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AR-NEWS Digest 461
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) (CA) Meeting and Letters Needed: Dogs off-leash in Vancouver Parks
by j_abbott@portal.ca (Jennifer Abbott)
2) (CN) IFAW INITIATIVE
by jwed
3) Acouchi
by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
4) (UK) English March To Defend Hunting
by allen schubert
5) (US)Officials unveil soybean-based hydraulic fluid
by allen schubert
6) (US) Fur's =?iso-8859-1?Q?=91resurgence=27_?= just window
dressing
by allen schubert
7) trapping statistics?
by bailey2@ix.netcom.com
8) (US) United Poultry Concerns seeks new roost
by allen schubert
9) (TW) Taiwan improves anti-rabies monitoring sustems
by Vadivu Govind
10) (US) - Info Available on Beagles Bred for Labs
by Karin Zupko
11) Fwd: English March To Defend Hunting
by NOVENAANN@aol.com
12) Re: *Desperate*
by hsusga@ix.netcom.com (HSUS Government Affairs)
13) Air France Embargos monkey shipments from Indonesia
by Shirley McGreal
14) Survey on UK Fox Hunting
by MINKLIB@aol.com
15) Newswire: PeTA's Newkirk Breaks Court Order To Save Beagles
by Lawrence Carter-Long
16) Newswire: British Docs Support Xenotransplants
by Lawrence Carter-Long
17) Re: (US) - Info Available on Beagles Bred for Labs
by aliciadl@juno.com (Alicia D Lewis)
18) Newswire: Proper Diet Best Defense Against Cancer
by Lawrence Carter-Long
19) Admin Note: crossposting
by allen schubert
20) AR-News Admin Note
by allen schubert
21) (US) ALERT! CO - Colorado Wildlife Commission Considering New
Regulations (fwd)
by allen schubert
22) RE: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by "D'Amico, AnnMarie"
23) (UK) British hunters march
by NOVENAANN@aol.com
24) Newswire: American Wounded At Bull Run
by LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
25) Admin Note: AR-News Archives
by allen schubert
26) UPDATE: WOLF-HYBRIDS NEED HELP
by CFOXAPI@aol.com
27) State wants monkeys evicted off of Key in FL
by "Howard D. Lebowitz"
28) (UK) British Hunters March for Rights
by allen schubert
29) (UK) Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty
by allen schubert
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 13:14:45 -0800
From: j_abbott@portal.ca (Jennifer Abbott)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (CA) Meeting and Letters Needed: Dogs off-leash in Vancouver Parks
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The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has issued the following notice
about dogs off leash in public parks in Vancouver. At present, by-laws make
it illegal for dogs to be off-leash in almost all Vancouver parks and
beaches and fines are being handed out en masse in a big crack down. People
in Vancouver will obviously be particularly interested, but if you live
outside of Vancouver and feel that dogs should be allowed to run and
socialize with other dogs off leash in parks, please write. I'm sure the
Parks Board would be surprised by some international attention. Vancouver
is an incredibly hostile city for dogs and by-laws really need to be
changed. Letters might support the proposals of the Vancouver Dog "Owners"
Association which is suggesting among other things, off leash areas in
public parks.
"Request for Public Comment/ Public Meeting
The Vancouver Park Board is initiating a public process relating to dogs
off leash in Vancouver parks. Please submit in writing your comments,
concerns, ideas or proposals about this issue for the Park Board's
consideration by July 10th [my comment: the meeting isn't until July 21st
so letters until then will still help]. Send your comments to: "Dogs" 2099
Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6G 1Z4.
A Public Meeting set to discuss this issue will be held: Monday, July 21 at
7 pm, Judge MacGill Theatre, Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver
For further information please phone: 604 257 8438 or 604 257-8440.
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation"
Anyone wanting more information can contact me via private email.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 16:34:31 +0800
From: jwed
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: zskasia@mbox3.singnet.com.sg, bornfree@pncl.co.UK, mclab@public.sta.net.cn,
hpatel@igc.apc.org, Keith_Lyons@mactropolis.co.nz, miekolr@msn.com,
brayvet@indigo.ie, stmedia@retailworld.com.au, lokapo@netvigator.com,
reldaart@tip.nl, saxophonesrule@juno.com, icarus@netvigator.com,
irmadh@rad.net.id, skipperbuzzy@earthlink.net, linglao@asiaonline.net,
kdonova1@ic3.edu, chanmw@asiaonline.net, louis@rocketmail.com,
manojo@jwbbs.com, rabbit@wantree.com.au, yuguang@netvigator.com,
Chris.Parsons@btinternet.com, ssrich@cityu.edu.hk,
??@sirius.hkstar.com, tjuurela@hotmail.com,
65-467.5046@sirius.hkstar.com, monkichicar@hotmail.com,
bukvic@pacific.net.sg, veggies@parlyweb.demon.co.uk,
broadman@netvigator.com
Subject: (CN) IFAW INITIATIVE
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INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW)
PRESS RELEASE 6th July 1997
A NEW CHINA; A NEW ERA FOR ANIMAL WELFARE"
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The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is today (6th July)
launching a worldwide initiative which starts the first steps towards
saving thousands of wild, domesticated and endangered species.
Whilst the popularity and demand of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is
growing internationally, the impact that this is having on many animal
species is causing an increase in their exploitation and cruel treatment.
Starting in Hong Kong, IFAW is launching a campaign that carries two main
objectives; to reduce significantly the number of animals used in TCM and
to elevate the reputation of TCM worldwide. This campaign has been launched
to encourage TCM practitioners and traders to pledge two things: to promise
to cease using all endangered species parts in TCM; and to think twice
before prescribing ANY medicine or product containing ANY animal part.
This initiative is already supported by: the National Association of
Chinese Medicine and the Chinese Association of Medicine and Philosophy in
Hong Kong, who believe that it compliments their principles of "taking the
easy, avoiding the difficult" and "being in harmony with nature"; by
Chinese mainland doctors; by local Hong Kong environmental group EarthCare;
and by Hong Kong's most popular rock group "Beyond".
"Each time Doctors and Pharmacists prescribe or prepare a medicine or
tonic, IFAW is asking them to "think twice and save a life".... and to
consider if something they are about to prescribe containing animal parts
can be exchanged for something which contains non-endangered, plant derived
alternatives At the same time we ask that they make a pledge to cease using
all medicines containing endangered species forthwith; particularly tiger
bone, rhino horn and bear bile," said
Jill Robinson, IFAW China Director.
IFAW's work in China towards replacing bear bile with non-endangered herbs
and ending the current practice of bear farming, where bears are housed in
tiny wire cages and have their bile extracted for use in TCM, continues to
gain support from government and non-government
organisations. Significant funding of Beijing's State Administration of
Traditional Chinese medicine (SATCM) to isolate the plant derived
alternative to bear bile is already showing promising results. Mr. Hu
Huiyu, Associate Professor of the SATCM: "Once this project begins
(IFAW funding SATCM for herbal alternatives to bear bile) it will blow the
horn for the closure of all bear farms. I think this day will come and,
with our joint cooperation, it will come sooner.
The support IFAW receives from this new initiative in Hong Kong to promote
cruelty free traditional Chinese medicine will then be taken to TCM
communities internationally, calling on their endorsement and thereby
continuing to multiply the numbers of animal lives saved worldwide.
IFAW also hopes that consumers will be encouraged to patronise those TCM
shops and surgeries which display the new IFAW "Cruelty Doesn't Cure"
stickers - produced with the kind support of J. Walter Thompson Hong Kong.
This initiative will not only start us on the road to protecting all animal
species from cruelty, depleted populations and an unregulated trade, but
will also elevate the reputation of TCM internationally as being valuable,
effective and "cruelty free".
"A thousand miles starts with one step" (Chinese proverb).
