Month: June 2003

Charities sue over slogans and similar names

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  June 2003:

SAN FRANCISCO–Alleging “trademark infringement,  unfair
competition,  and related claims arising from the unauthorized use”
of the phrase “Don’t breed or buy while homeless animals die,”  the
International Society for Animal Rights on April 29,  2003 sued In
Defense of Animals in U.S. District Court.
ISAR trademarked the phrase in January 2001,  the suit
states,  objecting that “IDA has incorporated the confusingly similar
slogan ‘Please don’t breed or buy while millions of homeless animals
die’ into posters,  flyers,  and other products featuring gruesome
images of dead and/or dying pets.”  ISAR contends that this confuses
“prospective and actual donors and members about a perceived
relationship between the organizations.”

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Animal Advocates and Indigenous Peoples: The Survey Results

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  June 2003:

Animal Advocates and Indigenous Peoples:  The Survey Results
by Lee Wiles

In a survey conducted during the winter of 2002-2003, 1,000
randomly selected U.S. readers of Animal People were asked various
questions about, among other things, their attitudes toward
indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada, indigenous
peoples’ use of animals, and the animal advocacy movement’s
interactions with indigenous peoples.  A total of 358 ANIMAL PEOPLE
readers responded.
The survey discovered that approximately equal numbers of
animal advocates are sympathetic and unsympathetic toward the
indigenous rights movement. This split appears to be due to the
ambivalence many animal advocates feel toward indigenous peoples
after several disputes over hunting and trapping.

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Help the Watchdog bark!

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  June 2003:

We are still alive and barking after a 10-month fight for our lives.
As explained in the article beginning on
page one,  the fundraiser Bruce Eberle and his
company Fund Raising Strategies sued ANIMAL
PEOPLE in July 2002 for “libel” and “interfering
with a business relationship.”
Eberle’s “libel” claims were so unclear
that for months we could not even figure out what
he claimed we got wrong.  We have always promptly
corrected errors,  when informed what they are,
and the corrections we have now published could
have been made at any time,  for the asking,  if
the evidence of error had been presented to us.

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Correction & Statement of Regret

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  June 2003:

Via e-mails,  telephone calls,  articles and our web site the
impression may have been created that Bruce Eberle and his company,
Fund Raising Strategies (FRS) operate with less than integrity.
It was stated:
1)  That Eberle was involved in the distribution of a fake
photo of an American POW in Laos.  We accept the sworn statement by
Mr. Eberle that he had “Nothing whatsoever to do with the staging,
printing,  or distribution of the fake photo of an American POW.”
Our previous statements to the contrary are incorrect.

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