Agriculture

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

October 2 was the 10th anniver-
sary of World Farm Animals Day, declared
in 1983 by the Farm Animal Reform
Movement to coincide with Gandhi’s birthday
and World Vegetarian Day. Major commemo-
rations were scheduled in New York, the
Washington D.C. metropolitan area, Iowa,
Florida, California, and Hawaii.
The contribution of cattle to global
warming has significantly increased over the
past three years, along with the world cattle
population, International Union of Air
Pollution Prevention Associations director
general John Langston warned the 800-mem-
ber group in early September.

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Religion & Animals

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Pope John Paul II was scheduled to
issue “A solemn appeal for animal welfare” on
eptember 30, from the Vatican. The appeal
will not have the force of ecclesiastic law, and
is expected to be quite conservative.
A San Francisco Board of
Supervisors subcommittee on August 18
approved an ordinance to ban animal sacrifice,
modeled after similar ordinances now in effect
in various Florida and southern California
cities. Supervisor Carole Migden introduced
the ordinance after the city Department of
Animal Care and Control reported having
found evidence of at least 1,000 animal sacri-
fices during the past year. The ordinance now
goes before the full Board of Supervisors for
enactment. Migden meanwhile withdrew a
proposed to ban the sale or ownership of wolf
hybrids, since so many are already in San
Francisco that enforcement might prove
impossible.

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Fighting isn’t over for the Old War Horse

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

LONDON, U.K. The late Dorothy
Brooke founded the Brooke Hospital for
Animals as the Old War Horse Memorial
Hospital. Brooke specified that her primary
purpose was to protect retired military horses
and donkeys. Military organization wasn’t nec-
essarily part of her plan–but after assuming the
top post at the Old War Horse approximately
one year ago, following his retirement from the
Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Col. Brian
Thompson quickly moved to establish military
order—including institution of a rigid chain-of-
command, increased paperwork to track activ-
ities, a lid on information released to the press,
and an apparent ban on cooperation with per-
ceived rivals.

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