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AR-NEWS Digest 388
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Cirque Eloize - Canada
by Angela M Miller
2) [CA] Environmental rally to protect Stoltman Wilderness [Long]
by David J Knowles
3) [CA] WWF nominates Shell Canada for enviro award
by David J Knowles
4) cnn and atlanta
by THIS IS FROM SOMEONE MORE STRAIGHT EDGE THAN YOU
5) (US) Handlers Try To Lure Runaway Chimp
by allen schubert
6) (US) Rescuers look for pets left behind in flood
by allen schubert
7) Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Yerkes Protest Gets Violent!
by SPYKE@arc.unm.edu (Lawrence Carter-Long)
8) ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS
by Animal Rights Hawaii
9) Baltimore Shelter Cannibalizing Cats & Dogs (US MD)
by Pat Fish
10) ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS
by allen schubert
11) (US) please distribute: Yerkes
by allen schubert
12) Can Gelatin Transmit Mad Cow Disease
by Andrew Gach
13) ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS
by allen schubert
14) (US) please distribute: Yerkes
by allen schubert
15) Animals..no souls????!!!! HELP!
by Horgan
16) Dissection choice bill
by sgross@ais.net (The Gross's)
17) ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS (fwd)
by Sujatha Karanth
18) CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER IN SPAIN
by bunny
19) NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN ISRAEL
by bunny
20) Importation of gelatin from BSE countries stopped by FDA
by bunny
21) (AT) Austria Won't Ban Gene Engineering
by allen schubert
22) DuPage Deer Slaughter Continues
by Debbie Leahy
23) P&G Animal Testing WEBSITE
by "H. Morris"
24) 8 FELONIES -- 63 ARRESTS -- START CALLING!! (fwd)
by Sujatha Karanth
25) (US) 42,000 Chickens Are Asphyxiated
by allen schubert
26) (US) Farmer Accused Of Animal Cruelty
by allen schubert
27) (US) Procter & Gamble, others plan Website on animal testing
research
by allen schubert
28) (US) Wolf Pups Captured in 1995 Thriving
by allen schubert
29) (US) Mountaintop Birds Cause Concern
by allen schubert
30) (US) Plan to Repopulate Grizzlies Gains Timber Industry Support
by allen schubert
31) 150 yr. old turtle beaten to death (fwd)
by ****
32) NZ Anti-Vivisection Society Media Release
by lentils@anarchy.wn.pl.net (Wgtn Animal Action)
33) Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Yerkes Protest Gets Violent!
by SPYKE@arc.unm.edu (Lawrence Carter-Long)
34) Fistulated Cow Update
by OnlineAPI@aol.com
35) 8 felonies, 63 arrests in Atlanta, CALL NOW!!!
by Jen Kolar
36) Procter & Gamble
by LMANHEIM@aol.com
37) Fwd: Handlers Try To Lure Runaway Chimp
by LMANHEIM@aol.com
38) NY Alert: Bill to Ban Canned Hunts
by Mike Markarian
39) (US) Federal Wild Horse Program Decried
by allen schubert
40) ***AR-News Admin Note
by allen schubert
41) Fwd: Rodeo
by BHGazette@aol.com
42) (US) Is Less Pesticide Just As Effective
by allen schubert
43) the London AR connection...
by allen schubert
44) [UK] Brigadier joins forces with the eco-rebels
by David J Knowles
45) [UK] Sharing sheep 'pass on success secrets'
by David J Knowles
46) [UK] Salmon spawns its way to a record
by David J Knowles
47) Admin Note--subscription options
by allen schubert
48) Pigs In Taiwan
by Julie Beckham
49) (US) Longs Drugs Selling Live Fish
by allen schubert
50) Fwd: Seized Ivory Was Headed For Asia
by LMANHEIM@aol.com
51) (US) Not a pig in a poke ( xenotransplants )
by allen schubert
52) Where did all the Animal Rights News go???
by SMatthes@aol.com
53) AR-News Admin Note
by allen schubert
54) (US) Rescuers look for pets left behind in flood
by allen schubert
55) (US) please distribute: Yerkes
by allen schubert
56) (UK) the London AR connection...
by allen schubert
57) (US) Oklahoma City Leaopard Kills Woman
by allen schubert
58) Gelatin
by Vegetarian Resource Center
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 11:42:11 -0300
>From: Angela M Miller
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Cirque Eloize - Canada
Message-ID:
Does anyone have a phone number, fax number of email address for
Cirque Eloize in Canada? I'm not sure where they are located, but I am
interested in contacting them for their tour schedule. If anyone has this
information, or knows of other non-animal circuses that would travel in
Canada, could you please email me directly: tapa@chebucto.ns.ca
Thank you!
Angela Miller
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:32:45 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Environmental rally to protect Stoltman Wilderness [Long]
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VANCOUVER, BC - Around 125 humans, and several dogs, took part in a rally
and march in dowtown Vancouver this afternoon.
The action was taken to draw attention to the threatened old-growth
temporate rainforest known as the Stoltman Wilderness.
Speakers included Joe Foy, of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee;
Dianna Wilson, of BearWatch; Tamara Stark, of Greenpeace; Chief Bill
Williams, of the Squamish First Nations and Barney Kern, of People's Action
for Threatened Habitat (P.A.T.H.)
Some of the particpants dressed as bears, deer and trees, and there was also
musical entertainment provided by several African drummers.
Joe Foy said that, as an adult, he was promised that there would be open,
public process by the government, that there would be an end to clearcutting
and logging to the edge of salmon streams. "Today, I hang my head in shame
before you, as I believed a lot of those things, there isn't one salmon
stream in the whole of the Lower Mainland that has been logged or roaded,
and the shame is that I didn't fight hard, or yell loud enough." he said.
"The government isn't going to do it for you, the industry isn't going to do
it for you, they're going to do it to you", Foy said.
Foy added that he would be telling the crowd a dirty word, "compromise", and
that trying to compromise over this issue is "like trying to compromise with
someone who is trying to steal your air."
Tamara Stark said that B.C. was, together with Alaska and Chile, one of the
last large areas of temporate rainforest left, as in Europe, Russia and the
North-Western contiguous states
had gone. In B.C, 50% of the original rainforest has been cut.
Stark also said that the main three companies involved were MacMillan
Bloedel, Interfor (International Forest Products) and Western Forest
Products. Interfor was second only to MacBlo in the amount it logged.
Barney Kern noted that the government subsidizes the forest industry to the
tune of $30,000 per year for every job, and that the B.C. taxpayers would
pay around $2 million for Interfor to clearcut the Stoltman Wilderness.
Kern, refering to Premier Glen Clark's remarks ealier this week, when he
called the environmentalists "enemies of B.C.", called Clark "the enemy of
the B.C. environment."
Following a march to the corporate headquarters of Interfor, the crowd was
adressed by Simon Waters, of the Forest Action Network.
Waters said that it was no coincidence that Interfor lived in a building
owned by a bank.
Thousands of eagles, from as far away as Montana, flew into the area
scheduled to be clearcut, and if this went ahead, it would be disastrous for
the eagles and for tens of thousands of other animals.
The Stoltman WIderness area, located north of Whisler, is the southermost
range of grizzly bears, which used to range as far south as California.
Dianna Wilson explained that the old-growth forest was essential for the
food supply of bears, and also for denning areas.
Wilson also noted that many people believed that because bears were showing
up in their backyards, there were large numbers of them. This was not the
case, Wilson said, adding that the bears were being forced out of their
natural habitat by logging and urban spread, and this was why they were
being seen more frequently.
The Stoltmann Wilderness, named in honour of environmetalist Randy
Stoltmann, who died in an accident in May, 1994, consists of 260,000
hectares about 200 km north of Vancouver. It is the site of the headwaters
of the Squmaish and Lillooet Rivers, and is situated on traditional Squamish
and Lil'wat First Nation territory. 80% of the area has been handed over to
Interfor for clearcutting. Only 1% of the area is now controlled by the
First Nation people.
The area contains populations of both grizzly and black bear, many other
animals and also to Canada's third highest Douglas fir - the Elaho giant. It
is not known exactly how many species are present there, as no research as
been done. The Western Canada Wilderness Committee plans on carry this out -
if it raises enough money and, a big if, if the trees remain intact.
One thing is for sure. No matter what the weather is like, it's going to be
a hot summer in B.C. this year.
David Knowles
'Animal Voices' news
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 18:43:08 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] WWF nominates Shell Canada for enviro award
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VANCOUVER, BC - WWF - Canada's B.C. and Alberta branches nominated Shell
Canada, together with three other petroleum companies, for the B.C.
Minister's Environmental Award, which is will be presented during
Environment Week (June 1 - 7). The other three petro-companies are: Chevron
Canada Resources; Petro-Canada; and Mobil Oil Canada.
The companies were nominated for their donation of 130,000 hectares of land
to which they had exploration rights, to the Nature Conservancy of Canada
last month.
The inclusion of Shell Canada has caused a major backlash from local
environmaental groups, including the Sierra Club , which itself won one of
last year's awards. Geraldine Irby said, in an interview with the Georgia
Straight, that she would be seriously considering sending back her award.
Irby, who produces the group's newsletter, said she felt that the nomination
of Shell Canada "makes a mockery of the whole process."
Shell is presently subject to a boycott due its operations in Nigeria, which
have led to major environmetal damage, the financing of weapons for "mobile
police forces" and the death, in November 1995, of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight
other Ogoni activists.
Shell Nigeria's operations emited an annual 35 million tonnes of carbon
dioxide and 12 million tonnes of methane, according to an article written
last year by late Nigerian academic Claude Ake, who died in a recent aircrash.
Even the World Wildlife Fund calcluated that gas-flaring in Nigeria by Shell
is a major contributor to global warming, according to the Sierra Club.
Saro-Wiwa said before his death that Shell's gas-flaring, which often is
done in the middle of local villages, destroyed animal and plant life,
poisoned air and water, and left local residents with health problems such
as hearing and respiratory difficulties.
According to the Georgia Straight, Shell was criticised in an editorial
which appeared in the New York Times on March 31. The editorial said that
Shell was responsible for the financing of weapons which were purchased for
Nigerian police, and also said that Shell failed to use its influence when
Saro-Wiwa and the others were killed.
Shell Canada claims that it is an innocent party, as it doesn't do business
in Nigeria. It is, however, 78% owned by Shell Transport & Trading and Royal
Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch parent companies of the trans-national.
Morover, the Candian subsiduary is, along with the other petro-companies, in
line for a hefty tax credit for its donation of land.
It is proposed that the donated area, off the east coast of Moresby Island
(Gwaii Haanas) be used to create a marine reserve. Gwaii Haanas is part of
the Queen Charlotte Isands (Haida Gwaii).
David Knowles
'Animal Voices' news
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:22:23 EST
>From: THIS IS FROM SOMEONE MORE STRAIGHT EDGE THAN YOU
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: cnn and atlanta
Message-ID: <009B3629.8A86C9C0.28@kenyon.edu>
just so you know...
headline news is currently doing a couple of minute segment on
the atlanta protest. it's very disfavorable to the protestors...
the activists are portrayed in a very negative light.
along with plenty of violence on both sides, it has brief clips of the
researchers, an aids patient, and activists talking about the event.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:25:14 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Handlers Try To Lure Runaway Chimp
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from AP Wire page:
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04/26/1997 11:25 EST
Handlers Try To Lure Runaway Chimp
ROCKWELL, N.C. (AP) -- Sydney has a serious sweet tooth, so serious it could
mean the end of his life on the run ... or swinging in the trees.
The 19-year-old chimpanzee pried open his cage and escaped from the Charlotte
Metro Zoo on Thursday, then made a dash for freedom in a nearby forest.
Because of his fondness for M&Ms and Pepsi, the searchers who fanned out
looking
for the 100-pound primate took along sweets to lure him into custody.
However, Sydney was still on the loose Saturday.
The searchers saw him several times, but every time Sydney spotted their
tranquilizer guns, he bolted.
