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AR-NEWS Digest 494
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) NYC- Good News/Bad News
by Liz Grayson
2) NYC _ASPCA Mobile Spay/ Neuter Van
by Liz Grayson
3) Admin Note: was--Re: NYC- Good News/Bad News
by allen schubert
4) (US) Nurse fired for not being speciesist
by allen schubert
5) (US) Illinois OKs labels for hormone-free dairy
by allen schubert
6) More bullfighting
by "sa338@blues.uab.es"
7) Letter to copy re logging
by jeanlee
8) NYC- Good News/Bad News
by Liz Grayson
9) NYC _ASPCA Mobile Spay/ Neuter Van
by Liz Grayson
10) Admin Note--subscription options
by allen schubert
11) British bear skin hats
by "Knasinski, Joseph"
12) Kendall Defends King Royal
by PAWS
13) Nurse Fired for trying to help monkey
by Friends of Animals
14) Edmonton Journal: Animal Tests Failed Aids Patients
by Lawrence Carter-Long
15) Washington Times: Mad-cow disease could trigger trade war
by Lawrence Carter-Long
16) Ecologist decries grain-fed livestock farming
by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
17) Booklet by Vegetarian Resource Group
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
18) (US) ASPCA Care-A-Van
by "Julie Morris"
19) Mark Hennings is out of the office.
by "Mark Hennings"
20) Worlds oldest person is a vegetarian
by NOVENAANN@aol.com
21) [US] Fundraiser Cancels Elephant Rides
by Debbie Leahy
22) (PH) Collect-a-tail campaign
by Vadivu Govind
23) Letter to copy on downed animals
by jeanlee
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 02:25:38 -0500
From: Liz Grayson
To: ar-news
Subject: NYC- Good News/Bad News
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Subject:
Good News/Bad News
Hillary wrote
To all animal lovers--
Activists in NYC have been
>TRICKED into
working hard over the last 4 months to gather
the requisite 50,000 valid signatures
for the Shelter Reform Ballot
Initiative in NYC. And I am overjoyed to announce that we have hit the
50,000 mark!!
>This BILL IS A SCAM.
>You should be ashamed!!!!.
>You fell for it! . It says one thing in print- you only hear what you are told.
>What a bunch of animal protectionists you are!! How are the animals
supposed >to depend on you when you don't even know what you are doing?
>You have been totally fooled by a wolf in sheeps clothing. You have been tricked >into forming
self sufficient animal control agency. Maybe you should call
>yourselves
>the Stepford animal activists.
Now, a number of those sigs will be discounted as invalid.
So we must press on until the end of August (the deadline) to gather at
least 10,000 more.
>It is the DEADline for the animals. Round up and kill time!!
We can do it!!
>BETTER NEXT YEAR
>It should be the one thing you DON'T DO.
This bill will create a Department of Animal Affairs in NYC to oversee
and clean up the corrupt shelter system.
>THE CORRUPT will be OVERSEEING the CORRUPT!!
>It Mandates that the GOVERNMENT REMAIN IN CHARGE of the the shelter system. It
reinforces the governments role in dictating how animals will be treated. It is NOT designed for
humane intervention. It is designed to EXCLUDE
>the HUMANE COMMUNITY from participating in the shelter system.
The person in charge
must have at least 5 years experience working in an animal shelter
>This has got to be the biggest piece of trick imagery ever- WHAT the hell
>DOES THAT MEAN? It wouldn’t matter if he had 50 years working in a shelter-
> that >doesn’t mean he cares about or knows how to treat animals. How do you
>know
>that person was not fired for cruelty to animals? Or comes from a
>state where they practice “shootenasia” (like Texas.) The real person in
>charge will be the mayors puppet- which is no different that a political
>appointee. He won't pick any less than someone he can control. and your
>lack of requisite qualifications leave the field wide open.
There will be low-costs spaying and neutering
>WRONG- IT DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LOW COST SPAYING AND
>NEUTERING. It only mentions spay/neuter SERVICES-which again means
> nothing. It does not mean clinics or facilities or surgery or low cost.
>We HAVE spay/neuter SERVICES NOW!!
>mobile van units,
>WE HAVE mobile van units NOW!!!
humane education
> NY is MANDATED to TEACH humane education NOW!!!!
> in some places humane education means promoting hunting >and fishing!! (Try “Project Wild”
in NJ) WAKE UP people!! >Another meaningless statement.
and more-
>for details see the attached.
> This
>will be the most significant change for dogs and cats in NYC
>>ever!
>-And the WORST! it will make it almost IMPOSSIBLE to get
>the right people to do the job, enough money to do the job
>right, to have rescuers, volunteers and members of the
>humane community have access to, help and participate in
>either the care of the animals or decision making.
>Right now, NYC shelters kill 40,000 dogs and cats each year. That's 110
animals A DAY--DEAD. This ballot initiative is the first step to help
change that.
>- it will only get WORSE. More pick up, more trucks, maybe
>more cages, more unqualified workers, more union
>members, more people in charge of more animals.
> Now they really have license to pick up and kill.
WANNA HELP GATHER SIGNATURES?? Or perhaps you're more of a behind the
scenes type
>Just WHO IS behind the scenes anyway???
who'd like to help collate signatures, check them for accuracy
and bind them?
>Debate the issue?
. Either way, we need you
>TO MAKE SURE THE ANIMALS ARE REALLY DONE IN
if you live in the 5 boroughs of
NYC.
All you need to do
>to kill animals
is get a petition from Gary Kaskell,
>GARY KASKEL has NEVER worked with, or volunteered to, HELP ANIMALS, has
>never educated himself about animal issues, never worked or
>volunteered in a >shelter, knows nothing about veterinary medicine or
>the needs of animals and
>only got involved with this two years ago because he was embroiled in
>a battle with the
>DOH who were classifying ferrets as wild animals and he was a member of a
>ferret
>club that markets ferrets. Unable to get his way he started to battle
>with the DOH and professed to hate Mary Kurtz, director of animal
>affairs in the DOH, who later
>became director of the CACC.
>GARY KASKEL IS NOT QUALIFIED to put together, let alone be an
>authority for, legislation that is beneficial for animals or shelter
>systems. Most of the seven member drafting team are also lacking in
>knowledge of and experience in animal/
>shelter issues
>GARY KASKEL HAS FOOLED YOU ALL into believing this is good for animals. A
>clear case of the emperor's new clothes.
>You never checked it out. Never read it with an open mind You heard the
>spin and >jumped right in . You are more like lambs being led to slaughter.
