ANIMAL OBITUARIES

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2000:

Sakhi, a 13-month-old tigress, was
tranquilized and skinned as the alleged climax
of a 108-day series of tantric rituals on the
night of October 5 at the Nehru Zoological
Park in Hyderabad, India. The crime coincided
with the last day of the annual festival of
Kali, the Hindu blood-goddess. Most Hindus
eschew animal sacrifice, but blood sacrifice is
central to Kali-worship. Indian prime minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee interrupted his recovery
from knee surgery to demand an investigation,
and contributed to a reward fund for apprehension
of the killers, who remained at large.

Obituaries

BOOKS: Ric O’Barry

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2000:

To Free A Dolphin
2000. 269 pages, hardcover. $23.95.
Behind The Dolphin Smile
1988, 2000. 300 pages, paperback. $15.95.
Both by Ric O’Barry
with Keith Coulbourn
Renaissance Books (5858 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90036.)

As this is written, dolphin freedom advocate Ric
O’Barry is working by telephone and Internet––with no budget
and no media notice––to prevent the start of swim-with-dolphin
programs at Anguilla and Tortolla, in the British Virgin
Islands. O’Barry and the people who tipped him off about the
swim-with programs believe that the dolphins to be used were
previously kept at Diver Land in Margarita, Venezuela, where
a dolphin named Cheryl who was of special importance to
O’Barry died on October 31, 1997.

TANZANIA IS HUB OF BABOON TRAFFIC

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2000:

ARUSHA, Tanzania– – Growing
global concern about the decline of primates in
the wild and the possibility of more stringent
regulation of primate exports has coincided
with a flurry of primate sales to laboratories by
African and Asian dealers whom some sources
liken to bar patrons rushing to grab one last
drink “for the road” at closing time.
One apparent hub of the traffic,
especially in wild-trapped baboons, is Arusha,
Tanzania, located near the Kenya border with
paved road access to international airports at
Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, as well as
the Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam.

WHO GETS THE MONEY? –– ELEVENTH ANNUAL EDITION

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2000:

Starting on page 14 is our 11th annual report on the
budgets, assets, and salaries paid by the major U.S. animalrelated
charities and miscellaneous local activist groups,
humane societies, and some prominent organizations abroad.
We offer their data for comparative purposes. Foreign data is
stated in U.S. dollars at average 1999 exchange rates.
Most charities are identified in the second column by
apparent focus: A for advocacy, C for conservation of habitat
via acquisition, E for education, H for support of hunting
(either for “wildlife management” or recreation), L for litigation,
N for neutering, P for publication, R for animal rights,
S for shelter/sanctuary maintenance, V for focus on vivisection,
and W for animal welfare. The R and W designations are
used only if a group makes a point of being one or the other.
Charities of unique purpose may not have a designation letter.

Activists & Organizations

Dog-shooting passé in S.A.

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