``He's a very smart monkey. He knows what a gun looks like. He's been
tranquilized
before, and he's scared,'' said Dawn Doros, a zoo staffer.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:25:30 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Rescuers look for pets left behind in flood
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from CNN web page:
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Rescuers look for pets left behind in flood
10-foot python
reunited with owner
April 27, 1997
Web posted at: 11:50 p.m. EDT (0350 GMT)
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minnesota (CNN) -- The worst
flood in 500 years in the upper Great Plains has
taken a fearful toll on livestock and wildlife.
But a handful of volunteers is doing their best to
save household pets.
They are members of an animal rescue response team
put together by the U.S. Humane Society. The team
-- numbering about 20 -- come from all over the
United States. They spend their days riding in
small boats and wading through flooded homes
looking for frightened, hungry and sometimes
uncooperative pets.
While it is hard for most pet owners to imagine
leaving their animals behind, in many cases the
residents in the Red River Valley were given only
a few minutes to pack and leave their homes.
10-foot python reunited with owner
"We had to decide whether
to take the dogs or the cats," said one woman. "We
took the dogs."
The team was able to rescue her cats later, but
not everyone is so lucky. In one East Grand Forks
home, searchers found two adult cats alive, but
three of their kittens had drowned and a fourth
was missing.
Under sunny skies Sunday,
two members of the team rescued six cats and a
10-foot Burmese python by mid-afternoon. The
animals were taken to a temporary shelter in East
Grand Forks where they were reunited with their
owners, including the beaming owner of the snake.
"She's cold!" the woman said as the colorful snake
emerged in thick, heavy coils. "She's cold!"
But she was alive and safe, and she left for her
temporary new home tucked safely away in a strong
white bag.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 00:22:34 -0600 (MDT)
>From: SPYKE@arc.unm.edu (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Yerkes Protest Gets Violent!
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>From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Web Page at:
http://www.accessatlanta.com/local/news/1997/04/27/protest.html
"The pain and torture these animals go through is far greater than ours."
--Rachel Anderson, protester
Animal-rights protest gets violent
Chris Rank / Special to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AIDS research targeted at center
By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Between 60 and 70 animal rights protesters remained
jailed Sunday after their arrests a day earlier when they
tried to force their way into Yerkes Regional Primate
Research Center at Emory University.
DeKalb County and Emory University police officers
used Mace and tear gas to turn back the crowd of about
75 demonstrators. In a confusing exchange that included
the loud bangs of tear gas cannisters being fired, several
protesters rammed a police barricade through DeKalb
County Police Chief Robert Burgess's Ford Crown
Victoria, shattering the back windshield.
One county officer was injured when he inhaled gas, and
university officers reported minor injuries from sore
shoulders to sprained wrists. Police also lost beepers,
handcuffs and radios in the struggle with protesters.
Several protesters also received minor injuries in the
angry encounters.
Charges for those arrested included trespassing, creating a
hazardous condition and obstruction of police officers,
according to Emory spokeswoman Sarah Goodwin.
Supporters of the protesters demonstrated Saturday and
Sunday at the DeKalb jail complex and vowed to stay until
the other protesters were released, according to WSB TV
(Channel 2).
On Saturday, when they weren't scuffling with police, many
demonstrators sat or lay down in front of barricades put up
on Gatewood Road, leading into the research facility. After
the tear gas was released, the group moved further back and
dozens sat down together and yelled, "Two, four, six, eight,
stop this police state" and "Nothing to hide, let us inside."
This wasn't the first time animal rights groups have targeted
Yerkes, but it was the first time anyone could remember it
turning violent.
More than 100 demonstrators included a core group of animal
rights groups from the Atlanta area, many of them high school
and college age, as well as protesters from around the country,
like Michael Belefountaine from San Francisco.
Belefountaine, who was at a similar demonstration at a California
university last week, said researchers can search for a cure for
AIDS without using lab animals. One of those arrested,
21-year-old Rachel Anderson from Minneapolis, said while lying face
down with her hands cuffed behind her, "The pain and torture these
animals go through is far greater than ours."
Yerkes Director Dr. Thomas Insel said the demonstrators were
"nasty people" who spit on a university spokesperson and are
"not interested in animal welfare."
"You can't be for a treatment to AIDS and against animal research,"
Insel said. Yerkes spokeswoman Kate Egan said "They came particularly
to get arrested, that's the whole point. . . They want media attention."
The demonstration won't be the last, protesters promised. "The good
news is, we'll be back here next year," said Jean Barnes of Fayetteville
and a member of Last Chance for Animals.
How to reach the Journal-Constitution
SNAILMAIL:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
72 Marietta St. N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303
TELEPHONE:
Switchboard: (404) 526-5151
Local News: (404) 526-5342
The Interactive Studio: (404) 614-2600
National News: (404) 526-5355
ONLINE:
World Wide Web: http://www.ajc.com/
E-mail letters to the editor:"constitution@ajc.com"
or "journal@ajc.com"
Access Atlanta, accessatlanta@istudio.com
AJC NEWSEARCH: ajcnewsearch@ajc.com
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 17:03:00 -1000 (HST)
>From: Animal Rights Hawaii
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS
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URGENT NEWS RELEASE
April 26, 1997
Police Open Fire On Women &Children
With Gas Grenades And Stun Bombs
50 Activists Arrested From All Over The Country
Several Injured, One Seriously
ATLANTA GA "Lab Day is Like Waco," said Arron Stone, The cops fired
indiscriminately on women and children."
DR. Jerry Valasak, Cres & Sheila Vellucci, Sue McCrosky and fifty
others arrested for malicious mischief, trespass and resisting arrest as
they chanted :
"1-2-3-4,
This is vegan war.
5-6-7-8,
Destroy Yerkes - liberate.
9-10-11-12,
Blow Emory straight to Hell!"
The protesters in lock down were placed behind a police barricade.
Other peaceful activists were fired on by Emory police brandishing gas
grenade and stun guns. More than fifty arrested.
"There was no reason for the frontal assault against us by the Emory
Police," said Cathy Raffety. "They held my 15 year old friend Jennifer
Aronson face down in the mud and kicked her. They broke Ian's foot and
ground it making him scream. It was awful," Miss stone continued.
All TV stations were on site channels 2, 5, 11, and 46. WGST and
the Atlanta Journal were also on site.
"All Americans except animal rights people are shocked and applauded
by Emory's police state tactics." Said Crescenzo Vellucci of the Activis
Civil Liberties Committee from his Jail Cell. "Activists have always
known that vivisectionists were bruits - now the people know it too - its
all on tape," Mr Vellucci added.
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Activist Civil Liberties Committee
PO Box 19515, Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 452-7179
Animal Abuse Watch Of Georgia Inc.
770-945-0963
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 04:28:05 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Pat Fish
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Baltimore Shelter Cannibalizing Cats & Dogs (US MD)
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BALTIMORE SHELTER CANNIBALIZES CATS AND DOGS
According to a 3-part report by WVTH's Maureen Green on the use of cats
and dogs as pet food, a Baltimore Maryland animal shelter is
just one of many shelters selling euthanized dogs and cats for use in pet
food.
The FDA allows the practice, and claims (erroneously) that contagions
from the "4D animals" (Disabled, Dying, Diseased or Dead from unknown
causes) are rendered harmless during processing. In recent years,
however, micro-organisms have been discovered which can survive in
strong acids, and at temperatures three to four times the boiling
point of water. Virii and and prions are thought to be even
more hearty.
If you would like to find out the evidence for this [Baltimore] claim,
contact Maureen Green at WTVH (CBS affiliate in Syracuse NY) 315-425-5555.
The story can be found at http://www.wtvh.com
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:32:24 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS
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from private e-mail
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URGENT NEWS RELEASE
April 26, 1997
Police Open Fire On Women &Children
With Gas Grenades And Stun Bombs
50 Activists Arrested From All Over The Country
Several Injured, One Seriously
ATLANTA GA "Lab Day is Like Waco," said Arron Stone, The cops fired
indiscriminately on women and children."
DR. Jerry Valasak, Cres & Sheila Vellucci, Sue McCrosky and fifty
others arrested for malicious mischief, trespass and resisting arrest as
they chanted :
"1-2-3-4,
This is vegan war.
5-6-7-8,
Destroy Yerkes - liberate.
9-10-11-12,
Blow Emory straight to Hell!"
The protesters in lock down were placed behind a police barricade.
Other peaceful activists were fired on by Emory police brandishing gas
grenade and stun guns. More than fifty arrested.
"There was no reason for the frontal assault against us by the Emory
Police," said Cathy Raffety. "They held my 15 year old friend Jennifer
Aronson face down in the mud and kicked her. They broke Ian's foot and
ground it making him scream. It was awful," Miss stone continued.
All TV stations were on site channels 2, 5, 11, and 46. WGST and
the Atlanta Journal were also on site.
"All Americans except animal rights people are shocked and applauded
by Emory's police state tactics." Said Crescenzo Vellucci of the Activis
Civil Liberties Committee from his Jail Cell. "Activists have always
known that vivisectionists were bruits - now the people know it too - its
all on tape," Mr Vellucci added.
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Activist Civil Liberties Committee
PO Box 19515, Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 452-7179
Animal Abuse Watch Of Georgia Inc.
770-945-0963
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:32:30 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) please distribute: Yerkes
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CALLS NEEDED FOR JAILED AND BEATEN ACTIVISTS!!!
I just got a call from Cathy in Atlanta. The Yerkes demo turned the
woonds surrounding the primate center into a war zone. Police shot tear
gas granades from launchers into activist's backs where they exploded.
On CNN Headline News, activists are seen throwing a metal barricade
through a cop car's windows, struggling to get the barricades out of the
cops hands, and getting tear gased and maced. They are running this
footage about every half hour if you want to try and catch it.
Eight women were arrested on Felony charges of "incitement to riot." All
of the other activist have refused to leave their confinement in the
jail until everyone -- the eight women included -- are released. The
women are to be arraigned on Monday.
However, they palyed with Sue McCrosky's head by seperating her from the
other activists and then told her everyone had been released. When she
was released, she saw their lies for what they were -- however it
screwed the abusers over because now she's giving interviews to all the
media.
So here are the numbers to call!!!
The numbers below are important numbers that the jailed activist's
scammed.
This first one is from the desk outside of their cells so they will be
able to SEE it ring -- please call it to let them know how much we love
them!
404-298-8222
Also call the:
Main Office: 404-298-8000
Jail Info Line: 404-298-8500
Civil Process Unit: 404-371-2428
Tell the cops you saw it all on CNN and our outraged at the brutal
treatment of these fine people with the courage to stand up to these
abusers... blah, blah, blah, you know the story!
NOW GET CALLING!!!
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 09:25:30 -0700
>From: Andrew Gach
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Can Gelatin Transmit Mad Cow Disease
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Can gelatin transmit 'mad cow' disease?
Reuter Information Service
NEW YORK (April 26, 1997 01:19 a.m. EDT) -- "Mad cow" disease, the fatal
neurological disorder that afflicts cattle in the U.K., is suspected of
causing a similar fatal and incurable disease in a handful of people in
England, Scotland, and other European countries -- who may have
contracted the disease by eating contaminated beef.
Now an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
taking a second look at whether gelatin, a ubiquitous product derived
from the skin, bones and connective tissue of pigs and cows, can
potentially be contaminated with the agent that causes bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE), or "mad cow" disease.
Gelatin is a thickening agent used in many consumer goods, including
candy, lozenges, yogurt, frozen desserts, canned meats, icings and
frosting, as well as a stabilizing agent in drugs, vaccines, and
cosmetics.
In an effort to prevent the transmission of BSE, in 1992 the FDA called
for a ban on the use of cow products from countries where BSE occurs.
However, because gelatin is not derived from brain or spinal cord tissue
-- the most likely carriers of BSE -- the substance was thought to be
safe, and was exempted from the ban.
But during the meetings this week, the FDA advisory committee voted 10
to 3 to change the status of the additive, which was previously regarded
as "generally recognized as safe (GRAS)."
"After hearing the evidence, weighing newer scientific information and
thoroughly discussing the issues, the majority of committee members
concluded that the exemption of gelatin from BSE countries should not
continue," they reported.
