while the east and west coasts will see a
             decrease in temperatures of three to four degrees. 

             Climate models suggest such a rise will have serious effects on
             regional weather patterns, forests, fisheries and agriculture.
             The Prairies will experience more droughts, the North more
             forest fires and the entire country will have severer storms. 

             Ms. Stewart, who was appointed to the cabinet post in June, is
             determined to make global warming a central focus of federal
             policy-making. But to do so, she'll have to convince key
             colleagues, such as Finance Minister Paul Martin, Industry
             Minister John Manley and Natural Resources Minister Ralph
             Goodale, that global warming poses a real threat to Canada's
             environment and economy. 

             In mid-September, Ms. Stewart is to meet the provincial
             environment ministers in Toronto, where she'll attempt to build
             support for a national emissions reduction scheme. 

             At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, Canada agreed to reduce its
             greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2000. The federal
             government established a voluntary program to encourage
             industry reductions, but it hasn't come close to meeting the Rio
             target. 

             Canada's emissions in 1995 were 9.2 per cent above 1990
             levels and they're projected to rise in the next century. 

              Copyright 1997 The Ottawa Citizen

Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 19:58:29 -0400
From: Wyandotte Animal Group 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Hegins article; email address to comment
Message-ID: <199709031123.HAA24872@envirolink.org>


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Hegins Protesters Arrested
Morning Edition
Tuesday, Sept. 2

  Midstate police have arrested seven protestors at an annual Schuylkill County
event.
  The people chained themselves together through the holes of concrete
filled barrels in an attempt to stop the Hegins Pigeon Shoot. They blocked a
street leading to the shoot for more than eight hours.
  The controversy surrounding the event has become nearly as much of a
tradition as the shoot itself. The event raises nearly $40,000 for local
charities and the park where it is held.
  The protestors have started a hunger strike and each are held on $75,000
bail.



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    Hegins article; email address to comment
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 19:22:28 -0400
From: Wyandotte Animal Group 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Hegins '97 Arrestees List
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Conduct, drinking spur shoot arrests



Thirty-one people were arrested in association with the 64th annual Fred Colema
n Memorial Shoot Monday at Hegins Park.

Seven animal-rights' protesters were arrested after chaining themselves to cyli
nders filled with concrete on Route 25. They were charged by state police at Sc
huylkill Haven with obstructing highways and other public passages, recklessly
endangering another person, resisting arrest, riot, disorderly conduct and crim
inal conspiracy.

The seven were arraigned before District Justice Charles V. Moran, Pottsville,
and committed to Schuylkill County Prison, police said. Bail was set at $75,000
 for each, police said. They were all still in prison this morning, a spokesman
 said.

Those seven are:

 Kimberly A. Bernardi, 20, of 30-08 Datmars Blvd., Astoria, N.Y. 

 Angela Metler, 40, of 7 Haven Road, Old Bridge, N.J. 

 Janelle E. Soto, 19, of 304 Goldsmith Ave., Newark, N.J. 

 Brian G. Smith, 23, of 366 Fouta St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 

 Anne S. Crimaudo, 52, of 29 Mountain Ave., Caldwell, N.J. 

 Christine Allen Matyasousty, 20, of 136 Seabreeze Ave., Milford, Conn. 

 Daniel T. Roth, 18, of 219 Mooney Pond Road, Selden, N.Y. 

Twelve other people were cited for liquor law violations by Pennsylvania State
Police Liquor Control Enforcement, state police said. 

Ten of them have been cited for underage drinking: 

 Alexis Smoluk, 20, of 127 Pickwick Place, Millersville, who was also charged w
ith carrying a false identification card. 

 Andrew D. Searer, 19, of 402 River Road, Dauphin. 

 Jason E. Gibson, 19, of RD3 Jonestown. 

 Deven Louise Morgan, 18, of 828 E. Main St., Lykens. 

 Darya E. Mace, 18, of 349 Carsonville Road, Halifax. 

 John R. Paul Jr., 19, of 137 Avenue Blvd., Orwigsburg. 

 Austin D. Rohrer, 18, of 611 W. Lexington Road, Lititz. 

 Ryan D. Grove, 18, of 1187 Habecker Road, Columbia. 

 Scott M. Snyder, 20, of 703 W. Main St., Valley View. 