>Lemmings going
>over a cliff. And you are taking the animals with you. WITH FRIENDS
>LIKE YOU,
>THE ANIMALS DON’T NEED ENEMIES.
,xerox it, stand on a street-corner with a friend, and gather away! Or
hook up with other
activists by calling Gary at 212-876-0090.
>and TELL HIM to go to hell-you don’t need him -and the animals
>sure as hell don’t need him. We can still write a better initiative.
>If you had ANY brains you would STOP right now and GET A GRIP- even if
>you have to face the truth and it hurts to know you’ve been
>bamboozled. We all
>make mistakes. Better to to get hurt feelings than hurt the animals.
>IF IT IS NOT TOO LATE!
>Next time who are you going to listen to? A vivisectionist?- at least a
>vivisectionist
>knows SOMETHING about animals.
>The only reason you got those signatures is because the people
> >solitciting
>them LIED to the public. They said all the things they wanted :
>them to believe. Just like they are saying here -and in their ads
>and their promotional literature.
“Is this the best we can do? No, but we have to at least make it SOUND
humane so these jerks will sign it-and then we will tell them this is
our only alternative- when it is not an alternative at all!”
area you'd like to work in
>try working in the shelter after this passes and see what happen.
and he can find someone to hook you up
>(like a cow at slaughter)
with Every person counts,
>Except those that didn't sell out
each individual's effort matters. If you'd rather gather signatures at
work, that will help too.
We can't stop now,
>YES YOU CAN AND YOU MUST STOP NOW
we're on the final stretch and
>THE ANIMALS ARE TOO
>if this passes it will be hell to reverse it.
GO FOR IT!
>RIGHT -You might get the magic bullet
Hillary Morris
>Liz Grayson
PS. Here are some facts:
PRESENTLY NEW YORK STATE LAW EMPOWERS AUTHORIZES AND PROVIDES
MANDATES
FOR THE CITY TO:
Maintain a shelter for homeless animals in each borough
Issue licences and collect fees to maintain the shelters
Provide humane standards to be prescribed by the ASPCA
in consultation
with the Department of Health
Ensure compliance with those standards
Include humane education in the curriculum public
schools
PRESENTY THE CITY PROVIDES:
Spay neuter services,
Adoptions and adoption counseling services
Volunteer services
A mobile medical rescue service.
An advisory board comprised of city officials and
civilians to make
policy and oversee the shelter system
THE CITY DOES NOT PROVIDE, WE DO NOT HAVE AND WE DO NEED:
Administrative and all other personnel who’s primary
concerns are the
interest and welfare of animals, and that come from a background that
demonstrates a commitment to, and practical experience in, animal
protection and humane care.
Provisions for the humane, animal rights, welfare and
rescue community
to prescribe, particpate in and ensure enforcement of effective modern,
progressive, lifesaving, population reducing, abuse free,
compassionate
day to day policy making, management and operation, of a safe, healthy
shelter system including issues pertaining to the interests, humane
treatment and welfare of all NYC’s animals.
Enough financial support through a combination of public
and private
funding to institue and sustain the measures required to
sucessfully
fulfill those requirements and provisions.
Plans and methods to implement and advance the above
provisions and
requirements
Provisions and avenues to make appropriate changes
without lobbying
for legislative changes or the use of legal measures such as lawsuits
All of the items below
.
THE NYC BALLOT INITIATIVE DOES NOT:
Substantially change or improve the policies,
philosophy, procedures,
or personnel of the shelter system.
Empower or provide for the participation of the humane
and rescue
community in the decision making or operation of the agency or the
shelter.
Specify what full sevice shelter or spay neuter services
mean
Mandate that the Commissioner or other personnel be
qualified for the
job-and what that means
Mandate improved living conditions and treatment for the
animals in
the shelter.
Mandate 24 hour veterinary emergency care in the
shelters
Specify extra care facilities for long term kenneling
and bite cases
Mandate dog walking at least 3 times a day (or use of
runs)
Specify job qualifications for the Deputy Commissioner
of Humane
Education
Specify active outreach policies and goals
Address problems specific to the ghetto areas and outer
boroughs.
Provide for spay/ neuter surgical facilities in each
shelter which
could help financially support the shelter system.
Provide for transportation to and low cost spay neuter
clinics in the
community.
Mandate spay/neuter before adoption
Provide community liaison services for problems
concerning animals
(such as pets in housing)
Address the link between child abuse, animal abuse and
other violent
crimes
Maintain a database for animal abuse complaints and
convictions
Provide efficient, cost saving lost and found services,
such as the
Ride Home Program.
Provide humane education and training for the Police
/Fire
Department
Provide advanced training for compassionate handling,
capture and
transportation of animals
Provide animal first aid training for shelter workers
Provide fundraising, volunteer recruitment and
coordination
Behavior classes for public
Address and begin to reverse the underlying bias and
cultural dynamics
that fuel animal abuse
Have a mandate to make NYC a no kill city
Give the city the message we will not settle for
anything less than an
immediate reduction and the beginning of the end of the overpopulation,
abuse and unnecessary euthanasia of companion animals.
AND MORE
The problem with the CACC is NOT that it is a not for profit
org,-- the
problem with the CACC is that it is being run by the government.
The city tells us they don’t care. Do you think this initiative
will
make them care? Why is SRAC shoving this responsibility down the city’s
throat? To get all the animals killed faster?
People ask: How do you ensure those in a leadership position
have shown
a demonstratable commitment to, and practical experience in, animal care
and protection?
Ask some people who are experienced in headhunting and employee
recruitment to give you advice.
There are many resources that have yet to be tapped in
developing a
comprehensive and compassionate municipal animal protection agency
(rather than an outdated animal control agency). SRAC never chose to
use them.
Liz
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 03:44:04 -0500
From: Liz Grayson
To: ar-news
Subject: NYC _ASPCA Mobile Spay/ Neuter Van
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The ASPCA’s Mobile Spay/Neuter Van is open for business. It will be
available to the community on pre arranged days. The price for surgery
is $25(negotiable), dogs have to be less than 40 lbs and no animal can
be older than 5.
The van rotate will be rotating throughout the boroughs and will be in
Brookyn tomorrow Aug 10 and next Mon Aug 18. It will be in the Bronx
and Queens and Staten Island on other days.
The catch is, the ASPCA is not advertising or organizing the project but
it will make the unit available to the community. It is up to the people
in the community to find out the schedule, put up flyers and do whatever
leg work is necessary to make use of the unit while it is parked in the
neighborhood.
