Category: North America

American Zoo Association to require "protected contact" elephant care

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  September 2011:

SILVER SPRING,  Maryland– The American Zoo Association on August 12,  2011 announced that “As soon as possible,  and no later than September 1,  2014,  elephant care providers at AZA facilities shall not share the same unrestricted space with elephants,”  except “for the specific purposes of required health and welfare procedures, transport,  research,  active breeding and calf management programs, and medical treatments and testing.”  The new policy,  adopted after more than seven months of internal discussion and review,  will become part of the AZA accreditation standards for elephant management and care,  most recently updated in May 2011. Read more

Great Ape Trust turns to public fundraising after losing only major sponsor

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2011:
DES MOINES–Still housing seven bonobos and two orangutans,
after making deep program budget cuts, the Great Ape Trust “has
launched a fundraising campaign in a fight to stay open after founder
and sole funder Ted Townsend informed the staff his financial support
will cease at the end of the year,” reported Perry Beeman of the
Des Moines Register on August 25, 2011.
Founded by primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh in 2002 as the
Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary, opened in 2004 after two years of
construction, the Great Ape Trust “has conducted landmark cognitive
and social research on bonobos,” recalled Beeman. “But most of its
orangutans have already been shipped out to the Indianapolis Zoo, it
is ending contracts with some of its researchers, and its budget,”
according to Savage-Rumbaugh, “is now a fourth of what it once was.”

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Shooter hits Hindi with car

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2011:

HAMBURG, Pa.–Fredrick K. Campbell, 58, of Lower Alsace
Township, Pennsylvania, was on September 3, 2011 cited by state
police for driving at an unsafe speed after striking Showing Animals
Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi with his mini-van near the
entrance of the Wing Pointe Gun Club. Hindi, present to protest a
pigeon shoot, sought hospital treatment for knee and hand injuries.

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Death of Leona Helmsley’s dog “Trouble” is disclosed

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
NEW YORK CITY–Trouble, 12, the Maltese dog to whom hotel
heiress Leona Helmsley left $12 million in 2007, died in December
2010, “following a series of health setbacks that left her blind
and infirm,” Joanna Malloy and Barbara Ross of the New York Daily
News revealed on June 9, 2011. Trouble’s death was not disclosed
while litigation continued over the Helmsley estate.

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What’s up at Memphis Animal Services?

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  July/August 2011:

I wonder if you are aware of the awful situation at Memphis Animal Services in Memphis,  Tennessee?  Things have not changed there much,  if at all,  since they were raided in 2009.  Abuse, neglect,  and cruelty are still the order of the day.  The city officials continue to be stone-faced,  and animal rescuers continue to be outraged. Read more

Humane Society of the U.S. cuts deal with United Egg Producers to seek federal law

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  July/August 2011:

WASHINGTON D.C.–“For years we’ve been clashing with the United Egg Producers over the treatment of laying hens,”  e-mailed Humane Society of the U.S. factory farming campaign manager Paul Shapiro from a July 7,  2011 press conference.  “If someone had told me that we’d be doing a joint press conference with the UEP,  I’d have thought they’d eaten some bad egg replacer. But indeed, that’s exactly what’s happening right now.  We’re announcing that both the UEP and HSUS will endorse federal legislation intended to improve the treatment of the 280 million laying hens used in the U.S. each year.” Read more

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