AR-NEWS Digest 513

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: Activists Block Way to Pigeon Shoot
     by LMANHEIM@aol.com
  2) BAIL SET AT $75,000 EACH FOR 'HEGINS 8'
     by civillib@cwnet.com
  3) (TH) Floods let crocodiles run loose
     by Vadivu Govind 
  4) Fw: Sickening Web Site - Crushing of Small Animals (US)
     by "Karen Bevis" 
  5) Northern Star Article
     by Tracy Rackauskas 
  6) DIRECT ACTION DEFENSE FUND
     by " North American A.L.F. Supporters Group" 
  7) 31 arrested at shoot; 7 activists block road 
     by NOVENAANN@aol.com
  8) Job Opening:Software Developer
     by ScottVanValkenburg 
  9) Hegins '97 Arrestees List
     by Wyandotte Animal Group 
 10) Brigitte Bardot against cruel feasts in France
     by "sa338@blues.uab.es" 
 11) 3 AR activists against bullfighting arrested
     by "sa338@blues.uab.es" 
 12) Hegins article; email address to comment
     by Wyandotte Animal Group 
 13) Fwd:  Shy Elephant Takes up Painting
     by LMANHEIM@aol.com
 14) USDA sets Sept 9-10 meeting on meat safety
     by Vegetarian Resource Center 
 15) Brazil soybean traders shrug off strike at Santos
     by Vegetarian Resource Center 
 16) (US) Officials promote seafood but warn of possible health
  hazards
     by allen schubert 
 17) ALERT: YOPLAIT YOGURT CONTAINERS KILLING  WILDLIFE
     by CFOXAPI@aol.com
 18) (NZ) Gov't Seeks Rabbit Virus Importer
     by allen schubert 
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 00:56:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: Activists Block Way to Pigeon Shoot
Message-ID: <970902005625_-2071325233@emout01.mail.aol.com>

 Subj:    Activists Block Way to Pigeon Shoot
 Date:    97-09-01 22:21:28 EDT
 From:    AOL News
 BCC:     LMANHEIM
 
       HEGINS, Pa. (AP) - Seven animal rights activists created a
human
 road block Monday by linking their arms within 10-gallon
containers
 of concrete, closing the main road leading to an annual pigeon
 shoot for 10 hours.
       Protesters at the Hegins Labor Day Pigeon Shoot, where
 participants shoot at an estimated 5,000 pigeons released from
 cages, dashed after wounded birds and rushed them to medical
 attention in the parking lot.
       The shoot has drawn protests for years. The road block,
however,
 was a new twist.
       The protesters could not be moved because they sat on the
ground
 in a circle on Route 25 with their arms linked through plastic
 tubes that were encased in the concrete-filled containers. Rescue
 crews had to use special equipment to cut through the concrete.
       The road is the main route from Interstate 81 to the event
in
 this town 30 miles northeast of Harrisburg.
       Despite the road block, the shoot went on without a hitch,
state
 police said. Traffic was rerouted to another road.
       Organizers say the shoot, which began in 1934, attracts
10,000
 people each year and raises about $40,000 for the park and local
 charities.
       Last September, the Fund for Animals, which has protested
the
 shoot since the 1980s, compiled about 27 certificates signed by
 producers, screenwriters and actors, including Alec Baldwin,
Alicia
 Silverstone and Dennis Leary, urging Gov. Tom Ridge to stop the
 event.
       Ridge has refused to ask Hegins to stop the shoot, saying he
 doesn't want to interfere in local decisions.

 

Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 01:02:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: civillib@cwnet.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: BAIL SET AT $75,000 EACH FOR 'HEGINS 8'
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
September 2, 1997




Bail Set at $75,000 Each for Pigeon
Protectors; Activists  Hunger Strike,
National Effort Begins to Free Them

     HEGINS, PA -- Eight animal rights activists – who attempted to stop the
slaughter of 5,000 pigeons at an annual Labor Day Pigeon Shoot here by
blocking a road leading to the killing fields – were being held on numerous
felony charges in Schuylkill Haven County Jail in Pottsville on bail of
$75,000 each as of late Monday night.

     All the activists, ranging in age from about 20 to 55 years of age, have
begun a hunger strike, and one is refusing to drink water. Within 48 hours,
such a "thirst strike" may lead to permanent kidney damage, and then death,
according to the activist medical team.

     Meanwhile, the effort to stop the horrendous death of thousands of pigeons
has been replaced by a national effort to free the activists, now known as
the "Hegins 8."

