AR-NEWS Digest 433

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) (US) BLM, Oil Co. Investigate Cow Deaths
     by allen schubert 
  2) FDA "overhaul"
     by Andrew Gach 
  3) (ES) Spain Fans Fear Peace-Loving Bulls
     by allen schubert 
  4) (KR) S. Korea Suggests Eating Frogs
     by allen schubert 
  5) (ZW) Delegates Haggle on Ivory, Rhinos
     by allen schubert 
  6) (KE) Four Gorillas Killed in Congo
     by allen schubert 
  7) Wildlife Group Gathers in Tulsa Saturday
     by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
  8) Tulsa's New Rain Forest Exhibit
     by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
  9) Re: Extra TV Show
     by MINKLIB@aol.com
 10) Canada Geese Saved!!
     by Animal Alliance of Canada 
 11) (US) Oklahoma's Animal Park Troubles
     by JanaWilson@aol.com
 12) Political Shenanigans Perpetuate Pigeon Shoots
     by Mike Markarian 
 13) Where is CPSM?
     by Daniel Paulo Martins Ferreira 
 14) Animal organizations in Hungary?
     by "Matthias M. Boller" 
 15) Veal Campaign 1989-1990(?)
     by LexAnima@aol.com
 16) UNFORTUNATE NEWS: Kodo is dead, nowhere to turn from here (fwd)
     by **** 
 17) Violations Mean Loss of Hunting, Fishing Privileges for Life
     by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
 18) Re: Extra TV Show
     by **** 
 19) Quitaque, Texas Publicity Bid Is a Sick Stunt
     by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
 20) Pig farming
     by Barbara Bader 
 21) McLIBEL VERDICT EXPECTED THURSDAY 19TH JUNE
     by allen schubert 
 22) (ZW) World Smuggling of Animals Rife
     by allen schubert 
 23) (US) Ferret Finally Executed in Michigan
     by allen schubert 
 24) Protest Guinea Fowl Drop from Flying Aircraft
     by Franklin Wade 
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:12:36 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) BLM, Oil Co. Investigate Cow Deaths
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from AP Wire page:
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 06/11/1997 16:16 EST

 BLM, Oil Co. Investigate Cow Deaths

 PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and an oil
 company are investigating the deaths of six head of cattle that were
 found within about 300 yards of a natural gas well.

 The Wyoming state Veterinary Laboratory in Laramie is testing samples
 taken from the cattle, which were buried on the site, to try to determine
 the cause of death.

 A Snyder Oil Co. worker found the cattle near the company's 11-27 well in
 the Jonah Field east of Big Piney on May 29.

 Leslie Theiss, the BLM's Pinedale Resource Area manager, said Snyder has
 cooperated fully in the investigation.

 She said the cattle deaths appeared to be an isolated incident, but added
 such deaths have occurred irregularly in oil and gas drilling areas.

 ``This unfortunately can happen from time to time in various locations no
 matter how careful we are,'' Theiss said. ``It's been my experience that
 the companies have been very good. If it's determined that something the
 company did that caused the death of the cattle they have been very good
 at compensating the rancher and correcting the problem.''

 The cattle were found near the well's flare pit, a feature used to burn
 off gas that comes out of the ground along with material injected into
 the ground to enhance the flow of gas.

 Snyder's safety and environmental manager Sam Simpson said his company --
 with the BLM's permission -- has closed inactive flare pits in the area
 and is fencing others to keep cattle out.

 Simpson said the well was drilled within the past year.

Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 21:37:22 -0700
From: Andrew Gach 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: FDA "overhaul"
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Drug firms want to continue paying fees to FDA

The Associated Press 

WASHINGTON (June 11, 1997 11:38 a.m. EDT) -- It's kind of like asking to
pay taxes: Drug makers actually want to give the Food and Drug
Administration up to $500 million over the next five
years, to speed up approval of new medicines.

If Congress doesn't agree quickly, 600 FDA medical reviewers hired to do
just that could lose their jobs this fall. But this user-fee program may
be in jeopardy, because it was linked to controversial legislation to
revamp how the FDA does its job.

"A protracted and contentious debate ... would not serve our mutual
goal," Health Secretary Donna Shalala told the legislation's author,
Sen. James Jeffords, R-Vt., last week.

Certain provisions "could be cause for concern," agreed Jeff Trewhitt of
the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. "Certainly we
are talking to lawmakers on both sides of
the political aisle, reminding them to please reach a compromise."

The pharmaceutical industry since 1992 has paid special fees to hire
those 600 extra workers so the FDA could cut in half the time it takes
to approve new drugs.

But the program expires in September -- at the same time the Clinton
administration wants to cut the FDA's regular budget by $68 million.
Crying betrayal, the pharmaceutical industry is working furiously to
restore the FDA's regular budget and reauthorize its user-fee program
for another five years.

But patient advocates say parts of the FDA overhaul legislation could
endanger lives. Among their concerns:

-- The FDA would approve new therapies after just one clinical trial
instead of the two usually required.

-- A medicine for one disease could be approved for additional uses on
the basis of articles in medical journals instead of FDA-approved
clinical trials to prove it was as effective and safe for the new
disease. For example, the FDA last year cracked down on Pfizer Inc. for
promoting its antidepressant Zoloft to people temporarily depressed
after a heart attack, saying the drug could cause chest pain and other
heart side effects in those patients.

