LETTERS [Dec. 1993]

December 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1993:

Vegetarians

Ann Landers recently

wrote as her “Gem of the Day” that

“The happiest person in the grocery

store is the vegetarian looking at the

prices in the meat department.” I

couldn’t resist responding that the

saddest person in the grocery store is

the vegetarain agonizing over all the

dead bodies in the meat department

and the suffering the animals went

through before their remains were

wrapped for sale.

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LETTERS [Nov. 1993]

November 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1993:

Hunter education

When I speak to groups regarding hunting, I utilize a technique I

learned from Bernie Rollin. Using a chalkboard or something similar, I

ask participants to tell me why they like to hunt. Comments like, “I like to

be in the woods,” “I like spending time with my friends,” and “I like the

solitude of the forest early in the morning” are duly recorded. Of course

no one initially says, “Because I like to kill things.”

Once the list is complete, I point out that I, too, enjoy the

things mentioned, but my enjoyment is complete without the addition of a

weapon. We then proceed to the point where the issues of power and

killing are raised. I am always amazed at how someone in the group will

eventually say something like, “I guess the real reason I like to hunt is that

I like the rush I get when I pull the trigger.” And they sound faintly sur-

prised, as if the thought never occurred to them before. Then they ask,

“Is that wrong?” My answer is generally along the lines of, “I guess that’s

something you’ll have to decide for yourself.”

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LETTERS [Oct. 1993]

October 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

Premarin vs. horses

Your articles on the connec-

tion between the production of

Premarin female estrogen therapy

drugs and the overbreeding and

slaughter of horses were shockers. I

thought that by now I was shockproof,

but I suppose I am not. Just when you

think you know the worst, there is

more. It is important that we not let

depression take over; we have to act.

I phoned my pharmacist and

learned that I was taking the “natural”

Premarin. I then spoke to you; you

gave me the names of three synthetic

substitutes; I phoned my doctor and I

switched to one of them, Estrace. The

office nurse was appalled when I

explained the reason for my switch. I

am sending her copies of your articles.

I’m sending copies to some organiza-

tions and individuals as well. If just

some of them take action, some hors-

es will be saved––thanks to you.

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LETTERS [Sep. 1993]

September 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

Controversy

So long as you catch plenty

of hell for printing informative and

factual articles, you will know you are

on the right track. If there is another

side that justifies the light of day, the

bitchers will submit an article that will

further inform your grateful public.

Interested people will read you

because you are the only source that

prints honest articles about the sacred

cows of the humane movement.

Your articles on feral cats

are the most thorough I have found.

Your continuing attention to the rami-

fications of neutering is most informa-

tive. Your January/ February and

March issues are the only things of

their kind in revealing where the

money goes. I have enclosed payment

for a two-year renewal.

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Letters [July/Aug 1993]

July 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 1993:

Breeding ordinances

As an animal control officer, I am impressed

by the emphasis on accuracy your publications demon-

strate. Your May article on overpopulation legislation

quite correctly avoided a mistake that San Mateo

County and Denver seem to have made, namely com-

bining a broad-based neutering requirement with differ-

ential licensing fees. To determine what license fee to

charge, the prospective licensee must be asked if the

animal in question is surgically sterilized. An honest

answer may be a confession of unlawful possession of a

fertile animal, which may explain the alleged drop in

license revenue in San Mateo County. Additionally,

courts may rule that the question cannot be asked if it

compels self-incrimination. I am told that Hayes v. U.S.

(1968) contains a ruling that convicted felons cannot be

compelled to register their guns, since such registration

would incriminate them on an unlawful possession

charge. If so, similar reasoning would seem to apply to

mandatory sterilization.

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Letters [June 1993]

June 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1993:

More on Spira

I’ve belatedly finished

reading the April issue of ANIMAL

PEOPLE. I especially appreciated

the editorial about Henry Spira’s

appearance in the periodical of the

Foundation for Biomedical

Research. He has the right attitude

and approach in addressing our so-

called enemies by trying to show

them our mutual interests in a non-

threatening way, and by seeing

them as people who might, when

approached appropriately, find

alternative research to be in their

own best interests.

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Letters [May 1993]

May 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1993:

Henry Spira

Thanks for your generous

April editorial––hope it encourages

activists to focus on results, on most

rapidly reducing the universe of ani-

mal pain and suffering.

For the record: as I’m sure

you know, everything we’ve

achieved has been the result of a

team effort, a network, a loop of

organizations and committed indi-

viduals, bringing together different

talents, resources, and

expertise––joining their energies

toward a common goal. I’d be

remiss if I didn’t say so.

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Letters [April 1993]

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

Edison was a genius

I just received your letter

announcing your newspaper. As I

started reeading what you had to say,

I felt as if you knew my husband and

me personally. We are longtime

vegetarian/animal advocates who

write letters, take in strays, spay

and neuter, help the sick and

injured, and do what we can in gen-

eral to fight cruelty.

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LETTERS [March 1993]

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Money and power

The feature article in your

January/February 1993 issue about the role

or non-role of minorities in the movement

was top-notch. I am proud to have worked

for seven years at the Michigan Humane

Society’s downtown Detroit facility, promi-

nently mentioned in your article as one of

the only major U.S. humane societies still

committed to serving animals and people in

an often dangerous environment where

needs are greatest. Some important facts

not noted in your article are that the MHS

has minorities on its board of directors and

in supervisory positions, and that its

Detroit-based charitable animal hospital

helps thousands of animals each year––pri-

marily at reduced cost, no cost, or with

extended payment plans. In my current

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