Category: Animal Sacrifice

Religion

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1995:

The Miami county courthouse
maintenance staff has created a “Voodoo
Squad” to pick up the dead chickens, goats,
and other relics of Santeria sacrifice found
there each morning, remnants of Caribbean
immigrants’ attempts to influence justice.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 1993
that municipalities may not ban Santeria, but
they may enforce nondiscriminatory restric-
tions on it for reasons of health, sanitation,
and prevention of cruelty to animals.
The Rabbi Mayer Krucfeld,
assistant director of supervision for Star K
Kosher Certification, of Baltimore, recently
spent two days in La Jara, Colorado,
explaining how to start a kosher slaughter-
house to about 50 potential investors.
Currently the westernmost kosher slaughter-
house in the U.S. is Empire Meats, of Iowa.

Religion & Animals

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1995:

The 83-member Union Hill Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church, of Limestone County,
Georgia, raised $2,500 by hosting the February 18
Bigfoot Hollow Coonhunt. “It’s reaching the young
people with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus,” said the
Reverend Charles Hood, oblivious that Jesus never
in any way endorsed killing for sport.
Losing popularity to the Catholic
Church, the only major nongovernmental institu-
tion in Cuba, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has
reportedly encouraged a revival of Santeria,
because, as Newsweek recently put it, “It has no
institutions to rival the state.” However, livestock
for Santerian sacrifice are in short supply.

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Religion & Animals

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1995:

Dewey Bruce Hale, 40, of
Enigma, Georgia, on January 18
became the 74th confirmed rattlesnake
bite fatality since Pentacostal churches
took up snakehandling as a test of faith,
derived from Mark 16, “In my name
they shall take up serpents,” and Luke
10: “I give unto you power to tread on
serpents and scorpions.” The snakehan-
dling ceremonies are legal only in
Georgia and West Virginia.
The animist tradition of sac-
rificing a beast “to notify the ancestors”
upon occupying a new home has created
new tensions in South Africa as black
families move into formerly all-white
communities. Often called, the SPCA
of South Africa is unable to intervene
because the sacrifices are legal under
laws guaranteeing religious freedom.

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Animal control & rescue

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 1994:

Consistent with previous studies done in
Portland and Minneapolis, which have found that
German shepherds make up about 14% of the canine popu-
lation but do about 27% of the biting, a Denver study of
178 first-time biters and 178 nonbiters issued June 9 by the
Centers for Disease Control found that German shepherds,
chows, and collies were the dogs most likely to attack; the
least likely were golden retrievers and poodles. Only one
pit bull terrier, a nonbiter, was included in the sample.
Despite the frequency of German shepherd bites, which
may reflect their frequent use as sentries, the ANIMAL
PEOPLE log of dog attacks causing death or serious injury
indicates that German shepherds are responsible for under
2% of the attacks in those categories, while pit bulls,
Rottweilers, and wolf hybrids together account for 79% of
the deaths and 92% of the maimings.

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COURT CALENDAR

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1994:

Crimes Against Humans
Odd jobs man Joseph Bales,
33, and Helene LeMay, 31, a mail-
order vegetarian diet consultant, were
charged April 19 with illegally disposing
of their 10-week-old infant’s remains in
the woods near Eastman, Quebec, a
short drive from their St. Romain home,
and then filing a false kidnapping report
in New York City to cover up for the
baby’s death. Their story fell apart within
hours. An autopsy seemed to confirm
their story that the baby died of natural
causes, as there were no evident signs of
abuse or malnutrition. They did not
report the death, they said, because they
feared they would be charged with abuse,
after having been accused last year of
abusing a mentally retarded foster child.

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Guest column: Supreme Court did not okay animal sacrifice

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 1993:

by Gary L. Francione and Anna E. Charlton
ANIMAL RIGHTS LAW CENTER
On June 11, 1993, the Supreme Court issued its
decision concerning animal sacrifice in Church of the
Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah. The next
day, most major newspapers carried headlines proclaim-
ing that the Court had held that animal sacrifice is protect-
ed by the First Amendment freedom of religion clause.
Typical of those proclamations was the one splashed
across the entire front cover of New York Newsday: “Top
Court OKs Animal Sacrifice.” Reading the comments of
major humane organizations in reaction to the decision,
including those such as the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which have the police
power to stop the infliction of cruelty on animals, we have
been distressed to realize that the decision has been read
far too broadly, and that there is the mistaken impression
that humane officers are now powerless to stop the brutali-
ties of animal sacrifice.

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Supreme Court rules: Animal sacrifice ban overturned; VERDICT DOES NOT AFFECT ANTICRUELTY LAWS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 1993:

WASHINGTON D.C.––Anticruelty laws were unaffected by a June 11 United States
Supreme Court verdict that overturned a ban on animal sacrifice imposed in 1987 by the city of
Hialeah, Florida. The Supreme Court unanimously held that although governments do have the
authority to enforce prohibitions on cruelty, the keeping of livestock, and violations of zoning,
the set of six ordinances enacted in Hialeah were unconstitutional because they were adopted in

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Supreme Court did not okay animal sacrifice

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 1993:
  
by Gary L. Francione and Anna E. Charlton
Animal Rights Law Center
   
On June 11, 1993, the Supreme Court issued its decision  concerning animal sacrifice in Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah. The next day, most major newspapers carried headlines proclaiming that the Court had held that animal sacrifice is protected by the First Amendment freedom of religion clause. Typical of those proclamations was the one splashed across the entire front cover of New York Newsday: “Top Court OKs Animal Sacrifice.” Reading the comments of major humane organizations in reaction to the decision, including those such as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which have the police power to stop the infliction of cruelty on animals, we have been distressed to realize that the decision has been read far too broadly, and that
there is the mistaken impression that humane officers are now powerless to stop the brutalities of animal sacrifice. The Court’s opinion in Lukumi was somewhat convoluted and was confused by current disagreement among Justices concerning how the constitutional guarantee of the free exercise of religion should be interpreted. In light of these misunderstandings, we have offered the resources of the Animal Rights Law Center to assist municipalities and concerned individuals to assess their options for working to protect animals from sacrifice.

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Greyhound racers, cultists on the run in Brazil

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1993:

SÅO PAULO, Brazil––As of January, the Brazilian
humane group Uniao em defesa das baleias/Uniao em defsa da
natureza had no files on greyhound racing. Then, president Ana
Maria Pinheiro told ANIMAL PEOPLE, “Dino Miraglia imported
30 greyhounds from New England.”
Quick to investigate, Pineiro obtained thick dossiers on
greyhound racing and training as practiced in the U.S. from the
World Society for the Protection of Animals, translated the materi-
als into Portugese, “invited the press, and had a meeting with the
attorney general,” who is empowered to enforce the Brazilian
humane laws.

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