Author: Dylan Forest

Animal obituaries

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

Inky, 5, a black Labrador retriever trained for Craig
Steven Miller, 41, by Leader Dogs for the Blind, was allegedly
kicked to death by Miller on February 8 in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
Miller, who ran for mayor of Lansdale in November 2001, but was
defeated, was charged with cruelty. On February 11 his wife Brenda
obtained a protective order against him on behalf of herself and
their children, while Miller was undergoing psychiatric evaluation
at Norristown State Hospital.

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Rabies makes bad Zimbabwe situation worse

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002–

HARARE, Zimbabwe–If Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabwe
responds to the mid-March death of a Mhondoro boy from rabies at
Harare Central Hospital as faltering dictators usually do, his next
move will be to put troops on the streets to shoot stray dogs
wherever his hold on authority is weak.
Four other people were believed to have been bitten by the
dog who infected the dead boy. But a week after the death, only
three of the other bite victims had been found.

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Human obituaries

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2002:

Amy Nichols, 18, a British student employed by the Taita
Discovery Centre in Kenya, was killed on March 8 by a Madagascar
dwarf crocodile during a swim with friends in Lake Challa, along the
Kenyan border with Tanzania, below Mt. Kilimanjaro. Madagascar
dwarf crocodiles were introduced to Lake Challa in the 1930s by
British adventurer Ewart Grogan, best known for walking from Cape
Town to Cairo in 1898. The dwarf crocs were thought to have been
exterminated circa 1990 by fishers who were tired of having their
nets torn.

Karl Mattson, 60, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, drowned on
March 8 while trying to rescue his poodle mix from thin ice on Lake
Sebago, Maine.

Chantal Vincelli, 38, a longtime cat rescuer first in
Montreal and later in New York City, was killed on September 11,
2001, while setting up a trade show at the World Trade Center.
Friends found homes for all of the 17 cats she left behind.

Dogs & monkeys

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2002:

After three years of nonstop effort, the Visakha SPCA has
sterilized about 80% of the street dogs in Visakhapatnam, we
believe. We are now making special efforts to catch the remaining
20%, who inhabit the beaches and other open areas where they can
quickly run away from the dogcatchers. Our Animal Birth Control
program has now extended our services to adjacent communities and
nearby rural areas.

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Plight of Kabul Zoo brings dubious fundraising claims

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2002:

ASHEBORO, N.C.–Few people ever decline easy money, but
North Carolina Zoo director Davy Jones did.
It was a matter of honoring the trust and faith of donors,
Jones told ANIMAL PEOPLE, and of recognizing that funds raised when
they are not needed may be funds taken away from other worthy
projects–especially if the fundraising effort immediately benefits
mainly the fundraising company.
This is why Jones is extremely annoyed with a consortium of
six small nonprofit organizations calling themselves Great Cats in
Crisis, in whose name at least two hyperbolic appeals have recently
been mailed on nominal behalf of the animals at the Kabul Zoo. The
appeals are grossly misleading, Jones told ANIMAL PEOPLE.
Helping the animals of the Kabul Zoo has been among Jones’
enduring interests since he visited the zoo himself about 10 years
ago, as then-director of the London Zoo in England. The Taliban
takeover of Afghanistan in 1996 cut off opportunities to assist, but
Jones did not forget.

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Laws, morals, and rural reality

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2002:

Thirty-eight of the 49 Washington state senators voted on
February 19 to repeal the Washington anti-trapping initiative–passed
in November 2000 by 34 of the 49 Washington counties, and approved
by 55% of a record voter turnout.
If the Washington house of representatives agrees, which it
may not, the anti-trapping initiative would become the first
initiative in state history to be repealed by the
legislature–although the lawmakers weakened a 1996 initiative ban on
hunting pumas with dogs.

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Farm Bill amended to remove lab rats, mice, & birds from Animal Welfare Act protection

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2002:

WASHINGTON, D.C.–All rats, mice, and birds bred for
laboratory use would be permanently excluded from federal Animal
Welfare Act protection under a last-minute amendment to the 2002 Farm
Bill, approved by the U.S. Senate by voice vote late on February 12
and sent to a joint Senate/House conference committee for final
reconciliation on February 13.
The amendment would affect more than 95% of all warm-blooded
animals used in U.S. laboratories.

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Shooting animals in the rural South: animal abuse or cultural norm?

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2002:
Shooting animals in the rural South: animal abuse or cultural norm?
by Sue-Ellen Brown, Psy.D.

“Who shot the dog?” I asked.
“I killed him! I shot him right in the face!” the
13-year-old boy boasted, sitting on his 4-wheeler.
“That was cruel!” his 8-year-old female cousin from the
suburbs objected.
“Well, he ate my cat!” exclaimed the 13-year-old.
For a moment I thought that could be a legitimate
explanation. I felt relieved that the next serial killer was not
living next door. But then, he continued, “Well the cat was dead.
The dog dug him up and ate him.”
I asked what happened to the cat.
“My dad shot him.”

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Scots ban hunting with dogs

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2002:

EDINBURGH, Scotland–After six-and-a-half hours of debate,
including votes on 107 proposed amendments, the Scottish Parliament
on February 13 gave final approval to the Protection of Wild Mammals
Act, which seeks to ban hunting with dogs, 83-36 with five
abstentions.
“There will not be another [pack] hunting season in
Scotland,” exulted Tricia Marwick, a co-sponsor of the Act. “This
is a momentous day for the Parliament.”
Agreed Les Ward, chair of the Scottish Campaign Against
Hunting With Dogs, “It is a historic day. Scotland has led the way.
It will send a signal to the world that Scotland is a civilised and
modern country.”

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