AR-NEWS Digest 583

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) (US) Judge Gives Up Animal Cruelty Case
     by allen schubert 
  2) RFI-URGENT_Relocating geese/ducks
     by bunny 
  3) (KH) Dog snatcher shot dead by soldier
     by Vadivu Govind 
  4) (TH) Temple dogs now go hungry as monks have less to give 
     by Vadivu Govind 
  5) (SG) Asia's new centre for animal medicines and vaccines
     by Vadivu Govind 
  6) (TH) Hard times for elephants
     by Vadivu Govind 
  7) HK women's milk good for brain development  
     by Vadivu Govind 
  8) (JP) Breeders claim jets hurt race horses  
     by Vadivu Govind 
  9) (SG) Reptile park revamped
     by Vadivu Govind 
 10) (CN) Decade's largest-scale rat poison distribution
     by Vadivu Govind 
 11) Pet Fair Asia '97 - replies to letters?
     by Vadivu Govind 
 12) (HK) More concern for environment urged
     by Vadivu Govind 
 13) Anti Hunting Demo Kingston
     by Peter Muller 
 14) Video of Iraq Animal Tests
     by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
 15) Fur Free Friday
     by "Nancy Gomez" 
 16) 
     by Dawn 
 17) US-CT Turkey Olympics Cancelled!
     by Franklin Wade 
 18) Admin Note -- Inappropriate Posting
     by allen schubert 
 19) (US) Two old animal-rights groups to be Animal Defense League
     by allen schubert 
 20) Animal NewsBytes from the Environmental News Network
     by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
 21) Update on the baby monkey shipments
     by Shirley McGreal 
 22) Subscription Options--Admin Note
     by allen schubert 
 23) [CA] Dog electrocutions halted
     by David J Knowles 
 24) Fwd: La Salle University Study Determines Chimpanzees Have Higher Order Of 
     by LMANHEIM@aol.com
 25) Pet Food and "Hard Copy"
     by OnlineAPI@aol.com
 26) (US) Hard Copy Segment on Pet Food
     by Dena Jones 
 27) Yaka's Tankmate Sick
     by SHindi@aol.com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:40:44 -0500
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Judge Gives Up Animal Cruelty Case
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from CNN custom news http://www.cnn.com/
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Florida State News
Reuters
20-NOV-97

Judge Gives Up Animal Cruelty Case

(BUNNELL) -- The judge in a controversial puppy mill case is stepping aside
because she supports the local Humane Society. Nearly 400 dogs and puppies
were seized from Henry and Linda Brinkley last month after neighbors
complained the animals were kept in deplorable conditions. The Brinkleys
were afraid they might not get a fair hearing from Judge Sharon Atack
because she contributes money to the Flagler County Humane Society. The
Brinkleys want their dogs back, but the Humane Society is asking the court
to declare them unstable and unfit to adequately provide for the dogs. The
society also wants the judge to bar them from owning any other animals. The
custody hearing will take place as scheduled Monday with a new judge. 
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 14:41:04 +0800
From: bunny 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: RFI-URGENT_Relocating geese/ducks
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Hi,
I have just been contacted to prepare a submission to catch and remove
from a lake 30 to 60 water birds, domestic ducks and domestic geese.
11 geese bunch together in a flock and there are others. I have to find kind
hobby farmers who will take them and some birds have lived there for many
years. This is insane specieism. The council wants me to remove the birds
because they don't want a ratepayer backlash (in my view - I already removed
the rabbits).The native ducks and "half castes" (they said it not I) may stay.

They have suggested nets. Won't that damage the wings? We are talking geese
and ducks that can swim and fly and are regularly fed by humans (tame and
semi-tame)
What about herding them into a run with a wire ceiling and into wire crates
at the end of the runs? If I don't work something out, they are talking
trapping and euthanasia or at the worst shooting!!!

I need advice from someone who has done this before and especially on how easily
paniced geese might damage their wings if crated - also any idea on calmative
measures.

Any help MUCH appreciated.

Kind regards,

Marguerite

This lake is 5 minutes from Perth city central!!!

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Rabbit Information Service,
P.O.Box 30,
Riverton,
Western Australia 6148

Email>  rabbit@wantree.com.au

http://www.wantree.com.au/~rabbit/rabbit.htm
(Rabbit Information Service website updated frequently)

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:43:37 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (KH) Dog snatcher shot dead by soldier
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>The Straits Times
19 Nov 97

Cambodian soldier shoots dead dog snatcher

Phnom Penh - A dog-snatcher was gunned down by an angry soldier after he was
caught trying to steal pets from a village on the outskirts of the Cambodian
capital.

The man had joined three other dog-snatchers in their early-morning raid on
Phnom Penh Thmey when villagers there woke to the barking of animals being
put into bags and loaded on the back of motorcycles, the daily Koh Santheap
reported on Monday.

Two of the catchers fled but the motorcycle used by 38-year-old Han Van Thy
and his 29-year-old accomplice broke down and they were captured by the
angry villagers.

Thy tried to escape but was shot four times in the head, once in the chest
and once in his right hand by an unidentified soldier at the scene.

The soldier fled and the second dog-catcher was handed over to police
unharmed, the report said.

The accomplice reportedly confessed to stealing two or three dogs a night
and selling them to butchers specialising in the meat for 10,000 riels
(S$4.85) for a large animal or 7,000 riels for a small one. - AFP.