A series of steps are used to obtain gelatin, including heat treatment
to kill any infectious agents. But it's not clear if such treatments are
effective against BSE, noted the committee. And it is thought to
take years for the disease to develop after exposure to the agent.
There have been no cases of human neurological disorder linked to
gelatin and there have been no reported or confirmed cases of BSE in
cattle in the U.S., noted Patricia Shafer, a spokesperson for Kraft
Foods, Inc. in Northfield, Illinois and the manufacturer of Jell-O, a
gelatin-based product.
"We are very confident in our gelatin supply for several reasons," she
said. "One is that the FDA itself has said and continues to say that the
U.S. gelatin supply is safe."
"Our gelatin is made in the U.S. and the material for it is primarily
from the U.S." Shafer said. "The (raw animal material) is sourced from
either the U.S. or BSE-free countries, so we feel very confident both in
our product as well as the gelatin-manufacturing process in general."
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:49:48 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970428144946.00699568@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from private e-mail
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URGENT NEWS RELEASE
April 26, 1997
Police Open Fire On Women &Children
With Gas Grenades And Stun Bombs
50 Activists Arrested From All Over The Country
Several Injured, One Seriously
ATLANTA GA "Lab Day is Like Waco," said Arron Stone, The cops fired
indiscriminately on women and children."
DR. Jerry Valasak, Cres & Sheila Vellucci, Sue McCrosky and fifty
others arrested for malicious mischief, trespass and resisting arrest as
they chanted :
"1-2-3-4,
This is vegan war.
5-6-7-8,
Destroy Yerkes - liberate.
9-10-11-12,
Blow Emory straight to Hell!"
The protesters in lock down were placed behind a police barricade.
Other peaceful activists were fired on by Emory police brandishing gas
grenade and stun guns. More than fifty arrested.
"There was no reason for the frontal assault against us by the Emory
Police," said Cathy Raffety. "They held my 15 year old friend Jennifer
Aronson face down in the mud and kicked her. They broke Ian's foot and
ground it making him scream. It was awful," Miss stone continued.
All TV stations were on site channels 2, 5, 11, and 46. WGST and
the Atlanta Journal were also on site.
"All Americans except animal rights people are shocked and applauded
by Emory's police state tactics." Said Crescenzo Vellucci of the Activis
Civil Liberties Committee from his Jail Cell. "Activists have always
known that vivisectionists were bruits - now the people know it too - its
all on tape," Mr Vellucci added.
-30-
Activist Civil Liberties Committee
PO Box 19515, Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 452-7179
Animal Abuse Watch Of Georgia Inc.
770-945-0963
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:50:04 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) please distribute: Yerkes
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970428145002.006984e4@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from private e-mail:
----------------------------
CALLS NEEDED FOR JAILED AND BEATEN ACTIVISTS!!!
I just got a call from Cathy in Atlanta. The Yerkes demo turned the
woonds surrounding the primate center into a war zone. Police shot tear
gas granades from launchers into activist's backs where they exploded.
On CNN Headline News, activists are seen throwing a metal barricade
through a cop car's windows, struggling to get the barricades out of the
cops hands, and getting tear gased and maced. They are running this
footage about every half hour if you want to try and catch it.
Eight women were arrested on Felony charges of "incitement to riot." All
of the other activist have refused to leave their confinement in the
jail until everyone -- the eight women included -- are released. The
women are to be arraigned on Monday.
However, they palyed with Sue McCrosky's head by seperating her from the
other activists and then told her everyone had been released. When she
was released, she saw their lies for what they were -- however it
screwed the abusers over because now she's giving interviews to all the
media.
So here are the numbers to call!!!
The numbers below are important numbers that the jailed activist's
scammed.
This first one is from the desk outside of their cells so they will be
able to SEE it ring -- please call it to let them know how much we love
them!
404-298-8222
Also call the:
Main Office: 404-298-8000
Jail Info Line: 404-298-8500
Civil Process Unit: 404-371-2428
Tell the cops you saw it all on CNN and our outraged at the brutal
treatment of these fine people with the courage to stand up to these
abusers... blah, blah, blah, you know the story!
NOW GET CALLING!!!
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:34:29 -0500
>From: Horgan
To: ar-news@envirolink.com
Subject: Animals..no souls????!!!! HELP!
Message-ID: <3362E564.526B@sprintmail.com>
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I got involved in an awful conversatio tonight and out of the blue
someone starting spouting off that animals have "no souls" and quoted
the bible, etc. She was completely serious and believes it. It was not
only horrifying to me but also very hurtful because to me that's like
blurting out to a kid that there's no santa, etc. When you love animals
like I do it is devastating, not to mention absurd, to hear someone say
that and believe it. I was shocked and nearly cried. I liked this
person and she is an employee of mine. Now I know she believes this and
has no qualms about expressing it to others. How do I get past this
with her?
-MELODY-
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 17:15:07 -0600
>From: sgross@ais.net (The Gross's)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Dissection choice bill
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Illinois Humane Political Action Committee has introduced a bill in
Illinois to give students and teachers a choice about dissection. The bill
has passed the Senate and is now being heard in the Education Committee of
the Illinois House. The bill will be called in the Education Committee on
Wednesday April 30th. For those of you who live in Illinois please contact
your representative and politely ask them to support SB271. Remind the
representatives that alternatives provide as good or better learning
experiences for students. ALL Illinois medical schools use alternatives.
In fact, Northwestern Medical school writes that alternatives provide
superior learning. Finally, tell them that schools would save hundreds to
thousands of dollars if they adopted alternative models. The number to
call to reach the house is 217-782-8223. Below is a list of all committee
members with the last four digits of their phone number. First digits are
always 217-782. Call as many representatives as you can. Thanks!!
Republicans Democrats
Mary Lou Cowlishaw-6507 co-sponsor Lauren Gash-0902-sponsor
Mike Bost-0387 David Phelps-5131
Doug Hoeft-8020 Monique Davis-0010
John Jones-0471 Mike Boland-3992
Reness Kosel-0424 Julie Curry-8398
Jerry Mitchell-0535 Calvin Giles-5962
Tom Johnson-1565 Frank Mautino-0140
Mike Weaver-6674 Harold Murphy-5961
Vince Persico-8037 Mike Smith-8152
Larry Woolard-1051
On behalf of the animals thanks for calling.
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 01:57:20 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Sujatha Karanth
To: ar-news
Subject: ATLANTA URGENT - BIG MESS (fwd)
Message-ID:
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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 17:33:40 EDT
URGENT NEWS RELEASE
April 26, 1997
Police Open Fire On Women & Children
With Gas Grenades And Stun Bombs
50 Activists Arrested From All Over The Country
Several Injured, One Seriously
ATLANTA GA “Lab Day is Like Waco,” said Arron Stone, The cops fired
indiscriminately on women and children.”
DR. Jerry Valasak, Cres & Sheila Vellucci, Sue McCrosky and fifty
others arrested for malicious mischief, trespass and resisting arrest as
they chanted :
“1-2-3-4,
This is vegan war.
5-6-7-8,
Destroy Yerkes - liberate.
9-10-11-12,
Blow Emory straight to Hell!”
The protesters in lock down were placed behind a police barricade.
Other peaceful activists were fired on by Emory police brandishing gas
grenade and stun guns. More than fifty arrested.
“There was no reason for the frontal assault against us by the Emory
Police,” said Cathy Raffety. “They held my 15 year old friend Jennifer
Aronson face down in the mud and kicked her. They broke Ian’s foot and
ground it making him scream. It was awful,” Miss stone continued.
All TV stations were on site channels 2, 5, 11, and 46. WGST and
the Atlanta Journal were also on site.
“All Americans except animal rights people are shocked and applauded
by Emory’s police state tactics.” Said Crescenzo Vellucci of the Activis
Civil Liberties Committee from his Jail Cell. “Activists have always
known that vivisectionists were bruits - now the people know it too - its
all on tape,” Mr Vellucci added.
-30-
Activist Civil Liberties Committee
PO Box 19515, Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 452-7179
Animal Abuse Watch Of Georgia Inc.
770-945-0963
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 11:03:25 +0800
>From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER IN SPAIN
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970427105845.248fb8ac@wantree.com.au>
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CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER IN SPAIN
Emergency report
Translation of a fax received on 18 April 1997 from Dr J. Nombela Maqueda,
Deputy Director General of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food, Madrid:
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory.
Date of initial detection of animal health incident: 17 April 1997.
Location No. of outbreaks =20
L=E9rida 2
Description of affected population: fattening pigs.
Total number of animals in the outbreaks:
susceptible 2,140
cases 650
deaths 43 =20
destroyed 2,097
slaughtered 0
=20
Diagnosis:
A. Laboratory where diagnosis was made: Animal Production and Health
Laboratory, Algete (Madrid).
B. Diagnostic tests used: direct immunofluorescence.
Control measures during reporting period: stamping out; ban on movement in
the vicinity of the affected farms; protection and surveillance zones;
epidemiological investigations under way.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere ai te karohirohi
i mua tonu i o koutou huarahi.
-Maori Prayer
(May the calm be widespread, may the sea be as the smooth surface of the
greenstone and may the rays of sunshine forever dance along your pathway)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 11:05:07 +0800
>From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN ISRAEL
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970427110026.22674484@wantree.com.au>
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NEWCASTLE DISEASE - ISRAEL
==========================
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 13:40:54 -0400
Subject: 25 Apr OIE reports
25 April 1997 Vol. 10 - No. 17
NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN ISRAEL
Emergency report
Text of an e-mail received on 23 April 1997 from Professor A. Shimshony,
Director of Veterinary and Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture,
Beit Dagan:
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Date of initial detection of animal health incident: 15 April 1997.
Estimated date of first infection: 31 March 1997.
Location No. of outbreaks
Ashkelon 1
Description of affected population: broiler flock 20 days old, vaccinated.
Total number of animals in the outbreak:
susceptible 38,000
cases 8,000
deaths 4,550
destroyed 33,450
slaughtered 0
Diagnosis:
A. Laboratory where diagnosis was made: Regional Poultry Disease Laboratory,
Beer-Tuvia.
B. Diagnostic tests used: serological haemagglutination inhibition test and
virus isolation.
Epidemiology: Newcastle disease had not been reported in Israel since 1982.
The epidemiology of the outbreak is under investigation.
Control measures during reporting period: stamping out; quarantine and
movement control inside the country; vaccination.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere ai te karohirohi
i mua tonu i o koutou huarahi.
-Maori Prayer
(May the calm be widespread, may the sea be as the smooth surface of the
greenstone and may the rays of sunshine forever dance along your pathway)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 10:58:02 +0800
>From: bunny
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Importation of gelatin from BSE countries stopped by FDA
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970427105321.248ffbfc@wantree.com.au>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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Importation of gelatin from BSE countries stopped by FDA:
An advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
taking a second look at whether gelatin, a ubiquitous product derived
from the skin, bones and connective tissue of pigs and cows, can
potentially be contaminated with the agent that causes bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE). In an effort to prevent the transmission of BSE,
in 1992 the FDA called for a ban on the use of cow products from
countries where BSE occurs. However, because gelatin is not derived from
brain or spinal cord tissue -- the most likely carriers of BSE -- the
substance was thought to be safe, and was exempted from the ban. But
during the meetings this week, the FDA advisory committee voted 10 to 3
to change the status of the additive, which was previously regarded as
"generally recognized as safe (GRAS)." "After hearing the evidence,
weighing newer scientific information and thoroughly discussing the
issues, the majority of committee members concluded that the exemption
of gelatin from BSE countries should not continue". A series of steps
are used to obtain gelatin, including heat treatment to kill any
infectious agents. But it's not clear if such treatments are effective
against BSE, noted the committee. And it is thought to take years for
the disease to develop after exposure to the agent. There have been no
cases of human neurological disorder linked to gelatin and there have
been no reported or confirmed cases of BSE in cattle in the U.S., noted
Patricia Shafer, a spokesperson for Kraft Foods, Inc. in Northfield,
Illinois and the manufacturer of Jell-O, a gelatin-based product. "We
are very confident in our gelatin supply for several reasons," she said.
