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AR-NEWS Digest 607
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) [CA] SPCA donkeys get bidders
by David J Knowles
2) [CA/US] Flamingo's incredible journey ends happily
by David J Knowles
3) [CA] Wildlife officers to get handguns
by David J Knowles
4) VAIL, COLORADO ELK "HARVEST" ADVISED
by STFORJEWEL
5) [UK] Swill ban after warning over pig disease 'like BSE'
by David J Knowles
6) [UK] Fishing curbs relaxed after 'hard bargaining'
by David J Knowles
7) =?iso-8859-1?Q?[UK]__Man_is_fined_=A3600_for_damaging_newt_?=
pond
by David J Knowles
8) [NO] Reindeer off menu after lichen crisis
by David J Knowles
9) ISRAEL- Rabies In Cattle
by erez ganor
10) Re: Joan Rivers' Sable Coat Sprayed
by BSVILA
11) Admin Note -- Inappropriate Posting
by allen schubert
12) (US) AMP--HUNTINGDON LAWSUIT AGAINST PETA SETTLED
by allen schubert
13) (no subject)
by Michael Nunnally
14) Reward Offered for Wolf Killer in Minnesota
by Michael Markarian
15) Beavers creating hazards at N.C. Zoo may be killed
by Michael Markarian
16) Noah's Ark update
by "Vicki Sharer"
17) Invitation to Subscribe to Veg-News
by farm@farmusa.org
18) Address Correction Etc.
by farm@farmusa.org
19) state fish and wildlife agencies
by Michael Markarian
20) Yellowstone Wolf update
by "Christine M. Wolf"
21) Intern Position
by Peter Muller
22) (US) Minnesota Wolves
by Mesia Quartano
23) bad news re. Steve Siegel
by Constance Young
24) Subscription Options--Admin Note
by allen schubert
25) (US) Cloned lambs may produce hemophilia drug in milk
by allen schubert
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:27:24
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] SPCA donkeys get bidders
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>From The Province - Wednesday, December 17th, 1997
SPCA sifts through bidders to find homes for donkeys
By Jack Keating
Staff Reporter
Nine donkeys and five minature donkeys are about to get new homes.
The Surrey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which held a
"silent auction" last Wednesday through Sunday, is in the process of
finding suitable homes for the 14 animals, who were seized after alleged
abuse by their previous owners.
"Our phone's been ringing off the hook about people looking to help us out
with these donkeys. We've had dozens of bids," said Brian Nelson, SPCA
director of field operations.
The bids range from $100 to $500 or $600, said Nelson.
"We start with the highest bidder and check the home out to see if it's
suitable. If the home turns out to be lousy, then we go to the next bidder.
If it's suitable, they can come and adopt a donkey.
"Generally it would take acreage. We won't be letting them go to someone's
back yard."
It costs between $1,000 and $1,500 a year to take care of donkeys,
including up to $120 a month to feed the animals, said Nelson.
"The criterion is that (prospective owners) have the space, the experience
and the finacial ability to care for the animal," said Nelson.
The 14 donkeys are still at the SPCA's regional barn in Surrey.
The five Scicillian minature donkeys, seized five years ago after charges
of abuse were filed against their owner, have been used in the SPCA's youth
summer camps. The nine full-sized donkeys were seized in late October from
a Pitt Meadows farm after allegedly being mistreated by a farm owner and
caretaker.
"We expect most of these animals will be adopted out as a result of this
bid," said Nelson.
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:04:27
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA/US] Flamingo's incredible journey ends happily
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>From The Province - Wednesday, December 17th, 1997
Flamingo's incredible journey ends happily
Southam Newspapers
LITCHFIELD, Conn. - Elisha wobbled away from the cage with an idignant
squawk, still a little woozy after 12 hours in transit and a very rude
reception from U.S. customs officers.
Then she spotted her mate, Maurice, among five other flamingoes, and a
crowd of gawking ducks at the rear of the greenhouse.
It was a moment Kathy Nihei had been waiting for since the wayward flamingo
was spotted in the Ottawa area about six months ago.
"It's a good feeling," the Ottawa wildlife-refuge co-ordinator said as
Elisha made her way towards Maurice, who flapped his one good wing in welcome.
As Elisha settled down yesterday, she appeared to be communicating with
Maurice by shaking her tail feathers and fluffing her pink petticoat.
Maurice bobbed his head frequently.
Despite those hopeful signs, this really wasn't an adoring reunion. Elisha
didn't preen her approval as Maurice strutted his stuff. In fact, it almost
wasn't a reunion at all.
A few hours earlier in Hartford, customs officials were screaming for a
missing document and Elisha didn't have a leg to stand on.
Although the flamingp had six certificates from four levels of government
in two countries, she arrived without the proper form for the
fish-and-wildlife bureaucrats in New York state. That ruffled official
feathers from Ottawa to New York City.
Carefully trussed on her belly in a nifty homemade cage, Elisha was
confined to a restricted cargo shed for two hours as frantic phone calls
were made.
That's when Hartford veterinarian Lach Szkukarek fired up his cell phone to
declare Elisha was disease-free.
By early afternoon Elisha was packed into a pickup truck for the final leg
of the journey.
During the one-hour trip to Ritchfield county, Nihei talked about her
concerns for Elisha.
"She was in a wild environment for weeks, eating naturally in cold
temperatures. Now she's in captivity again with a change in diet and I'm
concerned about her immune system. She's been through a lot."
Nihei had tirelessly chased the the flamingo as winter set in. After a
dozen attempts, Elisha was finally snared a week ago, just as Nihei and her
exhausted staff were about to give up.
Was it wrenching to turn Elisha over to her owner at the Livingstone
Wildlife Preserve?
"No, " she said. Nihei added that the right thing to do was to bring the
bird back to its home for the past eight years. First, though, Nehei
extracted a promise that the bird would not be pinioned - a method of
clipping primary feathers that would make it impossible for Elisha to fly
again.