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:44:26 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TH) Temple dogs now go hungry as monks have less to give 
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>The Straits Times
20 Nov 97

Temple dogs now go hungry as monks have less to     give 


     AYUTTHAYA (Thailand) -- The old Thai saying "Temple dogs never starve
to death"     may no longer be true as a deepening economic crisis takes its
toll on Buddhist     temples, traditional sanctuaries for stray and
abandoned dogs. 

     Phra Sunthorn Watanakorn, abbot of the Watklang Temple in the northern
outskirts of     Bangkok, said more Thais, unable to feed another mouth at
home, were dropping off     their pet dogs at temples. 

     But with more than 300 dogs in his care now, he said feeding was
becoming expensive     for the temple, which is also feeling the pinch from
one of the country's worst economic     slumps. 
"I used to feed the dogs twice a day but these days we can only afford one
meal a day     for them," he told Reuters. 

     "One temple said that even its monks did not have enough food to eat
and they could     not feed their dogs. So they transferred over 50 dogs to
my temple." 

     He added: "I love dogs and I will never turn them down if they are
brought to my     temple. But I want to appeal to people who leave their
dogs with us to also bring food     for them and share some of our burden." 

     Meanwhile, many Thais have been turning to illegal lotteries in an
attempt to reverse     their fortunes. 

     For many of them, according to The Nation, life is meaningful only on
three days each month -- the 1st, 16th and 20th when the lotteries are held. 

     The underground lottery business is thriving under the flagging
economy, with a growing     number of people betting on "lucky numbers", the
paper said. 

     Bookmakers claim that customer numbers are rising -- and so are the
earnings from the     sale of the lottery tickets. -- Reuters. 

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:44:55 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (SG) Asia's new centre for animal medicines and vaccines
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>The Straits Times
19 Nov 97

Centre to develop chicken vaccine for Asian poultry 

     By Chang Ai-Lien 

     A $10-MILLION centre for developing vaccines and medicines for poultry
and pigs in     Asia has opened in Singapore, and its first research project
promises to earn about     US$50 million (S$79 million) a year. 

     The vaccine for a strain of infectious bronchitis that affects chickens
in Asia is expected     to be developed in two years' time. 

     The centre, set up by multinational company Merial, is partly financed
by the National     Science and Technology Board (NSTB), which gave it a
$3.1 million grant under the     Research Incentive Scheme for Companies. 

     The move is in keeping with the goal to develop and promote Singapore
as a centre of     excellence in agrotechnology. 

     Merial Asia's regional registration manager, Dr Alfred Chua, said that
it was important     to have a centre for developing vaccines for Asian
poultry and animals because Asian     strains were different from those in
other parts of the world. 

     The difference could be due, among other things, to climate and farming
practices. 

     He said that field observations showed that an estimated 40 per cent of
chickens in     Asian countries are infected with the virus, totalling about
one billion chickens. 
The senior research and development manager of Merial Asia, Dr Ng Fook
Kheong,     said that the infectious bronchitis virus was able to mutate
into different strains that     were immune to current vaccines. 

     And because Singapore chickens are free of this strain, extreme care
has been taken to     ensure that no viruses can enter or leave the centre,
which is equipped with air filtration     and waste treatment systems. 

     The centre also plans to develop vaccines for pigs and animal medicines. 

     Meanwhile, it is producing diagnostic kits to detect an Asian strain of
Newcastle     Disease virus, which is fatal to chickens. 

     NSTB chairman Teo Ming Kian said at the centre's opening at the
Sembawang Field Experimental Station in Lorong Chencharu yesterday that what
Singapore could do well was to support companies engaged in research efforts
and produce the right     vaccines, diagnostics and methods for large-scale
applications in the farms and     plantations in the region. 

     Drawing a parallel to the movie, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, he said: "We
cannot shrink     the farms. But we can do the tiny things. 

     "With research and technological manpower and capabilities, we would be
a good     location to develop quality, high yield, high disease-resistant
seeds, saplings, fish fries     and stocks." 

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:45:02 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TH) Hard times for elephants
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>The Straits Times
20 Nov 97

Thailand's jumbos have fallen on hard times 


     BANGKOK -- In Thailand, elephants once used to be revered. Today, the
6,000 or     so animals left in the country have become the victims of
ignorance and neglect,     according to a report in The Nation newspaper. 

     Poor facilities, personnel shortages and bad treatment all add up to
the grim reality that     an injured elephant is likely to end up a dead
elephant, the daily said in a special report     on Monday. 

     "Elephants with broken legs mostly succumb to their injures after a
period of
     treatment," said Dr Krisada Langka, a young volunteer vet at the
Elephant Hospital inLampang's Hang Chat district, 510 km north of Bangkok. 

     This was because the hospital could not afford a mobile x-ray machine,
said Dr     Preecha Phuangkum, a vet and co-founder of the elephant hospital. 

     Without such equipment, diagnosis was almost impossible because the
hide of the     animal was too thick, he said. 

     "You simply can't tell where the broken bones are," he added. 

     Apart from a mobile x-ray unit, which costs 1 million baht (S$39,000),
the hospital     also desperately needs sterilisers, incubators,
refrigerators, surgical equipment,     stethoscopes, a parasite blood-count
machine, microscopes and hydraulic beds, he     said. 

Dr Preecha cited the case of a young animal he was able to save. 