For more information:
Jill Robinson, IFAW China Director
Tel: + 852 2719 3340
Fax: + 852 2719 6716
Winnie Luk Yan Ling
Hong Kong Representative
Tel: + 852 2309 1375
Fax:+ 852 2398 7562
Every child has the right to a healthy diet - that means no meat.
http://www.earth.org.hk/
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 97 06:51:09 UTC
From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Acouchi
Message-ID: <199707101152.HAA18048@envirolink.org>
(Tulsa World, OK, USA): The acouchi is a small-sized rodent native to the
Amazon forests. They are often described as having the head of a squirrel
and the body of a rabbit. These animals are secretive and rarely seen in
their natural habitat. They spend the day hiding in their lairs. At night
they emerge to search for food. They listen carefully for the sound of
fruit falling to the ground. They sometimes peel the fruit before eating it.
When alarmed, the acouchi pounds its hind feet on the ground. This action
alerts other group members. The fur around the acouchi's mid-section may
flare out, making the animal appear larger. To escape, the acouchi can
make great leaps up to 18 feet.
-- Sherrill
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:09:14 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) English March To Defend Hunting
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from AP Wire page:
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07/10/1997 03:39 EST
English March To Defend Hunting
By ROBERT SEELY
Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) -- It's being billed as the biggest rural uprising since the
English Civil War in the 17th century.
Up to 90,000 people from villages and hamlets across Britain were
expected to converge on London's Hyde Park today to defend their right to
hunt with hounds.
Blood sport enthusiasts fear a Labor lawmaker's bill that would outlaw
hunting with hounds will spell the end of all forms of hunting, shooting
and fishing, changing the face of rural Britain.
Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose Labor party swept to power with a
179-seat majority in national elections May 1, said Wednesday he is
backing the bill.
``I have voted before in favor of a ban on fox hunting and I shall
continue to do so,'' Blair said in reply to a lawmaker's question in the
House of Commons.
The government plans to allow lawmakers to vote on the bill according to
their consciences. Most Labor legislators are known to favor the bill, so
it has a strong chance of passing into law. Conservatives oppose it.
Opponents of blood sports say hunting is cruel and unnecessary, an
outdated relic of a bygone era.
But hunters say they perform vital culling of foxes and help preserve the
countryside by maintaining hedgerows and planting trees to encourage
birds and other wildlife.
The Standing Conference on Countryside Sports, an alliance of pro-hunting
groups, said its studies have shown that the jobs of 27,000 people,
ranging from game keepers to farriers and saddlemakers, could go if
hunting is banned.
``If fox hunting is banned, I will have to look for another job,'' said
Michael Hughes, who is training to be a farrier like his father. Hughes
said more than half his father's income comes from hunt-related work.
Hughes walked more than 200 miles from Wales, one of 120 people who
participated in a march to London over the past three weeks.
Organizers of today's rally have arranged to bring in 65,000 people in
900 buses and 11 special trains from all over Britain, with chartered
planes ferrying in supporters from Northern Ireland and the Irish
Republic. They estimate the number of protesters will top 90,000.
For some, the conflict is not just a matter of animal rights, but a clash
of interests between country dwellers and urbanites.
``The countryside is waking up to the fact that this government has an
urban majority that doesn't understand or indeed represent rural
interests,'' said Robin Hanbury-Tenison, chief executive of the British
Field Sports Society.
``If the inner cities had been kept as well as the countryside, maybe
grannies would be able to walk down the street without being scared of
attack,'' said Philip Jones, another hunt supporter from Wales who joined
the march to London. ``There's a lot more wrong with the cities than the
countryside.''
In April, the National Trust, one of the country's biggest land owners,
banned stag hunting. The decision came after a scientific report
concluded that stags suffer extreme stress from being chased by dogs, in
some cases for several miles.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:54:01 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US)Officials unveil soybean-based hydraulic fluid
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(There is also a similar story today on NBC's Today Show about a Florida
couple using fast food grease as an alternative fuel source for internal
combustion engines--I don't have that story yet.)
from Mercury Center web page:
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Posted at 10:21 p.m. PDT Wednesday, July 9, 1997
Officials unveil soybean-based hydraulic fluid
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A new soybean-based
hydraulic fluid that will soon go on sale could
eventually provide a market for more than 100
million bushels of the crop each year, officials
said in unveiling the product.
The United States, the world's largest soybean
producer, could reap big economic dividends from
development of the oil, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad
told a news conference Wednesday.
The fluid, tabbed BioSoy, was developed at the
University of Northern Iowa as part of an effort to
make vegetable-based oils for use in industry and
machinery.
It will be marketed by Des Moines-based AGRI
Industries and will go on sale within the next
month. Currently, vegetable-based hydraulic oils
are made from rapeseed, a European crop, and canola
from Canada, said Lou Honary, a UNI professor.
Soybean oil has generally been considered too
unstable for use in industrial applications, but
researchers have overcome that, Honary said.
Jerry Van Der Kamp of AGRI Industries said company
officials have been testing the product for about
18 months.
Cost of the product will be roughly double that of
petroleum-based hydraulic fluids, Van Der Kamp
said. But he said that since the new fluid is
biodegradable, it will reduce disposal costs.
If the product is as successful as projected, it
could eventually create a market for 105 million
bushels of soybeans a year, roughly a quarter of
Iowa's soybean crop.
That could mean a ``significant'' increase in the
prices farmers get for soybeans, said farmer Yvonne
Ente, who is treasurer of the Iowa Soybean
Promotion Board.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 09:04:36 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) Fur's ‘resurgence' just window
dressing
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(refs to ALF, PETA, CAFT...on MS-NBC page, links to PETA and NO COMPROMISE)
from MS-NBC web page:
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Fur's ‘resurgence' just window dressing
Animal-rights movement
may have slipped, but
it's still very alive
Members of People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA) protest
Karl Lagerfeld's fall/winter fur fashion
show.
By Paul Roberts
MSNBC
Fur, it may seem to the casual
observer, is back. Five years ago,
wearing mink or fox was the height of
environmental scandal, punishable
by stares, insults and even splatters of
red dye — compliments of the
Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Today, to
read the fashion press, fur stirs
as much envy as anger. Sales are up 14
percent over 1995, according to
industry officials, and the number of
clothiers using fur has more than
tripled since the mid-1980s.
Fur's 'resurgence'
just window dressing
Violence against
'greenies' on the rise
Classrooms tackle environmental
ed
The reason? Industry
representatives credit cold winters, a boiling
economy and grunge's demise. But they also
say much of fur's resurgence
stems, ironically, from the animal-rights
movement, with its self-righteous
moralizing and increasingly extreme acts —
from torching McDonald's to
raiding mink farms — sparking a consumer
backlash.
As part of what sociologist Faith
Popcorn calls "pleasure revenge,"
Americans are merrily consuming items and
experiences long banned as
incorrect, from sirloins and cigars to
martinis and fur. "There is a feeling in
America today that we have had enough
political correctness," says
Stephanie Kenyon, spokeswoman for the Fur
Information Council of
America. "Stop telling us what to do and
what not to do."
In fact, according to fur
officials, the only business the animal-rights
movement has succeeded in hurting is its
own. Contributions to groups like
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) have dropped
substantially in the past few years — a
decline the fur industry attributes
to public disdain of activists'
in-your-face style of protest.
The real stuff abounded in Milan, Italy, in
March, as fashion house Fendi showed
a luxurious autumn/winter collection.
Are
Americans "over" their animal
guilt? And did
the animal-rights
movement help?
The answers aren't as
simple as the
pro-fur folks might hope.
Without
question, the movement's
image is
suffering. Its rhetoric is often
harsh and
demagogic; acts of sabotage
are often
glorified. "A.L.F. Rampage
Fur Industry —
economic sabotage
galore!"
screams out a Web site entitled,
"No
Compromise." The page is
decorated with
burning bomb fuses.
More
to the point, the
movements'
"actions" are increasingly
unlikely to
win mainstream sympathy.
