Ocean species

May 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 1994:

The National Resources Defense

Council sued the U.S. Navy on April 17 in

Los Angeles, seeking to block 270 sched-

uled underwater explosives tests near the

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary,

slated to start April 24 and go on for five

years. The suit claims the permits issued to

the Navy by the National Marine Fisheries

Service violate the Marine Mammal

Protection Act, the National Environmental

Policy Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty

Act. Co-plaintiffs include Save The Whales,

the Humane Society of the U.S., American

Oceans Campaign, and Heal the Bay.

Guest opinion: Hunting, violence, and child molestation

April 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

by Dr. Emmanuel Bernstein, psychologist

Adirondack Counseling, Saranac Lake, New York

The March 1994 issue of ANIMAL PEOPLE pre-

sented New York state hunting participation and crime statis-

tics that clearly show an association between incidence of

hunting and child molestation. This is especially impressive

since the statistics were presented in a manner that took into

account the possible influence of population density––and the

apparent influence of hunting proved stronger.

As ANIMAL PEOPLE noted, University of New

Hampshire director of family research Dr. Murray Strauss in

1987 found the number of hunting licenses sold to be a major

indicator of regions “culturally disposed toward violence.”

He also found that the states most culturally disposed toward

violence were the states with the highest rates of teen homi-

cide.

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.

FROGS & TOADS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

Speakers at the American

Association for the Advancement of

Science annual meeting in San

Francisco in late February argued that

endangered species protection should

focus on species with few living rela-

tives and therefore a unique genetic

heritage. Amphibian expert David

Wake of the University of California

at Berkeley pointed out that the spot-

ted owl has many close relatives,

while a primitive tailed toad who

inhabits the same forest apparently

diverged from other frogs and toads in

the Jurassic era, 150 million years

ago. The value of spotted owl protec-

tion, he argued, lies mainly in the

spinoff value of protecting habitat for

more unique species along with the

owl habitat.

ANIMAL HEALTH

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1994:

Epidemiology

New York and Rhode Island

health officials said February 24 that a mys-

terious hantavirus caused the January 20

death of Rhode Island School of Design stu-

dent David Rosenberg, 22, who may have

become infected via rodent droppings while

sweeping out a warehouse in Queens. The

case is among the first known human cases in

the U.S. that apparently does not involve deer

mice. Four days earlier, the Centers for

Disease Control confirmed that the hantavirus

afflicts Florida cotton rats, and announced

the death of three Kansans from suspected

hantavirus infections. Of the 60 known U.S.

human victims, 27 have died; 23 have

recovered after suffering debilitating illness.

AGRICULTURE

March 1, 1994 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1994:

MAJOR RATITE BANKRUPTCY IN FLORIDA

The collapse of the ratite speculation boom pre-

dicted in the January/February ANIMAL PEOPLE cover fea-

ture may have begun with the mid-January bankruptcy of U.S.

Ostrich and Junction Financial Corporation, of Hallandale,

Florida. The related firms claimed assets of $933,000, includ-

ing ostriches bought for $381,000, while owing $3.9 million to

1,350 investors in 47 states, Canada, and Jamaica. One

investor reportedly lost $274,000. The Securities Exchange

Corporation responded by suing U.S. Ostrich and Junction

Financial principals Marcia Josowitz and Stephen Tashman for

allegedly selling more than $3 million in unregistered securities

in the form of investment contracts, billed as general partner-

ships. The SEC also charged Josowitz and Tashman with

draining corporate funds to make loans to themselves and pay

themselves inflated salaries. Josowitz and Tashman apparently

got into ostriches after promoting a 900 telephone number ser-

vice, office supplies, vacation travel, and water purifiers.

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