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1. Farmed Animal Watch, current contents
From: <MaryFinelli at farmedanimal.net>
2. Jane Goodall Calls Bush's Environmental Record "Terrifying"
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
3. Re: [FUR IS NOT ALIVE] Fw: Anti-Fur Season Begins
From: "Peg Leg Bates" <joe.miele at verizon.net>
4. (unknown)
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
5. trapping
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
6. DawnWatch: TV news report on trapping includes extensive graphic footage
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
7. DawnWatch: Front page story on mink release in Washington Post
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
8. (Upcnews) UPC 11th Annual Open-House Thanksgiving Party Sat Nov. 22 (VA)
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
9. An "Armchair Activist" week!
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
10. German Govt urged to ban wild animals from circus
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
11. URGENT! EU CHEMICAL LEGISLATION - PLEASE LOBBY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS : SEND AN E-MAIL BEFORE 29/10/03
From: "Maria Borremans" <maria.borremans at amart.be>
12. South Africa and Mozambique Bust Rhino Poaching Gang
From: sandrawijnveldt at wanadoo.nl
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:00:11 -0400
From: <MaryFinelli at farmedanimal.net>
Subject: Farmed Animal Watch, current contents
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:08:49 -0000
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Jane Goodall Calls Bush's Environmental Record "Terrifying"
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: Jane Goodall Calls Bush's Environmental Record "Terrifying"
> Primate Expert Calls Bush's Environmental Record "Terrifying"
> By Lisa Leff
> Newsday
>
> Sunday 12 October 2003
>
> Primatologist Jane Goodall criticized President Bush's
> environmental policies Sunday, charging the White House with
leading an "onslaught" against the Endangered Species Act that could
lead to more African animals being killed or captured for profit.
>
> Goodall, famed worldwide for her life's work studying and
> protecting chimpanzees in Tanzania, said her beloved apes and other
> species face a threat from the Bush Administration that could undo
> decades of conservation efforts.
>
> "When I start talking about the long list of reversals of
> legislation that the Bush administration has introduced over the
last three years, it's terrifying," Goodall said during an appearance
at San Francisco's Episcopal Grace Cathedral.
>
> She cited an effort by the White House to amend the 1973
> Endangered Species Act so U.S. companies can import a certain
number of endangered animals if they compensate the animals' native
countries with money for conservation programs. Currently, such
animals can't be imported into the United States.
>
> Goodall said she believes circus owners and other businesses that
> use animals for entertainment or research are responsible for the
> proposed change.
>
> "Obviously, they have lobbied someone in the administration to
> introduce this terrible bill," Goodall said. "We mustn't let it
happen."
>
> Goodall is known internationally as an outspoken advocate for
> environmental causes. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
named Goodall a U.N. Messenger of Peace last year, and she was made a
dame of the British Empire -- the female equivalent of a knight -- by
Queen Elizabeth this year.
>
> During her remarks in San Francisco, Goodall also accused Bush of
> promoting a global climate of fear since the Sept. 11 terrorist
> attacks to justify building more nuclear weapons.
>
> "The president of the United States has sent a message around the
> world -- be afraid," Goodall said, contrasting Bush's leadership
> with Winston Churchill's reassuring style when World War II
terrorized her native England.
>
> Asked whether her blunt remarks put her at risk of being labeled
> partisan, Goodall said she merely calls situations as she sees
> them, without regard to politics.
>
> "There are certain people in decision-making places who are
> clearly doing the wrong thing," she said. "If we care about justice
and we care about stewardship of the planet, we have to speak out."
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:50:13 -0400
From: "Peg Leg Bates" <joe.miele at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [FUR IS NOT ALIVE] Fw: Anti-Fur Season Begins
Not for nothing, but can you cite an industry source for the comment "trash animals?" I've seen this countless times on AR websites, but in my years of research into the trapping industry, I have never come across the term.
If it is indeed something that has come from a trapping-related source, it should be noted. Otherwise, I think we should stop using this phrase. Making false claims never benefits the animals.
Peace,
Joe Miele
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From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 6:29 PM
Subject: [FUR IS NOT ALIVE] Fw: Anti-Fur Season Begins
Anti-Fur Season Begins – Oct.18.2003 Annual fall anti fur actions began in
Toronto today with a small Boycott the Bay Demo at Queen and Yonge. The public
was receptive to the action, though a few hostile people appeared.