     The three-year-old elephant was brought into the hospital last January
with a swollen     and infected left hind-leg. 

     The animal's owner told Dr Preecha that the elephant had "stepped on a
nail". The vet     was highly suspicious because a huge chunk of flesh on
the elephant's infected foot had     rotted away. 

     But he worked on the animal and with a daily regime of vaccine
injections and copper     sulfate solution, the elephant began to recover. 

     Today it is much better, but its leg remains slightly bent and it
cannot put much weight     on the injured foot. 

The animal is lucky, said the doctor. 

     Had its wound not responded to treatment and had it required expensive
medical     equipment for further diagnosis and treatment, it would not have
survived. 

     The elephant hospital has been treating animals with injuries and
maladies ranging from     malnutrition and overwork to gunshot wounds and
broken legs caused by collisions     with cars. 

     Dr Preecha has a volunteer staff of just three vets from the Forest
Industry
     Organisation to treat the 15 new cases admitted each month. 

     It costs around 70,000 baht a month to care for just one elephant. 

Elephant owners are not charged for treatment costs. 

     Despite these discouraging facts, Mr Sitthidet said the volunteer vets
would continue to     provide basic treatment. 

     "It breaks my heart to see an elephant die when it doesn't have to," he
said. 


Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:45:09 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: HK women's milk good for brain development  
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>The Straits Times
20 Nov 97

HK women's milk good for brain development 

     HONGKONG -- A study has found that Hongkong mothers produce milk
containing     more of a substance which enhances a baby's brain
development, it was reported     yesterday. But researchers at the Chinese
University said that few babies here receive     the benefits because
Hongkong had one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the     developed world. 

     The South China Morning Post quoted biochemistry Associate Professor
Chen     Zhenyu, who led the study, as saying that the fatty acid Omega 3
was essential to early brain growth. 
It also lowered the chances of coronary heart disease in adults, he said. 

     The study found that the total fat content of milk from Hongkong women
contained     0.56 per cent of Omega 3. 

     This was higher than the 0.54 per cent in Chongqing women and 0.14 per
cent in     Canadians. 

     "The difference is mainly in the diet," he explained. 

     Diets consisting of a lot of fish in Hongkong and eggs in Chongqing --
both foods rich     in Omega 3 -- led to the higher rates, said Dr Chen. 

The study -- which was published in the American science journal, Lipids --
sampled     the milk of 282 mothers from Canada, Hongkong and Chongqing. 

     Research team member Professor Sophie Leung Suk Fong, a paediatrician,
said there     was evidence the acid helped create a higher intelligence in
children. 

     This was possibly because it was a key building block for nerve
membranes in the     brain. 

     But she criticised the lack of support for breastfeeding, which is
known to boost the     natural defence systems of young babies. 

     She said: "There is not a culture of breastfeeding here. 

"Neither hospitals nor families actively encourage it." 

     Just 40 per cent of Hongkong women breastfeed in hospital after giving
birth. 

     In comparison, over 80 per cent of Canadian women and 90 per cent of
Chinese     women do so, she added. 

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:45:21 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (JP) Breeders claim jets hurt race horses  
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>The Straits Times
20 Nov 97

Breeders claim jets hurt race horses 


     TOKYO -- US and Japanese fighter jets on a joint military exercise
startled 35 race     horses, causing injuries and miscarriages, and the
animals' owners are claiming     compensation, according to a report
yesterday. The roaring jets led 23 horses to injure     themselves by
bumping into fences, 10 tumbled while running recklessly from shock     and
two suffered miscarriages, Kyodo news agency said. 

     It quoted officials of northern Japan's Hokkaido agricultural
cooperative as saying that     it would ask the Sapporo Regional Defence
Facilities Administration Bureau for     compensation. 
The horses were injured by the shock of hearing the jet fighters during the
drill held     over the Pacific Ocean off Cape Erimo in southern Hokkaido,
according to the     officials. 

     Japan's Air Self-Defence Force and the United States Air Force held the
joint drills     from Nov 3 to 12. -- AFP. 

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:45:38 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (SG) Reptile park revamped
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>The Straits Times
18 Nov 97

The King (Cobra) and I 

     By Roderick Chia 

     LOOKING death straight in the eye, Jason Tong moved with the King
Cobra,     matching its movements and reacting accordingly. 

     And then, he leaned forward and kissed it. 

     Mr Tong, 38, is an assistant supervisor at the Jurong Reptile Park. 

     He is also a performer at its reptile shows -- and the latest,
featuring him and the cobra,     is a new addition to the newly-revamped park. 
Formerly called the Jurong Crocodile Paradise, it had a $7 million facelift
recently and     will be officially opened this Friday. The King Cobra is
the latest addition to the park,     home to some 400 reptiles. 

     While performing with snakes comes naturally to Mr Tong, it is no small
thing, he said. 

     "I have to be very alert. At no point can I let my mind wander," said
Mr Tong, who has     performed professionally with crocodiles for the past
six years. 

     He has always had a flair with animals, especially reptiles, and used
to run about the     streets of Chinatown with a python draped around his
neck when he was eight or nine     years old, he said. 

     His father used to run an animal-trading business and even kept a
miniature zoo in Pasir     Panjang. 
However, Mr Tong is well aware of the dangers in his kind of work. 