 A 16-year-old boy from RD4 Pine Grove. 

 One person was charged with furnishing alcohol to minors, state police said. T
hat person's name has not yet been released. 

 A juvenile boy from Pottsville was cited for trespassing at 923 Main St., the
property of Peter L. Herb. 

Also, 12 people were arrested by Hegins Township Police: 

 Arnold Fiergang, 50, of Dallas, Pa., theft and criminal trespass. He was arrai
gned by District Justice Moran and placed in Schuylkill County Prison in lieu o
f $15,000 bail, Hegins Township police said. 

 Eric Phelps, 27, of Portsmouth, Va., trespassing. 

 Elaine Kurpiel, 50, of Coatsville, trespassing. 

 Sharon Kearns, 25, of Blacksburg, Va., trespassing. 

 Rochelle Landis, 55, of Pittsburgh, trespassing. 

 Eric Gilbert, 18, of Hegins, disorderly conduct. 

 Ronald Bender, 29, of Pine Grove, disorderly conduct. 

 Thomas Duran, 33, of Kulpmont, disorderly conduct. 

 Jean Fiergang, 51, of Dallas, Pa., harassment. 

 Wayne McHenry, 68, of Hegins, harassment. 

 Dean Milan, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., criminal trespass and criminal mischief. 

 Lorinda Lawrence, 20, of San Diego, Calif., criminal trespass and criminal mis
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Wyandotte Animal Group
wag@heritage.com

    Hegins '97 Arrestees List
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 08:13:10 -0400
From: Jeanie Stone 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] HSUS Symposium in D.C.: "Animal Cruelty and Human
     Violence"
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(I hard about this on the radio, and retrieved this blurb from the web
page, but I don't have any more info--Jeanie)

September 9-10, 1997
The 1997 HSUS Symposium and Annual Membership Meeting
"Making the Connection: Animal Cruelty and Human Violence"
J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC

This ground-breaking event will focus national attention on the link
between cruelty to animals and human violence. Invited speakers include
representatives from social-service agencies, social workers, law
enforcement officers, teachers, veterinarians, and members of the
medical community. Informative and provocative sessions will encourage
and establish greater cooperation between animal-welfare and
social-service agencies as they address -- and attempt to reverse -- the
tide of violence in society. 

http://www.hsus.org/
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 10:46:49 -0700
From: Hillary 
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org" 
Subject: McDonalds Doing Badly
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970903104647.006dcda0@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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Heard on the Street
McDonald's Arches
Lose Golden Luster

By E.S. BROWNING and RICHARD GIBSON 
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL


Investor indigestion with McDonald's stock has become so severe that some
analysts and fund managers are questioning whether management changes have
gone far enough.

In July, McDonald's announced its biggest management shakeup in history.
Three senior executives, including the long-time president for U.S.
activities, shifted jobs.


------------------------------------------------------------------------


McDonald's

Business: Fast food restaurants; franchising

In millions     1996    1995 Revenue $10,686.5 $9,794.5 Net income
  $1,572.6 $1,427.3 Share earnings        $2.21      $1.97 

Latest quarter (June 30, 1997)
     Per-share earnings: $0.63 vs. $0.59
     Average daily volume: 2,338,926 shares
     Shares outstanding: 689.8 million
     Trailing P/E: 20   Dividend yield: 0.7%


------------------------------------------------------------------------



But after a string of disappointments from the Arch Deluxe, the 55-cent Big
Mac, and a few earnings setbacks, Howard Ward, manager of the $830-million
Gabelli Growth Fund, says: "I think the jury is out on management." He sold
his fund's McDonald's stock earlier this year.

NatWest Securities restaurant analyst Damon Brundage on Aug. 18 wrote that
McDonald's Chief Executive Officer Michael Quinlan "has presided over the
demise of one of the great brands in the history of American business."

McDonald's Senior Vice President Richard Starmann calls Mr. Brundage's
report "more a political commentary or an editorial... . For some reason he
has another agenda and it doesn't include objectivity." As for the "demise
of the brand" accusation, Mr. Starmann says, "I take strong exception to
that. The company has doubled in size in the past seven years."

As recently as February 1996, McDonald's was viewed as a consumer-franchise
juggernaut nearly as powerful as Coca-Cola or Gillette. McDonald's stock
traded at 27 times earnings for the past 12 months, close to Gillette's
price-earnings ratio of 30 and Coca-Cola's 34.