Photos:<A HREF="http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-1.jpg">http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-1.jpg</A><A HREF="http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-2.jpg">
http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-2.jpg</A><A HREF="http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-3.jpg">http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-3.jpg</A><A HREF="http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-4.jpg">
http://photosc.msspro.com/pic/fur2003-4.jpg</A>
Basic Facts On the Fur Industry- About 1.1 million animals--raccoons,
coyotes, bobcats, lynxes, foxes, beavers, otters, and others-are killed each year
for their fur by trappers in Canada. Another 1.1 million animals are raised and
killed in extremely cruel conditions on fur "farms." - Trapping weakens
wildlife populations by killing healthy animals. - Canada's native people, as well
as its wild animals, are victims of the fur industry. - Every year, thousands
of dogs, cats, raptors, and other so-called "trash" animals (including
endangered species like the bald eagle) are crippled or killed by traps.
See <A HREF="http://geocities.com/boycottthebay/">http://geocities.com/boycottthebay/</A>
This report by Gary Mortonhttp://citizensontheweb.com
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"Hunting ... the least honorable form of war on the weak".
- Paul Richard
Don't just question animal abuse. Interrogate it, impugn it, tear it down,
dismember it, bury it, and when the mood strikes you, dance on its grave!
"My doctrine is this: that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power
to stop, and we do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."
- Anna Sewell, (English Novelist)
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:16:49 -0000
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:03 PM
Subject: The US Hunt for Endangered Wildlife
THE US HUNT FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE
... AND ALL THIS PUT IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN CONTEXT:
It looks like Minister Banuamere of the DRC, last year, had an inside
track to the US administration when he signed the new forestry and
wildlife utilization laws, offering all the DRC's protected species
for 'hunting, capture and too keep in captivity." (E.g. to hunt a
mountain gorilla: U$ 500 - live capture U$ 1,000 - right to keep in
captivity U$ 3000. Okapi, to hunt U$ 500 - to capture U$ 1,200 - to
keep in captivity U$ 6,000).
With the DRC having been reinstated to CITES and half a dozen
international conservation organizations having experts running
around on the ground, writing beautiful reports, the US
administration, I am sure, will have no problem to conclude that the
DRC "Is a country with an effective conservation program." Talking
about CITES, I thought the US was a signatory and the convention had
a problem with transacting commercial traffic of listed
species....???
Never mind the local poachers, as is already happening in Cameroon,
making the point that they see no reason why they can not kill a few
of THEIR elephants now and then, for a meal and/or some cash income,
while rich foreigners can buy licences to hammer the species FOR FUN.
These villagers/poachers would also have no problem endorsing the
US administration concerning: "The US government's limited power to
promote change in other countries that have their own national laws
and policies." They will happily confirm that they have never seen a
cent of any hunting fee income collected in the capitals at their end
of the country and that appears to be national policy as well.
I also have little doubt that other ministers will follow the Hon.
Banumaere's lead and introduce new 'national laws and policies' to
take
advantage and comply with this great US offer.
Clearly when it comes to Central Africa it makes sense to try to
protect all these valuable species from the bush meat trade, so US
sport hunters can come and blast them away or for some animal dealers
to come and catch them for some new safari park a la Disney. (There,
the best of the African Safari experience is offered in a sanitized
form at U$ 50 entrance fee. What is the point to go to the real
Serengeti or the real Lamu and worry about terrorists, while it can
all be had so much cheaper and safer back home).
Lets in this context not forget the Congo Basin Initiative for which
the US has offered to cough up some US$ 54 million with one of the
main objectives being to encourage partnerships with the private
sector. Cynics - and I am one of them - see this as just another
effort to buy the oil, logging and other extractive industries a
green image. I guess sport and safari hunters can now be added to
this list and there are 54 million new reasons for the conservation
establishment to jump on the bandwagon.
We are going backwards not just in steps but by leaps.
Karl Ammann
Nanyuki / KENYA 19/10/03
kamman at ecoterra.net
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The Hunt for Endangered Wildlife
COUNTERPUNCH
http://www.counterpunch.org/mariner10182003.html
October 18 / 19, 2003
The Hunt for Endangered Wildlife
A New Way to Kill Tigers
By JOANNE MARINER
At ceremonies two years ago in honor of Earth Day, President George
Bush stood beneath a giant sequoia and called for "a new
environmentalism for the 21st century." As defined by his
administration, this new environmentalism prefers market-based
incentives to government regulation and elevates property rights over
wilderness and species protection. It is the environmental corollary
to Bush's broader deregulatory views.
