Vivisection

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Physicians for Human Rights on February 6 asked the American Medical
Association to lead a probe of how German medical doctor Hans Joachim Sewering, 76,
became president elect of the World Medical Association. Sewering,a member of the Nazi SS
from 1933 until 1945, is accused of complicity in sending 203 people, including children, to
their deaths at Eglfing-Haar, a
euthanasia site for the disabled.
Ironically, the WMA was formed in
1947 in response to Nazi medical
abuses.

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HUNTING

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

The 1992-1993 hunting season
closed with a spate of killings by hunters
apparently desperate to shoot anything.
Victims included three rare trumpeter swans,
shotgunned January 1 on the Winterthur
Museum grounds in Wilmington, Delaware; a
tame deer slain at the St. Clair County
Humane Society in Port Huron, Michigan,
January 4; 13 cows killed in Clay County,
Missouri, between Christmas and New Year’s
Day; and three dairy cows killed near
Warsaw, Ohio, on January 16. Michael
Adamson, 20, of Barberton, Ohio, and a 17-
year-old companion face charges in the latter
case. Ronald Smith, 30, and his infant
daughter escaped injury December 30 when
hunters trying to jacklight rabbits––after mid-
night–– sprayed the baby’s bedroom with gun-
fire. Charles W. Tipton, 44, of Lorain,

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Fur

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has proposed to take red, western
gray, and eastern gray kangaroos off the
threatened species list, which would mean
their pelts could be imported in greater
numbers. Protected since 1974, the
Australian kangaroos now number about
18 million, up from 10 million in 1984,
and are killed for pelts at the rate of about
5.2 million a year. Public comments will
be received until March 22. Address
Office of Public Affairs, USFWS, Dept.
of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240.

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Block pleads guilty

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Miami animal trafficker Matth-
ew Block pleaded guilty to felony conspira-
cy February 9 for his role in the 1990
Bangkok Six case, in which six desperately
ill baby orangutans were intercepted in
Thailand en route from Malaysia to Moscow
via Yugoslavia in a crate marked “birds.”
Three of the orangutans died. The deal was
arranged in violation of the Convention on
International Trade in Endanged Species;
the U.S. prosecutor indicated it was initiated
by the KGB, which hoped to resell the
orangutans after they reached Moscow to
raise hard currency. The guilty plea came
two months after U.S. District Judge James
Kehoe on February 9 refused an attempted

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Zoos & Aquariums

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

The proposed marine mammal
exhibit at Colorado’s Ocean Journey, a
theme park planned for Denver, took a blow
January 20 when Animal Rights Mobiliz-
ation revealed that two veterinarians
involved in the project have records of vio-
lating marine mammal care standards. Dr.
Gregory Bossart was the veterinarian of
record at Ocean World in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, 1987-1991, when it was cited
repeatedly for dolphin care violations, while
Dr. Jay Sweeney was barred from practicing
in Florida for his part in the illegal capture
of two dolphins for the Baltimore Aquarium.

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COURT CALENDAR

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Humane Enforcement
Houston police and animal con-
trol officers on January 2 seized 16 pit bulls
at the scene of a dogfight––the fourth big
dogfighting bust in the U.S. in two months.
Simultaneous raids on January
1 7 netted 35 spectators at a cockfight in
Mossy, West Virginia, and five alleged
cockfight organizers in Gilroy, California,
where more than 500 fighting cocks were
seized. About 20 to 25 people evaded the
police in West Virginia, and an estimated 60
got away in California.

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Dogs & Cats

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Fire chief John Dugan, of Wellsboro,
Pennsylvania, credited a cat named Puff for saving the
lives of Charles and Sandra Bergenstock on January 18
by waking them up and alerting them to thick smoke.
“There’s no question about it,” Dugan said. “They had
no smoke detectors.”
SEPTA, the Philadelphia public transitsys-
tem, on February 4 suspended the use of dogs to evict
homeless people from subway passages––one day after
city council member Jannie Blackwell was allegedly
roughed up by transit police while investigating allega-
tions that dogs were being used to attack the homeless.
Sue Turkington, 32, of Austin, Texas, told
reporters she plans to use some of the $7.2 million she
won in the January 15 Texas lottery to “start breeding
dogs.”

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ANIMAL CONTROL & RESCUE

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Los Angeles County on January 5 became the
largest and most populous jurisdiction in the U.S. to require
cat licensing. Cats must wear either collar identification or
ear tags. The new ordinance is modeled after ordinances
already in effect in Carson and Lomita, California, but
enforcibility remains in doubt. The ordinance was passed at
the urging of Citizens for Sheltered Animals, who argue
that it will reduce the euthanasia rate for cats picked up by
animal control: 39,000 of 42,000 in 1992.
Zoocheck Canada seeks letters supporting pas-
sage of the Ontario Animal Welfare Act, eight years in
development, “which would license and set standards for
the care and keeping of animals in zoos, aquaria, wildlife
displays, pet stores, pounds and shelters, breeding and
boarding establishments, and native wildlife rehabilitation
centers.” Address Bob Rae, Office of the Premier,
Legislative Bldg., Room 281, Queen’s Park, Toronto,
Ontario M7A 1A1.

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Salvation Army denies link to Sportsmen Against Hunger

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia ––
Trying to boost the image of hunting,
Sportsmen Against Hunger again this winter
urged hunters to donate kills to soup kitchens,
prominently mentioning the Salvation Army.
But Salvation Army national com-
munications director Colonel Leon R. Ferraez
reiterated February 4 that “The Salvation
Army does not have an agreement with
Sportsmen Against Hunger. The organiza-
tion has misrepresented that fact a number of
times. “Sportsmen Against Hunger has
assured us they are not using the name of the
Salvation Army, but we continue to receive
reports that they do use our name, then deny
it later. We have tried to overcome this prob-
lem for a number of years,” he added,
“including with the threat of legal action.”
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