Elisha couldn't ask for a nicer place to live. The 95-hectare preserve is a
classic New England scene with winged wildlife waddling under ancient maple
tress.
The preserve is home to 88 species and 1,200 rare and endangered birds. It
was founded by S. Dylan Ripley and his wife Mary Livingstone and has been
in the family for five generations.
Dr. Ripley, 88, was a director of Yale's Peabody Museum in the early '60's
and secretary of the Smithsonian Institute for 20 years.
At one end of the preserve is a large pen covered in netting to thwart
predatory great-horned owls that patrol the area. Several nesting boxes
with neat little ramps are arranged along low-lying bushes and the
heart-shaped sweetheart pond. The pond is the social centre for Chinese
mandarin ducks and a posse of young black-necked swans from South America.
"It's hard to believe that the flamingo could 350 miles up to Ottawa, but I
never gave up hope that she would make it back," said Julie Ripley Miller,
who runs the preserve.
Caretaker Mike Dean, who worked with Nehai to arrange Elisha's return, is
still a little surprised. "I thought a predator would get her - an animal
or more likley a human predator. This is one amazing story."
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:10:33
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [CA] Wildlife officers to get handguns
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>From The Province - Wednesday, December 17th, 1997
Wildlife officers to get handguns
Canadian Press
WINNIPEG - Manitoba and Saskatchewan have decided to issue handguns to
wildlife officers.
"The need for side-arms for our officers has increased in recent years as
they frequently encounter individuals who are committing a serious
offence," said Glen Cummings, Manitoba's minister of natural resources.
"Increased penalties, including vehicle seizures and jail senences for
wildlife offences, have increased concerns about the potential for serious
confrontations..." he said.
Manitoba natural resource officers have been complaining for years that
they needed handguns as they increasingly found themselves confronting
armed poachers. Some have reported being fired on.
Currently, they carry shotguns in their vehicles.
Cummings said the handguns will only be issued to officers who clear
criminal-record checks and psychological screening, as well as complete an
extensive training program.
In Regina, Saskatchewan Environment Minister Lorne Scott said 150 field
enforcement officers will get semi-automatic Glock pistols.
Scott said all officers getting guns will receive the same training as
police and will be screened by psychologists.
He said it will be several months before any officers begin carrying the
weapons.
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and B.C. issue
handguns to their natural resources officers. So does the federal
government and the Yukon.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 03:18:08 EST
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Subject: VAIL, COLORADO ELK "HARVEST" ADVISED
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>From Feature/Environmental Writer Mark Obmascik
The Denver Post
Tuesday, December 16, 1997
In a classic conflict between high country elk and high-priced real estate
development, the government has been asked to take care of a tough problem.
The preferred solution: Kill the elk.
Saying the real estate boom around the Vail, Beaver Creek and Arrowhead ski
resorts is wreaking havoc with local big game populations, state wildlife
managers are calling for 90 to 150 elk to be killed from a herd of 300
animals.
"Either we harvest these elk or we let them starve to death," said Bill Andree
of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. "We've lost so much winter range to
development that this area can't safely support elk the way it used to."
State officials say it would be the first time in memory they've been forced
to kill so many elk because of crowding from new subdivisions. The killings
would serve as a powerful reminder that Colorado's growth and development
binge carries some ugly consequences.
Though the extra "harvest" of Vail Valley elk still needs more approvals, the
odds look good for next hunting season because two key local wildlife
officials support the herd reduction.
Besides, state officials already know how to regulate gun-wielding men on a
hunt for wild animals. What defies easy control, though, is a developer in
the middle of a luxury real estate boom.
According to the local assessor's office, Eagle County real estate this year
is valued at $8,676,173. That exceeds the combined gross national products of
Afghanistan, Belize, and Lithuania. (Eagle County produces all these riches
with just 32,000 residents.)
When the average single-family home in the county sells for $455,000, it was
only a matter of time before bulldozers started bumping into big game.
The wildlife problem became a public safety concern two years ago, when the
300-elk herd grew so scared of ski development south of Interstate 70 that
many animals began crossing the highway to less-crowded areas on the north.
Last ski season, all lanes of I-70 near Beaver Creek were shut down to traffic
three separate times to let the elk move to the other side.
"When elk are determined to go across Highway 6, across railroad tracks,
across four lanes of the interstate and across the Eagle River, that's a
pretty strong statement. Those elk want out of there," Andree said.
The most sickening incident came when three unleashed dogs chased a panicked
elk through the Eagle River. The cow elk fled onto I-70, where it was struck
and killed by a motorist.
Last year, Vail Valley drivers killed about 30 elk, and biologists say they're
grateful no drivers were seriously injured. At some point though, not all
encounters between 75-mph drivers and 700-pound bull elk will end in the
driver's favor.
Feeding the elk isn't an option because tht concentrates the animals and
encourages the spread of disease. Fences along the interstate are expensive,
and they often don't work. And officials say they have run out of places to
move the herd.
As soon as the snow on the Arrowhead golf course is 2 feet deep, biologists
say, the 300 elk of the Vail Valley herd once again will try crossing I-70.
"What can you do when you've got that many elk up against that many people?"
said wildlife biologist Gene Byrne. "Unfortunately, reducing the herd by 30
to 50 percent would be a good start."
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Comment: Address your opinions to Mr. John Mumma, Director; Colorado Division
of Wildlife; 6060 Broadway; Denver CO 80216 (303) 297-1192 and our
illustrious fence-sitting governor: Governor Roy Romer; The State Capitol;
Denver CO 80203
1800-283-7215.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 00:03:19
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Swill ban after warning over pig disease 'like BSE'
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, 18th December, 1997
Swill ban after warning over pig disease 'like BSE'
By David Brown and George Jones
THE Government is to ban swill with pigmeat after a warning from scientists
that there is a remote risk of a fatal brain disease similar to BSE
breaking out in the national pig herd.
