AR-NEWS Digest 501 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) BSE Concern, FDA Regulation Could Benefit Organic Beef, Soy Producers by Vegetarian Resource Center 2) Alarm Over Roo Cull (AU) by "Karen Bevis" 3) Calle, the elephant by "bhgazette" 4) Alarm Over Roo Cull (AU) by "Karen Bevis" 5) World Farm Animals Day Observance by farmusa@erols.com 6) Please Unsubscribe by Michelle Sass 7) Hegins court date by Heidi Prescott 8) Fund for Animals Rep. on Discovery On-Line by Mike Markarian 9) FW: ar-dc: UW admits killing monkeys by "D'Amico, AnnMarie" 10) Sportsmen support wildlife again by richmond young 11) Macy's Fur Phone Campaign by MINKLIB@aol.com 12) King Royal Update by PAWS 13) Willing Hunter by "mamosa marceau" 14) More anti-bullfighting demos by "sa338@blues.uab.es" 15) bullkiller stamp in Spain!!!!! by "sa338@blues.uab.es" 16) Re: bullkiller stamp in Spain!!!!! by "sa338@blues.uab.es" 17) Re: World Farm Animals Day Observance (Wendy's) by Pat Fish 18) Bardot helps end rooster slaughter by Wyandotte Animal Group 19) [UK] National Trust hunting ban upheld by David J Knowles 20) [UK] Ollie the escaped parrot ends up behind bars by David J Knowles Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 01:09:31 -0400 From: Vegetarian Resource Center To: AR-News@envirolink.org Subject: BSE Concern, FDA Regulation Could Benefit Organic Beef, Soy Producers Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970821010931.00f313d0@pop.tiac.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" BSE Concern, FDA Regulation Could Benefit Organic Beef, Soy Producers http://www.newhope.com/npg/nfm/nfm_backs/Aug_97/news5.html By David Wolf WASHINGTON--FDA officials here recently announced a new regulation that effectively bans the use of slaughtered-animal parts in livestock feed. Citing concerns over links between "ruminant" animal protein and the transmission of "mad cow" disease, FDA outlawed the use of mammalian by-products in feed formulations, with certain exceptions. The rule took effect June 5. Mad cow disease, a degenerative brain disorder caused by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), gained international attention in January 1996 when an outbreak in Great Britain caused at least 10 deaths. People who eat BSE-contaminated meat may develop Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which causes brain tissue to clump together and collapse--eventually resulting in holes in the brain. While FDA points out that no case of BSE infection has been documented in U.S. cattle populations, the new rule, according to the agency, would prevent the disease from spreading should a future outbreak occur. BSE pathogens can be transmitted when the scraps and by-products of slaughtered, infected animals are "recycled" into feed for extra protein. In January, FDA first proposed a regulation that would have prohibited the use of ground cows, sheep, goats, deer, elk or mink in feed. The regulation's final draft expanded the ban to nearly all mammalian protein but, according to a statement issued by FDA, would continue to allow "the use of products believed to pose a minimal risk of BSE transmission," such as blood, gelatin, milk, and pure horse or pork products. The new regulation's impact on the natural products industry is as yet difficult to determine. Although the government estimates that switching to non-animal-derived protein sources like soy will create an additional $48 million market for soybeans, the vast majority of that new market will likely be conceded to conventional growers. Moreover, organic beef producers note that they have never fed their herds animal by-products, so the new rule has little, if any, relevance. Quips Lee Arst, president and CEO of Denver-based Coleman Natural Meats, "Our cattle have always been vegetarians." Date: Thu, 21 Aug 97 20:49:48 +1000 (EST) From: "Karen Bevis" To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Alarm Over Roo Cull (AU) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; X-MAPIextension=".TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Herald Sun, 21/8/97 Residents near Melbourne Airport fear Australia's international reputation could be harmed by a kangaroo cull close by. The cull also angered animal rights campaigners, who delivered a dead joey to Conservation Minister Marie Tehan's offices yesterday. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has granted a property owner in Bulla, near Sunbury, a permit to cull 40 kangaroos over four months. On Tuesday night, five kangaroos and one joey were killed. Neighbour Bob Ruthen said he was concerned visitors could see roos being shot 300m from the runway. The department's director of parks, flora and fauna, Mr Mark Stone, said it was very unlikely anyone in a plane could see kangaroos being shot at night. Mr Stone said the permits the department issued to shoot roos had strict conditions, including that the animals had to be killed humanely. Rheya Linden, spokeswoman for Animal Liberation Victoria, said her group found a joey in the pouch of one of the roos shot dead. The group claimed it was not killed humanely. Mr Stone said he would investigate the allegation. _________ Just to add to this newspaper item. Animal Liberation (Vic) had been working for two weeks to have the permit cancelled after being tipped off by a neighbour. The permit was suspended temporarily while the Department did a survey of kangaroos, and was reinstated without warning to us on Tuesday. The joey found seemed to have crawled from its mothers pouch where she had been tossed onto a bonfire. By law any joey must be killed 'humanely'. An autopsy is currently being carried out at the moment to determine cause of death. Twenty nine of the allowed 40 kangaroos have now been murdered. This issue has gained excellent news coverage with footage of the scene and an interview being on a national morning current affairs show, and footage on the evening news. Because of the publicity it has gained, the permit has now been cancelled!! So 11 kangaroos now have a reprieve. The owner of the property will be allowed to reapply for a permit in 2 months time. Karen Bevis Animal Liberation (Victoria) http://www.vicnet.net.au/~animals/alibvic/ Date: Wed, 20 Aug 97 21:51:12 PDT From: "bhgazette" To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Calle, the elephant Message-ID: <199708211141.HAA02452@envirolink.org> This article appeared (some parts omitted.... as noted) in today's San Francisco Chronicle: ELEPHANT'S TB TREATMENT EFFECTIVE BUT NOT PRETTY Cocoa butter suppositories prescribed Two pounds of cocoa butter a day may spell salvation for Calle, the elephant.... "Suppositories," explained David Robinett, general curator at the San Francisco Zoo. "They were considered a last effort. Surprisingly, she's taking it well.".... After the zoo put out a call for help, a Berkeley pharmacist developed two-pound suppositories molded from cocoa butter. Acting on a suggestion from the zoo vet, pharmacist John Garcia fashioned hollow tubes of cocoa butter, 10 inches long and two inches wide, and filled them with the daily dose of four TB medicines. The drug-filled suppositories cost about $125 each. Garcia said he crafted five different designs for the mold before he hit on the right one. Cocoa butter was selected instead of more common vegetable fat because of its lower melting point and resistance to cracking. Garcia, propietor of Abbott Pharmacy on Woolsey St.l, specializes in old-fashioned compounding with mortar and pestle. He makes salmon-flavored steroid medicine for cats and fruit-flavored antibiotics for parrots. As far as he knows, this is the first all-hollow cocoa butter elephant suppository in history... Calle, a 30-year old Asian elephant on loan from the L.A. Zoo, apparently arrived in San Francisco already infected. Under the terms of the loan, S.F. is oliged to pay for animal's treatment, expected to cost more than $60,000 a year. Calle will receive daily suppositories for two months and three suppositories a week for 10 more months. After that, if tests are negative, she will be introduced to veteran zoo elephant Tinkerbelle, with whom she will share an enclosure. It takes a team of four zookeepers, working very much together, to administer the suppository by hand. One keeper is in charge of holding Calle's tail."It's not a pretty sight," said associate curator Michele Rudovsky. Calle, the elephant Date: Thu, 21 Aug 97 20:49:48 +1000 (EST) From: "Karen Bevis" To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Alarm Over Roo Cull (AU) Message-ID: <199708211141.HAA02471@envirolink.org> Herald Sun, 21/8/97 Residents near Melbourne Airport fear Australia's international reputation could be harmed by a kangaroo cull close by. The cull also angered animal rights campaigners, who delivered a dead joey to Conservation Minister Marie Tehan's offices yesterday. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has granted a property owner in Bulla, near Sunbury, a permit to cull 40 kangaroos over four months. On Tuesday night, five kangaroos and one joey were killed. Neighbour Bob Ruthen said he was concerned visitors could see roos being shot 300m from the runway. The department's director of parks, flora and fauna, Mr Mark Stone, said it was very unlikely anyone in a plane could see kangaroos being shot at night. Mr Stone said the permits the department issued to shoot roos had strict conditions, including that the animals had to be killed humanely. Rheya Linden, spokeswoman for Animal Liberation Victoria, said her group found a joey in the pouch of one of the roos shot dead. The group claimed it was not killed humanely. Mr Stone said he would investigate