Fur

March 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1994:

While the ISO moved to accept

padded leghold traps as “humane,” a

Massachusetts judge ruled they are not on

December 27, 1993, overturning a 1989 rul-

ing by the state Division of Fisheries and

Wildlife that padded traps were not banned by

the state law that banned steel-jawed leghold

traps in 1974. “It is apparent from the opera-

tion of the Woodstream ‘soft-catch’ trap,”

Suffolk Superior Court judge Patrick King

wrote, “that it will cause injury to many ani-

mals.”

Horses

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

New York City entered 1994

with no regulations protecting carriage

horses, after outgoing mayor David

Dinkins vetoed a bill on December 29 that

would have amended the 1989 Carriage

Horse Protection Act to allow horsedrawn

carriages to operate in city traffic except

during the rush hours, when they will be

restricted to Central Park, and to extend

the workday for carriage horses from eight

hours to nine. Carriages had been restrict-

ed to Central Park all day and barred from

operating during rush hours. Introduced

by councillor Noach Dear, the bill was

approved by the New York City Council on

December 21, 29-17, which was consid-

ered a close vote. The Carriage Horse

Action Committee had sought reauthoriza-

tion of the 1989 act, supported by the the-

atre industry and other groups concerned

that the carriages discourage business by

slowing down traffic, plus a faction that

claims the carriage horse trade is a “green

card factory” for Irish immigrants, who

dominate the workforce of drivers and

grooms. There are now 396 licensed car-

riage drivers, up from 266 in 1991, but

there are only 140 horses and 68 carriages

actually out on the job. The CHAC, head-

ed by Peggy Parker, may now seek a total

ban on horsedrawn vehicles in Manhattan.

ARM wins again

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

Animal Rights Mobiliza-

tion director Robin Duxbury, com-

ing off a successful campaign to

keep dolphins out of the Colorado’s

Ocean Journey theme park to be

built near Denver, called for a boy-

cott of the grooming salons in the

PetsMart pet supply chain last

September, following the death of

at least five dogs in five different

states when groomers––independent

of each other and of any direction

from PetsMart ––apparently tried to

perform veterinary procedures

and/or mishandled insecticides.

Hunting & Fishing

September 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

“We just don’t believe that

public safety is our responsibility,”

Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen direc-

tor Robert Crook told a recent Connecticut

legislative hearing on whether hunting

license fees should be raised to support hir-

ing more wardens. The CCS is backed by

the National Rifle Association.

The Texas chapter of the NRA

is up in arms over a U.S. Forest Service

proposal to limit target shooting to the

safest 500 acres of the 20,309-acre Lyndon

Johnson National Grasslands. Incidents

involving use of firearms have increased

from 286 in fiscal 1990 to 510 in 1993.

The Coalition to Ban Pigeon

Shoots will protest this Labor Day outside

a private shoot at the prestigious

Powderbourne Gun Club in East

Greenville, Pennsylvania, rather than at

the simultaneous public shoot in Hegins.

Tough sledding

June 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1993:

The United Coalition of

Iditarod Animal Rights Volunteers is

asking that letters be sent to sponsors of

the 1,100-mile Anchorage-to-Nome dog

sled race, asking them to either withdraw

or back rules that would require teams to

be rested at all checkpoints; disqualify

mushers who have a dog die during the

race; bar competitors from holding orga-

nizing or officiating posts; and require

independent drug testing of dogs. The

major sponsors include Chrysler Corp.,

12000 Chrysler Drive, Highland Park, MI

48288-0857; IAMS, 7250 Poe Ave.,

Dayton, OH 45414-5801; Timberland,

P.O. Box 5050, Hampton, NH 03842-

5050; and ABC Wide World of Sports,

47 West 66th St., New York, NY 10023.

No dolphins in Denver! ACTIVIST CAMPAIGN SUCCEEDS

June 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1993

DENVER, Colo.––An astute

media campaign including extensive

advertising in local newspapers and the

April back cover ad in ANIMAL PEO-

PLE paid off big for Animal Rights

Mobilization! on May 13 when the pro-

moters of the proposed Colorado’s Ocean

Journey aquarium dropped plans to

include captive dolphins. It was appar-

ently the first time any major aquarium in

planning anywhere cancelled a marine

mammal exhibit under pressure from an

animal rights group.

CHILDREN AND ANIMALS

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

1,000 selected elementary

schools are now evaluating Best

Friends, a curriculum guide developed

by the American Kennel Club. The

guide “introduces elementary school

students to the world of purebred dogs

and teaches responsible dog owner-

ship,” according to a press release.

Included are lesson plans in the areas of

reading, writing, math, art, and oral

presentation. After the trial period, the

guide will be offered––free––to all

schools. For details, call 212-696-8336.

WSPA battles bear-baiting

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

The World Society for the

Protection of Animals asks that letters

protesting bear-baiting be sent to the

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,

2315 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington,

DC 20008-2802. Videotapes recently

obtained by WSPCA staff show how, as a

WSPCA press release explains, “the trained

bear is led to the center of a field and tied by

a 15-foot-rope to a peg in the ground. At the

judge’s signal, two dogs are unleashed to

attack. If the dogs can grasp the bear’s nose

in their teeth and flatten the bear in three min-

Reprieve for Alaskan wolves, But the Yukon opens fire; Tourist boycott of Yukon, British Columbia, and Alberta underway

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

WHITEHORSE, Yukon, Canada –– Dispatched in near-secrecy circa

February 5 by the Yukon territorial government, a helicopter attack team will have killed

150 of the estimated 200 wolves in the Aishihik Lake region, and be heading home again

as ANIMAL PEOPLEgoes to press.

The scheduled 20-day mission was undertaken in direct defiance of international

appeals and threats of a tourism boycott. Protests held at various points in Canada and the

U.S. on February 8 were ignored by Yukon minister of renewable resources Bill Brewster.

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