Fewer hunters, more brain disease

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

ANNAPOLIS, DENVER, HARRISBURG, MADISON, WASHINGTON
D.C.–Maryland Governor Parris Glendening on May 15 vetoed a bill
which would have increased the state deer hunting season from 13 days
to at least 21 days, including the first Sunday of the season.
Vetoing a bill overwhelmingly favored by the hunting lobby
was political suicide not long ago, especially in a southern state,
and even in the name of keeping the sanctity of the Sabbath.

New web site reviews 77 animal-related organizations

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

MAHWAH, N.J.–The online philanthropic evaluation service
Charity Navigator debuted on April 15 at <www.charitynavigator.org>,
offering statistical assessments of 77 U.S.-based animal-related
charities, among 1,100 charities reviewed in all.
Founded by John P. Dugan, described by Bruce Mohl of the
Boston Globe as “a New Jersey businessman who became wealthy running
a pharmaceutical sales company,” Charity Navigator is managed
day-to-day by executive director Trent Stamp and deputy director Kyle
Wade.

Activists & Organizations

National Animal Welfare University of India to debut in September

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

Faridabad, India–If Indian minister of state for animal
welfare Maneka Gandhi could soar with the birds above her home in
Delhi, she could see her dream of a lifetime rising in nearby
Faridabad–“Almost a suburb now,” Mrs. Gandhi told ANIMAL PEOPLE,
“but technically in Haryana state,” while Delhi is in Uttar Pradesh.
It is the eight-acre campus of the newly founded National
Institute of Animal Welfare. “It is 40% built and will be ready by
August or so,” ready to accept up to 200 students in residence,
Mrs. Gandhi promised. The 200 enrollees will be the first class to
pursue a four-year B.A. degree in animal welfare.

Puppy mills

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

Sixty surviving dogs, among 75 seized in January from
breeder Inocente Dominguez Morales of Harlingen, Texas, were to be
auctioned on May 25, “as ordered by Cameron County Justice of the
Peace David A. Wise, much to the dismay of the Harlingen Humane
Society,” said South Texas Animal Sanctuary president Bob Sobel.
“The ruling to sell the abused animals and award half the proceeds to
the abuser is a blemish on the enforcement of anti-cruelty laws,”
Sobel continued. “There was no penalty, no fine, no admonition to
compel future observance.” Wise invoked an old law which pertained
originally to the sale of strayed cattle. The Wise verdict did not
apply to about 25 dogs held by the South Texas Animal Sanctuary in a
related case, seized a day after the Harlingen raid from the Puppies
“R” Us franchise owned by Patrick Scott Kingsbury in Weslaco,
Hidalgo County.

Good dogs, bad dogs, and a dog who was framed for murder

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

SAN FRANCISCO– California public agencies in early May 2002
continued a recent trend of favoring good dogs’ right to live in
public housing and emphasizing the culpability of owners for bad dog
behavior–especially owners who could be expected to know better than
to allow it.
The California Fair Employment and Housing Commis-sion
assessed penalties of $18,000 against the Auburn Woods I Home-owners’
Association for allegedly discriminating against former tenants Ed
and Jayne Elebiari by barring their dog Pookie, who was adopted from
a shelter in 1999 and helped them cope with severe depression.

German “animal rights” proposal

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

Associated Press erroneously reported on May 17 that “Germany
has become the first European Union country to guarantee animal
rights in its constitution–a move that could curtail experimentation
by the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.”
The inaccurate report was amplified by other media and hailed
by animal advocates, as pollsters and talk show hosts asked, “Has
Germany gone too far?”
Actually, only the lower house of the German legislature
approved a constitutional amendment which would add the words “and
animals” to a phrase which would then read, “The state takes
responsibility for protecting the natural foundations of life and
animals in the interest of future generations.”

More bites

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

Norman Schachter, 50, on May 19 drew 15 years in prison and
accomplice Derrick Moultrie, 34, drew 10 years, for trying to hire
undercover police officers to beat up author Shaun Considine, 65,
after trying to frame Considine for possessing illegal drugs and
child pornography. Considine’s “only offense was to be virtually
devoured by Mr. Schachter’s dogs” in Central Park in 1998, New York
State Supreme Court Justice William Wetzel said. Considine then sued
Schachter and his wife Debbie Gamiel, 45. Gamiel pleaded guilty in
July 2001 to a misdemeanor charge for allowing the three-dog attack
to occur, and was sentenced to probation.

Koreans kill pigs in rage and a panic

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

SEOUL–Former South Korean commandos outraged by the April 21
visit of Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi to a Tokyo shrine
honoring 14 war criminals, among other World War II dead, on April
23 “hacked to death a squealing pig daubed with the name ‘Koizumi,'”
Reuters and Agence France Presse reported. The men intended to kill
the pig at the Japanese embassy, but were stopped by riot police,
so stabbed the pig repeatedly inside a van.
“They then shoved the still shrieking animal into the road
some 200 meters away from the Japanese embassy,” Reuters said. “The
riot police struggled to stuff the badly bleeding pig into a sack.
The pig soon fell silent and died.”

Animal advocate charged with Dutch assassination

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2002:

AMSTERDAM–Volkert Van der Graaf, 32, among the most
prominent animal rights activists in The Netherlands, was charged on
May 8 with killing populist prime ministerial candidate Pim Fortuyn,
54, two days earlier, with five close-range gunshots to the head
and body, as Fortuyn left a radio station where he had just done an
interview.
Van der Graaf was cofounder of Milieu Offensief, known for
use of aggressive legal tactics to fight against all forms of factory
farming.

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