the allegation. _________ Just to add to this newspaper item. Animal Liberation (Vic) had been working for two weeks to have the permit cancelled after being tipped off by a neighbour. The permit was suspended temporarily while the Department did a survey of kangaroos, and was reinstated without warning to us on Tuesday. The joey found seemed to have crawled from its mothers pouch where she had been tossed onto a bonfire. By law any joey must be killed 'humanely'. An autopsy is currently being carried out at the moment to determine cause of death. Twenty nine of the allowed 40 kangaroos have now been murdered. This issue has gained excellent news coverage with footage of the scene and an interview being on a national morning current affairs show, and footage on the evening news. Because of the publicity it has gained, the permit has now been cancelled!! So 11 kangaroos now have a reprieve. The owner of the property will be allowed to reapply for a permit in 2 months time. Karen Bevis Animal Liberation (Victoria) http://www.vicnet.net.au/~animals/alibvic/ Alarm Over Roo Cull (AU) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 08:21:43 -0700 From: farmusa@erols.com To: Veg-News , AR-News Cc: IVU-Talk Subject: World Farm Animals Day Observance Message-ID: <33FC5D07.22C6@erols.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Melissa Snider 888-FARM-USA FAST FOOD CHAINS TARGETED BY ANIMAL ACTIVISTS The world’s four largest fast food chains have been targeted by farm animal activists for world-wide demonstrations on October 2. The activists will demand that the chains provide a choice of meatless entrees on their menus and require suppliers to raise animals humanely. McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Kentucky Fried Chicken were selected because their menus determine what millions of people eat each day and because their massive purchasing power dictates how their suppliers treat their animals. The occasion is the 15th annual observance of World Farm Animals Day, devoted to memorializing and exposing the needless suffering and death of billions of innocent, sentient animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses. The date honors the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the world’s foremost champion of humane farming. To become involved, contact FARM at 888-FARM-USA, farmusa@erols.com, or PO Box 30654, Bethesda, MD 20824, for a free WFAD Action Kit. Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 06:18:40 -0700 From: Michelle Sass To: ar-news@envirolink.com Subject: Please Unsubscribe Message-ID: <33FD91B0.18A4@cts.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Due to lack of time please unsubscribe Michelle Sass. Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 09:14:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Heidi Prescott To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Hegins court date Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970822131938.2b876bec@pop.igc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" A court date finally has been set to hear the preliminary objections on the case filed to stop the Hegins pigeon shoot. If we make it through the preliminary objections, the judge will then put on the trial for the preliminary injunction filed against the shoot. The case is scheduled for hearings on August 26th in Schuylkill County. Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 10:00:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Markarian To: ar-news@envirolink.org, seac+announce@earthsystems.org, en.alerts@conf.igc.apc.org Subject: Fund for Animals Rep. on Discovery On-Line Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970821133528.20c70328@pop.igc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cathy Sue Anunsen of The Fund for Animals' Pacific Northwest office is currently on the Discovery Channel On-Line (for the remainder of this week) to discuss mountain goats. Part of the discussion is focusing on the controversial proposal to kill the mountain goats in Olympic National Park, a proposal The Fund for Animals has successfully fought for a decade. If you would like to join the discussion go to: http://www.discovery.com/area/nature/nature.html Then click on the mountain goat section. Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 13:42:42 -0400 From: "D'Amico, AnnMarie" To: "'ar-news@envirolink.org'" Subject: FW: ar-dc: UW admits killing monkeys Message-ID: <199708211741.NAA19138@envirolink.org> ---------- From: D'Amico, AnnMarie Sent: Thursday, August 21, 1997 1:20 PM To: 'ar-dc' Subject: ar-dc: UW admits killing monkeys Chicago Tribune 8/14/97 MADISON--Sixty-five monkeys were improperly taken from a zoo and used for potentially fatal research by UW scientists, a UW official said Wednesday. Thirty-nine of those monkeys died or were killed as a result of the research, which represented a "serious breach" of the UW's agreement with the Henry Vilas Zoo, Graduate School Dean Virginia Hinshaw said. Another 26 zoo monkeys were killed for tissue research, and 100 monkeys were sold or traded to outside research organizations to prevent overpopulation, she said. "I regret that his activity has cast doubt on a facility that is important to the community," Hinshaw said. University policy for the past eight years has banned the use of zoo monkeys for invasive research. That policy was restated three times in the past eight years in letters to zoo director David Hall, The Capital Times of Madison reported. The policy included use of genetically unique monkeys. Those exceptions were to be discussed with Hall before monkeys were removed. Hall said he recalls discussing an exception only once in the past eight years. Hinshaw said the improperly used monkeys probably fit the protocol of a study and were not, in themselves, unique. Hinshaw's investigation, conducted Monday and Tuesday, began after The Capital Times reported last weekend that data showed some of the dead zoo monkeys had AIDS. Hinshaw now says monkeys born at the zoo will no longer be used for research. Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 14:00:49 -0400 (EDT) From: richmond young To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Sportsmen support wildlife again Message-ID: <199708211800.OAA21259@cyber1.servtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From AMERICAN GUARDIAN, July 1997 (p. 53): "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has released preliminary data on a study it conducts every five years concerning the financial impact sportmen have on the economy. According to the survey, hunting, fishing, and other wildlife recreational activities accounted for $96.9 billion in 1996, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs. The survey, conducted for the USFWS by the U.S. Census Bureau, showed that the number of hunters 16 years and older stayed pretty consistent since the last survey in 1991 -- 14 million in 1996 as compared with 14.1 million in 1991. Overall, the number of hunters and anglers dipped slightly to 39.7 million from 40 million in 1991. However, expenditures by hunters and anglers rose 69% over the five-year period to $67.9 billion. Hunters alone spent $17.7 billion, up 75% from $10.1 billion in 1991. More complete data will be available this summer, followed by a final nationwide report in November." Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:35:15 -0400 (EDT) From: MINKLIB@aol.com To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Macy's Fur Phone Campaign Message-ID: <970821163410_-1970534576@emout18.mail.aol.com> Both Macy's East and West now have toll free customer service lines. Please call Macy's East at 1-800-526-1202 and tell them that you will not shop at their stores so long as they sell fur and fur trim. Macy's East is opening up several new fur salons this month, so it is important that everyone you know call them and let them know that you won't buy while animals die. Macy's West has closed all of their fur salons, but still has depts. which market a lot of fur trimmed coats. Please call them at 1-800-877-2655 and ask them to drop all fur trimmed coat lines. While we are encouraged by their moves to close their fur salons, the fur trim accounts for many animal deaths both in the wild and on fur farms. In fact, most coyote, fox and raccoon is being used as fur trim. Every call counts! Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade PO Box 822411 Dallas, TX 75382 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 17:55:13 -0400 (EDT) From: PAWS To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: King Royal Update Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The USDA has suspended King Royal's license for 21-days, pending further action. The civil hearing in Albuquerque is still going on. The city presented its case yesterday; the circus is presenting its case today. Here is the article from the Albuquerque Journal, August 21, 1997: USDA Yanks Circus License: The 21-Day Suspension was Ordered for Bad Living Conditions in the Elephant Trailer, a Veterinarian said in a Hearing in which the City Seeks Custody of the Animals A USDA veterinarian told state District Judge Susan Conway on Wednesday that the USDA has slapped a 21-day suspension on Texas-based King Royal Circus--owners of an elephant that died this month in a cramped, hot trailer. Dr. Denise Sofranko was one of seven witnesses called Wednesday by the city of Alburquerque, which is trying to get permanent custody of the 10 surviving animals--two elephants and eight llamas--that officials seized August 6 in a hotel parking lot near the airport. Conway recessed the hearing, which resumes this afternoon, to