You can arrange for the unit to be in your neightborhood on a pre
arranged date. The requirement for the van is 30 feet of free parking,
near electricity (lamp post) and bathrooms. City parks and schools seem
to be good places. The police department must be notified and permits
arranged for if they are necessary, by whoever is organizing the event.
It would be best if you try to arrange for enough surgeries to make it
worth while for the ASPCA to be there. In other words the unit has to be
kept busy or they ASPCA will not continue to participate.
Animals are brought in early in the morning and are able to go home that
afternoon.
Jane Chang is one woman who taking it upon herself to knock on doors,
inform the occupants of the service, put up flyers, schedule the
appointments, give pre operative instructions and do whatever is
necessary to get get them to the van on time. It takes extra effort the
day of surgery to make sure people are awake and transported with their
companion animals to the mobile unit.
In many of the more impovershed, culturally challenged neighborhoods,
people need that extra push. Frequently people don’t have carriers for
their cats or leashes for their dogs. Many forget to follow preop
instructions and don’t withhold food and water for 12 hours before
surgery, as they are told to do. The actual day of surgery is frought
with forgotten appointments and excuses of all kinds.
But the reward for Jane’s extraordinary efforts is knowing that there
will be fewer puppies and kittens born in neighborhoods that are most in
need of these services. Neighborhoods where little thought is given to
the suffering that results from an abundance of abandoned animals.
Neighborhoods where people will not think twice about leaving a cat
behind when they move or throwing them in the street when they start
spraying, going into heat or can’t be house trained. Neighborhoods where
giving new born puppies and kittens to anyone in the neighborhood who
will take them, is considered an acceptable common occurrance that
repeats itself thousand times over with each litter born. Neighborhoods
where people who would never be motivated on their own to pick up the
phone, make the appointment and would not get the deed done if it were
not for this brave, dedicated woman.
People who would like more information can call Jane Barut x 4303 at the
ASPCA. To volunteer to help Jane Chang or for advice in organizing an
event on your own, you may contact her thru the Animal Connection, Inc.
at 212 946 5232
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:19:04 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: lgrayson@earthlink.net, ar-news
Subject: Admin Note: was--Re: NYC- Good News/Bad News
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:35:10 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Nurse fired for not being speciesist
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from USA Today web page:
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Nurse fired over monkey business
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A hospital says it doesn't allow monkey business in the
emergency room - even if it's a
matter of life and death. The monkey's owner brought the pet into the
Methodist Hospital South emergency
room after the animal stopped breathing. Nurse Beverly Pressgrove said no
one responded when she asked
for an "ambu bag," which is used to restore breathing. She and another
nurse took the monkey outside the
emergency room, stuck a straw in its mouth and tried to revive it. They
were unsuccessful. "In my heart, I just
could not see turning away," Pressgrove said. She should have, said
Methodist South administrator Cecilia
Wilson-Sawyer. "We're a full-service hospital for adult humans, not a
veterinary hospital," she said. "Any
reasonable person would have used a little bit better judgment." Pressgrove
said she already had been fired
and planned to appeal.
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:35:31 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Illinois OKs labels for hormone-free dairy
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from USA Today web page:
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Illinois OKs labels for hormone-free dairy
The state of Illinois has agreed to allow dairy manufacturers who oppose
the use of synthetic recombinant
bovine growth hormone, rBGH, to say on their labels that their products
were made without it. The Food and
Drug Administration, which in 1993 approved the use of growth hormone to
stimulate milk production in dairy
cows, left it to states to decide whether to regulate labeling of foods
containing milk from cows fed rBGH.
Illinois, Nevada, Oklahoma and Hawaii banned rBGH labeling and a coalition
of dairy companies, led by ice
cream maker Ben and Jerry's, sued. Under the settlement being announced
today, Illinois agreed to allow
voluntary labeling. Jerry Kozak of the International Dairy Foods
Association says the dairy industry doesn't
oppose labeling but "we're concerned about ensuring that the label is
truthful and non-misleading." Because
of the way milk is produced and shipped in the USA, he says, it's "almost
impossible to assure you're not
getting milk from some herds that have been treated (with rBGH) unless
there is a compliance program that
backs that up."
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:18:10 +0200
From: "sa338@blues.uab.es"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: More bullfighting
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 22:05:01 -0400
From: jeanlee
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Letter to copy re logging
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Hi All-
I invite you to copy and mail this letter to your legislators in
Washington. Tho it's about logging, animals are directly affected, of
course. The letter, as printed, is to your congressperson at U.S. House
of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. You can also mail the same
letter to your senators at United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510 -
just CHANGE the last paragraph to read "Please introduce a companion
bill to H.R. 1376 in the Senate." If you don't know who represents you,
call 1-800-688-9889. Here's the text:
Dear Congressman/Woman:
America=92s most precious remaining forest ecosystems are being destroyed
by clearcutting in our National Forests. Because of the horrible timber
salvage rider, logging is occurring in groves of thousand-year-old trees
and in our last remaining wild and roadless forests. This carnage must
be stopped before our natural forests are gone forever.
The new Act to Save America=92s Forests, H.R. 1376, will finally end
logging in all the remaining Northwest Ancient Forests, end logging in
all our remaining roadless forests, and end logging in =93special=94 forest
areas throughout our federal forest system, such as the giant Sequoia
forests in California, the Robert Frost forest in Vermont, and the
Sipsey Wilderness in Alabama. In addition, the Act will promote
sustainable logging and ban destructive clearcutting in our National
Forests. =20
The bill already has over 55 cosponsors. Please add your support by
cosponsoring H.R. 1376. =20
Sincerely yours,
Letter to copy re logging
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 02:25:38 -0500
From: Liz Grayson
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: NYC- Good News/Bad News
Message-ID: <199708141152.HAA00532@envirolink.org>
Subject:=20
Good News/Bad News
=20
Hillary wrote=20
To all animal lovers--
Activists in NYC have been=20
>TRICKED into
working hard over the last 4 months to gather
the requisite 50,000 valid signatures=20
for the Shelter Reform Ballot
Initiative in NYC. And I am overjoyed to announce that we have hit the
50,000 mark!!
>This BILL IS A SCAM.=20
>You should be ashamed!!!!.
>You fell for it! . It says one thing in print- you only hear what you are to
ld.=20
>What a bunch of animal protectionists you are!! How are the animals
supposed >to depend on you when you don't even know what you are doing?
>You have been totally fooled by a wolf in sheeps clothing. You have been trick
ed >into forming self sufficient animal control agency. Maybe you should call
>yourselves=20
>the Stepford animal activists.