-- Over 90 percent of the nation's medical devices could be reviewed by
industry-paid private companies. FDA would have two months to decide if
the resulting approval was correct.

-- Food-makers could advertise that their products have health benefits
-- that, for example, oat bran fights heart disease -- based on
preliminary reports by scientific agencies instead of the "significant
scientific agreement" now required.

The bill does leave the FDA more control than similar legislation that
Jeffords' Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee passed last year,
but that never made it to a final Senate vote.

"We think this bill is a moderate approach to modernize the agency,"
said Jeffords' spokesman, Joe Karpinski. "We don't think it's going to
hold up" the user fees.

Indeed, the larger question may come next month as appropriations
committees debate the FDA's full budget.

The FDA gets about $820 million from Congress every year to oversee
consumer safety. The Clinton administration wanted to cut $68 million
and raise the difference by boosting user fees paid
by the companies FDA regulates.

Every industry except drug-makers opposes paying such fees, and
lawmakers say that proposal stands no chance of passing.

The pharmaceutical industry, however, hopes to pay FDA up to $500
million in fees between now and 2001 -- but only if the money is used to
further speed drug approvals, "not pay the electric bill," explained
Carl Feldbaum of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.

"The Clinton budget plan was a break in trust that we hope Congress will
fix," he said.

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press Writer

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

Guess why the drug firms are so liberal, shelling out $500 million to
support the FDA, while other industries would like to dismantle the last
remaining strands of government oversight.

First, hiding behind the FDA approval protects them from liability
claims.

Second, a streamlined FDA approval process would bring in many times as
much as $500 million (payed over five years); a measly amount if we
consider that a single drug may net billions in just one year.

Not surprisingly, the drug companies don't ask for reduction of animal
testing (whose outcome they can easily manipulate), but want to cut down
on clinical trials which alone may confer even a modicum of public
safety.

Andy
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 07:48:10 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (ES) Spain Fans Fear Peace-Loving Bulls
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from AP Wire page:
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 06/11/1997 14:47 EST

 Spain Fans Fear Peace-Loving Bulls

 By ANDREW SELSKY
 Associated Press Writer

 MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Bulls or chickens? Bullfight aficionados are
 wondering about the nature of the beasts that appeared in Madrid's
 bullring during the world's foremost bullfighting festival.

 It was as if the five-week Fiesta de San Isidro, which ended Friday,
 featured clones of Ferdinand, the peace-loving bull of the children's
 story.

 Some bulls were reluctant to charge. Others fell when they charged or
 were so hefty and lumbering that a bullfight critic for El Pais, Spain's
 most widely read newspaper, suggested they'd be better on the menu than
 on the sands of Madrid's Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas.

 ``Another scandal, and again because of the bulls,'' Joaquin Vidal wrote
 after the bulls once again acted anything but bullish.

 Normally, six bulls are killed in an evening's bullfight, or corrida.
 Inferior bulls can be rejected and replaced with any of three substitute
 bulls.

 At one corrida during San Isidro, three bulls were rejected. A fourth
 would have been sent away, but there were no more substitutes. Jeering
 spectators hurled their seat cushions into the ring in protest.

 Adolfo Rodriguez, who verifies bloodlines for the National Association of
 Bull Breeders, said inferior bulls wind up in the ring because bullfight
 organizers buy cheaper bulls to save money and top bullfighters don't
 want to put themselves at too much risk.

 ``They tell the organizers they want a comfortable bull -- a big bull
 with little ferocity and agility bred into it,'' Rodriguez said in an
 interview.

 Bullfighters and the organizers blame the breeders.

 ``The bullfighter can choose what breed to use, but it's the breeder who
 raises the bulls,'' matador Jose Tomas Roman told El Pais.

 Charles Jockelson, publisher of the bullfighting magazine 6 Toros 6, says
 using inferior bulls puts bullfighting at risk.

 ``The essence of bullfighting is emotion,'' Jockelson said. ``If you
 don't fear for the life of the bullfighter, there is no emotion.''

 Weak or docile bulls have been in bullrings probably since men began
 challenging the animals with swords and capes almost 300 years ago.

 One of the biggest fiascos happened in the northern town of Gijon in 1914
 when the organizer ran out of substitute bulls.

 Unlike Ferdinand, returned to the pasture after refusing to fight,
 rejected bulls are supposed to be slaughtered. But with the crowd
 becoming increasingly angry, the organizer put splotches of white paint
 on a rejected bull so it appeared to be a new one and returned it to the
 ring.

 The matador's red cape began turning white with each pass. Spectators,
 realizing they'd been had, rioted and tried to set the bullring ablaze.

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 07:51:59 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (KR) S. Korea Suggests Eating Frogs
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from AP Wire page:
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 06/12/1997 03:12 EST

 S. Korea Suggests Eating Frogs

 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Fried frog, sweet and sour frog, frog gruel.
 Introduced at a government-sponsored food-tasting party today, frogs in
 almost any cooked form seem to be South Korea's answer to its latest pest
 problem.

 Biologists have warned that imported American bull frogs -- 10 times
 larger than indigenous frogs -- are decimating local stocks of snakes and
 other frogs in many lakes, endangering the ecological balance.

