Agriculture

October 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

October 2 was the 10th anniver-

sary of World Farm Animals Day, declared

in 1983 by the Farm Animal Reform

Movement to coincide with Gandhi’s birthday

and World Vegetarian Day. Major commemo-

rations were scheduled in New York, the

Washington D.C. metropolitan area, Iowa,

Florida, California, and Hawaii.

The contribution of cattle to global

warming has significantly increased over the

past three years, along with the world cattle

population, International Union of Air

Pollution Prevention Associations director

general John Langston warned the 800-mem-

ber group in early September.

Religion & Animals

October 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Pope John Paul II was scheduled to

issue “A solemn appeal for animal welfare” on

eptember 30, from the Vatican. The appeal

will not have the force of ecclesiastic law, and

is expected to be quite conservative.

A San Francisco Board of

Supervisors subcommittee on August 18

approved an ordinance to ban animal sacrifice,

modeled after similar ordinances now in effect

in various Florida and southern California

cities. Supervisor Carole Migden introduced

the ordinance after the city Department of

Animal Care and Control reported having

found evidence of at least 1,000 animal sacri-

fices during the past year. The ordinance now

goes before the full Board of Supervisors for

enactment. Migden meanwhile withdrew a

proposed to ban the sale or ownership of wolf

hybrids, since so many are already in San

Francisco that enforcement might prove

impossible.

Fighting isn’t over for the Old War Horse

October 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

LONDON, U.K. — The late Dorothy

Brooke founded the Brooke Hospital for

Animals as the Old War Horse Memorial

Hospital. Brooke specified that her primary

purpose was to protect retired military horses

and donkeys. Military organization wasn’t nec-

essarily part of her plan–but after assuming the

top post at the Old War Horse approximately

one year ago, following his retirement from the

Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Col. Brian

Thompson quickly moved to establish military

order—including institution of a rigid chain-of-

command, increased paperwork to track activ-

ities, a lid on information released to the press,

and an apparent ban on cooperation with per-

ceived rivals.

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