"One is that the FDA itself has said and continues to say that the U.S.
gelatin supply is safe."
End
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere ai te karohirohi
i mua tonu i o koutou huarahi.
-Maori Prayer
(May the calm be widespread, may the sea be as the smooth surface of the
greenstone and may the rays of sunshine forever dance along your pathway)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 15:08:44 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (AT) Austria Won't Ban Gene Engineering
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970428150842.00689ca4@clark.net>
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from AP Wire page:
-------------------------------
04/28/1997 14:53 EST
Austria Won't Ban Gene Engineering
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The government rejected citizens' demands for a
five-year
ban on genetic engineering, deciding instead to urge companies not to
apply for
patents on such products for now.
After a meeting of government ministers and environmentalists, Chancellor
Viktor
Klima said Monday it made little sense for Austria to try and be an
enclave if other
European Union countries permit genetically engineered products.
The government, however, will call on companies to hold off on patent
applications
until liability questions are cleared up, Klima said.
More than 1.2 million Austrians voted in a non-binding referendum April 14
in favor of
a ban on producing or selling genetically altered food and a prohibition
on patents
for organisms created in genetic laboratories.
The EU recently decided to allow imports of genetically altered corn into
Europe.
Farmers, environmentalists and consumer groups contend that the corn, mostly
from the United States, hasn't been tested adequately.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:18:53 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Debbie Leahy
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: DuPage Deer Slaughter Continues
Message-ID: <01II8NRGHPZ69N637U@delphi.com>
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DEER SLAUGHTER CONTINUES
Since 1993, the DuPage County (suburban Chicago) forest preserve
district's ill-conceived Natural Areas Management Program (NAMP)
has:
- slaughtered over 2,100 deer (previously through rocket netting
& captive bolt which was discontinued when hidden cameras
revealed the actual terror inflicted on deer ... the killing
continues with the use of sharpshooters)
- conducted circular burns for prairie restoration (circular
burns, like it sounds, starts from a wide circle burning inward
which traps and burns animals alive)
- cut down millions of perfectly healthy trees
- sprayed poisonous herbicides throughout the forest preserves
Over the years the program has generated considerable
controversy. Animal advocates have denounced the savage
slaughter of wildlife and habitat destruction; homeowners--once
surrounded by beautiful wooded lots--have complained about the
demolition of trees; parents have expressed concerns about the
use of dangerous chemicals; environmental authorities have
criticized the manipulative, irrational purpose of the program;
and taxpayers have protested the expensive $11.6 million price
tag.
This entire program is the product of misguided, but powerful,
"environmental" groups such as Nature Conservancy and Sierra
Club, that are attempting to manufacture 9,000 acres of botanical
fantasyland in DuPage County's forest preserves.
WHEREVER YOU LIVE, PLEASE FLOOD THE COMMISSIONER WITH CALLS AND
FAXES ASAP urging support of a proposal to cut the NAMP budget by
65% and demanding an end to the destruction of wildlife and their
habitat.
Contact:
Dewey Pierotti, President of DuPage County Forest Preserve
Phone) 630/722-0266
Fax) 630/790-3739
-------------------------------------------------
Illinois Animal Action
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL 60555
630/393-2935
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 15:03:51 -0400
>From: "H. Morris"
To: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: P&G Animal Testing WEBSITE
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970428150339.006ffbb8@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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Procter & Gamble, others plan Website on animal testing research
CINCINNATI (AP) - Procter & Gamble Co. said it and other
organizations will develop an Internet site for exchange of
information about how to reduce the use of animals in product
testing.
P&G said it would be part of a coalition that will develop a
site on the World Wide Web. Other coalition members include the
Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Alternatives
for Animal Testing at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public
Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
The Website will allow scientists, educators, veterinarians and
others to obtain information about alternatives to animal use in
product testing.
Animal-rights activists have criticized Cincinnati-based Procter
& Gamble for years because of the company's continuing use of
animals in product testing. The company has said it is working to
reduce the number of laboratory animals it uses, but would not
provide specific numbers.
AP-NY-04-27-97 1202EDT
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 01:58:10 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Sujatha Karanth
To: ar-news
Subject: 8 FELONIES -- 63 ARRESTS -- START CALLING!! (fwd)
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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 23:52:56 -0500 (EST)
>From: Straight Edge is Politics
To: adl_news@majordomo.ucs.indiana.edu
Subject: 8 FELONIES -- 63 ARRESTS -- START CALLING!! (fwd)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:10:24 +0000
>From: Freeman Wicklund
Subject: 8 FELONIES -- 63 ARRESTS -- START CALLING!!
CALLS NEEDED FOR JAILED AND BEATEN ACTIVISTS!!!
I just got a call from Cathy in Atlanta. The Yerkes demo turned the
woods surrounding the primate center into a war zone. Police shot tear
gas granades from launchers into activist's backs where they exploded.
On CNN Headline News, activists are seen throwing a metal barricade
through a cop car's windows, struggling to get the barricades out of the
cops hands, and getting tear gased and maced. They are running this
footage about every half hour if you want to try and catch it.
Eight women were arrested on Felony charges of "incitement to riot." All
of the other activist have refused to leave their confinement in the
jail until everyone -- the eight women included -- are released. The
women are to be arraigned on Monday.
However, they played with Sue McCrosky's head by seperating her from the
other activists and then told her everyone had been released. When she
was released, she saw their lies for what they were -- however it
screwed the abusers over because now she's giving interviews to all the
media.
So here are the numbers to call!!!
The numbers below are important numbers that the jailed activist's
scammed.
This first one is from the desk outside of their cells so they will be
able to SEE it ring -- please call it to let them know how much we love
them!
404-298-8222
Also call the:
Main Office: 404-298-8000
Jail Info Line: 404-298-8500
Civil Process Unit: 404-371-2428
Tell the cops you saw it all on CNN and our outraged at the brutal
treatment of these fine people with the courage to stand up to these
abusers... blah, blah, blah, you know the story!
NOW GET CALLING!!!
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:25:08 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) 42,000 Chickens Are Asphyxiated
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970427191741.006a3e9c@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from AP Wire page:
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04/27/1997 09:54 EST
42,000 Chickens Are Asphyxiated
TOKYO (AP) -- About 42,000 chickens died of asphyxiation and high
temperatures
after a ventilation system broke down in their two-story chicken house,
police
reported Sunday.
Farmer Hideo Sato discovered the deaths Sunday in the 2,300 square-meter
(24,840 square-foot) house, where he was raising more than 90,000
chickens, said
Yoshiyuki Kurita of Honjo police station in Saitama prefecture (state), a
neighbor of
Tokyo.
Air was supplied into the house through only two ventilating openings,
Kurita said.
An alarm to sound a buzzer when the temperature in the house reached 86
degrees
was not working, Kurita added.
He said the cause of the trouble was not immediately known.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:26:12 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Farmer Accused Of Animal Cruelty
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970427191744.0069397c@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from AP Wire page:
------------------------------
04/27/1997 14:17 EST
Farmer Accused Of Animal Cruelty
HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- A farmer accused of letting 90 cows and sheep
starve to
death was charged with animal cruelty and ordered to bury the carcasses or
face
additional charges.
State police went to the farm of Hiram Ward, 62, with a veterinarian on
Friday after
receiving an anonymous tip.
They found a pile of dead animals in a field and another pile in a barn.
Individual
dead animals were found elsewhere around the farm.
Ward, facing misdemeanor animal cruelty charges, was given three days to
properly
bury the dead livestock.
About 40 surviving cows and sheep were found on the farm. They were being
cared
for by the veterinarian pending the outcome of Ward's legal case.
The farmer did not return a telephone call seeking comment.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:25:23 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Procter & Gamble, others plan Website on animal testing
research
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970427191746.006961ac@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
from AP Wire page:
---------------------------
Procter & Gamble, others plan Website on animal testing research
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co. said it and other organizations will
develop an Internet site for exchange of information about how to reduce
the use of
animals in product testing.
P&G said it would be part of a coalition that will develop a site on the
World Wide
Web. Other coalition members include the Humane Society of the United
States, the
Center for Alternatives for Animal Testing at the Johns Hopkins University
School of
Public Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration
and the National Institutes of Health.
The Website will allow scientists, educators, veterinarians and others to
obtain
information about alternatives to animal use in product testing.
Animal-rights activists have criticized Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble
for years
because of the company's continuing use of animals in product testing. The
company has said it is working to reduce the number of laboratory animals
it uses,
but would not provide specific numbers.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:25:59 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Wolf Pups Captured in 1995 Thriving
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970426210443.0069a2ac@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from AP Wire page:
-----------------------------
04/26/1997 16:50 EST
Wolf Pups Captured in 1995 Thriving
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) -- Yellowstone National Park officials
are seeing some benefits from their decision two years ago to pick up
eight wolf
pups after their father was killed outside the park.
Park officials said all four of the female wolves in the litter have given
birth to pups in
and around Yellowstone this spring.
``I don't know of any more telling evidence that we made the right
decision, even
though we were criticized for being heavy-handed at the time,'' said Mike
Phillips, a
park biologist. ``It has really played out better than anyone anticipated.''
The eight pups were born to two of the Canadian wolves released in the
park in
1995. The two wolves wandered north out of the park toward Red Lodge, Mont.
The male was killed by a man who was later convicted of illegally killing
a wolf. The
female gave birth to eight pups on the outskirts of Red Lodge.
The litter was the first born to any of the wolves transplanted in
Yellowstone as part
of the federal effort to restore the species in America's northern Rockies.
As a result, biologists captured the mother and her pups and moved them to
a pen
in the park, releasing them later in the year.
The pups from the litter are now two years old.
Biologists said two of the females gave birth in dens in the Lamar Valley,
while
another had pups in the park's northwest corner and the fourth gave birth
north of the
park.
Phillips said the births prove biologists were right to move the litter
into the park.
``It may have been intensive management at the time, but it has generated
some big
dividends,'' he said.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:26:05 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Mountaintop Birds Cause Concern
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04/27/1997 12:30 EST
Mountaintop Birds Cause Concern
By AARON NATHANS
Associated Press Writer
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The snow is melting away, and that means it won't
be long
before the return of the Bicknell's thrush, a bird that nests only in the
mountaintops of
Vermont and surrounding areas.
There is concern within the environmental community that communications
towers
and ski area development may be crowding in on the bird's limited home turf.
``Evolution dictated the bird live there, and they succeeded there.
They're real
specialists,'' said Chris Rimmer, an ornithologist with the Vermont
Institute of
Natural Science in Woodstock. ``That's one of its problems -- that it's a
limited
habitat. When they have problems, they're magnified.''
The Bicknell's thrush, considered to be highly at risk by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife
Service, has only been categorized as its own species for about two years.
It was
previously a subspecies of the gray cheeked thrush. The Bicknell's thrush
is a close
relative of the hermit thrush, Vermont's state bird.
The largest population of Bicknell's thrush in Vermont is at the forest
ridge line of Mt.
Mansfield, said Rick Paradis, natural areas manager for the University of
Vermont.
Paradis said there are probably about 200 breeding pairs of the bird in
that area.
The university owns some of the land atop Mt. Mansfield, Vermont's highest
point at
4,393 feet. There's one communications tower already on the mountain, and
more
are proposed. Paradis said some people are concerned birds flying above
the tree
line could strike wires or towers during migration.
``When they're flying at that elevation, they're not anticipating flying
into a 300-foot
tree,'' Paradis said.
The Bicknell's thrush is the only breeding bird found exclusively in the
Northeast, as
well as adjacent maritime Canada, during the summer. There are tough
logistical
obstacles to finding the bird since it lives on windswept mountaintops,
but experts
are able to distinguish the Bicknell's thrush by its distinctive spiraling
song.
Recent state Environmental Board hearings regarding ski area development have
taken the bird into account. The Stratton Mountain Resort won approval in
December
1995 for a mountaintop restaurant -- as long as it discouraged use of the
nearby
Long Trail and Appalachian Trail by casual restaurant visitors or mountain
bikers.
