AR-NEWS Digest 683

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Wolves blamed for reducing domestic reinder herds in Siberia
     by Andrew Gach 
  2) Of mice and women
     by Andrew Gach 
  3) Jane Goodall in the news
     by Andrew Gach 
  4) [US-WI] "UW, County Edge Close To Deal On Monkeys' Future" (TCT-030398)
     by Steve Barney 
  5) Nashville Sewer Worker Non-reply on labrador 17 (fwd)
     by Pat Fish 
  6) WILD TIGERS
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
  7) UPDATE ON DOG ABDUCTION
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
  8) LOVING AND ADOPTING/DOG ABDUCTION
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
  9) GENDER BENDERS
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 10) BACK FROM EXTINCTION
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 11) RAMPAGING MONKEYS
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 12) (UK)Press Release from IFAW
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 13) (Aust)Appeal-for Australian RCD conference attendee
     by bunny 
 14) (US) NYC Conference: The Violence Connection-3/24/98
     by Marisul 
 15) Charlize Theron against fur
     by 2033491 <2033491@campus.uab.es>
 16) SCRUFFY Update from Stacy in Missouri.
     by LexAnima 
 17) MD Alert: Legislation to Protect Elephants
     by Michael Markarian 
 18) (UK) World day for Animals 
     by "Gudrun Ensslin" 
 19) The Dance of Death video
     by "Zoocheck Canada Inc." 
 20) Re: (US) Florida -- steel traps
     by SMatthes 
 21) Macon, Mo., Animal Dealer Settles with USDA for $15,000
     by Wyandotte Animal Group 
 22) Chatsworth, Calif., Animal Exhibitors Settle With USDA for
  $5,000
     by Wyandotte Animal Group 
 23) USDA and Scotts Valley, Calif., Animal Exhibitor Settle
     by Wyandotte Animal Group 
 24) Looking for reciprocal links
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 25) WOLF KILLED
     by ar-admin@envirolink.org
 26) Pit Bull Rescue #'s needed
     by NOVENA ANN 
 27) (US) EPA Livestock Pollution Plan
     by allen schubert 
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:28:07 -0800
From: Andrew Gach 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Wolves blamed for reducing domestic reinder herds in Siberia
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Wolves, wild reindeer reduce domestic herds in Siberia

The Associated Press 
MOSCOW, March 4, 1998

Reindeer breeders in northeastern Siberia voiced alarm Wednesday over
the shrinking numbers of the animals they depend on for food and
clothing.

Breeders representing more than 500 reindeer farms gathered for a
meeting in Anadyr, the capital of the Chukotka autonomous region, about
4,700 miles northeast of Moscow. They said their combined flocks had
declined from 500,000 animals a few years ago to 150,000 today, the
ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

Some 30,000 animals were lost in 1997 alone, they said. Valery Dzirkala,
press secretary for the region, said wolves had killed more than 12,000
reindeer last year.

Migrating wild reindeer had also taken a toll by "luring" domestic
reindeer to join their herds, ITAR-Tass said.
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:34:52 -0800
From: Andrew Gach 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Of mice and women
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Better wombs may improve intelligence, report suggests

Reuters News Service 
LONDON, March 4, 1998

Genes may not be the only factor in determining intelligence -- better
wombs can produce smarter children, New Scientist magazine said on
Wednesday.

Victor Denenberg and colleagues at the University of Connecticut in
Storrs and the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, found that
genetically identical mouse embryos implanted in different wombs
performed mental tasks at different levels.

"Denenberg thinks that the difference could be due to some subtle
biochemical factors in the uterus," the magazine said.

The scientists say the research is the first to clearly implicate the
womb in a child's long-term cognitive abilities and could have important
implications for maternal health, surrogate motherhood and the
development of artificial wombs.

"Maybe we ought to think more seriously about the physiology of
gestation," Denenberg told the magazine. "Are there ways to prepare a
non-pregnant uterus for pregnancy?"

Research on identical twins separated at birth and raised apart had
previously led scientists to suspect that development in the womb
affected intelligence, but Denenberg's study on mice offers further
evidence of a link.

The researchers used a genetically identical group of mouse embryos
suffering from an auto-immune disease similar to lupus in humans. They
transplanted one third of the embryos in mice without the disease and
another third in the wombs of other auto-immune mice.

The mice were raised by mothers not affected by the disease and, after
they were weaned, Denenberg and his team put them through a battery of
five learning tests.

"All the mice showed competence in learning, but in four of the five
tests, the mice that developed in the womb of a mouse with no
auto-immune disease did better -- even if they had inherited the brain
abnormalities associated with the auto-immune disease," the magazine
said.
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:46:11 -0800
From: Andrew Gach 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
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Jane Goodall moves from jungle to city to save her beloved chimps

The Christian Science Monitor 
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 4, 1998 

In the summer of 1960, a young Englishwoman arrived on the shores of
Lake Tanganyika, in Tanzania. She was then a virtual unknown, just
beginning a pioneering study of wild chimpanzees that would, in time,
make her the subject of National Geographic specials and a household
name worldwide.

In the 38 years since, Jane Goodall has spent most of her life immersed
in the remote African jungle working with her beloved chimpanzees - the
longest study of any group of wild animals in history, and arguably the
most famous. But encroaching civilization and a dramatic loss of
chimpanzee habitat have forced her to spend more and more time away from
her "jungle paradise" in an attempt to save what forest is left.

When she first arrived in Africa, 1 million to 2 million chimpanzees
thrived across the lush equatorial belt. Now best estimates say only
250,000 remain in the patches of fragmented forest. Deforestation due to
large-scale logging and local villagers' need for firewood is rapidly
destroying the chimpanzee habitat. Poaching of chimps by hunters for
trophies and meat is further eroding their numbers.

The fight to halt their loss has brought Dr. Goodall to the Washington
area, where in late January she officially moved the headquarters of the
institute that bears her name and assembled a savvy and experienced team
to help launch her work onto a new stage. The move is just the latest,
and most visible, step in the evolution of her career from isolated
field work to that of international advocate for environmental issues.