 In the past month, school children and soldiers were enlisted to help
 catch bull frogs. But the government has come up with a novel
 extermination method -- eat 'em.

 The cooked frogs were sampled by hundreds gathered outside the
 Environment Ministry. Low in fat and calories but high in nutrition, frog
 meat is a healthy alternative to beef, the ministry said.

 While eating frog is not new to Korea, only a few have acquired the
 taste.

 Bull frogs were imported from the United States in the 1980s for their
 meat but the attempt at mass marketing fizzled. The frogs soon escaped
 into the wild.
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 07:55:30 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (ZW) Delegates Haggle on Ivory, Rhinos
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 06/11/1997 16:54 EST

 Delegates Haggle on Ivory, Rhinos

 By ANGUS SHAW
 Associated Press Writer

 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Delegates to the world's largest conservation
 meeting haggled behind closed doors Wednesday to resolve sharp
 differences over proposals to resume whaling and world trade in ivory.

 Conflicts over these and other issues divide the 1,200 delegates at the
 two-week meeting of the U.N. Convention on Trade in Endangered Species.
 Voting is scheduled for next week.

 ``Voting has always been contentious. ... You have victor and vanquished
 and that leaves a sour taste. We want to reach consensus wherever we
 can,'' said Robert Hepworth, vice chairman of the convention's main
 policy body.

 Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe want to relax the ban on trading ivory and
 elephants, arguing that populous elephant herds are destroying forests
 and crops and threatening villages.

 As a precedent, the three nations point to the convention's decision in
 1995 to ease a ban on the rhino trade, saying the relaxation did not
 significantly hurt the white rhino population.

 Besides attempts to hammer out agreements on whaling and ivory trading,
 the delegates will study the convention's budget and administrative
 affairs. Others will consider the effectiveness of the group.

 The convention has few punitive powers beyond censure and diplomatic
 sanctions and relies on its 138 member countries to enforce prohibitions
 under their own laws.

 ``There have been quite sharp divisions about how we are going forward,
 but the majority of parties feel the convention has done a good job and
 want its broad approach to continue,'' Hepworth said.

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 07:58:10 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (KE) Four Gorillas Killed in Congo
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from AP Wire page:
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 06/10/1997 14:31 EST

 Four Gorillas Killed in Congo

 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Four mountain gorillas died in cross fire between
 Congolese soldiers and Rwandan insurgents in eastern Congo, a
 conservation group said Tuesday.

 Fewer than 620 mountain gorillas now remain in the world. Half live on
 the volcanoes that mark the borders between Rwanda, Congo and Uganda.

 Four gorillas, including the dominant male Kabirizi, were killed May 18,
 the Nairobi-based International Gorilla Conservation Program said in a
 statement. It did not give the sex of the other three gorillas.

 The animals were caught in a battle between Rwandan insurgents and
 fighters for the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of
 Congo, the conservation group said. The fighting occurred a day after
 Laurent Kabila's forces seized the capital of the former Zaire.

 Rwandan insurgents, made up of Hutu soldiers and militia defeated by
 Tutsi rebels in 1994, use Virunga National Park to launch attacks across
 the border into Rwanda.

 The four gorillas killed May 18 were members of a family which became
 accustomed to humans from the visits of tourists to the park.

 Since 1990, 10 gorillas have died in fighting in Rwanda and Congo.

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 07:06:08 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Wildlife Group Gathers in Tulsa Saturday
Message-ID: <199706121211.IAA15713@envirolink.org>

Tulsa, OK, USA: Tulsa area residents who enjoy tasty game dishes,
and would like to help honor fellow Oklahomans who have done something
outstanding for wildlife and habitat, should attend the Wild Game and
Conservation Awards Banquet this Saturday, said Oklahoma Wildlife
Federation administrative director Margaret Ruff of Oklahoma City.

The Federation's wild game buffet will have pheasant, quail, venison,
rattlesnake, goose, duck, catfish, trout, wild turkey, and wild hog.
The event begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at the downtown Adams Mark Hotel.

The phone # for the Federation is: 405-524-7009. Phone # for Adams Mark
Hotel: 918-582-9000, if you'd care to voice any comments on this event.

-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 07:18:26 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Tulsa's New Rain Forest Exhibit
Message-ID: <199706121230.IAA17104@envirolink.org>

Tulsa, OK, USA, Tulsa World: Zookeepers let out sighs of relief
and then laughter as four monkeys and a sloth took their first swings
in the new Tropical American Rain Forest exhibit this week.

The Tulsa Zoo's two black howler monkeys, two saki monkeys and a
two-toed sloth were the first animals introduced to the exhibit,
which is set to open to the public on June 30.

The monkeys had become accustomed to their off-white concrete walls
that were enclosed in chain-link fence. There they had access to
the outdoors and "furniture" consisting of ropes, fire hoses and
sawed-off branches for exercise and entertainment.

Now, in an exhibit that is nearly five times that size, they swing
from trees and man-made vines with a plush, damp rain forest as their
backdrop. Zookeeper Amy Morris-Marcoux smiled as she watched Eugena,
the female black howler monkey, swing from her tail.

"She's having a blast," Morris-Marcoux said.