     "My heart beats extra fast every time I practise with the cobras. I'm
actually afraid     every time I do this, but I do it anyway," he said with
a matter-of-fact smile. 

     The King Cobra comes from Indochina and is reputedly the largest
venomous snake in     the world. It is also one of the 15 endangered species
of reptiles and amphibians that     the park has brought in. 

     Some of the endangered species include the green iguana, red foot
tortoise, Burmese     rock python, monitor lizard and others. 

     In addition to these exhibits, the park has also revamped its family
entertainment centre with three restaurants, a video arcade, a karaoke
lounge and a hair salon, among     others. The Jurong Football Fan Club is
also housed there. 

     The park will be giving free admission to about 250 underprivileged
pupils and their     guides tomorrow to celebrate its opening. 


Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:45:44 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (CN) Decade's largest-scale rat poison distribution
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>The Straits Times
20 Nov 97

RODENT ALERT: China's capital has carried out the largest- scale
distribution of     rat poison in a decade. 

     The official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday that some 250 tonnes
of rat bait     have been placed in sewers, restaurants and meat and
vegetable markets. -- AFP. 


Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:44:32 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Pet Fair Asia '97 - replies to letters?
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If anyone has received any response to letters you wrote to the authorities
in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore or Japan regarding the Pet Fair and
the stray/abandonment problems in Asia, please could you email me in private.
(Well, one visitor to Seoul recently said that there appears to not be such
a bad stray problem because of the dogs' second hand value...)

If you have not received replies, ~please~ consider sending another letter.
And if/when you do get replies, please firmly but politely tackle any
weak/empty/bureaucratic/placating arguments you are given and keep writing
to show you are serious about this. 

You can refer to 
http://www.earth.org.hk/petfair97.html
for more information. 

There are plans for a second Pet Fair Asia' 98 (to take place in Hong Kong),
a Pet Fair Beijing '98 and a Zoorama Singapore '99. 

If you see the enormity of the looming problem and have suggestions to deal
with it, please write to Dr Wedderburn at  or me at
.

Thank you.

- Vadivu


Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:48:21 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (HK) More concern for environment urged
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>Hong Kong Standard
20 Nov 97

More concern for environment urged

By Carmen Cheung 

THE Provisional Legislative Council on Wednesday endorsed a motion urging
the government to show more concern for environmental protection in Hong Kong. 

Specifically, the government was asked to upgrade its representation in the
Hong Kong and Guangdong Environmental Protection Liaison Group. 
Motion sponsor Tso Wong Man-yin of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance said
local environmental problems had become increasingly serious in recent years. 

To solve the problems, Ms Tso first asked the government to adopt effective
measures to ensure environmental protection programs would not be delayed. 

She asked the government to facilitate the development and introduction of
cost-effective environmental protection technologies. 

She stressed there was a real need to raise the grade of government
officials representing Hong Kong in Guangdong. 

``I think the government should send senior government officials in higher
ranking to sit on the particular liaison group, and both sides should also
set up relevant working groups to supervise theprogress of the proposed
environmental protection projects, and to set up standing committees and
call more meetings,'' she said. 

Ms Tso's motion was backed by the different political parties. 

Independent councillor Dominic Chan Choi-hi said the government should call
a summit to collect different views. 

``We can ask the representatives from the business and industry sectors,
academics and members of the public to attend the summit and to give their
opinion,'' Mr Chan said. 

Ip Kwok-him of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong
suggested environmental protection should be a school subject. 

But Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands Bowen Leung Po-wing
replied to criticisms that environmental problems in Hong Kong had worsened
in recent years. 

He said the government had done a lot since 1989 after the white paper on
the protection of Hong Kong's environment was issued. 

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:02:46 -0500
From: Peter Muller 
To: ar-news 
Subject: Anti Hunting Demo Kingston
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C.A.S.H. - COMMITTEE TO ABOLISH SPORT HUNTING
P.O. Box, 562, New Paltz, NY  12561
Contact:  PETER MULLER, CHAIR
914-256-0200

PRESS ADVISORY
DATE: 11/20/97
ANTI-HUNTING, ANTI-WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION at the
KINGSTON
TRAFFIC CIRCLE
Exit 19 NYS Thruway, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1997, 3:00 P.M.

C.A.S.H. - will hold an anti-hunting demonstration at the check station
in Kingston on the first weekend of deer "season."

Hunters parade around the circle to show off the dead bodies.  C.A.S.H.
uses the day to inform the press and motorists that the wildlife
management agencies have turned our wildlife into living targets for
hunters.  Hunting license fees are used to pay agencies' salaries;
additionally each state game agency gets an allocation of weapons excise
taxes depending on the number of hunting licenses it sells.

C.A.S.H. opposes the cruel destruction of wildlife, which includes the
devastation of habitat of non-game species in order to "grow" targets
species of animals to be “harvested” like crops.

Wildlife is being managed for hunters so that the agencies can collect
revenues.

The agencies place the general public at risk by promoting laws and
writing regulations that make it dangerous for everyone.

A couple in Millbrook, NY was terrorized by a hunter who was trespassing
on their land; when they asked him to leave, he came back with his
buddies from the DEC (the NY state game agency) to set up a "sting."
They began shooting onto the couple’s posted property. When the couple
asked them to stop a conservation officer jumped of the NY State DEC
came out from behind a tree and charged them with "interfering with the
taking of wildlife.”