Jack Cunningham, Minister of Agriculture, announced last night that he
would issue proposed legislation for consultation in the New Year and would
be consulting the EU about future controls.
The move followed a report from the Government's Spongiform
Encephalopathies Advisory Committee (SEAC), which said yesterday:
"Recycling of waste as feed within a species creates the potential for a
major epidemic such as that seen with BSE. Our assessment of current
practice in the UK suggests that the likelihood of any problem arising is
small but cannot be completely discounted."
The Government is also drawing up new measures to stop farmers feeding
poultry waste and feathers to their chickens.
Meat and bonemeal was banned from pig rations after the beef crisis broke
in March last year. But farmers can still feed their pigs on processed
swill containing pigmeat in waste from abattoirs and catering establishments.
Last year SEAC, which advised Mr Cunningham before he made his
controversial decision to ban beef on the bone, reported a link between BSE
and a new variant of the fatal human brain illness CJD. So far 23 people in
the UK are known to have died from the new form of CJD.
Mr Cunningham said last night: "Essentially, this means that the current
practices will have to end. Before legislating, however, I shall, as
advised, consider the alternative routes for disposing of such waste."
The Agriculture Minister also launched a strong defence of his decision to
ban sales of beef on the bone. He insisted that he had acted to protect
public health, and said it could not be left up to the public to decide
whether it was safe to eat T-bone steaks or ribs of beef.
While some people had compared the risks to that taken by people who smoke,
Dr Cunningham said all tobacco packets had health warnings on them alerting
them to that risk. It would have done nothing for consumer confidence in
beef if such warnings were put on packets of meat or in butchers' shops.
Mr Cunningham rejected reports of a rift with European partners over new
regulations to ban beef imports which do not conform to the UK's anti-BSE
standards.
While Mr Cunningham held out the prospect of a package of help for beef
farmers within the next few days, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Rev David
Stancliffe, attacked the Government decision to ban beef-on-the bone and
for failing to take advantage of cash aid from the EU for livestock and
arable farmers whose incomes have been cut by nearly 50 per cent this year.
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 00:10:20
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Fishing curbs relaxed after 'hard bargaining'
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, 18th December, 1997
Fishing curbs relaxed after 'hard bargaining'
By David Brown, Fisheries Editor
FISHERMEN will not have to stay in port under compulsory days-at-sea
restrictions aimed at meeting EU fish conservation targets, the Government
announced yesterday.
Elliot Morley, the Fisheries Minister, said so much progress had been made
in reducing the British fishing fleet that the threat of compulsory tie-ups
had been removed from most fishermen. Fishermen's leaders had feared that
restrictions were inevitable if the EU decreed that there were still too
many vessels in the British fleet.
"Fishermen can now plan ahead with confidence," said Mr Morley. But he said
the industry could expect tougher action against illegal "black fish
landings" next year to protect stocks and prevent a collapse in market
prices. "Fishing industry sources say that black fish account for 40 per
cent of landings. This has to stop," he said. New plans to force large
fishing vessels to land only at designated ports, where their catches would
be scrutinized by Government inspectors, would be brought forward next year.
Vessels more than 78ft long would be fitted with satellite tracking "spy in
the cabin" devices from next July. Instead of imposing further cuts in the
number of vessels or limiting days at sea for the bulk of the fleet
nationwide, he said the Government would impose new curbs on 250 of the
largest and most powerful vessels.
Large pelagic trawlers, mostly based in Scotland, which catch species
including mackerel and herring, would be required to reduce their fishing
effort by 28 per cent over the next four years. In addition, large
beam-trawlers, 40 of them Dutch-owned quota-hoppers operating under the
British flag, would have to make 19 per cent cutbacks in the North Sea
within four years and eight per cent reductions in the south-west of
England. It would be up to the fish producer organisations controlling
these vessels to decide how the targets would be met by negotiation among
the various fishermen.
Mr Morley made it clear that there was no extra taxpayers' money available
to decommission any vessels. Since 1993, Britain has decommissioned 578
vessels, roughly 8.2 per cent of the fleet, at a cost of £36.4 million.
Another £14.2 million has been allocated under this year's scheme which is
expected to remove a further 108 vessels, mostly English. In a surprise
move, Mr Morley said there was no need to cut the fishing effort of about
1,500 vessels which catch demersal species, including cod, haddock and
whiting. Fishermen's leaders had expected reductions of more than 14 per
cent over four years.
He said this was thanks to negotiations and hard bargaining between the
Government and EU officials.
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 00:24:37
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [UK] Man is fined £600 for damaging newt
pond
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, 18th December, 1997
Man is fined £600 for damaging newt pond
A MAN was fined £600 yesterday after being convicted of damaging the
habitat of great crested newts.
The case at Lowestoft, Suffolk, is thought to be the first prosecution
brought in Britain under European Union legislation, adopted by Britain in
1994.
Magistrates were told that Norman Jay, 41, of Ilketshall St Margaret, near
Bungay, Suffolk, used a digger to scrape out the pond. The prosecution said
the digging had taken away vegetation on the sides of the pond, lowered the
water level and dramatically reduced the newt population.
Jay said he had no idea there were great crested newts in the pond. His aim
was to clean out the pond, and make it easier for wildlife to thrive. "I
love animals. I love birds," he said.
The court was told that English Nature had written to Jay warning that
interfering with the pond could be illegal. Jay, who said he could not read
or write, told the court that he never saw the letter.
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 00:28:38
From: David J Knowles
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [NO] Reindeer off menu after lichen crisis
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>From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday, 18th December, 1997
Reindeer off menu after lichen crisis
By Robert Uhlig
SWEDES and Norwegians face the prospect of Christmas without their
traditional reindeer roast because of European Union red tape.
