Would the Guest Choice Network defend dog-and-cat-eating?

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

WASHINGTON D.C.–Is Rick Berman preparing to become the U.S.
voice of dog-and-cat-meat restauranteurs?
Berman did not answer ANIMAL PEOPLE when on March 1 we asked
him, but his political history and recent activities seem to lean in
that direction.
“A Washington lawyer and lobbyist who has represented the
hospitality industry for more than 25 years,” Berman, 58, “is
executive director of the Guest Choice Network, a D.C.-based
coalition of 30,000 restaurateurs, tavern operators and restaurant
suppliers who want to preserve guilt-free enjoyment,” profiled
Washington Post staff writer Carole Sugarman in November 1999.

Japan, Norway defy IWC whaling moratorium

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

TOKYO–With just a month left before the International
Whaling Commission is to meet in the Japanese whaling village of
Shimonoseki to decide whether to continue the 1986 global moratorium
on commercial whaling, Norway and Japan are racheting up the
pressure to end it through a series of gestures of defiance.
Many moratorium defenders fear that if Japan and Norway
decide to completely ignore it, the regulatory authority of the IWC
will collapse.

Lawmakers warm to freeing dogs from chain gangs

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002–
HARTFORD, Connecticut– Connecticut legislature judiciary
co-chair Michael Lawler (D-East Haven) on February 27 told news media
that he expects to see a “fair amount of support” for a newly
introduced state bill to limit the amount of time that dogs can be
kept outdoors on chains.
Some U.S. and Canadian municipalities have ordinances against
prolonged chaining, but no state is known to have explicit
legislation against it, despite a growing body of evidence that
chaining tends to make dogs more territorial and more dangerous,
especially toward small children.

Knoller & Noel convicted as murder-by-dog cases become trend

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

LOS ANGELES–Convicted of second degree murder on March 21,
2002, for the dog mauling death of her former neighbor Diane
Whipple, San Francisco attorney Marjorie Knoller immediately
declared her intent to appeal. Knoller, 46, was also convicted of
manslaughter, along with her husband and fellow attorney Robert
Noel, 60. Both Knoller and Noel were additionally found guilty of
keeping a dangerous animal.
Sentencing was set for May 10. Knoller could draw 15 years
to life in prison; Noel could get four years.

What is

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

WASHINGTON D.C.–The web site address, <www.alecwatch.org>,
calls to mind “smart-alec,” a synonym for “wiseguy.” In the current
political climate, that in turn suggests “wise-use wiseguys”–but
far-right strategist Paul Weyrich formed ALEC, short for the
American Legislative Exchange Council, in 1973, before going on to
form the Moral Majority for evangelist Jerry Falwell, a decade
before the term “wise-use” emerged.
Jointly prepared and posted on February 28, 2002 by
Defenders of Wildlife and the National Resources Defense Council,
<www.alecwatch.org> is a comprehensive report on how the corporate
members of ALEC, paying annual dues of just $5,000 apiece, are
purchasing unprecedented political influence in state legislatures.

Korea to crack down on Moran Market during World Cup

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

SEOUL, South Korea– Trying to reduce visitor awareness of
dog-and-cat-eating during the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament,
starting in May, the government of South Korea on February 19 asked
the 22 dog meat vendors who sell at the Moran Market in Sungnam City
for “a voluntary discontinuation of all illegal sales and practices.”

Care for bears in China

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:
BEIJING, HONG KONG, SHANGHAI–China cares about bears.
That was clear from nationwide outrage erupting in February
2002 after a 21-year-old engineering student poured sulfuric acid and
caustic soda over five bears at the Beijing Zoo “to see if bears are
really stupid.”
International Fund for Animal Welfare representative Zhang Li
offered help to the zoo in treating the bears, who repeatedly all
suffered vision loss, mouth injuries, and badly burned paws. Zhang
Li also appealed for a national law on animal welfare. An existing
law protecting wildlife may not apply to zoo animals.

Hindus, Sikhs, veggies settle suit vs. McDonald’s

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

SEATTLE, AHMEDABAD– With smoke still rising from the ruins
of Muslim neighborhoods in Ahmedabad, India, neither the McDonald’s
Corporation nor Seattle attorney Harish Bharti and his 12 Hindu,
Sikh, and vegetarian clients wanted any more trouble.
As Ahmedabad cremated the remains of 56 Hindus killed when
Muslim militants torched a train on March 1, and buried the remains
of more than 400 Muslims killed the next day in retaliatory attacks
by Hindu mobs, McDonald’s agreed to pay $6 million to vegetarian
groups, yet to be named, and $4 million to charities serving
Hindus, Sikhs, children’s nutritional needs, and kosher dietary
teachings.

Activist court calendar

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

Sealer walks

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland–A three-judge Newfoundland Court
of Appeal panel on March 12 overturned the conviction of sealer Jason
Penny for allowing a wounded seal to suffer unnecessarily long from a
bullet wound in early 1996, by ruling that the prosecution failed to
submit adequate evidence establishing that the video used to convict
him had not been “altered or changed” by the International Fund for
Animal Welfare before it was turned over to the Crown.

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