Agriculture

November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

The Range Rider, a publication of

the USDA Cooperative Extension Service at

Colorado State University, is urging sheep

farmers to rally in opposition to the

Endangered Species Act, now up for renewal.

ANIMAL PEOPLE had not actually received

a copy by deadline, but from a description

provided by James Cherry of the AmNet com-

puter network, it would appear to violate fed-

eral guidelines regarding impartiality.

Horse notes…

November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

In the first two years since

California began requiring necropsies of

all race horses who die while under Calif.

Horse Racing Board jurisdiction, on or off

a track, 538 horses have been exam-

ined––271 in 1990-1991, and 267 in 1991-

1992. The examinations are revealing a

much greater amount of stress damage

from training than experts previously sus-

pected.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

October 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

Crimes Against Humans

* The FBI and local police are seeking a

serial killer who is believed responsible for

shooting a bowhunter, a deer hunter, two

fishermen, and a jogger since 1989 in rural

eastern Ohio. An anonymous letter to a local

newspaper from the purported killer indicates

he himself is a hunter; he demonstrates a

hunter’s knowledge of firearms. The man

boasted that these are not his only murders.

* Imperial Food Products owner Emmett

Roe pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to 25 counts of

manslaughter in connection with a Sept. 3,

1991 blaze at the company’s chicken process-

ing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. Similar

charges against Roe’s son and another plant

official were dropped as part of a plea bar-

gain. Roe was setenced to 20 years in prison

for locking exits and neglecting fire precau-

tions. Roe was earlier fined $808,150 for fire

code violations, and still faces 19 civil suits

from bereaved survivors.

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.

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