A shortage has occurred after reindeer were culled to prevent over-grazing
and imports of alternative meat were banned by the EU. The cull followed
the sharp decline in the growth of lichen, the staple diet of reindeer, in
grazing lands where 750,000 animals are herded by semi-nomadic Sami, or
Lapp, people.
Sweden has previously imported the meat from Russia's Kola peninsula but
this year the EU has banned the imports, according to a report in New
Scientist. An EU spokesman said there was too great a risk that the Russian
reindeer would carry foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis into the
European Union.
However, Tony Erickson of the Swedish agricultural ministry said the
reindeer shortfall could have been averted. He said the Russian
slaughterhouses near Murmansk were safe, but the Commission had not yet
found time to inspect them.
© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:07:34 +0200
From: erez ganor
To: Adolfo Sansolini - LAV ,
"ar-news@envirolink.org" ,
Barbara Harkaway , Born Free ,
"BreachEnv@aol.com David" ,
"CFN-Views@can-inc.com" ,
Elizabeth S Kent ,
"folkerts@worldonline.nl" ,
Glenn Hunt ,
"Howard J. Hoffman" , rhus
Subject: ISRAEL- Rabies In Cattle
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Yesterday Rabies was found in a herd of cattle in the North.
Farmers are in panic, since no one have never bothered to vaccinate his
cattle against rabies. It was well known Rabies can be found in Dogs,
Foxes, wolves, rats and lately in Cats and rabbits, it was the first
time it was found in cattle.
this is the returning boomerang that the Ministry of Agriculture had
thrown to the air.
Now maybe they will learn their lesson and start using the Rabies Oral
vaccination, instead of Poisoning or inventing cruel and low cost ways
to get rid of Stray dogs.
Erez.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 06:13:56 EST
From: BSVILA
To: Tereiman@aol.com, ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: Joan Rivers' Sable Coat Sprayed
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In a message dated 97-12-17 08:55:24 EST, Tereiman@AOL.Com writes:
<< She was middle-aged, blond, chubby and she looked quite homely," Rivers
said. "The PETA people are never good-looking. The good-looking ones are
off doing something important. It's always the ugly ones who are doing
stuff like this." >>
If that's the best she can do, we know we're winning. After all, Joan is
"Gods gift to a plastic surgeon".
Pat
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 06:43:40 -0500
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
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Subject: Admin Note -- Inappropriate Posting
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About a month ago, I announced the new "posting policy" to AR-News
(11/11/97). Now, BSVILA will be banned from posting for
a minimum of 2 weeks for the post: Re: Joan Rivers' Sable Coat Sprayed
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 07:44:46 -0500
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) AMP--HUNTINGDON LAWSUIT AGAINST PETA SETTLED
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from Americans for Medical Progress "news" http://www.amprogress.org/
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HUNTINGDON LAWSUIT AGAINST PETA SETTLED
December 17, 1997
The lawsuit initiated against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
by Huntingdon Life Sciences was terminated by 15 page settlement agreement
approved by U.S. District Court Judge Henry Morgan and released Monday.
Under the terms of the settlement, PETA has agreed to give up its campaign
against Huntingdon and to return or destroy all documents, information and
other materials stolen from Huntingdon.
PETA is barred from any undercover or surreptitious information gathering
operations against Huntingdon for 5 years, and is permanently prohibited
from using any materials it had obtained through its covert penetration of
Huntingdon. PETA is also barred from any attempts to interfere with
Huntingdon's business relationships.
All pending charges, including two federal racketeering counts against
PETA, its President, Ingrid Newkirk; its Director of Investigations, Mary
Beth Sweetland; and operative Michelle Rokke, have been dropped.
In a news release announcing the settlement, Huntingdon President Alan
Staple explained, "It was essential that we took whatever steps were
necessary to retrieve the stolen materials while seeking to protect our
business and clients' interests. We are pleased to have ended this costly
and disruptive litigation so that we can now concentrate our energies on
developing the business."
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 07:10:31 -0600
From: Michael Nunnally
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:04:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian
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Subject: Reward Offered for Wolf Killer in Minnesota
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from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
>============================================================
> For Immediate
>Release:
>Contact:
> December 17,
>1997
>Dan Sobieck, External Affairs
>EA98-09 612/725-3737 x-221
> Dan_Sobieck@mail.fws.gov
>
> Reward Offered For Wolf Killed in St. Louis County
>
>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is offering a reward of up to
>$2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those
>responsible for injuring a gray wolf on December 13 on Birch Lake near
>Babbitt, Minnesota in eastern St. Louis County. Because of the extent of
>its injuries, the wolf was later destroyed.
>
>After receiving a call from a local resident, a Minnesota Department of
>Natural Resources Conservation Officer found the critically injured wolf
>on Birch Lake. Snowmobile tracks on the lake surface indicated the animal
>had been struck twice by snowmobiles. Although still able to run after
>the initial strike, upon being struck a second time the animal suffered
>two broken legs and apparent internal injuries. After discovering the
>condition of the animal, the Conservation Officer was forced to destroy
>it. No arrests have been made in the case.
>
>Because of their listing on the federal threatened species list, gray
>wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act. The fine for
>"taking" (killing, harming or harassing) a threatened species such as the
>gray wolf within the United States is $25,000 and/or six months in federal
>prison. Protecting endangered and threatened species and restoring them
>to a secure status in the wild is the primary objective of the FWS
>endangered species program.
>
>This illegal killing follows a related incident in Marshall County during
>the firearms deer season, when a radio-collared wolf was shot. The
>Marshall County wolf had been part of a research program conducted by
>biologists at the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge near Middle River,
>Minnesota.
>
>Anyone having information pertaining to these incidents should contact a
>FWS Special Agent at (218) 720-5357 or Turn In Poachers (TIP) at (800)
>652-9093. Callers may remain anonymous.