On a May 30
raid, for example,
suspected ALF
activists "liberated"
some 10,000
mink from a Mount
Angel, Ore.,
fur farm; unfortunately,
2,400 mink
subsequently died of
exposure and infighting, according to
police and industry reports. Activists
dispute the death toll, but the incident
was a public-relations gift to the
industry. "If they care about animals,
they can't defend what happened
down there," one industry official told
The [Portland] Oregonian last
month. "Whoever did this is no different
than Timothy McVeigh."
‘Whoever did this
is no different than
Timothy McVeigh.'
— A FUR INDUSTRY OFFICIAL
Even some in the movement itself
are distressed. "These people are
not aspiring to create extended and
enduring change on behalf of animals,"
says Anne Davis, executive director of
Utah Animal Rights Alliance. "The
animal-rights movement has become divided,
and an effort divided
accomplishes nothing."
Not surprisingly, ALF supporters
see things differently. J.P.
Goodwin, executive director of the
Dallas-based Coalition to Abolish the
Fur Trade, a mouthpiece for ALF, concedes
that the latter's rhetoric goes
over the top. He says the movement has had
a "recent infusion of young
blood, and with that comes some
immaturity" — a statement that qualifies
as the understatement of the year. He
agrees that a "large percentage" of
the public "may be put off" by acts of
sabotage. But he defends the
practice as critical for both eliminating
the fur industry and gaining the
public attention that has slipped from
seven years ago, when anti-fur
protests were a novelty and fur sales were
cut by nearly 50 percent.
In fact, while Goodwin admits his
movement is at times struggling, he
scoffs at the industry contention that
activists are somehow responsible
for a fur resurgence. "I cannot believe
that a social backlash would cause
the average person to go out and spend
$5,000 on a fur coat," Goodwin
says, "unless they were filthy rich and
had absolutely nothing better to
do."
Readers may find Goodwin's defense
of sabotage indefensible — and
his grasp of human nature laughable. But
his insistence that activists not be
blamed for fur's resurgence deserves a
second look, not the least because
the "resurgence" is itself something of
scam. In 1996, the industry reported
$1.25 billion in sales, a nearly 14
percent jump over 1994. But those
numbers don't tell the whole story.
According to the industry journal, Fur
World, more than a quarter of the 1996
"sales" were really fees for storing
and cleaning furs. When you subtract these
fees, and adjust for inflation,
fur sales have actually fallen slightly
since 1994. And even if $1.25 billion
were accurate, it's only half of what
Americans spent (in current dollars)
on fur 10 years ago and a shadow of the
$5.1 billion in sales in 1943. So
much for fur's comeback.
Can the animal-rights movement
take credit for such lackluster
performance? Partly. Although the
movement's power has slipped, and
although it is clearly desperate to regain
attention, ALF and its allies are
not the only desperate ones. With actual
sales declining, the industry has
tried to exploit both public cynicism and
activist intemperance by
proclaiming a new era of indulgence. It's
a shrewd move, but one that, so
far, seems to have fallen flat. Americans
may not like being told "no,"
especially in regard to life's guilty
pleasures, but fur, it seems, is a pleasure
most of us can live without.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 10:10:58 -0700
From: bailey2@ix.netcom.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: trapping statistics?
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Last week someone posted the address for a website that gives trapping
statistics. Could you please send me this web address or repost the
message. I have not been able to access the site.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 10:22:28 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) United Poultry Concerns seeks new roost
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from http://www.gazette.net/ :
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United Poultry Concerns seeks new roost
by Janet Rathner , Staff Writer
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July 9, 1997
A chicken scratches at the ground. Another nestles under a bush. Several
rest in the trees while others engage in a communal dust bath.
Except for the occasional crowing from one of six resident roosters, all is
quiet around the small house in Seneca. This is the headquarters of United
Poultry Concerns, a 7,000-member, nonprofit organization that addresses the
use of poultry in food production, science, education and entertainment.
It is also the rented home of the group's founder and president, Karen
Davis, her college professor husband, Allan Cate -- and their 27 chickens.
Most of the resident poultry was rescued from processing plants and school
egg hatching projects. A number of the birds arrived bearing the marks of
lives spent laying eggs inside small cages, debeaked so they could not peck
at themselves and featherless from rubbing against the bars.
Others suffered from crippling foot abnormalities typical of birds bred for
food. They've flourished under Davis' care, and she's determined the good
life continue. That's why, after 12 years, Davis is looking to relocate her
brood. The reason can be seen from her yard. New homes are sprouting
nearby, and she's the first to tell you subdivisions and chickens don't
mix.
"I've been totally happy here. If it weren't for external pressures, I
wouldn't be looking. How long is it going to be before people start to
complain about our six roosters?" Davis said.
A published author of a vegetarian cookbook as well as a book on the perils
of eating eggs, Davis frequently travels up and down the East Coast and
across the Midwest participating in animal rights protests at poultry
processing plants, agricultural fairs and restaurants. She's also testified
before Congress about humane slaughtering methods. She says the nature of
her work and her husband's job at the University of Maryland at College
Park make it important not to relocate the foundation too far from its
present headquarters.
"It must be located in a quiet area that's legally zoned to allow the
keeping of poultry; an area not targeted for development but within the
range of business services, office supplies, equipment and other
necessities of life and work. We seek to remain within 75 miles of
Washington, D.C., and several possibilities have already turned up," Davis
said.
In anticipation of the move, she's now added fund-raising to her schedule
of activities.
Davis is particularly interested in 7.15 acres on the market for $60,000 in
Sharpsburg. Located in Washington County, the wooded land is next to the
headquarters of Cause for Paws, an organization dedicated to the humane
treatment of cats and dogs. It's also close to a pig sanctuary.
"I see a junction of [animal rights] activity there. It's within the
perimeters of where I'm looking, an hour's drive," Davis said. "I'd like to
be able to accommodate 100 to 200 chickens, create a sanctuary that would
minimize our impact on the woods. Chickens love the woods."
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:29:40 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (TW) Taiwan improves anti-rabies monitoring sustems
Message-ID: <199707101429.WAA23521@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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>CNA Daily English News Wire
TAIWAN IMPROVES ANTI-RABIES MONITORING SYSTEMS
Taipei, July 9 (CNA) The Council of Agriculture (COA) is taking steps to
improve pre-alarming and monitoring systems to prevent an outbreak of rabies
in Taiwan, COA officials said on Wednesday.
The officials noted that the COA has already asked veterinarians islandwide
to notify animal quarantine authorities within 24 hours of discovering a
case of rabies.
There are currently more than 250,000 rabies vaccines in store for possible
market demand, the COA officials said, adding that their council has also
planned to purchase 100,000 more vaccines.
Although no cases of rabies have been reported on the island to date, the
COA is worried that Taiwan's stray dogs could spark an outbreak of rabies, a
highly contagious disease which is spread through animal saliva and is
usually fatal to humans.
According to figures compiled by local veterinarians, Taiwan currently has
an estimated 2.3 million dogs, more than half of which are strays. (By
Elizabeth Hsu)
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 97 09:41:01 -0500
From: Karin Zupko
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (US) - Info Available on Beagles Bred for Labs
Message-ID: <9707101441.AA15050@titan.ma.neavs.com>
The British Group the National Anti-Vivisection Society rescued
several beagles from Interfauna, a breeder of animals for
vivisection. A chronicle of the rescue of the beagles is in The
Campaigner (Jan-Mar 1995). On p.6, they write,
"Labs often claim they cannot re-home animals even if the experiments
are not terminal because the animals have been bred for life in the
lab, and they would not be happy in an ordinary family home.
Sure enough, within a few days Interfauna would be saying just this.
Yet, overall, it took these puppies less than 24 hours to revert to
type, and even less for the first signs of individual characters to
exhibit themselves."
If anyone would find this article helpful and does not have access to
it, I would be happy to send a copy.