Now, a number of those sigs will be discounted as invalid.
So we must press on until the end of August (the deadline) to gather at
least 10,000 more.
>It is the DEADline for the animals. Round up and kill time!!
We can do it!!=20
>BETTER NEXT YEAR
>It should be the one thing you DON'T DO.
This bill will create a Department of Animal Affairs in NYC to oversee
and clean up the corrupt shelter system. =20
>THE CORRUPT will be OVERSEEING the CORRUPT!!
>It Mandates that the GOVERNMENT REMAIN IN CHARGE of the the shelter system. It
reinforces the governments role in dictating how animals will be treated. It i
s NOT designed for humane intervention. It is designed to EXCLUDE=20
>the HUMANE COMMUNITY from participating in the shelter system.
The person in charge
must have at least 5 years experience working in an animal shelter
>This has got to be the biggest piece of trick imagery ever- WHAT the hell=20
>DOES THAT MEAN? It wouldn=92t matter if he had 50 years working in a shelter-
> that >doesn=92t mean he cares about or knows how to treat animals. How do you
>know
>that person was not fired for cruelty to animals? Or comes from a
>state where they practice =93shootenasia=94 (like Texas.) The real person in
>charge will be the mayors puppet- which is no different that a political
>appointee. He won't pick any less than someone he can control. and your
>lack of requisite qualifications leave the field wide open.
There will be low-costs spaying and neutering
>WRONG- IT DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LOW COST SPAYING AND
>NEUTERING. It only mentions spay/neuter SERVICES-which again means
> nothing. It does not mean clinics or facilities or surgery or low cost.=20
>We HAVE spay/neuter SERVICES NOW!!
>mobile van units,
>WE HAVE mobile van units NOW!!!
humane education
> NY is MANDATED to TEACH humane education NOW!!!!
> in some places humane education means promoting hunting >and fishing!! (Try =
93Project Wild=94 in NJ) WAKE UP people!! >Another meaningless statement.
and more-=20
>for details see the attached.
> This
>will be the most significant change for dogs and cats in NYC=20
>>ever!
>-And the WORST! it will make it almost IMPOSSIBLE to get
>the right people to do the job, enough money to do the job=20
>right, to have rescuers, volunteers and members of the
>humane community have access to, help and participate in
>either the care of the animals or decision making.=20
>Right now, NYC shelters kill 40,000 dogs and cats each year. That's 110
animals A DAY--DEAD. This ballot initiative is the first step to help
change that. =20
>- it will only get WORSE. More pick up, more trucks, maybe
>more cages, more unqualified workers, more union
>members, more people in charge of more animals.
> Now they really have license to pick up and kill.
WANNA HELP GATHER SIGNATURES?? Or perhaps you're more of a behind the
scenes type
>Just WHO IS behind the scenes anyway???
who'd like to help collate signatures, check them for accuracy
and bind them?=20
>Debate the issue?
Either way, we need you
>TO MAKE SURE THE ANIMALS ARE REALLY DONE IN=20
if you live in the 5 boroughs of
NYC.
All you need to do=20
>to kill animals
is get a petition from Gary Kaskell,
>GARY KASKEL has NEVER worked with, or volunteered to, HELP ANIMALS, has
>never educated himself about animal issues, never worked or
>volunteered in a >shelter, knows nothing about veterinary medicine or
>the needs of animals and
>only got involved with this two years ago because he was embroiled in
>a battle with the
>DOH who were classifying ferrets as wild animals and he was a member of a
>ferret
>club that markets ferrets. Unable to get his way he started to battle
>with the DOH and professed to hate Mary Kurtz, director of animal
>affairs in the DOH, who later
>became director of the CACC.
=20
>GARY KASKEL IS NOT QUALIFIED to put together, let alone be an
>authority for, legislation that is beneficial for animals or shelter
>systems. Most of the seven member drafting team are also lacking in
>knowledge of and experience in animal/
>shelter issues=20
>GARY KASKEL HAS FOOLED YOU ALL into believing this is good for animals. A
>clear case of the emperor's new clothes.
>You never checked it out. Never read it with an open mind You heard the=20
>spin and >jumped right in . You are more like lambs being led to slaughter.
>Lemmings going
>over a cliff. And you are taking the animals with you. WITH FRIENDS
>LIKE YOU,
>THE ANIMALS DON=92T NEED ENEMIES.
,xerox it, stand on a street-corner with a friend, and gather away! Or
hook up with other
activists by calling Gary at 212-876-0090.=20
>and TELL HIM to go to hell-you don=92t need him -and the animals=20
>sure as hell don=92t need him. We can still write a better initiative.
>If you had ANY brains you would STOP right now and GET A GRIP- even if=20
>you have to face the truth and it hurts to know you=92ve been
>bamboozled. We all=20
>make mistakes. Better to to get hurt feelings than hurt the animals.
>IF IT IS NOT TOO LATE!
>Next time who are you going to listen to? A vivisectionist?- at least a
>vivisectionist=20
>knows SOMETHING about animals.
>The only reason you got those signatures is because the people
> >solitciting=20
>them LIED to the public. They said all the things they wanted :
>them to believe. Just like they are saying here -and in their ads
>and their promotional literature.=20
=20
=93Is this the best we can do? No, but we have to at least make it SOUND
humane so these jerks will sign it-and then we will tell them this is
our only alternative- when it is not an alternative at all!=94
area you'd like to work in
>try working in the shelter after this passes and see what happen.
and he can find someone to hook you up
>(like a cow at slaughter) =20
with Every person counts,=20
>Except those that didn't sell out
each individual's effort matters. If you'd rather gather signatures at
work, that will help too.
We can't stop now,=20
>YES YOU CAN AND YOU MUST STOP NOW=20
we're on the final stretch and=20
>THE ANIMALS ARE TOO
>if this passes it will be hell to reverse it.
GO FOR IT! =20
>RIGHT -You might get the magic bullet
Hillary Morris
>Liz Grayson
PS. Here are some facts:
PRESENTLY NEW YORK STATE LAW EMPOWERS AUTHORIZES AND PROVIDES
MANDATES
FOR THE CITY TO:
Maintain a shelter for homeless animals in each borough
Issue licences and collect fees to maintain the shelters
Provide humane standards to be prescribed by the ASPCA
in consultation
with the Department of Health
Ensure compliance with those standards
Include humane education in the curriculum public
schools
PRESENTY THE CITY PROVIDES:=20
Spay neuter services,
Adoptions and adoption counseling services
Volunteer services
A mobile medical rescue service.