>
>
> -FWS-
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:25:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Beavers creating hazards at N.C. Zoo may be killed
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from The Charlotte Observer (http://www.charlotte.com)
Thursday, December 18, 1997
Beavers creating hazards at N.C. Zoo may be killed
By DIANE SUCHETKA
Staff Writer
If you were a beaver, you'd probably consider the N.C. Zoo a pretty safe
place to live.
More than likely, you'd be dead wrong.
This week the zoo, just outside Asheboro, said it plans to kill two colonies
of beavers unless
some other solution can be found. They aren't an exhibit; they just happen
to live on the
grounds.
``We're looking at other options,'' zoo spokesman Rod Hackney said Wednesday
after a zoo
employee offered to take the beavers to a pond on his property.
``But we don't know if that's legal or not,'' Hackney said. ``There's the
state prohibition
against relocating.''
The beavers moved to the zoo three years ago, and they've been trouble ever
since.
``We have lost, at last count, over 800 trees,'' Hackney said. ``These trees
threaten the public.
They're falling across walkways. They threaten our staff who are working in
the park. They
threaten our exhibits because they can fall on roofs and walls.
``A big tree can fall into an exhibit and allow a lion -- or any other
dangerous animal -- to trot
out,'' he said. ``Obviously we don't want that situation.''
But animal advocates are criticizing the zoo's plan.
``Not only is it very cruel and inhumane, it's simply not going to work,''
said Mike Markarian,
of The Fund for Animals in Maryland.
``Beavers have a very good sense of which environments are inhabited by
other beavers and
which environments have vacancies. Undoubtedly, new beavers will move in. In
some
locations . . . they've seen new beavers move in the very next day.
``People go to the zoo because they want to see animals. They don't want to
see animals
being killed.''
But Hackney says the zoo consulted N.C. beaver experts and this was the only
answer.
``We looked at every possible solution,'' he said. ``And there was no other
alternative to
trapping and euthanatizing .
``State law prohibits us from capturing beavers and releasing them
elsewhere. When you do
that, you're turning your problem loose on someone else.''
The zoo has already tried a number of other solutions.
Fences around trees wouldn't work -- there are thousands of trees on the
zoo's 1,500 acres.
``And we've tried using natural repellents like cougar urine and wolf
urine,'' Hackney said.
In October the zoo convened a beaver task force. The eight-member group
brought in
experts, including Dave Woodward, a research assistant in the zoology
department at N.C.
State University.
Woodward found three or four colonies totaling no more than 20 beavers. Two
colonies are
inside zoo exhibits. It's those two that could be exterminated. The
remaining beavers would
most likely be neutered.
``We want to use one colony we can learn from,'' Hackney said, ``to
determine how we might
handle this . . . on a long-term basis.''
At the turn of the century, beavers were trapped almost to extinction across
the country.
That's changed dramatically over the past few decades. In North Carolina,
they've spread to
nearly every county, including Mecklenburg.
``I know for a fact, there are plenty of beavers to go around,'' Woodward
said. ``The beaver
population has been steadily increasing since 1960. The population is
probably well in excess
of 100,000 in North Carolina.
``And when they are in this kind of a heavy-use area, they're -- how would
you put it -- a
conflict of interest.
``It's like if you have squirrels in your attic or rats in your basement.
There's a certain tolerance
level.''
Still, the decision wasn't easy.
``This was a very, very difficult decision for our staff, because obviously
this entire
organization is devoted to the preservation of wildlife,'' Hackney said.
``We have lived for years with other animals. We have raccoon and deer and
foxes and
bobcats and Canada geese and squirrels and rabbits and frogs and turtles and
birds of every
hue and color . . . .
``We have never attempted to eradicate any of those because they don't pose
a threat to
people or animals.
``This is a situation where potentially some serious danger can be posed to
our visitors, our
staff and our animals.''
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 97 10:29:17 CST
From: "Vicki Sharer"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Noah's Ark update
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Laura Sykes wants to thank everyone for their support and asked I pass
the following informaiton.
The sentencing hearing for the two convicted defendants in the Noah's
= Ark cat killing case is Friday, December 19th at 1:30 pm in
Bloomfield, = Iowa. They have both been convicted of two aggravated
misdemeanors and = one serious misdemeanor and are eligible for up to
5 years in prison and = up to $11,000 in fines. The judge will hear
testimony from David and = Laura Sykes about what happened at the
shelter to the cats, what effect = it has had on their lives and what
they think should happen to the two = convicted men. Testimony will
also be heard from Dr. Ronald Lockwood of = the HSUS, an expert on the
link between aniimal abuse and subsequent = violence to humans; and
from other witnesses who have knowledge or = experience with regard to
Lamansky and Meyers.=20
Court TV will be broadcasting the trial live on Friday from the =
courthouse. Friday morning at 7am NBC will be have footage about it
on = the Today Show; and CBS 48 Hours program will be shown January
15th = featuring the whole story of what happened at the Noah's Ark
shelter, = the trial and sentencing.
Details about what took place at the hearing will be posted on the =
Noah's Ark website soon after the hearing is completed. We don't =
expect a sentence from the judge until he has deliberated upon the =
testimony and evidence presented at the hearing, so this could be some
= days later.
vicki
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:53:32 -0800
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:22:28 -0800
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Please note that the new e-mail address for FARM is farm@farmusa.org.
Our website (currently being revised) is at http://www.farmusa.org.
In January, we plan to activate a new website at http://www.meatout.org.