     "These courageous, compassionate activists hurt no one. They threatened no
one, except to question the outrageous killing in Pennsylvania," said
Crescenzo Vellucci, director of the Activist Civil Liberties Committee, and
coordinator of a legal defense team being built for the group. "The bail is
absurd; these people should be released forthwith," Vellucci said.

     The eight are being charged with felony conspiracy, felony conspiracy to
riot, felony riot and felony to aid in riot, in addition to misdemeanor
charges of obstruction of a roadway, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

     "There is now a new campaign being generated by this extralegal and
harassment jailing of the activists," said Vellucci. "The shame of Hegins
for one day a year will become the shame of Hegins, and Pennsylvania until
these people are freed. Bail should not be required for activists more than
willing to return to tell their story to a jury," Vellucci added.

     Vellucci also suggested ACLC is investigating claims that state police
removed water from the activists for the nearly 10 hours they blocked the
main street leading to the pigeon slaughter Monday.
- 30 -
Contact: Activist Civil Liberties Committee (916) 452-7179




Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 17:01:14 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TH) Floods let crocodiles run loose
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>Hong Kong Standard
2 Sept 97
Floods let crocodiles run loose

BANGKOK: More than 30 crocodiles took advantage of high floodwaters to
slither out of farms in southern Thailand and breeders elsewhere have been
warned to keep their reptiles penned up. 

Crocodile farming is widespread, and two years ago a number of the animals
escaped into the countryside during similar flooding, sparking croc hunts
and exaggerated media reports of jaws lurking in every waterway. 
The Interior Ministry said at least 46 people have died and four others were
reported missing as monsoon flooding continued to ravage areas of the country. 

``We told people not to worry because these are not fierce types. They are
used to eating cooked food, not raw meat,'' an official in Chumpon said. - AP 

Date: Tue, 02 Sep 97 21:59:43 +1000 (EST)
From: "Karen Bevis" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fw: Sickening Web Site - Crushing of Small Animals (US)
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This was forwarded to me by the person below 'Nancy'.  It sound disgusting
and I daren't look at the site in question.  The site is hosted by America
Online.  Can someone based in the US do something of a legal nature about
this?  It must be illegal!!

I think sending the perpetrator an email complaining, as suggested below,
would only gratify this type of person who must enjoy the shock value of
their actions.

Karen Bevis
Animal Liberation (Victoria) (Australia)
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~animals/alibvic/

----------
 
> 
> Here is a letter forwarded to me from another animal lover. Please check
out
> this web site. If there is no action that can be taken against them, at
least
> send an e-mail to let them know how you were sickened and appalled by
these
> photos.
> 
> Nancy
> 
 > Subj:What can be done about this website - by DixieBeth@aol.com
 > Date:97-09-01 11:31:10 EDT
 > From:EnglandGal
 > BCC:Nestewart
> 
 > Subj:Help!  I'm not sure who to ask about this!
 > Date:97-08-30 15:26:02 EDT
 > From:Dixie Beth
> To:Dixie Beth
> 
> I'm sorry to bother you - I found your profile when I did a search for
"ASPCA
> and animal rights" in the members directory.  I saw a website last night
on
> AOL that showed pictures of a woman killing mice, frogs, etc. with her
feet
> ... it's a fetish site dedicated to "crushing" ... and it really disturbed
> me.  Problem is, if I report it to AOL, all they will do is take her page
off
> the air.
> 
> I want this to be stopped somehow, but I don't know where to go to report
> this.  It seems to me that this is illegal, especially since she brags
about
> torturing them first, piercing their skulls with high heels, explains in
> graphic detail about how their bones crunch under her feet, all that.  It
was
> really sick.  It seems to me that there must be somewhere I can go to have
> this reported - like I said, AOL will only take her off the air and won't
> help with any legal action.  I think someone in some position to do
SOMETHING
> about this needs to be notified - and I don't know where to go.  
> 
> If you have any suggestions or know where I should report this where
> SOMETHING will be done, I would really appreciate it!  This is bothering
me
> so much and I just don't know what to do.
> 
> Here are the URLs if you want to see for yourself -
> 
> http://members.aol.com/FlaAnimal/indexpage1.html
> http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexsummaries.html
> http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/index.html
> http://members.aol.com/DNKSWORLD/indexmainmenu.html
> 
> PLEASE keep in mind I am only asking for advice, I am not asking for any
sort
> of harrassment or anything like that to be done!!!  I want to know a LEGAL
> way to handle this and I just don't know what to do.  Thanks so much for
your
> time and I'm sorry to bother you!
> Dixie
> 
> 


Date: Mon, 01 Sep 97 11:44:48 PDT
From: Tracy Rackauskas 
To: ar-news 
Subject: Northern Star Article
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The following article appeared today (9/2) in the Northern Star, the student
run newspaper at Northern Illinois University.  It appeared in a column
entitled "The Lighter Side," which features clip art of a woman smiling.
It would seem from this that the articles which follow should be light-
hearted and amusing.

