HSUS usurps AHA disaster relief role

May 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1994:

WASHINGTON D.C.––On March 9 the American Humane

Association renewed the agreement it has had with the American Red Cross since

1976 to serve as the coordinating agency for animal relief after U.S. disasters.

Eight days later, after apparently pressuring the Red Cross at the board level, the

Humane Society of the U.S. reportedly told Associated Press that the Red Cross

had designated it “the official disaster relief agency for pets and other animals.”

According to AP, HSUS vice president David Wills claimed, “There

has been no real coordinated effort so far,” ignoring the AHA role in coordinat-

ing disaster relief since 1916, and the recent disaster relief work of the North

Shore Animal League and United Animal Nations,

Diet & Health

May 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1994:

The Council for Agricultural

Science and Technology reported March 21

that advances in farming methods and the

growing popularity of vegetarianism could

mean a 30% decrease in the amount of land

used for food crops during the next 50 years

even as the global human population doubles.

The 64-page CAST study, commissioned by

the Program for the Human Environment at

Rockefeller University, was authored by

Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station

agronomist Paul Waggoner, who explained

that the calories and protein produced on pre-

sent cropland are already sufficient to feed 10

billion vegetarians, rather than the five to six

billion people who now eat a diet including

varying amounts of meat.

L.A. earthquake aid

March 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1994:

LOS ANGELES, Calif.––

The City of Los Angeles was among

the first animal control jurisdictions

to have its own disaster prepared-

ness manual, but not even manual

author Lt. Frederic Michael antici-

pated two major natural disasters

hitting the area within four months:

first the devastating brushfires of

late October and early November,

and then, January 17, a 6.6-

Richter-magnitude earthquake that

collapsed overpasses, ruptured

water mains, killed 43 people out-

right, and left more than 20,000 at

least temporarily homeless.

Animal Control & Rescue

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

The value of publicity was

underscored in Cleveland, Ohio,

after county humane officer Tony

Brand rescued a pair of starving dogs

from a rooftop on December 11.

Notice of the rescue in the Cleveland

Plain Dealer brought nearly 100 calls

to the Cuyahoga County Kennel from

would-be adopters, of whom more

than 20 took dogs––five times the

usual adoption rate. Adoptions also

rose at other local shelters.

Disaster plan works: Wildfire!

December 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1993:

LOS ANGELES, California––Southern California participants in the American

Humane Association’s mid-October disaster preparedness seminar had barely stepped off the

planes taking them home from Baltimore when their lessons were put to the test. Twenty-five

wildfires in 14 days, 19 of them arsons, roared through canyons in seven contiguous counties.

The disaster hot spot seemed to shift with the dry Santa Ana winds––from Escondido,

overlooking San Diego, to Malibu, northwest of Los Angeles. Each blaze seemed more men-

acing than the last, until the climactic fire swept down Topanga Canyon from Calabasas,

forked, and incinerated two separate coastal neighborhoods. Eighteen thousand acres of

MIDWEST FLOOD RESCUE EFFORT: Forty days, forty nights, and still the rain kept pouring

September 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 1993:

MISSISSIPPI BASIN––Two

months of record rainfall that brought

record flooding in nine midwestern states

probably displaced more animals than

any high waters in North America since

the glaciers melted. Of the 791 counties

in the nine states, 421 were declared fed-

eral disaster areas. Clean-up and repairs

are expected to cost more than $13 bil-

lion. But animal rescuers didn’t dwell on

the immensity of the big picture. They

just pitched in however they could, wher-

ever they were, with whatever they could

scrounge by way of equipment and sup-

plies.

Doberman deeds

May 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1993:

When a tiger abandoned her newborn cub recently at

the zoo in Chhat Bir, India, the zookeeper in desperation gave the

cub to his Doberman pinscher to nurse. After 17 days, both dog

and tiger were reportedly doing well.

Orphaned by Hurricane Andrew when his original fam-

ily lost their home and left him at the SPCA in Jefferson Parish,

Louisiana, a Doberman named Max found a new home with Ava

Mareno of New Orleans last October. On March 27, Max saved

her two-year-old daughter Brittany’s life by pulling away another

dog who was mauling her.

Zoos & Aquariums

May 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1993:

Soon after Hurricane Andrew, the Miami Metro Zoo

mailed nearly a million appeals for emergency aid to members of ani-

mal protection groups and to subscribers to magazines about animals.

Zoological Society of Florida deputy director Cynthia Zeigler told

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently that 27,675 people responded

within the first six months, donating $484,000––results so impres-

sive that TCPgave the story a full-page spread.

Organizing to obstruct attempts by the Shedd Aquarium

in Chicago to capture three Pacific white-sided dolphins off Santa

Catalina Island, California, the Whale Rescue Team claims to have

commitments for participation from the owners of 40 boats and two

aircraft. “The flotilla will use all nonviolent means necessary to pre-

vent the capture,” says Whale Rescue Team founder Peter

Wallerstein.

ANIMAL HEALTH

May 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1993:

Massachusetts SPCA veterinari-

ans Michael G. Aronsohn and Alicia M.

Faggella recently published protocols for

anesthetizing and neutering 6-to-14-week-

old kittens in the Journal of the American

Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 202,

#1, pp. 53-62.

The USDA announced April 1

that from now on it will require environ-

mental impact statements filed in connec-

tion with animal disease eradication activi-

ties to include identification of any pesti-

cides that might be used; any chemicals

used for sanitation; and a protocol for dis-

posing of carcasses and contaminated

manure and debris.

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