An advisory board comprised of city officials and
civilians to make
policy and oversee the shelter system
THE CITY DOES NOT PROVIDE, WE DO NOT HAVE AND WE DO NEED:
Administrative and all other personnel who=92s primary
concerns are the
interest and welfare of animals, and that come from a background that
demonstrates a commitment to, and practical experience in, animal
protection and humane care.
Provisions for the humane, animal rights, welfare and
rescue community
to prescribe, particpate in and ensure enforcement of effective modern,
progressive, lifesaving, population reducing, abuse free,
compassionate
day to day policy making, management and operation, of a safe, healthy
shelter system including issues pertaining to the interests, humane
treatment and welfare of all NYC=92s animals.=20
Enough financial support through a combination of public
and private
funding to institue and sustain the measures required to =20
sucessfully
fulfill those requirements and provisions.
Plans and methods to implement and advance the above
provisions and
requirements
Provisions and avenues to make appropriate changes
without lobbying
for legislative changes or the use of legal measures such as lawsuits
All of the items below
=2E
THE NYC BALLOT INITIATIVE DOES NOT:
Substantially change or improve the policies,
philosophy, procedures,
or personnel of the shelter system.
Empower or provide for the participation of the humane
and rescue
community in the decision making or operation of the agency or the
shelter.
Specify what full sevice shelter or spay neuter services
mean
Mandate that the Commissioner or other personnel be
qualified for the
job-and what that means
Mandate improved living conditions and treatment for the
animals in
the shelter.
Mandate 24 hour veterinary emergency care in the
shelters
Specify extra care facilities for long term kenneling
and bite cases
Mandate dog walking at least 3 times a day (or use of
runs)
Specify job qualifications for the Deputy Commissioner
of Humane
Education
Specify active outreach policies and goals
Address problems specific to the ghetto areas and outer
boroughs.
Provide for spay/ neuter surgical facilities in each
shelter which
could help financially support the shelter system.
Provide for transportation to and low cost spay neuter
clinics in the
community. =20
Mandate spay/neuter before adoption
Provide community liaison services for problems
concerning animals
(such as pets in housing)
Address the link between child abuse, animal abuse and
other violent
crimes
Maintain a database for animal abuse complaints and
convictions
Provide efficient, cost saving lost and found services,
such as the
Ride Home Program.
Provide humane education and training for the Police
/Fire =20
Department
Provide advanced training for compassionate handling,
capture and
transportation of animals
Provide animal first aid training for shelter workers
Provide fundraising, volunteer recruitment and
coordination
Behavior classes for public=20
Address and begin to reverse the underlying bias and
cultural dynamics
that fuel animal abuse
Have a mandate to make NYC a no kill city
Give the city the message we will not settle for
anything less than an
immediate reduction and the beginning of the end of the overpopulation,
abuse and unnecessary euthanasia of companion animals.
AND MORE
The problem with the CACC is NOT that it is a not for profit
org,-- the
problem with the CACC is that it is being run by the government.
The city tells us they don=92t care. Do you think this initiative
will
make them care? Why is SRAC shoving this responsibility down the city=92s
throat? To get all the animals killed faster?
People ask: How do you ensure those in a leadership position
have shown
a demonstratable commitment to, and practical experience in, animal care
and protection?
Ask some people who are experienced in headhunting and employee
recruitment to give you advice.
There are many resources that have yet to be tapped in
developing a
comprehensive and compassionate municipal animal protection agency
(rather than an outdated animal control agency). SRAC never chose to
use them.
Liz
NYC- Good News/Bad News
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 03:44:04 -0500
From: Liz Grayson
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: NYC _ASPCA Mobile Spay/ Neuter Van
Message-ID: <199708141152.HAA00544@envirolink.org>
The ASPCA=92s Mobile Spay/Neuter Van is open for business. It will be
available to the community on pre arranged days. The price for surgery
is $25(negotiable), dogs have to be less than 40 lbs and no animal can
be older than 5.
The van rotate will be rotating throughout the boroughs and will be in
Brookyn tomorrow Aug 10 and next Mon Aug 18. It will be in the Bronx
and Queens and Staten Island on other days.
The catch is, the ASPCA is not advertising or organizing the project but
it will make the unit available to the community. It is up to the people
in the community to find out the schedule, put up flyers and do whatever
leg work is necessary to make use of the unit while it is parked in the
neighborhood.
You can arrange for the unit to be in your neightborhood on a pre
arranged date. The requirement for the van is 30 feet of free parking,
near electricity (lamp post) and bathrooms. City parks and schools seem
to be good places. The police department must be notified and permits
arranged for if they are necessary, by whoever is organizing the event.
It would be best if you try to arrange for enough surgeries to make it
worth while for the ASPCA to be there. In other words the unit has to be
kept busy or they ASPCA will not continue to participate.
Animals are brought in early in the morning and are able to go home that
afternoon.
Jane Chang is one woman who taking it upon herself to knock on doors,
inform the occupants of the service, put up flyers, schedule the
appointments, give pre operative instructions and do whatever is
necessary to get get them to the van on time. It takes extra effort the
day of surgery to make sure people are awake and transported with their
companion animals to the mobile unit.
In many of the more impovershed, culturally challenged neighborhoods,=20
people need that extra push. Frequently people don=92t have carriers for
their cats or leashes for their dogs. Many forget to follow preop
instructions and don=92t withhold food and water for 12 hours before
surgery, as they are told to do. The actual day of surgery is frought
with forgotten appointments and excuses of all kinds.
But the reward for Jane=92s extraordinary efforts is knowing that there
will be fewer puppies and kittens born in neighborhoods that are most in
need of these services. Neighborhoods where little thought is given to
the suffering that results from an abundance of abandoned animals.
Neighborhoods where people will not think twice about leaving a cat
behind when they move or throwing them in the street when they start
spraying, going into heat or can=92t be house trained. Neighborhoods where
giving new born puppies and kittens to anyone in the neighborhood who
will take them, is considered an acceptable common occurrance that
repeats itself thousand times over with each litter born. Neighborhoods
where people who would never be motivated on their own to pick up the
phone, make the appointment and would not get the deed done if it were
not for this brave, dedicated woman.
People who would like more information can call Jane Barut x 4303 at the
ASPCA. To volunteer to help Jane Chang or for advice in organizing an
event on your own, you may contact her thru the Animal Connection, Inc.
at 212 946 5232
NYC _ASPCA Mobile Spay/ Neuter Van
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:37:24 -0500
From: "Knasinski, Joseph"
To: "'ar-news@envirolink.org'"
Subject: British bear skin hats
Message-ID:
This is a summary of a recent news article:
The British army's towering bearskin hat may be about to meet its
Waterloo.