We are also targeting Mohonk which purports that they are protecting the
land and are great "stewards" of wildlife when they are in fact
permitting hunting on their property the detriment of people who enjoy
using the land for hiking, biking, and rock-climbing.  They are even
supporting legislation that would protect them from lawsuits in case of
accidents on their property.  "If they are going to allow hunting, they
should be held accountable if someone is hurt or killed on their
property by a hunter." By their own admission they don't have a lot of
deer and overpopulation is not a problem.

The excuses for hunting are a fraud and will be exposed in Kingston on
Sunday.


Date: Fri, 21 Nov 97 08:15:14 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@Envirolink.org
Subject: Video of Iraq Animal Tests
Message-ID: <199711211411.JAA06233@envirolink.org>

Does anyone know how one can obtain copies of these Iraq videos?

Thanks,
Sherrill
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:48:24 -0600
From: "Nancy Gomez" 
To: "ar-news" 
Subject: Fur Free Friday
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ACTION ALERT


T.E.A.R. joins other groups and citizens in the D/FW area to ensure this
FUR FREE FRIDAY WILL BE THE LARGEST DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE FUR
INDUSTRY
IN THE HISTORY OF DALLAS

When:   Friday, November 28 at 10 AM
Where:  Neimans Department store, downtown Dallas on Main St.
.

     Dallas is the third largest market for the fur industry.  We are
all working together to show that we are not proud of this distinction.
74% of all fur garments are derived from animals killed By trappers.
For every “target” animal trapped , three “trash” animals are killed
(e.g., cats, dogs, deer, and birds)

One 40 inch long wild mink coat can consist of 60 “target” animals and
180 unintended victims.  Each coat represents a combined total of 5
months suffering awaiting a slow, painful death in traps

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
MAKE COMPASSION THE FASHION ~ DON’T WEAR FUR!

    This demonstration is apart of an ongoing national campaign against
Neimans being organized locally  by Animal Liberation of Texas (A.L.T.)
and supported on this day by The Texas Establishment for Animal Rights
(T.E.A.R.), The Animal Connection of Texas (A.C.T.) and groups from
Austin and Houston.   The groups have targeted Neimans for their blatant
disregard for animal welfare by selling fur.

    “Fur Free Friday”. is an annual, national campaign against the fur
industry

T.E.A.R. hopes that others will realize the terrible injustice being
done to these animals and decide to spend their holiday dollars
elsewhere


Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 06:56:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Dawn 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Message-ID: <19971121145643.4178.rocketmail@web4.rocketmail.com>
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Hello AR People!

This was sent to me by a friend who retrieved it off the net. I
thought all of you would enjoy #8 on the wishlist! Hope you enjoy!

Dawn
DawnMarie@rocketmail.com




Barbie
c/o Mattel, Inc.
El Segundo, CA 90245


Santa Claus
North Pole, North Pole
December 23, 1996

Dear Santa:

Listen you ugly little troll, I've been helping you out every year,
playing at being the perfect Christmas Present, wearing skimpy bathing
suits in frigid weather, and drowning in fake tea from one too many
tea parties, and I hate to break it to ya Santa, but IT'S DEFINITELY
PAYBACK TIME!

There had better be some changes around here this Christmas, or I'm
gonna call for a nationwide meltdown (and trust me, you won't wanna be
around to smell it).  So, here's my holiday wish list for 1997, Santa:

1.  A nice, comfy pair of sweat pants and a frumpy, oversized
sweatshirt. I'm sick of looking like a hooker.  How much smaller are
these bathing suits gonna get?  Do you have any idea what it feels
like to have nylon and velcro crawling up your butt?

2.  Real underwear that can be pulled on and off.  Preferably white. 
What bonehead at Mattel decided to cheap out and MOLD imitation
underwear to my skin?!?  It looks like cellulite!

3.  A REAL man...maybe GI Joe.  Hell, I'd take Tickle-Me Elmo over that
wimped-out excuse for a boytoy Ken.  And what's with that earring
anyway?  If I'm gonna have to suffer with him, at least make him (and
me) anatomically correct.

4.  Arms that actually bend so I can push the aforementioned Ken-wimp
away once he is anatomically correct.

5.  Breast reduction surgery.  I don't care whose arm you have to
twist, get it done. 

6.  A jogbra.  To wear until I get the surgery.

7.  A new career.  Pet doctor and school teacher just don't cut it.  How
about a systems analyst?  Or better yet, an public relations senior
account exec!

8.  A new, more 90s persona.  Maybe "PMS Barbie", complete with a
miniature container of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and a bag
of chips; "Animal Rights Barbie", with my very own paint gun,
outfitted with a fake fur coat, bottle of spray on blood and
handcuffs; or "Stop Smoking Barbie," sporting a removable Nicotrol
patch and equipped with several packs of gum.

9.  No more McDonald's endorsements.  The grease is wrecking  my vinyl.

10.  Mattel stock options. It's been 37 years--I think I deserve it.

Ok, Santa, that's it.  Considering my valuable contribution to
society, I don't think these requests are out of line.  If you
disagree, then you can find yourself a new bitch for next Christmas.
It's that simple. 

