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AR-NEWS Digest 427
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) (US) Pork Industry Talks on Environment
by allen schubert
2) The smell of money
by Andrew Gach
3) Human cloning
by Andrew Gach
4) (HK) Dogs, not drugs, 'made millions for car dealer'
by Vadivu Govind
5) (TW) Joint statement to mark world environment day
by Vadivu Govind
6) (TH) Shrimp farmers get respite
by Vadivu Govind
7) (JP) Perishing Isahaya marine life looks to court for salvation
by Vadivu Govind
8) TALK Fwd: Friends of the BC Marine Environment:--IMP. SIGN ON--
by LMANHEIM@aol.com
9) API Official Attacks Activists, Mink Liberators
by civillib@cwnet.com
10) AR-News Admin Note
by allen schubert
11) Admin Note--Embedded HTML
by allen schubert
12) RFI: Vegan display in October
by Vadivu Govind
13) Swedish ALF Defies Abusers, Frees Foxes
by MINKLIB@aol.com
14) WY Alert: Mountain Lions
by Mike Markarian
15) VCR alert:Oprah/Beef Story Dateline FRIDAY night
by Pat Fish
16) (US) VCR alert:Oprah/Beef Story Dateline FRIDAY night
by allen schubert
17) (FWD) NRA Applauds Passage of H.R. 1420
by Mike Markarian
18) (US) PETA RELEASES FIRST-EVER VIDEO OF PROCTER & GAMBLE MONKEY
TESTS
by allen schubert
19) (US) Vivisection: Issues and Ethics Tape Available
by Karin Zupko
20) FOIE GRAS FAUX-PAS
by Sean Thomas
21) (US) Dairy Industry Sued Over Arteries
by allen schubert
22) "Perspectives on Animal Consciousness" conference in Europe
by Vegetarian Resource Center
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 23:53:09 -0400
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Pork Industry Talks on Environment
By RICK CALLAHAN
Associated Press Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The American pork industry, hoping to head off a
political battle over harmful waste from hog farms, is talking with its
former enemy: environmentalists.
The National Pork Producers Council said Thursday that talks with the
Environmental Defense Fund, American Farmland Trust, the Center for Rural
Affairs and other groups are a sign that times have changed.
The NPPC and the National Pork Board hope that by year's end, the talks
produce an agreement on uniform guidelines that federal and state
agencies can use to set environmental standards for pork production.
Hog farmers used to joke that their animals' stench was ``the smell of
money,'' Jerry King, the pork council's president, said at the World Pork
Expo.
``Today that smell from our livestock operations is considered a nuisance
by many people,'' said King, whose group represents more than 80,000
farmers.
But to environmentalists, the runoff from hog farms -- especially
sprawling hog factory farms -- is more than just a nuisance.
Hog manure can pollute groundwater and manure collection lagoons
sometimes spill into nearby streams, killing thousands of fish.
The public's growing concern about hog farms' unsavory byproducts led the
pork industry to seek out talks with environmental groups, said King, a
Victoria, Ill., hog farmer.
The goal is to head off the same type of battle that raged between
logging companies and environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest over the
fate of the spotted owl.
``Our hope is that through this process we end up with some guidance that
will be useful to us as pork producers and also good for the
environment,'' said Jim Moseley, a Clarks Hill, Ind., hog farmer.
Moseley, a former assistant secretary with the Department of Agriculture,
represented the pork industry at the first meeting, last month. A second
meeting is set for later this month in Annapolis, Md.
The pork industry also is optimistic about a $5 million investment in two
programs unveiled Thursday to help develop practices to reduce stench on
hog farms.
Joe Rudek, an aquatic scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund,
believes the pork industry entered the dialogue due to recent
unflattering news coverage of the ever-growing number of hog factory
farms.
In 1994, nearly two-thirds of the nation's hogs were produced by the 9.1
percent of hog farms with more than 2,000 animals, according to the
National Pork Producers Council.
Rudek, a Raleigh, N.C. resident, noted that North Carolina has a hog
population that rivals its human population -- 10 million hogs to 7
million humans.
Rudek said North Carolina, the nation's second-largest hog producer, is
lax in regulating its huge hog farms, leading to environmental disasters.
But he hopes the national dialogue can address that problem.
``Having these talks on a national level means there's a better chance to
keep the playing level even so that people in one area of the country
don't have an advantage over people who have lax environmental
regulations,'' he said.
``Farmers are really the original environmentalists. They want to do the
right thing, but they also have to make money,'' he said.
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 22:19:06 -0700
From: Andrew Gach
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Pork industry talks hog waste with environmentalists
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (June 5, 1997 6:43 p.m. EDT) -- The American pork industry,
hoping to head off a political battle over harmful waste from hog farms,
is talking with its former enemy: environmentalists.
The National Pork Producers Council said Thursday that talks with the
Environmental Defense Fund, American Farmland Trust, the Center for
Rural Affairs and other groups are a sign that times have changed.
The NPPC and the National Pork Board hope that by year's end, the talks
produce an agreement on uniform guidelines that federal and state
agencies can use to set environmental standards for pork production.
Hog farmers used to joke that their animals' stench was "the smell of
money," Jerry King, the pork council's president, said at the World Pork
Expo.
"Today that smell from our livestock operations is considered a nuisance
by many people," said King, whose group represents more than 80,000
farmers.
But to environmentalists, the runoff from hog farms -- especially
sprawling hog factory farms -- is more than just a nuisance.
Hog manure can pollute groundwater and manure collection lagoons
sometimes spill into nearby streams, killing thousands of fish.
The public's growing concern about hog farms' unsavory byproducts led
the pork industry to seek out talks with environmental groups, said
King, a Victoria, Ill., hog farmer.
The goal is to head off the same type of battle that raged between
logging companies and environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest over
the fate of the spotted owl.
"Our hope is that through this process we end up with some guidance that
will be useful to us as pork producers and also good for the
environment," said Jim Moseley, a Clarks Hill, Ind., hog farmer.
Moseley, a former assistant secretary with the Department of
Agriculture, represented the pork industry at the first meeting, last
month. A second meeting is set for later this month in Annapolis, Md.
The pork industry also is optimistic about a $5 million investment in
two programs unveiled Thursday to help develop practices to reduce
stench on hog farms.
Joe Rudek, an aquatic scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund,
believes the pork industry entered the dialogue due to recent
unflattering news coverage of the ever-growing number of hog factory
farms.
In 1994, nearly two-thirds of the nation's hogs were produced by the 9.1
percent of hog farms with more than 2,000 animals, according to the
National Pork Producers Council.
Rudek, a Raleigh, N.C. resident, noted that North Carolina has a hog
population that rivals its human population -- 10 million hogs to 7
million humans.
Rudek said North Carolina, the nation's second-largest hog producer, is
lax in regulating its huge hog farms, leading to environmental
disasters. But he hopes the national dialogue can address that problem.
"Having these talks on a national level means there's a better chance to
keep the playing level even so that people in one area of the country
don't have an advantage over people who have lax environmental
regulations," he said.
"Farmers are really the original environmentalists. They want to do the
right thing, but they also have to make money," he said.
-- By RICK CALLAHAN, The Associated Press
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 22:24:46 -0700
From: Andrew Gach
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Human cloning
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Scientists, anti-abortion groups at odds over cloning recommendations
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (June 5, 1997 11:43 a.m. EDT) -- Days before an advisory
panel on human cloning makes its recommendations to President Clinton,
scientists and anti-abortion groups are at odds over whether any
research at all should be permitted into an area fraught with such
enormous ethical, legal and safety perils.
The National Bioethics Advisory Commission is leaning toward a
conclusion that American society is not ready for cloning experiments
that proceed to a new human, but that scientists should be permitted to
experiment with cloned embryos, a member of the panel said Wednesday.
But the panelist said the committee would recommend a "sunset" provision
that would cause future legislators to again consider the issue if the
safety of cloning is proven.
Anti-abortion groups attacked the commission plans on Wednesday, saying
it would permit "grave evils" in human embryo experimentation. But
biotechnology groups said the partial-cloning recommendation was an
appropriate stance for the government to take.
A member of the advisory panel who spoke on condition of anonymity said
the commissioners still were undecided about some details in their
recommendation and that these differences may not be settled until the
Saturday meeting.
The White House declined comment. "Let's wait and see what actually
comes to the White House," presidential spokesman Mike McCurry said.
Cloning became an issue of government concern earlier this year after a
Scottish scientist announced he had cloned a sheep, named Dolly, from
cells taken from adult sheep. The experiment was the first to
successfully clone a genetic duplicate individual from an adult mammal.
The effort's success prompted a call for legislation to forbid human
cloning.
Clinton asked Congress to wait on considering cloning laws until the
group of scientists and ethicists could study the issue.
Although final points remain unresolved, a consensus of the 18-member
group will call for laws to forbid cloning that leads to the actual
birth of a baby.
The commission member said there was general agreement among the members
on these points:
--Human cloning that leads to birth should be strictly forbidden in all
U.S. labs, both private and public.