The Ministry of Defense said Wednesday it has ordered a search for
synthetic alternatives to bearskin, because of its concern for the
welfare of the Canadian brown bear. Bearskin hat lovers countered that
only skins from culled bears are used.
Devlin said defense minister Lord Gilbert took a personal interest in
animal rights issues and wanted to see bearskin phased out as soon as a
substitute could be found.
Five elite infantry regiments -- the Coldstream, Scots, Welsh, Irish and
Grenadier guards -- wear the well-known bearskin hats. They were adopted
to commemorate Britain's victory in 1815 over Napoleon's forces at
Waterloo, where France's elite troops, the Imperial Guard, had worn
bearskins to appear more intimidating.
The bearskins come from Canada's brown bear, culled by Inuit hunters
under an agreement with the Canadian government. The army says the bears
are culled anyway and that no bears are killed solely to provide the
bearskins.
Devlin said the army had gradually found alternatives to skin and fur
regimental uniforms and decorations such as leopard skin sashes, animal
drum skins and some fur hats, "except where we have kept the old animal
skins."
But "not even the fashion industry has come up with a wearable
alternative" to bearskin, he said.
"We are determined that any substitute will come up to the mark and look
the same as the foot guard's bearskin, which is known the world over and
synonymous with the British army," Devlin said.
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:27:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: PAWS
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Kendall Defends King Royal
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The District Court hearing on the custody of the King Royal animals has
been postponed again. It will occur sometime next week. Animal
advocates suspect that the postponement is a move on the part of King
Royal to get a more sympathetic judge. Steven Kendall, of the Animal
Care Association, is in Albuquerque where he appeared at a news
conference with King Royal home office manager Charles Davenport
yesterday. The following article is from today's Albuquerque Journal:
Circus Denies Neglect:
Officals with Texas-based King Royal Circus on Wednesday countered
allegations that their animals are malnourished and mistreated--claims
that came up after two elephants, eight llamas, and a dead elephant were
found in a circus trailer near the airport.
A hearing is scheduled today to determine the custody of the animals,
which have been kept at the Albuquerque Biological Park since police made
the bizarre discovery last week.
Circus officials said the temperature inside the trailer was in the low
90's. A police officer at the scene had estimated it at 120 degrees.
Albuquerque officials have maintained the dead elephant and one that is
ill, were malnourished and underweight.
An examination performed on Heather, the dead elephant, showed she died
of complications from a salmonella bacterial infection. In a news
conference to address "misinformation" circus veterinarian Glen Tate said
the city's claim that the ill elephant, Donna, weighs 1,000 pounds less
than a normal elephant should is "purely a subjective determination."
"Animals are just like people, they come in all sizes," he said.
"Obviously she lost weight when she was sick with the salmonella..."
City officials have said Donna has received antibiotics for the
infection. Tate said ithad not been determined where either elephant got
the salmonella.
Kent Newton, assistant director of the biological park, siad city
veterinarians have detected salmonella bacteria in the stool of the
third elephant, Irene, although she has yet to exhibit symptoms.
Tate added that the trailer the animals were in was approved by the USDA.
"We have since made improvements that they suggested," he said.
It was previously reported that the trailer had two small holes for fresh
air. An official said Wednesday that several vent windows have since
been added.
Charles Davenport, home office manager for the circus, said the aniamls
were being transported from Las Vegas to Keystone, Colorado for a circus.
Tate said a veterinarian in Las Vegas checked the animals and determined
they were "healthy and suitable for transport." However, the performance
was canceled when Heather developed diarrhea, according to Davenport.
"We were concerned about the one elephant simply because it had symptoms
of diarrhea at the time." Davenport said.
Tate said handlers figured the diarrhea was die to "rich" hay so they
changed Heather's feed.
"The animal appeared to improve and then she succumbed to the salmonella
bacteria," Tate said.
Davenport said the handlers were taking the animals back to circus
headquarters near San Antonio for examination. AFter finding Heather had
died, the handlers stopped at the Albuquerque International Sunport to
pick up a relief driver. Tate said the group was then to take the animals
to San Antonio so Heather could have an "appropriate burial."
Heather's body was examined last week and buried in the city's landfill.
Davenport said he did not know where along the trip Heather died.
Steve Kendall, director of the Animal Care Association,--a national
organization that works on laws and legislation governing the care of
animals in the circus industry--said he spoke with veterinarians who
performed the examination and it was determined the elephant died in
transport.
"The elephant handler had stated that he had watered down the
elephants...in Shiprock," Kendall said. "When he checked the elephant,
he stated that she was lying down but she ws not dead."
Davenport said it is not unusual for the animals to lie down while they
are being transported.
"It is a tragedy," he said. "Believe me, these animals...have been with
the circus and each other for quite a time."
Kendall also addressed allegation from animal rights activist groups,
which allege numberous incidents of animal mistreatment by the King Royal
circus.
Kendall said the group's claims have no factual basis and are usually
blown out of proportion.
Kendall said he believes the circus faces administrative action from the
USDA for the most recent incident.
*******************************************
PLEASE continue your calls and letters to the USDA about the King Royal
case.
If this case, like other past King Royal cases, is settled by "consent
decision," King Royal will agree to pay a fine or endure other penalty;
the circus will not have to admit guilt; and the incident will not be
recorded as a "violation" of the Animal Welfare Act. If you agree with
PAWS that a "consent decision" is inappropriate in this case, please let
USDA officials know. PAWS continues to demand that the USDA revoke the
license of King Royal and confiscate the animals!
Call or write:
Mike Dunn
Asst. Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Affairs
USDA
box AG-0109
Wash, DC 20250
(202) 720-4256 phone
(202) 720-5775 fax
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:25:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Friends of Animals
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Nurse Fired for trying to help monkey
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970814121036.44d795a6@pop.igc.org>
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ruth ghal
726 7070
eThis was also on one of the morning news shows.