Yours truly,
Barbie









__________________________________________________________________
Sent by Yahoo! Mail. Get your free e-mail at http://mail.yahoo.com

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:07:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Franklin Wade 
To: Undisclosed recipients:  ;
Subject: US-CT Turkey Olympics Cancelled!
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                   Turkey Olympics Cancelled!
     United Poultry Concerns Launched Campaign, Breaks News


On November 17th, 1997, United Poultry Concerns got a call from a
newspaper reporter in Connecticut to say that the Inn at Lake
Waramaug in New Preston, CT cancelled the turkey olympics this year. 
Just two months earlier the Inn had told UPC president Karen Davis
that the 1997 turkey olympics was scheduled for Sunday, November
23rd, and that the show--an annual event for 17 years--would go on
"as always."

The turkey olympics was a derisive entertainment in which turkeys
were forced to wear costumes emphasizing sex and violence.  The
costumed turkeys were made to perform "athletics"  so spectators
could laugh at them. This event, which was represented as wholesome
Thanksgiving entertainment, was nothing more than an excuse for
machismo, obscenity, violence, animal cruelty, alcohol, and cheap
news-media coverage. It had little support from the local community. 

United Poultry Concerns developed the national campaign to stop the
turkey olympics. (See PoultryPress, Vol. 5, No. 1; Vol. 6, No. 3; &
Vol. 6, No. 4 http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/upc/PoultryPress.html ). 
Our Winter/Spring 1995 issue of PoultryPress placed the issue before
animal activists throughout the world for the first time. In addition
to our press releases, we launched a major letter-writing campaign to
the Inn at Lake Waramaug, the local Chamber of Commerce, The Hartford
Courant, and The Litchfield County Times. A batch of protest letters
from UPC members was printed in The Litchfield County Times on March
31, 1995, and again on December 13, 1996.

The Litchfield County Times featured an excellent front-page article
on UPC's protest on November 18, 1994. On May 6, 1995, The Hartford
Courant published an editorial, Show some respect for turkeys. It
condemned the turkey olympics as "sophomoric."  The editors quoted
UPC president, Karen Davis, and UPC member, Linda Fleming of San
Francisco, at length, and stated "That so many people rally to the
cause of a bird bred for roasts, casseroles and clubs is nothing
short of amazing." 

Our successful campaign to end the turkey olympics combined the
talents, hard work, and strategies of a national organization, United
Poultry Concerns, and grassroots activists.  Matt Kelly's photographs
and report in 1994 enabled UPC to launch the campaign. The
spectacular on-site demonstration and civil disobedience staged on
November 24, 1996 by more than 50 Northeast activists, organized Pam
Ferdin and Jerry Vlasak, received huge publicity. The Litchfield
County Times observed on November 29, 1997, "The furor surrounding
the event has grown over the past three years as it has become
targeted by national animal rights groups, particularly United
Poultry Concerns."
      
Activists wishing to thank the Inn should send a short, polite
thank-you letter (no lectures or hostility, please) to The Inn at
Lake Waramaug, 107 North Shore Road, New Preston, CT 06777. 

United Poultry Concerns gratefully thanks everyone who joined our
effort to eliminate the turkey olympics. This is a major victory for
turkeys and for entertainment that is based on the voluntary consent
and understanding of all participants. 

Thank You! 
_____________________________________________________________________
franklin@smart.net                                   Franklin D. Wade 
    United Poultry Concerns - http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/upc



Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:23:10 -0500
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:39:45 -0500
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Two old animal-rights groups to be Animal Defense League
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19971121113942.007459b0@pop3.clark.net>
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from Newsworks http://www.newsworks.com/
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Two old animal-rights groups to be Animal Defense League

 StarNet, Tucson AZ: Arizona's two oldest animal-rights groups announced
Tuesday that they are merging. The action is to strengthen and streamline a
movement often perceived as fragmented, leaders said. Tucson-based Voices
for Animals will merge with Phoenix-based Concerned Arizonans for Animal ...

 http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/124-5102.html
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:14:06 -0800
From: LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Animal NewsBytes from the Environmental News Network
Message-ID: <199711211706.MAA07693@envirolink.org>
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News from ENN Newswire, a service of the Environmental News Network. 

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

Book calls Sea World green and savvy

Before it was good to be green, Sea World practiced environmental
responsibility through 
its unique manufacture and marketing of the natural world, according to a
just published 
book. With sideshow performer Shamu the Killer Whale, Sea World has, for 33
years, 
skillfully manipulated environmental messages says University of California
professor 
Susan Davis. In her new book "Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the
Sea World 
Experience," she says Sea World is a specialized variant of today's theme
parks, successful 
because of its ability to integrate advertising, entertainment and
education. This 
combination has created a unique brand of corporate environmentalism.

Full story at: http://www.enn.com/newswire/112197/11219706.htm

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

Virginia is for anglers

Commercial saltwater fishing and recreational fishing contribute more than
$1 billion 
annually to Virginia coffers according to two recent studies conducted at
the Institute 
of Marine Science. Researchers James Kirkley and David Kerstetter found
commercial 
fishing generated $465 million in total sales and $326 million in income
while saltwater 
angling contributed $477 million in total sales and $269 in income.
Combined, the 
two sectors provide full time employment for more than 21,000 workers. Of
the more 
than 50 species of finfish and shellfish landed at Virginia ports, blue crab
came 
in as the number one cash crop closely followed by menhaden, sea scallops,
oysters, 
spot and croaker.