Karin Zupko
karin@ma.neavs.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:08:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: NOVENAANN@aol.com
To: Z10103@aol.com, ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Fwd: English March To Defend Hunting
Message-ID: <970710110842_-1978116906@emout18.mail.aol.com>
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Subj: English March To Defend Hunting
Date: 97-07-10 03:44:09 EDT
From: AOL News
By ROBERT SEELY
LONDON (AP) - It's being billed as the biggest rural uprising
since the English Civil War in the 17th century.
Up to 90,000 people from villages and hamlets across Britain
were expected to converge on London's Hyde Park today to defend
their right to hunt with hounds.
Blood sport enthusiasts fear a Labor lawmaker's bill that would
outlaw hunting with hounds will spell the end of all forms of
hunting, shooting and fishing, changing the face of rural Britain.
Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose Labor party swept to power with
a 179-seat majority in national elections May 1, said Wednesday he
is backing the bill.
``I have voted before in favor of a ban on fox hunting and I
shall continue to do so,'' Blair said in reply to a lawmaker's
question in the House of Commons.
The government plans to allow lawmakers to vote on the bill
according to their consciences. Most Labor legislators are known to
favor the bill, so it has a strong chance of passing into law.
Conservatives oppose it.
Opponents of blood sports say hunting is cruel and unnecessary,
an outdated relic of a bygone era.
But hunters say they perform vital culling of foxes and help
preserve the countryside by maintaining hedgerows and planting
trees to encourage birds and other wildlife.
The Standing Conference on Countryside Sports, an alliance of
pro-hunting groups, said its studies have shown that the jobs of
27,000 people, ranging from game keepers to farriers and
saddlemakers, could go if hunting is banned.
``If fox hunting is banned, I will have to look for another
job,'' said Michael Hughes, who is training to be a farrier like
his father. Hughes said more than half his father's income comes
from hunt-related work.
Hughes walked more than 200 miles from Wales, one of 120 people
who participated in a march to London over the past three weeks.
Organizers of today's rally have arranged to bring in 65,000
people in 900 buses and 11 special trains from all over Britain,
with chartered planes ferrying in supporters from Northern Ireland
and the Irish Republic. They estimate the number of protesters will
top 90,000.
For some, the conflict is not just a matter of animal rights,
but a clash of interests between country dwellers and urbanites.
``The countryside is waking up to the fact that this government
has an urban majority that doesn't understand or indeed represent
rural interests,'' said Robin Hanbury-Tenison, chief executive of
the British Field Sports Society.
``If the inner cities had been kept as well as the countryside,
maybe grannies would be able to walk down the street without being
scared of attack,'' said Philip Jones, another hunt supporter from
Wales who joined the march to London. ``There's a lot more wrong
with the cities than the countryside.''
In April, the National Trust, one of the country's biggest land
owners, banned stag hunting. The decision came after a scientific
report concluded that stags suffer extreme stress from being chased
by dogs, in some cases for several miles.
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 10:19:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: hsusga@ix.netcom.com (HSUS Government Affairs)
To: nick thompson
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.com
Subject: Re: *Desperate*
Message-ID: <199707101519.KAA27188@dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com>
You wrote:
>
>I am a little confused by this. I used to work in Kenya and remember,
>while i forgot the details of this program, that CAMPFIRE was the only
way
>for Kenya to learn to solve their wildlife programs - in particular,
it
>allowed for local wildlife management as opposed to the United States
>setting policies, something that has caused tremendous damage in the
past.
CAMPFIRE is not a wildlife management program. CAMPFIRE is a program
of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). It is a
program ostensibly designed to provide economic opportunities to rural
communities in Africa. In the past, over 91% of CAMPFIRE's annual
revenues have come from trophy hunting. Only 1.5% came from
non-consumptive uses, such as eco-tourism. Furthermore, CAMPFIRE
lobbied successfully to overturn the ivory trade ban at CITES. That
means that our tax dollars were used to help overturn the ivory trade
ban at CITES.
The program is doubly objectionable because only 5% of the funds ever
reach the rural communities it purports to benefit.
Claims by trophy hunters that the program's focus is on "management" of
the elephant population are false. Even USAID concedes that trophy
hunting serves no mangement purpose. Trophy hunters seek out the
largest, mature bulls with the largest tusks.
The majority of the program's hunting revenue comes from elephants, but
the program also targets Cape buffalo, lions, leopards, giraffes,
baboons, and hyenas.
The amendment that Sen. Barbara Boxer is considering would cut funding
for CAMPFIRE and restrict the remaining funds so that they cannot be
used for trophy hunting or for lobbying for ivory trade. The amendment
would still allow CAMPFIRE to promote eco-tourism and other economic
opportunities for rural communities.
Sincerely,
Doris Lin
HSUS Grassroots Assistant
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:31:46 -0400
From: Shirley McGreal
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Air France Embargos monkey shipments from Indonesia
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Air France has embargoed primate exports from Indonesia following an
incident involving a shipment that included baby monkeys. In late May, a
large shipment of monkeys, including many babies, transitted Charles de
Gaulle Airport, Paris, France. The shipper was Inquatex, an Indonesian firm
and the consignee LABS of Virginia. One of the mothers was found dead in her
crate at Paris. Her suckling baby was killed for an unclear reason. There
was a 2-day delay in Paris, and the remaining animals were shipped on to
O'Hare Airport, Chicago, USA.
On learning of the deaths of the mother and baby, a British group
(BUAV), which had been tipped off about the incident, contacted Air France.
The reply from Air France follows.
---------------------------------------------
Air France statement to BUAV from Bernard McCoy, Air France
In reply to your fax of yesterday, we confirm that among a shipment
of primates between Indonesia and the US at the end of May, an adult female
died. Preliminary indications suggest a death by natural causes. The dead
primate has been sent for an autopsy in France for which the results will
not be known for another couple of weeks. The female had a suckling infant
and consequently it was decided that this young primate should be put down
by euthanasia by a veterinary surgeon.
As a result of this incident Air France has declared an embargo,
until further notice, for all such shipments from Indonesia, as the shipper
contravened not only Air France policy prohibiting the transport of such
baby primates, but also IATA recommendations.
The shipment onwards to the US was delayed a couple of days due to a
technical problem with the regular Cargo aircraft. During this time the
consignment was sent to the airport animal centre at Paris CDG where the
primates received excellent professional care throughout.
On arrival in the US the authorities involved carried out their
normal checks and Air France was congratulated on the excellent condition of
the primates, and for the way they had been handled whilst in Air France's care.
Whilst it is most regrettable that one primate died and another had
to be put down humanely, Air France wishes to emphasise that there is no
reason to believe that this was as a result of the conditions in which they
travelled whilst in its care. Air France immediately took the necessary
action to minimise the possibility of any such incidents, which are
exceptional, occurring again.
------------------------------------------
On learning of the deaths, IPPL submitted a Freedom of Information
Act request for all details of all shipments reaching the United States from
Indonesia in 1997. We found a shipment including more baby monkeys reached
Chicago on Air France on 10 April 1997. The animals were packed in 48 crates
containing a total of 253 crab-eating macaques and were shipped by Inquatex,
Indonesia, to LABS.
The shipment was cleared by the US Fish and Wildlife Service despite
its questionable compliance with the humane shipping regulations cited
below. A US Fish and Wildlife Service inspector checked on the Form 3-177
that 100% of the wildlife was inspected at Chicago. He later informed a
caller that he had in fact not looked at the animals at all and that,
despite the listing of the babies on the documents that accompanied the
shipment, he was unaware that the shipment included babies.
Accompanying documents showed that this shipment consisted of 253
monkeys, of which 20 were babies, and 17 monkeys between one and three
months pregnant.