--Human embryo research, including cloning research, that stops short of
producing a child should not be addressed by federal law. But the
moratorium on federal money for such embryo research would continue.
The group's position means that research could continue on the "Dolly
technique," the panel member said -- research in which a human embryo is
made from the nucleus of a mature cell joined in a lab dish with a human
egg without its nucleus. However, such embryos could not then be placed
into a woman's womb for development into a baby.
Such a recommendation by the commission permits "two separate grave
evils," said John Cavanaugh-O'Keefe, director of the American Bioethics
Advisory Commission, a part of the American Life League Inc.
anti-abortion group.
The first, he said, was the creation in a lab of a cloned human embryo;
the second was to prohibit implantation and development of the embryo,
which eventually would be killed.
"This means it is OK to clone as long as you kill," he said. His group
considers any human embryo to be a human, he said.
But Carl Feldbaum, president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization,
which includes 700 companies, applauded the proposed recommendation.
"What we had hoped is that the commission will draw a bright line
distinguishing between whole human research and research which uses only
tissue that has been cloned," he said.
Such research could help science learn how to make tissue that could be
used to replace diseased organs or burned skin.
Feldbaum said his industry was opposed to cloning whole humans because
"the technique is imperfectly understood. There are also ethical and
moral questions. We are not intellectually or emotionally prepared."
A commission member said the group believed any legislation on cloning
should include a "sunset clause" that would cause the law to expire at
some point.
He said this would force Congress to re-evaluate the issue if scientific
advances make human cloning "not as fraught with risks as in the Dolly
technique."
Although Dolly was successfully cloned, Scottish researchers reported
more than 100 failures, some of which involved monstrous birth defects
in lambs that quickly died. Such a result would not be tolerated in
humans.
By PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 13:53:19 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (HK) Dogs, not drugs, 'made millions for car dealer'
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South China Morning Post
Friday June 6 1997
Dogs, not drugs, 'made millions for car dealer'
CHARLOTTE PARSONS
Dogs, not drugs, turned a car salesman into a multimillionaire, the
High Court heard yesterday.
Shing Siu-ming is accused of earning $14 million by helping an
international drug syndicate smuggle heroin worth $47 million from Hong Kong
to Australia.
But Shing, 34, testified yesterday he made his millions breeding
fighting dogs for illicit gambling rings in the New Territories.
The salesman claimed to have earned up to $400,000 a month organising
fights for his pit bull terriers.
He made another $1 million a year gambling on the outcomes.
"My income was quite remarkable," he told defence barrister John
McNamara. The breeder, who claims to have owned about 65 pit bull terriers,
organised two or three dog fights a week, the court heard.
But the dogs were not his sole source of income, it was claimed. He
sold cars, drove a taxi and worked as a real estate agent. He also co-owned
a shop with his sister and dealt in designer watches with his wife.
A drug lord named Lee Cheung-wah once bought a watch from Shing for
$500,000, Mr McNamara said. The two men were friends and often spent
weekends aboard Lee's luxury boat.
The salesman said he was unaware of any involvement by his companion in an
international heroin smuggling syndicate.
Shing was arrested after police saw him enter Lee's Wong Tai Sin garage
while it was under surveillance in December 1994.
The salesman claims he only went to the Hing Fai Motor Company because
he kept some of his dogs on the building's mezzanine floor.
Shing denies conspiring with eight others to sell drugs to an
Australian syndicate between July 1994 and October 1995.
His wife, Kwong Po-yin, 30, is accused of laundering $2.6 million and his
sister Seng Yuet-fung, also 30, is charged with laundering $1.57 million.
Twelve heroin shipments to Sydney were hidden inside water heaters, the
court heard.
The trial continues before Mr Justice Mohammed Saied.
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 13:53:34 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TW) Joint statement to mark world environment day
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>CNA Daily English News Wire
ENVIRONMENTALISTS MARK ENVIRONMENT DAY BY ISSUING JOINT
STATEMENT
Taipei, June 5 (CNA) Local environmental groups marked World Environment Day
on Thursday by issuing a joint statement urging the government to stop
"destroying" Taiwan's natural environment and ecology.
The groups, including the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union, the Life
Conservationists Association, the New Environment Foundation and Greenpeace
of Taiwan, listed 11 "inappropriate environmental measures" adopted by the
government in recent years.
The joint statement expressed regret over the government's failure to
implement the declaration of the first United Nations conference on the
human environment held in Stockholm, Sweden 25 years
ago.
"Though the declaration clearly stated that preservation of the environment
should take precedence over economic growth, Taiwan was preoccupied with
economic development at the time and paid little heed to that call," the
statement said. "As a result, our natural environment has been seriously
damaged."
The statement went on to say that in recent years, the government has
continued to allow certain conglomerates to undertake development projects
that are detrimental to the island's environment and ecology.
The statement then listed the government's most harmful environmental "crimes":
-- Construction of the South Cross-island Highway, which has destroyed
Taiwan's last forest of broad-leaf trees;
-- The failure to address garbage disposal issues and recycling, which has
resulted in frequent "trash wars" in local communities around the island;
-- Construction of the Kuanghsi industrial zone in the northern county of
Hsinchu has destroyed valleys in the region and damaged the slopeland ecology;
-- The Pinnan industrial zone threatens to destroy virgin wetlands along
Taiwan's southwestern coast and exterminate endangered black-faced
spoonbills that inhabit the area;
-- Government officials colluding with private developers has resulted in
the creation of illegal golf courses which hinders the island's soil and
water conservation.
Other environmental policies or measures blasted by the groups included the
construction of a controversial fourth nuclear power plant, the planned
relocation of cement factories to eastern Taiwan, the creation of several
new reservoirs, the failure to inoculate pigs against foot-and-mouth
disease, the proposed killing of the island's stray dogs ostensibly to
prevent an outbreak of rabies, and the planned shipment of low-grade nuclear
waste to North Korea for permanent disposal. (By Sofia Wu)
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 13:53:39 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TH) Shrimp farmers get respite
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>Bangkok Post
6 June 1997
Shrimp farmers
get respite
Chakrit Ridmontri
More than 400,000 rai of shrimp farms located in mangrove
forests will be allowed to continue operating for the next five
years or until they recoup their investment, Deputy Agriculture
Minister Sampao Prachuabmoh said yesterday.
Mr Sampao said a number of shrimp farmers did not dare
register their operations with the Fisheries Department because
they had encroached on mangrove forests.
"We want shrimp farmers to stay in the mangrove forests for
another five years or until they recoup their investment because
they have helped protect the mangrove forests," he said, adding
that if the farms were abandoned other groups of encroachers
would move in.
Chanintorn Sritongsuk, deputy Fisheries Department chief, said
currently more than 400,000 rai of mangrove forests had been
turned into shrimp farms.
However, he said, the number was decreasing because the farms
were no longer productive due to high acidity of mangrove soil.
He said most shrimp farmers were relocating to the mainland
because it was much easier to manage the environment and
pollution problems.
The department was speeding up construction of canals to pump
in sea water to feed shrimp ponds on the mainland, he said.
According to Mr Chanintorn, there are 500,000 rai of shrimp
farms countrywide producing 260,000 tons per year, but only 60
percent have registered with the department so far.
Up to 85 percent use the intensive farming system to produce a
large quantity of shrimps in a small area, while 10 percent
use the
closed system which does not discharge effluent into the
environment.
Article copyright Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd 1997
Reprinted for non-commercial use only.
Website: http://www.bangkokpost.net
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 13:53:43 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (JP) Perishing Isahaya marine life looks to court for salvation
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>Japan Times
6 June 1997
Perishing Isahaya marine life looks to court for salvation
ISAHAYA, Nagasaki Pref. -- As authorities stand idle and let the entire
ecosystem on this tideland perish by the day, marine creatures on the
brink of extinction are fighting back against the human race -- in court.
Since last July, six plaintiffs, each claiming to represent a species
that inhabit areas undergoing reclamation work in Isahaya Bay, have turned
to the Nagasaki District
Court to seek a halt to the central government project. In court
hearings, they speak for the animals whose survival is being threatened.
Although their action is largely symbolic, they hope to promote the notion
that other living creatures besides humans have the right to live.
"In my childhood, my parents always taught me never to be the bully,"
said Keiichiro Harada, 45, one of the plaintiffs. "Men have the means to
fight back against men, but other creatures can only put up with human
bullies." The 3,000-hectare tideland, known worldwide for its rich
ecodiversity, has been disappearing fast since a 1.2-km part of the 7-km
embankment that blocks the flow of tide was closed April 14 amid angry
protests by locals.
In a recent report issued by the Worldwide Fund for Nature Japan, at
least three species of crabs and four species of clams may become extinct
well before the project is completed in 2000 as planned. "We are afraid that
such rare migratory birds as Sanders' Gulls, which number only about 3,000
worldwide, may not be seen here anymore," WWFJ official Shinichi Hanada
said. "For those birds, the tideland in Isahaya is an oasis in their annual
journey from south to north."