Now the nonprofit Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Woodstock is
conducting a
study for Stratton on the bird to fulfill a state requirement for its
master plan.
``There definitely are summering Bicknell thrushes up there,'' said
Michele Grenier,
director of environmental affairs for the Stratton Corp. ``We want to know
... what
effect hikers and bikers will have on it. We're very sensitive to it.''
The Stowe and Killington ski resorts have also had to deal with the bird's
needs in
meeting state environmental requirements for new projects.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:25:52 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Plan to Repopulate Grizzlies Gains Timber Industry Support
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from NY Times web page:
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April 27, 1997
Plan to Repopulate Grizzlies Gains Timber Industry
Support
By JIM ROBBINS
[M] ISSOULA, Mont. -- For years, the workers and
companies that make up the Idaho timber industry
have bitterly opposed environmentalists on most issues,
particularly those that involve endangered species.
That is why active support by the timber industry and
labor for a controversial proposal to reintroduce
grizzly bears into a huge chunk of western Montana and
eastern Idaho has muddled the traditional battle lines.
"We cannot make the recovery plan go away," said Bill
Mulligan, president of Three Rivers Timber in Kamiah,
Idaho, whose company supports bringing bears back to
the Selway Bitterroot and Frank Church River of No
Return Wilderness complex. "There's no sense fighting
it. That's why we're picking the ball up where it is
and going with it."
The compromise agreement, if adopted in an
environmental impact statement by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, could chart a new course for the
management of endangered species. Instead of giving
federal officials the power to make unilateral
decisions, the proposal would set up a management
committee made up of citizens and state officials.
"We hear again and again: 'We're not afraid of grizzly
bears; we're afraid of the federal government,' " said
Tom France, a lawyer for the National Wildlife
Federation, which is part of the agreement here.
This new approach to endangered species management has
converted some politicians, as well. Gov. Marc Racicot
of Montana, a Republican, has endorsed the concept. On
the other hand, the governor of Idaho, Phil Batt, also
a Republican, is adamantly opposed.
The approach is part of a nationwide trend to find
alternatives to full-blown designations under the
Endangered Species Act. Federal protection has become
an explosive issue, largely because it removes so much
management control at the local and state levels.
Officials are scrambling to find alternatives both for
animals whose numbers are dwindling and for those
species that are being reintroduced into places where
they have been absent.
When wolves were brought back to Yellowstone National
Park several years ago, they were designated an
experimental population, which allows biologists more
flexibility to remove the animals, even to shoot them
if they pose a problem.
Still, the Yellowstone wolf reintroduction was bitterly
opposed, especially by livestock interests.
Similarly, there is widespread opposition to grizzly
bears in the rural farming and ranching areas of
Montana and Idaho.
"It's absolutely ludicrous," said state Sen. Steve
Benedict, a Republican from Hamilton, Mont., a small
town within several miles of the Selway Bitterroot.
"Those bears were eradicated for a reason. It's like
saying there's a nice big park in the middle of New
York City; let's put bears there. Bears kill people.
They're not cute and cuddly. They are very ferocious
and the fears people have are real."
Hank Fischer, the northern Rockies representative of
Defenders of Wildlife, was active in the wolf
reintroduction at Yellowstone. He said the proposal for
the grizzlies came about because he and others did not
want to repeat the problems that occurred there.
"It took more than 10 years and cost more than $6
million," Fischer said. "And there's a lot of people in
Montana and Wyoming still very angry about it."
The big difference in the grizzly bear proposal, which
earned the timber industry's support, is the citizens'
advisory council.
In what backers call the citizens' proposal, about five
grizzly bears would be brought in from British Columbia
for five years.
Although that proposal has the most political support,
two other plans are being considered. Under one, bears
would be allowed to come back into the area on their
own; under another, the reintroduction would be
accelerated, bringing in 10 bears every year for five
years.
Under the citizens' proposal, Mulligan said, there are
parts of the forest, even where there are bears, that
will be available for logging. If the timber industry
had not been part of the process, he said, that might
not be the case.
The Selway Bitterroot and Frank Church River of No
Return Wilderness areas are nearly 4 million acres of
wild land. Grizzlies were thought to inhabit the area
until the 1930s, when they were hunted and trapped out.
There are two primary populations of grizzly bears left
in the lower 48 states: in Yellowstone, with about 300
bears, and in the Northern Continental Divide
Ecosystem, around Glacier National Park. A population
of about 200 in western Montana and eastern Idaho could
link the two populations and help insure the long-term
viability of grizzlies, biologists say.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to release
its decision in May.
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 09:00:32 -0400 (EDT)
>From: ****
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Subject: 150 yr. old turtle beaten to death (fwd)
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Subject: 150 yr. old turtle beaten to death
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 25 (Reuter) - A giant turtle
estimated to be 150 years old was beaten to death by vandals who attacked it
with sticks, officials of the Dominican Republic's National Aquarium said on
Friday.
Nicknamed Mochita (Stumpy), the turtle had been a familiar figure in Haina,
south of Santo Domingo, where it had been seen regularly for at least 20
years slowly making its way to the beach to lay its eggs.
Mochita was estimated to weigh about 600 pounds (272 kg).
15:33 04-25-97
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 16:11:37 -0400
>From: lentils@anarchy.wn.pl.net (Wgtn Animal Action)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: NZ Anti-Vivisection Society Media Release
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>From: ch.planet.gen.nz@wn.planet.gen.nz ("Phil Clayton")
Date: 24 Apr 97
Originally To: lentils@anarchy.wn.pl.net
NEW ZEALAND ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY (INC.)
PO BOX 22-076, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
Founded by Bette Overell in 1978
Patron: Hans Ruesch
ANIMAL RESEARCH T A K E S LIVES - Humans and Animals BOTH Suffer
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
24 April 1997
World Day For Laboratory Animals
WORLD DAY FOR LABORATORY ANIMALS
Anti-vivisectionists will today mark World Day for Laboratory Animals.
In Britain demonstrations are planned against the BBC's promotion of
vivisection and against vivisector Colin Blakemore, who has a
reputation for sewing-up the eyes of kittens.
In New Zealand there will be a demonstration by Wellington Animal
Action outside Malaghan Institute of Medical Research. Meanwhile in
Christchurch, the New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society is planning
street theatre in Cashel Street Mall at noon. The street theatre will
be a game show format, with contestants being members of different
species - a rat, a rabbit, and a human. The object of the game will
be to survive the most rounds as different drugs - including
penicillin, fenoterol, and eraldin - are given to each contestant.
Due to different reactions between species the drugs may have varied
effects in the contestants.
"This illustrates the lottery that is vivisection", said NZAVS
National Secretary, Phil Clayton.
"Recent World Day for Laboratory Animals have seen direct actions of
the Animal Liberation Front type in New Zealand, such as the AIM
toothpaste hoax. This is not surprising as all the so-called
legitimate means of protest seem to have been exhausted. A typical
example being the Chairman of a Select Committee at the hearing of our
petition to abolish vivisection with over 100 000 signatures walking
out during the presentation of evidence saying he had matters more
pressing", Mr Clayton said.
"We are educating the public about the danger to their health that
vivisection represents - but we imagine that little headway would be
made in the fight to abolish vivisection without other groups carrying
out direct actions that cause financial damage to vivisectors and
force them to listen. So, for this reason, we support groups such as
the Animal Liberation Front", he said.
Contact:
Phil Clayton
National Secretary
NZ Anti-Vivisection Society (Inc.)
ph: (03) 374-9171
or (03) 377-9504
e-mail: phil@ch.planet.gen.nz
NOTES TO EDITORS
The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (Inc.) was founded by Bette
Overell in 1978. The Society has marked World Day for Laboratory
Animals for over 15 years with marches to Parliament, presentations of
Petitions, and demonstrations outside premises of vivisecting
companies. In 1997, Phil Clayton took over as National Secretary of
NZAVS.
In New Zealand 300 000 animals are used in experiments every year
according to National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee figures.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Phil Clayton
phil@ch.planet.gen.nz
PlaNet Gaia
Ministry of Truth Trust
PO Box 22-076
CHRISTCHURCH
NEW ZEALAND
ph:+64 3 374-9171
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:00:44 -0600 (MDT)
>From: SPYKE@arc.unm.edu (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Yerkes Protest Gets Violent!
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>From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Web Page at:
http://www.accessatlanta.com/local/news/1997/04/27/protest.html
"The pain and torture these animals go through is far greater than ours."
--Rachel Anderson, protester
Animal-rights protest gets violent
Chris Rank / Special to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AIDS research targeted at center
By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Between 60 and 70 animal rights protesters remained
jailed Sunday after their arrests a day earlier when they
tried to force their way into Yerkes Regional Primate
Research Center at Emory University.
DeKalb County and Emory University police officers
used Mace and tear gas to turn back the crowd of about
75 demonstrators. In a confusing exchange that included
the loud bangs of tear gas cannisters being fired, several
protesters rammed a police barricade through DeKalb
County Police Chief Robert Burgess's Ford Crown
Victoria, shattering the back windshield.
One county officer was injured when he inhaled gas, and
university officers reported minor injuries from sore
shoulders to sprained wrists. Police also lost beepers,
handcuffs and radios in the struggle with protesters.
Several protesters also received minor injuries in the
angry encounters.
Charges for those arrested included trespassing, creating a
hazardous condition and obstruction of police officers,
according to Emory spokeswoman Sarah Goodwin.
Supporters of the protesters demonstrated Saturday and
Sunday at the DeKalb jail complex and vowed to stay until
the other protesters were released, according to WSB TV
(Channel 2).
On Saturday, when they weren't scuffling with police, many
demonstrators sat or lay down in front of barricades put up
on Gatewood Road, leading into the research facility. After
the tear gas was released, the group moved further back and
dozens sat down together and yelled, "Two, four, six, eight,
stop this police state" and "Nothing to hide, let us inside."
This wasn't the first time animal rights groups have targeted
Yerkes, but it was the first time anyone could remember it
turning violent.
More than 100 demonstrators included a core group of animal
rights groups from the Atlanta area, many of them high school
and college age, as well as protesters from around the country,
like Michael Belefountaine from San Francisco.
Belefountaine, who was at a similar demonstration at a California
university last week, said researchers can search for a cure for
AIDS without using lab animals. One of those arrested,
21-year-old Rachel Anderson from Minneapolis, said while lying face
down with her hands cuffed behind her, "The pain and torture these
animals go through is far greater than ours."
Yerkes Director Dr. Thomas Insel said the demonstrators were
"nasty people" who spit on a university spokesperson and are
"not interested in animal welfare."
"You can't be for a treatment to AIDS and against animal research,"
Insel said. Yerkes spokeswoman Kate Egan said "They came particularly
to get arrested, that's the whole point. . . They want media attention."
The demonstration won't be the last, protesters promised. "The good
news is, we'll be back here next year," said Jean Barnes of Fayetteville
and a member of Last Chance for Animals.
How to reach the Journal-Constitution
SNAILMAIL:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
72 Marietta St. N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303
TELEPHONE:
Switchboard: (404) 526-5151
Local News: (404) 526-5342
The Interactive Studio: (404) 614-2600
National News: (404) 526-5355
ONLINE:
World Wide Web: http://www.ajc.com/
E-mail letters to the editor:"constitution@ajc.com"
or "journal@ajc.com"
Access Atlanta, accessatlanta@istudio.com
AJC NEWSEARCH: ajcnewsearch@ajc.com
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 20:41:49 -0400 (EDT)
>From: OnlineAPI@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fistulated Cow Update
Message-ID: <970427204147_-1367867261@emout02.mail.aol.com>
Fistulated Cow Exhibit Cancelled at U of C Davis
After receiving complaints about the the nature of the display, University of
California at Davis (UCD) officials cancelled the fistulated cow exhibit at
the university's 1997 "Picnic Day." At this annual public event, the
fistulated cows, who have a man-made surgical opening on their side covered
with a piece of clear plastic, are subjected to the probing hands of as many
as 1,200 people.