The dates of birth of the babies shipped on 8 April 1997 were:
7 March 1997 (the youngest, four weeks old)
13 January 1997
4 March 1997
13 January 1997
14 February 1997
24 January 1997
24 February 1997
3 January 1997
5 January 1997
25 January 1997
8 January 1997
13 February 1997
18 February 1997
19 February 1997
6 January 1997
7 January 1997
15 February 1997
3 February 1997
2 January 1997
8 January 1997
A health certificate had been issued in Indonesia for all 253
monkeys. Under the International Air Transport Association rules, shipment
of baby monkeys is discouraged, but not banned. Under US regulations for
which the US Fish and Wildlife Service is the enforcing agency, nursing
animal mothers and babies can only be shipped for urgent medical treatment,
and must be accompanied by, and accessible to, a caregiver at all times. The
relevant regulation follows. Point 3 applies.
TEXT of SEC. CITE 50 CFR Sec. 14.105 Title 50, Subchapter B, Part 14, Subpart J
(a) No carrier shall accept any live wild mammal or bird for transport to
the US that has not been examined within 10 days prior to commencement of
transport to the US by a veterinarian certified as qualified by the national
government of the initial country from which the mannal or bird is being
exported. If the national government of such country does not certify
veterinarians, then the veterinarian must be certified or licensed by a
local government authority designated by the national government as
authorized to certify veterinarians.
(b)(1) A certificate of veterinary medical inspection, signed by the
examining veterinarian, stating that the animal has been examined, is
healthy, appears to be free of any communicable disease, and is able to
withstand the normal rigors of transport must accompany the mammal or bird;
the certificate should include the veterinarian's license number,
certification number, or equivalent. A mammal in the last third of its
pregnancy, if this is detectable using professionally accepted standards,
shall not be accepted for transport to the US except for medical treatment
and unless the examining veterinarian certifies in writing that the animal
has been examined, the state of pregnancy has been evaluated, and that,
despite the medical condition requiring treatment, the animal is physically
able to withstand the normal rigors of transportation to the US.
(2) A nursing mother with young, an unweaned mammal unaccompanied by its
mother, or an unweaned bird shall be transported only if the primary purpose
is for needed medical treatment and upon certification in writing by the
examining veterinarian that the treatment is necessary and the animal is
able to withstand the normal rigors of transport. Such an unweaned mammal or
bird shall not be transported to the US for medical treatment unless it is
accompanied at all times by and completely accessible to a veterinary
attendant.
----------------------------------------------------
Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman
International Primate Protection League, POB 766 Summerville SC 29484 USA
Phone: 803-871-2280 Fax: 803-871-7988 E-mail: ippl@awod.com
Web page (revised January 1997): http://www.sims.net/organizations/ippl/
NOTE; THE OLD E-MAIL ADDRESS AT SC.NET IS NOT BE IN USE, PLEASE DIRECT
ALL
E-MAIL TO IPPL@AWOD.COM
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:34:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: MINKLIB@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Survey on UK Fox Hunting
Message-ID: <970710113438_505450217@emout06.mail.aol.com>
There is a newsgroup called alt.animals.foxes which is conducting a survey on
UK fox hunting. All animal rights supporters need to take second to send a
very short message of "yes, ban UK fox hunting" to:
Yess103681@aol.com
Please get everyone you know to spend 30 seconds taking part in this.
Results will be announced when the survey is complete.
CAFT
PO Box 822411
Dallas, TX 75382
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:38:26 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newswire: PeTA's Newkirk Breaks Court Order To Save Beagles
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ANIMAL ACTIVIST
UPBRAIDED BY JUDGE
JOINED BASINGER IN BID TO
SAVE PUPS
July 10, 1997
NEW JERSEY RECORD:
The president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
violated a federal court order by joining actress Kim Basinger in
an effort to rescue puppies at a New Jersey laboratory last week, a
federal judge in Norfolk, Va., ruled Monday.
PETA's co-founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk, also violated
the temporary restraining order because PETA issued a news
release last week that listed clients of the Huntingdon Life
Sciences lab in East Millstone, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach
Smith ruled.
Huntingdon sued last month, alleging that a PETA agent lied to
get a job at the lab and secretly took notes and used a hidden
video camera to document animal testing. The tape shows
technicians handling monkeys roughly and a technician cutting
into a monkey before it was dead.
Huntingdon, which tests drugs for pharmaceutical makers,
claimed PETA had violated federal and state laws by illegally
obtaining trade secrets. Huntingdon obtained an order from Judge
Smith barring the organization from spreading them.
Norfolk-based PETA sent copies of the videotape to several
Huntingdon clients. One, Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble,
temporarily suspended its research contract with the lab.
By appearing with Basinger outside Huntingdon's lab Thursday
and by having PETA issue a news release that alluded to alleged
animal mistreatment, Newkirk violated the court order, the judge
ruled.
"She violated not only the letter but the spirit of the order,"
Smith said.
The judge took the case under advisement and imposed no
punishment, but warned of "very heavy monetary fines and
potential jail time" for future violations. A July 28 hearing will
be held on the company's claim that PETA illegally disseminated
trade secrets.
Basinger showed up outside Huntingdon's lab to receive as many
as 36 beagle puppies allegedly used in research on a drug to
speed the healing of broken bones. An air-conditioned bus
equipped with cages was there to take the puppies away, but the
dogs were not released by the lab as PETA expected.
Huntingdon said it never told PETA it would free the dogs.
Basinger met during the demonstration with Huntingdon's
president and chief operating officer, Alan Staple, according to
court testimony. The event frightened Huntingdon employees
and made it impossible to conduct business, Staple said.
During the event, Basinger, an animal rights activist, mentioned
much of what PETA claims happened to animals inside the lab. By
taking a prominent role in the protest, Newkirk helped disseminate
the lab's trade secrets, the judge ruled.
"She could have stayed in the background, seeing that the
puppies got on the bus," Smith said.
[Copyright 1997, Dialog]
Posted by:
Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: 916-731-5521
LCartLng@gvn.net
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind
and proving that there is no need to do so, almost
everyone gets busy on the proof." - Galbraith's Law
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:41:23 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newswire: British Docs Support Xenotransplants
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British doctors favour animal-to-human transplants
July 10, 1997
LONDON, Reuters [WS]
Most British doctors think animal-to-human transplants should be
allowed, a survey published on Wednesday found.
Most also believe it is all right to genetically alter animals for
the sake of medical science, the survey of 250 doctors for the
British Medical Association's (BMA) News Review.
And despite fears, even among experts, about the ethics of using
apes and monkeys for transplant research, the doctors surveyed
thought it should be allowed.
The British government has declared a moratorium on all
animal-to-human transplants, known as xenotransplants, until the
dangers and ethics have been examined.
Last year the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, a panel made up of
scientists, lawyers and ethicists, said xenotransplants would
probably be all right if health and animal welfare issues were
watched out for.
There are fears that animal viruses could pass to humans,
becoming deadly or virulent or both.
The BMA's survey found that 77 percent of its regular panel of
150 hospital doctors believed xenotransplants should be allowed.
Sixty-five percent approved of genetically altering animals for
science and 60 percent thought it all right to experiment on
primates.
Among general practitioners the figures were slightly lower -- 75
percent in favour of xenotransplants, 55 percent for genetic
engineering and 56 percent for primate xenotransplants.
``So long as man uses animals for food, I see no moral distinction
from the use of non-humans for medical purposes,'' anaesthetist
Peter Bamber told the magazine. REUTER@
[Copyright 1997, Reuters]
Posted by:
Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: 916-731-5521
LCartLng@gvn.net
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind
and proving that there is no need to do so, almost
everyone gets busy on the proof." - Galbraith's Law
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:33:23 -0400
From: aliciadl@juno.com (Alicia D Lewis)
To: ma.neavs.com!karin@ma.neavs.com
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: (US) - Info Available on Beagles Bred for Labs
Message-ID: <19970710.113848.9246.5.AliciaDL@juno.com>
Karin: do have a copy of this article that you could send to me
electronically?
