CHILDREN & ANIMALS

November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

Israel on September 10

banned six British women from giving

birth in the Red Sea at a dolphin sanctu-

ary, under supervision of obstetrician

Gowri Motha. Motha told reporters she

wanted to see whether the dolphins

could communicate with the fetuses

through ultrasonic waves. “We hope to

make these children more in tune with

nature,” she said. Israeli authorities

believed the experiment might jeopar-

dize the survival of the newborns.

Religion & Animals

November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

The Rev. Andrew Linzey has been

appointed to the first-ever chair for the study

of animal welfare at Oxford University. The

International Fund for Animal Welfare invest-

ed approximately $500,000 to establish the

chair for a five-year period. Linzey, an

Anglican, was formerly chaplain and director

of studies at the University of Essex Center for

the Study of Theology. He left that post in

mid-1992, shortly after refusing to conduct

services while university staff were killing

“nuisance” rabbits outside the chapel. Linzey

is author of numerous books, including

Christianity and the Rights of Animals

(Crossroad, 1987).

Hunting––

November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

The Michigan Public Broadcast-

ing System on September 24 aired the final

episode of Michigan Outdoors, a weekly

hook-and-bullet show that had an audience

of 200,000. The show died after host Fred

Trost said in a product review that Buck Stop

Lure Co. used cow urine in a deer scent, lost

a $4 million defamation suit the firm filed

against him, and declared bankruptcy. Trost

was also forced to suspend a magazine he

published, Michigan Outdoor Digest, circu-

lation 40,000. The latter had also been in

trouble, having been sued for copyright

infringement at one point by the Michigan

United Conservation Clubs, whose in-house

magazine is called Michigan Out-of-Doors.

Buck Stop said Trost’s attack on its product

caused sales to drop 65%. Trost, mean-

while, pledged to regroup, find backers,

and get back on the air.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

Crimes Against Animals

Alleged pet thieves David Harold

Stephens, Tracy Lynn Stephens, and Brenda

Arlene Linville were scheduled for trial

November 2 in Eugene, Oregon, on charges

that they obtained dogs and cats by promising

to find them good homes and then sold them

for use in biomedical research. Customers

included Oregon Health Sciences University,

Oregon State University, the University of

Nevada at Reno, and the Cedars-Sinai

Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

Originally charged under state legislation, the

trio were recharged under the Animal Welfare

Act after sheriff’s deputies and state and fed-

eral agents raided their kennels. Their

activites were brought to the attention of the

various authorities via detective work by

Bobbie Michaels of Committed to Animal

Protection, Education, and Rescue, a

Portland-based activist group.

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.

ANIMAL CONTROL & RESCUE

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

Citing fear of liability if they

should inadvertantly euthanize a pet, under

a new state law directed at pet thieves, the

Oregon Humane Society and Multnomah

County Animal Control now refuse to

accept cats brought to them by private citi-

zens and independent groups who trap ferals

and strays. The Portland-based group

Committed to Animal Protection,

Education, and Rescue charges, however,

that fundraising tactics are involved.

CAPER cites a letter from OHS staffer

Sharon Harmon, who wrote, “Despite the

services provided by OHS (to cats brought

in by independent rescuers), we received no

cash donations for their care. If we had

made contact with the owner or finder at the

time of surrender, by modest estimation, we

could have potentially realized $18,000 in

donations.”

Vivisection

October 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

* George Bush signed the Animal Enterprise Protection

Act of 1992 into law on August 26, making vandalism of

farms and laboratories a federal offense. The law broadens the

jurisdiction of the FBI in such cases, but probably will not help

federal grand juries probing laboratory break-ins in Oregon,

Washington, Michigan, and Massachusetts to reach indict-

ments, since the alleged offenses took place long before the

law was passed.

* The Bush administration on August 23 proposed redi-

recting federally funded biomedical research into economically

productive areas, a move that might decrease the number of

animals used in so-called basic research, but increase the num-

ber used in product safety testing.

Fur

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1992:

* Fur Free Friday will be November 27

this year—the day after Thanksgiving, the

traditional start of the peak fur sales season.

Friends of Animals and Animal Rights

Mobilization are coordinating events in

numerous locations. Get details from FoA at

212-247-8120, and from ARM at 303-388-

7120.

* The Committee of Jews for

Compassion is taking out a series of full-page

ads in Jewish newspapers to publicize Tel

Aviv chief Sephardic rabbi Haim David

Halevi’s recent ruling that Jewish law forbids

manufacturing or wearing fur because it for-

bids causing pain to animals. Write CJC c/o

CHAI, P.O. Box 3341, Alexandria, VA

22302.

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