Goodall says she didn't seek the notoriety of the world stage; she would
have been just as happy to spend the rest of her career in the jungle
with her chimpanzees. But "Dr. Jane," as she's known to her staff and
friends, says the very survival of her chimps dictated that she begin
taking a hand in addressing the destruction of their habitat - finding
solutions to the causes of that destruction rather than just trying to
relieve the symptoms.

"It came to me suddenly in a flash of light, like Paul on the road to
Damascus," she says. "And from that point on I have not been more than
three weeks in one place consecutively."

She quickly discovered that trying to arrest the degradation and erosion
of the chimpanzee habitat depended as much on meeting the needs of the
people living on the margins of the habitat as it did on meeting the
needs of the chimps.

"If you want to save a species, you need to save the habitat; if you
want to save the habitat, you have to bring people into the equation and
look to their needs," she says. "The two cannot be separated. If all the
chimpanzees are suffering and all the forests are disappearing, then
people are suffering, too."

Initially, Goodall worked locally, working with the 30 or so villages
around Gombe National Park, her main research area. Through the Jane
Goodall Institute, she began teaching community-based conservation and
environmental education, and established natural-resource management
projects.

Today, through one project called TACARE (Tanganyika Catchment
Reforestation and Education), the institute is raising the standard of
living of local residents by planting fast-growing timber for firewood,
fruit trees, and vegetables, while promoting reforestation and curbing
soil erosion. There are now tree nurseries in 27 of the nearby villages.

"We make use of the local people to help us in our research and give
them as many jobs as we can to boost the local economy and buy what we
can locally," she says. "In Congo, where our biggest sanctuary is, we
have built a little school for the children. So in addition to them
being glad that we're there, because we help them, they also get a
chance to see what amazing beings the chimpanzees are and begin to see
them as more than wild animals or a source of meat."

But Goodall found it wasn't enough to work just with the surrounding
villages. She needed to educate and build support with the African
central governments, to provide them with economic incentives such as
ecotourism.

But she soon discovered that even that didn't go far enough - that she
needed to launch her campaign on the international stage as well.

"So many of Africa's problems are linked to economic needs - sometimes
greed - of the developed world," she says. "And you gradually realize
that as you move out in these ever-widening circles, that it's all
interlinked."

Putting her institute on stronger footing to meet a global challenge was
a key factor in Goodall's decision to move its headquarters to the
Washington area. She also hired William Kaschak as executive director.
Kaschak has broad managerial experience, a PhD in cultural anthropology,
and was a foreign service officer for the United States Agency for
International Development (AID) for 23 years. In addition, he has broad
Washington experience, something Goodall lacks.

"Bill Kaschak brings a lot to the table," says David Miller, executive
director of the Corporate Council on Africa. "His knowledge and contacts
in the development community dovetail nicely with Goodall's strengths.
He's a known Washington commodity, a respected insider who can provide
her with access to important people and help her stand out from the
crowd seeking development dollars."

Miller's organization seeks to build working relationships between
American corporations and commercial interests and their African
counterparts, in an effort to expand U.S. private sector investment in
Africa. This will help open new markets for U.S. goods and services, and
empower Africa's private sector in the process.

Miller says Goodall has a rare ability to see possibilities in any
situation - and is willing to explore them with an open mind.

"She sees the whole picture and works with everyone," he says. "She's
not an antagonist; she challenges people and companies to do the right
thing, to do the best they can, but she understands the equilibrium
between the environmentalists and commercial development. She's able to
work with commercial interests in order to ensure that the environment
lasts"

And her timing could not be better, he says. Corporate interest in
Africa is rising dramatically. In 1993, Miller's Corporate Council on
Africa had three members. Now, it has grown to 170, and includes giants
like Coca-Cola, General Motors, IBM, Citibank, and General Electric.

In addition to successfully straddling the environmental and business
communities - and with an eye firmly on the horizon - Goodall has also
established "Roots and Shoots" in schools and universities in 38 US
states and 30 other countries worldwide. Its goal is to educate a new
generation and empower young people to launch "constructive service"
projects in their own communities through hands-on learning, global
networking, and constructive action.

Phil Jones, a natural-resource management specialist with US AID's
Africa Bureau, says Goodall is leaving no stone unturned in her efforts
to save the environment. "The amazing thing is that this woman, who
spent most of her adult life in the remote jungle with chimpanzees,
should have such a clear vision for the 21st century," he says. "Some
scientists just study one thing and that's their life, but she sees and
understands it all ... and on top of that has the people skills to
become one of the most effective spokespersons
for the environment the world has right now."

By DUNCAN MOON, The Christian Science Monitor
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 23:51:43 -0600
From: Steve Barney 
To: AR-News 
Subject: [US-WI] "UW, County Edge Close To Deal On Monkeys' Future" (TCT-030398)
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[Belated news]

"UW, County Edge Close To Deal On Monkeys' Future"
By Jason Shepard, Correspondent for The Capital Times
The Capital Times
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Tuesday, March 3, 1998

-- Beginning --

UW, COUNTY EDGE CLOSE TO DEAL ON MONKEYS' FUTURE 

By Jason Shepard 
Correspondent for The Capital Times  

Tense negotiations between the UW and Dane County officials continue
today, but indications suggest that 50 unique stump-tailed macaques will
remain at the Henry Vilas Zoo.

 The other 100 University of Wisconsin monkeys at the zoo will likely be
sent to a Texas sanctuary, where they will be safe from invasive
research projects.

 The deal, offered by the UW-Madison late Monday night, is a
modification of County Executive Kathleen Falk's proposal that the
university reportedly rejected last week. Monkey supporters say the plan
is what they have been asking for all along.

 County officials this morning were scrambling to advance a
counteroffer.