The sloth's move from another exhibit entailed the use of a plastic
bin and three zookeepers - one holding the sloth's arms, one holding
his legs, and one to hold his head.

Once he got in the exhibit, "I haven't ever seen him move so fast,"
she said.

Later, dangling from the tree by one arm, the other hanging limp toward
the ground, the sloth moved with as much excitement as one can expect
from a sloth.

-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:24:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: MINKLIB@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: Extra TV Show
Message-ID: <970612112409_470710470@emout04.mail.aol.com>

In a message dated 97-06-10 09:01:36 EDT, you write:

<< On Extra TV show last night, an ALF person was interviewed. The voice
 and face were disguised, and the interview was done in "the boonies,"
 since many industry people are after the ALF. One thing brought up
 by the interviewer is that so far noone has been hurt by ALF's actions;
 but, with more and more pipe bombs being used, they're afraid that might
 change. >>

For Clarification:

The ALF has never, ever used pipe bombs.  Pipe bombs were used by an
underground animal rights group in an attack on a UT fur farm supply company,
but it was not claimed by the ALF.  It seems that people have gotten confused
because of that particular attack and refer to every illegal action for
animals as an ALF action in a generic sense.  But for the record, the ALF has
never used pipe bombs.


Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:13:35 -0400
From: Animal Alliance of Canada 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Canada Geese Saved!!
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970612115705.006aa434@inforamp.net>
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For Immediate Release

June 12 1997  11:00am

The Canadaian Wildlife Service has decided to not issue a permit to kill up
to 2000 Canada Geese in response to an application to do so by the city of
Mississauga.  instead, they will issue a permit to relocate the birds to a
confirmed location in New Brunswick.

While still not the most ideal outcome, the decision is a welcome relief
for the many individuals and organizations working non-stop to prevent the
geese from being killed.  Details are still sketchy at this point, but
updates will be posted as they become available.

THANK YOU to all who have fought to save the geese.  This could not have
happened without you!
Animal Alliance of Canada
221 Broadview Ave.  Suite 101
Toronto, Ontario  M4M 2G3

Phone: (416)462-9541
Fax:   (416)462-9647

E-mail: aac@inforamp.net
Website: www.inforamp.net/~aac
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:06:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: JanaWilson@aol.com
To: Ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Oklahoma's Animal Park Troubles
Message-ID: <970612130648_1044611335@emout08.mail.aol.com>


Oklahom's largest exotic animal drive-thru park, Arbuckle Wilderness
(located on I-35 between Okla. City and the Texas/Oklahome state line),
cannot pay its creditors and is seeking court protection a/w the principal
owner Lena Chancy.  Chapter 11 reorganization will enable the Murray
County exotic animal theme park to remain open and restructure
its debts, which accumulated under the prior management.  It will
provide a plan to repay creditors and build a cash reserve for
maintenance and expansion a/w Clancy.
"When I became a partner, I really wanted to see that park thrive and
grow and become southern Oklahoma's best tourism attraction,"
Clancy said.  " I want people to know the park is still open, we're
still doing buisness and we're trying to improve it constantly.  There
is no way I'll let the park close.  I couldn't do that."
The park has a walk-thru zoo, petting park, dinosaur park and
amusement rides.  Special animal shows and musical performances
are being planned.
Clancy , a certified financial planner and registered broker from
Durant, was one of five partners of Honey Creek Entertainment
Corp., when it bought the park in August, 1994 from the Murrey
County Industrial Authority.  Other partners have pulled out and
Clancy said she now owns 60 percent of Honey Creek.  
First National Bank of Durant filed court papers last week calling
in $2.4 million in loans to Honey Creek.  The bank intends to foreclose
on property owned by Honey Creek and Clancy, including
Arbuckle Wilderness, used as loan collateral.
Note, that this park several years ago had  a TB epidemic and
over 700 animals were destroyed. Earlier some of the excess
animals were sold to an illegal Oklahoma hunting ranch which
was closed down by the feds.

                                                    For the Animals,

                                                    Jana, OKC

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 09:36:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Markarian 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org, seac+announce@ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu,
        en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org
Subject: Political Shenanigans Perpetuate Pigeon Shoots
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 12, 1997

CONTACT: Heidi Prescott, 301-585-2591
Representative Sara Steelman, 717-772-2046

POLITICAL SHENANIGANS ONCE AGAIN
PERPETUATE ANIMAL CRUELTY

HARRISBURG -- On the last day of session before the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives convened for summer recess, House Republican leaders
yesterday squelched a vote on legislation introduced by Representative Sara
Steelman (D-Indiana County) to ban the use of live pigeons in shooting contests.

Speaker of the House Matt Ryan (R-Delaware County) and House Majority Leader
John Perzel (R-Philadelphia) threatened to kill another animal bill -- a
bill to protect puppies and pet owners -- unless the pigeon shoot
legislation was withdrawn. Because the Republican leaders will not bring
pigeon shoot legislation up for a vote on its own merits, Representative
Steelman had introduced the pigeon shoot legislation as an amendment to
another crime bill, House Bill 235, which was scheduled for a vote this
morning. She withdrew the pigeon shoot amendment so as not to jeopardize the
other bills.

