From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2004:

Arif Mahmood Qureshi, 59, died on November 21, 2003 in
Multan, Pakistan. An attorney who defended democracy against a
succession of dictatorial governments, Qureshi published the human
rights newspaper The Lord. He was imprisoned in 1970, 1973 -1977,
1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, and 1988. Despite spending much of the
prime of his life in prison, forbidden family visits, for
protesting against the 1971-1977 regime of Z.A. Bhutto, Qureshi as a
matter of principle led demonstations against Bhutto’s hanging after
General Zia ul-Haq deposed Bhutto in a coup-d’etat. “In 1981,”
recalled Qureshi’s younger brother Khalid Mahmood, who publishes
the newspaper The Tension to promote both human rights and animal
rights, “Arif was sent to Lahore Fort, the ugly torture cell of
Pakistan. He was kept in cells where daylight and fresh air cannot
peep through. This and untold body tortures resulted in complete
deterioration of his health.” Wrongly accused of involvement in a
failed coup attempt, Qureshi survived a crude attempt at execution
by lethal injection of an unknown toxin or pathogen, but developed a
skin disease so severe that he was sent home to die. “The history of
Arif’s achievements and struggle will not be complete without
mentioning his true love and concern for the welfare of animals and
birds,” Mahmood continued. Hearing of Animal Rights International,
founded in 1976 by longtime U.S. human rights and animal rights
crusader Henry Spira, Qureshi started a Pakistani group of the same
name, parallel to an Indian Animal Rights International founded by
Laxmi Modi. “After forming ARI, Arif gave up eating the meat of
animals and birds,” despite the advice of his physicians, Mahmood
told ANIMAL PEOPLE. “He wrote many articles about the welfare of
animals and birds. He also arranged many meetings to promote
awareness of animal protection. He was found fighting for the rights
of the suppressed citizens not only in Pakistan or belonging to some
specific class, sect, race or tribe but of the world at large,”
Mahmood concluded. “He left a son, Babar Soekarno, and a daughter,
Pakiza Arif,” both of whom also practice law.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2004:

Echo, 32, who survived a 1982 Irish
Republican Army bombing that killed seven horses
and four members of the British Royal guard,
died on December 18, 2003 at the Home of Rest
for Horses near Speen, Buckshire, U.K. Two
other horses survived the blast: Sefton, who
died in 1993, and Yetti, 34, who was Echo’s
stablemate.

Pharos, a corgi belonging to Queen
Elizabeth II, was euthanized on Dccember 23,
2003 due to injuries inflicted by Dotty, a bull
terrier belonging to Princess Anne. Dotty
previously attacked two children in Windsor in
April 2002. Princess Anne was fined £500 in for
the attack in November 2003.

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