Thanks, in advance,
Alicia Lewis
aliciadl@juno.com
On Thu, 10 Jul 97 09:41:01 -0500 Karin Zupko
writes:
>The British Group the National Anti-Vivisection Society rescued
>several beagles from Interfauna, a breeder of animals for
>vivisection. A chronicle of the rescue of the beagles is in The
>Campaigner (Jan-Mar 1995). On p.6, they write,
>
>
>"Labs often claim they cannot re-home animals even if the experiments
>
>are not terminal because the animals have been bred for life in the
>lab, and they would not be happy in an ordinary family home.
>
>Sure enough, within a few days Interfauna would be saying just this.
>
>Yet, overall, it took these puppies less than 24 hours to revert to
>type, and even less for the first signs of individual characters to
>exhibit themselves."
>
>If anyone would find this article helpful and does not have access to
>
>it, I would be happy to send a copy.
>
>Karin Zupko
>karin@ma.neavs.com
>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:46:22 -0700
From: Lawrence Carter-Long
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newswire: Proper Diet Best Defense Against Cancer
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PROPER DIETS BEST DEFENSE AGAINST CANCER
July 10, 1997
FRESNO BEE : The director of the National Cancer Institute says
that his agency's $2.4 billion-a-year budget should focus on pure
research. But if his goal is to fight the disease, that approach is
pure nonsense.
The most cost effective way to prevent this deadly disease isn't
through expensive searches for new treatments or cures. The best
method is to convince people to change their lifestyles so that
they are less likely to contract cancer in the first place.
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine declared
that the U.S. government's $30 billion ''war on cancer'' has been
unsuccessful in significantly reducing the death rates from the
disease. One of the authors contends that the focus on
developing new cancer treatments ''must be judged a qualified
failure.''
Better approach
Cancer prevention programs, on the other hand, have potential for
enormous success. Two-thirds of cancer deaths nationally are
linked to diet, according to the U.S. Surgeon General's Office, and
half of those fatalities could have been prevented by a diet rich
in fruits and vegetables.
California health authorities took the lead on this approach in the
late 1980s, teaming with the state's produce industry to promoted
the ''5-A-Day -- for Better Health'' program. The 5-A-Day program
is designed to prevent diet-related cancers by increasing the
average daily consumption of fruits and vegetables to five
servings.
The National Cancer Institute helped take the effort nationwide in
the early 1990s, investing about $24 million in the program over
the past six years. Private industry, again led by California's
grocery and agricultural enterprises, leveraged this government
investment with hundreds of millions of dollars more in marketing
the ''5-A-Day'' message.
That powerful combination has helped to stimulate a dramatic
increase in fruit and vegetable consumption. But incredibly, the
cancer institute's new director is planning to cut the agency's
already meager budget for prevention programs.
Cutting programs like ''5-A-Day'' would be a tragedy, because
we're learning more every day how ordinary foods can help
prevent or fight disease. Table grapes, for example, contain a
compound called resveratrol, which researchers say may prevent
cancer and inhibit its progression at three different stages.
Resveratrol in grapes may also reduce the incidence of heart
disease.
Many other basic foods -- such as tomatoes, apples, citrus,
carrots and garlic -- also appear to possess substances or
characteristics that help prevent cancer and other diseases.
Health officials have done a good job in educating people about
the dangers of smoking. But an enormous investment in public
education programs has been needed to get that message out and
to actually reduce smoking rates. A similar national commitment is
needed to make an impact on improving American eating habits.
More resources
Of course, we would all like to see a cure for cancer. Researchers
shouldn't stop looking for treatments that will improve the lives
of cancer victims and increase their chances of survival.
In the meantime, the best line of defense against cancer may be
the line at the grocery store. Teaching Americans how to prevent
disease is an urgently needed public health service that requires
more funding.
Bruce Obbink is a member of the National Project to Develop a
Strategic Plan for Changing the American Diet and is past
president of the national Produce for Better Health Foundation.
[Copyright 1997, Dialog]
Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: 916-731-5521
LCartLng@gvn.net
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind
and proving that there is no need to do so, almost
everyone gets busy on the proof." - Galbraith's Law
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:45:20 -0400
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:02:42 -0400
From: allen schubert
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Subject: (US) ALERT! CO - Colorado Wildlife Commission Considering New
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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 21:44:39 -0400
From: NRA Alerts
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: ALERT! CO - Colorado Wildlife Commission Considering New Regulations
July 9, 1997
COLORADO
Attention Colorado Sportsmen !!!!
On July 10-11, 1997 the Colorado Wildlife Commission will be
holding a meeting in Snowmass Village to discuss several proposed
regulations to be considered for final adoption. These issues
include changes required to implement provisions of Article
XVIII, Section 12, of the Colorado Constitution and Senate Bill
52. Also scheduled for discussion is the possibility of a year-
round coyote season, a prohibition on contest hunting and items
relating to sportsmen's safety.
We encourage you to obtain copies of the agenda and proposed
regulations and voice your opinions. Since last falls passage of
the "prohibitive methods of taking wildlife initiative", there
have been increased problems with predatory game (such as
coyotes) coming into Colorado towns and cities where they prey
upon small household pets. In addition small game hunting as
well as eliminating certain other types of hunting are also at
issue. Sportsmen need to be heard !!!
Please plan to attend the July 10 meeting at the Snowmass Resort
Conference Center, Roof Garden Room, 76 Elbert Lane, Snowmass
Village, Colorado. The meeting will begin at 8:30 am and will
proceed until the review of issues is completed or until approx.
5:00 pm. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please
contact the Wildlife Commissioners listed on the following table.
Arnold Salazar, Chair (At-Large) 719-587-0899 work
719-589-3020 fax
800-580-2766 toll free #
Rebecca Frank, Vice-Chair (At-Large) 970-243-1603 work
970-245-7754 fax
Mark LeValley, Secy. (Livestock Producer) 970-872-3280 work
970-921-3389 fax
Chuck Lewis 303-526-9091 work
303-526-9091 fax
James R. Long (Sportsman) 303-466-9799 work
303-466-2015 fax
John Stulp (County Commissioner) 719-336-4044 fax
Louis Swift (Ag./Produce Grower) 970-204-1401 fax
To obtain additional information on the meeting contact the
Colorado Division of Wildlife by calling (303) 297-1192 or by
writing them at 6060 Broadway, Denver, Colorado, 80216.
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:31:59 -0400
From: "D'Amico, AnnMarie"
To: "SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US" ,
"dolphins@pgh.nauticom.net" ,
"D'Amico, AnnMarie"
Cc: "ar-news@envirolink.org"
Subject: RE: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Message-ID:
Lori Gauthier does not want checks written directly to her. Please make
the checks out to:
Pet Relief Flood Disaster
2342 US Hwy. 68
Maysville, KY 41056
In the state of KY their Animal Control is shooting dogs and by law they
are allowed to do just that. They do not euthanize, there its called
Buthanize (B for Bullet). I'm shocked and appauled by such archaic
brutality. What happened to civilization?
This is an act of a third world country, somethings awfully wrong here.
This issue needs to be addressed.
Please, once again if you can, any dollar amount will be helpful.
TKS -- AM
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From: D'Amico, AnnMarie
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 12:24 PM
To: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US; dolphins@pgh.nauticom.net
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: RE: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spoke with Lori this a.m. She needs a temporary 501C tax-exempt number.
I called Animal Legal Defense Fund in the Wash., D.C. area. Valerie
Stanley is an attorney for them and she may be able to help. Although
this a.m. she was in court. They didn't know when she'd return, hopefully
today.
I was told that she would get back to me or to Lori as soon as she returns
to the office. I will continue to keep trying. Hopefully this will help.
Although, Lori desperately needs money. Please try to help her even if its
$5, she needs it now.
TKS -- AM
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From: ****[SMTP:dolphins@pgh.nauticom.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 11:52 AM
To: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
Cc: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just called Lori Guthrie. She is definitely in need of help - please
people jump in and do something.
