Category: Asia

Tactics & Actions

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

* PETA recently staged the first demonstration
against meat-eating to be held in Moscow, Russia,
since Leo Tolstoy’s time. Inasmuch as the picket signs
were apparently all in English, for the benefit of American
and British TV crews, Russian patrons were mostly puz-
zled. The vegetarian movement Tolstoy championed is
today little known in Russia; Lenin and Stalin viciously
repressed it, viewing the back-to-the-land philosophy that
went with it as counter-revolutionary. Further, while most
Russians are used to going without meat for prolonged
periods due to shortages, fresh fruit and vegetables are also
often scarce and expensive—and tofu was unheard of,
until a small Hare Krishna restaurant introduced it two
years ago. The American Fund for Alternatives to Animal
Research has moved to remedy the situation, wiring
$4,343 to the Center for Ethical Treatment of Animals in
Moscow on August 17. According to CETA president
Tatyana Pavlova, the funds will go toward a computer,
laser printer, and essential software, which in turn will be
used primarily to publish information on vegetarianism.

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Zoos & Aquariums

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Two of the four beluga whales caught in
August for the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago died
September 22, apparently as result of overdoses of
roundworm medication. The capture of the whales was
fought every step of the way by marine mammal protec-
tion groups, including Lifeforce and the International
Wildlife Coalition.
The National Zoo in Washington D.C. is test-
ing a deer contraceptive this fall on 30 does. “We’re try-
ing to develop a technology for the humane population
control of deer where hunting is not wise, legal, or
safe,” said Montana wildlife fertility researcher Jay
Kirkpatrick, who developed the contraceptive.

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DOGS & CATS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

* Wildlife officer Ric Nattrass of the Queensland (Australia) National Parks
and Wildlife Service has concluded that, “Based on data collected by wildlife staff
at the Moggill Centre (in Brisbane), there is no evidence to date that the domestic
cat is a major threat to the long term survival of the city’s native fauna. From a
purely conservation point of view, neither the numbers nor the species taken by cats
are cause for alarm when compared with the losses to urbanization, industrializa-
tion, motor traffic, and the creation of the horse paddock.” Nattrass’ report is
based on the experience of a single metropolitan area, as critics are quick to note,
and flies in the face of conventional belief; but it is worth pointing out that the only
other major study of domestic cat predation to date, by John Lawton and Peter
Churcher, was also based on the experience of a single location, a village in thesub-
urbs of London, England, and also concluded that while cats kill significant num-
bers of animals, the overwhelming majority are common mice, voles, and birds
(principally sparrows).

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Horse notes…

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Horse racing, banned for nearly
60 years, may be revived in China.
Racing dates have recently been held in
Canton, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing,
drawing crowds of up to 3,000. Parimutual
betting is not yet legal, but is likely to be
legalized in the near future. Since gambling
is historically as popular in China as baseball
in the U.S., this may become the impetus to
make racing take off..

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