Today, despite the news earlier this year that Omaha investor Warren
Buffett bought McDonald's shares, the stock has slipped to just 20 times
trailing earnings. Coke, even after a decline, still is at 36. Gillette
trades at 45.

In July, McDonald's said second-quarter profit growth was just 4%, with a
2% decline in earnings from the U.S. business. Since July 30, the stock is
down 13.7%, about twice as far as the overall market. It closed Tuesday at
47 1/4 .

Flopping Burgers

Among the disasters: a low-fat hamburger launched in 1991 and abandoned in
1996, and the fancy Arch Deluxe unveiled last year whose future is now in
question. To recoup, McDonald's this year said it would sell sandwiches
including the flagship Big Mac for just 55 cents. But customers were
annoyed the burgers had to be bought with full-priced food, and the
promotion was withdrawn. In July, McDonald's fired its main ad agency.

With McDonald's looking vulnerable, Burger King has just attacked with its
Big-Mac look-alike Big King sandwich, which could dent McDonald's
current-quarter sales.

Some analysts worry that the company gradually lost its edge in the years
following the 1984 death of Ray Kroc, who built McDonald's into a national
powerhouse. Even the once-renowned clean rest rooms seem harder to find.
"Good luck finding a spanking-clean McDonalds," says Gabelli's Mr. Ward. "I
don't think the focus on details is there."

Problems Abroad

One problem is that growth outside the U.S., which had long kept the wind
at the burger giant's back, is sputtering. Weak foreign currencies have
slowed earnings growth abroad.

With results disappointing in Germany, France and Canada, McDonald's
international unit has reported six straight quarters of operating earnings
growth below the company's "near 20%" target.

McDonald's international president, James Cantalupo, says he expects
currency hits in the third and fourth quarters to be bigger than in the
second, "unless rates come back." But he calls the convergence of
unfavorable currency moves a rare occurrence, and some analysts agree the
problem should be temporary.

All the same, Howard W. Penney of Morgan Stanley suggests that the company
"recoil from its aggressive expansion of late to focus on improving the
returns from the existing asset base." He rates McDonald's a "neutral."

Salomon Brothers last week cut its 1997 and 1998 earnings projections and
Salomon's stock strategist took it off his recommended list. But the
analyst who follows McDonald's at Salomon retained a strong buy
recommendation. He was traveling Tuesday and couldn't be reached.

Brian Mulligan, a portfolio manager at Wells Capital Management, a unit of
Wells Fargo Bank, says Wells stopped recommending McDonald's to its
portfolio managers seven months ago. He says some newer, smaller fast-food
chains deliver better food faster.

At Lutheran Brotherhood, which provides financial services mainly to
Lutherans, money manager Hal Goldstein says he cut McDonald's to 1% of his
portfolio from 2% within the past six months.

He isn't as critical of management as some, but says, "I think it is clear
from the performance of the stock and the earnings that these guys are just
average. You can't give them a better grade than that."

But, he adds, "Most of the negative issues about this stock are well known.
There could be more opportunity now for a positive surprise." Perhaps. But
he isn't boosting his stake back to 2% until he sees some sign that U.S.
and international results are improving.
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 10:46:49 -0700
From: Hillary 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: McDonalds Doing Badly
Message-ID: <199709031452.KAA15610@envirolink.org>


Heard on the Street
McDonald's Arches
Lose Golden Luster

By E.S. BROWNING and RICHARD GIBSON=20
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL


Investor indigestion with McDonald's stock has become so severe that some
analysts and fund managers are questioning whether management changes have
gone far enough.

In July, McDonald's announced its biggest management shakeup in history.
Three senior executives, including the long-time president for U.S.
activities, shifted jobs.