The lawsuit Harada and five others have filed against the state
emphasizes the "rights ofnature," an emerging legal concept that insists
nature has the right to live. Such suits are classified as a kind of
representative action, in which the plaintiff speaks on behalf of animals,
trees or the environment as a whole.
Because animals or trees cannot become the subject of legal action,
this type of lawsuit primarily aims at making a social impact by letting
Mother Nature speak up against development projects. Since the 1970s, a
number of lawsuits based on this concept have been filed in the United States.
In Japan, three such suits have been filed with courts since February
1995, when residents on Amamioshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, in the
name of nationally protected Amami black rabbits, sought to invalidate the
prefecture's approval of construction of a golf course on the island that
they said would endanger the rabbits. Ina suit filed December 1995,
plaintiffs representing "ohishikui," or bean goose, which inhabit Lake
Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture, sought about 22 million yen in damages
against the prefectural governor for his failure to designate the birds'
habitat as a protected area. Both cases are pending.
The lawsuit in which Harada and others represent six endangered species
on the Isahaya tideland is the third such case. Standing in front of the
court, Harada, a native of Isahaya, claims to represent "mutsugoro," or
mudskippers. The fish, well known for their cuteness, have long been a
symbol of the Isahaya tideland and the movement to preserve it. "Although
mudskippers used to inhabit many areas in the Sea of Ariake, the tideland
here is their last home now," Harada said. "The reclamation project is no
doubt driving the last nail into their coffin."
Environmental experts say it will take 2,000 years to get back the
lost tideland. But mudskippers, which have been there since ancient times
when Japan was still a part of the Asian continent, will never return, they
add. "We have only one demand for the authorities," Harada said. "That is,
think it over and stop it once and for all."
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 02:17:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
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Subject: TALK Fwd: Friends of the BC Marine Environment:--IMP. SIGN ON--
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In a message dated 97-06-06 00:48:01 EDT, HBreen@island.net (Howard Breen)
writes:
<< Subj:Friends of the BC Marine Environment:--IMP. SIGN ON--
Date:97-06-06 00:48:01 EDT
From:HBreen@island.net (Howard Breen)
To:hbreen@island.net
[SIGN ON LETTER BELOW/Pls. circulate]
Dear Friends of the BC Marine Environment,
DID YOU KNOW well over 400 marine mammal shootings were "permitted" last
year
at British Columbia salmon aquaculture operations? Or that estimates of
illegal
shootings may triple figures for the netcage industry slaughter? Or that
5000
IHN-diseased Atlantic farm salmon were harvested in June and sent to market,
the
remainder left in netcages to infect wild salmon in Johnstone Strait? Or
that
municipal bylaws can no longer prohibit fish farms as they are protected
under
the Right to Farm Act? Or thar that the industry would like to expand
tenfold
in BC?
The Georgia Strait Alliance has launched a political lobbying campaign
on the issue of salmon aquaculture. We want to have a strong document to
present to the British Columbia government's Cabinet which makes it clear
that there is a broad consensus on the need for profound changes to the
industry before they consider lifting the current moratorium on new salmon
farming licences, and that the recommendations of the Environmental
Assessment
Office’s Technical Advisory Team are inadequate.
At a recent meeting with the Environment Minister, Cathy McGregor said
"prove it to me" (that there is a strong consensus for change). This is
exactly what we’re hoping to do with the following letter, which we’re
hoping you and/or organization will sign on to.
Time is of the essence. We will take the letter to meetings with Ministers
and to the media.
To sign on, contact Howard Breen (hbreen@island.net) or fax to GSA
(250-753-2567). Please indicate:
-name of organizational, academic, community or business affiliation
-name of signatory (contact person who can sign for the organization)
-snail mail address for verification should it be required by gov't
If you need more info contact Howard Breen at: (250) 247-7467
(hbreen@island.net).
Thanks a lot,
Laurie MacBride
Georgia Strait Alliance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
June___, 1997
The Honourable Glen Clark, M.L.A.
Premier of the Province of British Columbia
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
The Honourable Corky Evans, M.L.A.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
The Honourable Cathy McGregor, M.L.A.
Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks,
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
The Honourable John Cashore, M.L.A.
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs,
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
And other Cabinet Ministers
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
Dear Premier and Ministers:
You will soon be receiving the final report and recommendations from the
Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) resulting from the Salmon Aquaculture
Review (SAR). Given the recommendations of the EAO’s Technical Advisory Team
(which were released in early April), we anticipate there will be several
critical weaknesses with the final EAO recommendations.
>From our perspective, the recommendations will - if based on the Technical
Team’s recommendations - offer little or no protection for Pacific salmon
stocks and the rest of the marine ecosystem from marine-sited, open netcage
farmsites that culture non-indigenous Atlantic salmon.
Many of the undersigned were present throughout the SAR process, as table
representatives, alternates or observers. After eight months of intensive
study including many meetings, reams of technical documents and submissions,
it is our studied opinion that only closed-loop containment systems can
afford any effective defense from the problems of farm-introduced disease,
discharged fecal waste and antibiotic residues, and dilution of the Pacific
gene pool from escapes.
In summary, we urge you to retain the existing moratorium on new salmon
aquaculture development until major changes are implemented. Among the key
changes that are needed, we urge you to:
. Replace netcages with closed containment systems;
. Prohibit the use of Atlantic Salmon;
. Ban the use of acoustic deterrent devices, explosives, firearms and
underwater traps for predator control;
. Ban the use of night lights (except those required for navigational
safety);
. Relocate existing farms at least 3km from environmentally sensitive areas;
. Require mandatory labeling of farmed fish;
. Require mandatory reporting of farmed fish escapes, disease outbreaks and
drug use at all fish farms;
. Remove aquaculture from the Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act;
. Require mandatory referral to First Nations for all applications impacting
First Nations’ communities;
· Replace existing guidelines with effective, enforceable regulations;
· Initiate a mandatory resource rent or levies for full cost recovery;
· Immediately prohibit lake-reared aquaculture.
In short, the only prudent and responsible Cabinet decision in view of the
considerable concerns expressed during the SAR process is to retain the
provincial moratorium until such time that the abovementioned concerns have
been successfully resolved and the gross scientific uncertainties identified
during the SAR process have been thoroughly addressed.
The results of the time and resources which your government is dedicating to
protecting and restoring wild Pacific salmon could be severely compromised
if the adverse impacts and risks of salmon farming are not effectively
addressed.
We hope that you will take advantage of this critical opportunity to
preserve British Columbia's rich biological and coastal heritage.
Signed,
SEND YOUR NAME & CONTACT INFO TO:
HBreen@Island.Net
THANK YOU!!!
--------------
B.C. ENDORSERS
--------------
-------------------
SAR Representatives
-------------------
Laurie MacBride, SAR Rep
Executive Director,
Georgia Strait Alliance
Don Hall Phd., SAR Rep
Fisheries Program Manager,
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
Pat Alfred, Sar Rep
Vice President,
Kwakiutl Territorial Fisheries Commission
Richard Dawson, SAR Rep
Musgamagw Tsawataineuk First Nation
Tribal Council
Rod Sam, SAR Rep
Peter Charlie, SAR Alt. Rep
Ahousaht First Nation
Bruce Burrows, SAR Rep
UFAWU Local 26
Alan Wilson, SAR Rep
Editor / Publisher
Wave-Length Kayak and Paddling Magazine
Will Soltau, SAR Rep
Pacific Trollers Association
Karen Wristen, SAR Rep
Sierra Legal Defence
Catherine Stewart, SAR Rep
Greenpeace Canada
Teresa Ransome, SAR Rep
Electoral "A" Regional District
of Mount Waddington
Bill Proctor, Alt. SAR Rep
Regional District of Mount Waddington
Roxanna Mandryk, Alt. SAR Rep
Regional Director, Area "A"
Comox-Strathcona Regional Director
Ralph Nursall, SAR Rep
Comox-Strathcona Regional District
-------------------------
Arnie Narcisse, Co-Chair
BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission
Chief Robert Sewid
Mamaleleqala Qwe'qwa'sot'enox First Nation
Garth Mirau, Sec. Treasurer
UFAWU Local 15
Jim Fulton, Exec. Director
David Suzuki Foundation
Alex Morton
Raincoast Research
Lynn Hunter, Co-chair
Pacific Salmon Alliance
David Ellis
David W. Ellis and Associates
Allan McDonell
BC Wild
Howard Breen,
Whiskey Golf Dive Club
Warren Bell M.D., President
Can. Assoc. of Physicians for the Environment
Matt Price
Friends of Clayoquot Sound
Charles McKee
Area"G" Troll Fishery Association
Dan Edwards
West Coast Sustainability Project
Lawrence M. Dill, Professor and Director,
Behavioural Ecology Research Group,
Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Michael M'Gonigle,
Eco-Research Professor of Environmental Law and Policy,
University of Victoria
Ron Ydenberg
Behavioral Ecology Research Group
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Nick Hughes
Behavioural Ecology Research Group,
Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
Vicky Husband
Sierra Club of Canada
Baden Cross
Director-GIS Coordinator
Raincoast Conservation Foundation
John Nelson,
Executive Director
BC Marine Trail Association
Barry Carter
Blue Mountain Native Forest Alliance
Stefan Ochman
Director
Ocean Voice International
Faye Smith
Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers
Dr. Peter Bein, P.Eng.
