Day: December 1, 1992

BOOKS: Your Heart Your Planet

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Your Heart Your Planet. B y
Harvey Diamond. Hay House (501
Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica,
CA 90406). 1990. 238 pages. $7.95
paperback.
Harvey Diamond, founder of
the Fit for Life Foundation, builds upon
his previous experience in health and
physical fitness to demonstrate that ani-
mal products are not only unhealthy for
humans, but are also unhealthy for the
entire biosphere.

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OBITUARIES

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The Miami Metrozoo on
December 5 will dedicate the Naomi
Browning Tiger Temple, a new tiger exhib-
it, to the memory of Naomi Browning, 12,
a zoo volunteer and wildlife rehabilitator
who was killed in her home August 24 by
flying debris from Hurricane Andrew.
The late James and Arlene Kirk,
of Lafayette Township, Ohio, left $58,000
to the Medina County Animal Shelter.

BOOKS: A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story. As given to Dee
Ready. Crown Books (3300 75th Ave., Landover,
MD 20785-1599). 1992. 90 pages. $12.00 cloth.
Would you knowingly give a friend on your
Christmas list an hour of lump-throated, balled-Kleenex
weeping, wailing, sniffling? Sure you would, for an
excuse to buy A Cat’s Life, you loved the funny misery so
much. (Just like having a cat and losing her.)
Author Anna Dolores Ready knows us, from the
foolishly-fond new cat-parent, captivated companion, anx-
iously loving nurse to finally bereft, undone, unhinged,
alone, and ready to sneak down to the humane society,
“just looking,” and start all over again.

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BOOKS: Care of the Wild: First Aid for Wild Creatures

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Care of the Wild: First Aid for Wild
Creatures. By William J. Jordan and John
H u g h e s . University of Wisconsin Press (114 N.
Murray St., Madison, WI 53715). 1992. 225 pages.
$11.95 paper; $27.50 cloth.
I’ve never read Care of the Wild all the way
through. I probably should. There are pages of my battered
old 1983 edition that I’ve never read––and pages I’ve read
aloud over the telephone or photocopied many times while
fielding desperate calls from people who have found an
injured this or that and don’t know what to do. Simply put,
Care of the Wild is an invaluable desk reference for anyone
who may encounter wildlife in need of help: wildlife reha-
bilitators, animal control officers, humane societies; any-
one who notices and cares. First published in England, it is
now expanded and updated to more thoroughly cover North
American wildlife, but it did a fairly good job before: I’ve
used it to help other people help opossums, raccoons,
songbirds, rabbits, and deer––who are only a handful of
the species discussed. Care of the Wild won’t replace your
veterinarian, but it will tell you when to call the vet, and
what to do before and afterward.
––Merritt Clifton

BOOKS: Cows Are Vegetarians: a book for vegetarian kids

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Cows Are Vegetarians: a book for vegetarian
kids. By Ann Bradley with illustrations by Elise
H u ffman. Healthways Press (P.O. Box 1945, Aptos,
CA 95001). 1992. 20 pages. $9.95 paper.
While the title is a bit of a non sequitur, Cows Are
Vegetarians joyously affirms the vegetarian choice for young
children. It provides them with reassuring facts about nutri-
tion and describes in some detail the environmental benefits
of vegetarianism for rainforest habitats and ultimately, the
planet.

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BOOKS: Wildwoods Wisdom: Encounters With the Natural World

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Wildwoods Wisdom: Encounters With the
Natural World, by Doug Elliott. Paragon House
(90 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011), 1992. 196
pages. $22.95 cloth.
In this curious mixture of scientific fact and folk
tradition, Doug Elliott distills a lifetime’s curiosity about
the myriad ways in which humans interact with other crea-
tures. Throughout, he combines the self-taught herbalist’s
keen attention to detail, the wildlife artist’s regard for har-
mony, and the folklorist’s appreciation for traditional coun-
try beliefs.

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Vivisection

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The winter 1992/1993 edition of
National Boycott News, a well-reputed
annual directory of boycotts, includes
detailed coverage of the ongoing boycott of
Carme Inc., a cruelty-free cosmetics manu-
facturer acquired by International Research
and Development Corp. in 1989. The boy-
cott, called but not recently promoted by
PETA, might be forgotten by now except
that attorneys for IRDC, a major animal-
testing laboratory, have threatened numer-
ous protesters and media who have covered
the situation with lawsuits––including
National Boycott News, when the editors
offered them the opportunity to respond to
various allegations made by boycott litera-
ture. IRDC did sue two cruelty-free dis-
tributors who dropped the Carme product
line. The case was settled out of court by
the firms’ insurance companies.

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Zoos & Aquariums

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The American Association of
Zoological Parks and Aquariums
announced November 6 that it would rein-
state the accreditation of the Columbus Zoo
in Columbus, Ohio, effective January 1.
The zoo and former director Jack Hanna
were suspended in April for violating the
AAZPA code of ethics by importing two
pandas from China for an exhibit that closed
in September after attracting 925,000 of the
zoo’s 1.5 million visitors. AAZPA con-
tends––along with most other wildlife pro-
tection advocates––that China’s panda
rentals are not in the best interest of either
the species or the individual animals. A
week after the AAZPA announcement, the
Columbus Zoo executive committee named
Hanna “director emeritus” and replaced him
with longtime general manager Gerald
Borin.

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