     "PRARIE (sic) DOGS CLEANED OUT OF BASEBALL FIELD
     HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- It was the rudest of awakenings for the
prairie dog colony, but at least it was clean.
     The Great Hutchinson Prairie Dog roundup got under way over
the weekend as workers pumped water mixed with biodegradable soap
into the animals' holes to force them into the open for capture.
     The city wants the rodents out of the way to build a baseball
field.
     Instead of killing the animals, the city decided to use the pumping
idea from Paula Martin of the Prairie Ecosystem Conservation Alliance.
The prairie dogs will be relocated to the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
     About 75 animals were captured, but one city official said the 
work may have only delayed the inevitable.
     "I've done a lot of research and most of these animals will die
after being relocated,"  said Bill Mayer, the parks superintendent.  "Sometimes
I have to be the guy in the black hat.  But these animals have to be removed."
     There are still a few holdouts.  Mayer said volunteers may be 
allowed to catch them, but the animals who evade capture will probably
be poisoned or bulldozed by the city."

     First, please e-mail the Northern Star to let them know that such
treatment to animals is not funny or amusing.  Their e-mail address is:
Star@wpo.cso.niu.edu.
     Also, is there anyone out there who is near or able to get to 
Hutchinson, Kansas to help rescue the prairie dogs?

Tracy
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:36:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: " North American A.L.F. Supporters Group" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: DIRECT ACTION DEFENSE FUND
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The DIRECT ACTION DEFENSE FUND

Animal and Earth liberation activists are on the rise and with
them a renewed effort by local, state and federal authorities to
capture and imprison those responsible. The support needed to
sustain criminalization of environmental and animal defense
requires much organization from our movements. Prisoner support,
legal defense and consultation, fund-raising and public awareness
all play an important role in ensuring that we do not let our
warriors on the frontlines down.

The DIRECT ACTION DEFENSE FUND (DADF) was established as one
small beginning of this vital network. But DADF is only one step
in the foundation building of direct action prisoner support and
it needs others to contribute if we are to successfully support
and aid our imprisoned comrades in their sincerest times of need.

DADF is nothing more than a few activists from the animal, earth
and indigenous liberation movements who believe that more is
required to support direct action groups like the A.L.F. than
just moral or vocal support. DADF's primary purpose is to raise
funds to be used in a completely legal manner to help post bail
for activists arrested for illegal direct action in defense of
animals and earth.

DADF's advisory committee is made up of volunteers active in
prisoner support and every donation is used 100% for activist
defense. DADF has no overhead, we do not print a newsletter nor
invest in expensive equipment. All of our resources are devoted
to those behind bars fro animal and earth liberation.

Fundamentally, DADF believes the direct action warrior's decision
to take action involves the acceptance of responsibility to never
cause an injury or loss of life. That responsibility also entails
the acceptance of the possibility of imprisonment without
compromising information that endangers fellow warriors. If
potential direct action warriors are unable to accept these
responsibilities or believe that their freedom is more valuable
than others, the DADF absolves itself of all involvement and
association with such individuals. DADF's limited resources are
only available to those activists who adhere to these basic
guidelines.

In recent months DADF has assisted imprisoned activists including
posting $1,500 to bail out a mink liberator in Ohio and helping
got fund raise fro the Chatham 3 in Ontario. Though DADF's
primary purpose is to act as a bust fund, we also use our
combined experience and resources to help arrested direct action
warriors any way we can.

DADF is currently assisting Delyla Wilson of the Bison Action
Group who was federally indicted on felony assault charges for
her actions in defense of the free-roaming bison of the
Yellowstone ecosystem. Though our finances prevent us from
covering legal expenses, DADF is helping Wilson with legal
research in preparation for her federal trial.

Though Wilson's actions were more in the area of civil
disobedience DADF believes her federal indictment warrants our
support as the use of federal law enforcement, the grand jury
process and the threat of a federal conviction for non-violent
action all have far-reaching implications for both the animal
liberation and the radical environmental movements. It will not
be long before other activists find themselves the targets of
federal prosecution and in violation of new federal "anti-
terrorism" legislation such as the Animal Enterprises Protection
Act.

