ARM wins again

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

Animal Rights Mobiliza-

tion director Robin Duxbury, com-

ing off a successful campaign to

keep dolphins out of the Colorado’s

Ocean Journey theme park to be

built near Denver, called for a boy-

cott of the grooming salons in the

PetsMart pet supply chain last

September, following the death of

at least five dogs in five different

states when groomers––independent

of each other and of any direction

from PetsMart ––apparently tried to

perform veterinary procedures

and/or mishandled insecticides.

Bardot going bust?

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

French actress-turned-

activist Brigitte Bardot has fired

longtime Brigitte Bardot Foundation

head Liliane Sujansky, replacing

her with antivivisectionist Stephane

Charpentier at the recommendation

of her husband of 18 months,

Bernard d’Ormale––a close friend

and advisor to Jean-Marie Le Penn,

head of the far-right National Front

Party. Contributions to the founda-

tion have fallen by two-thirds since

the marriage. Most of the falloff is

attributed to the cancellation of four

episodes of the foundation’s S.O.S.

Animaux television program after

Bardot denounced the slaughter of

sheep during the Islamic feast of Aid

el Kebir in terms many members of

the substantial French North African

community considered racist.

Christmas poll

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

A nationwide Los

Angeles Times poll of 1,612

adults, taken December 4-7 and

published Christmas Day, found

that 54% of Americans oppose

sport hunting, including 65% of

women, 41% of men, and 60%

of people ages 18-29; 50%

object to wearing fur, including

58% of women, 40% of men,

and 57% of people ages 18-29;

and 47% agreed with the state-

ment that, “Animals are just

like humans in all important

ways,” including 52% of women

and 61% of people ages 18-29.

IPPL budget typo

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

A typographical error

resulting because the “$” sign and

the “4” are on the same key of our

computer keyboard added $400,000

to the direct mail costs ($480,051)

that we reported the International

Primate Protection League allocated

to program services on its 1992 IRS

Form 990, in our December resume

of the budgets, assets, and salaries

paid by the 50 leading national ani-

mal and habitat protection groups.

That’s $52,000 more than the total

IPPL budget. The correct figure

was $80,051. The percentage we

gave for IPPL spending on non-

fundraising programs, 58%, was

accurate.

AGRICULTURE

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

World meat production is up from

177.2 million tons in 1990 to 184.2 tons in

1993, says the Intergovernmental Group on

Meat, an industry task force. Cattle produc-

tion slid from 54.3 million tons to 52.8, but

pork is up from 69.7 million tons to 73.8, and

poultry is up from 39.9 million tons to 44.2.

Total production in developed nations fell

from 104.2 million tons to 100.6, due mostly

to declines in the former USSR, but produc-

tion in developing nations jumped from 73

million tons to 83.6 million––an expenditure

of soil and water resources many of them can-

not afford to make.

Are purebreds really more prone to genetic disease?

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

Purebred dogs may be increasingly susceptible

to genetic disease due to inbreeding, but one apparent

proof the Humane Society of the U.S. presented in the

September 1993 edition of its Shelter Sense newsletter

was not necessarily any such thing.

A special edition on “Purebreds and pet over-

population,” the issue featured articles by assistant editor

Julia Miller and HSUS vice president for farm animals

and bioethics Michael Fox, who backed the recent HSUS

call for a voluntary moratorium on dog and cat breeding

by linking the pursuit of breed standards to congenital

health problems. Illustrating their articles was a table

compiled by the Canine Genetic Disease Information

System at the University of Pennsylvania entitled

“Number of Genetic Disorders or Genetic Susceptibilities

to Disease Recognized in the Dog 1928-1988.”

ANIMAL HEALTH

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

The Farm Bureau, Cattleman’s Association, and

Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative are backing a New York

state bill to let farmers vaccinate their own cattle against rabies,

as is allowed in 36 other states including the adjoining states of

Vermont and Pennsylvania. The bill is opposed by the New York

Veterinary Medical Society. The farm groups claim it would help

curb rabies by cutting vaccination costs. The veterinarians

respond that vaccinations improperly done provide no protection.

The tick-borne disease tularemia has reappeared in

southeastern Pennsylvania, a decade after causing two human

fatalities in the same area. The disease usually hits rabbits,

killing them within four hours; both the Pennsylvania victims had

just killed and dressed rabbits. Tularemia can also kill dogs and

cats who have contact with infected rabbits.

Guest column: Let’s cut a deal on feral cats

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

by Petra Murray

New Jersey Pet Overpopulation Solutions

To catch and kill or to neuter and release

are issues we have been battling over for quite

some time now. Many of us feel very strongly in

support of one approach or the other, and most

likely will not convert to the other viewpoint––so

where do we go from here?

I think it really has to sink in just how

enormous the feral cat problem is. We are talking

of somewhere between thirty and sixty million cats

nationwide––10 to 20 times as many cats as are

handled by all shelters and rescue groups combined

right now. If these numbers really hit us in the

face, we must acknowledge that even if we were

in 100% agreement over how to deal with this situ-

ation, we’d have our hands full for a very long

time. Without compromise and joint cooperative

effort, we can’t begin to make serious headway.

Letters [Jan/Feb 1994]

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

Shelter work

Last night on my way

home from work, an hour’s ride on

public transportation, I read your

November editorial about the terrible

emotional turmoil people who work

at animal shelters go through.

Though I was riding in public, I

could not hold back my tears. I per-

sonally could not work in an animal

shelter, even as a volunteer. The

last time I adopted two cats from the

SPCA, I didn’t look long (my late

husband too.) We picked the two

cats fast, and got out. I wonder how

people can work day in and day out

in such a depressing atmosphere. I

admire thosed people for what they

do, but I will be honest and admit I

would be sick all the time.

––Marion Friedman

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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