 ``Kathleen is proposing some modifications to the UW's offer,'' said
Topf Wells, an aide to Falk. ``We think they make perfect sense and we
hope the university will be able to agree with them.''

 If the county has a deal by this afternoon, the Alliance for Animals
said it will drop its court action to block the UW from shipping the
monkeys out of state. That injunction request was scheduled to be
presented today before Circuit Judge Robert DeChambeau.

 ``I would say the university has come a long way in the negotiations,''
first lady Sue Ann Thompson told The Capital Times late Monday night.

 ``It looks like the best of both worlds for the monkeys, something
we've wanted all along.''

 Gov. Tommy Thompson and his wife have lobbied for weeks on behalf of
the monkeys. Sue Ann Thompson is featured in a prominent public service
announcement on Madison broadcasts urging people to donate money for the
monkeys' future.

 ``These monkeys are a valuable asset not only to Dane County but to the
entire state,'' she said Monday. ``I think the county and the
university, when all is said and done, will do what is best for the
monkeys.''

 She said she hoped, and expected, the county would approve the offer
sometime today.

 Tina Kaske, executive director of the Madison-based Alliance for
Animals, said, ``I'll be much more relieved when I see it in writing and
everything is finalized. But I'm very glad, even though it was at the
last minute, that we're doing what we know is right.''

 Kaske and her organization have raised more than $20,000 for the
monkeys so far, and the Monkey Protection Fund at Firstar banks in Dane
County continues to grow, she said.

 Negotiations over the future of the monkeys went late into the night
Monday. UW officials released a detailed statement about 9:30 p.m.
saying they had extended their deadline for the county until today.

 The deadline is for the county to decide whether it wants to take over
the round monkey house at the zoo, something the UW has owned and
operated for the past 35 years. A major advance was the announcement
that UW Graduate School Dean Virginia Hinshaw had agreed that the UW
would help pay for the stump-tailed macaques to remain in Madison.

 Under the proposal -- to be accepted or declined by the county later
today -- the UW and the county would jointly fund the zoo exhibit. The
latest plan, modified by UW officials late Monday night, calls for:
 *The 100 rhesus monkeys to be shipped to a primate sanctuary in Texas,
as suggested by the Alliance for Animals, if funds can be raised to
support the transfer within 60 days.
 *The stump-tails to remain at the zoo, funded by a partnership
including the UW, the county and private sponsors.
 *The UW to give the county $60,000 as a buyout of the 1963 lease
agreement that commits the UW to the zoo facility until 2003.
 *The county to pay for all costs for the stump-tails associated with
food, supplies and utilities beginning Jan. 1, 1999.
 *The UW to provide all staffing, veterinary care and building
maintenance until March 3, 1999. From March 3, 1999 to April 30, 2002,
the county may purchase the veterinary and staffing services from UW
employees on a cost-recovery basis, and after April 30, 2002, the UW and
the county may agree to extend the purchase of these services on a
cost-recovery basis.

 Part of the deal includes holding the county responsible for any
injuries to the public from the stump-tails beginning Jan. 1. The
university had voiced public health concerns about the animals as
carriers of the herpes B virus.

 Earlier in the day Monday, officials were less optimistic that a deal
would be struck, and reports from Primate Research Center sources that
moving trucks had been dispatched to the zoo -- slated for departure for
Louisiana on Wednesday loaded with the 100 rhesus monkeys -- had
activists in a fury.

 ``We're sitting here with a safe home for the rhesus. We are willing to
pay for it. We've answered all their questions. And what is the
university's response? They get the trucks ready to ship the monkeys to
Tulane. This is ridiculous,'' Kaske fumed.

-- End --

More info on the UW-Madison monkey scandal is available at:

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

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 04:53:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: Pat Fish 
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In regards to the municipal employee who killed that puppy, this is the
reply I got:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:08:56 -0600
From: Office of the Mayor 
Subject: labrador 17

Dear Mr. Fish:

As the Mayor was not available to respond to your e-mail, he asked that I
respond to your message

Thank you for sharing your comments with Mayor Bredesen's office.  The
Department of Water and Sewer is aware of the matter and investigating the
incident regarding the Labrador Retriever and the Metro Water employee. 
Appropriate action will be taken once all the facts are available
surrounding this case. 

Again, thank you for sharing your comments with our office and please feel
free to contact Mayor Bredsen's office if I can be of any assistance in the
future. 

Warmest regards,
Don Sexton
Staff Assistant





Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:13:02 -0500
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER COLORADO
Monday, February 2, 1998

Science Section
By RMN Wire Reports
science@denver-rmn.com

WILD TIGERS KILLED FOR MEDICINE

NEW YORK-
The world's few wild tigers are being poached for use in illegal medicines
available in many specialty stores and herbal shops, conservationists say.

The open sale of tiger bone, a reputed treatment for arthritis and rheumatism,
is most common in North America, according to the World Wildlife Fund and the
Wildlife Conservation Society.  The two groups conducted a 6-month undercover
investigation.


Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:14:14 -0500
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO
March 4, 1998, Wednesday

TRAIN KILLED TWO DOGS, ENGINEER SAYS
By Michael O'Keeffe
Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

ADAMS COUNTY-
Investigators believe two dogs found multilated in a field Sunday were hit by
a train.

Railroad crews told Adams County Sheriff's Department detectives Tuesday that
they saw a train hit the boxers, Ariel, 4, and Jake, 7, on February 20th.

Several crews working in the north end of the railroad yard near East 58th
Avenue and Pecos Street spotted the boxers on the railroad tracks, Adams
County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Mike Kercheval said.

"They tried to chase them off, but for some reason, the dogs would not get off
the track," Kercheval said.  "It's hard to stop a train, or anything that
moves with that much weight."

The engineer confirmed Tuesday that his train hit the boxers, Kercheval said.

The crews moved the multilated bodies of the dogs to a nearby field and
reported the accident to their supervisors.

"Everybody apparently thought this was taken care of," Kercheval said.  "With
the cold weather we had since then, the bodies have been well preserved."