Skies Above Foundation
Steve Rison
Citizens' Advisory for Environmental Research
Colin W. Clark, F.R.S.
Professor Emeritus (Mathematics)
University of British Columbia
Edward Gregr, UBC Marine Mammal Unit
Department of Zoology
University of British Columbia
Rick Routledge
Institute for Fisheries Analysis and
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Simon Fraser University
Joanne Manley
Society for the Protection of Ayum Creek
Peter Marcus
Gabriola Cycle & Kayak Ltd.
Jeremy Mitchell
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Alex Fogden
Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of B.C.
Maureen Sager
Alberni Environmental Coalition
Sydney Haskell
Carmanah Forestry Society
Diana Wilson
Bear Watch
Rupert Wong, R.P.Bio
West Coast Expeditions
Jay Vincent
Delta Chapter / Sierra Club
Ernie Daley, General Manager
Ole's Westcoast Adventures
Sharon Chow
Lower Mainland Chapter / Sierra Club
Mark Haddock
Mel Petreman, M.D.
Kim Sander, Alumni,
Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
Brewster Kneen,
British Columbia Biotechnology Circle
Alex Latta, Victoria Chapter
Society for Conservation Biology
David Walker
Northern Aquatics
Stuart Parker / Ernie Yacub
Green Party of BC
Murray Rogers, President
Rogers' Environmental and Educational Foundation (R.E.E.F.)
Ian Gartshore
Shore Counselling Services
Nanaimo, B.C.
Lloyd Manchester
Canadian EarthCare Society
Constance Smith,
Research Assistant,
Simon Fraser University
Susan Yates
Head Reference Librarian
Vancouver Island Regional Library
Estelle Taylor,
Radio Peace, Co-op Radio
Dr. Michael M'Gonigle,
Eco-Research Professor of Environmental Law and Policy,
University of Victoria
Guy Dauncey,
Publisher, EcoNews
Paul Marhenke
Prince Rupert
Jeff Lederman, Director/Founder
Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre
Salt Spring Island
Delores Broten, Executive Director,
Reach for Unbleached!
Delores Broten,
Reach for Unbleached! Foundation
---------------
OUT OF PROVINCE
---------------
Brian McHattie
Marine Mammal Coordinator
Zoocheck Canada Inc. ON
Anne Doncaster
International Wildlife Coalition ON
Robin W. Baird, Ph.D.
Halifax, NS
Cathy Kinsman
RETURN TO THE WILD CORP., ON
Rick Smith, Exec. Director
International Fund for Animal Welfare ON
Brian McHattie
Hamilton Naturalists Club ON
---------------
OUTSIDE CANADA
---------------
Kathy Fletcher, Executive Director
People for Puget Sound
Karen Garrison
Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington, D.C.
Dale Fisher, President
Marine Environmental Consortium WA
Kate Cissna, Co-Director
Alfredo Quarto, Co-Director
Mangrove Action Project
Seattle, WA
Zeke Grader, Executive Director
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
San Francisco CA.
Nat Bingham
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
Habitat Office
Mendocino CA
Tim Stearns , Executive Director
Save Our Wild Salmon
Seattle WA
Arthur H. Whiteley, Professor Emeritus
Seattle, WA
Mitch Friedman, Executive Director
Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Bellingham WA
Roderick Tirrell, Chair
Broward County Sierra Club
Fort Lauderdale, FL
R. B. Kochtitzky, Executive Director
Mississippi 2020 Network Inc.
Willard S Osibin, MD,
Pacific Regional Director,
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Templeton, CA
Lanny Carpenter
Environmental Coordinator
Puget Sound Gillnetters Assoc.
Everett, WA
Nina Bell
Northwest Environmental Advocates
Portland OR
Glen Spain, Northwest Regional Director
Institute for Fisheries Resources
Eugene, OR
Darlene Schanfald, Ph.D.
President
Friends of Miller Peninsula State Park WA
David E. Ortman
Executive Director
Wise Use Movement
Seattle, WA
John M. Reinke
Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Paul Cienfuegos, Program Director
Democracy Unlimited, CA
Zygmunt Plater
Prof. of Law
Boston College Law School
Kirk Robinson
Projects Coordinator
Predator Education Fund UT
Hellmut Golde, President
Northwest Fund for the Environment WA
Diane Valantine
Oregon Natural Resource Council OR
Peter Morrison, Research Director
Sierra Biodiversity Institute
Pat Rasmussen, Executive Director
EarthKind, WA
member of Taiga Rescue Network
Lee Green
Triple G Corporation
Sandra J. Bush
Coordinator
Harbor Seal Rookery Program
Gualala, CA
Catherine Rich, President
Los Angeles Audubon Society
West Hollywood, CA
Stefanie Hawks
Executive Director
MARINE MAMMAL CONNECTION, WA
Sara J. Wan, Vice Chair
California Coastal Commission CA *
(*For Purposes of Identification Only)
PACON International
Hawaii
Michael Kundu, Pacific Northwest Director
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society CA
Carl W. Dortch, Advisor,
Lolita's Legion WA
Fred Felleman, NW Director
Ocean Advocates WA
William Rossiter, President
Cetacean Society International CT
Vivian Newman
National Marine Committee
Sierra Club MD
Stefan Austermuehle
Project Coordinator
Bund gegen Missbrauch der Tiere
(Association against Mistreatment of Animals)
Germany
Viivi Syrjä, Director
Finns for the Whales
Finland
Molly Rice
UC San Diego Biology Dept.;
& Behavior Operations dept.
The San Diego Zoo CA
Chris Mulholland
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Jon Monahan
UCSD Biology Dept.
Del Mar, CA
KJ Banuk
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Kevin Scanlan
San Diego Supercomputer Center
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Ben Mackin
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Ann Moss
Dolphin Connection, CA
Mary Rose Kaczorowski
Earth Rights Institute U.S.A.
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GEORGIA STRAIT ALLIANCE
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Forwarded message:
From:HBreen@island.net (Howard Breen)
To:hbreen@island.net
Date: 97-06-06 00:48:01 EDT
[SIGN ON LETTER BELOW/Pls. circulate]
Dear Friends of the BC Marine Environment,
DID YOU KNOW well over 400 marine mammal shootings were "permitted" last year
at British Columbia salmon aquaculture operations? Or that estimates of
illegal
shootings may triple figures for the netcage industry slaughter? Or that 5000
IHN-diseased Atlantic farm salmon were harvested in June and sent to market,
the
remainder left in netcages to infect wild salmon in Johnstone Strait? Or that
municipal bylaws can no longer prohibit fish farms as they are protected
under
the Right to Farm Act? Or thar that the industry would like to expand tenfold
in BC?
The Georgia Strait Alliance has launched a political lobbying campaign
on the issue of salmon aquaculture. We want to have a strong document to
present to the British Columbia government's Cabinet which makes it clear
that there is a broad consensus on the need for profound changes to the
industry before they consider lifting the current moratorium on new salmon
farming licences, and that the recommendations of the Environmental
Assessment
Office’s Technical Advisory Team are inadequate.
At a recent meeting with the Environment Minister, Cathy McGregor said
"prove it to me" (that there is a strong consensus for change). This is
exactly what we’re hoping to do with the following letter, which we’re
hoping you and/or organization will sign on to.
Time is of the essence. We will take the letter to meetings with Ministers
and to the media.
To sign on, contact Howard Breen (hbreen@island.net) or fax to GSA
(250-753-2567). Please indicate:
-name of organizational, academic, community or business affiliation
-name of signatory (contact person who can sign for the organization)
-snail mail address for verification should it be required by gov't
If you need more info contact Howard Breen at: (250) 247-7467
(hbreen@island.net).
Thanks a lot,
Laurie MacBride
Georgia Strait Alliance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
June___, 1997
The Honourable Glen Clark, M.L.A.
Premier of the Province of British Columbia
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
The Honourable Corky Evans, M.L.A.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
The Honourable Cathy McGregor, M.L.A.
Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks,
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
The Honourable John Cashore, M.L.A.
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs,
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
And other Cabinet Ministers
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4
Dear Premier and Ministers:
You will soon be receiving the final report and recommendations from the
Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) resulting from the Salmon Aquaculture
Review (SAR). Given the recommendations of the EAO’s Technical Advisory Team
(which were released in early April), we anticipate there will be several
critical weaknesses with the final EAO recommendations.
>From our perspective, the recommendations will - if based on the Technical
Team’s recommendations - offer little or no protection for Pacific salmon
stocks and the rest of the marine ecosystem from marine-sited, open netcage
farmsites that culture non-indigenous Atlantic salmon.
