Girl’s death due to bat rabies

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

BLOOMINGBURG, New York––The New York State Health Department is running

a search of all computerized hospital records to find possible undiagnosed deaths from silver-

haired bat rabies. The review began following the August 26 discovery that silverhaired bat

rabies was responsible for the first human rabies fatality in New York state since 1954.

The mid-Atlantic raccoon rabies pandemic recently spread into mid-state New York.

Northeastern New York is meanwhile contending with sporadic invasions of fox rabies from

Quebec and northwestern Vermont. But the rabies strain that killed 11-year-old Kelly Ahrendt of

Bloomingburg on July 11 has apparently been in New York, little noticed, for many years.

The case served to warn animal care and control workers, rescuers, veterinary staff,

Deer overpopulation: Hunters caused it. What can we do about it?

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

DUPAGE COUNTY, Illinois––It isn’t deer

overpopulation that has the Dupage County Forest

Preserve commissioners, Steve Hindi of the Chicago

Animal Rights Coalition, Don Rolla of the Elsa Wild

Animal Appeal, and local hunting groups all at four-cor-

nered loggerheads. It’s what to do about it.

They’re agreed there are too many deer in the

six-square-mile Waterfall Glen preserve: 537 at last

count, even after 253 were culled last spring. They’re

agreed there’s nowhere to relocate them. They’re agreed

deer roaming out of the preserve are a hazard to cars and

perhaps to passing trains as well. They’re agreed that the

deer are eating songbirds and other brush-dwelling

species out of cover. They’re even agreed that there prob-

ably won’t be any ideal solution––quick, humane, and

inexpensive.

OBITUARIES

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

Mark Loren Morris, DVM, 92,

credited with coining the term “companion

animal,” died July 8 in Naples, Florida, of

atherosclerosis. Born in Hendersonville,

Colorado, Morris earned his veterinary

diploma from Cornell University in 1925

and took over an established practice in

Edison, New Jersey, where he set up the

Raritan Animal Hospital, one of the first

facilities of its kind, and pioneered the prac-

tice of small-animal medicine as a specialty.

Formerly, most veterinarians traveled from

farm to farm, mainly treating livestock.

Obituaries

BOOKS: Treasures from Townsend Publishing

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

Treasures from Townsend Publishing

(12 Greenleaf Drive, Exeter, NH 03833)

Nana’s Adoption Farm, by Tryntje Horn,

illus. by Dana Lacroix. 1992. Hardcover. $16.95.

Wintertime Cat, by Era Zistel. Paper. $5.95.

Orphan, by Era Zistel, illustrated

by Christine Knight Coombs. 1990. Paper. $11.95.

Christopher, by Era Zistel, illustrated by

Judee Donahue. 1991. Paper. $11.95.

Separate Lifetimes, by Irving Townsend.

1986 and 1990. Paper. $11.95.

The Less Expensive Spre a d, by Irving

Townsend. 1990. Paper. $11.95.

Reviews

Religion & Animals

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

The 19th General Synod of the United

Church of Christ, held in St. Louis during July,

adopted a resolution on “Respect for Animals,”

which invites members to “evaluate human use

of animals and the resulting effects” through a

set of six questions. The full text is available

from the Rev. Marc Wessels, executive director

of the International Network for Religion and

Animals, POB 1335, North Wales, PA 19454.

Religion & Spirituality

If Imelda Marcos goes cruelty-free, Frank Zigrang might get rich; NON-LEATHER SHOE KING SHOWS HUMANE MERCHANTS HOW

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

DAKOTA CITY, Iowa––”I’ve learned everything the hard way,” Frank

Zigrang states, “and I’m still learning from my mistakes.”

Zigrang founded his mail-order non-leather shoe firm, Heartland Products

in 1986, with no experience in either direct-mail sales or the shoe business. But in

six months as a vegetarian, Zigrang had discovered a vacant market niche, and as a

career businessman, he didn’t waste time moving to fill it. Heartland now boasts a

customer list of 30,000, annual sales of $100,000, and turns a modest profit.

“I’m making a living, anyway,” Zigrang admits. “It maybe isn’t much of

a living by some people’s standards, but I still have other business interests,”

including a share in the family grain farm run by his older brother.

Zigrang has become legendary in the animal protection community

through his frequent sales exhibits at half a dozen regional conferences per year.

But that’s not the key to his success. “I just do that for visibility,” he explains. “To

sell anything, you have to stay visible.” The keys, he emphasizes, “are the old

business stand-bys. That’s price, convenience, and quality. If you can’t sell some-

thing for less than the store at the mall, you sell something better than they have

down at the mall, or something they don’t stock, and you make it more convenient

for your customers to place an order with you than to drive down to the mall. You

stay in touch with your customers. That’s how you get repeat orders. You stock

what they want.”

Marine Mammals

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

The hit film Free Willy gave new

impetus to the ongoing campaign to persuade

Sea World in San Diego to return an orca named

Corky to her native habitat off British Columbia.

Her mother and several siblings remain with the

pod from which she was captured 24 years ago.

Sea World contends Corky could no longer sur-

vive in the wild. Free Willy has also started a

campaign on behalf of Keiko, the star of the

film, who resides at the El Nuevo Reino

Aventura amusement park in Mexico City. Free

Willy producers Lauren Shuler-Donner and

Richard Donner are reportedly ready to buy

Keiko and move him to a better facility, perhaps

even a fenced inlet off Cape Cod, using

$200,000 contributed by Warner Brothers, the

film’s distributor. Captured off Iceland in 1982,

and kept at Marineland in Niagara Falls before

being sold to his present keepers, Keiko hasn’t

drawn interest from major aquariums because of

a purportedly debilitating skin condition.

BOOKS: Snakes

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

Snakes. By Erik D. Stoops and Annette T. Wright, Sterling Publishing (387 Park Ave.

South, New York, NY 10016), 1992, 80 pages, hardcover $14.95 US, $19.95 Canadian.

This gorgeously illustrated book will appeal to

the junior biologist in us all. Its question and

answer format addresses every aspect of snake

biology and behavior, with questions ranging

from basic to esoteric. Many questions could

only have originated in the curious minds of

young children: “Why do snakes get run over

so often?” for example, or “Do snakes ever

throw up?”

Agriculture

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on August 9

announced plans to hike grazing fees on 280 million acres

of public lands, from the present $1.86 per animal unit per

day to $4.28––still below market value, and half the $8.70

fee the House passed in July 1991, later killed by the

Senate. An earlier attempt by Babbitt to up grazing fees

was delayed by President Clinton until his budget cleared

Congress.

The European Commission on July 13 proposed

that horses in transport should be watered and fed every six

hours; calves under four weeks old, every eight hours; and

adult cattle every 16 hours. Horses and pigs would get 10

hours of rest after traveling 12 hours. If adopted, the new

rules will protect all animals traveling between member

nations.

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