The animal's bodies were discovered Sunday by a man walking his dog.
(How sad.  It's somewhat comforting to know that this wasn't done by some
scumbag but it's still a heartbreaking tradegy-Ed.)


Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:14:28 -0500
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO
Wednesday, March 4, 1998

FROM THE ROCKY TALK SECTION-VIEWS FROM THE MILE HIGH CITY

IF LOVING A PET IS HEAVENLY, ADOPTING ONE IS DIVINE
By Kim Franke-Folstad

If it's true that when they die, all dogs go to heaven, then surely Ariel and
Jake are there by now.

Perhaps Barbara Vetter--and the many dog lovers who have been following the
story of her two missing boxers--can find some solace in that.

I wonder if, like me, they will also find some comfort in the knowledge that
Vetter's dogs were probably killed by a run-in with a train instead of by a
person.

Dead is dead, I guess, and it's sad, no matter how Ariel and Jake died.
Somehow, though, it's easier to accept this whole thing as a terrible accident
than to picture someone stealing a woman's dogs, then mutilating them and
dumping their damaged bodies in a field.

Mostly, I like the idea of those two dogs spending their last moments together
playing, that they literally didn't know what hit them, and that they weren't
tortured or afraid.

But there's more to it than that.

Maybe it's selfish, but as a dog owner, it was downright scary to be reminded,
once again, that there are people out there who would purposely harm someone's
beloved pets.

It's frightening how easy it would be for a stranger to open our gate, slip
into our backyard and feed poison to our beagle.  Or to take her from our home
with plans to sell her, or pit her against more vicious animals for money, or
tendering her multilated carcass to the devil as some sort of strange
sacrifice. How offering up another person's pet can be counted as a
"sacrifice" is a concept that has always been beyond my understanding.

Whenever I hear stories like this latest one, it makes me nervous about
letting our dog, Scout, out in the yard for more than five minutes without
putting a can of Mace in her paw and tucking a stun gun into her collar.

Try telling her that, though.

Scout likes the house, but she owns the yard.  To keep her shut inside all day
long--denying her the freedom to chase squirrels, mangle the fence around the
vegetable garden and sunbathe on the deck at her leisure--would be a different
kind of crime.

And so I am relieved to learn that this time, at least, it probably wasn't a
bad guy who was to blame for the tragedy, but simply a bad day.

As always, I'm hoping there won't be a next time.

My heart goes out to Barbara Vetter.

She has lost two good friends, and she may never know what exactly happened to
them from the time they disappeared from her backyard to the day a jogger
found them dead a week and a half later.

I can certainly understand why so far she's turned down those who have offered
her dogs to help her fill the void left by Ariel and Jake.  But I hope she can
bring herself to try again.

She could decide to take in another pair of purebred boxers.

Or maybe, this time, she could consider loving a cat.  I can't say for sure if
all cats go to heaven.  But I truly believe that all cat owners should.
(Amen,)

Then again, she might find heaven right here on Earth the way my family did:
by taking in a sweet stray hound that needs her as much as she needs it.

Kim Franke-Folstad can be reached at (303) 892-5406 or kfranke1@aol.com


Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:16:03 -0500
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEW
DENVER, COLORADO
Monday, February 2, 1998

>From the Earthwatch: Diary of a Planet Section

By the Universal Press Syndicate

GENDER BENDERS

Pollution and human waste appear to be causing the majority of male roach, one
Britian's most common freshwater fish, to undergo sex changes.  A study by
Brunel University revealed that 100 percent of the male roach examined in two
rivers, the Nene and Aire, showed signs of feminization.  In the worst case,
large parts of the fish's sperm producing testes had turned into egg-making
ovary tissue.  This is the first time that feminization of male fish has been
attributed to factory discharges.  Earlier studies have linked fish sex
changes to human and synthetic estrogen released into waterways through
sewage.


Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:16:18 -0500
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO
Monday, February 2, 1998

>From the Earthwatch: Diary of a Planet Section
By Universal Press Syndicate

BACK FROM EXTINCTION

A huge colony of an Australian wallaby thought to be extinct for most of this
century was discovered on an island off the coast of New Zealand's North
Island.  A colony of 2,000 wallabies, known locally as damas, were positively
identified as descendants of Australia's lost tammar wallaby by using genetic
marking techniques.  

A massive cull of the animals in Australia during the 1920s wiped out the
marsupials in their native habitat, but a few that had been transplanted to
Kawau Island in the late 1800s by a former governor of South Australia thrived
in the isolated environment.  Australian wildlife authorities are exploring
the possibility of bringing the tammar home.


Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:16:32 -0500
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO

EARTHWATCH: Diary of a Planet
Science Section
science@denver-rmn.com
Universal Press Syndicate

MONKEY ATTACKS

A pack of wild monkeys swooped down on a Japanese seaside resort, injuring 26
people in a broad-daylight attack that has left animal experts baffled.  A
spokesman for th town Ito, 63 miles SW of Tokyo, said that the animals
targeted only women, especially the elderly.

In one case, a monkey opened a door and bit a woman who was inside her house.

Authorities used loud speakers to warn residents of the monkey danger as local
hunters were being recruited to scare the animals back into the mountains with
air rifles.  One expert theorized that recent heavy snows in the high country
may have sent the moneys to lower elevations in search for food.  All of those
bitten received injections for rabies.


Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:56:41 -0500
From: ar-admin@envirolink.org
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK)Press Release from IFAW
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980305065641.0068756c@envirolink.org>
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posted for crystal1@capecod.net (truddi lawlor)
------------------------------------------
March 2, 1998

                          LOCAL PEOPLE STILL WANT 
                          HUNTING WITH DOGS BANNED

Local people are opposed to hunting with dogs as much as ever despite
the organizers of the countryside march in London at the weekend
having tried to hi-jack rural concerns for their own ends.