The Animal Protection Institute is asking animal advocates to write and thank
the university for cancelling the exhibit at this year's Picnic Day. Also
urge UCD officials to permanently eliminate the exhibit. Tell them that the
fistulated cow display exploits animals for entertainment purposes, and that
if the goal is to educate the public regarding the ruminating process, then
other methods that don't use live animals should be pursued.
Send your letters to:
Edward O. Price, Chairperson
Animal Sciences Department
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 22:53:12 -0600 (MDT)
>From: Jen Kolar
To: ar-views@envirolink.org, ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: 8 felonies, 63 arrests in Atlanta, CALL NOW!!!
Message-ID: <199704270453.WAA11629@monsoon.colorado.edu>
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CALLS NEEDED FOR JAILED AND BEATEN ACTIVISTS!!!
I just got a call from Cathy in Atlanta. The Yerkes demo turned the
woonds surrounding the primate center into a war zone. Police shot tear
gas granades from launchers into activist's backs where they exploded.
On CNN Headline News, activists are seen throwing a metal barricade
through a cop car's windows, struggling to get the barricades out of the
cops hands, and getting tear gased and maced. They are running this
footage about every half hour if you want to try and catch it.
Eight women were arrested on Felony charges of "incitement to riot." All
of the other activist have refused to leave their confinement in the
jail until everyone -- the eight women included -- are released. The
women are to be arraigned on Monday.
However, they palyed with Sue McCrosky's head by seperating her from the
other activists and then told her everyone had been released. When she
was released, she saw their lies for what they were -- however it
screwed the abusers over because now she's giving interviews to all the
media.
So here are the numbers to call!!!
The numbers below are important numbers that the jailed activist's
scammed.
This first one is from the desk outside of their cells so they will be
able to SEE it ring -- please call it to let them know how much we love
them!
404-298-8222
Also call the:
Main Office: 404-298-8000
Jail Info Line: 404-298-8500
Civil Process Unit: 404-371-2428
Tell the cops you saw it all on CNN and our outraged at the brutal
treatment of these fine people with the courage to stand up to these
abusers... blah, blah, blah, you know the story!
NOW GET CALLING!!!
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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 22:55:08 -0400 (EDT)
>From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Procter & Gamble
Message-ID: <970427225506_86073725@emout01.mail.aol.com>
In a message dated 97-04-27 12:06:07 EDT, AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net writes:
<< CINCINNATI (AP) - Procter & Gamble Co. said it and other
organizations will develop an Internet site for exchange of
information about how to reduce the use of animals in product
testing.
P&G said it would be part of a coalition that will develop a
site on the World Wide Web. Other coalition members include the
Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Alternatives
for Animal Testing at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public
Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
The Website will allow scientists, educators, veterinarians and
others to obtain information about alternatives to animal use in
product testing.
Animal-rights activists have criticized Cincinnati-based Procter
& Gamble for years because of the company's continuing use of
animals in product testing. The company has said it is working to
reduce the number of laboratory animals it uses, but would not
provide specific numbers. >>
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>From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
Date: 97-04-27 12:06:07 EDT
.c The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Brain scans of people with depression or
manic-depression found that a tiny area of the brain was shrunken,
suggesting a place to look for biological roots of the disorders.
The area, which lies about three inches behind the bridge of the
nose, was found to be 39 percent smaller than usual in
manic-depressive patients and 48 percent smaller than normal in
patients with depression.
Both sets of patients in the study had inherited tendencies
toward the illnesses, revealed because each had a parent or sibling
who was also affected.
Scientists don't know yet whether the shrinkage is a cause or an
effect of the disorders, said researcher Dr. Wayne Drevets of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Previous studies of both disorders have found other anatomical
abnormalities in the brain. Drevets and co-authors present the new
work in the April 24 issue of the journal Nature.
The shrunken areas also showed decreased brain cell activity,
probably as a result of the shrinkage, he said. It's not clear just
what kinds of cells are missing to produce the shrinkage, he said.
Procter & Gamble, others plan Website on animal testing research
CINCINNATI (AP) - Procter & Gamble Co. said it and other
organizations will develop an Internet site for exchange of
information about how to reduce the use of animals in product
testing.
P&G said it would be part of a coalition that will develop a
site on the World Wide Web. Other coalition members include the
Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Alternatives
for Animal Testing at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public
Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
The Website will allow scientists, educators, veterinarians and
others to obtain information about alternatives to animal use in
product testing.
Animal-rights activists have criticized Cincinnati-based Procter
& Gamble for years because of the company's continuing use of
animals in product testing. The company has said it is working to
reduce the number of laboratory animals it uses, but would not
provide specific numbers.
AP-NY-04-27-97 1202EDT
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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 22:50:16 -0400 (EDT)
>From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fwd: Handlers Try To Lure Runaway Chimp
Message-ID: <970426225015_-1267410024@emout07.mail.aol.com>
Another poor soul yearning to be free...
In a message dated 97-04-26 11:27:58 EDT, AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net writes:
<< Subj:Handlers Try To Lure Runaway Chimp
Date:97-04-26 11:27:58 EDT
From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
.c The Associated Press
ROCKWELL, N.C. (AP) - Sydney has a serious sweet tooth, so
serious it could mean the end of his life on the run ... or
swinging in the trees.
The 19-year-old chimpanzee pried open his cage and escaped from
the Charlotte Metro Zoo on Thursday, then made a dash for freedom
in a nearby forest.
Because of his fondness for M&Ms and Pepsi, the searchers who
fanned out looking for the 100-pound primate took along sweets to
lure him into custody.
However, Sydney was still on the loose Saturday.
The searchers saw him several times, but every time Sydney
spotted their tranquilizer guns, he bolted.
``He's a very smart monkey. He knows what a gun looks like. He's
been tranquilized before, and he's scared,'' said Dawn Doros, a zoo
staffer. >>
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>From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
Date: 97-04-26 11:27:58 EDT
.c The Associated Press
ROCKWELL, N.C. (AP) - Sydney has a serious sweet tooth, so
serious it could mean the end of his life on the run ... or
swinging in the trees.
The 19-year-old chimpanzee pried open his cage and escaped from
the Charlotte Metro Zoo on Thursday, then made a dash for freedom
in a nearby forest.
Because of his fondness for M&Ms and Pepsi, the searchers who
fanned out looking for the 100-pound primate took along sweets to
lure him into custody.
However, Sydney was still on the loose Saturday.
The searchers saw him several times, but every time Sydney
spotted their tranquilizer guns, he bolted.
``He's a very smart monkey. He knows what a gun looks like. He's
been tranquilized before, and he's scared,'' said Dawn Doros, a zoo
staffer.
AP-NY-04-26-97 1125EDT
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 12:07:23 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Mike Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, seac+announce@ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu,
en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: NY Alert: Bill to Ban Canned Hunts
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NEW YORK STATE ALERT
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED
The bills listed below will be considered next week in the NYS Legislature.
Please write and request the passage of BILL A1228-A which prohibits
canned shoots, the wounding and killing of animals who are tied, staked or
released from confinement.
ASSEMBLYMAN MICHAEL BRAGMAN, LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ALBANY,
NY 12248
Request that BILL S2442-A, the companion bill to the one above, be passed
in the Senate.
SENATOR JOSEPH BRUNO, LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ALBANY, NY 12247
Besides contacting Assemblyman Bragman and Senator Bruno, write to your own
State Assemblymember in support of A1228-A, and your own State Senator in
support of S2442-A. If you do not know who your State Assemblymember and
State Senator are, contact your local library, town or city hall, or League
of Women Voters for assistance.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:25:09 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Federal Wild Horse Program Decried
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from AP Wire page:
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04/28/1997 17:11 EST
Federal Wild Horse Program Decried
By H. JOSEF HEBERT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Animal advocacy groups and a government employees
organization called for suspending the government's wild horse adoption
program
Monday and urged a congressional investigation into alleged abuses.
The $16 million-a-year program has been under attack because critics say
thousands of horses a year are pushed through adoption only to end up
being sold
to slaughterhouses.
The Interior Department acknowledged that about 350 horses from the federal
program are sent to slaughter each year, but critics contend that the
number is far
larger and that in some cases government officials are profiting.
Cleveland Amory, head of the Fund for Animals, accused the Bureau of Land
Management of trying to orchestrate the demise of wild horse herds by
inflating the
number of horses on the range so more of them can be put into the adoption
program and killed.
``It's been a cesspool of cruelty from top to bottom ... for many years,''
Amory said at a
news conference called on Capitol Hill. ``They haven't done anything to
make the
plight of these animals in any way better.''
Karen Sussman of the American Wild Horse and Burro Alliance, accused the
federal
government of wanting to reduce the number of wild horses to the level of
1971,
when there was concern that the wild horse population would become extinct.
Currently, she said, there probably are fewer than 20,000 wild horses on
federal
land. She and other animal protection advocates called on Congress to suspend
funding of the program.
The BLM has put the number of horses on federal land at 35,000 and burros at
6,800. ``The process by which we count horses has been scientifically
tested,'' said
BLM spokesman Bob Johns.
He said there is no evidence that thousands of horses from the program are
being
killed annually, or that agency officials are profiting.
``If there's evidence, show it to us. Give us the evidence,'' said Bob
Johns, a BLM
spokesman. ``If any interest group have any hard evidence, tell us. We will
investigate. But we can't go on hunches, anecdotes and storytelling.''
An investigation by The Associated Press earlier this year found that several
thousand horses obtained through the adoption program end up at meatpacking
plants each year, and that in some cases BLM officials were profiting.
Despite BLM
criticism, the AP has stood by its original story.
At Monday's news conference, the Fund for Animals, the Humane Society of the
United States, the American Wild Horse and Burro Alliance, and Public
Employees
for Environmental Responsibility, called for Congress to investigate the
horse and
burro adoption program.
Staff members representing two House committees, at least four senators and a
half-dozen congressmen later were briefed by the same groups. As yet,
there are no
plans for hearings on the subject in either the House or Senate.
Johns said that the agency stands by its investigation, which showed no
more than
350 wild horses going to slaughterhouses annually out of the thousands put
up for
adoption.
The critics said they don't believe BLM numbers.
``BLM is an agency in denial,'' said Jeff DeBonis, executive director of
Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has represented a number of
BLM whistleblowers involved in the horse adoption controversy. ``The
agency keeps
denying it has a problem yet simultaneously offers paper reforms.''
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:40:41 -0400
>From: allen schubert
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-- Howard F. Lyman
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:40:13 -0400 (EDT)
>From: BHGazette@aol.com
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org, PlanetJer@aol.com, wctreacy@microweb.com,
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Subject: Fwd: Rodeo
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Date:97-04-28 15:55:31 EDT
>From:Veggiebirk
To:BHGazette
In today's Houston Chronicle: (dateline AUSTIN, TEXAS, April 28, 1997))
"Wrangling for rodeo as official 'sport'"
Texans may love their footall, but State Rep. Bill Siebert, R-San Antonio,
wants to proclaim the "great sport of rodeo" the official sport of Texas.
Siebert says he loves football, too, but points out the football was not born
in Texas. The world's first recorded rodeo, however, was held in Pecos in
1883.
"Everyone in the world knows Texas because of our cowboys, and I don't mean
the football team," Siebert says. "Everyone knows Texas has cowboys and
cowboys ride in rodeos."
Siebert anticipates possible opposition from football fans, but the Dallas
Cowboys aren't dissing his Rodeo Resolution.
Cowboy tight end Jay Novacek, also a cutting horse champion, "is a cowboy on
and off the field," says Dallas Cowboy spokesman Rich Dalrymple.
(Rep. Siegert can be reached at Texas House of Representatives, P.O. Box
2910, Capital Station, Austin, TX 78768; )
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:55:07 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Is Less Pesticide Just As Effective
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Not quite organic, but a step in the right direction.
from AP Wire page:
----------------------------
04/28/1997 08:23 EST
Is Less Pesticide Just As Effective
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) -- Farmers and ranchers could slash insecticide use by
up to 75
percent without weakening their battle against grasshoppers, early results
from a
University of Wyoming study show.
Jeff Lockwood of the Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences says
the study
could provide a way to greatly reduce the cost of grasshopper management
at a time
when a major infestation appears to be looming and traditional federal
funds are
unavailable.
