Play (vegan) ball!

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

DAKOTA CITY, Iowa––Among the dis-

tinguished vegetarians and semi-vegetarians in base-

ball have been Henry Aaron, holder of the major

league career home run record; Jim Kaat, who pitched

a then-record 26 seasons; former National League All

Star second baseman Dave Cash; and Tony LaRussa,

manager of five first place teams in the past 15

years––but they all used leather gloves, because there

were no substitutes.

There are now. Heartland Products has

introduced the first wholly nonleather baseball and

softball glove. A relaced edition of the popular Regent

fielder’s glove, made in China, the Heartland glove

features a vinyl palm with nylon backing and stitch-

ing. Little League-approved, it comes in two sizes,

the larger of which is suitable for adults with small to

medium hands. Break-in characteristics are compara-

ble to those of leather gloves.

Diet & Health

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

The USDA proposed March 9 to apply the same

sanitary standards to poultry as to red meat. Currently, no

trace of fecal matter is permitted on red meat, but fecal matter

is tolerated on poultry under a grading system that also consid-

ers the presence of bruises, feathers, and protruding bones. A

dead bird is deemed unfit for human consumption only if it

receives a failing cumulative score. Earlier, the USDA said it

would seek Food and Drug Administration approval of the use

of radiation to kill bacteria on red meats. Whether the request

would be extended to cover poultry too was unclear.

Children & Animals: NABT MOVES TOWARD STRONGER SUPPORT OF CLASSROOM DISSECTION

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Association of Biology Teachers has withdrawn its monograph The

Responsible Use of Animals in Biology Classrooms “due to ethical concerns about some of its classroom exercises and about

the unequal representation of animal rights and biomedical research groups in the resource list,” according to the

February/March 1994 edition of National Science Teachers Association Reports. NABT executive director Patricia

LAB ANIMAL USE DOWN, STUDIES FIND BUT BETTER RECORDKEEPING NEEDED

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

WASHINGTON, D.C.– – Three

newly published independent reviews of

available data on laboratory animal use con-

clude that the number of animals used is

generally declining, especially relative to

the number of research projects under-

way––but agree too that USDA reporting

requirements need to be strengthened.

F. Barbara Orlans, Ph.D., of the

Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown

University, argued in the winter 1994 edi-

tion of the University of Chicago journal

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine that

animal use peaked in 1984-1985, fell albeit

with upward fluctuations during the next

five years, and seems to have leveled off

somewhat above the norms of the early

1970s. Orlans noted a drop of nearly half in

dog use since 1975 and downward trends in

the use of cats and primates. “For dogs,”

she wrote, “the range is from a high of

211,000 in 1979 to a low of 108,000 in

1991; for cats, the range is from a high of

74,000 in 1974 to a low of 35,000 in 1991.”

Biomedical research

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

Following five years of controversy and

a two-month probe by concerned individuals and

organizations, the University of Arizona in mid-

March released 12 greyhounds bought for biomed-

ical research from Greg Ludlow of GTL Kennels in

Goodyear, Arizona. Another greyhound was to be

released upon completion of a pacemaker trial; a

14th had already been used in a terminal experiment.

For the second time in six years, and just one year

after serving out a five-year USDA suspension of his

Class B dealer’s license, Ludlow was accused of

obtaining and selling dogs under false pretenses.

The release was achieved through the cooperation of

Concerned Arizonans for Animal Rights and Ethics,

the Greyhound Protection League, Greyhound

Network News, the management of the greyhound

tracks at Phoenix and Apache Junction, and Arizona

Greyhound Breeders and Kennel Operators.

SPECTACLES

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

The film Free Willy, the Paul

McCartney song Looking for Changes

and episodes of the TV comedies T h e

Simpsons and Dinosaurs took the top hon-

ors at the Genesis Awards ceremony March

12. Presented by the Ark Trust, the

Genesis Awards honor entertainment and

reportage that furthers awareness of animal

protection. The Simpsons, a surprise

choice, was recognized for an episode in

which underachiever Bart Simpson and his

sister Lisa disrupt a rattlesnake roundup.

Dog sledding

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

After announcing that the

Humane Society of the U.S. would call a

boycott of Iditarod sponsors if any dogs

died during this year’s edition of the 1,163-

mile race from Anchorage to Nome, HSUS

vice president David Wills was embarrassed

when a six-year-old dog belonging to four-

time Iditarod winner and leading exponent of

humane dog care Susan Butcher died suddenly

of a heart attack on March 7. Butcher, who

backed the zero death goal, revolutionized

sled dog training by motivating her teams with

love instead of aggression; was instrumental

in forming a self-policing association of

dogsledders; outspokenly opposes breeding

large numbers of dogs to get a few fast ones;

and keeps 28 retired dogs as well as breeders

and dogs in training. After the death, she

gave her team a 24-hour rest, dropping out of

contention. She previously lost two dogs

when a moose charged her team in 1985, plus

another who died of a ruptured liver in 1987.

Horses

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

Wild Horse Annie (right), the first

wild horse to be protected by the Bureau of

Land Management, died on January 27 at the

International Society for the Protection of

Mustangs and Burros sactuary near Scottsdale,

Arizona. Named after Velma “Wild Horse

Annie” Johnston, the Nevada secretary who

worked for more than 20 years to secure feder-

al wild horse protection (and inspired the last

film of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, The

Misfits), the horse was tattooed U.S. #1 after

she was rescued as a starving foal on

September 4, 1970, in the Pryor Mountains

––a year before the Free Ranging Wild Horses

and Burros Act took effect.

Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. and Canada, September 1982-April 1994

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

Compiled by the editor ofANIMAL PEOPLEfrom press accounts, this

table covers only attacks by dogs kept as pets. Attacks by dogs trained specifically to

fight are excluded. “Attacks doing bodily harm” includes all fatalities, maimings,

and other injuries requiring prolonged hospitalization. “Maimings” includes perma-

nent disfigurement or loss of a limb.

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