DADF wants our movements to be prepared to fight this repression
and in order to do that we need your help. If you are a paralegal
or know one that is willing to donate their time and energy
please contact us. If you can organize fund raisers for the DADF
bust fund, let us know and we'll provide you with educational
materials for distribution.

As other revolutionary struggles have learned, our worth as a
movement is reflected by how we treat our prisoners. Please help
us in our efforts to support direct action warriors.

The Direct Action Defense Fund
Box 57357, Tucson, AZ, 85732-7357, USA

================================================

NORTH AMERICAN A.L.F. SUPPORTERS GROUP
Box 69597, 5845 Yonge St.
Willowdale, Ont. Canada M2M 4K3

For Merchandise and Distro Info:
NA-A.L.F.S.G Distro
Box 767295, Roswell, GA
30076, USA

Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 16:04:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: NOVENAANN@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: 31 arrested at shoot; 7 activists block road 
Message-ID: <970902160138_1986442568@emout10.mail.aol.com>

from www.pottsville.com--
31 arrested at shoot; 7 activists block road 

Protests, vandalism pepper Hegins event
BY STEPHEN J. PYTAK and PAULA REED WARD 
Staff Writers 
MARK NANCE/Staff 

Photo-Animal-rights protesters lie in the middle of 
Route 25 with their arms locked inside concretefilled trash cans as 
state police form a line in front of them during the Hegins pigeon 
shoot.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HEGINS -- Seven animal-rights activists bound themselves in concrete and 
chains across Route 25 Monday with intentions of disrupting the 64th 
annual Fred Coleman Memorial Pigeon Shoot.

It took police five hours to free them so that they could be taken into 
custody. The seven -- all from out of state -- remained in Schuylkill 
County Prison today on $75,000 bail each.

In all, 31 people were arrested at the shoot, which was marred by 
vandalism, including the breaking of eight windows at Tobash Insurance 
Agency, owned by the shoot chairman. Additionally, a pickup truck was 
set on fire, vehicle tires were slashed, and red paint was thrown on 
some vehicles, police said.

The other arrests were for liquor control violations, disorderly 
conduct, harassment, criminal trespass and underage drinking.

Despite the disruptions, the shoot went on, with the attendance of 
between 7,000 and 8,000 being slightly higher than last year, according 
to shoot Chairman J. Robert Tobash.

This was the 13th year that animal-rights activists have protested the 
pigeon shoot, having failed to get local and state courts to stop it.

The protesters were from various animal-rights groups based on the East 
Coast, includ- ing the New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, the Animal 
Defense League of New York and the Fund for Animals.

In all, about 50 to 75 protesters showed up and periodically marched up 
and down East Main street chanting into bull horns.

Tobash said 220 shooters participated this year, about the same amount 
that competed last year.

The money raised from ticket sales will go to benefit Hegins Community 
Park, he said. But he wouldn't comment on how much was raised.

Seven protesters, tried to overshadow what is reportedly the largest 
public pigeon shoot in the United States, by blocking the main entrance 
road, the 900 block of East Main Street, which is Route 25.

At 6 a.m., they laid down in the middle of the road, formed a circle and 
stretched their arms through steel piping that went through trash cans 
filled with concrete. They grasped the hands of the protester next to 
them and then they were shackled together with steel chains and locks.

"Inside the pipe was a vertical piece of steel. They reached in, wrapped 
a chain around it, then locked the chain with their hands in it," said 
Trooper Raymond J. Albert, public information officer for State Police 
Troop L, Reading.

Assisting police from Troop L was Schuylkill County Sheriff Francis C. 
McAndrew and his deputies and Hegins Township police.

Around 7 a.m., about 20 cars were backed up by the protest and had to be 
rerouted to the shoot via a dirt road.

When state police from the Frackville and Schuylkill Haven barracks took 
charge of the scene around 7:30 a.m., the seven protesters were 
immediately arrested.

But, they didn't immediately free them from the chains.

At first police thought the protesters knew how to free themselves and 
didn't want to cause a scene by trying to force their hands out of the 
traps, said state police Sgt. David J. Shinskie.

But they didn't.

"They didn't have the option of getting out if they wanted to," said 
protester Andrew M. Nicosia, New York City.

The protesters said it was the responsibility of the police to get them 
out because they were under arrest, Albert said.

He said he asked them what would they have done if the police didn't let 
them out.

"They said they would pay someone to get them out."

Members of the Hegins Fire Company, Hegins Emergency Medical Service and 
Tremont Rescue worked from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to free the protesters, 
using gas-powered saws, chisels, wire cutters and the Jaws of Life.