Full Story at: http://www.enn.com/newswire/112197/11219708.htm

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

Ecology, dairy reach innovative settlement

The Washington Department of Ecology and DeRuyter Brothers Dairy in Outlook,
Wash., 
have arrived at an "innovative settlement" in which the dairy will donate
money for 
water quality improvements in lieu of paying fines. Last March, Ecology
assessed 
a $30,000 fine against DeRuyter Brothers Dairy for discharging
manure-contaminated 
waste into an agricultural return drain on Dec. 31, 1996, and Jan. 1-2,
1997. DeRuyter 
Brothers Dairy has not admitted fault or improper action.

Full story at: http://www.enn.com/newswire/112197/11219704.htm

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

Wisdom of babes

Reading children's science books is a great way to get a handle 
on an unfamiliar subject, says Gordy Slack, author of the "I wish I could"
nature 
book series for children. The series, published by the California Academy of
Science 
and Roberts Reinhart, has two titles so far: one on dinosaurs and one on
sharks. 
"I think kids are natural naturalists," says Slack, who reads children's
titles as 
part of his research for the series. "In some ways I think kids instincts
are better 
tuned to learn about plants and animals than grownups." To find out more,
tune in 
to Earthnews Radio at:

http://www.enn.com/ennradio/earthnews/092997natu.ram

Or send email to: earth@enn.com

Posted by:



Lawrence Carter-Long
Science and Research Issues, Animal Protection Institute
email: LCartLng@gvn.net, phone: 800-348-7387 x. 215
world wide web: http://www.api4animals.org/

"We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others
are here for, I don't know."   --  W. H. Auden





Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:31:16 -0500
From: Shirley McGreal 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Update on the baby monkey shipments
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19971121173116.0071dd34@awod.com>
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IPPL has previously posted about shipments of monkeys reaching the United
States from Indonesia in flagrant violation of the US Lacey Acy implementing
regulation barring shipment of ANY infant animals. One shipment of 253
monkeys reaching Chicago in April 1997 contained 20 baby monkeys, from 4
weeks old. A shipment, which started with 255 monkeys, and arrived as 253
following the death of a mother and Air France's cruel killing of her baby,
reached the US in May 1997. This one contained 19 babies, one of them just
three weeks old and several four weeks old. These animals were INDISPUTABLY
UNWEANED INFANTS. Both reached Chicago on Air France. Both shipments were
cleared by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Further, the crates were clearly not in compliance with the IATA Guidelines:
they were deplorably constructed, according to a Centers for Disease Control
employee who actually saw the shipments (but never alerted USFWS). In the
course of the May shipment one monkey escaped in Paris. All the caging had
to be reinforced prior to onward shipment.

Further possible violations regarding documentation occured. ALL animals
were declared by the exporter's veterinarian and the Indonesian CITES
Management Authority to be "captive-born." Yet a roster of the hundreds of
monkeys shipped listed monkeys as old as 16 and 17 years, long before the
Indonesian exporter had established a breeding colony. According to an
Indonesian contact, Indonesia's ban on export of wild-caught monkeys started
on 1 April 1994 (the Philippines took the same step around the same time).

On receiving a tip-off about the May shipment in June 1997, IPPL immediately
requested US authorities to investigate, and sought documents under the
Freedom of Information Act which revealed details of the April shipment. We
publicised the shipments in our magazine IPPL News and asked members to
write their congressional representatives. 

On 10 November United States Senator Carol Moseley-Braun informed an IPPL
member, presumably this was based on a letter from USFWS to the senator,
this is the ONLY reply IPPL knows of to any of the thousands of people wrote
wrote letters on behalf of the monkeys. USFWS is silent.

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

Thank you for contacting me about your concerns regarding the illegal
importation of baby monkeys from Indonesia.  I appreciate learning of your
views.

U.S. regulations ban the importation of baby monkeys except in rare cases
where they are in need of urgent medical treatment.  This regulation was
imposed for the protection of all young mammals that could be severely
injured or killed in overseas travel.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
however, is aware of two illegal shipments of baby monkeys that reached the
O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois-- one in April and one in May of 1997.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating these illegal shipments
and how they were cleared through the O'Hare Airport.  The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service has taken responsibility for the errors that allowed these
shipments into the U.S., stating that the inspection procedures were
ineffective.  These procedures have now been changed.

I hope you find this information helpful.  Please feel free to continue
sharing your comments and concerns on this or any other issue facing the
State of Illinois or the nation. Carol Moseley-Braun, United States Senator

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

Nearly six months have passed since IPPL requested action. How can USFWS
claim to still be "investigating" this case when the shipping documents list
each individual animal with his/her date of birth? The case is made on the
documents. Further, IPPL has learned that the Chicago wildlife inspector who
cleared the shipments (without inspecting either the animals or the
documents) is still an inspector. One remedial procedure would have been to
get rid of this "ineffective" person. 

While USFWS may indeed "take responsibility" for its admittedly
"ineffective" inspection procedures, surely this should not exempt anyone
culpably involved in the April and May shipments (clearly this involves at a
minimum Air France and, to the extent they knew babies were going to be
shipped, the importer) from prosecution.   

My impression is that USFWS prefers to ignore simple cases (like this one)
where guilt and/or responsibility is obvious and concentrate on complicated
set-ups and stings that take months of agent time and cost tens or hundreds
of thousands of taxpayer dollars, and which sometimes in the end generate
token punishments, or confiscations of valuable animals (sometimes
distributed in a controversial manner), or "leniency motions" for
cooperating crooks who would otherwise end up in prison.   

