Pete Bethune vs. Paul Watson

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wa.–A split between Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson
and Pete Bethune, captain of the sunken racing
trimaran turned anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil,
flared into view on October 5, 2010, attracting
global notice as result of statements Bethune
made to New Zealand National Radio, but vanished
from his web site and that of the Sea Shepherds
just a few days later.
Joining the Sea Shepherd fleet for the
winter 2009-2010 campaign against Japanese
whaling, the Ady Gil caught up to the whalers in
early January 2010, joined on January 6 by Sea
Shepherd vessel Bob Barker. Later that day the
Ady Gil was cut in two when rammed by the
whale-catcher Shonan Maru #2. The Bob Barker
took the aft part of the Ady Gil under tow, but
the tow proved difficult as the Ady Gil took on
water. The Ady Gil was stripped and scuttled on
January 8.

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Volcano taxes Indonesian rescuers

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)
YOGYAKARTA–“Animal conditions are really bad and sad,”
e-mailed Rosek Nurashid of ProFauna on October 31, 2010 from the
shadows of Mount Merapi, Indonesia, hours before it erupted for the
third of five times in a week. Each new blast made the already
catastrophic situation worse.
“Many cows are hungry and dying,” Nurashid wrote. “ProFauna
is trying to provide food and medicine. It’s hard to find grass,
because almost all the grass around Merapi is covered by dust, so
our team is looking for the grass from other regions.”

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Wisconsin Wildlife Federation seeks cruelty charges against alleged snow machine “hunters”

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

 

APPLETON–Asking that felony animal cruelty charges be
reinstated against three men who admitted to running down six deer
with snow machines on January 9, 2009 near Lind, Wisconsin, the
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and attorney Michael J. Cain contend
in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in mid-October 2010 with the
Wisconsin Fourth District Court of Appeals that two Waupaca County
judges erred in holding that the men could not be charged with
cruelty because the state Department of Nat-ural Resources charged
them with game law violations.

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Pakistan flood recedes but animal welfare crisis is still underway

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

KARACHI–Floods that swamped more than a fifth of Pakistan
receded in October 2010, but the resultant animal welfare crisis may
have just begun.
“According to the Department of Livestock,” e-mailed
Pakistan Animal Welfare Society founder Mahera Omar, “1.2 million
mammals and six million poultry died in the floods. At least two
million hectares of cultivatable land were damaged. If the planting
seasons are missed, both livestock and people will continue to
suffer for a long time.”

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North Dakota rejects initiative that would have banned canned hunts of deer & elk

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

 

BISMARCK–North Dakota voters on November 2, 2010 defeated
Initiated Measure 2, which would have banned shooting elk and deer
inside high-fence enclosures.
With 434 of 505 precincts reporting, the attempt to ban
so-called canned hunts trailed by 24,911 votes, failing by a margin
of 56% to 44%.

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Video of singer killing tame bear may have helped in eastern N.D.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)
GRAND FORKS–North Dakota ballot Measure 2, seeking to ban
hunting deer and elk within high fences, failed statewide but passed
in the eastern third of the state.
Contributing to the regional split in the North Dakota voting
may have been intensive local exposure during the week before the
November 2010 election of a videotape of country music star Troy
Gentry illegally killing a tame black bear named Cubby at a Minnesota
game farm in 2004.

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Former support of gassing dogs and cats may cost challenger the Illinois gubernatorial race

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

 

SPRINGFIELD–The votes of animal advocates may prove pivotal
in deciding the 2010 Illinois gubernatorial race.
Democratic incumbent governor Patrick Quinn held an 8,000
vote lead over Republican state senator Bill Brady as ANIMAL PEOPLE
went to press on the morning of November 3, 2010, but both Quinn
and Brady had approximately 46% of the ballots, with 97% of Illinois
precincts having reported.
Regardless of which candidate finishes the first count ahead,
a recount appeared to be almost certain.

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Humane Society Legislative Fund candidates did well

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)
WASHINGTON D.C.– Among 298 midterm election candidates
endorsed by the Humane Society Legislative Fund, 238 were declared
winners by noon on November 3, 2010, 46 lost, and 14 were in races
still undecided.
In Washington state the HSLF endorsement of incumbent
Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, may prove pivotal. Murray held a
1% margin over Republican challenger Dino Rossi as ANIMAL PEOPLE went
to press, with a recount certain.

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Honors & Titles

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2010:
(published October 5, 2010)

 

The Home Box Office biographical film Temple Grandin on
August 30, 2010 won Emmy Awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting
Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture.
A Colorado State University professor of livestock handling and
psychology, Grandlin has for more than 30 years worked to reform
slaughterhouse management and design, consulting often with both
animal welfare organizations and the meat industry.

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