Watson trial Dec. 6 ––if Canada dares

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUND-

LAND––Enjoying his new reputation in

Canada as “Captain Cod Hugger” for his July

28 confrontation with foreign dragnetters in

the North Atlantic, Paul Watson of the Sea

Shepherd Conservation Society is to go to

trial December 6 before a St. John’s jury for

allegedly endangering the lives of his crew,

the crew of the Cuban dragger Rio Las Casas,

and the Rio Las Casas itself––if the

Canadian government actually has the nerve

to try Watson for an action applauded from

coast to coast, including by many of the

same people who have long reviled him for

his protests against seal hunting.

Roseland’s what? ADVERTISERS DUPED

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

CHICAGO, Illinois––A 32-page

semi-anonymous, categorical tabloid attack on

humane societies called Roseland’s Sizzle Pet

Shop Edition debuted at the September 10-11

Humane Society of the U.S. tri-regional confer-

ence in Schaumburg, Illinois, leaving the

assembled participants, “Quite astonished,” as

Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society executive director

Jane Stern put it.

WOOFS AND GROWLS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

THE WISE USE WISE GUYS ET AL

George Frampton’s last major task

before leaving the presidency of The Wilderness

Society to become Assistant Secretary for Fish,

Wildlife, and Parks in the Clinton administration

was to preside over the assembly of a 50-page

report called The Wise Use Movement: Strategic

Analysis and 50-State Review. It calls upon the

mainstream environmental movement to distance

itself from radical environmentalism, deep ecolo-

gy, and animal rights, while rebuilding alliances

with farmers and hunters.

The fall 1993 issue of Friends of

Animals’ ActionLine magazine features ANIMAL

PEOPLE editor Merritt Clifton’s “Attack of the

Wise Use Wise Guys,” an investigation of vio-

lence against animals and animal defenders by

members of the self-named “wise use movement.”

It’s $1.95, from POB 1244, Norwalk, CT 06856.

Having run low on friends in Washington D.C.,

Putting People First is relocating this month to

Helena, Montana––PPF president Kathleen

Marquardt’s birth state.

BOOKS: The New Complete Guide To Environmental Careers

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

The New Complete Guide To Environmental Careers, by the

Environmental Careers Organization. Island Press (1718 Connecticut Ave.

NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20009), 1993, 364 pages, paper $15.95. [ISBN 1-

55963-178-3]

Aside from health care, environ-

mental concern will create more employ-

ment opportunities in the near future than

any other service sector of the economy,

according to many career counselors. This

guide––completely updated–– offers an

introduction to the myriad possibilities.

BOOKS: Getting Down To Earth: A Call to Environmental Action

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

Getting Down To Earth: A Call to Environmental Action, by John

Heidtke. Paulist Press (997 Macarthur Blvd., Mahwah, NJ 07430), 1993, 179

pages, paper $9.95. [ISBN 0-8091-9571-2]

This book is definitely not your

run-of-the-mill environmental textbook for

young adults. John Heidtke is more ambi-

tious and, ultimately, more basic in his

goal. Urging his readers to discover and

define their own moral values, he combines

the emerging personal awareness of adoles-

cence with environmental ethics, and there-

by encourages the development of an inte-

grated ecological conscience.

Books for children who love animals

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

A Place for Grace, by Jean Davies Okimoto, illustrated by Doug

Keith. Sasquatch Books (1931 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA 98101), 1993, 36 pages,

hardcover $14.95.

The amazing Grace of this story is a small stray dog on the streets of San

Francisco, who aspires to become a guide dog, fails the height requirement, and becomes a

hearing dog instead with the aid of Charlie, an astute human. Children, who are always

finding themselves too small to do things, will readily identify with Grace and will love

Doug Keith’s gently funny illustrations. But A Place for Grace isn’t just a good dog story.

It’s also a quick introduction to the duties, requirements, and training of hearing dogs, who

usually are clever mongrels, and, somewhat as an afterthought, to the world of the deaf.

If A Place for Grace has a fault, it’s that it presumes too much prior knowledge of deaf cul-

ture on the part of the very young readers. “Signing” pops up with no explanation of what it

is, although the sign alphabet appears on the cover liner, and there is relatively little discus-

sion of the difficulties of functioning in mechanized society without hearing. Fortunately,

many children will infer the essentials from the art. A must for school libraries!

4-H, FFA seek to clean up image

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

4-H and Future Farmers of America

chapters in Ohio, Oregon, and Washington are

developing a criteria and curriculum for medal

competition in the areas of animal well-being,

quality control, and show animal ethics, under-

written with $95,000 from the USDA.

“It’s important for the livestock indus-

try to show the public that we care about the

well-being of meat animals,” says Ohio 4-H

extension agent Sherry Nickles, who adds that

the new medal categories will “open up another

opportunity for members who aren’t going to be

the grand or reserve champion.”

Advice from a dog

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

DALTON, Georgia––”Living on the buckle of

the Bible Belt, where every harsh, cruel thing done to ani-

mals seems to have so-called divine justification, is at

times intolerable,” says Linda McClure-Woodham. “I can

count the number of animal activists in Dalton on the fin-

gers of one hand. But I keep writing my column in the

hope that maybe, just maybe, it is reaching those who

would never read ANIMAL PEOPLE or any other publi-

cation like it.”

For just over three years, McClure-Woodham

has ghostwritten two installments a month of a pet advice

column called Gizzmo for the Dalton Advertiser, a twice-

a-week newspaper with a circulation of 34,000. The osten-

sible author is her Chihuahua mix, Gizzmo, whom she

adopted from the local pound five years ago, at age six

months, as the dog was headed for the gas chamber.

Gizzmo answers fictitious letters sent in from other ani-

mals––some actually submitted by human readers on

behalf of their animals, some invented to illustrate other

issues McClure-Woodham wants to address.

Dogs & Cats

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

Petsmart Inc., a Phoenix-based national

chain of pet supply stores, maintains adoption

boutiques for local animal shelters instead of buying

and selling animals from breeders. The 38 “Luv-A-

Pet” boutiques placed 4,000 animals in the first 12

months they were open––and when Petsmart stock

went public in July, the price surged from $18 per

share to $25 the first day before leveling off even

higher. Investment analysts are recommending

Petsmart at any price up to $30 a share.

A growing number of communities are

discovering a need for a group similar to the Pet

Owners With Aids Resource Service of New York

City and the Pets Are Wonderful Support network of

Los Angeles, which help hundreds of AIDS patients

to keep their pets as long as possible and seek new

homes for the animals when their people die.

Pending formation of such a group in New Orleans,

Legislation In Support of Animals is pinch-hitting.

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