IPPL has learned that Air France is under heavy pressure to start carrying
monkeys again, which it stopped after negative publicity about the shipments. 


|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Dr. Shirley McGreal             |   PHONE: 803-871-2280                  | 
| Int. Primate Protection League  |   FAX: 803-871-7988                    |
| POB 766                         |   E-MAIL: ippl@awod.com                |
| Summerville SC 29484            |   Web: http://www.ippl.org             | 
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:05:12 -0500
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:34:59
From: David J Knowles 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Dog electrocutions halted
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The last remaining dog electrocution device used in BC is to be taken out
of service. The device, presently used by pound official Dan Hughes, of the
Cowichen Valley Animal Control Shelter, will be replaced by lethal injection.

Hughes denies the move had anything to do with the adverse publicity
generated recently, which resulted in a 3,000-name petition being handed to
North Cowichen District Council earlier this week. Hughes said he planned
to retire the machine anyway. 

The southern Vancouver Island council decided to support Hughes' use of the
electrocution device.

Hughes says he felt some of the comments made about him during the recent
campaign were slanderous, and added he would be seeking legal advice.

David  

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 14:59:43 -0500 (EST)
From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fwd: La Salle University Study Determines Chimpanzees Have Higher Order Of 
Message-ID: <971121145942_914994367@mrin45.mail.aol.com>

 

Date:     97-11-21 11:25:41 EST
From:     AOL News
BCC: LMANHEIM

    PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In a study designed to
find out
which animal could solve more difficult problems, chimpanzees were
found to
have a higher order of intelligence than monkeys, according to a
paper
presented at today's meeting of the Psychonomics Society.
          Psychologists David Oden of La Salle University and Roger
Thompson of
Franklin and Marshall College trained chimpanzees and monkeys in
the use of
matching symbols, and asked them to show relationships between
identical and
different pair of symbols, say letters AA, BB, CC, and YZ.
          As an example, if the chimps and monkeys were shown an X,
then shown an X
and Y, both animals were able to match the Xs.  If the animals were
shown XY,
then shown AA and AB, they were able to match the XY with the AB
because each
perceived that the XY and AB were somehow similar.  But when each
was taught
that a symbol, such as a triangle, was representative of
similarity,
chimpanzees could use this symbol to determine relationships. 
Monkeys could
learn that the triangle "meant" similar, but were unable to apply
the use of
this symbol in matching problems.  The researchers used
two-year-old monkeys
and chimpanzees in their study.
          This was the first-ever study conducted to use the
conceptual matching
task using chimpanzees and monkeys.  While scientists have debated
for years
abut which species is smarter, says Oden, there hadn't been a study
to
determine intelligence factors using both chimpanzees and monkeys.
          "The monkeys were able to identify a physical
representation," says Oden,
"such as matching Xs.  They can perceive similarities in
relationships, but
can't use it to solve conceptual matching problems."
          "I'm sure the monkey people will disagree with us, but we
think this shows
that chimpanzees are smarter," says Oden.  "We gave the monkeys the
same
skills, but they weren't able to apply it."
      CO:  La Salle University
      ST:  Pennsylvania
      IN:
      SU:


 
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:09:26 -0500 (EST)
From: OnlineAPI@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Pet Food and "Hard Copy"
Message-ID: <971121160925_-1541368827@mrin79>

Tonight, November 21, 1997, "Hard Copy" is scheduled to televise a segment on
pet food, produced with the cooperation of the Animal Protection Institute.

Check your local listings for time and station.

Gil Lamont
Animal Protection Institute
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:29:59 -0800
From: Dena Jones 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Hard Copy Segment on Pet Food
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Today (November 21) Hard Copy will air a segment on the nutritional value 
(or rather the lack of it) of commercial pet food.  Hard Copy is 
syndicated, so check your local TV listings for time.

Copies of a Pet Food Report, upon which the segment is based, can be 
obtained from the Animal Protection Institute.  You may request the 
report and pet food shopping guide by phone (800-348-7387); by mail (P.O. 
Box 22505, Sacramento, CA 95822; by e-mail (onlineapi@aol.com); or the 
report may be downloaded from API's Web site (www.api4animals.org).

Dena Jones
Animal Protection Institute
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:46:03 -0500 (EST)
From: SHindi@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Yaka's Tankmate Sick
Message-ID: <971121164603_1372721480@mrin53.mail.aol.com>


     October  31, 1997Contacts:Donna Hertel 630-801-3262
     Chicago Animal Rights Coalition
     Suzanne Roy 415-388-9641 ext.25
     In Defense of Animals

YAKA'S TANKMATE SICK


Reliable sources confirm that Vigga, Yaka's tankmate, is sick. We will try
and update you all as soon as we receive information. It is vital that we
keep the pressure on these people, so if you haven't written your letter,
please do so.


Please call and fax:
     Mayor of Vallejo Gloria Exline
     fax 707-648-4377
     phone 707-648-4377


     Gary Story, CEO
     Premier Parks, Inc.
     fax 405-475-2555
     phone 405-475-2500

Demand that the park discontinue it's marine mammal act and rehabilitate its
remaining orca for release to the wild. Also demand that Terry Samansky or
anyone else at the park, come out and publicly debate Steve Hindi of the
Chicago Animal Rights Coalition.



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