Peter Huber, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, is one of
the brains behind the Bush administration's approach to the
environment. His influential political tract, "Hard Green: Saving the
Environment from the Environmentalists," was published in 2000 as a
conservative counterweight to Al Gore's "Earth in the Balance."
In "Hard Green," Huber lauds Teddy Roosevelt as a model
environmentalist. Roosevelt, famous as a hunter and safari
enthusiast, once killed several hundred wild animals -- including a
reported nine lions, five elephants, thirteen rhinos and seven
hippos -- during a single extended expedition in Africa. As Huber
puts it, approvingly: "He loved wild animals. He particularly loved
to shoot them."
Roosevelt's love them and kill them approach is the obvious
antecedent to a new endangered species policy that the Bush
Administration announced this summer. As set forth in a draft
document whose comment period expires this Friday, the administration
plans to begin allowing hunters, zoos, circuses and others to kill,
capture and import wildlife facing extinction in other countries.
"An Open Door to Corruption"
The new policy marks a dramatic break from past practice. Rather than
interpreting the Endangered Species Act to protect foreign species
from exploitation and slaughter, as previous administrations have
done, Bush Administration officials assert that encouraging such
actions can contribute to the species' ultimate survival.
Prominent defenders of species preservation disagree. "It stinks,
quite honestly," said renowned primatologist Jane Goodall of the
proposed change."It's an open door to corruption. It's disgusting."
The Bush Administration insists that the new rule is consistent with
the law's existing provisions. Passed in 1973, the Endangered Species
Act was meant to protect wildlife species in danger of extinction. In
a landmark 1978 case interpreting the scope of the law, the Supreme
Court called it the "most comprehensive legislation for the
preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation." The
law now recognizes more than 1,700 threatened and endangered plant
and animal species.
Besides protecting native plants and animals, the Endangered Species
Act extends its coverage to wildlife in other countries. At present,
561 foreign species, nearly half of which are mammals, are listed as
endangered or threatened under the act. Included among them are the
snow leopard, the gorilla, and the South African mountain zebra.
To "Enhance the Propagation or Survival" of the Species
In the past, officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have
interpreted the law to bar the commercial importation of endangered
plants and animals to the United States. The clear reasoning behind
this refusal was that U.S. demand would further deplete these
species' already limited numbers.
The current administration, however, argues that the burgeoning U.S.
market for sporting trophies, hides, pelts and other animal parts, as
well as the demand for exotic pets and circus animals, could create
positive conservation incentives. Invoking Section 10(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act, which allows the Fish and Wildlife Service to
grant exemptions to the law's ban on endangered species imports in
order to "enhance the propagation or survival of the affected
species," the administration proposes to permit the importation of
wildlife from countries with effective conservation programs.
Imports would be allowed, specifically, in cases where the country
has a conservation plan by which the number of wildlife that are
killed or captured is offset by increases in the target population.
The overall net impact of such a plan should, theoretically, be
positive.
The administration's draft policy is crowded with the language of
incentive and sustainable use. Its promised benefits are speculative
and long-term, however, while its risks are direct and immediate. By
opening up the American market to endangered species from abroad, the
proposal creates clear incentives for the depletion of existing
wildlife stocks. In contrast, the promised overall growth in
endangered species populations will result only in those countries
where the conservation plan is well thought out, where the
authorities are genuinely interested in implementing it, and where
the circumstances are such that implementation is actually possible.
Given the corruption, disorganization, and competing priorities in
many countries, it is doubtful that the proposed influxes of American
cash will have the desired effect.
In the end, what the change does is allow Fish and Wildlife Service
officials to gamble with the future of foreign wildlife stocks. It
substitutes a speculative weighing of incentives for a bright line
rule.
False Modesty
Another aspect of the draft policy's reasoning that is worth
examining, since it is so jarringly inconsistent with the Bush
Administration's approach to other international problems, is its
modesty. At several points in the draft policy, the use of market-
based incentives is justified by reference to the U.S. government's
limited ability to influence other countries' policies.
Here, where the goal is wildlife conservation, the U.S. government
underscores the limited nature of its power to promote change
in "other sovereign countries that have their own national laws and
policies." Given such constraints, the administration asserts, market-
based incentives are among the "few available means" for encouraging
conservation efforts abroad.