Sixty three percent of people living in or near the countryside
support Michael Foster's Bill to ban hunting, according to the results
of a new MORI poll released on March 1. In towns more than 70% of
people support the ban.

"The march was about a wide range of country issues, and the fact is
most people throughout the UK, whether in rural communities or towns
want the cruelty of hunting with dogs to be ended," said Cindy
Milburn, the UK Director of IFAW, which has about half a million
supporters in Britain.

"Independent figures revealed that about 142,000 people were on the
march, but their main concerns are about building on green belt land,
farming and other rural matters. Although many of us are concerned
about a range of rural issues, that does not change the fact that
hunting is opposed by the vast majority in all parts of the country."

The Foster Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday of this week
for its Third Reading, when if successful it would move on to the
Lords. 

"In November 411 MPs provided a landslide victory for the Bill at the
Second Reading. Opinions have not changed since then and the ban
should go ahead if democracy is going to be served and the majority
desire for an end to the cruelty is to be recognised," added Cindy
Milburn.


For Further Information: Lis Key  (IFAW-UK)01892 601923
or Nick Jenkins (IFAW-UK)  01634 830888




Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 20:21:18 +0800
From: bunny 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (Aust)Appeal-for Australian RCD conference attendee
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980305201302.3e6717d8@wantree.com.au>
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If any Australian animal rights activists are able to help,
I'm trying to raise funds to send Frankie Seymour (Animal Liberation,ACT)
to NZ as an animal rights representative from Australia for the RCD
conference. It would be a great shame if no-one from Australia attends a
conference which will be a world first on the use/mis-use of RCD which
amounts to germ warfare.
Don't forget, a New Zealand company is about to be LEGALLY AUTHORISED TO SELL
A DEADLY DISEASE OF MAMMALS (RCD) for $150 a bottle. THIS IS A WORLD FIRST.

Any responses please email me privately. The conference is 30th and 31st March 
in NZ (details are on my website) - so time is important here.
=====================================================================
========
                   /`\   /`\    Rabbit Information Service,
Tom, Tom,         (/\ \-/ /\)   P.O.Box 30,
The piper's son,     )6 6(      Riverton,
Saved a pig        >{= Y =}<    Western Australia 6148
And away he run;    /'-^-'\  
So none could eat  (_)   (_)    email: rabbit@wantree.com.au
The pig so sweet    |  .  |  
Together they ran   |     |}    http://www.wantree.com.au/~rabbit/rabbit.htm
Down the street.    \_/^\_/    (Rabbit Information Service website updated
                                frequently)                                

Jesus was most likely a vegetarian... why aren't you? Go to
http://www.zworx.com/kin/esseneteachings.htm
for more information.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
       - Voltaire

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 08:10:11 EST
From: Marisul 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) NYC Conference: The Violence Connection-3/24/98
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The Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Committee on Legal Issues
Pertaining to Animals will present a conference entitled "The Violence
Connection: Links Between Animal Cruelty and Crimes Against People" on
Tuesday, March 24, 1998 at 6 p.m.  The Association is located at 42 West 44th
Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, in New York City.
The topic of discussion will be "animal abuse as a 'gateway offense' to
domestic abuse, child abuse and violent crime."
Moderator: Marie Mar, Attorney
Panel:       Randall Lockwood, Ph.D., VP, Training Initiatives, HSUS
                James R. Fitzgerald, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
                Kimball R. Lewis, Exec. Dir., Greenhill Humane Society SPCA
                Pamela D. Frasch, Anti-Cruelty Division, Animal Legal Defense
Fund
                Julie Bank, Dir. Humane Educ., ASPCA
                Stephanie LaFarge, Ph.D., Dir. Counseling Services, ASPCA
                Hon. Marjorie Field, Family Court Judge, Bronx County
All interested persons are invited to attend.  No fee or reservation is
required.
---------------------------
Please copy this to any relevant lists.  Thanks. Mariann
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 17:49:27 +0100
From: 2033491 <2033491@campus.uab.es>
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Charlize Theron against fur
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This is Núria from Barcelona.

Charlize Theron, known for modelling as the Martini girl and playing Keanu 
Reeves' wife in the movie Devil's Advocate, declared to the spanish journal El 
Periódico 3/1/98 : I am against fur trade. I wish I could send to jail the 
ones that take part in that. Human vanity can be very cruel, but killing 
defenceless animals just to show off is despicable...should they wear plastic 
coats!"

******************************************************************************
**************************************
"Arribarà un dia en què els homes veuran l'assassinat d'un animal de la mateixa manera que avui
veuen el d'un home."
"A day will come in which men will look upon an animal's murder the same way they look today
upon a man's murder."

Leonardo da Vinci

Nuri's Homepage of Animal Rights and Scientific Anti-Vivisectionism
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/3787

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 15:43:37 EST
From: LexAnima 
To: AR-News@envirolink.org
Subject: SCRUFFY Update from Stacy in Missouri.
Message-ID: <5749b744.34ff0e7c@aol.com>
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Stacy is not currently to AR-News so I am posting for her.

   Hi,

If you know of this case and have signed the petition to the DA there is now
another letter for the judge that needs to be signed. It would be very helpful
if you could  return to the link below and sign the judge letter. There is a
hearing March 18 to establish probable cause. 

You might have already received a plea from help from many others, but I
thought I would also pass this along. the story haunts you! I thought you all
might at least like to sign this letter. Please help in any way you can!  

I saw a story on the abuse on my local news that outraged and haunted me and
just had to do something about it. I contacted  a friend, Valerie, of The Cat
Network in St. Louis, MO., who was involved in the Noah's Ark petition, and
the letter to the prosecutor. I asked Valerie to contact Madlyn who headed up
the Noah's Ark campaign. Madlyn, has a site called Luv Catz that is dedicated
to animal abuse issues. 

I asked them both for help in setting up an online campaign for letters to the
prosecutor and judge, concerning four men who had both set fire to and beaten
a 6 lb., 12 year old Yorkie, by the name of Scruffy.