Says Heidi Prescott, National Director of The Fund for Animals, "Republican
leaders are directly responsible for the violent deaths of tens of thousands
of tame birds at pigeon shoots across Pennsylvania. The man who bit the head
off a live bird last year in Hegins might as well be elected to the position
of House Majority Leader, because he is the kind of person Republican
leaders are defending."

The last time the House of Representatives voted on the bill to ban live
pigeon shoots -- in 1994 -- Representatives voted 99 to 93 in favor of
banning pigeon shoots, but fell three votes short of the 102 votes needed to
pass a bill. Despite the bill's growing support, Republican House leaders
have kept the legislation from receiving another fair vote in the last three
years.

Says Representative Sara Steelman, "The Republican leadership's strong-arm
tactics typify the need to change the rules by which the House operates.
Leadership has absolute power over legislation, and in this case, absolute
power has corrupted absolutely."

-- 30 --

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:23:05 +0000 (GMT)
From: Daniel Paulo Martins Ferreira 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Where is CPSM?
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Greetings.

I can't access Council for Progress in Science and Medicine with the old
URL.
Does anyone know the new CPSM's URL?

Regards

Daniel Ferreira


Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:54:43 +0100
From: "Matthias M. Boller" 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: cronjaeger@tierrechte.de
Subject: Animal organizations in Hungary?
Message-ID: <199706121754.TAA14684@cww.de>
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Hello,

I am looking for animal rights/welfare organizations in Hungary, 
preferably in Budapest. Any information would be appreciated! :-)

Thank you and best wishes,

Matthias

matthias@tierrechte.de

Member of the board
Federal Association Against Vivisection - People for Animal Rights 
matthias@tierrechte.de    -   http://www.tierrechte.de/indexe.html
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:47:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: LexAnima@aol.com
To: ar-views@envirolink.org, ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Veal Campaign 1989-1990(?)
Message-ID: <970612144707_-662320439@emout14.mail.aol.com>

Does anyone out there remember the veal campaign from 1989-1990?  I'm looking
to find the key players in the campaign for a project I'm working on -- 

can anyone help out?

Thanks,

D'Arcy
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:45:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: **** 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: UNFORTUNATE NEWS: Kodo is dead, nowhere to turn from here (fwd)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:53:01 EDT
From: Bill Gruber 
To: FERRET-A@CUNYVM
Subject: Kodo is dead, nowhere to turn from here

With a heavy heart, forwarded from Bob Jacobs.
Bill
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
June 12, 1997 12:14 PM

Michigan Supreme Court, Lansing, Mi.

On order of the court, we VACATE our order granting a stay dated June 10,
1997.  The application for leave to appeal is considered, and it is DENIED,
because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed
by this Court.

Weaver and Kelly, JJ., would find that the trial court committed clear error
and would peremptorily reverse.


That's it in a nutshell folks, there is no justice in Michigan and Kodo is a
dead ferret because our legal system SUCKS!!!

Bob

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 13:44:44 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Violations Mean Loss of Hunting, Fishing Privileges for Life
Message-ID: <199706121849.OAA01971@envirolink.org>

(Sand Springs Leader, Sand Springs, OK, USA): One man has learned that
hunting privileges can be lost forever in Oklahoma.

Lorenzo Rull had his Oklahoma hunting and fishing privileges revoked
forever as the result of a district court hearing, according to Carlos
Gomez, Tulsa County game warden.

Rull accepted a plea bargain agreement for multiple  wildlife violations
which resulted in a 30 day sentence in jail, Gomez said. In addition,
Rull will pay fines and court costs totaling $3,970, perform 40
hours of community service and lose his licensing privileges for life.

The break for this latest case against Rull came from an anonymous tip
concerning the illegal killing of two deer in Okmulgee County, he said.
Acting on this information, a search warrant was obtained for Rull's
Tulsa apartment and the paper was served. Evidence of two freshly-killed
bucks was found at the apartment along with a stolen rifle which Rull
had used to kill the deer, Gomez said. In addition, a large collection
of photographs showing illegal kills of deer, turkey, dove, coyotes,
and squirrels were found.

The Wildlife Department's Operation Game Thief program gives concerned
citizens a strike back against poachers. Violations can be reported
by calling 1-800-522-8039.

-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 15:41:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: **** 
To: MINKLIB@aol.com
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: Extra TV Show
Message-ID: 
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On Thu, 12 Jun 1997 MINKLIB@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-06-10 09:01:36 EDT, you write:
> 
> << On Extra TV show last night, an ALF person was interviewed. The voice
>  and face were disguised, and the interview was done in "the boonies,"
>  since many industry people are after the ALF. One thing brought up
>  by the interviewer is that so far noone has been hurt by ALF's actions;
>  but, with more and more pipe bombs being used, they're afraid that might
>  change. >>
> 
> For Clarification:
> 
> The ALF has never, ever used pipe bombs.  Pipe bombs were used by an
> underground animal rights group in an attack on a UT fur farm supply company,
> but it was not claimed by the ALF.  It seems that people have gotten confused
> because of that particular attack and refer to every illegal action for
> animals as an ALF action in a generic sense.  But for the record, the ALF has
> never used pipe bombs.
> 
> 
> 
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 15:17:44 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Quitaque, Texas Publicity Bid Is a Sick Stunt
Message-ID: <199706122039.QAA17209@envirolink.org>

(Information faxed to me from Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns):
The Quitaque, Texas Chamber of Commerce dropped two Guinea Fowl
from a flying airplane as part of their National Trails Day
celebration on June 7th, 1997. The birds were hurled from a plane going
85+ mph, from 500 feet above ground, then chased by fifty kids for the
$100 coupons strapped to their legs. According to the Lubbock Avalanche-
Journal, the second bird (whom the reporter watched and described to
UPC in an interview) was visibly stressed and had to be "calmed" by the
president of the Chamber of Commerce in front of the TV cameras.

