Day: March 1, 1993

Salvation Army denies link to Sportsmen Against Hunger

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia ––
Trying to boost the image of hunting,
Sportsmen Against Hunger again this winter
urged hunters to donate kills to soup kitchens,
prominently mentioning the Salvation Army.
But Salvation Army national com-
munications director Colonel Leon R. Ferraez
reiterated February 4 that “The Salvation
Army does not have an agreement with
Sportsmen Against Hunger. The organiza-
tion has misrepresented that fact a number of
times. “Sportsmen Against Hunger has
assured us they are not using the name of the
Salvation Army, but we continue to receive
reports that they do use our name, then deny
it later. We have tried to overcome this prob-
lem for a number of years,” he added,
“including with the threat of legal action.”

Marine Mammals

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

“EAT WHALES,” SAYS JAPAN
TOKYO, Japan –– The Japan Fisheries Agency and
25 Japanese fishing organizations on January 29 launched an
aggressive media campaign urging Japanese citizens to eat more
whale meat. The goal is to generate pressure on the International
Whaling Commission to rescind the six-year-old global ban on
whaling at its annual meeting in May, to be held in Kyoto.
The blitz includes radio and television spots touting
whale meat as a cure for asthma and acne, and distribution of
100,000 comic books depicting the history of the Japanese whal-
ing industry. The history is likely to be inaccurate: contrary to
the industry claim that whaling is part of Japanese cultural tradi-
tion, historian Fujiwara Eiji documented in 1989 that Japanese
commercial whaling actually began in 1909, when a man named
Oka Juro brought the concept and techniques from Norway. His
activity was so detested by traditional fishers that some of them
burned his facilities in 1911.

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Progress for animals used in entertainment

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

The Green Mountain Race Track in
Pownal, Vermont, the only greyhound track in
the state, announced December 30 that it
would not reopen due to financial losses.
January 24, villagers at Manganeses
de la Polvorsa dropped a goat only 30 feet
rather than from the full height of the church
tower during one of Spain’s most notorious
religious festivals. “This is not a victory,”
said longtime protester Vicki Moore.

Woofs and growls…

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Fed up with nonprofit executives who hide the size of
their salaries by dividing them among related groups who file sepa-
rate returns, the Internal Revenue Service asks on the 1992 Form
990, “Did any officer, director, trustee, or key employee receive
aggregate compensation of more than $100,000 from your organiza-
tion and all related organizations, of which more than $10,000 was
provided by the related organization?” If the answer is yes, detailed
explanations are required.
The Senate Select Committee on Prisoners of War and
Missing In Action Affairs has recommended that the IRS should
crack down on charities who report fundraising costs as “educational”
program expenses. This would affect many animal-related charities;
see the notes accompanying the financial tables on over 60 national
groups published in the December 1992 and January/February issues
of ANIMAL PEOPLE. (Copies are still available at $2.00 each.)

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Animal Health & Behavior

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Studying the relationship between brain evolution and the death of fetal cells, University of
Tennessee researcher Dr. Robert Williams has discovered that cat species seem to have an unusual capacity for
fast biological adaptation to suit their circumstances. All mammals seem to select adaptive capabilities through
the death of up to half of their neural brain cells just before birth, enabling the remainder to grow, but cats shed as
many as 80% of their fetal neurons––and this explains the key differences between domestic cat brains and those
of Spanish wildcats. Williams studied the brains of domestic cats and Spanish wildcats who had been euthanized
due to illness and/or injury.

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What’s next for the Canadian SPCA? FORMER STAFFERS STRENGTHEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

MONTREAL, Quebec –– Embattled Canadian
SPCA president Joan Clark has pledged to resign at the
organization’s next annual meeting, to be held in June, but
observers aren’t betting heavily that Clark will be replaced,
or even that the CSPCA will remain open.
Founded in 1869, the CSPCA is Canada’s oldest
humane organization, but has rarely exercised national lead-
ership during more than a decade of internal turmoil marked
by a declining donor base, and has no staff or programs out-
side the province of Quebec. Although more than 80% of
the Quebec population is French-speaking, the CSPCA
directors and senior staff are primarily English-speaking,
contributing to a image of isolation from the community that
the organization has done little about during a series of pro-
tracted power struggles.

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Hirings and firings

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

The World-Wide Fund for Nature, known in
the U.S. as the World Wildlife Fund, announced January
22 that Prince Philip of Britain would remain president
until 1996. Philip, whose term was to end in 1994, was
president of the British branch from its founding in 1961
until 1981, when he took his present post. An avid partic-
ipant in blood sports, Philip has led WWF in frequent
alignment with trophy hunters and wildlife traffickers,
opposing most other animal and habitat protection groups.

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