One part will be devoted to Meatout activities, and the other will
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We wish you all a very productive and compassionate new year. Alex H.
and the FARM Folks.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:10:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Markarian
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: state fish and wildlife agencies
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a page of links to each of the 50
state wildlife agencies.
http://www.fws.gov/~r9mat/stategf.html
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:25:09 -0800 (PST)
From: "Christine M. Wolf"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Yellowstone Wolf update
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>A MESSAGE FROM TOM SKEELE OF PREDATOR PROJECT, EXPLAINING THE
RECENT
>GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS RULING ON WOLVES IN YELLOWSTONE
>
>
>Hello Friends,
>
>By now, I suspect you have seen the press reports on Judge Downes' ruling
>in the wolf case. In the most startling and newsworthy section of the
>opinion, Judge Downes ruled that FWS must remove all the wolves that it
>translocated to Idaho and Yellowstone (and their offspring). Judge Downes
>tempered this by holding that this removal was stayed until the 10th
>Circuit resolves the likely appeals.
>
>Predator Project is VERY disappointed both in Judge Downes' order to remove
>all non-native wolves from the Yellowstone region and central Idaho, and by
>the direct or indirect assertion that we are responsible for Judge Downes'
>order.
>
>What follows is:
>
> - an OpEd piece that our lead attorney, Doug Honnold, wrote in
>early 1996 that explains our lawsuit (what it is and is not),
>
> - the press release from Monday (12/15/97),
>
> - a Predator Project position statement about these recent
>developments.
>
>Collectively, they should explain three things:
>
>1) we have always opposed and will continue to oppose the Farm Bureau's
>efforts to remove the wolves transplanted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
>Service to Yellowstone and Idaho;
>
>2) our lawsuit involved only Idaho and making sure that Idaho's natural
>wolves don't lose their legal protections;
>
>3) Judge Downes' ruling will have no on-the-ground effect because he stayed
>the order until the 10th Circuit resolves the inevitable appeals.
>
>Please spread the word because we are not the villians here, the Farm
>Bureau is!!!
>
>Tom Skeele, Executive Director
>Predator Project
>
>
>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>
>DOUG HONNOLD'S OP ED
>
>March 25, 1996
>
>Dear :
>
> We represent National Audubon Society, Predator Project, Gray Wolf
>Committee, and Sinapu in a lawsuit that challenges the U.S. Fish and
>Wildlife Service's proposal to drop the full legal protections that should
>apply to the wolves that are naturally recolonizing Idaho. During the next
>few days we can expect a ruling from federal Judge William Downes in
>Casper, Wyoming concerning the fate of FWS's wolf reintroduction programs
>for Idaho and Yellowstone. Your readers have a right to know the facts
>about our case and Idaho's wolves.
>
> In our lawsuit, we raise two separate claims: 1) that wolves that
>are recolonizing Idaho on their own must be classified as an endangered
>species, just like the natural wolves that have recolonized northwestern
>Montana during the past 10 years; and 2) that any offspring of these
>naturally recolonizing wolves in Idaho must likewise be fully protected.
>We are challenging the Idaho reintroduction effort, not the Yellowstone
>effort. We have not asked the court to issue an injunction, and we have
>not asked that FWS be required to pick up and remove the Canadian wolves
>that have been translocated and released into Idaho. We simply ask Judge
>Downes to declare that the wolves that are naturally recolonizing Idaho
>cannot be stripped of their full legal protections because FWS has
>translocated and released Canadian wolves.
>
> We believe that Idaho's wolves can only survive in the long run if
>their habitat is protected. While the press has been chock-full of stories
>relating to the "reintroduced" Canadian wolves, that coverage has largely
>ignored the natural recolonization of Idaho by wolves. To cite but a few
>key facts in this respect: 1) FWS scientists in Idaho are on record in 1994
>as stating that they believed that naturally recolonizing wolf packs and
>breeding activity would be confirmed in Idaho within 1-5 years; 2) Dr.
>Steve Fritts, FWS's lead wolf biologist, estimated in two separate
>memoranda in June and September 1992 -- prior to FWS's translocation
>efforts -- that around 15 wolves existed in Idaho and that breeding
>activity was likely, but not yet confirmed; and 3) FWS, in the
>reintroduction environmental impact statement released in 1994, estimated
>that without any translocation efforts naturally migrating wolf packs would
>be documented in Idaho within 5 years.
>
> The sad fact is that the fate of these wolves that returned on
>their own to Idaho was blatantly ignored when FWS chose to "reintroduce"
>wolves to Idaho. We've asked Judge Downes to ensure that these courageous,
>adaptive, secretive wolves be protected and not swept aside. That doesn't
>require shipping the translocated wolves back to Canada. But it does
>require that FWS provide due legal protections for all of Idaho's wolves --
>not just the ones that got a free plane ride from Canada.
>
>
>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>
>
>PRESS RELEASE from EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
>
>
>For Immediate Release
>
>December 15, 1997
>
>Contact: Doug Honnold, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund (406) 586-9699
>
>Bozeman, Montana--Attorneys for Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund today
>announced that they had recommended to their clients National Audubon
>Society, Predator Project, Sinapu and the Gray Wolf Committee that they
>file an appeal of Wyoming federal district court Judge William Downes'
>December 12th order that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service remove from
>Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho wolves that the Service
>transplanted into the Park and state in recent years.
>
> "We want wolves to stay and prosper in the Northern
>Rockies," stated Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund attorney Doug Honnold. "We
>will continue to fight to protect all wolves in the region."
>
> Honnold reiterated his clients' opposition to removing any wolves
>from the Yellowstone region and central Idaho. "We have always vigorously
>opposed--and will continue to oppose--the efforts of the Farm Bureau to
>remove the transplanted wolves from Yellowstone and central Idaho." Judge
>Downes' order to eliminate the reintroduced wolves, and thus bring to an
>end the widely supported wildlife restoration effort, was made at the
>request of the Wyoming, Montana and Idaho Farm Bureau Federations.
>
> The litigation before Judge Downes consists of three
>lawsuits concerning the Fish and Wildlife Service's importation of wolves
>from Canada and their release in Yellowstone National Park and central
>Idaho. In their suit, the National Audubon Society plaintiffs challenged
>the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to withdraw Endangered Species Act
>protection for naturally occurring wolves in central Idaho.