Contact information for the hospital:
901-346-3700
Fax - 901 346-3766
Bill
At 07:35 AM 8/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
>from USA Today web page:
>-----------------------------------------
>Nurse fired over monkey business
>
>MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A hospital says it doesn't allow monkey business in the
>emergency room - even if it's a
>matter of life and death. The monkey's owner brought the pet into the
>Methodist Hospital South emergency
>room after the animal stopped breathing. Nurse Beverly Pressgrove said no
>one responded when she asked
>for an "ambu bag," which is used to restore breathing. She and another
>nurse took the monkey outside the
>emergency room, stuck a straw in its mouth and tried to revive it. They
>were unsuccessful. "In my heart, I just
>could not see turning away," Pressgrove said. She should have, said
>Methodist South administrator Cecilia
>Wilson-Sawyer. "We're a full-service hospital for adult humans, not a
>veterinary hospital," she said. "Any
>reasonable person would have used a little bit better judgment." Pressgrove
>said she already had been fired
>and planned to appeal.
>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:31:20 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long
To: DaveACTUP@aol.com
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Edmonton Journal: Animal Tests Failed Aids Patients
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Printed in The Edmonton Journal, Thu, Aug 13 1997:
From Peter Tatchell, an AIDS activist: ``The development of life-saving
protease inhibitors was delayed for four long years by the
pharmaceutical company Merck because the drugs killed laboratory
dogs and rats, according to press reports issued this spring. During
those years, tens of thousands of people with AIDS, who would have
benefited from protease inhibitors, died needlessly. Many would now be
alive if Merck had not engaged in animal tests and made the false
assumption that data gathered from other species can be applied to
humans.
``HIV is a uniquely human disease: It doesn't affect any other species
the way it affects humans. The surest way of discovering a vaccine and
cure is by researching the interaction of HIV with the human immune
system, not with the immune systems of other, very different animals.''
Copyright 1997, The Edmonton Journal.
--
Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: 916-731-5521
LCartLng@gvn.net
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of too
much life by doing so. Aim above morality. Be not simply
good; be good for something." -- Henry David Thoreau
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:35:05 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: VEGAN-L@VM.TEMPLE.EDU
Subject: Washington Times: Mad-cow disease could trigger trade war
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Mad-cow disease could trigger trade war
The Washington Times
Wed, Aug 13 1997
A European frenzy over mad-cow disease is making its mark on
everything from lipstick to pain relievers and now is threatening to
provoke a trade spat with the United States.
In an attempt to prevent the spread of the contagious and still
mysterious disease, the European Union last week said it would
completely ban the use of certain animal parts such as skulls, eyes,
brains, tonsils, spinal cords and spleens, which are thought to carry the
malady.
Spleens and spinal cords don't sound very appealing, but after they're
converted into a fatty substance called tallow they're used to make
things such as eye shadow, lotion, pills and soap. The biotech industry
uses tallow to make cell cultures. Carmakers use tallow in tires.
Printers
use it in their ink.
And a European ban on all tallow would block a $100 million U.S.
export, which in turn could drive cattle commodities into the ground.
"They're flipping out," said Chandler Keys, vice president of public
policy for the National Cattlemen's Association. "Tell me how crazy the
Europeans are about agriculture."
The European rules don't go into effect until January, but already the
United States is gearing up for a fight at the World Trade Organization.
"Certainly it is WTO-illegal," U.S. Trade Representative Charlene
Barshefsky said last week. "If the directive isn't changed, we will take
Europe to the WTO."
Mad-cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, caused a
panic last year when the British government announced that a fatal
human brain illness might be caused by eating infected beef. At least 10
Britons died of the disease.
No one has proved that the beef caused the disease, which hasn't been
found in American cattle. British cows are thought to have gotten the
illness from their feed, which includes parts from slaughtered sheep and
other animals.
The U.S. livestock industry last year banned such parts in cattle feed.
The EU fears that mad-cow disease could be traveling through the food
chain. A sheep with the disease is fed to the cow, which is rendered
into tallow and used to make, say, an antihistamine, which is swallowed
by a human.
Tallow is made from an animal's inedible parts, which are ground up and
cooked into a liquid. That liquid, the tallow, is then further processed
for use in dozens of products.
Eliminating what the Europeans call the "risk material" from the food
chain would be akin to performing surgery on an animal before it's
rendered, say opponents of the measure.
"Everytime you turn around, the Europeans add something else {that's
banned}. They add the skull, they add the spleen, they add the tonsils,"
said Tom Cook, executive director of the National Renderers
Association.
The ban has thrown European industry into chaos, forcing many
companies to order tallow now for use next year.
Pharmaceutical makers say tallow is used in almost all pills and
powders. Gelatin, another product threatened by the ban, is used to
make the smooth coating on many pills.
But drug makers say taking an aspirin won't give anyone mad-cow
disease.
"We've done some estimates, and we'd say you're more likely, on
probably a few orders of magnitude of a billion, to be struck by
lightning," said Gillian Woollett, assistant vice president of biologics
and biotechnology at the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.
But Europe traditionally has chosen to err on the side of caution. The
EU earlier this year lost a case at the WTO because it banned the use of
growth hormones in beef - in other words, a ban on almost all U.S. beef
exports.
Franz Fischler, the EU's commissioner for agriculture, said last week
that the ban was made on "precautionary grounds" and said economic
costs don't outweigh human health.
But the Cattlemen's Association's Mr. Keys sees another trade barrier
in disguise.
"We've got to fight the Europeans every step of the way on this stuff,"
he
said
Copyright 1997, The Washington Times.
--
Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: 916-731-5521
LCartLng@gvn.net
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of too
much life by doing so. Aim above morality. Be not simply
good; be good for something." -- Henry David Thoreau
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:23:27 -0700
From: LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: VEGAN-L@VM.TEMPLE.EDU
Subject: Ecologist decries grain-fed livestock farming
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Posted on the ENN Newswire, a service of the Environmental News Network:
Ecologist decries grain-fed livestock farming
>From one ecologist's perspective, the American system of farming grain-fed
livestock
consumes resources far out of proportion to the yield, accelerates soil
erosion,
affects world food supply and will be changing in the future. "If all the
grain currently
fed to livestock in the United States were consumed directly by people, the
number
of people who could be fed would be nearly 800 million,"
David Pimentel, professor of ecology in Cornell University's College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences, reported at the July 24-26 meeting of the
Canadian Society of Animal Science in Montreal. Or, if those grains were
exported, it would boost the U.S. trade balance by $80 billion a year,
Pimentel estimated. With only grass-fed livestock, individual Americans
would still get more than the recommended daily allowance of meat and dairy
protein, according to Pimentel's report, "Livestock Production: Energy
Inputs and the environment."