go see the animals and the 40 by 8 foot trailer now being in Albuquerque's San Gabriel Park. Sofranki said the USDA suspension order for violating the federal Animal Welfare Act was served on circus owners Wednesday. "The effect is that they are not allowed to exhibit these animals for 21-days," said Sofranko, who inspected the animals August 8th and found several areas of non-compliance on the part of the circus. An 8-year-old African elephant named Heather was found dead with the other animals after police noticed the trailer swaying in the parking lot of an Albuquerque hotel. Sofranko said that in addition to nutrition, housekeeping, trailer condition, and "foot care" and "skin care" of the elephants, her main concern was a "400 mile detour" taken by animal handler Ben Davenport after he learned Heather had diarrhea. Davenport, she said, learned the elephant was sick in Colorado then traveled through Grand Junction, Colorado, Monticello, Utah, Shiprock and Gallup before arriving in Albuquerque. That's about 400 miles long than if DAvenport had taken the animals straight back to circus headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, she said. And Davenport made no effort to get immediate veterinary care in Denver or other places in Colorado, Sofranko said. Tests later done on Heather showed she died of complications from a salmonella bacterial infection. Salmonella has also been found in the surviving elephants, Donna and Irene, but no problems have been observed in the llamas, said Dr. Bret Snyder, Rio Grande Zoo veterinarian. Snyder said Donna, who was the sicker of the two elephants is gaining weight and improving. Irene has not exhibited symptoms of the disease. Sofranko also testified that according to documents provided by circus officials, King Royal has been operating on an expired USDA license since January. But attorney Ron Koch said after the hearing Wednesday the circus is currently licensed to operate. Koch also asked Sofranko in cross-examination Wednesday why she found so many complaints roughly two weeks after a USDA inspector in Las Vegas found no problems with the elephants or the trailer. Was her inspection done with a "fine tooth comb...essentially after the USDA was embarrassed," Koch asked. "Our agency is always under a lot of scrutiny, " she answered. Earlier Wednesday, Albuquerque police officer John Guilmette said he first saw the trailer rocking in the parking lot of the Wyndham Hotel betwen 6:30 and 6:45 pm, August 6 and smelled a "strong animal smell" of feces and urine emanating from the trailer. But Guilmette said he got conflicting and "evasive" answers from 19 year old John Davis who was with the pickup truck and trailer and from Davenport, the driver and animals' handler, who later returned with another driver he had picked up at the airport. Davis at first denied there were any animals in the trailer, then gave police different numbers, Guilmette testified. When Davenport arrived he gave an even different count and both gave conflicting answers about the last time the animals had been watered. Guilmette also said the trailer had no brakes or operating brake lights, its license plate was expired and DAvenport's own driver's license "wasn't appropriate" for the load he was hauling. The city cited Davenport on suspicion of cruelty to animals, leaving an animal unattended in a vehicle and improper care and feeding of an animal. The officer said the outside temperature was 86 degrees with 20 percent humidity. When he touched one of the trailer's two small 8x8 inch vents, the heat came right through his glove, he testified. And he said when the trailer doors were finally opened, "It was like when you open your car when it's been standing all day in the heat with the windows up." Guilmette also said he saw feces dripping from the truck. According to Assistant City Attorney Greg Wheeler, the trailer was loaded August 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The animals had been taken "across the desert in the hottest part of the day" and never got out until they reached Albuquerque, he said. "Environmental factors solely under the control of King Royal Circus..led to the death of Heather and the illness of Donna and Irene, Wheeler said. ************ Please continue to call the USDA, telling them that a 21-day license suspension is NOT ENOUGH. They must confiscate the King Royal animals! Please let them know that this case is too serious to be settled by "consent decision." Sec. Daniel Glickman (202) 720-3631 phone Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 15:29:43 PDT From: "mamosa marceau" To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Willing Hunter Message-ID: <19970821222944.14531.