Many of the undersigned were present throughout the SAR process, as table
representatives, alternates or observers. After eight months of intensive
study including many meetings, reams of technical documents and submissions,
it is our studied opinion that only closed-loop containment systems can
afford any effective defense from the problems of farm-introduced disease,
discharged fecal waste and antibiotic residues, and dilution of the Pacific
gene pool from escapes.
In summary, we urge you to retain the existing moratorium on new salmon
aquaculture development until major changes are implemented. Among the key
changes that are needed, we urge you to:
. Replace netcages with closed containment systems;
. Prohibit the use of Atlantic Salmon;
. Ban the use of acoustic deterrent devices, explosives, firearms and
underwater traps for predator control;
. Ban the use of night lights (except those required for navigational
safety);
. Relocate existing farms at least 3km from environmentally sensitive areas;
. Require mandatory labeling of farmed fish;
. Require mandatory reporting of farmed fish escapes, disease outbreaks and
drug use at all fish farms;
. Remove aquaculture from the Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act;
. Require mandatory referral to First Nations for all applications impacting
First Nations’ communities;
· Replace existing guidelines with effective, enforceable regulations;
· Initiate a mandatory resource rent or levies for full cost recovery;
· Immediately prohibit lake-reared aquaculture.
In short, the only prudent and responsible Cabinet decision in view of the
considerable concerns expressed during the SAR process is to retain the
provincial moratorium until such time that the abovementioned concerns have
been successfully resolved and the gross scientific uncertainties identified
during the SAR process have been thoroughly addressed.
The results of the time and resources which your government is dedicating to
protecting and restoring wild Pacific salmon could be severely compromised
if the adverse impacts and risks of salmon farming are not effectively
addressed.
We hope that you will take advantage of this critical opportunity to
preserve British Columbia's rich biological and coastal heritage.
Signed,
SEND YOUR NAME & CONTACT INFO TO:
HBreen@Island.Net
THANK YOU!!!
--------------
B.C. ENDORSERS
--------------
-------------------
SAR Representatives
-------------------
Laurie MacBride, SAR Rep
Executive Director,
Georgia Strait Alliance
Don Hall Phd., SAR Rep
Fisheries Program Manager,
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
Pat Alfred, Sar Rep
Vice President,
Kwakiutl Territorial Fisheries Commission
Richard Dawson, SAR Rep
Musgamagw Tsawataineuk First Nation
Tribal Council
Rod Sam, SAR Rep
Peter Charlie, SAR Alt. Rep
Ahousaht First Nation
Bruce Burrows, SAR Rep
UFAWU Local 26
Alan Wilson, SAR Rep
Editor / Publisher
Wave-Length Kayak and Paddling Magazine
Will Soltau, SAR Rep
Pacific Trollers Association
Karen Wristen, SAR Rep
Sierra Legal Defence
Catherine Stewart, SAR Rep
Greenpeace Canada
Teresa Ransome, SAR Rep
Electoral "A" Regional District
of Mount Waddington
Bill Proctor, Alt. SAR Rep
Regional District of Mount Waddington
Roxanna Mandryk, Alt. SAR Rep
Regional Director, Area "A"
Comox-Strathcona Regional Director
Ralph Nursall, SAR Rep
Comox-Strathcona Regional District
-------------------------
Arnie Narcisse, Co-Chair
BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission
Chief Robert Sewid
Mamaleleqala Qwe'qwa'sot'enox First Nation
Garth Mirau, Sec. Treasurer
UFAWU Local 15
Jim Fulton, Exec. Director
David Suzuki Foundation
Alex Morton
Raincoast Research
Lynn Hunter, Co-chair
Pacific Salmon Alliance
David Ellis
David W. Ellis and Associates
Allan McDonell
BC Wild
Howard Breen,
Whiskey Golf Dive Club
Warren Bell M.D., President
Can. Assoc. of Physicians for the Environment
Matt Price
Friends of Clayoquot Sound
Charles McKee
Area"G" Troll Fishery Association
Dan Edwards
West Coast Sustainability Project
Lawrence M. Dill, Professor and Director,
Behavioural Ecology Research Group,
Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Michael M'Gonigle,
Eco-Research Professor of Environmental Law and Policy,
University of Victoria
Ron Ydenberg
Behavioral Ecology Research Group
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Nick Hughes
Behavioural Ecology Research Group,
Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
Vicky Husband
Sierra Club of Canada
Baden Cross
Director-GIS Coordinator
Raincoast Conservation Foundation
John Nelson,
Executive Director
BC Marine Trail Association
Barry Carter
Blue Mountain Native Forest Alliance
Stefan Ochman
Director
Ocean Voice International
Faye Smith
Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers
Dr. Peter Bein, P.Eng.
Skies Above Foundation
Steve Rison
Citizens' Advisory for Environmental Research
Colin W. Clark, F.R.S.
Professor Emeritus (Mathematics)
University of British Columbia
Edward Gregr, UBC Marine Mammal Unit
Department of Zoology
University of British Columbia
Rick Routledge
Institute for Fisheries Analysis and
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Simon Fraser University
Joanne Manley
Society for the Protection of Ayum Creek
Peter Marcus
Gabriola Cycle & Kayak Ltd.
Jeremy Mitchell
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Alex Fogden
Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of B.C.
Maureen Sager
Alberni Environmental Coalition
Sydney Haskell
Carmanah Forestry Society
Diana Wilson
Bear Watch
Rupert Wong, R.P.Bio
West Coast Expeditions
Jay Vincent
Delta Chapter / Sierra Club
Ernie Daley, General Manager
Ole's Westcoast Adventures
Sharon Chow
Lower Mainland Chapter / Sierra Club
Mark Haddock
Mel Petreman, M.D.
Kim Sander, Alumni,
Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Simon Fraser University
Brewster Kneen,
British Columbia Biotechnology Circle
Alex Latta, Victoria Chapter
Society for Conservation Biology
David Walker
Northern Aquatics
Stuart Parker / Ernie Yacub
Green Party of BC
Murray Rogers, President
Rogers' Environmental and Educational Foundation (R.E.E.F.)
Ian Gartshore
Shore Counselling Services
Nanaimo, B.C.
Lloyd Manchester
Canadian EarthCare Society
Constance Smith,
Research Assistant,
Simon Fraser University
Susan Yates
Head Reference Librarian
Vancouver Island Regional Library
Estelle Taylor,
Radio Peace, Co-op Radio
Dr. Michael M'Gonigle,
Eco-Research Professor of Environmental Law and Policy,
University of Victoria
Guy Dauncey,
Publisher, EcoNews
Paul Marhenke
Prince Rupert
Jeff Lederman, Director/Founder
Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre
Salt Spring Island
Delores Broten, Executive Director,
Reach for Unbleached!
Delores Broten,
Reach for Unbleached! Foundation
---------------
OUT OF PROVINCE
---------------
Brian McHattie
Marine Mammal Coordinator
Zoocheck Canada Inc. ON
Anne Doncaster
International Wildlife Coalition ON
Robin W. Baird, Ph.D.
Halifax, NS
Cathy Kinsman
RETURN TO THE WILD CORP., ON
Rick Smith, Exec. Director
International Fund for Animal Welfare ON
Brian McHattie
Hamilton Naturalists Club ON
---------------
OUTSIDE CANADA
---------------
Kathy Fletcher, Executive Director
People for Puget Sound
Karen Garrison
Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington, D.C.
Dale Fisher, President
Marine Environmental Consortium WA
Kate Cissna, Co-Director
Alfredo Quarto, Co-Director
Mangrove Action Project
Seattle, WA
Zeke Grader, Executive Director
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
San Francisco CA.
Nat Bingham
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
Habitat Office
Mendocino CA
Tim Stearns , Executive Director
Save Our Wild Salmon
Seattle WA
Arthur H. Whiteley, Professor Emeritus
Seattle, WA
Mitch Friedman, Executive Director
Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Bellingham WA
Roderick Tirrell, Chair
Broward County Sierra Club
Fort Lauderdale, FL
R. B. Kochtitzky, Executive Director
Mississippi 2020 Network Inc.
Willard S Osibin, MD,
Pacific Regional Director,
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Templeton, CA
Lanny Carpenter
Environmental Coordinator
Puget Sound Gillnetters Assoc.
Everett, WA
Nina Bell
Northwest Environmental Advocates
Portland OR
Glen Spain, Northwest Regional Director
Institute for Fisheries Resources
Eugene, OR
Darlene Schanfald, Ph.D.