Ann S. Crimaudo, Caldwell, N.J., the first one freed at 3:30 p.m., was 
taken away on a stretcher and rushed to Good Samaritan Regional Medical 
Center.

In all, three of the seven suffered dehydration in the 85-degree heat 
and had to be examined at Good Samaratan, Albert said.

The seven protesters were arraigned before District Justices Earl H. 
Matz Jr., Tremont, and Charles V. Moran at Moran's Pottsville office 
Monday night, Albert said.

They were charged with obstructing the highway, recklessly endangering 
another person, resisting arrest, riot, disorderly conduct and criminal 
conspiracy, Albert said.

Heidi A. Prescott, the national director of the Fund for Animals, Silver 
Spring, Md., said the protesters in the "lock boxes" were "individuals 
acting as individuals."

"I think people are frustrated with our attempts to work within the 
system," she said, noting unsuccessful attempts to pass legislation 
banning the shoots 
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:15:24 -0700
From: ScottVanValkenburg 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Job Opening:Software Developer
Message-ID: <13289087050.14.SCOTT@mathom.xkl.com>

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



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



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



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



Those seven are:



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





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





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





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





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





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





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





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





Ten of them have been cited for underage drinking: 





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





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





 Jason E. Gibson, 19, of RD3 Jonestown. 





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





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





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





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





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





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





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





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





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





Also, 12 people were arrested by Hegins Township Police: 





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





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





 Elaine Kurpiel, 50, of Coatsville, trespassing. 





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





 Rochelle Landis, 55, of Pittsburgh, trespassing. 





 Eric Gilbert, 18, of Hegins, disorderly conduct. 





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





 Thomas Duran, 33, of Kulpmont, disorderly conduct. 





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





 Wayne McHenry, 68, of Hegins, harassment. 





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





 Lorinda Lawrence, 20, of San Diego, Calif., criminal trespass and criminal mischief. 


Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
wag@heritage.com
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 23:46:48 +0200
From: "sa338@blues.uab.es" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Brigitte Bardot against cruel feasts in France
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I am Nuria from Barcelona.

Brigitte Bardot has been fighting recently against the celebration of
cruel feasts in France, among which there were a duck race and another
one that involved horses and bulls. These news have even appeared in
newspapes such as El Periodico.
Thanks for your concern,

Nuria   http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/3787
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 23:51:51 +0200
From: "sa338@blues.uab.es" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: 3 AR activists against bullfighting arrested
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I am Nuria from Barcelona.

I had informed you about the last demonstration against bullfighting in
Bilbao, Spain. Well, an activist told me that despite the demonstration
was legal pacific and had the permission of the authorities, 3 of the
activists were arrested and may be judged soon. Guess what! An important
politician called Atutxa was watching the bull slaughter!
Please, I beg you to send your mails of support to the activists here
minotauro@arrakis.es

Thanks a lot for your concern,

Nuria   http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/3787
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 19:58:29 -0400
From: Wyandotte Animal Group 
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Subject: Hegins article; email address to comment
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WHTM Local News


Hegins Protesters Arrested
Morning Edition
Tuesday, Sept. 2

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



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Jason Alley
Wyandotte Animal Group
wag@heritage.com
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 20:59:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
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Subject: Fwd:  Shy Elephant Takes up Painting
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Subj:     Shy Elephant Takes up Painting
Date:     97-08-30 15:56:48 EDT
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.c The Associated Press

