RECIPES: ANIMAL PEOPLE holiday nut roast
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
Mix together: 2 pounds of firm tofu, mashed well 2 cups of coarsely chopped walnuts (Other nuts may be substituted, such as sunflower seeds or pecans.) Read more
Wildlife SOS ended dancing bear acts in India–but WSPA claims credit
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
NEW DELHI–Three years after Wildlife SOS took custody of the last known dancing bear in India in December 2009, having rescued 460 bears in seven years, Wildlife Trust of India founder Vivek Menon and World Society for the Protection of Animals director general Mike Baker claimed credit for the accomplishment at the 21st International Conference on Bear Research and Management in New Delhi. Read more
Obama administration re-elected, moves quickly to placate hunters
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
WASHINGTON D.C.–Barack Obama, the first non-hunting U.S. president since Harry Truman, was re-elected on November 6, 2012 by a margin of 53% to 47% for opponent Mitt Romney–whose vice presidential running mate, Wisconsin member of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan, made much of his enthusiasm for bowhunting.
But, while Obama probably owed no political debts to the hunting lobby, the Obama administration on November 20, 2012 reiterated endorsement of the Sportsmen’s Act, S. 3525, introduced before the election by Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana), incorporating 19 legislative goals of the National Rifle Association and the pro-hunting National Wildlife Federation. Read more
How 80 animal charities fared & responded to Superstorm Sandy
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
How 80 animal charities fared & responded to Superstorm Sandy
Adopt-A-Dog, of Armonk, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, was profiled by Helen Neachey of Greenwich Time for helping to rescue three feral cats and a late-born litter of kittens after Sandy hit.
All About Spay/Neuter, of Far Rockaway, Queens, after sterilizing more than 6,400 cats in eight years for local neuter/return programs, in April 2012 received a PetSmart Charities grant of $40,000 to help increase the pace over the next two years. Just six months later Sandy hit. “AASN’s home, which is also my home, was flooded and everything inside was destroyed,” director Joanne B. Monez e-mailed on November 4, 2012. “We took in 27 inches of water and also lost one of our precious rescue cats, Cleo.” Updated Monez on November 24, “We are rebuilding, but have secured a new permanent adoption center for our cats and kittens on Broadway in Massapequa.” Read more
Letters (December 2012]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
Letters
Where the Leaping Bunny is going
Thank you for your September 2012 article “Where is the Leaping Bunny going?” The issue of using animals to test cosmetics, personal care, and household products is far from resolved, especially given the new animal testing requirements instituted by the People’s Republic of China for companies registering products there. As mentioned in the article, the emerging market of China and the sheer population of the country make it an enticing place to set up shop. However, until China adopts non-animal alternatives for safety testing, untold numbers of animals per year will needlessly suffer and die. Read more
BOOKS: World Without Cats
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
World Without Cats by Bonham Richards iUniverse (order c/o www.worldwithoutcats.com), 2012. 315 pages, paperback. $19.95.
According to World Without Cats publicity materials, author Bonham Richards “has a doctorate in medical microbiology from UCLA and did postdoctoral research at the University of Washington.” He taught biology for 24 years at California State University, San Bernardino and the Univeristy of Southern California, and “now resides in Camarillo.” Read more
BOOKS | The Peaceable Forest: India’s Tale of Kindness to Animals
The Peaceable Forest: India’s Tale of Kindness to Animals by Kosa Ely, illustrated by Anna Johansson Insight Editions (POB 3088, San Rafael, CA 94912), 2012. [Order c/o <http://peaceableforest.com/>.] 32 pages, hardcover, illustrated. $16.99.
Kosa Ely has in The Peaceable Forest: India’s Tale of Kindness to Animals recast into a story for very young children the parable of how the wandering sage Narada transformed the sadistic hunter Mrigari into an animal-loving vegetarian. Significant in Hare Krishna teachings as a demonstration that sinners can achieve personal redemption, this simplified version of the parable might help vegetarian parents to explain why their families do not eat meat. Read more
BOOKS: Food Security & Farm Animal Welfare
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
Food Security & Farm Animal Welfare by Sofia Parente [WSPA] and Heleen van de Weerd [CIWF] • Free 20-page download from wspa-international.org/farming or ciwf.org/foodsecurity • Based on The Impact of Industrial Grain Fed Livestock Production on Food Security: an extended literature review .. by Karl-Heinz Erb, Andreas Mayer, Thomas Kastner, Kristine-Elena Sallet, and Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna
Free 90-page download from: http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/socec/inhalt/1818.htm
BOOKS | Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity by Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Institute (1350 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 403, Washington, DC 20036), 2012. 141 pages, paperback. $15.00.
Publicity materials for Full Planet, Empty Plates credit Lester R. Brown with producing more than 50 books, including the annual Worldwatch reports he edited for 30 years as founder of the Worldwatch Institute. Leaving in 2001, Brown formed the Earth Policy Institute to continue amassing and evaluating economic data that helps to predict environmental trends. Read more