Guinea fowl are shy, excitable birds and they are poor flyers. They never
rise to the 500-foot or more altitude required by the FAA for overhead
aircraft in their normal roosting and feeding activities. It is alien
to a bird's evolutionary experience to be dropped from a flying plane.
Being pulled from a dark cage and thrust suddenly into bright air
imposes visual adjustment problems. Being dropped straight down from
a 500-foot+ moving height is totally different for a bird biologically
than taking off from a branch, a roof, or the ground. So is flying
voluntarily versus being forced to maneuver an unnatural airborne
situation. These birds could easily sustain unseen internal
injuries, including hemorrhage. They could be crippled or killed in
the trauma and terror of being dropped followed by being chased. Some
of the birds dropped in previous years disappeared, perhaps to die a
slow, miserable death.

There is no connection between "national trails day" and dropping living
creatures from an airplane. If the Chamber of Commerce is set on dropping
something and injecting some human challenge into the activity, they
can drop an inanimate object that lands indeterminately, like
biodegradable balsam-wood airplanes. This town needs some creative ideas!

A few years ago, the Yellville, Arkansas Chamber of Commerce eliminated
its annual "turkey drop" from flying aircraft as a result of national
outrage. The Chamber will no longer "sponsor or sanction the dropping
of live turkeys from airplanes and has not done so for a number of years."

WHAT CAN I DO?

The purpose of dropping of guinea fowl from an airplane is to make
a vulnerable creature liable to fear, injury, and death, and to relish
the spectacle. The Quitaque Chamber of Commerce is soliciting a base
personality trait to attract attention and money to a town of 500
people. If you are interested in joining United Poultry Concerns, Inc.,
president, Karen Davis, in protesting in Quitaque in 1998, please contact
United Poultry Concerns as soon as possible. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO GO TO
QUITAQUE, TEXAS NEXT JUNE!!!!

*Mayor James Davidson is opposed to the "guinea fowl drop." Please
thank him and urge him to use his influence to stop this stupid cruelty.
Mayor James Davidson, PO Box 534, Quitaque, TX   79255  Phone: 806-455-
1441; fax: 806-455-1222.

*Roye Pigg, President of the Chamber of Commerce, is the promoter of
the guinea fowl drop. Express your views to Mr. Pigg. Request a reply,
and be ready to answer back. Contact: Roye Pigg, President, Quitaque
Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 538, Quitaque, TX   79255 Phone: 806-455-
1200; fax: 806-455-1228 or 1298.

*Urge the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal to take an editorial stand against
the guinea fowl drop. Contact: Letters to the Editor, Lubbock Avalanche-
Journal, PO Box 491, Lubbock, TX   79409  Phone: 806-762-8844; fax: 806-
744-9603.

Karen appreciates your help VERY, VERY much!!!!!!
Her telephone #: 301-948-2406, or write her: UPC, Inc., PO Box 59367,
Potomac, Maryland   20859

--- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:57:23 -0400
From: Barbara Bader 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Pig farming
Message-ID: 
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Request for information:
Does anybody know of any pig farms where the pigs are kept in the
pig-equivelent of "free-ranging"?

This is for research for a potential segment of a TV show in development,
called "Animal Nation" produced by TRTK,Media Inc.

Thanks.
Barbara Bader


Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 20:20:17 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: McLIBEL VERDICT EXPECTED THURSDAY 19TH JUNE
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970612202015.006ee198@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from Mclibel list:
----------------------------------
McLibel Support Campaign
5 Caledonian Road
London N1 9DX
UK
Tel/Fax  +44-(0)171 713 1269
For independent information on the case and McDonald's:
http://www.McSpotlight.org/

Press Release
12th June, 1997


McLIBEL VERDICT EXPECTED THURSDAY 19TH JUNE

Mr Justice Bell is expected to deliver his verdict in the McLibel Trial (at
313 days the longest trial of any kind in English legal history) at 10.30am
on Thursday 19th June at the Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London WC2
(courtroom to be announced).  Please note that this date and time are
subject to confirmation - there is a small chance that it will be on
Wednesday 18th or Friday 20th June instead.

It is expected that Mr Justice Bell will read out a summary of his personal
judgment (having denied the Defendants their right to a jury trial) lasting
approximately one hour.  The full judgment is expected to be about 1000
pages long, covering the Corporation's claim, the Defendants' counterclaim,
and any damages.  The ruling on any costs and injunction will be given at a
later date.

Supporters of the McLibel Defendants will be holding a colourful PICKET
OUTSIDE THE COURT from 9.45am until lunchtime, handing out "What's Wrong
With McDonald's?" leaflets to passersby.  2 million of these leaflets have
already been handed out in the UK since the writs were served on the 
Defendants.

