Vivisection

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

A page one expose in The New York Times on March 23 reviewed the mounting evi-

dence that animal testing is not a valid means of measuring human risk from exposure to tox-

ins––especially carcinogens. The Clinton administration is believed likely to reduce governmen-

tal reliance on animal studies in assessing public health risks.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 24 lifted a 16-year-old ban on the

use of female volunteers in drug safety testing. Imposed to protect unborn children, the ban had

the effect of exposing women to greater risks from new drugs––and increased the number of

female animals used in developing some drugs.

Diet & Health

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

Riley Detwiler, age 17 months,

on February 21 became the fourth toddler to

die from the outbreak of E. coli bacteria

poisoning that hit Jack-in-the-Box restau-

rants in Washington state and San Diego,

California, in December and January.

March 16, President Bill Clinton responded

to the deaths by proposing a complete over-

haul of the USDA meat and fish inspection

systems. Tainted meat killed more than 150

Americans and made more than 150,000

seriously ill during the past decade.

Tainted pork killed 63 people in

France last year, made 279 people serious-

ly ill, and caused seven abortions.

Diet & Health

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Responding to public panic over

tainted meat, President Bill Clinton on

February 11 ordered the USDA to hire 160

more meat inspectors, while Agriculture

Secretary Mike Espy promised a complete

overhaul of the meat inspection

system––which the Ronald Reagan and

George Bush presidential administrations

had streamlined by reducing the number of

inspectors. The panic began in December

when a six-year-old girl in San Diego

County, California, died after eating a

tainted Jack-in-the-Box hamburger, and

escalated January 22, when a two-year-old

boy died in Seattle, Washington, from the

same cause. More than 400 people who ate

Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers developed E.

Vivisection

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

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.

Animal Health & Behavior

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Studying the relationship between brain evolution and the death of fetal cells, University of

Tennessee researcher Dr. Robert Williams has discovered that cat species seem to have an unusual capacity for

fast biological adaptation to suit their circumstances. All mammals seem to select adaptive capabilities through

the death of up to half of their neural brain cells just before birth, enabling the remainder to grow, but cats shed as

many as 80% of their fetal neurons––and this explains the key differences between domestic cat brains and those

of Spanish wildcats. Williams studied the brains of domestic cats and Spanish wildcats who had been euthanized

due to illness and/or injury.

BOOKS: Your Heart Your Planet

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Your Heart Your Planet. B y

Harvey Diamond. Hay House (501

Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica,

CA 90406). 1990. 238 pages. $7.95

paperback.

Harvey Diamond, founder of

the Fit for Life Foundation, builds upon

his previous experience in health and

physical fitness to demonstrate that ani-

mal products are not only unhealthy for

humans, but are also unhealthy for the

entire biosphere.

Vivisection

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The winter 1992/1993 edition of

National Boycott News, a well-reputed

annual directory of boycotts, includes

detailed coverage of the ongoing boycott of

Carme Inc., a cruelty-free cosmetics manu-

facturer acquired by International Research

and Development Corp. in 1989. The boy-

cott, called but not recently promoted by

PETA, might be forgotten by now except

that attorneys for IRDC, a major animal-

testing laboratory, have threatened numer-

ous protesters and media who have covered

the situation with lawsuits––including

National Boycott News, when the editors

offered them the opportunity to respond to

various allegations made by boycott litera-

ture. IRDC did sue two cruelty-free dis-

tributors who dropped the Carme product

line. The case was settled out of court by

the firms’ insurance companies.

CHILDREN & ANIMALS

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Serbian soldier Borislav Herak, 21, who may

become the first person executed for war crimes since 1945,

told New York Times reporter John Burns in November that

senior personnel taught him to kill by having him assist in

cutting pigs’ throats. Herak is charged with murdering 29

Moslem civilians between July and late October, and has

confessed to participating in more than 220 murders––most

of the victims women and children, many of them killed in

connection with rape. Herak, captured in mid-November

by Bosnian troops, goes to trial this month.

The first known controlled clinical trial of thera-

py and education involving animals, conducted by the

University of Pennsylvania, has confirmed what pet therapy

and classroom pet advocates have insisted all along: that

children learn more readily in the presence of other species.

Animal Health

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on

November 10 announced that it would ask the British

Parliament to ban routine docking of dogs’ tails as, “an

unjustified mutilation and unethical,” over the objections

of Buckingham Palace. Under the RCVS proposal, vet-

erinarians who perform medically unjustified tail-dock-

ing could lose their licenses. Princess Anne vehemently

defended tail-docking at a recent meeting of the British

Veterinary Medical Association. Of the 7.5 million dogs

in Britain, about 1.3 million have been tail-docked,

mostly by breeders. Among the 185 breeds registered by

the Royal Kennel Club, about 50 are traditionally tail-

docked, including corgis (a royal favorite), boxers,

Dobermans, old English sheep dogs, poodles, and

Rottweilers.

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