Congressional leaders ask Babbit, Espy to halt Alaska wolf massacre

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

WASHINGTON D.C.––Convinced that Alaska’s Board of Game wouldn’t yield

to reasonable requests for a humane wolf policy, 30 Congressional leaders on September

22 urged the Clinton administration to intervene and suspend same-day wolf hunts on

public lands. Letters condemning the wolf-killing, set to start October 1, were sent to

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbit and Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy.

Babbitt alone could effectively halt the same-day hunting, since the Department

of the Interior oversees 90 million acres of Alaska under the Bureau of Land Management,

77 million acres under the Fish and Wildlife Service, and 54 million acres under the

National Park Service. The Department of Agriculture has jurisdiction of 23 million

acres.

Animal Control & Rescue

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

The National Cat Protection Society, a shelter in

Long Beach, California, has paid $26,500 in civil penalties

and costs for providing misleading information about euthana-

sia policies and adoption rates to donors and people who sur-

render cats. NCPS attorney Richard Tanzer denied the organi-

zation had done anything wrong and said the settlement was

reached to avoid the cost of defending itself against the charges,

brought by the Los Angeles County district attorney.

Chows are now responsible for the most dog bites

of any breed in St, Bernard Parish, Louisiana, according to

animal control officer Ceily Trog––10 of 89 total bites,

through the first half of this year. Other Louisiana animal con-

trol departments also report a rise in chow bites.

DIET & HEALTH

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

The Clinton administration has

proposed ending the conflict of interest

between the regulatory and promotional

functions of the USDA with respect to the

meat and poultry industry by transfering the

Food Safety and Inspection Service to the

Food and Drug Administration. The FDA

staff of 1,000 now inspects 53,000 non-

meat food producers, drug manufacturers,

and makers of medical equipment, while

the USDA employs 9,000 people to inspect

6,100 meat and poultry processors.

Coincidentally, tainted meat that passes

inspection causes an estimated 9,000

human deaths per year and 6.5 million ill-

nesses. The National Cattlemen’s Associa-

tion, American Meat Institute, and

National Broiler Council oppose the plan.

People

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

The World Society for the Protection

of Animals has transferred former

campaign coordinator and regional

director for western Europe Wim

De Kok of The Netherlands (right) from

London to Boston, where he will become

U.S. campaigns director.

Watson trial Dec. 6 ––if Canada dares

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUND-

LAND––Enjoying his new reputation in

Canada as “Captain Cod Hugger” for his July

28 confrontation with foreign dragnetters in

the North Atlantic, Paul Watson of the Sea

Shepherd Conservation Society is to go to

trial December 6 before a St. John’s jury for

allegedly endangering the lives of his crew,

the crew of the Cuban dragger Rio Las Casas,

and the Rio Las Casas itself––if the

Canadian government actually has the nerve

to try Watson for an action applauded from

coast to coast, including by many of the

same people who have long reviled him for

his protests against seal hunting.

Roseland’s what? ADVERTISERS DUPED

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

CHICAGO, Illinois––A 32-page

semi-anonymous, categorical tabloid attack on

humane societies called Roseland’s Sizzle Pet

Shop Edition debuted at the September 10-11

Humane Society of the U.S. tri-regional confer-

ence in Schaumburg, Illinois, leaving the

assembled participants, “Quite astonished,” as

Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society executive director

Jane Stern put it.

WOOFS AND GROWLS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

THE WISE USE WISE GUYS ET AL

George Frampton’s last major task

before leaving the presidency of The Wilderness

Society to become Assistant Secretary for Fish,

Wildlife, and Parks in the Clinton administration

was to preside over the assembly of a 50-page

report called The Wise Use Movement: Strategic

Analysis and 50-State Review. It calls upon the

mainstream environmental movement to distance

itself from radical environmentalism, deep ecolo-

gy, and animal rights, while rebuilding alliances

with farmers and hunters.

The fall 1993 issue of Friends of

Animals’ ActionLine magazine features ANIMAL

PEOPLE editor Merritt Clifton’s “Attack of the

Wise Use Wise Guys,” an investigation of vio-

lence against animals and animal defenders by

members of the self-named “wise use movement.”

It’s $1.95, from POB 1244, Norwalk, CT 06856.

Having run low on friends in Washington D.C.,

Putting People First is relocating this month to

Helena, Montana––PPF president Kathleen

Marquardt’s birth state.

Agriculture

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

Twenty-two percent of New York’s 11,800 dairy farms now milk

their cows three times a day, up from 15% in 1991, according to the Cornell

University Department of Animal Science. The New York dairy cow population

is down to 749,000, from 928,000 a decade ago, and the number of dairy farms is

down from 18,000, but the remainder produced a record 11.6 billion pounds of

milk. Largely because of thrice daily milkings, average milk production per cow

is up 20%, to 15,463 pounds (roughly equal to the national average). Because

thrice daily milkings wear cows out faster, farmers who have gone to that sched-

ule cull their herds more often. Dairy farming accounts for $1.5 billion of New

York’s $2.9 billion-a-year agricultural industry.

4-H, FFA seek to clean up image

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 1993:

4-H and Future Farmers of America

chapters in Ohio, Oregon, and Washington are

developing a criteria and curriculum for medal

competition in the areas of animal well-being,

quality control, and show animal ethics, under-

written with $95,000 from the USDA.

“It’s important for the livestock indus-

try to show the public that we care about the

well-being of meat animals,” says Ohio 4-H

extension agent Sherry Nickles, who adds that

the new medal categories will “open up another

opportunity for members who aren’t going to be

the grand or reserve champion.”

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