The McLibel Defendants will be holding a PRESS CONFERENCE at the London
School of Economics (next to the courts) shortly after the judgment has been
given.  Mike Mansfield QC will be chairing the press conference, and various
Defence witnesses from the trial will be attending and available for
comment.  These will include Charles Secrett (Executive Director of Friends
of the Earth), Tim Lobstein (co-director of the Food Commission), Iain
Whittle (former McDonald's crew member), Frances Tiller (former private
investigator hired by McDonald's to infiltrate London Greenpeace), and
Maureen & John Hopkins (the parents of Mark Hopkins, who was fatally
electrocuted while working at a McDonald's store in Manchester).  Please
note: the room number and directions to the press conference venue will be
available nearer the time.

*  International VICTORY DAY OF ACTION - Saturday 21st June - campaigners
will be leafleting and protesting outside McDonald's stores around the
world, whatever the verdict, to demonstrate McDonald's failure to halt the
ever growing dissemination of alternative views and information.  Over 500
of the company's 750 UK stores will be leafleted in a display of solidarity
with the McLibel Defendants and show of conviction that all the criticisms
in the "What's Wrong With McDonald's?" leaflets are true and have been shown
to be so in the trial (often by McDonald's own witnesses and documents).  As
the Defendants have been denied a jury trial, the public are in effect the
wider jury and campaigners are committed to continuing to provide the public
with the facts they need to judge for themselves.

*  The complete set of official transcripts of the proceedings (all 19,000
pages) are now available worldwide on the McSpotlight Internet site
(http://www.mcspotlight.org/).

*  The Defendants believe that the evidence in the trial has vindicated
McDonald's critics.  However, having been denied Legal Aid and a jury trial,
and up against complex libel laws stacked in favour of plaintiffs, if the
verdict goes against them they are prepared to continue their fight to
defend the public's right to criticise multinational corporations.  They
intend to appeal and then take the British government to the European Court
of Human Rights to overturn the UK's unfair and oppressive libel laws.  They
also intend to sue McDonald's infiltrators for damages.

Please ring the McLibel office to confirm these details and for more
information.  Also please see MSC Press Release dated 1st April 1997
(available on the McSpotlight Internet site) for detailed information on the
Victory Day of Action, possible appeals etc.

- ENDS -


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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 20:51:33 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (ZW) World Smuggling of Animals Rife
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970612205131.006930c4@clark.net>
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from AP Wire page:
-----------------------------------
 06/12/1997 18:48 EST

 World Smuggling of Animals Rife

 By ANGUS SHAW
 Associated Press Writer

 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Nations that belong to a U.N. conservation group
 are either unwilling or unable to clamp down on smuggling of threatened
 animals, the organization said in a report presented Thursday.

 The U.N. Convention on Trade in Endangered Species said the hundreds of
 individual cases of smuggling live animals, skins, horns and tusks were
 overshadowed by large freight shipments disguised by phony documentation
 or forged permits.

 More than 1,500 delegates and hundreds more conservationists and
 observers are meeting in Harare for the U.N. group's conference, the
 world's biggest conservation meeting.

 The report said express mail was sometimes used to send reptiles,
 insects, endangered plants and oriental medicines derived from animals
 ``as a cheap, risk-free and effective way of evading controls.''

 Many shipments also were labeled for scientific or noncommercial use
 permitted under a worldwide treaty signed by 138 nations. But the
 shipments were then sold for profit, the report said.

 In some cases, identity rings were cut off the legs of endangered species
 of birds, making them easier to smuggle. The report recommended using
 microchip implants to secure identification of animals.

 Other cases involved courier services, stolen security stamps and
 permits, forged export certificates, false customs declarations and
 illegal whale meat being disguised as mackerel.

 ``Control of this abuse can only be achieved by reinforcing controls''
 and increasing the efficiency of enforcement officers, the group's
 secretariat said.

 The organization has few punitive powers and relies on member nations to
 fight trafficking using their own national laws. Since 1995, treaty
 infractions have been reported to authorities in most member nations, the
 group said.

 The report also listed violations of the ban on world trade in elephant
 ivory imposed in 1990. Despite the ban, tusks and ivory pieces were
 seized as far afield as Belgium, China, Japan, Russia and Switzerland.

 Also Thursday, Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey urged world
 environmentalists and African colleagues at the meeting not to ease the
 ban.

 He urged them to ``recognize unpopular decisions may have to be made for
 the bigger cause of species survival.''

 Three African nations -- Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe -- have asked the
 U.N. group to downgrade the elephant from its most endangered list to
 allow controlled trade in ivory and elephant products.

 Leakey, a renowned paleo-anthropologist and a former director of the
 Kenya Wildlife Service, said the ban significantly reduced ivory poaching
 and allowed diminishing elephant herds to regenerate.

 But the three countries argue they have too many elephants and need to
 sell ivory to plow money back into peasant communities whose crops, homes
 and lives are at risk from the world's largest land mammal.

 Delegates are scheduled to debate the ivory ban Tuesday and pass a vote
 later in the day or on Wednesday.

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 21:06:10 -0400
From: allen schubert 
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Ferret Finally Executed in Michigan
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970612210607.00692f24@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from AP Wire page:
------------------------------------------
 06/12/1997 20:54 EST

 Ferret Finally Executed in Michigan

 By JIM IRWIN
 Associated Press Writer

 DETROIT (AP) -- Kodo the ferret, who bit a man at a mall, was beheaded
 Thursday so health officials could test his brain for rabies, ending a
 six-week fight by his owner and hundreds of animal lovers to spare his
 life.