      By DUNCAN MANSFIELD
      KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - For most of her 36 years, Mamie was
about as submissive and timid as an 8,500-pound African elephant
could get.
      Living with two younger females and a younger male, she was
the
odd elephant out at the Knoxville Zoo.
      ``If you went out in the yard and said, `Mamie, come here,'
she
would just try to make herself small or try to get away,'' said
handler Deborah Anderson, who arrived here this spring from the
Houston Zoo. ``She was just so insecure.''
      Until Anderson introduced Mamie to art.
      She taught Mamie to retrieve rocks. Then it was colored
chalk.
Finally, she brought in the brushes and acrylic paint, always
heaping rewards and praise on the nervous elephant.
      ``Are you ready?'' Anderson began one day. ``Good girl,'' she
said as Mamie took the brush.
      ``Draw, Mamie,'' she said, and the elephant started swishing
paint across a small canvas - and sometimes across Anderson.
``Oooh, Mamie. That's a good girl.''
      Over the past three months, Mamie has created about 25
paintings
and 15 chalk drawings.
      Her confidence has risen with all the attention.
      ``Now we can call her from all the way across the yard. Or if
she sees the paints coming out she will be right here waiting,''
Anderson said. ``She knows what is happening. And for Mamie, that
is a huge amount of progress.''
      Mamie's art may not be masterpieces, and her accomplishment
is
not unique. Other zoos have painting elephants, notably the Phoenix
Zoo's Asian elephant Ruby, whose paintings fetch $3,000 apiece.
      What may be exceptional is that her caretakers couldn't care
less about the product. Her art is available for $25 per piece in
the zoo gift shop.
      ``I am not concerned about the paintings selling,'' Anderson
said. ``It is nice. But more importantly, it gives her something to
do.''
      The Knoxville Zoo was a model for elephant programs in the
1970s, when it became the first zoo in North America to breed
African elephants successfully.
      But Jim Sanford, who has worked with elephants for 18 years
from
Portland, Ore., to Perth, Australia, found an outdated facility
when he took over the Knoxville elephant program in January.
      Sanford wants a larger elephant exhibit and breeding program
in
two years, but it won't be financed by Mamie's art or that of
Petunia, another member of the herd that is learning to paint. And
Sanford said Mamie won't be part of a production line, as he said
some zoos have done with their painting pachyderms.
      ``She doesn't need to learn how to play a harmonica or
paint,''
Sanford said. ``But these are very intelligent animals and the more
you exercise that intelligence the better off the quality of life
you have for them.
      ``I would say feeding and cleaning an elephant is just half
the
job,'' he said, patting Mamie's forehead. ``The other half is
taking care of that big brain up there.''
      AP-NY-08-30-97 0539EDT
 
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 21:54:16 -0400
From: Vegetarian Resource Center 
To: AR-News@envirolink.org
Subject: USDA sets Sept 9-10 meeting on meat safety
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Tuesday September 2 1:08 PM EDT 

USDA sets Sept 9-10 meeting on meat safety

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuter) - A U.S. Agriculture Department advisory panel on
meat and poultry will meet Sept 9 and 10 to discuss federal inspection of
plants after
new food safety rules are introduced in 1998. 

The meeting comes just two weeks after the USDA pressed Hudson Foods Inc to
order
the biggest meat recall in history to contain an outbreak of E.coli
bacteria. The agency
is also seeking expanded authority from Congress to fine companies that
violate food
safety rules. 

The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection will
consider policy
issues at the meeting, including the interstate shipments of
state-inspected food and
the government's new Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
program. 

USDA said it wants to discuss changes in assignment of meat inspectors after
HACCP-based inspection procedures begin at large meat processing plants on
Jan.
26. 

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said the meeting would be open to
the
public. Comments can be submitted to the FSIS in advance of the meeting by
facsimile
at 202-205-0381. 

Members of the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
are: 

     Deloran Allen, Excel Corp 
     William Brown, ABC Research Corp 
     Terry Burkhardt, Wisconsin Bureau of Meat Safety and Inspection 
     Caroline Smith-DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest 
     Nancy Donley, Safe Tables Our Priority 
     Carol Tucker Foreman, Safe Food Coalition 
     Michael Gregory, Hudson Foods Inc 
     Cheryl Hall, Foster Farms, Inc 
     Margaret Hardin, National Pork Producers 
     Alan Janzen, Circle Five Feedyards, Inc 
     Daniel LaFontaine, S.Carolina Meat-Poultry Inspection Dept 


Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 22:03:21 -0400
From: Vegetarian Resource Center 
To: Veg-Biz@envirolink.org, ss-health-hm@spectre.ag.uiuc.edu
Subject: Brazil soybean traders shrug off strike at Santos
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Friday August 29 2:26 PM EDT 

Brazil soybean traders shrug off strike at Santos

By Joelle Diderich 

SAO PAULO, Aug 29 (Reuter) - Shipping of Brazilian soybeans and soyproducts is
unlikely to be affected by a scheduled strike at the key port of Santos in
10 days' time
as loading had dried up in recent weeks, traders said. 

``I think that right now it won't (have a great impact) because there
already is no more
product to load,'' said Helio Baraldi, director of brokerage Uniao Corretora. 

``It's too early to affect imports and too late to affect any of the
exports,'' said David
Brew, trader at Brasoja. 

Portworkers voted at a meeting on Thursday night to go on strike
indefinitely from
September 9 over the port authority CODESP's decision to lay off 2,290
cargo workers
next month. 

They are demanding a new collective wage agreement for the cargo workers
before
they are transferred to the port's labor management organ, which will
employ them on a
freelance basis. 

