Month: November 2001

BOOKS: Arapawa — Once Upon an Island

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2001:
Arapawa–Once Upon An Island by Betty Rowe
Halcyon Press (C.P.O. Box 360, Aukland, New Zealand), 1988. 186
pages, paperback.
How to order Arapawa– Once Upon An Island is a mystery.
<Amazon.com> has no record of either the title or the author–but we
know that Betty Rowe and her book exist, as for several years we
have been sending ANIMAL PEOPLE to Rowe c/o the Arapawa Wildlife
Sanctuary, Lily Valley, Private Bag, Picton 412, New Zealand.
Several months ago she responded, sending an e-mail, which
arrived without a return address, and a copy of the book. Though 13
years old, the book so directly addresses current ecological issues
that it might have been written yesterday.

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High-stakes games for animals

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 2001:

SALT LAKE CITY, SEOUL– Choose the image that fits: a)
Sports are about character-building and moral growth; or b) Sports
are about domination, oppression, exploitation, and abuse.
Either image could apply, depending on the sport, the
arena, the event, and the athletes, but suppose you are a sports
promoter, and can represent just one.

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Who Gets The Money? — 12th annual edition (Introduction)

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 2001:

 

Starting on page 14 is our 12th annual report on the budgets,
assets, and salaries paid by the major U.S. animal-related charities
and miscellaneous local activist groups, humane societies, and some
prominent organizations abroad. We offer their data for comparative
purposes. Foreign data is stated in U.S. dollars at average 2000
exchange rates.
Most charities are identified in the second column by
apparent focus: A for advocacy, C for conservation of habitat via
acquisition, E for education, H for support of hunting (either for
“wildlife management” or recreation), L for litigation, N for
neutering, P for publication, R for animal rights, S for
shelter/sanctuary maintenance, V for focus on vivisection, and W
for animal welfare. The R and W designations are used only if a
group makes a point of being one or the other. Charities of obvious
purpose may not have a designation letter.
While many groups are involved in multiple activities,
space limits us to providing only three identifying letters.
Except where otherwise stated, the financial data comes from
current Internal Revenue Service Form 990 filings, covering either
calendar year or fiscal year 2000.
The basic data on any U.S. charity and often full Form 990s
are available–free–at <www.guidestar.com>.
We offer the data here to further assess each charity using
three different standard fiscal measures.

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Another Toronto Humane Society coup-d’etat

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 2001:

 

TORONTO–The Toronto Humane Society will not regain the
city pound contract that it lost in April 2000, Toronto health board
chair Joe Mihevic told Brad Honeywill of the Toronto Sun on November
14, even if the THS members did just vote out of office the
directors responsible for losing the contract.
While many humane societies are voluntarily getting out of
animal control to focus on humane law enforcement and fighting pet
overpopulation, the decision to leave animal control was essentially
forced upon THS after former board president Jeannie Butler demanded
that Toronto pay THS at a “break-even” level for impounding and
either adopting out or killing feral and stray dogs and cats.

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LETTERS [November 2001]

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 2001:
Letters
Tolstoy Center
We are glad to inform you that the Leo Tolstoy Center for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals held a press conference on October 4
that attracted more than 30 reporters and the Supreme Soviet deputies
of the Ukraine. We discussed stray dogs, animal experimentation,
bullfighting and other forms of animal fighting for entertainment,
factory farming, hunting, fur, circuses, zoos, and legislation
to protect animals’ rights.
On November 2 we hosted an inter-college conference at the
Kharkov teacher training college, attended by more than 300 students
from 12 academic institutions in Kharkov, Moscow, and Kiev.
We brightened the conference with anti-fur and anti-hunting
skits, an anti-fur fashion show, and dancing by famed Ukrainian
gymnast Helen Sljusarchik.
Appreciating your support and understanding,

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Individual Compensation

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 2001:
Individual Compensation
(Chief executives &/or 10 top-paid staff & consultants)

The Pay column below combines salaries,
benefit plan contributions (if any), and expense
accounts for the few individuals who are not
required to itemize expenses. Individual
independent contractors such as attorneys,
accountants, and consultants are listed as well
as directors and regular staff.

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BOOKS: Strolling With Our Kin

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 2001:

Strolling With Our Kin:
Speaking for and Respecting Voiceless Animals
by Marc Bekoff
American Anti-Vivisection Society, distributed
by Lantern Books (1 Union Square W., #201, New
York, NY 10003), 2000.) 113 pages,
paperback. $9.95.
As a primer on ethical issues involving
animals, evidently aimed at university students,
Strolling With Our Kin has the virtues of being
brief yet broad-ranging enough to address most of
the major issues, inexpensive, easily read,
and attentive to multiple perspectives.
Entering a rather crowded competition
among similar primers about a year ago, Strolling
With Our Kin may or may not be emerging as a
favorite in classroom use, but it is the only
such text that is also commonly sold in
nonacademic bookstores. In short, it appears to
represent a triumph for the American
Anti-Vivisection Society, which underwrote the
publication, and for ethologist and teacher Marc
Bekoff.

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Elephant Books

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 2001:
“It is said that if an elephant dies, the elephant’s person will
forever live in sorrow.”

Modoc: The True Story of the
Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
by Ralph Hefner
HarperCollins (1350 Avenue Of The Americas,
New York, NY 10019), 1998.
325 pages, paperback. $13.00

To The Elephant Graveyard
by Tarquin Hall
Grove Press (841 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, 2001. 260 pages,
paperback. $13.00

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