>
> Meanwhile, despite the Fish and Wildlife Service's attempt
>to placate ranching interests by designating both naturally migrating and
>reintroduced wolves in central Idaho and the Yellowstone region as
>"experimental, non-essential," a designation that would allow for ranchers
>to shoot wolves that attack their livestock, the Farm Bureau brought a
>separate suit that asked for the capture or killing of all reintroduced
>wolves in the Yellowstone region and central Idaho.
>
> Judge Downes issued his removal order in response to the
>Farm Bureaus' requests, but ruled that it will not go into effect until the
>federal Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has considered appeals of his
>decision.
>
> "The unfortunate reality is that our case got combined,
>against our wishes, with that of the Farm Bureau," Honnold said. "We are
>trying to enhance the recovery of wolves in central Idaho; the Farm Bureau
>is trying to stop wolf recovery in both Yellowstone and central Idaho."
>
>Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense
>Fund, is a non-profit law firm that represents conservation organizations
>seeking to enforce laws protecting the environment. Honnold is managing
>attorney of the organization's Bozeman, Montana, office, one of nine
>regional offices around the country.
>
>
>
>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>
>
>Predator Project Position Statement - 12/15/97
>
>- Judge Downes' Ruling Bad For Wolves -
>
>
>NOTE: This position statement addresses Predator Project's response to and
>stance on Wyoming federal district court Judge William Downes' December
>12th order that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service remove from Yellowstone
>National Park and central Idaho wolves that the Service transplanted into
>the Park and state in recent years pending the outcome of appeals. This
>statement is meant to supplement the attached press release, dated
>12/15/97, from Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund.
>
> Predator Project is VERY disappointed both in Judge Downes' order
>to remove all non-native wolves from the Yellowstone region and central
>Idaho, and by the direct or indirect assertion that we are responsible for
>Judge Downes' order.
>
>- What We Did and Did Not Seek Through Our Lawsuit: There were four
>components of the wolf recovery program in the Yellowstone region and
>central Idaho: 1) the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National
>Park, 2) the reintroduction of wolves into central Idaho, 3) the natural
>return of wolves into the Yellowstone region, and 4) the natural return of
>wolves into central Idaho. As explained in the attached press release,
>Predator Project, along with National Audubon Society, Sinapu and the Gray
>Wolf Committee, challenged the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to
>withdraw Endangered Species Act protection for naturally occurring wolves
>in central Idaho.
>
> Three years ago, as is still the case now, we were arguing that the
>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should grant full protections to those
>wolves that naturally returned to Idaho. We have said all along that those
>wolves that returned to Idaho on their own deserved the full protection of
>the Endangered Species Act, including appropriate habitat protections. We
>also support the reintroduction program in Yellowstone and central Idaho,
>and we have consistently argued against the removal of the reintroduced
>wolves from both the Yellowstone region and central Idaho (including
>Earthjustice agruing in court, on our behalf, against the removal of any
>wolves from the Yellowstone region or central Idaho).
>
> Meanwhile, as explained in the attached press release, despite the
>Fish and Wildlife Service's attempt to placate ranching interests by
>designating both naturally migrating and reintroduced wolves in central
>Idaho and the Yellowstone region as "experimental, non-essential," a
>designation that would allow for ranchers to shoot wolves that attack their
>livestock, the Farm Bureau brought a separate suit that asked for the
>capture or killing of all reintroduced wolves in the Yellowstone region and
>central Idaho.
>
> Some people are asserting, either directly or indirectly, that we
>are now responsible for Judge Downes' order to remove all of the
>reintroduced wolves from the Yellowstone region and central Idaho. As
>explained in the attached press release, this inaccurate perception exists
>because our lawsuit got combined (or "consolidated"), against our wishes,
>with that of the Farm Bureaus'. The fact is we are trying to enhance the
>recovery of wolves in central Idaho while the Farm Bureau is trying to stop
>wolf recovery in both the Yellowstone region and central Idaho.
>
> The bottom line is that Judge Downes issued his removal order in
>response to the Farm Bureaus' request to remove the wolves. Again, we
>actively and consistently oppossed the removal of wolves from anywhere in
>the Yellowstone region or central Idaho.
>
>- Judge Downes' Decision: As explained in the attached press release, we
>have always been opposed to, and will continue to oppose, the Farm Bureau's
>efforts to remove the wolves transplanted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
>Service to Yellowstone and central Idaho. The removal of wolves from
>Yellowstone and central Idaho is NOT a victory for us, or any
>conservationists. Remember, we were trying to increase protection for
>existing wolves, not get the reintroduced wolves removed from the region.
>
> Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, on our behalf, argued in court
>against the removal of ANY wolves from from the Yellowstone region and
>central Idaho. It is also why Predator Project agrees with the
>Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund's recommendation that we file an appeal of
>Judge Downes' order that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service remove from
>Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho wolves that the Service
>transplanted into the Park and state in recent years.
>
>Predator Project
>POB 6733
>Bozeman, MT 59771
>406-587-3389
>predproj@avicom.net
>
>
>
>
>
******************************************************************
Christine Wolf, Director of Government Affairs
The Fund for Animalsphone: 301-585-2591
World Buildingfax: 301-585-2595
8121 Georgia Ave., Suite 301e-mail: CWolf@fund.org
Silver Spring, MD 20910web page: www.fund.org
"When a man wantonly destroys a work of man, we call him a vandal. When he
wantonly destroys a work of nature, we call him a sportsman."
-Joseph Wood Crutch
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 16:34:23 -0500
From: Peter Muller
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C.A.S.H. - Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting, Coalition to Prevent the
Destruction of Canada Geese, Feral Cat Fixers, Wildlife Watch, Inc. need
your help!
If you have the right skills and are willing to relocate to New Paltz,
NY and work for room and vegan board in a college town environment then
this is the place for you.