She desperately needs kennels - which cost $225.00 each - with a need of
a minimum of eight. If any of you are willing to make phone calls to
kennel manufacturers and ask for donations, have friends in the
kennel-making business, or have acess to used kennels - PLEASE contact
her.
She needs an attorney desperately (she needs 501(c)3 status desperately.)
Send her donations, dog supplies, flea/tick medicine, etc.
Regards,
Peter
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997 SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US wrote:
> ANOTHER tornado hit the area near Lori Gauthier's area in KY THIS
MORNING.
> People - you've got to call her and help. She's on the verge of a
nervous
> breakdown. What she needs to get help: An attorney who will help her get
> the 501C tax-exempt status for non-profit organizations. She needs help
> THIS MINUTE. She's tried and tried and cannot find an attorney to do it
for
> free. She doesn't know how to fill out the paperwork. I could go on and
on,
> but, if you do nothing else today, please CALL HER. OFFER YOUR HELP.
FIND
> AN ATTORNEY WHO CAN HELP HER IMMEDIATELY. If she had this 501C status,
> there are companies willing to help her financially. Her phone will be
cut
> off in a week, if not paid. The National Enquirer got $12,000.00 worth
of
> checks for Lori to help the animals with, but they sent ALL OF THEM
> back to the people around the world who sent them, because they were
made
> out to the fire dept. there instead of her, and because she does not
have
> a non-profit status yet.
>
> Her phone #: 606-759-4600.
>
> I've never talked to anyone as upset as she is today. She needs you.
> PLEASE call and see if you can help get her an attorney to help her on
the
> 501C status. Also, PLEASE CALL AND GIVE HER MORAL SUPPORT!!!!!!
>
> With tons of thanks,
> Sherrill
>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:38:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: NOVENAANN@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) British hunters march
Message-ID: <970710123831_1994330364@emout15.mail.aol.com>
By ROBERT SEELY
.c The Associated Press
LONDON (July 10) - More than 80,000 people thronged London's Hyde Park today
to defend their right to hunt with the hounds - a modern-day rural uprising
against a likely ban on a sport whose enthusiasts include Prince Charles.
Gamekeepers, wealthy landowners, saddlers and residents from villages across
Britain joined the rally against the proposed ban on fox hunting, which is
supported by Labor Party Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Labor members, who ousted the Conservatives in a landslide election victory
May 1, probably will vote with Blair.
As the protesters rallied under cloudy skies, Conservative politicians
accused Blair of pandering to political correctness and stirring up class
enmity.
''He's never been fox-hunting,'' declared Tory lawmaker Nicholas Soames,
grandson of World War II leader Winston Churchill and close friend of Prince
Charles, as he arrived in Hyde Park. ''It isn't good enough just to chuck it
away on some trite politically correct claptrap.''
To many, the issue reflects a fundamental divide:
close-to-the-land country dwellers versus ignorant urbanites.
''Labor members of Parliament appear to believe that they are re-fighting the
old class war, but this country has a long and proud history of freedom and
tolerance,'' said Conservative Party leader William Hague.
Opponents of blood sports went on radio and television to give grisly
descriptions of hounds tearing exhausted foxes to pieces, but mostly stayed
away from the Hyde Park rally.
''The last thing we want is a punch-up,'' said John Bryant, spokesman for the
League Against Cruel Sports.
The protesters arrived in 900 buses and 11 special trains from all over
Britain, and chartered planes ferried in supporters from Northern Ireland and
the Irish Republic.
Scotland Yard police headquarters said 80,000 people appeared at the start,
while organizers said 100,000 showed up.
Pro-hunting groups say they perform vital culling of foxes and help preserve
the countryside by maintaining hedgerows and planting trees to encourage
birds and other wildlife. They say 27,000 jobs, including game keeping and
saddle making, depend on hunting.
Although the government denies it, pro-hunting groups also maintain that
shooting and fishing are next in Labor's cross hairs, changing the face of
rural Britain.
For some rural protesters, the visit to the capital was a rare event.
Michael Hughes, who shoes horses for a living, was one of 120 people who made
a symbolic march toward London over the past three weeks.
''If fox hunting is banned, I will have to look for another job,'' said
Hughes, who walked more than 200 miles from Wales.
But despite the rally, most Britons oppose hunting, according to a poll
commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
The Market Opinion and Research International poll found 71 percent of 1,000
people questioned July 2-5 favored a ban. Most also thought hunting was of no
economic importance and purely for recreation. The error margin was plus or
minus 3 percent.
In April, the National Trust, one of the country's biggest land owners,
banned stag hunting after a scientific report concluded that stags suffer
extreme stress from being chased by dogs, in some cases for several miles.
AP-NY-07-10-97 0949EDT
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:07:03 -0700
From: LCartLng@gvn.net (Lawrence Carter-Long)
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Newswire: American Wounded At Bull Run
Message-ID: <199707101802.OAA04932@envirolink.org>
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American Wounded At Bull Run
.c The Associated Press
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) - In the fastest and most dangerous bull run of this
year's San Fermin festival, a Spanish man was gored in the chest today and
an American was wounded in the head.
Roberto Casado, 25, of Pamplona, was in serious condition with a punctured
lung at the Hospital Navarra after the morning running of the bulls. He was
gored in the old City Plaza that lies just 75 yards from the start of the
course.
James Lynam, 47, of Silverthorne, Colo., suffered minor head injuries when
he was trampled along the narrow Mercaderes street that leads to the
bullring. Lynam was also taken to the Hospital Navarra.
Today's eight bulls finished the 850-yard course in the fastest time this
year - two minutes and 20 seconds. That, and the large number of runners,
made today's run the most dangerous yet.
Numerous runners were caught in the bulls' path and slammed to the
cobblestone streets that wind through the city's old section.
Four people have been gored during the nine-day festival that began Sunday.
In a separate tragedy, a Spaniard died Monday when he fell from a high stone
wall.
The running of the bulls originated in 1591, when daredevils began running
alongside when the animals were being driven through town to the bullfight.
Tens of thousands of tourists from several continents now converge on the
raucous celebration of Pamplona's patron saint, made familiar to many
English-speakers by Ernest Hemingway's novel ``The Sun Also Rises.''
At least 13 people have been killed in the runs, the last a 22-year-old
American who was gored to death in 1995. He was the 13th fatality since
1924, when records were begun.
AP-NY-07-10-97 1235EDT
Lawrence Carter-Long
Coordinator, Science and Research Issues
Animal Protection Institute
phone: 916-731-5521
LCartLng@gvn.net
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind
and proving that there is no need to do so, almost
everyone gets busy on the proof." - Galbraith's Law
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 15:02:37 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: Admin Note: AR-News Archives
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970710150234.00698eb0@clark.net>
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AR-News will continue to be archived on ARRS.
Those who object to the practice and wishing to post, please e-mail me
privately and I will be glad to post w/o identifying (user)names.
Out of (then) 775+ subscribers, only two objected and about another seven
or eight supported the archives. Overall, more people found the archives
to be a potential resource rather than a hinderance to their privacy.
As with any e-mail list, be careful with what personal information you
post. As AR-News is an *open* and unmoderated list, anyone may subscribe
at anytime, regardless of how they feel about Animal Rights.
Those wanting to remove particular references concerning their posts,
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 17:34:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: CFOXAPI@aol.com
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Cc: AlanDoyle@aol.com
Subject: UPDATE: WOLF-HYBRIDS NEED HELP
Message-ID: <970710173401_-1125607231@emout12.mail.aol.com>
UPDATE ON WOLF-HYBRIDS AT NORTHERN CA ANIMAL SHELTER:
**Male wolf has been redeemed by owner.
**More information on female: 1-3 years. 50 lbs. Mostly black with white
around muzzle. Wolf eyes. Very friendly toward people and dogs. Jumping
10-foot fences to be with other dogs. Very wolfy in appearance, movement and
habits. Not yet neutered. Shelter is checking for crate-training.