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Hi everyone, some hunters want to talk/argue/debate with ARA's, the site is http://www.diac.com/~willk/cor/ at the message board, I'm pretty outnumbered here and I'd appreciate your support. ~mamosa~ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 01:22:29 +0200 From: "sa338@blues.uab.es" To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: More anti-bullfighting demos Message-ID: <33FCCDB5.240D@blues.uab.es> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I am Nuria from Barcelona. Today in Bilbao (Spain) there has been another anti-bullfighting demonstration that has been very successful. Again, bullkillers had to be calmed down...they can't heklp their blood instincsts! But in the end , thanks to civilised AR defenders nothing happened. Thanks for your concern,for the animals Nuria http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/3787 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 01:25:54 +0200 From: "sa338@blues.uab.es" To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: bullkiller stamp in Spain!!!!! Message-ID: <33FCCE82.306D@blues.uab.es> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I am Nuria from Barcelona. A disgusting stamp with a in-famous bullkiller is being sold in post offices in Spain. You can see it here: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/1231/support_toros.htm For the animals, Nuria http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/3787 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 01:32:22 +0200 From: "sa338@blues.uab.es" To: ar-news@envirolink.org Cc: sa338@blues.uab.es Subject: Re: bullkiller stamp in Spain!!!!! Message-ID: <33FCD006.187C@blues.uab.es> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit sa338@blues.uab.es wrote: > > I am Nuria from Barcelona. > A disgusting stamp with a in-famous bullkiller is being sold in post > offices in Spain. You can see it here: > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/1231/support_toros.htm > > For the animals, > > Nuria http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/3787 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 23:50:17 +0000 (GMT) From: Pat Fish To: farmusa@erols.com Cc: Veg-News , AR-News , IVU-Talk Subject: Re: World Farm Animals Day Observance (Wendy's) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 farmusa@erols.com wrote: > FAST FOOD CHAINS TARGETED BY ANIMAL ACTIVISTS > The world’s four largest fast food chains have been targeted by farm >animal activists for world-wide demonstrations on October 2. The >activists will demand that the chains provide a choice of meatless >entrees on their menus and require suppliers to raise animals humanely. >McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Kentucky Fried Chick Activists should give special attention to WENDY'S due to their intentional targeting and defrauding of the vegetarian community. Even if you are a vegan, the bogus "vegetarian pita" seriously set back the mainstreaming of veg and vegan foods. Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:50:29 -0400 From: Wyandotte Animal Group To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Bardot helps end rooster slaughter Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970822025029.21a7ce48@mail.heritage.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The Detroit News Thursday, August 21, 1997 Page 2A Brigitte Bardot got her way in the hamlet of Csurgonagymarton, Hungary. For two years, the movie-star-turned-animal-rights activist has been writing letters to the mayor demanding an end to an annual rite: the beheading of roosters by blind-folded men swinging sticks. Mayor Iren Csirem said Wednesday that the village will use clay roosters. Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 20:21:02 -0700 (PDT) From: David J Knowles To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] National Trust hunting ban upheld Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970821202128.1acf48b2@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Friday, August 22nd, 1997 National Trust hunting ban upheld By Charles Clover, Environment Editor A HIGH Court judge has refused an appeal by hunters to overturn the National Trust's ban on deer hunting with hounds, choosing instead to give the go-ahead for a judicial examination next year. Justice Robert Walker asked the trust the reconsider its ban, calling the speed and secrecy with which it made the decision "a serious error of judgment", but stopped short of making an order compelling the trust's ruling council to reverse its decision of April 10. It was imposed within 36 hours of the publication of a study purporting to show that hunting caused unacceptable stress to deer. The judge said the report by Prof Patrick Bateson, an expert on animal behaviour at King's College, Cambridge, was not in scientific language. It had not been subject to "peer review" by other qualified experts and there