Woofs and growls…

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Fed up with nonprofit executives who hide the size of

their salaries by dividing them among related groups who file sepa-

rate returns, the Internal Revenue Service asks on the 1992 Form

990, “Did any officer, director, trustee, or key employee receive

aggregate compensation of more than $100,000 from your organiza-

tion and all related organizations, of which more than $10,000 was

provided by the related organization?” If the answer is yes, detailed

explanations are required.

The Senate Select Committee on Prisoners of War and

Missing In Action Affairs has recommended that the IRS should

crack down on charities who report fundraising costs as “educational”

program expenses. This would affect many animal-related charities;

see the notes accompanying the financial tables on over 60 national

groups published in the December 1992 and January/February issues

of ANIMAL PEOPLE. (Copies are still available at $2.00 each.)

Animal Health & Behavior

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Studying the relationship between brain evolution and the death of fetal cells, University of

Tennessee researcher Dr. Robert Williams has discovered that cat species seem to have an unusual capacity for

fast biological adaptation to suit their circumstances. All mammals seem to select adaptive capabilities through

the death of up to half of their neural brain cells just before birth, enabling the remainder to grow, but cats shed as

many as 80% of their fetal neurons––and this explains the key differences between domestic cat brains and those

of Spanish wildcats. Williams studied the brains of domestic cats and Spanish wildcats who had been euthanized

due to illness and/or injury.

Vivisection

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The winter 1992/1993 edition of

National Boycott News, a well-reputed

annual directory of boycotts, includes

detailed coverage of the ongoing boycott of

Carme Inc., a cruelty-free cosmetics manu-

facturer acquired by International Research

and Development Corp. in 1989. The boy-

cott, called but not recently promoted by

PETA, might be forgotten by now except

that attorneys for IRDC, a major animal-

testing laboratory, have threatened numer-

ous protesters and media who have covered

the situation with lawsuits––including

National Boycott News, when the editors

offered them the opportunity to respond to

various allegations made by boycott litera-

ture. IRDC did sue two cruelty-free dis-

tributors who dropped the Carme product

line. The case was settled out of court by

the firms’ insurance companies.

Vivisection

October 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

* George Bush signed the Animal Enterprise Protection

Act of 1992 into law on August 26, making vandalism of

farms and laboratories a federal offense. The law broadens the

jurisdiction of the FBI in such cases, but probably will not help

federal grand juries probing laboratory break-ins in Oregon,

Washington, Michigan, and Massachusetts to reach indict-

ments, since the alleged offenses took place long before the

law was passed.

* The Bush administration on August 23 proposed redi-

recting federally funded biomedical research into economically

productive areas, a move that might decrease the number of

animals used in so-called basic research, but increase the num-

ber used in product safety testing.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Crimes Against Humans

* The FBI and local police are seeking a

serial killer who is believed responsible for

shooting a bowhunter, a deer hunter, two

fishermen, and a jogger since 1989 in rural

eastern Ohio. An anonymous letter to a local

newspaper from the purported killer indicates

he himself is a hunter; he demonstrates a

hunter’s knowledge of firearms. The man

boasted that these are not his only murders.

* Imperial Food Products owner Emmett

Roe pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to 25 counts of

manslaughter in connection with a Sept. 3,

1991 blaze at the company’s chicken process-

ing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. Similar

charges against Roe’s son and another plant

official were dropped as part of a plea bar-

gain. Roe was setenced to 20 years in prison

for locking exits and neglecting fire precau-

tions. Roe was earlier fined $808,150 for fire

code violations, and still faces 19 civil suits

from bereaved survivors.

ANIMAL CONTROL & RESCUE

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

* The Sprint telephone service and the

American Humane Association have set up a

nationwide hotline to help reunite lost pets

with their keepers. Reporting a stray is free:

call 1-800-755-8111. To report a lost pet, call

1-900-535-1515. The cost for lost pet calls is

$1.95 per minute, a portion of which is donat-

ed to AHA. The average lost pet report takes

four minutes to complete, according to Sprint.

* Paige Powell and Tama Janowitz of

New York City produce a TV show in cooper-

ation with the animal rescue groups Being

Kind and the Animal Project to promote pet

adoptions. Called It’s A Dog’s Life, the show

airs on channels 16 and 17.

Woofs and growls:

October 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for

the 11th Circuit on August 18 upheld a lower

court decision that Soldier of Fortune maga-

zine must pay $4.3 million in damages to the

sons of Richard Braun, an Atlanta business-

man who was murdered in 1985 by a contract

killer whose “gun for hire” ad the magazine

published. The killer, Michael Savage, 44,

of Knoxville, Tenn., and eight of his clients

have been convicted of criminal conspiracy in

connection with the Braun case and at least

two others. Soldier of Fortune has recently

amplified a series of National Rifle

Association attacks on the animal rights move-

ment and anti-hunting activists.

Hurricane Andrew: Noah was there! Disaster spotlights preparation

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

MIAMI, FLORIDA — Thousands of

animals drowned, were swept to their deaths

by winds reaching 200 miles an hour, or were

crushed by falling trees and collapsing build-

ings. Fragile habitat was harmed from southern

Florida to coastal Louisiana. But while

Hurricane Andrew hit too suddenly for anyone

to build an ark, thousands more animals were

saved from the August 24 disaster through the

prompt efforts of volunteer rescuers. As the

human relief response came under critical

scrutiny from victims and the media, observers

had only praise for the contributions of animal

control and humane workers.

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