``We have given this indication so that we can negotiate, if there is any
advance we
could suspend it,'' a union official told Reuters on Friday. 

Even though unions earlier threatened to paralyze the port for weeks, most
traders
believed they would back down in the face of the inexorable process of port
privatization in Brazil. 

``They're aware of the fact that you may be badly off right now, but if you
don't have a job
you'll be a whole lot worse,'' said Brew. ``If they go on strike, maybe
they won't have a
job when the port is privatized.'' 

Shipping of other commodities, including coffee, orange juice and sugar,
could be
delayed due to the strike, commented one soymeal trader. 

Elsewhere, South Korea's National Livestock Cooperatives' Federation
earlier said it
had bought 40,000 tonnes of Brazilian soymeal from Continental Grain at
$237.00 per
tonne C&F for shipment on April 1-20. 

But in general, advance sales of new crop soybeans were slow compared to
the same
time last year, with a number of uncertainties looming over cautious
buyers, traders
said. 

``The volume of commercialization of the coming crop is very little in
relation to last
year,'' said Baraldi, estimating that 10 to 15 percent of the 1997/98 crop
had already
been committed. ``Last year, I think it was at least double,'' he added. 

Buyers were waiting for international prices to drop in the face of a
forecast bumper
soybean crop in the United States while Brazilian farmers were reluctant to
accept they
would have to settle for lower prices next year. 

In addition, talk that the El Nino weather system would be the worst in
history was
leaving some buyers jittery, amid fears that regions north of the key
producing state of
Parana could be affected by drought and areas further south by torrential
rains. 

There were also fears that crushers could pressure the Brazilian government to
announce a new tax on exports of soybeans next year, in light of their
current problems
in obtaining raw material. 

Industry soybean stocks fell to 3.71 million tonnes by the end of July from
5.39 million
tonnes at the end of June, according the data released by the Brazilian
Association of
Vegetable Oils Industries (Abiove) this week. 

Abiove estimates the data it received in July represented between 89 and 91
percent of
total Brazilian crushings, while June data represented 93 to 95 percent. 

``Our stocks are very small considering what demand is at the moment,''
said Brew.
``The only place that has beans right now is South America.'' 

This was largely due to the removal of the ICMS export tax late last year,
which has
favored exports of soybeans over soy products. Industry calls for a
reversal of the
situation are making foreign buyers nervous, Brew said. 

``You're even having trouble selling beans for export next year, May, June,
July, because
people are thinking, 'What happens if they put an extra tax on beans?',''
he said. 
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 22:10:53 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Officials promote seafood but warn of possible health
  hazards
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(Note:  many people believe pfiesteria is spawned from the runoff from
factory farms.)
from CNN web page:
--------------------------------
                     Officials promote seafood but warn of possible health
hazards
                     September 2, 1997         
                     Web posted at: 1:29 p.m. EDT
                     (1729 GMT)

                     ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) -- Gov. Parris Glendening
                     slurped oysters, cracked crabs and fished in the
                     Chesapeake Bay to demonstrate that the state's
                     seafood is safe from a fish-killing microorganism.
                     Still, some diners weren't biting.

                     Glendening went fishing Monday and enjoyed a meal
                     at Buddy's Crabs and Ribs in Annapolis in a
                     campaign to promote Maryland seafood, at the same
                     time warning about possible health effects of fish
                     with lesions found in the Pocomoke River.

                     He didn't catch anything himself, holding someone
                     else's 10-pound rockfish in his hands for
                     television cameras.

                     "It's an absolutely healthy rockfish, caught out
                     here on the bay," he said.

                     On Friday, Glendening closed the lower Pocomoke
                     after a medical team linked the Pfiesteria microbe
                     to 13 people who complained of rashes,
                     forgetfulness, breathing problems, headaches and
                     nausea after they were exposed to the river.

                     That left customers across the region wary of bay
                     seafood, costing local fishermen millions of
                     dollars.

                     Monday's fishing trip was meant to emphasize that
                     the rest of the bay is safe, and so are the fish
                     in it.

                     Pfiesteria was linked to the deaths of 10,000 or
                     more fish in the Pocomoke in early August. The
                     river was closed for five days.

                     Scientists from Maryland and five other states
                     were to meet Tuesday in Annapolis for further
                     review of the situation.

                     But John and Bella Hosler, of Springfield,
                     Virginia, already heard enough to change their
                     eating habits.

                     "I didn't want to buy fish because of the stories
                     you hear," Hosler said.