had been some criticism of its contents since publication. The judge also accepted evidence that at least one of the trust's 52-member council was having second thoughts about the ban. He refused, however, to grant an injunction to the Devon and Somerset Staghounds and the Quantock Staghounds allowing them to continue hunting with hounds on trust land in the 1997-98 season. He said that it would amount to deciding on matters of fact which could only be established by a full trial. His most serious criticism of the trust concerned its handling of Prof Bateson's findings, which the court was told were discussed by a small group of senior trust officials, including the chairman, Charles Nunneley, and director general, Martin Drury, at a meeting in January this year. Hunts, which had received assurances from Prof Bateson that hunting would be unaffected by his research, learned only in early April that the report might have serious consequences. The report was published at a press conference on April 9 at which Mr Nunneley said he would be recommending a ban to the ruling council at a meeting the next day. Council members had the 77-page report for a day before voting unanimously for a ban. Mr Justice Walker said the trust's chairman and his small group of officials who knew about the report's findings were "preoccupied and probably excessively preoccupied" with the need to make a quick, clean decision to deflect media criticism. This led to "secrecy being preferred rather than the opportunity for further consultation and discussion". The speedy timetable was "bound to impose pressure" on council members, however well-informed and diligent they may have been, at their meeting on April 10. The judge said that if calm, quiet reflection was supposed to attend the council's consideration of serious questions, it was "an extraordinary decision" by Mr Nunneley to present the Bateson report at a press conference 36 hours before the council met. This seemed "very questionable". A report in The Telegraph, which summarised Prof Bateson's report and gave Mr Nunneley's recommendation for a ban, was published on April 10 and was likely to have influenced councillors in their decision. However, Mr Justice Walker said that he was "very far from convinced" that this amounted to a conspiracy by trust staff to get hunting banned. He refused to allow a judicial review of the trust's decision, saying there was equivalent redress to be had using charities law. The judge ruled that the huntsmen did have an arguable "but not a strong" case for a further trial of the trust's decision. Counsel for the National Trust, Michael Douglas, QC, said it would give "great weight" to the judge's suggestion that the decision to ban hunting be reconsidered by its council in the light of evidence not available or misunderstood at the time. Janet George, a spokesman for the British Field Sports Society, said: "We are extremely pleased that the case is now going to trial." © Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997. Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 20:21:05 -0700 (PDT) From: David J Knowles To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] Ollie the escaped parrot ends up behind bars Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970821202131.1acf3878@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Friday, August 22nd, 1997 Ollie the escaped parrot ends up behind bars By Will Bennett OLLIE the parrot's attempt to seek broader horizons will not go down as one of the most successful of escape attempts - he achieved the opposite of what generations of prisoners have tried to do by breaking into Wormwood Scrubs As his worried owner, Dot Oliver, searched for him, Ollie, an African Grey, got through the London prison's ventilation system into E Wing. There he was looked after by a man serving a life sentence and who keeps budgerigars. He grew so fond of the new cell-mate that he fed him his precious supply of chocolate biscuits. Ollie's stay behind prison bars ended after a metal identity tag enabled prison staff to contact Miss Oliver, 44, a legal secretary, who lives in Barnes, south-west London. She said: "I don't know what this man has done to get in prison but I think it would be nice to keep in touch with him. I am going to send him some photos of Ollie and a letter every three months to let him know how he is doing. Ollie actually came back fatter than when he went in. He would not eat bird seed so the man gave him a whole packet of chocolate digestives. "The prison staff were fantastic. They said the man who looked after him said he did not want me to take him home." A prison spokesman said: "The parrot had come in through the vents in our E Wing. A lot of lifers tend to keep birds so they have a knowledge of them." © Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997.