------------------------------------------------------------------------


McDonald's

Business: Fast food restaurants; franchising

In millions =A0=A0=A0=A01996 =A0=A0=A01995 Revenue $10,686.5 $9,794.5 Net incom
e
=A0=A0$1,572.6 $1,427.3 Share earnings =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0$2.21
=A0=A0=A0=A0=
A0$1.97=20

Latest quarter (June 30, 1997)
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Per-share earnings: $0.63 vs. $0.59
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Average daily volume: 2,338,926 shares
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Shares outstanding: 689.8 million
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Trailing P/E: 20=A0=A0=A0Dividend yield: 0.7%


------------------------------------------------------------------------



But after a string of disappointments from the Arch Deluxe, the 55-cent Big
Mac, and a few earnings setbacks, Howard Ward, manager of the $830-million
Gabelli Growth Fund, says: "I think the jury is out on management." He sold
his fund's McDonald's stock earlier this year.

NatWest Securities restaurant analyst Damon Brundage on Aug. 18 wrote that
McDonald's Chief Executive Officer Michael Quinlan "has presided over the
demise of one of the great brands in the history of American business."

McDonald's Senior Vice President Richard Starmann calls Mr. Brundage's
report "more a political commentary or an editorial... . For some reason he
has another agenda and it doesn't include objectivity." As for the "demise
of the brand" accusation, Mr. Starmann says, "I take strong exception to
that. The company has doubled in size in the past seven years."

As recently as February 1996, McDonald's was viewed as a consumer-franchise
juggernaut nearly as powerful as Coca-Cola or Gillette. McDonald's stock
traded at 27 times earnings for the past 12 months, close to Gillette's
price-earnings ratio of 30 and Coca-Cola's 34.

Today, despite the news earlier this year that Omaha investor Warren
Buffett bought McDonald's shares, the stock has slipped to just 20 times
trailing earnings. Coke, even after a decline, still is at 36. Gillette
trades at 45.

In July, McDonald's said second-quarter profit growth was just 4%, with a
2% decline in earnings from the U.S. business. Since July 30, the stock is
down 13.7%, about twice as far as the overall market. It closed Tuesday at
47 1/4 .

Flopping Burgers

Among the disasters: a low-fat hamburger launched in 1991 and abandoned in
1996, and the fancy Arch Deluxe unveiled last year whose future is now in
question. To recoup, McDonald's this year said it would sell sandwiches
including the flagship Big Mac for just 55 cents. But customers were
annoyed the burgers had to be bought with full-priced food, and the
promotion was withdrawn. In July, McDonald's fired its main ad agency.

With McDonald's looking vulnerable, Burger King has just attacked with its
Big-Mac look-alike Big King sandwich, which could dent McDonald's
current-quarter sales.

Some analysts worry that the company gradually lost its edge in the years
following the 1984 death of Ray Kroc, who built McDonald's into a national
powerhouse. Even the once-renowned clean rest rooms seem harder to find.
"Good luck finding a spanking-clean McDonalds," says Gabelli's Mr. Ward. "I
don't think the focus on details is there."

Problems Abroad

One problem is that growth outside the U.S., which had long kept the wind
at the burger giant's back, is sputtering. Weak foreign currencies have
slowed earnings growth abroad.

With results disappointing in Germany, France and Canada, McDonald's
international unit has reported six straight quarters of operating earnings
growth below the company's "near 20%" target.

McDonald's international president, James Cantalupo, says he expects
currency hits in the third and fourth quarters to be bigger than in the
second, "unless rates come back." But he calls the convergence of
unfavorable currency moves a rare occurrence, and some analysts agree the
problem should be temporary.

All the same, Howard W. Penney of Morgan Stanley suggests that the company
"recoil from its aggressive expansion of late to focus on improving the
returns from the existing asset base." He rates McDonald's a "neutral."

Salomon Brothers last week cut its 1997 and 1998 earnings projections and
Salomon's stock strategist took it off his recommended list. But the
analyst who follows McDonald's at Salomon retained a strong buy
recommendation. He was traveling Tuesday and couldn't be reached.

Brian Mulligan, a portfolio manager at Wells Capital Management, a unit of
Wells Fargo Bank, says Wells stopped recommending McDonald's to its
portfolio managers seven months ago. He says some newer, smaller fast-food
chains deliver better food faster.

At Lutheran Brotherhood, which provides financial services mainly to
Lutherans, money manager Hal Goldstein says he cut McDonald's to 1% of his
portfolio from 2% within the past six months.

He isn't as critical of management as some, but says, "I think it is clear
from the performance of the stock and the earnings that these guys are just
average. You can't give them a better grade than that."