The last major grasshopper infestation in the late 1980s covered tens of
millions of
acres of range land across the West. Private, state and federal entities
spent at least
$75 million and used nearly 2 million gallons of insecticide to suppress the
outbreak.
Lockwood says using less insecticide over fewer acres could help reduce
the costs
by $30 million and cut insecticide use by at least half in the next
infestation.
``Such a program would reduce the costs of the treatment by nearly
two-thirds, and
may provide ranchers with their only economically viable option during the
next
outbreak,'' Lockwood says.
``The results of such programs are largely indistinguishable from those of
the
traditional approach in which an infestation is blanketed with higher
rates and 90
percent of the grasshoppers are killed.''
The study is being conducted by the university, the Wyoming Agriculture
Department,
county weed and pest districts and the U.S. Agriculture Department's
Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service.
Lockwood says results from the first two years of a five-year study
indicated that
reducing the amounts of insecticide used -- along with spraying strips of
land rather
than entire fields -- could be just as effective as current levels of use.
He says he hopes to find out exactly why during the next three years.
``We really can't be sure how much to credit the grasshoppers moving into the
treated swaths and how much to credit the predators we're allowing to
survive in
untreated swaths,'' he says. ``It's probably a combination.''
The new method could be effective for several reasons: Grasshoppers move
around
a lot and those in unsprayed areas are highly likely to wander into
treated areas.
Leaving a low density of grasshoppers after a treatment may be important in
allowing native predators to survive.
``The beneficial species recovered more slowly than did the pests. We may
have
found a way to work with rather than against the natural processes that
usually keep
grasshopper populations in check,'' Lockwood says.
He says at least one insecticide manufacturer has accepted the method and
told
him that it would provide instructions on product labels.
``Basically, the reason is they are relatively bright people and they know
that at $4 per
acre they won't sell that product and at $1 per acre it's better to sell
less product than
none at all,'' Lockwood says.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:54:08 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: the London AR connection...
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Hi!
On Tuesday the 29'th of April (tomorrow) @ 7:30 pm, Toni Vernelli,
International speaker on Animal Rights will be in Concord, MA
First Parish Hall
20 Lexington Rd.
Concord center 369-9602
If you get off rt. 2 at rt. 62 east, head into concord center, at
the rotary by the big flagpole, take a right onto Lexington Rd.
First parish is the 1'st building on the right and has a gold dome.
Toni really delivers the message, and is a very moving speaker.
See you there!
John
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 16:02:22 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Brigadier joins forces with the eco-rebels
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Sunday, April 27th, 1997
Brigadier joins forces with the eco-rebels
By Peter Birkett and John Gaskell
AN 86-year-old former Army brigadier has forged an alliance with a band of
tree dwellers to stop a holiday camp being built on a coastal beauty spot.
The protesters, who have started erecting precarious tree houses and sinking
underground shafts, are supplied with food and clothes by Brigadier John
Samuel and his wife Margaret, 84.
They are among locals strongly opposed to the £100 million Oasis holiday
village at Lyminge Forest, near Folkestone, Kent. On the site last week were
more than 15 veterans of environmental battles, such as Newbury and Twyford
Down.
"Good luck to them, I say, and the more the merrier," said Brig Samuel. "We
are doing our bit to help them and we wish them well."
Brig Samuel retired in 1962 and now lives in a 14th-century house
overlooking the forest. He added: "Some of our friends don't give a tinker's
button for the environment but we do and we admire what these young people
are doing."
The scale of the proposed development, by Rank, has caused widespread anger
in an area of outstanding natural beauty. It proposes 750 lodges for 4,500
holidaymakers, along with lakes, restaurants, a covered village square, a
nine-hole golf course and a "sub-tropical waterworld" on 550 acres.
Although Rank says that it has no immediate plans to develop the site, a
three-year battle against the plans has gone as far as the High Court.
The tree dwellers' leader, a London University graduate known as Blue, said:
"The legal process has now run its distance and we are here to prevent the
start of work. We believe we have a very good chance of seeing off the
development because it will be very, very difficult to winkle us out."
Blue, 22, was arrested alongside fellow protester Daniel Hooper, known as
"Swampy", during the eviction of the A30 squatters at Fairmile, Devon. Blue
has been served with an eviction notice by the Forestry Commission, which
owns the occupied land, which it has
contracted to sell to Rank.
The tree dwellers have circulated a "wish list" of equipment among the local
population and have been astonished by the response. Timber, pipes and
building materials have been supplied.
Barry Pinyon, 53, an engineer from nearby Elham, has joined them to advise
on the construction of underground bunkers and provide specialist welding
skills. "These are very courageous people," he said. "They have real guts
and are prepared to put their lives on the
line to halt this development."
But Rank's plan has vocal support from the Oasis Village Support Group. A
founder member, Joanne Rumsey, believes the leisure development will create
a lot of local jobs. "I am disgusted that these people are trying to prevent
this viable construction. They have got the totally wrong idea - an Oasis
village would make the forest more beautiful."
A Rank spokeswoman refused to comment on the protest itself, adding: "We do
not yet own the site which is being occupied, although we have an option to
buy it from the Forestry Commission. It is a matter for them, the police and
the local community."
A Forestry Commission spokesman said: "We are monitoring the situation with
the police on the possible need to use the possession order that we have
obtained through the courts. But if there is no escalation it is possible
that the order will not be used."
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 16:02:27 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Sharing sheep 'pass on success secrets'
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Sunday, April 27th, 1997
Sharing sheep 'pass on success secrets'
By Robert Matthews, Science Correspondent
REPORTS that sheep have been using commando-syle tactics to cross cattle
grids to greener pastures are being used to support a British biologist's
radical theory on animal behaviour.
Sheep near Bramshaw in the New Forest have been seen co-operating to get
into gardens. Some lie down on the cattle grids, making a "bridge" to allow
the others to cross. But since the 1980s, reports of similar behaviour have
come from Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales and the Malmoehus region of
Sweden, among other places.
Dr Rupert Sheldrake, a former research fellow at Cambridge University, says
this may not be coincidence but evidence of "morphic resonance", by which
creatures communicate the benefits of their experiences to others without
direct contact.
Most scientists regard the morphic resonance idea with suspicion. Nature
once described Dr Sheldrake's book on the subject as "fit for burning". But
he argues that evidence for its existence is mounting.
The most famous example is in blue tits' cream-drinking. "The first record
of this habit was from Southampton in 1921, and its spread was recorded at
regular intervals from 1930 to 1947," he said. "The spread accelerated, and
also appeared in Sweden, Denmark and
Holland. But tits do not usually venture far - 15 miles is exceptional."
He says morphic resonance can also affect humans. The rise in people's
scores in standardised IQ tests decade on decade could be seen to match his
predictions.
Readers with reports, past or present, of grid-beating sheep are invited to
contact Dr Sheldrake, c/o The Sunday Telegraph, 1 Canada Square, Canary
Wharf, London E14 5DT.
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 16:02:25 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Salmon spawns its way to a record
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Sunday, April 27th, 1997
Salmon spawns its way to a record
By Harry Pugh and Catherine Elsworth
SCIENTISTS have pieced together the life story of a salmon that returned to
its native river to spawn an unprecedented five times.
The vast majority of salmon die after just one spawning, but Big Mamma - so
christened by the bemused biologists who examined the 50lb fish - appears to
have defeated all the odds and survived to set a new record. On only three
occasions this century have fish been
recorded as returning to the same location to spawn a fourth time.
The seven-year-old fish was examined after it was found dead, its body
partially eaten, by a water bailiff patrolling the River Cothi at Edwinsford
in Carmarthenshire. Its reproductive life story emerged when its scales were
examined at the Environment Agency's fisheries laboratory in Llanelli.
Dave Mee, the Environment Agency's fisheries appraisal officer in Llanelli,
said: "This is quite an exceptional fish. The majority of salmon die after
spawning, with generally less than five per cent of the population returning
to spawn for a second time.
"People in the laboratory whooped with delight when we looked in the
microscope and realised that we had found the mother of all salmon. As far
as the records show, it has never happened before, even in Scotland where
the three fish that have spawned four times were
discovered."
Salmon are born in the headwaters of rivers and small streams and live for a
year in fresh water before heading out to sea for the waters around
Greenland. Although a homing instinct brings them back to their native river
to spawn, they do not feed on the journey upstream
which leaves them weak and vulnerable after laying their eggs. Their immune
system is destroyed and nearly all fall prey to fungal diseases and die. But
Big Mamma, which measured 48.5in, survived until she had been to sea and
journeyed home to lay her eggs for the fifth time.
Mr Mee said: "Because the salmon doesn't feed when it returns to fresh
water, the scales don't grow so you get a pattern like the rings on trees.
We could see this fish was seven years old and had come back to the little
river where it was born five times - escaping predators, nets, anglers,
poachers and the debilitating business of making its way upstream to the
spawning beds. This fish had been through it all. It really is an amazing
story."
As well as breaking records for the number of times it returned to spawn,
Big Mamma probably broke another record - for the number of eggs produced.
The scientists calculated a total of just under 26,000.
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:09:23 -0400
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 20:32:55 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Julie Beckham
To: myeh@osf1.gmu.edu
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Pigs In Taiwan
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Hello:
I hope that this is an appropriate posting to ar-news.
I just wanted to let you know that about a week or so ago, a reporter
from Taiwan called me regarding my letter to the Representative in
Washington DC. He said that he had seen the letter and wanted to know
how I learned of the situation. He then asked me if PETA was behind my
letter. I told him that I had received information from an email listing
and was writing as a person concerned over the inhumane and cruel
treatment of the pigs. He was very polite and said that the letter had
gotten attention. Of course, I haven't received any response, but I did
find it curious that he called me.
Julie
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Ming-Lee Yeh
To: allen schubert
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: (TW)PETA--PIGS BEATEN, ELECTROCUTED, AND BURIED ALIVE IN
TAIWAN
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Dear PETA and all friends,
Thank you for your support to the animals in Taiwan. The Life
Conservationists Association (LCA) in Taiwan very much appreciates what
you have done.
Acctually, President Lee is an expert in agriculture economy. As we
understand from all media, what he and his government is more considering
about how to rescue the pork markets rather than other issues related to
this disease. However, the experiences tells is that his government does
care about the international images of Taiwan. So we always believe that
international voice will help any animal rights activities within that
island.
All supports and voices are most appreciated. And we do wish the
international continues to support. In addition, we also want to know how
President Lee and his government respond your appeals. By this way, the
LCA is able to judge which strategy is more effective in the future.
Please let us know any response that you receive from Taiwanese
government. Thank you for your help!
Minglee Yeh
Representative in the US
Life Conservationists Association of Taiwan
myeh@osf1.gmu.edu
tel/fax/: 703-2041858
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:21:31 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Longs Drugs Selling Live Fish
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posted for arln@shell2.ba.best.com:
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Longs Drugs stores in California are selling small plastic cube-shaped
aquariums, each holding three tiny live fish, marketed under the name
"Aqua Babies."
Not only is Longs supporting the taking of animals from their natural
home environments and placing them in captivity, but the drug store
chain has to be responsible for the fish while they sit on store
shelves, waiting to be sold at $13 a pop.
I suggest talking to your local Longs drug store manager to express your
objection to their selling live animals, calling Longs customer service
at 510/937-1170, reporting the situation to your local humane society,
and contacting Aqua Babies directly.
Thanks for your support.
Beth Brown
Animal Rights Lobbying Network
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:24:02 -0400 (EDT)
>From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fwd: Seized Ivory Was Headed For Asia
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In a message dated 97-04-28 17:36:00 EDT, AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net writes:
<< Subj:Seized Ivory Was Headed For Asia
Date:97-04-28 17:36:00 EDT
From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
.c The Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) - Asian ivory carvers may be looking for new
contraband ivory imports as they run out of old, legal tusks, the
World Wildlife Fund said Monday, calling for stricter global
enforcement of laws against the trade.
Twenty-one tons of ivory seized between 1989, when trade in
tusks was banned, and 1996 was destined for Asian countries, the
WWF said.
