From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2000:

AHA mag is free

Your July/August 2000 article on recent happenings in Utah and Albuquerque indicated that shelters must pay for subscriptions to AHA’s sheltering publication, Protecting Animals.

Actually, we provide Protecting Animals to every shelter and animal control agency for which we have an address free of charge. This is similar to your philosophy of providing ANIMAL PEOPLE t o all shelters and agencies without charge. We provide extra copies to shelters which are members of AHA. But regardless of membership, we send every shelter at least one copy for free.

We do charge for participation in our professional training events and workshops. But we provide a scholarship for every training event we hold, and the application process is not burdensome. We also offer special scholarships to people who provide animal care and control on Native American reservations.

We are always seeking funding to keep our training events and workshops as inexpensive as possible.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2000:

Golf: facing nature with a club

Since I started golfing
about a year ago, I have often wondered
why no one has ever done
anything about preventing injuries to
animals from balls. Some are killed;
lots are maimed. I move ducks and
geese into ponds away from golfers
when I am playing––and I let the
course management know I will take
the injured ones. Some golfers brag
about injuring birds and doing nothing
or killing them—this is something
that should be exploded! And
we don’t know how many foul balls
end up clunking a bunny or squirrel
over the head. Balls are bullets flying
at over 200 miles per hour. It is
very sad to see beautiful animals
walking with a dangling broken leg.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2000:

Zimbabwe crisis

The Wet Nose Animal Rescue Centre has formed a fund to help the Zimbabwe National SPCA in their fight against cruelty to animals left on the farms of fleeing white farmers. So-called freedom fighters are reportedly invading these farms, hacking dogs with pangas and cutting meat from live animals who are left to die slowly.

Vicious beatings of dogs were broadcast by ETV and CNN on April 21. We offer these updates on those dogs’ condition, furnished by Meryl Harrison of the Zimbabwe National SPCA:

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2000:

Fixing bitches

Just a short note to say thank you for ANIMAL PEOPLE, which always makes interesting reading. It is good to have a publication that is not attached to any one society and so can criticize as well as praise!

We are still working hard and struggling with the same old problems. We have just sorted out one lady who had eight bitches and three male dogs. Most of the bitches were pregnant. The dogs had attacked her livestock one night and killed eight of her sheep and goats, so at that point she called us in to help. We removed the ring leaders for rehoming where there is no livestock, spayed the bitches, and returned seven to her. This exercise cost us roughly $400. She gave us a donation of $14. She said she could not afford any more. She does have two large cars and a large house. What to do? We did not want 80 new puppies being born to suffer. She did also say that she had given us four dogs to sell, so we are very lucky. She refused to believe that they also would cost us money.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2000:

Mascotas

I am part of a small organization of Mexican and American citizens in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, trying to start a shelter for the street animals. We have nothing here for the protection of animals, and the conditions for the animals here are horrible. In May the city will dispatch trucks to throw out into the street hundreds of hot dogs laced with strychnine. That is how the population is controlled, or so they think. Approaching the city is on our list of things to do, but without a facility we are somewhat powerless. We are waiting to hear back from the city about possibly using some of their land. Meanwhile puppies and kittens are born every day in the street. We desperately need help!

––Sharon Worthington

Secretary

Mascotas de La Paz A.C.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2000:

Getting data

I think your publication of the salaries of people in animal defence is so valuable. Would it be possible for you to include some groups from Canada in your list? How exactly do you get your statistics? How could I get some information about salaries?

––Marg Buckholtz

Kingston, Ontario

We include some Canadian groups, and have included more in some past years, but the Revenue Canada disclosure form for charities does not require them to disclose salaries or the names of board members and top-paid staff.

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