 The animal was killed after Michigan Supreme Court refused to hear the
 appeal of owner Robert Jacobs, ending a stay of execution the court had
 granted on Tuesday.

 ``This opens the door ... for them to walk into your house and say, `Your
 pet bit, and we have to kill it and test it,''' Jacobs said in a
 telephone interview.

 Kodo's head will be delivered to a state Department of Community Health
 laboratory in Lansing, agency spokeswoman Geralyn Lasher said. Results of
 the brain tissue analysis would be available Friday, she said.

 Kodo bit the hand of Arne Ostlund, 71, at an animal exhibit at a mall in
 Bay City, 90 miles north of Detroit, and health officials sought to have
 the animal killed so its tissue could be tested.

 Jacobs said Kodo had been vaccinated for rabies, and even Ostlund had
 said he did not want the ferret put to death. But health officials said
 the vaccination isn't 100 percent effective and that rabies can be fatal
 if untreated.

 Kodo's death sentence generated hundreds of written and e-mail pleas for
 clemency to Gov. John Engler, who declined to intervene.

 Before Kodo's death, Jacobs said he planned to move from Michigan with
 his two children and 24 other ferrets, ``probably to Virginia, where
 they're ferret-friendly.''

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Franklin Wade 
To: Ar-News 
Subject: Protest Guinea Fowl Drop from Flying Aircraft
Message-ID: 
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII


          Protest Guinea Fowl Drop from Flying Aircraft

          Quitaque, Texas Publicity Bid Is A Sick Stunt 

     "We want them to stop dropping live, conscious creatures
     from planes as part of their entertainment. Why would anyone
     want to put a bird in that kind of situation anyway?"
--     Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns
                              The Dallas Morning News, June 1, 1997

     The Quitaque, Texas Chamber of Congress dropped two Guinea
Fowl from a flying airplane as part of their National Trails Day
celebration on June 7th. The birds were hurled from a plane going
85+ mph, from 500 feet above ground, then chased by fifty kids
for the $100 coupons strapped to their legs. According to the
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, the second bird (whom the reporter
watched and described to UPC in an interview) was visibly
stressed and had to be "calmed" by the president of the Chamber
of Commerce in front of the TV cameras.

     Guinea fowl are shy, excitable birds and they are poor
flyers. They never rise to the 500-foot or more altitude required
by the FAA for overhead aircraft in their normal roosting and
feeding activities. It is alien to a bird's evolutionary
experience to be dropped from a flying plane. Being pulled from a
dark cage and thrust suddenly into bright air imposes visual
adjustment problems. Being dropped straight down from a 500-foot+
moving height is totally different for a bird biologically than
taking off from a branch, a roof, or the ground. So is flying
voluntarily versus being forced to maneuver an unnatural airborne
situation. These birds could easily sustain unseen internal
injuries including hemorrhage. They could be crippled or killed
in the trauma and terror of being dropped followed by being
chased. Some of the birds dropped in previous years disappeared,
perhaps to die a slow miserable death. 

     There is no connection between "national trails day" and
dropping living creatures from an airplane. If the Chamber of
Commerce is set on dropping something and injecting some human
challenge into the activity, they can drop an inanimate object
that lands indeterminately, like biodegradable balsam-wood
airplanes. This town needs some creative ideas!

     A few years ago the Yellville, Arkansas Chamber of Commerce
eliminated its annual "turkey drop" from flying aircraft as a
result of national outrage. The Chamber will no longer "sponsor
or sanction the dropping of live turkeys from airplanes and has
not done so for a number of years." 

What Can I Do?

     *The purpose of dropping of guinea fowl from an airplane is
to make a vulnerable creature liable to fear, injury, and death
and to relish the spectacle. The Quitaque Chamber of Commerce is
soliciting a base personality trait to attract attention and
money to a town of 500 people. We need volunteers to go to
Quitaque, Texas next June. If you are interested in joining UPC
president, Karen Davis, in protesting in Quitaque in 1998, please
contact United Poultry Concerns as soon as possible.

     *Mayor James Davidson is opposed to the "guinea fowl drop."
Please thank him and urge him to use his influence to stop this
stupid cruelty. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
Contact: Mayor James Davidson, PO Box 534, Quitaque, TX 79255
(ph: 806-455-1441; fax 1222).

     *Roye Pigg, President of the Chamber of Commerce, is the
promoter of the guinea fowl drop. Express your views to Mr. Pigg.
Request a reply, and be ready to answer back. Contact: Roye Pigg,
President, Quitaque Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 538, Quitaque, TX
79255 (Ph: 806-455-1200; fax: 806-455-1228 or 1298).

     *Urge the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal to take an editorial
stand against the guinea fowl drop. Contact: Letters to the
Editor, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, PO Box 491, Lubbock, TX 79409
(ph: 806-762-8844; fax 744-9603). 

_____________________________________________________________________
franklin@smart.net                                   Franklin D. Wade 
    United Poultry Concerns - http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/upc
    Compassion Over Killing - http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/cok        




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