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.

American SPCA busts itself

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

NEW YORK CITY– –The New York Post revealed

December 31 that American SPCA chief of law enforcement

Herman Cohen cited the organization on October 24 for cruelty

to animals because a state-of-the-art shelter, opened in April

1992, was a “disaster area.” Cohen was subsequently suspend-

ed for undisclosed reasons, and the cruelty charge, turned over

to the Manhattan district attorney for prosecution, was not

made public.

Inadequate conditions mentioned in Cohen’s com-

plaint included insufficient heating, lack of proper ventilation,

a leaky ceiling, a cracked floor, and cages with an inoperable

automatic flushing system. Repair costs are estimated at

$400,000. Local activists Elizabeth Forel and Patty Adjamine

described essentially the same defects within days after the $5

million shelter debuted. The ASPCA has reportedly been hop-

ing to sell or lease the shelter to New York City when it turns

over animal control duties to the city next November.

The case is to be heard January 25.

IPPL budget typo

January 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

A typographical error

resulting because the “$” sign and

the “4” are on the same key of our

computer keyboard added $400,000

to the direct mail costs ($480,051)

that we reported the International

Primate Protection League allocated

to program services on its 1992 IRS

Form 990, in our December resume

of the budgets, assets, and salaries

paid by the 50 leading national ani-

mal and habitat protection groups.

That’s $52,000 more than the total

IPPL budget. The correct figure

was $80,051. The percentage we

gave for IPPL spending on non-

fundraising programs, 58%, was

accurate.

AGRICULTURE

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

World meat production is up from

177.2 million tons in 1990 to 184.2 tons in

1993, says the Intergovernmental Group on

Meat, an industry task force. Cattle produc-

tion slid from 54.3 million tons to 52.8, but

pork is up from 69.7 million tons to 73.8, and

poultry is up from 39.9 million tons to 44.2.

Total production in developed nations fell

from 104.2 million tons to 100.6, due mostly

to declines in the former USSR, but produc-

tion in developing nations jumped from 73

million tons to 83.6 million––an expenditure

of soil and water resources many of them can-

not afford to make.

ANIMAL HEALTH

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

The Farm Bureau, Cattleman’s Association, and

Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative are backing a New York

state bill to let farmers vaccinate their own cattle against rabies,

as is allowed in 36 other states including the adjoining states of

Vermont and Pennsylvania. The bill is opposed by the New York

Veterinary Medical Society. The farm groups claim it would help

curb rabies by cutting vaccination costs. The veterinarians

respond that vaccinations improperly done provide no protection.

The tick-borne disease tularemia has reappeared in

southeastern Pennsylvania, a decade after causing two human

fatalities in the same area. The disease usually hits rabbits,

killing them within four hours; both the Pennsylvania victims had

just killed and dressed rabbits. Tularemia can also kill dogs and

cats who have contact with infected rabbits.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY MEET LISA

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, Jan/Feb 1994:

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana– –

Legislation In Support of Animals recently

gave the New Iberia City and Parish Council

until January 1 to make a firm commitment

to reforming their pound––or else.

“We have reached the limit of our

patience,” said mild-mannered LISA

founder and executive director Jeff Dorson,

sounding a lot more like Clint Eastwood than

he looks.

The ultimatim brought a three-part

expose of pound conditions in the local

newspaper. On December 10, New Iberia

reached an amicable agreement with LISA to

better separate animals in the pound, house

fewer per cage, provide fiberglas resting

boards, clean the cages more often, hire an

answering service to handle off-hours emer-

gency calls, and promote adoptions through

the New Iberia Humane Society.

Horses

December 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1993:

University of Minnesota re-

searcher Julie Wilson will present a paper to

the American Association of Equine

Practitioners this month asserting that 840

racehorses suffered fatal breakdowns on U.S.

tracks in 1992––one for every 92 races.

Further, Wilson says, 3,566 horses––one

every 22 races––were so severely hurt they

were unable to finish the events.

New York City’s five-year-old

carriage horse protection law is to expire at

the end of this month. Following the defeat of

incumbent mayor David Dinkins, who vetoed

a previous attempt to weaken carriage horse

protection, counsellor Noach Dear has intro-

duced a bill to increase the horses’ work week

to 70 hours, abolish most of the safety and

humane provisions of the current law, and

allow the carriages to re-enter heavy traffic.

They are now restricted to Central Park. “To

see a carriage horse marooned in New York

City traffic is to see a 19th century artifact

cruelly transported into a 20th century night-

mare,” The New York Times editorially

responded.

AGRICULTURE

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1993:

The USDA on November 5

approved the sale of milk produced with the

use of a genetically engineered bovine

growth hormone, bovine somatotropin,

effective when a Congressionally imposed

moratorium expires February 3. In the interim,

the anti-genetic engineering Foundation on

Economic Trends and small dairy farmers are

trying to form a national boycott of dairies that

buy milk from BST users. The potential

impact of BST is indirectly illustrated by newly

released statistics showing California is the top

dairy state in the US., with only 2,000 farms

and 1.2 million cows, compared with 29,000

farms and 1.5 million cows for Wisconsin, the

runner-up. Most Wisconsin farms are family-

run; most California production comes from

mega-scale factory farms, whose cows may

never go outdoors or taste fresh grass. BST is

expected to tilt farm economics further in favor

of the factory farmers.

Pit bull murder rap a national first

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1993:

CLEVELAND, Ohio––After nine

hours of deliberation, a Cleveland jury on

November 23 convicted unemployed welder

Jeffrey Mann, 36, of murder for siccing a pit

bull terrier named Mack on his live-in girl-

friend, Angela Kaplan, 28, during a quarrel

on the night of September 2, 1992.

Following mandatory sentencing guidelines,

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court

Judge Linda Rocker imprisoned Mann for 15

years to life.

It was the first-ever U.S. murder

conviction in which an animal figured as the

weapon. Mack bit Kaplan more than 70

times, almost exclusively on the undersides

of her arms. Afterward, she bled to death on

a living room sofa while Mann purportedly

slept in the family bedroom.

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