Reprieve for Alaskan wolves, But the Yukon opens fire; Tourist boycott of Yukon, British Columbia, and Alberta underway

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

WHITEHORSE, Yukon, Canada –– Dispatched in near-secrecy circa

February 5 by the Yukon territorial government, a helicopter attack team will have killed

150 of the estimated 200 wolves in the Aishihik Lake region, and be heading home again

as ANIMAL PEOPLEgoes to press.

The scheduled 20-day mission was undertaken in direct defiance of international

appeals and threats of a tourism boycott. Protests held at various points in Canada and the

U.S. on February 8 were ignored by Yukon minister of renewable resources Bill Brewster.

Wildlife

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill contin-

ues to kill Alaskan wildlife, researchers revealed

February 5 at a symposium hosted by the

University of Alaska and the American Fisheries

Society. Among the victims are 14 orcas, who dis-

appeared and are presumed dead; 300,000 murres,

a bird species that hasn’t nested successfully since

the spill; and sea otters and ducks, who are still

being poisoned by mussels who in turn have been

poisoned by oil.

Zimbabwe is trying to raise $2 million

to spend on culling 5,000 elephants from a nation-

al herd officially estimated at 80,000.

Woofs and growls…

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Fed up with nonprofit executives who hide the size of

their salaries by dividing them among related groups who file sepa-

rate returns, the Internal Revenue Service asks on the 1992 Form

990, “Did any officer, director, trustee, or key employee receive

aggregate compensation of more than $100,000 from your organiza-

tion and all related organizations, of which more than $10,000 was

provided by the related organization?” If the answer is yes, detailed

explanations are required.

The Senate Select Committee on Prisoners of War and

Missing In Action Affairs has recommended that the IRS should

crack down on charities who report fundraising costs as “educational”

program expenses. This would affect many animal-related charities;

see the notes accompanying the financial tables on over 60 national

groups published in the December 1992 and January/February issues

of ANIMAL PEOPLE. (Copies are still available at $2.00 each.)

Wildlife

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The World Wildlife Fund and

the National Wildlife Federation on

November 13 asked Interior Secretary

Manuel Lujan to impose trade sanctions on

China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Yemen

for permitting traffic in rhinocerous horns.

The wild black rhino population has plunged

from 65,000 to 2,000 since 1970.

The California condor who was

found dead October 8 suffered kidney fail-

ure from drinking antifreeze, the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service has determined. The

condor was one of the first two to be

released into the wild after an intensive cap-

tive breeding program. Sixty-two California

condors remain in captivity, six of whom

are scheduled for release this month.

Woofs & Growls

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Introduced October 5, an agribusi-

ness-backed bill to gut the Endangered Species

Act died with the closure of the 102nd Congress,

but will be reintroduced in the 103rd, according

to the sponsors, Rep. Jack Fields (R-Tex.) and

W.J. Tauzin (D-La.) The bill, which has no

number or title pending reintroduction, is

endorsed by the National Cattlemen’s

Association, American Farm Bureau Federation,

and 38 other groups. It would subordinate

Endangered Species Act enforcement to econom-

ic considerations, and probably won’t be favored

by the Clinton administration. The ESA came up

for renewal this year but was ducked by legisla-

tors up for re-election, and now must be either

extended or amended by the 103rd Congress.

Dogs And Cats

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

President elect Bill Clinton’s first clash with the

White House press corps came November 18, before he

even got to the White House, when he ordered photogra-

phers to stop harassing his daughter’s altered tomcat,

Socks, outside the Arkansas governor’s mansion.

New York restauranteur Laura Maioglio

imported $2,500 worth of white truffles from Italy and

buried them in her restaurants’ garden November 23, to

allow Princess Diana of Britain to show off the skills of her

pet truffle-hunting terrier. The dog found the truffles, all

right––and ate them before a handler could get them away.

The County Prosecutor in Middlesex, New

Jersey, has barred use of police dogs in crowd control

situations. The city faces legal action in connection with a

biting incident in such a situation, and the trained dogs are

considered too valuable to risk exposing to injury.

Guest Column: Wildlife Ballot Initiatives And Why They Fail by Dena Jones Jolma

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The initiative process is the most difficult and expensive approach to reforming

wildlife management at the state level. Opponents of wildlife management reform,

including the powerful National Rifle Association and Wildlife Legislative Fund of

America, are willing and able to spend in excess of one million dollars to defeat individ-

ual state initiatives. These groups have been successful in turning around public opinion

on issues such as banning steel-jawed leghold traps by financing intense media cam-

paigns.

Not since 1930 in Massachusetts have voters approved a trapping ban in a

statewide election. On this past Election Day, the voters of Arizona turned down a ban

on use of steel-jawed traps on public lands by a three-to-two margin. With that vote,

Arizona joined Oregon (1980) and Ohio (1977) as states where trapping bans have failed

in recent years.

Election Roundup: ANIMALS WIN! Apparent Gains at Every Level

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

WASHINGTON D.C. –– Outgoing U.S. president George Bush bought a hunting

license on Election Day. Both U.S. president elect Bill Clinton and vice president elect Albert

Gore claimed to be hunters during the election campaign––but they went jogging. Whether they

actually hunt or not, indications are that the next four years should be politically much more

favorable toward animal and habitat protection than the preceding twelve years. Neither Clinton,

a reputed wild turkey hunter, nor Gore, a one-time deer hunter, has ever been known to shoot

WAR IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN: Saving Children and Animals

November 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1992:

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The

press dispatches should have warned the

world. “Rivers and water holes have

dried up for the first time anyone can

remember, starving and burning to death

some 400 hippos,” Associated Press cor-

respondent Angus Shaw wrote from

Zimbabwe in mid-July. “Dead birds have

dropped out of shriveled trees, tortoises,

snakes, rodents, and insects have disap-

peared, and predators are killing more

weakened animals than they can eat… As

southern Africa suffers its worst drought

ever, thousands of animals have died and

officials are continuing to shoot many

more to feed the increasingly desperate

human population. The meat from the

culled animals has been targeted for chil-

dren showing signs of malnutrition.”

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