Asian markets legally can use only pre-ban ivory stocks, but
``these stocks may have been supplemented by smuggled ivory,'' it
said, adding that it is impossible to know for sure because little
information is available on ivory carvers and their stockpiles.
A survey of eight countries and territories - China, Hong Kong,
Japan, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand - found
them inadequately equipped to deal with illegal ivory imports.
The survey was conducted by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade
monitoring program of WWF and The World Conservation Union.
``Enforcement of international ivory trade restrictions must be
improved worldwide, but especially in East Asia where markets
remain active,'' the WWF said.
It said there were indications that Asian-run ivory processing
businesses were operating in at least 12 African countries,
including Kenya, Zaire and South Africa.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
adopted a ban on world ivory trading in 1989 to save Africa's
dwindling elephant population. >>
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Forwarded message:
>From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
Date: 97-04-28 17:36:00 EDT
.c The Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) - Asian ivory carvers may be looking for new
contraband ivory imports as they run out of old, legal tusks, the
World Wildlife Fund said Monday, calling for stricter global
enforcement of laws against the trade.
Twenty-one tons of ivory seized between 1989, when trade in
tusks was banned, and 1996 was destined for Asian countries, the
WWF said.
Asian markets legally can use only pre-ban ivory stocks, but
``these stocks may have been supplemented by smuggled ivory,'' it
said, adding that it is impossible to know for sure because little
information is available on ivory carvers and their stockpiles.
A survey of eight countries and territories - China, Hong Kong,
Japan, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand - found
them inadequately equipped to deal with illegal ivory imports.
The survey was conducted by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade
monitoring program of WWF and The World Conservation Union.
``Enforcement of international ivory trade restrictions must be
improved worldwide, but especially in East Asia where markets
remain active,'' the WWF said.
It said there were indications that Asian-run ivory processing
businesses were operating in at least 12 African countries,
including Kenya, Zaire and South Africa.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
adopted a ban on world ivory trading in 1989 to save Africa's
dwindling elephant population.
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:46:50 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Not a pig in a poke ( xenotransplants )
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from CNN web page:
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Not a pig in a poke
Genetic engineering could overcome
rejection problems
April 28, 1997
Web posted at: 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT)
From Medical Correspondent Andrew Holtz
DURHAM, North Carolina (CNN) -- There's no
question that organ transplants can save lives.
The problem has always been that there are not
enough organs to save every patient who needs one.
But medical science may have come up with a
solution -- xenotransplants, which involve taking
organs from animals and giving them to people.
The few patients who have received animal
transplants in the past have only lived a few
weeks because anti-rejection drugs couldn't stop
their immune systems from attacking the organs.
But researchers at Duke University believe genetic
engineering technology now being developed may
change that.
In Duke's labs, and at other labs in the United
States and Britain, pigs are being genetically
altered before birth so that their organs will
masquerade as human organs if transplanted.
The idea, says Duke's Dr. Jeffrey Platt,
is to overcome the "foreignness" of
animal organs and tissues that lead humans to
reject them. If that hurdle can be cleared, there
could someday be enough organs to save people who
now perish while waiting for transplants.
"Patients are dying every day, thousands of
patients every year, and it's that question which
we are hastening to answer," Platt said.
Animal transplants do raise questions
But researchers will also have to answer questions
about whether such transplants could create new
problems, such as, could they be transplanting a
porcine disease to the organ recipient that could
then be spread to others?
Advocates point out that the pigs they [Surgery]
intend to use are raised in protected
environments. And because people already have
extensive contacts with pigs, any diseases that
could cross over probably already have, the
experts say.
Researchers are confident they can eventually
overcome technical hurdles. But a bigger obstacle
to widespread use of animal organs may be public
reluctance. After all, the idea of transplanting a
heart from a pig to a person tends to grab people
in ways that go beyond mere science.
Even some patients who have been waiting for a
lifesaving transplant say they aren't particularly
eager to have an animal organ working inside them.
But then, as one patient put it, "given the chance
to live and see my grandchildren grow up, I would
take it."
Platt and other researchers say they have no doubt
that animal organs will someday save human lives.
They say they're now at the dress rehearsal stage,
with curtain ready to rise on a new era in organ
transplants.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:00:25 -0400 (EDT)
>From: SMatthes@aol.com
To:
Subject: Where did all the Animal Rights News go???
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The "e-mail box" used to be chocked full of items from the AR News
subscribers. For the past few weeks there have only been a few vegetarian
subjects -- surely the world of animal rights has not changed overnight.
What happened?? Where did everybody go??? No issues?? Weird!!
Sarasota In Defense of Animals
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:09:54 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: AR-News Admin Note
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A regular posting.......
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Also...here are some websites with info on internet resources for Veg and
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World Guide to Vegetarianism--Internet
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:11:59 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Rescuers look for pets left behind in flood
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from CNN web page:
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Rescuers look for pets left behind in flood
10-foot python
reunited with owner
April 27, 1997
Web posted at: 11:50 p.m. EDT (0350 GMT)
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minnesota (CNN) -- The worst
flood in 500 years in the upper Great Plains has
taken a fearful toll on livestock and wildlife.
But a handful of volunteers is doing their best to
save household pets.
They are members of an animal rescue response team
put together by the U.S. Humane Society. The team
-- numbering about 20 -- come from all over the
United States. They spend their days riding in
small boats and wading through flooded homes
looking for frightened, hungry and sometimes
uncooperative pets.
While it is hard for most pet owners to imagine
leaving their animals behind, in many cases the
residents in the Red River Valley were given only
a few minutes to pack and leave their homes.
10-foot python reunited with owner
"We had to decide whether
to take the dogs or the cats," said one woman. "We
took the dogs."
The team was able to rescue her cats later, but
not everyone is so lucky. In one East Grand Forks
home, searchers found two adult cats alive, but
three of their kittens had drowned and a fourth
was missing.
Under sunny skies Sunday,
two members of the team rescued six cats and a
10-foot Burmese python by mid-afternoon. The
animals were taken to a temporary shelter in East
Grand Forks where they were reunited with their
owners, including the beaming owner of the snake.
"She's cold!" the woman said as the colorful snake
emerged in thick, heavy coils. "She's cold!"
But she was alive and safe, and she left for her
temporary new home tucked safely away in a strong
white bag.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:12:19 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) please distribute: Yerkes
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from private e-mail:
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CALLS NEEDED FOR JAILED AND BEATEN ACTIVISTS!!!
I just got a call from Cathy in Atlanta. The Yerkes demo turned the
woonds surrounding the primate center into a war zone. Police shot tear
gas granades from launchers into activist's backs where they exploded.
On CNN Headline News, activists are seen throwing a metal barricade
through a cop car's windows, struggling to get the barricades out of the
cops hands, and getting tear gased and maced. They are running this
footage about every half hour if you want to try and catch it.
Eight women were arrested on Felony charges of "incitement to riot." All
of the other activist have refused to leave their confinement in the
jail until everyone -- the eight women included -- are released. The
women are to be arraigned on Monday.
However, they palyed with Sue McCrosky's head by seperating her from the
other activists and then told her everyone had been released. When she
was released, she saw their lies for what they were -- however it
screwed the abusers over because now she's giving interviews to all the
media.
So here are the numbers to call!!!
The numbers below are important numbers that the jailed activist's
scammed.
This first one is from the desk outside of their cells so they will be
able to SEE it ring -- please call it to let them know how much we love
them!
404-298-8222
Also call the:
Main Office: 404-298-8000
Jail Info Line: 404-298-8500
Civil Process Unit: 404-371-2428
Tell the cops you saw it all on CNN and our outraged at the brutal
treatment of these fine people with the courage to stand up to these
abusers... blah, blah, blah, you know the story!
NOW GET CALLING!!!
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:17:16 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) the London AR connection...
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Hi!
On Tuesday the 29'th of April (tomorrow) @ 7:30 pm, Toni Vernelli,
International speaker on Animal Rights will be in Concord, MA
First Parish Hall
20 Lexington Rd.
Concord center 369-9602
If you get off rt. 2 at rt. 62 east, head into concord center, at
the rotary by the big flagpole, take a right onto Lexington Rd.
First parish is the 1'st building on the right and has a gold dome.
Toni really delivers the message, and is a very moving speaker.
See you there!
John
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:27:41 -0400
>From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Oklahoma City Leaopard Kills Woman
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from AP Wire page:
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04/28/1997 21:02 EST
Oklahoma City Leaopard Kills Woman
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A leopard burst out of its cage at an animal
sanctuary and
killed a woman Monday morning, then escaped into a rural area where
sharpshooters were sent to hunt it down.
Sheriff John Whetsel said the woman was attacked in a fenced run at the
Oak Hill
Center for Rare and Endangered Species. The 60- to 70-pound leopard
apparently
used its weight to force open its locked cage to get into the run.
The body of the 52-year-old woman was found by her son, who works at the
center.
Her name was not released.
``All I can say is, it was a savage attack,'' Whetsel said.
The center rehabilitates injured exotic animals before returning them to
zoos around
the country. Whetsel said it was licensed by the state Wildlife Department
and U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and that he knew of no previous problems.
Whetsel said officers searching for the leopard were ordered to shoot to
kill.
``Our concern is once an animal kills a human, it has a propensity to do
it again.
We're not going to take any chances,'' Whetsel said.
Officers went door to door warning residents in lightly populated far
northeastern
Oklahoma County. Whetsel urged them not to try to hunt the animal
themselves.
``It's quick and silent and very deadly.''
A police helicopter circled overhead using an infrared scanner until 5:30
p.m.
Officers remained around the Oak Hill Center after dark in hopes the cat
would
return.
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 22:49:12 -0400
>From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: Veg-Teen@envirolink.org
Subject: Gelatin
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Subject: (US) Can Gelatin Transmit "Mad Cow"?
from Yahoo news page:
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Monday April 28 2:00 PM EDT
Can Gelatin Transmit "Mad Cow"?
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- "Mad cow" disease, the fatal neurological
disorder that afflicts cattle in the U.K., is suspected of causing a
similar fatal and incurable disease in a handful of people in England,
Scotland, and other European countries -- who may have contracted
the disease by eating contaminated beef.
Now an advisory committee of the US Food and Drug Administration
(US FDA) is taking a second look at whether gelatin, a ubiquitous
product derived from the skin, bones and connective tissue of
pigs and cows, can potentially be contaminated with the agent
that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or
"mad cow" disease.
Gelatin is a thickening agent used in many consumer goods,
including candy, lozenges, yogurt, frozen desserts, canned meats,
icings and frosting, as well as a stabilizing agent in drugs, vaccines,
and cosmetics.
In an effort to prevent the transmission of BSE, in 1992 the FDA called
for a ban on the use of cow products from countries where BSE occurs.
However, because gelatin is not derived from brain or spinal cord tissue --
the most likely carriers of BSE -- the substance was thought to be safe,
and was exempted from the ban.
But during the meetings this week, the FDA advisory committee
voted 10 to 3 to change the status of the additive, which was
previously regarded as "generally recognized as safe (GRAS)."
"After hearing the evidence, weighing newer scientific information
and thoroughly discussing the issues, the majority of committee members
concluded that the exemption of gelatin from BSE countries should not
continue," they reported.
A series of steps are used to obtain gelatin, including heat treatment to
kill any infectious agents. But it's not clear if such treatments are
effective
against BSE, noted the committee. And it is thought to take years for the
disease to develop after exposure to the agent.
There have been no cases of human neurological disorder linked to
gelatin and there have been no reported or confirmed cases of BSE in
cattle in the U.S., noted Patricia Shafer, a spokesperson for Kraft Foods,
Inc.
in Northfield, Illinois and the manufacturer of Jell-O, a gelatin-based
product.
"We are very confident in our gelatin supply for several reasons," she said.
"One is that the FDA itself has said and continues to say that the
U.S. gelatin supply is safe."
"Our gelatin is made in the U.S. and the material for it is primarily from
the U.S." Shafer said. "The (raw animal material) is sourced from
either the U.S. or BSE-free countries, so we feel very confident both
in our product as well as the gelatin-manufacturing process in general."
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