Agriculture

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

The Range Rider, a publication of
the USDA Cooperative Extension Service at
Colorado State University, is urging sheep
farmers to rally in opposition to the
Endangered Species Act, now up for renewal.
ANIMAL PEOPLE had not actually received
a copy by deadline, but from a description
provided by James Cherry of the AmNet com-
puter network, it would appear to violate fed-
eral guidelines regarding impartiality.

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Horse notes…

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

In the first two years since
California began requiring necropsies of
all race horses who die while under Calif.
Horse Racing Board jurisdiction, on or off
a track, 538 horses have been exam-
ined––271 in 1990-1991, and 267 in 1991-
1992. The examinations are revealing a
much greater amount of stress damage
from training than experts previously sus-
pected.

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CRIME & PUNISHMENT

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Crimes Against Humans
* The FBI and local police are seeking a
serial killer who is believed responsible for
shooting a bowhunter, a deer hunter, two
fishermen, and a jogger since 1989 in rural
eastern Ohio. An anonymous letter to a local
newspaper from the purported killer indicates
he himself is a hunter; he demonstrates a
hunter’s knowledge of firearms. The man
boasted that these are not his only murders.
* Imperial Food Products owner Emmett
Roe pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to 25 counts of
manslaughter in connection with a Sept. 3,
1991 blaze at the company’s chicken process-
ing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. Similar
charges against Roe’s son and another plant
official were dropped as part of a plea bar-
gain. Roe was setenced to 20 years in prison
for locking exits and neglecting fire precau-
tions. Roe was earlier fined $808,150 for fire
code violations, and still faces 19 civil suits
from bereaved survivors.

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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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