But, he adds, "Most of the negative issues about this stock are well known.
There could be more opportunity now for a positive surprise." Perhaps. But
he isn't boosting his stake back to 2% until he sees some sign that U.S.
and international results are improving.
    McDonalds Doing Badly
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:00:31 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TW) COA urges pig farmers to slow down
Message-ID: <199709031500.XAA14720@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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>CNA Daily English News Wire

COA URGES PIG FARMERS TO SLOW DOWN 


Taipei, Sept. 3 (CNA) The cabinet-level Council of Agriculture (COA) on
Tuesday urged hog farmers to scale down their operations in order to avoid
oversupply and a breakdown of pork prices in the domestic market. 

As Taiwan's pork exports are banned following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD) in late March, the COA predicts that pork supplies will
outpace demand in the local market in the coming months. 

Meanwhile, the COA made public the results of a recent survey which shows
that the number of pigs and pig farms in Taiwan have both reduced in recent
months. 

According to the survey, the number of pigs on the island has dropped by
about 20 percent to 8.53million from last November to the end of July, while
the number of pig farms also fell by 14 percent to 21,900 during the same
period. 

Pingtung County in southeastern Taiwan posted the largest stock decline --
36 percent -- while southern Chiayi County registered the smallest drop of
11 percent, the survey found. Only the counties of Hualien and Penghu and
the cities of Hsinchu and Keelung, which were not affected by the epidemic,
registered increased pig numbers. 

The survey also found that 78 percent of hog raisers islandwide hope to
maintain their current operations, while only 14 percent said they will
scale down their farms. 

The COA said the figures revealed that most pig farmers are reserved about
whether they should trim their operations, despite the government appeal and
sluggish pork prices. 

It added that there are still 1.19 million stud pigs around the island,
constituting 14 percent of Taiwan's overall pig population, an indication
that many pig raisers are in fact trying to expand their operations. (By
Flor Wang) 

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 11:39:41 EDT
From: klaszlo@juno.com (Kathryn A Laszlo)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) MN DNR will not release Canada geese 
Message-ID: <19970903.115533.11711.0.KLaszlo@juno.com>

Published Sep 3, 1997

DNR rejects request to release captive Canada geese

Dean Rebuffoni
Star Tribune
Minneapolis/St. Paul

A request by animal-rights advocates that 260 captive Canada geese be
released was rejected Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources (DNR), which said the birds would again become public safety
hazards.

The geese are in pens at a DNR facility in Anoka County. The agency plans
to give them to the University of Minnesota for a study on contaminants
in goose meat.

Most of the geese were trapped this summer near the Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport to reduce the risk of collisions with aircraft. If
released, those geese would fly back to the airport, said Tim Bremicker,
the DNR's wildlife chief.

The other birds in the pens were trapped elsewhere in the metro area as
part of the annual program to reduce the number of nuisance geese.

Last week, three animal-rights groups asked the DNR to release the birds,
citing a new decision by U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle. He revoked
federal permits that had allowed the annual goose roundup, ruling that
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had violated its own regulations by
issuing the permits.

The animal-rights groups had sued the Wildlife Service to end the
15-year-old goose roundup. However, they did not challenge the capture of
geese around airports.

"That's because that is one area where we could see a public hazard and a
legitimate public concern," said Elizabeth Schmiesing, a Minneapolis
attorney who represents the groups. "Geese can still be shot at the
airport when they are a hazard.

"However, the DNR does not have the authority to keep these geese. We
think the best response for the DNR is to arrange for the overwintering
of these geese, then to release them . . . next spring."

William Hartwig, the Wildlife Service's regional director, said Tuesday
that federal law allows the DNR to hold the geese.

Copyright 1997 Star Tribune | Minneapolis-St.Paul





Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 18:28:40 +0200
From: Jordi Ninerola 
To: AR News 
Subject: Bullfightin Peru!!!!!!
Message-ID: <9709031736.AA04800@blues.uab.es>
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Jordi Niñerola, Barcelona:

The Peruan congrees want to sign a law that believe that bullfight are a spectacle.This law want to
promote the bullring's construction and that bullfighter and bullfight's enterprise will receive
important govern's founds.