President
Friends of Miller Peninsula State Park WA
David E. Ortman
Executive Director
Wise Use Movement
Seattle, WA
John M. Reinke
Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Paul Cienfuegos, Program Director
Democracy Unlimited, CA
Zygmunt Plater
Prof. of Law
Boston College Law School
Kirk Robinson
Projects Coordinator
Predator Education Fund UT
Hellmut Golde, President
Northwest Fund for the Environment WA
Diane Valantine
Oregon Natural Resource Council OR
Peter Morrison, Research Director
Sierra Biodiversity Institute
Pat Rasmussen, Executive Director
EarthKind, WA
member of Taiga Rescue Network
Lee Green
Triple G Corporation
Sandra J. Bush
Coordinator
Harbor Seal Rookery Program
Gualala, CA
Catherine Rich, President
Los Angeles Audubon Society
West Hollywood, CA
Stefanie Hawks
Executive Director
MARINE MAMMAL CONNECTION, WA
Sara J. Wan, Vice Chair
California Coastal Commission CA *
(*For Purposes of Identification Only)
PACON International
Hawaii
Michael Kundu, Pacific Northwest Director
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society CA
Carl W. Dortch, Advisor,
Lolita's Legion WA
Fred Felleman, NW Director
Ocean Advocates WA
William Rossiter, President
Cetacean Society International CT
Vivian Newman
National Marine Committee
Sierra Club MD
Stefan Austermuehle
Project Coordinator
Bund gegen Missbrauch der Tiere
(Association against Mistreatment of Animals)
Germany
Viivi Syrjä, Director
Finns for the Whales
Finland
Molly Rice
UC San Diego Biology Dept.;
& Behavior Operations dept.
The San Diego Zoo CA
Chris Mulholland
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Jon Monahan
UCSD Biology Dept.
Del Mar, CA
KJ Banuk
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Kevin Scanlan
San Diego Supercomputer Center
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Ben Mackin
UCSD Biology Dept.
San Diego, CA
Ann Moss
Dolphin Connection, CA
Mary Rose Kaczorowski
Earth Rights Institute U.S.A.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard Breen
GEORGIA STRAIT ALLIANCE
Discussion List & News-Wire Coordinator
Voice:h)250.247.7467
GSA)250.753.3459
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 00:19:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: civillib@cwnet.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: API Official Attacks Activists, Mink Liberators
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((( TO AR NEWS READERS: We've prepared this with the blessing of the list
administrator in response to a post by Mr Mackay, who has since ADMITTED his
"news release" was not a release, and only prepared in that way to get his
point across on AR News, which otherwise would have blocked his commentary.
While Mr. Goodwin's releases are "news" and are disseminated to national and
local media, which is why they are sent to Ar News, Mr. Mackay's effort was
NEVER sent to any news media, and was designed to further his own personal
agenda and attacks on others. Mr. Mackay spends his time trying to subvert
new and ongoing activists on news and views, attempting to convince them to
abandon direct action activists. This is what the enemy does, and it
benefits the abusers and the FBI alike. -- Cres Vellucci )))
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPECIAL TO AR NEWS
June 5, 1997
API Director Issues False News Release;
Attacks Sincere Animal Activists,
Takes Side of Fur Industry
DALLAS, TX -- Irresponsible, mean-spirited and misleading comments by an
official of Animal Protection Institute is driving a wedge between animal
activists, and hurting the case of animals, according to JP Goodwin, exec.
director of the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade.
In a "news release" -- which was, in fact, not disseminated to any news
media, but was actually a thinly disguised ploy to get his subjective
comments heard on AR News, which forbades such releases normally -- Barry
Mackay claimed to have "found" the bodies of mink freed from a Mt. Angel,
Oregon fur farm last Friday. His headline exclaimed: "Dead mink bodies
found! Anti-fur animal protectionist finds bodies of abused mink."
In fact, Mackay never left his Canadian home, and never found any bodies.
He lied.
"No where in the release did it explain that Barry found any bodies, as his
headline said. His only source for the 'discovery' of the bodies was a
police investigator, and we all know how reliable police are when it comes
to animal activism," said Goodwin.
The only other person to claim mink are dying "by the thousands" is the fur
farm owner. "That puts Barry in league with a fur farmer, and the police.
That should tell all of us where his real sympathies are, and on what side
he is on," said Goodwin.
Goodwin said that, despite Mckay's claims and those of the fur farmer, no
bodies, certainly not thousands as claimed, have been shown to the news
media. Local reporters, and National Public Radio reporters all confirmed
they were refused when they asked to see the dead.
"Don't you think that they would show them off if they existed? The point
is that except for some mink who may conceivably -- but we don't even know
this -- have died at the hands of fur farmers trying to catch them after
release, no one has seen the dead bodies, as Barry states. Yet, he fuels the
hysteria, and the lies, to promote his own agenda," explained Goodwin.
Mackay has a history of attacking progressive activists, and especially
those who support nonviolent civil disobedience, liberations and sabotage
against animal abusers.
"The fact is the Animal Liberation Front (who claimed credit for releasing
the mink from Oregon) has never harmed anyone, and yet they have freed tens
of thousands of animals, and destroyed animal abuse industries," said Goodwin.
"I support those efforts and work to build solidarity within the movement.
Barry continues to attack activists with whom he disagrees, and attempts to
discredit them, even going as far as siding with animal killers like a fur
farmer, and the police, who do their best to injure and jail dedicated
activists," added Goodwin.
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Contact: JP Goodwin (214) 503-1419
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 09:41:56 -0400
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Also...here are some websites with info on internet resources for Veg and
AR interests:
The Global Directory (IVU)
http://www.veg.org/veg/Orgs/IVU/Internet/netguid1.html
World Guide to Vegetarianism--Internet
http://www.veg.org/veg/Guide/Internet/index.html
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 09:54:10 -0400
From: allen schubert
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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 00:24:01 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: RFI: Vegan display in October
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I'm re-posting this for Gail Joslin from Vegan-L. Perhaps activists who
have done outreach can help? Please reply by private e-mail to her at
. Thanks.
Vadivu
---------- Forwarded message ----------
On the last Saturday of October I will have a vegan stand in a very
upmarket suburban shopping centre. Will be selling vegan starter
information packs (recipes, book lists, local suppliers of products and
services, alternatives to animal products, health information, McLibel
info, menus), vegan cakes and muffins, and advertising the Klaper and John
Robbins's videotapes for viewing.
Do any subscribers on the list have ideas (and possibly donations of
materials) for making the display look professional and powerful. I
thought of running a competition with prizes that promote the animal
rights movement - eg k.d. lang tapes/cds, books by authors who support the
AR ideal, vegan foods, cosmetics, etc and need contact names and addresses
and faxes of these people.
Once my costs of ingredients and photocopying have been covered, part of
the proceeds will go to the Cart Horse Protection League here that is
doing sterling work to educate owners and "renters" of these animals on
correct care, and to help pay for food, shoes, and correct harnesses.
The rest of the profits will help me to buy more videos and giveaway
vegan materials.
Some background information: (from The Southern Suburbs Tatler newspaper)
The Cart Horse Protection Association in conjunction with a variety of
other organisations, has launched a campaign to help the plight of Cape
Town's cart horses.
According to Karen de Klerk, spokesperson for the CHPA, the conditions
for cart horses are very bad. "Horses are bred in filthy backyard
conditions, where they stand in their own manure for days on end, getting
lung infections from all the ammonia in the air. In summer, we have cases
where horses burn to death due to the high temperatures causing the
methane fumes from the dung to explode in the shacks."
Karen said some horses are broken to harness at the age of nine months,
causing back problems later on because their backs are not allowed to
develop fully. "We also see owners renting out horses to anybody for
money, so long as that person returns the horse in a standin position."
Jeremy Gardner, the farrier involved in the project, said horses' hooves
are a major concern. "We get cases where the flesh in the hooves is
actually rotting, making it very painful for the horse to walk, never
mind working with a load. Some of the owners also don't have the right
size shoes for the horses, forcing them to cut the hooves to fit the
shoes," Jeremy said.
According to Karen, working horses need new shoes every four to six weeks
to work efficiently and without pain under normal conditions. The sad
fact is that a lot of animals do not wear any shoes or have on
the incorrect size.
"In order to help these horses we need funding and support from the
public. It's the only way we can run the farrier service and this
project. We are really desperate for funding and that is why we're asking
the public to donate either R35 ($7.00/pounds sterling 4.50) towards
shoeing one cart horse or R70 ($14/pounds sterling 9.00) or more towards
two sets of shoes."
We have a third world economy, and unfortunately, this use of horses is a
common occurence. I would dearly love to prohibit the whole thing, but
right now, it's pretty impossible. We're working on legislation proposals
to monitor care and use, but you know what politicians are like! So
whatever we can do to help in the meantime is better than nothing.
The kiosk looks like an upside down top hat that is "circular", but with
faceted sides - I think it's octagonal, but will check this over the
weekend. This means that posters can be displayed on each of the eight
panelled sides, and the brim is a shelf for the cakes, packs, etc. The
helpers stand inside the "hat" which is in the middle of the concourse,
and near lifts, entrances, pharmacy, music store (cds and tapes),
newsagent/bookstore etc so there is a good flow of (people) traffic past it.
I want to advertise World Vegan Day - tried to get the kiosk for 1
November, but it had already been reserved. The hire is free as a
community service. Any posters, recipes by celebrities, photographs
signed by them, etc that can be used for display would be most welcome.