Pimentel's report can be found at:
http://www.enn.com/newswire/081497/08149704.htm
Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: 916-731-5521
LCartLng@gvn.net
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of too
much life by doing so. Aim above morality. Be not simply
good; be good for something." -- Henry David Thoreau
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 97 13:32:22 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Booklet by Vegetarian Resource Group
Message-ID: <199708141830.OAA13743@envirolink.org>
The Vegetarian Resource Group in Baltimore, MD has produced "Family
Matters," an eight-page booklet including an article on vegan
pregnancy and youth essays. To order, send $2.00 for postage/handling to:
The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203 USA
-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 97 14:43:23 est
From: "Julie Morris"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) ASPCA Care-A-Van
Message-ID: <9707148715.AA871596414@ccgate.aspca.org>
The ASPCA would like to clarify some of the information that was
posted about the ASPCA Mobile Spay/Neuter Van this morning.
The ASPCA Care-A-Van was created to provide low-cost spay/neuter
surgeries in under served neighborhoods in the New York metropolitan
area.
The posting mentioned that, "the unit has to be kept busy or the ASPCA
will not continue to participate." If the demand in a certain
neighborhood does not meet the capacity of the van then the van may
not continue in that particular location, however, we will continue to
seek out more productive locations.
The posting mentioned that, "the ASPCA is not advertising." The ASPCA
does advertise the Care-A-Van through press releases, the ASPCA
magazine, Animal Watch, and through legislative and community
publications.
The Care-A-Van is an ongoing full-scale program that works in
conjunction with state and local legislators. In addition to
legislators arranging for the Care-A-Van to visit their districts, the
ASPCA recently sent an offer to 501 c(3) humane organizations within
an hour's drive of Manhattan to host a monthly visit of the
Care-A-Van. The host organization must provide requirements such as:
two 110 volt electrical hook-ups; legal parking for the Care-A-Van;
restroom access, etc.
Organizations which would like a copy of this invitation should
contact lisas@aspca.org with their postal address.
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 16:37:49 -0400
From: "Mark Hennings"
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Mark Hennings is out of the office.
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I will be out of the office from 08/14/97 until 08/25/97.
If your request is urgent, please contact Susan
Engelbosch(engel002@mc.duke.edu). Thanks, Mark
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 16:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: NOVENAANN@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Worlds oldest person is a vegetarian
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LONDON (AP) - A Canadian woman who has documents to prove she
will be 117 years old this month is the world's oldest person, the
Guinness Book of Records said today.
Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur of Quebec succeeds to the title
last held by Jeanne Calment, who died this month in her native
France at the age of 122.
Meilleur, who was born on Aug. 29, 1880, has been married twice
and has about 300 descendants. Her family said the secret of her
long life was hard work and keeping active - she used to enjoy
fishing and still loved the outdoors. She also is a vegetarian.
Meilleur was born Marie-Louise Febronie Chasse on Aug. 29, 1880,
in the town of Kamouraska, Quebec, 95 miles east of Quebec City
along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The Guiness Book of Records verified Meilleur's age through her
certificates of birth and baptism, census records, two marriage
certificates and other documents.
Not far behind Meilleur is American Sarah Knauss of
Philadelphia, who has documents to prove she will be 117 on Sept.
24.
``Since Jeanne's death, we've been inundated with potential
record claims from around the world,'' Guinness Book of Records
records-keeper Clive Carpenter said.
``We have an extremely stringent process of verification, to
ensure that only someone whose age can be proved beyond any shadow
of doubt can be recognized as the record-holder,'' he said.
Some claims, including one from a man living in a remote
Lebanese village, who is said to be 135 years old, were dismissed
because of lack of documentary proof.
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 17:14:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Debbie Leahy
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: [US] Fundraiser Cancels Elephant Rides
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CHICAGO SUBURB CANCELS ELEPHANT RIDES
Oakbrook Terrace, located in west suburban Chicago, canceled
plans to include elephant rides at a Run for Kids fundraiser
on August 30. Please thank the organizer:
Cathy Caldarazzo, Tourism Director
City of Oakbrook
Department of Tourism
17 W 261 Butterfield Rd.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
phone) 630/941-8300 fax) 630/941-7254
==============================
Debbie Leahy
Illinois Animal Action
P.O. Box 507
Warrenville, IL 60555
630/393-2935
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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:11:16 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (PH) Collect-a-tail campaign
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>South China Morning Post
Friday August 15 1997
Beauty and the pests
FRANK LONGID in Manila
The town of Santo Niqo in the southern Philippines has a severe rat
problem, and local leaders think they can solve it by holding a beauty
contest.
In the past several months rats have been blamed for the devastation of
rice fields, and residents fear a famine if it goes unchecked.
Agricultural officials, they claim, have done little to solve the
problem. So district leaders took it upon themselves to tackle the issue.
However, Santo Niqo is a poor town, and paying experts was not an
option. What was needed, said Eduardo Biodoma, president of the
neighbourhood association, was to mobilise the people and have them kill
the rats.
It was while wrestling with the problem of how to motivate people to do
this that he and his colleagues thought of holding a beauty pageant and
a carnival.
Everybody likes a party and Filipinos are supposed to be crazy about
beauty pageants. Mr Biodoma decreed entrance fees to the events would be
waived for residents who bring 10 rats' tails. They hope the
"collect-a-tail campaign" will encourage people to kill enough rats to
stop the destruction of rice fields.
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:15:21 -0400
From: jeanlee
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Letter to copy on downed animals
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Hi All-
This letter to copy and send goes to your representatives and senators.
The text that follows is for your senators. For your representative,
CHANGE the two references to the number of the bill - the House bill is
H.R. 453. Same name of bill. Senators go to United States Senate,
Washington, DC 20510. Reps to U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC 20515. If you don't know who represents you, call
1-800-688-9889. Here's the text:
Dear:
This is about legislation which gets introduced year after year but
somehow never gets enacted into law - that is, the Downed Animal
Protection Act, whose number this year is S. 850. This bill would ban
the sale of sick and/or injured (downed) animals at stockyards.
Currently, there are NO laws to protect these animals, who are routinely
beaten, shocked with electric prods, and dragged by chains (sometimes
pushed with a forklift!) to slaughter. They are also often
abandoned or dumped alive on stockyard "deadpiles." We’re not even
close to being a compassionate society.
Please cosponsor S. 850 and help eliminate the suffering many sick and
injured farm animals are forced to endure, ensuring that downers are
humanely euthanized. Be on the lookout and vote against any amendments,
usually pushed by the meat industry, which would allow auctions and
stockyards to transport downed animals to slaughter. There is no way
sick and injured animals can be humanely transported.
Sincerely yours,
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