Please write to:

Mr. Alberto Fujimori Fujimori
President of the Republic of Peru
Government Palace
Lima 1, PERU
Fax: (51) 1 4267020

Mr. Victor Joy Way
President of Congress of Peru
Legislative Palace, Plaza Bolivar
Lima, 1 PERU
Fax: (51) 1 4268290
E-mail: postmaster@congreso.com.pe

If you want more information visit the WEB ANTITAURINA, http://www.arrakis.es/~minotauro.
This web are in spanish.

JORDI

http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/academy/2855
http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/loge/3128
SA385@blues.uab.Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 10:53:23
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Pigs thrown half a mile by tornado
Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19970903105323.217fc284@dowco.com>
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Wednesday, September 3rd, 1997

Pigs thrown half a mile by tornado

              PIGS were thrown almost half a mile by a tornado that
              struck a farm in Nottinghamshire.

              The freak wind picked up huts containing about 40 animals
              when it crashed into Michael Hewson's farm at
              Sutton-on-Trent, near Newark.

              Mr Hewson said yesterday: "There were dead pigs
              everywhere. The wind was strong enough to pick up huts
              which normally take four people to lift."

              Allison Reed, a neighbour, whose home was badly damaged
              by the whirlwind on Sunday, said: "We saw these pig huts
              swirling around 100 feet up in the air. My son shouted that
              there were pigs being hurled around among chimney pots
              and tiles. The low air pressure was unbelievable."

              Paul Fletcher, aged seven, and his six-year-old sister, Anna,
              were taken to hospital after being cut by flying glass and
              debris as the wind ripped down the roof of their home.

              Lisa Roland, 12, of Huthwaite, Notts, was hurled across the
              room when lightning struck a computer she was using. She
              was unhurt but badly shaken.

              A spokesman for the Met Office in Bracknell, Berkshire,
              said yesterday: "Tornadoes occur in the UK in thunderstorm
              clouds, when a sharp dip in pressure and updraughts in the
              cloud starts off a rotating motion. They are, fortunately,
              very rare in the UK. But they do cause considerable damage
              to buildings and livestock."

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 11:02:22
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Why the sheriff let off falconer
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[Please note: (1) I do not have an address for the Sheriff concerned in
this story. {A sheriff in Scotish law is equivalent to a magistrate in an
English court]. (2) I have had trouble connecting with the ET site since
Saturday, so accept my apologies for any late postings.]

>From The Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, September 2nd, 1997

Why the sheriff let off falconer
              By A J McIlroy 

              A FALCONER who used a live pigeon as bait to recover a
              hawk valued at £5,000 should never have been prosecuted
              for cruelty, a court was told yesterday

              Sheriff James Paterson told Leonard Durman-Walters: "In
              an age when people are often terrified of going outdoors for
              fear of being mugged, I do not consider causing terror to a
              pigeon ranks very high in the scale of offences."

              Durman-Walters, 58, had pleaded not guilty at Jedburgh
              court in the Scottish Borders to two charges of cruelty for
              using the pigeon in this way, and for releasing a live
              pheasant to be killed by a falcon. Finding him guilty, Sheriff
              Paterson said he would impose nothing more than two
              admonitions.

              Referring to the charge involving the pheasant - brought
              under the 1772 Scottish Game Act after complaints to the
              Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -
              he said: "This thing has got out of hand. I do not know why
              Procurators Fiscal raise these issues today.

              "I find it an oddity that a body such as the Royal Society for
              the Protection of Birds announces proudly that it is
              reintroducing and releasing birds of prey such as red kites
              and goshawks into the wild. Is that not inflicting cruelty on
              other species that cannot square up to them?"

              The court was told that Durman-Walters could not have
              been prosecuted on the pheasant charge if the offence -
              committed last September - had occurred 10 days later. By
              then the season would have been open and killing the bird
              with a falcon would have been as legal as shooting it.

              The court was told that Durman-Walters had released a
              pigeon from a bag and held it captive on a six-foot leash, to
              draw back another falcon which he was training for a buyer
              in Arabia.

              Neil Forbes, one of Britain's leading bird veterinarians, had
              given evidence for the prosecution that the pigeon would
              have been in a state of extreme terror, even though it was
              returned to the bag before the falcon could get to it.