Gail Joslin
Vegans In South Africa
Box 36242
Glosderry
7702 South Africa
email: gail@oup.co.za
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 12:39:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: MINKLIB@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Swedish ALF Defies Abusers, Frees Foxes
Message-ID: <970606123924_1991036360@emout16.mail.aol.com>
CAFT has received word from Sweden that the ALF has conducted what will be
Swedens 10th fur farm raid of 1997. A fur farm in Oskarshamn was hit in late
May, with 50 foxes released, breeding cards stolen, cages destroyed, and
killing devices removed from the premises.
Other actions in Sweden include lots of window smashing that is shutting down
Swedish furriers.
Fur farmers and conservative animal welfarists are condemning the actions as
both factions seem to want the same thing, for fur animals to be left in
their cages to await certain death, instead of being given a shot at life.
CAFT and other animal rights groups support the live liberation of these
animals, for we know that if we were in the animals shoes, we would prefer
freedom over captivity, and a chance at life over certain death.
]
Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade
PO Box 822411
Dallas, TX 75382
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 09:57:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, seac+announce@ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu,
en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: WY Alert: Mountain Lions
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WYOMING ACTION ALERT
LETTERS NEEDED TO PROTECT MOUNTAIN LIONS!
Last year the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission increased the number of
mountain lions
allowed to be killed by trophy hunters by 37%. Even Game and Fish wildlife
biologists
admitted there wasn't enough information to justify the increase. And now
they've proposed
another increase just one year later, based on paranoia and politics rather
than on sound
science.
Trophy hunters in Wyoming are already allowed to chase mountain lions with
packs of radio-collared dogs. Once an exhausted lion flees to a tree, the
high-tech hunter simply follows the radio signal and shoots the trapped lion
at point-blank range. These chases can separate mother lions from their
dependent kittens, and it is impossible to determine how many kittens die of
starvation or predation. It is also impossible to determine the number of
illegal killings by poachers and unreported killings by ranchers. It makes
no sense to increase the numbers of mountain lions killed if we don't even
know how many there are.
We should not fear mountain lions. Not a single person has ever been killed
by a mountain
lion in Wyoming. In fact, over the last 100 years, there have been only 14
cougar-caused
fatalities in all of North America. More people have been killed by bee
stings, by dog bites,
by lightning, and even by falling soccer goal posts.
Killing more mountain lions will not decrease depredation on livestock. Dr.
Paul Beier, the
only mountain lion biologist who has published studies on lion/human
conflicts, states that
increased sport hunting may actually INCREASE livestock depredation. Hunters
tend to kill large adult lions, giving smaller and younger animals the
chance to expand their
range -- the yearlings who are more likely to attack livestock.
Sadly, only small populations of mountain lions remain in the West. It's
time we overcome
our predator prejudice. Instead of killing these majestic creatures for
recreation or for other
unjustifiable purposes, we should speak out for their protection.
PLEASE LET YOUR VOICE FOR MOUNTAIN LIONS BE HEARD BEFORE THE JUNE
13TH
DEADLINE. SEND YOUR COMMENTS OPPOSING THE PROPOSAL TO INCRESE THE
NUMBER OF
MOUNTAIN LIONS KILLED TO THE ADDRESS BELOW:
Linda Lembeck
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
3030 Energy Lane
Casper, WY 82604
Fax: (307) 473-3433
For more information contact Andrea Lococo at The Fund for Animals' Rocky
Mountain Office:
The Fund for Animals
PO Box 11294
Jackson, WY 83002
Phone: (307) 859-8840
E-Mail: alococo@wyoming.com
Thank you for your help!
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 16:53:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pat Fish
To: Friends of Animals
Subject: VCR alert:Oprah/Beef Story Dateline FRIDAY night
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Based upon what I've been told, it appears that on the Friday (June 6th)
edition of NBC's DateLine, they will have a segment on the cattle
industry's lawsuit against Oprah due to Howard Lyman being on her show
talking about BSE/CJD.
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 17:01:22 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) VCR alert:Oprah/Beef Story Dateline FRIDAY night
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from private e-mail:
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Based upon what I've been told, it appears that on the Friday (June 6th)
edition of NBC's DateLine, they will have a segment on the cattle
industry's lawsuit against Oprah due to Howard Lyman being on her show
talking about BSE/CJD.
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 14:01:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: chrisw@fund.org
Subject: (FWD) NRA Applauds Passage of H.R. 1420
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from the NRA:
>
>For Immediate Release For More Information:
>June 4, 1997 703-267-1190
>
> NRA APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF H.R. 1420
>
> "H.R. 1420 is good for the Refuge System,
> good for wildlife and good for hunters."
>
>FAIRFAX, Va. -- The National Rifle Association of America
>applauded yesterday's nearly unanimous passage in the U.S. House
>of Representatives of H.R. 1420 -- The National Wildlife Refuge
>Improvement Act. Introduced by Rep. Don Young (R-AK) and
>receiving broad bi-partisan support, H.R. 1420 creates a
>statutory mission statement and planning structure for the
>National Wildlife Refuge System.
>
>"NRA has worked very hard with Congress to craft H.R. 1420, and
>we applaud passage of this bill," said Mrs. Tanya K. Metaksa,
>Executive Director of NRA's Institute for Legislative Action.
>"This legislation recognizes the integral role people have in
>managing and using the Refuge System, and it protects that role
>in law. Also important are the provisions which strengthen and
>unify the Refuge System's planning process. The Refuge System
>can only thrive with careful and scientific management."
>
>Several studies in the last two decades, including those from the
>General Accounting Office, Interior Department, and Fish and
>Wildlife Service, report that refuges suffer because they are not
>managed as a national system and lack centralized guidance. H.R.
>1420 directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a
>comprehensive conservation plan for each refuge.
>
>H.R. 1420 also specifies wildlife-dependent activities, including
>hunting and fishing, as priority public uses of the Refuge
>System. Currently, hunting and fishing occur on over 90% of the
>Refuge System's acreage, but, in recent years, extremist anti-hunting
groups have actively sought to limit, if not totally ban,
>these activities.
>
>"America's hunters helped to buy three-fourths of the lands
>purchased for the Refuge System, and H.R. 1420 statutorily
>protects hunting as a priority use of the Refuge System,"
>explained Mrs. Metaksa. "Further, this legislation preserves
>compatible wildlife dependent activities on newly acquired refuge
>lands, keeping the land open to those who have traditionally
>hunted and fished on it -- perhaps for generations.
>
>"Passed yesterday by a vote of 407 to 1 and supported by such
>groups as the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, the International
>Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the Wildlife
>Legislative Fund of America, the Izaak Walton League of America,
>the National Wildlife Federation, Safari Club International, and
>the Wildlife Management Institute, all agree that H.R. 1420 is
>good for the Refuge System, good for wildlife and good for
>America's hunters."
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 17:34:08 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) PETA RELEASES FIRST-EVER VIDEO OF PROCTER & GAMBLE
MONKEY
TESTS
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from PETA web page:
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PETA RELEASES FIRST-EVER VIDEO OF PROCTER & GAMBLE MONKEY TESTS
Undercover Footage to Be Shown at News Conference
--------------------------------------------------------------------
For Immediate Release:
June 4, 1997
Contact:
Michael McGraw 757-622-7382
Cincinnati -- Numerous violations of the federal Animal Welfare
Act have been documented in an 8-month undercover investigation of
a Procter & Gamble (P&G) laboratory and will be released today by
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
PETA's director of Research and Investigations, Mary Beth
Sweetland, and the investigator who worked in P&G's contract lab
will unveil their disturbing findings at a news conference:
Date Time Place
Wednesday, June 4 11 a.m. Holiday Inn, Harrison Room, 800 W. 8th
St.
"You can wipe your ass with this data," says a P&G-sponsored
laboratory technician in a 9-minute videotape of undercover
footage to be shown at the news conference.
PETA's investigator documented P&G laboratory technicians:
* slamming monkeys into cages;
* suspending monkeys in the air while pumping test substances into
their stomachs;
* screaming at frightened monkeys;
* shaking their fists in monkeys' faces when they were strapped
down for electrocardiograms; and
* stuffing a lotion bottle into a monkey's mouth as a "joke."
PETA is asking Procter & Gamble to implement a six-point plan to
alleviate animal suffering.
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 97 16:56:00 -0500
From: Karin Zupko
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Vivisection: Issues and Ethics Tape Available
Message-ID: <9706062155.AA03792@titan.ma.neavs.com>
Vivisection: Issues and Ethics
(approx. 3 hrs., H.S. and up)
Videotape of the 1997 NEAVS Symposium at Harvard University.
Three physicians lecture on the ethical and scientific problems
surrounding animal experimentation. Drs. Murray Cohen, Marjorie
Cramer, and Jerry Vlasak cover "Integrative Medicine and
Vivisection," "Women's Issues and Vivisection," and "the Ethics of
Vivisection," respectively.
This tape may be borrowed at no charge. A $50 deposit is required,
but the check or credit card transaction is not processed if the tape
is returned.
To borrow this tape, contact NEAVS at 617-523-6020 or e-mail
karin@ma.neavs.com.