Poor Scruffy was an abused dog, rescued by the Whitmire's, who later gave
Scruffy to their little granddaughter. The granddaughter grew up, she is now
20 years old and has a child of her own. poor Scruffy was child's companion!

The details are horrific and not easy to read ( are they ever) but Madlyn has
posted a warning and marked off the paragraph that contains the nightmarish
details. 
This case is highly unusual in that these four men VIDEOTAPED the whole
incident! 

They then made duplicates of this obscene tape and passed them out to friends,
to watch and enjoy, over and over again!

We are lucky because in this case the prosecutor wants to get the maximum
sentence possible. The DA is looking for ways to file other charges that are
separate from the charge of animal cruelty, specifically arson. The ADLF is
helping her with researching this issue.

Please follow this link to read Scruffy's story:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6507/scruffy.html
There is an online letter set up and ready to go, another link takes the
reader/petitioner to a page where they can copy this letter and save to a
file, print and mail privately, and this link contains instructions on how to
do this.
Melanie is preparing an offline poster for download, many groups around the
country have pledged their support for collecting offline signatures for this
case. We have somehow managed to finally interest a great deal of the public
to help with animal abuse cases :)
 
Thank you so much for any help you can give.

Take care,
Stacy


DA-     Terra Morehaead
           Wyandotte District Attorney office 
           710 North 7th Street
           Kansas City, Kansas 66101

Judge- The Honorable Ernest Johnson
           Wyandotte County Courthouse
           Division 13
           710 North 7th Street
           Kansas City, Kansas 66101
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:02:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: MD Alert: Legislation to Protect Elephants
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19980305150642.23e7a190@pop.igc.org>
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MARYLAND ALERT

SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ELEPHANTS!

House Delegate John S. Morgan (R-Howard/Prince George's) has introduced
House Bill 1031 to prohibit the use of elephants for entertainment purposes
in Maryland. This bill will prevent carnivals, circuses, fairs, and other
events from using live elephants in the state of Maryland.

The use of live elephants at circuses and fairs is cruel to the animals and
dangerous to Maryland citizens and children! Many communities across North
America have banned the display of live elephants for entertainment
purposes, and it is time for Maryland to do the same!

You have three Delegates and one Senator who represent you in Annapolis.
Please contact them immediately and tell them to SUPPORT House Bill 1031.
Call 1-800-492-7122 or write to:

        The Honorable __________
        Maryland General Assembly
        Annapolis, MD 21401

Here are a few points you may wish to make in your phone calls or letters:

*** The use of elephants is dangerous to Maryland residents and children. In
the 1990s alone, at least 20 people have been killed by elephants at
circuses and other events. The nation watched the television news in horror
recently as an elephant named Tyke escaped from a circus in Honolulu and
rampaged through the city until she was shot and killed.

*** Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals whose natural
behavior patterns are denied by being chained, confined, and forced to
perform unnatural tricks. Most circus elephants are chained by two or more
legs for 95% of their lives in a space the size of a Volkswagen, and
unchained only to perform and walk to and from the arena. Dozens of circus
elephants have died over the last few years from injuries and from diseases
such as tuberculosis. Already in 1998, a 3-year-old baby elephant named
Kenny collapsed and died in the Ringling Bros. circus, soon after the
audience applauded his performance.

*** Physical punishment is used to force animals to perform in circuses. In
his book Circus Kings, Henry Ringling North of the Ringling Bros. family
wrote, "All sorts of brutalities are used to force (animals) to respect
their trainer and learn their tricks. They work from fear."

If one of your Delegates is a member of the House Judiciary Committee listed
below, it is especially important that you contact him or her right away.
The Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on House Bill 1031 on Tuesday,
March 17, at 1:00 p.m.

Listed below are the members of the House Judiciary Committee and the last
four digits of their telephone numbers. If you are calling from the
Baltimore/Annapolis area, dial (410) 841 and then the last four digits. If
you are calling from the Washington/Montgomery/Prince George's area, dial
(301) 858 and then the last four digits.

Joseph F. Vallario, Jr. (Chair), D-Prince George's County, 3488
Ann Marie Doory (Vice Chair), D-Baltimore City, 3476
Rushern L. Baker, III, D-Prince George's County, 3058
Phillip D. Bissett, R-Anne Arundel County, 3211
 Emmett C. Burns, Jr., D-Baltimore City, 3350
Michael W. Burns, R-Anne Arundel County, 3233
Michael G. Comeau, D-Harford County, 3289
Mary A. Conroy, D-Prince George's County, 3098
Dana Lee Dembrow, D-Montgomery County, 3052
Gilbert J. Genn, D-Montgomery County, 3045
Sharon Grosfeld, D-Montgomery County, 3028
Thomas E. Hutchins, R-Charles County, 3247
Nancy Jacobs, R-Harford County, 3289
Pauline H. Menes, D-Prince George's County, 3114
Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., D-Baltimore City, 3259
Donald E. Murphy, R-Baltimore County, 3378
Timothy D. Murphy, D-Baltimore City, 3319
Anthony J. O'Donnell, R-St. Mary's County, 3314
Marsha G. Perry, D-Anne Arundel County, 3223
Carol S. Petzold, D-Montgomery County, 3001
Frank S. Turner, D-Howard County, 3205
David M. Valderrama, D-Prince George's County, 3012

Also, please attend the hearing on Tuesday, March 17, at 1:00 p.m. if you
are able. The meeting will be in the House Judiciary Committee room at the
State Capitol in Annapolis. It is important that we fill the Committee room
with supporters of this important bill.

Thank you for your help. If you have any questions or need any further
information, please contact The Fund for Animals at fund4animals@fund.org or
(301) 585-2591.

Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 13:03:25 PST
From: "Gudrun Ensslin" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) World day for Animals 
Message-ID: <19980305210326.29672.qmail@hotmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain

+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+
                      SAVE THE HILLGROVE CATS
                 Box CB, 111 Magdalen Road, Oxford.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+

  *   http://envirolink.org/arrs/arc/campaigns/hillgrove.html    *

            National demonstration
            World Day for Laboratory Animals 
            Saturday 18th April 1998 1pm

It is desperately important that as many people come to this 
demonstration as possible if we are to close down this disgusting cat 
breeder.
We want this summer to be the final nail in the coffin for Farmer 
Brown's business and this demo will be just the opener we need to make 
the police, public and media realise that we are not going to back down 
until this man stops breeding cats for the vivisection industry.
A large police presence and indiscriminate arrests and assaults will not 
dampen our conviction, all it does is make us stronger and more 
determined to see our wishes through. 
Lets get more people for this one than even the last demo got.

*********************************************************************

Write to Mr. R J Lysons, Home Office, Spring Gardens House, Princes St., 
Swindon. SN1 2JA,
demanding that he revokes Hillgrove's License and closes them 
immediately. 

Write to your local MP asking him/her to investigate Hillgrove's evil 
trade further. 
Your MP, 
House of
Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA.  

If you would like more information and a free Hillgrove information pack 
please write to us at the address below.

Write to the following newspapers highlighting Hillgrove's trade. This 
is important because it keeps Hillgrove in the public eye locally.

The Oxford Mail/Star
Osney Mead
OXFORD
OX2 0EJ

Witney Gazette
47 Market Square
Witney
OX8 6AJ

The Standard
74 Dyer Street
Cirencester
GL7 2PW

http://envirolink.org/arrs/arc/campaigns/hillgrove.html

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                      SAVE THE HILLGROVE CATS
                 Box CB, 111 Magdalen Road, Oxford.
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Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 18:10:24 -0500
From: "Zoocheck Canada Inc." 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: The Dance of Death video
Message-ID: 
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I'm posting an information request from a member of the public who called
Zoocheck. The caller, Penny Stockton, is trying to obtain a video copy of a
documentary produced in approximately 1987 or '88 entitled "The Dance of
Death". The documentary was about bullfighting. Ed Asner narrated the show.

If anyone has information, please contact Ms. Stockton directly:

Penny Stockton
905-764-9455 (Canada)

Thanks,

Holly Penfound

Zoocheck Canada Inc.
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1729
Toronto, Ontario (Canada) M4N 3P6
Ph (416) 285-1744  Fax (416) 285-4670 or (416) 696-0370
Email: zoocheck@idirect.com
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 21:17:05 EST
From: SMatthes 
To: arrs@envirolink.org, ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: (US) Florida -- steel traps
Message-ID: <402ef86d.34ff5ca3@aol.com>
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Florida Administrative Code 39-24.002, paragraph 3, states as follows:  "No
person shall use, place or maintain any set gun or steel trap for the purpose
of taking or attempting to take wildlife."  Further, in accordance with the
FSLV, the following is quoted:  "Steel Leghold Traps.  Effective January 1,
1973, the use of steel leghold traps is banned in the State of Florida by the
Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission.  The only exception is that
farmers are permitted to set out five traps, under permit, for the purpose of
protecting domestic animals on their premises.  No legislative action is
necessary to put this ban into effect."

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection should be advised of this
blatant violation of Florida law immediately:  Their address is:  Department
of Environmental Protection, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building, 3900
Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000.  
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 21:25:36 -0500
From: Wyandotte Animal Group 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Macon, Mo., Animal Dealer Settles with USDA for $15,000
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980306022536.2dff9762@mail.heritage.com>
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>                                   Jim Rogers        (301) 734-8563
>                                              jrogers@aphis.usda.gov
>                                   Jamie Ambrosi   (301) 734-5175
>                                             jambrosi@aphis.usda.gov
>
>
>MACON, MO., ANIMAL DEALER SETTLES WITH USDA FOR $15,000
>
>     RIVERDALE, Md., March 3, 1998--The U.S. Department of Agriculture
>and Donald Foster, a licensed animal dealer doing business in Macon,
>Mo., have agreed to a consent decision and order regarding violations of
>the Animal Welfare Act.
>
>     Foster neither admitted nor denied any violations of the AWA but
>agreed to a civil penalty of $15,000 and a 30-day license suspension that
>will continue thereafter until Foster is in full compliance with the law.  Of
>the $15,000 penalty, $11,000 will be held in abeyance provided there are
>no future violations of the AWA for a period of two years.
>
>     "Our animal care inspectors work hard to make sure the AWA is in full
>effect with all of our license holders," said W. Ron DeHaven, acting
>deputy administrator for animal care with the Animal and Plant Health
>Inspection Service, a part of the marketing and regulatory programs
>mission area.  "If our inspectors find noncompliance with the AWA, we
>will take appropriate action."
>
>     The AWA requires that regulated individuals and businesses provide
>animals with care and treatment according to the standards established
>by APHIS.  Animals protected by the law must be provided with adequate
>housing, handling, sanitation, food, water, transportation, veterinary
>care, and shelter.
>
>     The law covers animals that are sold as pets at the wholesale level,
>transported in commerce, used for biomedical research, or used for
>exhibition purposes.
>
>                                #


Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
wag@heritage.com

Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 21:26:22 -0500
From: Wyandotte Animal Group 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Chatsworth, Calif., Animal Exhibitors Settle With USDA for
  $5,000
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980306022622.30474646@mail.heritage.com>
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>                                   Jim Rogers        (301) 734-8563
>                                              jrogers@aphis.usda.gov
>                                   Jamie Ambrosi   (301) 734-5175
>                                             jambrosi@aphis.usda.gov
>
>
>CHATSWORTH, CALIF., ANIMAL EXHIBITORS SETTLE WITH USDA FOR
>$5,000
>
>     RIVERDALE, Md., March 3, 1998--The U.S. Department of Agriculture
>and Lamont and Anna Cox, licensed animal exhibitors doing business as
>The Lion, have agreed to a consent decision and order regarding
>violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
>
>     The Coxes neither admitted nor denied any violations of the AWA but
>agreed to a civil penalty of $5,000.
>
>     "We are in the business of protecting animals," said W. Ron DeHaven,
>acting deputy administrator for animal care with the Animal and Plant
>Health Inspection Service, a part of USDA's marketing and regulatory
>programs mission area.  "It is the job of our animal care inspectors to
>make sure dealers, exhibitors, and research facilities follow the law as
>written in the Animal Welfare Act."
>
>     The AWA requires that regulated individuals and businesses provide
>animals with care and treatment according to the standards established
>by APHIS.  Animals protected by the law must be provided with adequate
>housing, handling, sanitation, food, water, transportation, veterinary
>care, and shelter.
>
>     The law covers animals that are sold as pets at the wholesale level,
>transported in commerce, used for biomedical research, or used for
>exhibition purposes.
>
>                                #


Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
wag@heritage.com

Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 21:26:55 -0500
From: Wyandotte Animal Group 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: USDA and Scotts Valley, Calif., Animal Exhibitor Settle
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980306022655.30475910@mail.heritage.com>
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>                                   Jim Rogers         (301) 734-8563
>                                               jrogers@aphis.usda.gov
>                                   Jamie Ambrosi   (301) 734-5175
>                                             jambrosi@aphis.usda.gov
>
>
>USDA AND SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIF., ANIMAL EXHIBITOR SETTLE
>ALLEGED AWA VIOLATIONS
>
>     RIVERDALE, Md., March 3, 1998--The U.S. Department of Agriculture
>and Jeanne Milewski, a licensed animal exhibitor doing business as
>American Wildlife Rescue, have agreed to a consent decision and order
>regarding violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
>
>     "This settlement is for the animals," said W. Ron DeHaven, acting
>deputy administrator for animal care with the Animal and Plant Health
>Inspection Service, a part of USDA's marketing and regulatory programs
>mission area.  "While there isn't a huge penalty for Milewski, she is
>directed to improve her facility and provide better care for the animals.  I
>consider this a win-win scenario for her animals and for the USDA."
>
>     Milewski neither admitted nor denied any violations of the AWA but
>agreed to:
>
>     -- A civil penalty of $10,000 (all of it suspended);
>
>     -- Spend $4,000 for structural repairs and improvements;
>
>     -- Increase veterinarian inspections to once every three months for a
>minimum of two years;
>
>     -- Hire an additional part-time employee; and
>
>     -- Enlist the assistance of three community volunteers.
>
>     The AWA requires that regulated individuals and businesses provide
>animals with care and treatment according to the standards established
>by APHIS.  Animals protected by the law must be provided with adequate
>housing, handling, sanitation, food, water, transportation, veterinary
>care, and shelter.
>
>     The law covers animals that are sold as pets at the wholesale level,
>transported in commerce, used for biomedical research, or used for
>exhibition purposes.
>
>                                #


Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
wag@heritage.com

Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 23:17:16 -0500
From: ar-admin@envirolink.org
To: "AR News" 
Cc: "bhgazette" 
Subject: Looking for reciprocal links
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980305231716.006a3490@envirolink.org>
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posted for "bhgazette" 
----------------------------------------------------
PLEASE DO NOT HIT REPLY!
This item is being forwarded by Bunny Huggers' Gazette

---------------------
Looking for reciprocal links.....

Please visit Equine Advocates
, a site with powerful
Premarin information, as well as other equine issues.

Please contact  if you'd like to discuss the possibility of
reciprocal
links.



Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 23:18:51 -0500
From: ar-admin@envirolink.org
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: STFORJEWEL@aol.com
Subject: WOLF KILLED
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posted for STFORJEWEL@aol.com
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FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
DENVER, COLORADO
March 5, 1998, Thursday

FROM THE COLORADO & THE WEST SECTION
(303)892-2327 email: metro@denver-rmn.com

FEDS DESTROY WOLF PACK LEADER

Dear Lodge, Montana-

The female leader of a wolf pack that has killed at least 14 head of livestock
since 1994 has been destroyed by federal officials, who say they hope her mate
and cubs now will stick with wild game.

The wolf was shot Saturday after federal agents used an airplane and a
helicopter to track her radio collar.
(The USFWS has a web site with a place for comment.  Please register your
outrage over this nonsense.)


Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:39:21 EST
From: NOVENA ANN 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Pit Bull Rescue #'s needed
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I need to place a 2 year old abused pit bull terrier that was used in
dogfights in a home soon. He is very loving but he has some problems. If you
know of a good pit bull rescue group(s) please e-mail me. I am afraid that
some pit bull rescue groups are covers for dog fighting rings. I live in
Virginia but I will be willing to drive a few hours to find this dog the
perfect home.

Thanks,
Alanna 
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 23:53:43 -0500
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) EPA Livestock Pollution Plan
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environment/factory farms/corporate farms
from Associated Press http://wire.ap.org
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MARCH 05, 18:33 EST

EPA Livestock Pollution Plan

By The Associated Press

Key elements of the Environment Protection Agency's plan to impose new
pollution controls on livestock and poultry farms.

Problem: Wastes, including manure, from livestock and poultry accounts for
a major source of water pollution in lakes and streams. Runoff clogs lakes
with nutrients, creating algae that kills fish and other aquatic life.

Solution: Create federal pollution standards and waste management plans.
Require permits to limit pollution and increase inspection of feedlots and
poultry farms.

Who's Affected: 6,600 of the largest cattle and hog feeding operations and
large poultry farms.

Compliance: Largest feedlots must be in compliance by 2002, other
facilities by 2005.

Current Controls: About one-fourth of cattle and hog feedlots are
regulated by states. Other feedlots and poultry farms are subject to no
pollution controls.

Environmental Benefits: Reduce waste and manure runoff, decreasing
nutrient levels in surface waterways. Reduces chances of waste leaching
into protected groundwater.



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