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 19:28:01 +0000
From: "Miggi" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Barry Horne : Activist Photo's on The Web
Message-ID: <199709031827.TAA11570@serv4.vossnet.co.uk>
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Hi All,
     BARRY HORNE HAS NOW BEEN ON HUNGER STRIKE 24 DAYS
-
     There are now photographs available of the rats liberated from 
Stockholm University, and of the demonstration outside Jack Straws 
house (The British Home Secretary). These are at:
http://village.vossnet.co.uk/m/miggi/bhphotos.htm
-
There have been several updates to the pages over the last few days:
http://village.vossnet.co.uk/m/miggi/barry.htm
-
     If anyone else has photo's that could be used, please e-mail me and 
I will give you and address to send them to.
-
Love n Liberation......... Mark
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 10:53:23
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Pigs thrown half a mile by tornado
Message-ID: <199709031831.OAA10187@envirolink.org>


>From The Electronic Telegraph - Wednesday, September 3rd, 1997

Pigs thrown half a mile by tornado

              PIGS were thrown almost half a mile by a tornado that
              struck a farm in Nottinghamshire.

              The freak wind picked up huts containing about 40 animals
              when it crashed into Michael Hewson's farm at
              Sutton-on-Trent, near Newark.

              Mr Hewson said yesterday: "There were dead pigs
              everywhere. The wind was strong enough to pick up huts
              which normally take four people to lift."

              Allison Reed, a neighbour, whose home was badly damaged
              by the whirlwind on Sunday, said: "We saw these pig huts
              swirling around 100 feet up in the air. My son shouted that
              there were pigs being hurled around among chimney pots
              and tiles. The low air pressure was unbelievable."

              Paul Fletcher, aged seven, and his six-year-old sister, Anna,
              were taken to hospital after being cut by flying glass and
              debris as the wind ripped down the roof of their home.

              Lisa Roland, 12, of Huthwaite, Notts, was hurled across the
              room when lightning struck a computer she was using. She
              was unhurt but badly shaken.

              A spokesman for the Met Office in Bracknell, Berkshire,
              said yesterday: "Tornadoes occur in the UK in thunderstorm
              clouds, when a sharp dip in pressure and updraughts in the
              cloud starts off a rotating motion. They are, fortunately,
              very rare in the UK. But they do cause considerable damage
              to buildings and livestock."

=A9 Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

    [UK] Pigs thrown half a mile by tornado
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 11:02:22
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Why the sheriff let off falconer
Message-ID: <199709031831.OAA10193@envirolink.org>


[Please note: (1) I do not have an address for the Sheriff concerned in
this story. {A sheriff in Scotish law is equivalent to a magistrate in an
English court]. (2) I have had trouble connecting with the ET site since
Saturday, so accept my apologies for any late postings.]

>From The Electronic Telegraph - Tuesday, September 2nd, 1997

Why the sheriff let off falconer
              By A J McIlroy=20

              A FALCONER who used a live pigeon as bait to recover a
              hawk valued at =A35,000 should never have been prosecuted
              for cruelty, a court was told yesterday

              Sheriff James Paterson told Leonard Durman-Walters: "In
              an age when people are often terrified of going outdoors for
              fear of being mugged, I do not consider causing terror to a
              pigeon ranks very high in the scale of offences."

              Durman-Walters, 58, had pleaded not guilty at Jedburgh
              court in the Scottish Borders to two charges of cruelty for
              using the pigeon in this way, and for releasing a live
              pheasant to be killed by a falcon. Finding him guilty, Sheriff
              Paterson said he would impose nothing more than two
              admonitions.

              Referring to the charge involving the pheasant - brought
              under the 1772 Scottish Game Act after complaints to the
              Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -
              he said: "This thing has got out of hand. I do not know why
              Procurators Fiscal raise these issues today.

              "I find it an oddity that a body such as the Royal Society for
              the Protection of Birds announces proudly that it is
              reintroducing and releasing birds of prey such as red kites
              and goshawks into the wild. Is that not inflicting cruelty on
              other species that cannot square up to them?"

              The court was told that Durman-Walters could not have
              been prosecuted on the pheasant charge if the offence -
              committed last September - had occurred 10 days later. By
              then the season would have been open and killing the bird
              with a falcon would have been as legal as shooting it.

              The court was told that Durman-Walters had released a
              pigeon from a bag and held it captive on a six-foot leash, to
              draw back another falcon which he was training for a buyer
              in Arabia.