We desperately need someone to do non-stop fund-raising, grant-writing,
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Thanks. Anne Muller, Pres.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 18:44:52 -0500
From: Mesia Quartano
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Subject: (US) Minnesota Wolves
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Thu, 18 Dec 1997
Populations of the threatened eastern timber wolf have increased
dramatically in Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources is contemplating removing its listing under the federal
Endangered Species Act. The agency will hold 12 public meetings next
month around the state to collect public comments. Eventually, a wolf
round table will be convened to discuss management ideas.
Copyright 1997, Environmental News Network, All Rights Reserved
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 19:08:59 -0500
From: Constance Young
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: bad news re. Steve Siegel
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Those of you who remember the glory days of TSU (Transpecies Unlimited)
in New York, when Bob Barker marched at Fur Free Friday and when
thousands turned up for marches, know Steve Siegel. He was New York
coordinator of Trans Species at that time, and the best d---ed activist
this tired burned-out animal person has ever known.
He knew how to put the spark in thousands of people, to get them
confronting fur-wearers in the streets, on elevators, subways, etc. He
led demonstrations at NYU to protest Ron Woods's ghastly primate
experiments, etc.
To get to the point: after a long illness, with his liver badly damaged,
Steve died today. He had been sick for several years and it had finally
been diagnosed as liver disease. He had taken herbs and all kinds of
alternative treatments for several years, but finally he gave in to the
doctors, and his friends, pleas to get on the list for a liver
transplant, which he just did. Unfortunately, it was too late.
At his bedside were his very good friends, who had been there visiting
all week, his parents who had come from Florida. They were with him
when he died--I believe peacefully.
There will be some sort of services for him Sunday in Queens. I don't
have the exact details, but I will get them tomorrow. Anyone who wants
to go or wants more information call me at 518-398-6339 (that's upstate
New York) or e-mail me (conncat@idsi.net)
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Cloned lambs may produce hemophilia drug in milk
December 18, 1997
Web posted at: 8:56 p.m. EST
(0156 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Scottish
scientists who cloned Dolly have now produced
Molly and Polly, two lambs cloned with a human
gene so their milk will contain a blood-clotting
protein that can be extracted for use in treating
human hemophilia.
Molly and Polly were born in July and Dr. Ian
Wilmut of the Roslin Institute in Scotland said
his team should know by spring if the lambs' milk
will contain useful quantities of factor IX, a
protein that helps blood to clot.
Wilmut and his team announced the cloning
achievement in a report in the journal Science to
be published Friday.
Experts say the creation of Molly
and Polly is the logical next step
following last year's cloning of
Dolly, the first mammal cloned
from an adult cell. The new work
could prove that cloning is an efficient way to
create herds of cows or flocks of sheep that act
as drug-making factories. Wilmut said Molly and
Polly were produced with the same technique,
called nuclear transfer, used to make Dolly, but
the original cell used to produce the lambs came
from a sheep fetus instead of from an adult
animal.
In nuclear transfer, scientists remove the nucleus
from an egg and replace it with the nucleus from
another cell. The egg is then placed into the
uterus of a surrogate mother that gives birth to
an offspring that has only the genes of the
original cell.
In Dolly, the original cell
came from an adult ewe's udder.
Wilmut
For Molly and Polly, Wilmut
said his team took the original
cell from a 26-day-old sheep fetus. Into this
cell, the researchers inserted a human gene for
factor IX, linked to a sheep gene that increases
milk production. They also put into the cell a
marker, a gene that causes resistance to an
antibiotic.
The manipulated cell was then nurtured so it
replicated into thousands of cells.
Wilmut said the team then added an antibiotic to
identify those cells that included the
antibiotic-resistant gene. These cells were
separated from the rest. A total of 425 of these
gene-modified cells were then placed into eggs
that had had their nucleus removed. These eggs
were cultured for five to six days, growing to an
early embryo stage.
Wilmut said 62 embryos were then implanted into
surrogate mother sheep.
From these, six lambs were born. Three contained
both the human gene and the marker gene. One of
these lambs died, leaving only Molly and Polly.
"The new lambs are identical to each other and
identical to the original fetus except for the new
gene that we introduced," said Wilmut.
Wilmut said the lambs will be allowed to grow
normally and then given shots in the spring to
induce lactation. This will enable the researchers
to test their milk for the human factor IX. He
said the lambs will mature by October and will be
mated so they will produce lambs in February 1999.
"By then, we should have a good idea of the milk
volume and the yield of the useful protein from
these animals," said Wilmut.
The selective breeding of Molly and Polly and
their offspring could lead to a whole flock of
sheep, all of which produce human factor IX in
their milk, he said.
The lambs are the first animals cloned to produce
human drugs in their milk, but other techniques
have been used to create drug-making animals.
Several companies are now testing cystic fibrosis
and heart attack drugs that come from the milk of
genetically engineered sheep or goats. These
animals, however, were produced by injecting genes
into a fertilized egg and then implanting the egg
in a surrogate mother, a technique less efficient
than the Roslin Institute's cloning. Only about 2
percent of such eggs grow to live animals and only
a small percentage of the survivors actually
contain the target genes.
Bruce Altrock, a researcher at Amgen Inc., a
leading U.S. pharmaceutical gene research lab,
said producing Molly and Polly "is a significant
development," but that the Roslin researchers have
yet to prove the lambs will produce useful levels
of drug in their milk.
Dr. Robert Foote, an animal gene researcher at
Cornell University, said the Roslin scientists may
have developed a short-cut to making animals that
produce drugs. Others have done it with more
expensive, less efficient techniques, he said,
"but this is the first time it has been
accomplished with cloning techniques."
He said, however, that the experiment's value will
be known only after the scientists prove Molly and
Polly develop as normal sheep and retain their
ability to make useful amounts of factor IX in
their milk.
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