Karin Zupko
NEAVS
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 18:42:45 -0700
From: Sean Thomas
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: FOIE GRAS FAUX-PAS
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Friday, June 6, 1997
Ottawa Citizen, pg F8
Animal-rights Activists Spread Word About Foie Gras
Group campaigns to stop sales of delicacy produced by force-feeding
By Ron Eade for the Ottawa Citizen
Animal -rights activists - one dressed as Daffy Duck - -yesterday
launched a campaign against Ottawa specialty food shops selling pate de
foie gras, an expensive delicacy made from the livers of force-fed geese
and ducks.
The campaign began at noon, when 19 members of Animal Action marched
from Byward Market to protest outside A.E. Price Fine Foods Ltd., in
L'Esplanade Laurier for about 40 minutes.
Protestersvowed to returnto the store and other retail outlets that
sell foie gras, says Len Goldberg, co-director of the animal-rights
group.
"Absolutely, there will be more," Mr. Goldberg said.
"A.E. Price is the focus of animal rights activity in Ottawa until
that product is discontinued. We will be there several times a week
with our banner, and at times our duck, to let people know," Mr.
Goldberg said.
Protesters did not enter the mall and business was not affected, said
Elise Graves, store general manager.
"People thought it was pretty funny. It didn't disrupt our business,
but it attracted a lot of attention outside the building."
Ms. Graves said she doiubted the rich delicacy would be discontinued
because of the protest.
The specialty food store carries foie gras under the trade name Rougie
of Perigord, France, made from goose liver. It costs $37.65 for a 2.6
ounce tin.
Foie gras is french for "fat liver." The finished product is
predominately fat.
"That high price tells you the goose was force-fed because genuine
foie gras is exceptionally expensive. It's considered to be a delicacy
on par with caviar," Mr. Goldberg said.
"Sometimes you will see a product called goose pate, but if its price
is about the same as any other meat product , then you know it's not
force-fed because it's not foie gras. Force-feeding is how you create a
liver product that's 85% fat.
"Force-feeding causes the liver to enlarge six to seven times beyond
normal proportions, and virtually all of the enlargement is fat," Mr.
Goldberg said.
For 30 years, production of foie gras has been targeted by
animal-rights activists worldwide who object to the inhumane treatment
of geese and ducks in France and other nations.
Force-feeding is achieved by pushing a rigid tube down a bird's throat
at least three times a day for more than 2 weeks to fill its stomach
with a corn mixture.
The corn lacks choline, a vitamin that enables the liver to eliminate
fat.
According to PETA, an animal-rights lobby based in Washington D.C.,
some geese and ducks suffocate to death in this process, others
explode. The tube sometimes cuts the inside of their throats.
Activists say that by the time birds are slaughtered 16 days later,
their bodies are so distended they can hardly move and the animals can
only move with difficulty.
Apart from the cruelty of force-feeding, the liver pate is not good
for humans.
Its fat, the kind that raises blood cholesterol levels, contributes to
heart disease, stroke, obesity, and cancer.
similar protests by animal-rights activists in 1994 resulted in foie
gras being pulled from the menus and shelves of 6 Ottawa-area
restaurants and stores, including A.E. Price.
Now that it's back , Mr. Goldberg said the protest has resumed.
"Unless they send us written assurance the product will be
discontinued, we will continue to expose this business as supporting
force-feeding," Mr. Goldberg said.
Also on the group's list of targets is Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli at
1321 Wellington St., which sell foie gras. Mr. Goldberg said he expects
to picket that store on Saturday.
The store owner could not be reached for comment.
________________________________________________________________________
Sean Thomas, Co-Director
Animal Action
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 23:17:17 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Dairy Industry Sued Over Arteries
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from AP Wire page:
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06/06/1997 14:17 EST
Dairy Industry Sued Over Arteries
SEATTLE (AP) -- A self-described milk-a-holic is suing the dairy
industry, claiming that a lifetime of drinking whole milk contributed to
his clogged arteries and a minor stroke.
Norman Mayo, 61, believes he might have avoided his health problems if he
had been warned on milk cartons about fat and cholesterol.
``I drank milk like some people drink beer or water,'' he said. ``I've
always loved a nice cold glass of milk, and I've drank a lot of it.''
The federal lawsuit names Safeway and the Dairy Farmers of Washington as
defendants. Mayo wants Safeway to put warning labels on all its dairy
products, and he wants similar warnings on all dairy industry ads and
commercials.
``If tobacco products can be required to have warning labels, why not
dairy products?'' said Mayo, a former smoker. ``I think milk is just as
dangerous as tobacco.''
He's also seeking reimbursement of his medical expenses and unspecified
compensation for personal injury.
``It's my opinion that the dairy industry's to blame,'' he said. ``They
push their dairy products without warning you of the hazards.''
Since his stroke three years ago, Mayo drinks only nonfat or skim milk.
Neither Safeway nor the state dairy farmers has responded to the lawsuit.
``I'm pretty sure we would plead not guilty and suggest this is without
merit,'' said Blair Thompson, a spokesman for the Washington Dairy
Products Commission.
Jon Ferguson, a lead counsel in the state's lawsuit against the tobacco
industry, said likening milk with tobacco was silly. Milk, he noted, is
not addictive.
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 23:21:01 -0400
From: Vegetarian Resource Center
To: AR-NEWS@envirolink.org
Subject: "Perspectives on Animal Consciousness" conference in Europe
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Subject: Wagningen 3rd-4th July: have you already registered?
Ruud van den Bos PhD
University of Leiden
Leiden, the Netherlands
points out that a conference in the Nethlerlands
will focus on "Perspectives on Animal Consciousness"
at the Wageningen International Conference Centre
in Wageningen, the Netherlands. 3rd-4th July 1997
The ORGANIZERS are:
dr. Ruud van den Bos (RUL)
dr. Soemini Kasanmoentalib (VU)
drs. ir. Susanne Lijmbach (LUW)
drs. Marcel Dol (RUL)
IN COOPERATION WITH:
KNAW Onderzoekschool Ethiek
(Netherlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy);
SPONSORED BY:NWO Stichting voor Filosofie en Theologie;
Anti-Vivisectie Stichting (AVS);
Programme:
3rd July
Morning
Opening address:
G. Den Hartogh (UvA; director of the Netherlands School
for Research in Practical Philosophy)
Animal Consciousness & Philosophy
(chair: D. Kornet, University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands)
C. Allen (College Station, TX, USA); S. Lijmbach (Wageningen);
W. van der Steen (Amsterdam); J. Vorstenbosch (Utrecht)
Afternoon
Animal Consciousness & Ethics (chair: Tj. de Cock Buning,
University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands)
D. Macer (Tsukuba City, Japan); H. Verhoog (Leiden);
E. Rivas (Nijmegen); P. Cohn (Abington, PA, USA)
Evening
Special Programme:
P. Carruthers (Sheffield, UK); R. Heeger (Utrecht); M. Bracke (Wageningen)
4th July
Morning
Animal Consciousness & Science
(chair: B. Spruijt, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands)
M. Bekoff (Boulder, CO, USA); B. Bermond (Amsterdam);
R. van den Bos (Leiden); J. Fentress (Halifax, NS, Canada)
Afternoon
Parallel Workshops:
Workshop 1:Biological Foundation of Ethics
(Tj. De Cock Buning, University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands)
Workshop 2:Research Methods in Animal Welfare
(F. de Jonge, Wageningen Agricultural University,
Wageningen, the Netherlands)
Workshop 3:Animal Welfare, Politics & Legislation
(J. Staman, Ministry of Agriculture, The Hague, the Netherlands)
Special Closing Lecture:J. van Hooff (Utrecht)
______________________________________________________________
Conference fee:f200,-- (Dutch guilders)
(includes: coffee & tea during breaks; lunches;
evening drinks on 3rd July; abstracts)
Payable through account. nr.:ABN: 53.95.09.426 to LUW, sector L&S,
project Animal Ethics (nr.059918)
Conference site:WICC-IAC
Lawickse Allee 11
6701 AN Wageningen
tel:0317 - 490133
fax:0317 - 426243
(Map will be sent after they have received your registration form)
People who wish to stay in Wageningen overnight should contact:
VVV (Tourist information) Wageningen:
tel: 0317 - 410777 fax: 0317
- 423186
Name:_____________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Tel:_____________________________________________
Fax:_____________________________________________
E-mail:_____________________________________________
For those who wish to attend a workshop please indicate your
choice below
(first, second):
Workshop 1 (Tj. de Cock Buning): _______
Workshop 2 (F. de Jonge): _______
Workshop 3 (J. Staman):_______
This form should be sent to (by e-mail or 'snail' mail):
Organisation Conference 'Perspectives on Animal Consciousness'
Ruud van den Bos PhD
Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences
Section Theoretical Biology
University of Leiden
P.O. Box 9516
2300 RA Leiden
the Netherlands
tel:071 - 527 4921
fax:071 - 527 4900
e-mail: VANDENBOS@rullf2.medfac.leidenuniv.nl
web-site: http://wwwbio.leidenuniv.nl/~vandenbos/congres.html
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