                     State officials estimate that "Pfiesteria
                     hysteria" could cost the Maryland seafood industry
                     as much as $20 million, despite less than 1
                     percent of fish coming from the Pocomoke.

Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 22:32:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: CFOXAPI@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: Belhorse@aol.com
Subject: ALERT: YOPLAIT YOGURT CONTAINERS KILLING  WILDLIFE
Message-ID: <970902223100_1026491750@emout08.mail.aol.com>

                                  
                                         ANIMAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE

                 ***ALERT***     ***ALERT***    ***ALERT***    ***ALERT***   

                             YOPLAIT CONTAINERS KILLING WILDLIFE
      ________________________________________________________________
     A member of the Animal Protection Institute, who is also an animal control
officer in California recently contacted our office about a recurring problem
she and other animal control officers have experienced in the field regarding
wild animals getting their heads stuck in Yoplait yogurt containers and
suffocating to death.  She requested that we post this action alert and
sample letter to Yoplait on the internet.  Please write or fax a letter to
Yoplait requesting that they address this problem as soon as possible.  Wild
animals do not appear to get their heads stuck in other yogurt containers so
the problem is most likely the actual shape of the Yoplait containers.   A
simple change in design could rectify this problem.  Please distribute this
alert far and wide.  
       ________________________________________________________________

Dear API:

     Below is a copy of part of a letter I have written to Yoplait regarding
their yogurt containers getting stuck on wild animal's heads.  I have worked
in dispatch communications for animal control since 1992, and have had
numerous calls from citizens of young wildlife getting their heads stuck
inside Yoplait containers since they are so narrow at the top.  These are the
only containers we have found causing problems.  Last week, we had three
juvenile skunks that officers had to rescue.  It is quite a tug to get the
container off; many have suffocated this way.  Our previous Captain had
written to Yoplait years ago, but nothing was changed.  Yoplait admits to
knowing about the problem.  Yoplait has known about this problem for years.
 When asked if Yoplait had taken any action to address the problem, a
spokesperson for the company essentially said no.  She did say if we want to
write letters they should be addressed to:  

President
Yoplait
 P.O. Box 113  
Minneapolis, MN  55440
  
fax= 612-540-3232 
phone= 1-800-967-5248

Perhaps with member support in writing letters, we can finally help the
wildlife who are suffering due to a simple design of a container.  Thanks so
much.

Excerpt of letter from a California animal control officer to Yoplait:

Dear Yoplait:
I work in animal control and wildlife and find only your yogurt containers to
be the ones getting stuck on wild animals' heads when they are going through
the garbage for food.  Several skunks (mostly juveniles) have died due to
suffocation; many more were rescued, but they needed human intervention.
 Even then, animal control officers and citizens had to tug to get the
Yoplait containers off their heads.  Is there a way to redesign the
containers to make them more environmentally friendly and save young animals'
lives?  We have had as many as three in one week get stuck.

Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 23:03:29 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (NZ) Gov't Seeks Rabbit Virus Importer
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from AP Wire page:
--------------------------------
 08/29/1997 09:37 EST

 Gov't Seeks Rabbit Virus Importer

 By RAY LILLEY
 Associated Press Writer

 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The government vowed today to find
 whoever illegally imported a rabbit-killing virus after farmers
 acknowledged spreading the disease to save their grazing lands.

 To many New Zealand farmers, rabbits are not cute, cuddly,
 carrot-nibbling harbingers of Easter, but vermin that eat crops, denude
 the land and cost billions of dollars in agricultural losses.

 A group of Mackenzie area farmers confirmed they had been spreading
 rabbit calicivirus disease throughout the South Island for the past two
 months.

 A farmer at one infection site, Peter O'Neill, said he had injected 300
 rabbits, and baited oats and carrots with the virus.

 The virus spreads rapidly through rabbit populations, causing death by
 internal hemorrhaging.

 Officials said farmers wouldn't be prosecuted, but they pledged to find
 the importers of the virus.

 ``The aim now is to seek out those involved in bringing it in,'' said
 BioSecurity Minister Simon Upton.

 Importers of the virus face fines of up to $128,000 and a jail term of up
 to five years.

 New Zealand authorities are concerned that the uncontrolled release of
 the virus will allow some rabbits to survive and build up an immunity to
 the disease, making the animals even more difficult to eradicate.

 Australia, where the disease was accidentally released into rabbit
 populations in 1995, is suspected as the source of the infection in New
 Zealand.

 Outbreaks of the disease have occurred in New Zealand in the South Island
 areas of Central Otago, North Otago and the McKenzie Basin.

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