If a responsible person will adopt this animal, Alan Doyle will deliver
anywhere in northern/central california.
Shelter's getting antsy. Time's running short...
For more information, please contact:
Alan Doyle (707-643-7975) or
Lake County Animal Shelter (Dee) 707-263-0279
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 97 19:11:37 -0400
From: "Howard D. Lebowitz"
To: "AR-NEWS Submitt"
Subject: State wants monkeys evicted off of Key in FL
Message-ID: <19970710231010.AAA11931@[207.146.105.154]>
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State Wants Monkeys Evicted
(c) Miami Herald 1997
Hearing begins to clear islands
KEY WEST‹For 24 years, the world's largest breeder for big-medical research has raised
mammals on two islands off the Lower Florida Keys. And for more than two decades, the
company has been duped by a bunch of monkeys, the breeders and their attorneys said in court
Wednesday.
The monkeys have made meals of protected mangroves munched pristine islands into a
moonscape and left a ring of water tainted with copious fecal waste. For years the state let the
monkeys stay‹imposing eviction deadlines decades into the future as long as the owners promised
to refoliate the islands ~nd stop further damage.
But now a state agency is seeking to have Charles River held in contempt of court for not
living up to their promises. It is asking a Monroe County judge to evict the thousand free roaming
ones from islands. A three-day hearing on the issue started in Key West on Wednesday.
Attorneys and employees for Charles River, a subsidiary of vision giant Bausch and Lomb,
said that since they signed that 1988 agreement, they realized that living up to the terms was
impossible.
'We are in a dilemma of sorts," Bill Roberts, a Tallahassee attorney for Charles River said
in an interview. "You can't allow free-ranging monkeys to exist but at the same time revegetate.
The two aren't compatible.
"lt's discouraging to plant a large number of trees and then have them pulled up."
The company put up electric fences to keep the rhesus monkeWs from eating the
mangroves The monkeys jumped them.
The company then caged the tr~es to save-them from becoming chow. The metal cages
deteriorated in the salt water air. The monkeys chewed through.
"I can't predict what rhesus monkeys are going to do," said Paul Schilling, Charles River
lab di~ctor. "And I don't think anybody can."
Schilling acknowledged the damage, and said the company has tried to comply with the
agreement by planting 20,000 saphngs and moving some freeranging monkeys to facilities in
promises to have the 75 remaining on Key Lois gone by December.
About 880 will remain on Raccoon Key, and the company says it needs time to phase out
the operation and fmish the clean-up. If they removed all the monkeys right now, Schilling said,
they would have no place to put them.
But David Schwartz, an attorney with the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, argued the damage was substantial enough to warrant immediate eviction.
He pointed to infra-red maps showing spots the companY promised to refoliate but still
hasn't, and showed water quality reports that said the number of fecal coliform bacteria around
the island was "too numerous to count."
He warned of the threat of monkeys flying throughout Monroe County should the
inevitable hurricane hit the islands, and showed where the monkeys had chewed a rim around the
islands making it ripe for erosion.
'Very simply, the islands are shrinking," testifed Curtis Kruer, a Keys biologist who has
been fighting to remove the monkeys for years.
Circuit Court Judge Sandra Taylor could rule on the issue by at the end of the hearing or
take the matter under advisement and wait. Meanwhile, Ed Davidson ‹the chairman of the Florida
Audubon Society who observed the hearing Wednesday‹said he finds Charles River s defense a bit
odd.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 18:27:42 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) British Hunters March for Rights
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970710182740.006a90e4@clark.net>
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from AP Wire page:
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07/10/1997 18:34 EST
British Hunters March for Rights
By MAUREEN JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) -- To the peal of hunting horns and cries of ``Tally Ho,''
100,000 people thronged Hyde Park on Thursday to protest a likely ban by
the new Labor government on fox hunting, a favorite sport of Prince
Charles.
From young people in jeans to rich landowners in scarlet hunting jackets,
people from villages and hamlets across Britain gathered to hear speakers
passionately defend the sport.
Critics call it a cruel pastime of the elite. Prime Minister Tony Blair,
whose landslide election victory May 1 ended a generation of Conservative
Party rule, supports a ban -- as a poll show most Britons do.
Although his lawmakers will be allowed to vote by conscience, rather than
on party line, most Laborites agree with Blair, making it likely
Parliament will impose a ban this autumn.
Conservative politicians accused Blair of pandering to political
correctness and stirring up class enmity. Hunting enthusiasts said 27,000
rural jobs depend on the sport; others simply defended democratic rights.
``Blair's never been fox hunting,'' said Tory lawmaker Nicholas Soames,
grandson of World War II leader Winston Churchill and a close friend of
Prince Charles. ``It isn't good enough just to chuck it away on some
trite politically correct claptrap.''
A line of white balloons printed with the names of rural counties floated
in front of a central stage bedecked with the slogan, ``The countryside
counts.''
Opponents of blood sports went on radio and television to give grisly
descriptions of hounds tearing exhausted foxes to pieces -- but stayed
away from the rally.
``The last thing we want is a punch-up,'' said John Bryant, spokesman for
the League Against Cruel Sports.
Pro-hunting groups defended fox hunting, saying it helps keep down the
fox population in the countryside.
``Labor members of Parliament appear to believe that they are re-fighting
the old class war,'' said William Hague, the new Conservative leader, who
joined the rally.
Tiggy Legge-Bourke, the former nanny to Prince Charles' sons, cycled into
Hyde Park. ``I partake in country sports,'' she said.
Thousands arrived in buses and trains from all over Britain, and on
charter flights from Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
``I'm here today with horse breeders, saddlers, feed merchants and gun
shop owners -- all their jobs are at stake if this law comes into
being,'' said Geoff Thomas, 42, who is in charge of the dogs -- or Master
of Fox Hounds -- at a hunt in Cornwall in southwest England.
Despite the huge crowd Thursday, most Britons oppose hunting, a poll
commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare shows.
The Market Opinion and Research International poll found 71 percent of
1,000 people questioned July 2-5 favored a ban. Most also thought hunting
was of no economic importance and purely for recreation. The margin of
error was plus or minus 3 percent.
In April, the National Trust, one of the country's biggest land owners,
banned stag hunting after researchers concluded that stags suffer extreme
stress from being chased by dogs, in some cases for several miles.
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 18:47:39 -0400
From: allen schubert
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970710184736.00691dfc@clark.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
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from AP Wire page:
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07/10/1997 18:33 EST
Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- Bettie Phillips thought the zircon-studded
earrings she put on a baby deer were fashionable.
Police said it was criminal.
Mrs. Phillips, 54, of Hiddenite, N.C., was charged with animal cruelty
and illegally possessing a wild animal after officers found the fawn in
the back of her four-wheel-drive Sunday with cross-shaped earrings in its
pierced ears.
She said she rescued the fawn from a busy road on July 3 as she drove to
Harrisonburg to visit her daughter. Later that day, she said, she pierced
its ears by hand, pushing the posts of the two earrings through the
flesh.
The 2-month-old deer was seized and taken to a wildlife center, its ears
inflamed and infected. Antibiotics were used to treat the mild infection.
``I thought it would be pretty,'' Mrs. Phillips said Thursday. ``You can
get a little kid's ears pierced. What's the difference between a person's
and a baby deer's?''
The housewife could get up to a year in jail and $3,000 in fines.
``We're pretty used to the concept of people who think fawns are cute and
want to adopt them. However, earrings is a totally new one on us,'' said
Ned Gentz, chief veterinarian at the wildlife center.
``Just when you think you've been dealing with the issues of human
interaction with wildlife for long enough that you've seen it all,
somebody surprises you.''
Mrs. Phillips said she had been treating the animal's ears with peroxide
to prevent infection.
She plans to represent herself in court at a hearing Sept. 16.
``There's no need to waste money'' on a lawyer, she said. ``I'm going to
tell them just what I'm telling you.''
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