Fur

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.”

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Horses

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.

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ARM wins again

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.

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Hunting & Fishing

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.

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Tough sledding

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.

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No dolphins in Denver! ACTIVIST CAMPAIGN SUCCEEDS

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.

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CHILDREN AND ANIMALS

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.

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WSPA battles bear-baiting

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-

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

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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