ONE WEEPING MAN

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

He sat over his dying horse, his head
buried in his hands. He had walked with his horse for
20 miles from his village. The horse was behaving
strangely, kicking and walking stiffly, so the old
man did not ride her, but walked beside her, talking
to her, stroking her, cajoling her on the long journey.
His purpose was to reach our shelter, where he knew
the best doctor was available.
The diagnosis was grim. The horse had
contracted tetanus as a result of a wound to her lower
leg. Our vet immediately sedated the horse to relax
the spasms, and our staff spent several hours on the
road trying to find a chemist who sold anti-tetanus
toxoid. This was finally located and purchased at a
very high price.

Compassionate Crusaders conquer Calcutta dog problem

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

CALCUTTA––Calcutta, India, human population
11 million, is as little as $10,000 away from becoming the fifth
major Indian city to achieve no-kill dog control, following
Bombay, Delhi, Madras, and Jaipur.
Just a few years ago some Calcutta leaders suggested
shipping stray dogs to other Asian nations for meat. The city
pound was overwhelmed, with a budget of just five cents per
day per dog received. But the citizenry wouldn’t hear of it.
Instead, on March 2, 1996, Calcutta turned dog control
over to seven activist groups, among them Compassionate
Crusaders Trust, founded in 1993 by Purnima Toolsidass,
Ratna Ganguli, and dog psychologist Debasis Chakrabarti.
Chakrabarti, involved in Calcutta humane work since
he gave up medical studies in 1976 to work for kindness toward
dogs, also heads the Calcutta chapter of People For Animals,
the national animal advocacy organization led by Member of
Parliament and syndicated columnist Maneka Gandhi.

Lynx to get ESA listing at last

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service on February 12 agreed to list
Canadian lynx as an endangered species in the continental
states, and to publish a lynx protection
plan by June 30, 1998.
USFWS, under pressure from loggers
and trappers, had repeatedly refused to list lynx,
despite the recommendations of staff biologists
who believe fewer than 100 remain south of the
Canadian border, in isolated pockets of Montana,
Idaho, Washington, and Maine. As lynx prefer to
den in old growth, the listing will probably mean
more restrictions on old growth logging. Trappers
may find their activity curtailed, as well. The
average auction price of lynx pelts is by far the
highest paid for the skin of any native American
species, due to scarcity. When located, however,
lynx––and bobcats, their close kin––are notoriously
easily enticed by dangling bait.

COYOTES

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

New Jersey Animal Rights
Alliance member Stuart Chaifetz o n
January 26 began a fast intended to last all 22
days of the state’s second-ever coyote season.
Just five coyotes were killed during the 1997
season, but 900 hunters bought permits this
year to pursue the estimated 1,500 coyotes
who inhabit New Jersey.
Colorado state senator Dorothy
R u p e r t has introduced a bill, SB 144, to
rescind a bounty on wolves and coyotes set by
the Colorado Territorial Legislature in 1869.
Utah trapper Shane Cornwall,
38, of Payson, a 13-year employee of the
state Wildlife Services division, was killed
and helicopter pilot Allen H. Carter, 57, was
injured on January 14 when they flew into a
canyon wall after a day of strafing coyotes.

Oryx

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

SAN ANGELO, Tex.– –
The Endangered Species Propagation,
Survival and Research Center, of San
Angelo, Texas, on February 10
exported 62 Arabian oryxes to the
United Arab Emirates. The oryxes––
16 bucks and 46 does––are to be reintroduced
to their native range.
The original wild Arabian
oryx population was hunted to extinction
by 1972, but Operation Oryx,
formed by the Flora and Fauna
Preservation Society in 1962, reintroduced
the species to Oman in 1982.

Worse out west

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

ALBUQUERQUE––At least
9,600 cattle and sheep died of cold and starvation
in deep snow that hit southeastern
New Mexico during late December and
early January, with the toll expected to soar
when spring enables ranchers to more accurately
count the victims.
The New Mexico Cattle Growers
Association predicted that 35,000 cattle and
60,000 sheep were at dire risk.
Some were saved when seven Air
National Guard C-130 cargo planes from
Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming airdropped
at least 465 tons of feed.
But the inability of drift-bound
livestock to find food and water was only
part of the problem. Western ranchers
aren’t used to having to round up animals in
mid-winter, nor do most have enough barn
space for more than a fraction of their stock.

LETTERS [March 1998]

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

House Jack built
Your November 1997 editorial,
“Living in the house that Jack built,” is a
masterpiece. I’ve circulated copies to a
variety of people. Your description of the
wildlife problems on Whidbey Island
made me laugh, something that never
happens when I read other animal protection
publications, and a welcome relief
from anger, frustration, and tears.
––Linn Pulis
Gardiner, Maine

Letters

Editorial: How they get your money

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

Each annual update of our December “Who gets the money?” feature brings a
blizzard of letters. Consisting mainly of statistics, with explanatory margin notes, “Who
gets the money?” could look rather dull––just a straightforward factual statement of the
budgets, assets, program versus overhead spending balance, and top salaries paid by the
100-odd most prominent animal and habitat protection charities.
Our readers, however, not only peruse the fine print, but beg for more.
“Percentages of money utilized for the stated goals is important,” wrote Delores
Hughes, of Santa Cruz, California, “but even more important is the question, ‘Are they
accomplishing anything worthwhile?’”
Elaborated Joan Winburn Hymas, of Cathedral City, California, “Is there any
way of determining how much good organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund and the
Humane Society of the U.S. are doing?”

FARMS ON THIN ICE

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:

MONTREAL, MONTPELIER,
PORTLAND––First came the ice, and then
came the government.
A warming trend possibly resulting
from either the El Nino effect off the Pacific
coast or global warming in general ironically
froze much of the northeast in January,
killing thousands of animals. Between the
disaster and regulatory changes soon to take
effect, animal agriculture might never be the
same in southern Quebec, eastern Ontario,
upstate New York, and upper New England.
The crisis began early on January 7
when a heavy snow storm changed to rain.

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