              Neil Forbes, one of Britain's leading bird veterinarians, had
              given evidence for the prosecution that the pigeon would
              have been in a state of extreme terror, even though it was
              returned to the bag before the falcon could get to it.

=A9 Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.

    [UK] Why the sheriff let off falconer
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:39:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: NOVENAANN@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Anti-Fur Activists Free Animals
Message-ID: <970903153802_873451372@emout14.mail.aol.com>

.c The Associated Press

      HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Activists freed hundreds of minks and
foxes from fur farms in western Finland on Wednesday, painting the
words ``concentration camp'' on their cages.
      Police learned about the raids when they found blue foxes
wandering down country roads early in the morning near Vaasa, 250
miles northwest of Helsinki.
      Activists opened the cages of at least 1,100 minks and 200 blue
foxes, police said.
      Farmers and police managed to catch 300 minks, but hundreds more
disappeared into forests. Representatives of both the fur industry
and a leading anti-fur group said they feared the ill-tempered
minks would die in the wild, after wreaking havoc on local
wildlife.
      ``We don't accept this kind of direct action,'' said Jaana
Kiljunen, president of Animalia, which has campaigned against the
fur farms. ``Those caged animals don't belong in nature.''
      Finland is the world's largest producer of fox furs. This
season, it has sold 2 million fox pelts, as well as 4 million mink
pelts.
      AP-NY-09-03-97 1253EDT
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 17:46:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: PAWS 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: King Royal Hearing Dates
Message-ID: 
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The dates for the USDA administrative hearing on the King Royal incident 
have been announced.  The hearing will take place October 6-10 in 
Albuquerque.  The USDA is asking for permanent revocation of King Royal's 
permits.

Please continue to write and call Mr. Dunn's office, thanking him for the 
swift action he has taken.  Continue to urge him to confiscate the 
animals remaining in King Royal's possession and to place them in a safe 
refuge. 

Mr. Mike Dunn
Assistant Sec. for Marketing and Regulatory Affairs
USDA
Box AG-0109
Washington, DC  20250-0109

(202) 720-4256  phone
(202) 720-5775  fax
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:50:09 -0700
From: LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: ENN Newswire: Number of Fishing Licenses Down
Message-ID: <199709032143.RAA28635@envirolink.org>
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Fishing licenses -- The number of anglers who bought 
fishing licenses fell by just over 1 percent in 1996 while the number of
hunters who purchased licenses remained constant, according to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service. There were 29.9 million paid fishing license holders
in 1996 compared with 30.3 million in 1995. These anglers paid $447 million
for their licenses compared with $448.6 million in 1995. Meanwhile, 15.2
million hunters bought licenses in 1996, the same as the year before. They
spent $542.8 million on the licenses, $10.2 million more than in 1995.
Revenues raised through license sales support state wildlife agencies,
conservation projects, and hunting and fishing safety and education programs.

Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute, phone: 916-731-5521
email: LCartLng@gvn.net
world wide web: http://www.api4animals.org/

"The person using the Internet has the choice. Whether the 
Internet  becomes material for happiness or for suffering 
depends on your mind. The mind goes before the external 
object." -- The Buddhist monks of Namgyal Monastery





Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 18:19:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: PAWS 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Elephant Sanctuary on Coast to Coast
Message-ID: 
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The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee is featured on a 
broadcast of CBS' "Coast to Coast" tonight.  Carol Buckley, founder of 
the sanctuary, will be featured and the case of the elephant Lota will be 
discussed.   On the West coast, the program airs at 9 pm.  Check your 
local listings for the correct time in your area. 
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 00:14:10 +0200
From: "sa338@blues.uab.es" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Bullfighting inPeru!!!!!!
Message-ID: <340DE132.4203@blues.uab.es>
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I am Nuria from Barcelona.

Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru will stablish a law permitting
bullfighting and encouraging enterprises to promote it. Please write
expressing your reject to the following addresses:
> 
> Mr. Alberto Fujimori Fujimori
> President of the Republic of Peru
> Government Palace
> Lima 1, PERU
> Fax: (51) 1 4267020
> 
> Mr. Victor Joy Way
> President of Congress of Peru
> Legislative Palace, Plaza Bolivar
> Lima, 1 PERU
> Fax: (51) 1 4268290
> E-mail: postmaster@congreso.com.pe
>
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