For an enlightening contrast, consider the "war on drugs." (Note the
declaration of "war," for starters.) In its counter-narcotics
efforts, the U.S. government has long eschewed market-based
incentives in favor of a range of bullying tactics, which include
blatant violations of other countries' sovereignty. The government's
coercive measures have included invading a country and prosecuting
its president (as with Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega),
abducting foreign citizens (as with Mexican physician Humberto
Alvarez Machain), and denying access to U.S. markets in retaliation
for insufficient cooperation with U.S. counter-narcotics
programs.
As the most powerful country in the world, the United States has
enormous leverage in every realm. In approaching trade issues, the
drug war, the counter-terrorism effort, or a number of other national
priorities, one can rest assured that U.S. policymakers do not feel
overly constrained by their limited options for effecting change. To
rely on such excuses here is thoroughly cynical.
The Larger Context
It is worth remembering, in closing, that the recent proposals are
part of a larger attack on the Endangered Species Act. With the
administration's support, Republicans in Congress have been seeking
to amend the law in order to weaken it. To achieve the same goal
though other means, the administration has also consistently
underfunded the endangered species program, creating a work backlog
that undermines the Fish and Wildlife Service's ability to enforce
the law's requirements.
Several of the administration's federal court nominees, such as
Alabama Attorney General William Pryor and Texas Supreme Court
Justice Priscilla Owen, have a history of hostility to the Endangered
Species Act. Interior Secretary Gale Norton, the head of the
department charged with enforcing the law, once filed a legal brief
with the U.S. Supreme Court urging significant cuts in endangered
species protections. Her assistant secretary for water and science is
a former mining lawyer who once called for the law's abolition.
The overall picture is, in short, a gloomy one. It may be called the
New Environmentalism, but it sounds a lot like the old anti-
environmentalism. And Peter Huber is right: it makes Teddy Roosevelt
look awfully good.
Joanne Mariner is a human rights attorney who has worked in Latin
America for nearly a decade. A different version of this article
originally ran on Findlaw's Writ. She can be reached at:
mariner at counterpunch.org
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U.S. May Expand Access To Endangered Species
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10660-2003Oct10.html?
referrer=email
The Bush administration is proposing far-reaching changes to
conservation policies that would allow hunters, circuses and the pet
industry to kill, capture and import animals on the brink of
extinction
in other countries.
Giving Americans access to endangered animals, officials said, would
feed the gigantic U.S. demand for live animals, skins, parts and
trophies, and generate profits that would allow poor nations to pay
for conservation of the remaining animals and their habitat.
This and other proposals that pursue conservation through trade
would, for example, open the door for American trophy hunters to kill
the endangered straight-horned markhor in Pakistan; license the pet
industry to import the blue fronted Amazon parrot from Argentina;
permit the capture of endangered Asian elephants for U.S. circuses
and zoos; and partially resume the trade in African ivory. No U.S.
endangered species would be affected.
Conservationists think it's a bad idea. "It's a very dangerous
precedent to decide that wildlife exploitation is in the best
interest of wildlife," said Adam Roberts, a senior research associate
at the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute, an advocacy group for
endangered species.
Killing or capturing even a few animals is hardly the best way to
protect endangered species, conservationists say. Many charge that
the policies cater to individuals and businesses that profit from
animal exploitation.
The latest proposal involves an interpretation of the Endangered
Species Act that deviates radically from the course followed by
Republican and Democratic administrations since President Richard M.
Nixon signed the act in 1973. The law established broad protection
for endangered species, most of which are not native to America, and
effectively prohibited trade in them.
Kenneth Stansell, assistant director for international affairs at the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said there has been a growing
realization that the Endangered Species Act provides poor countries
no incentive to protect dying species. Allowing American hunters,
circuses and the pet industry to pay countries to take fixed numbers
of animals from the wild can help protect the remaining animals, he
said.
U.S. officials note that such trade is already open to hunters, pet
importers and zoos in other Western nations. They say the idea is
supported by poor countries that are home to the endangered species
and would benefit from the revenue.
Officials at the Department of Interior and Fish and Wildlife, who
are spearheading many of the new policies, said the proposals merely
implement rarely used provisions in the law.
"This is absolutely consistent with the Endangered Species Act, as
written," said David P. Smith, deputy assistant secretary at the
Department of Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. "I think the
nature of the beast is such that there are critics who are going to
claim some kind of ulterior motive."
Animal welfare advocates question the logic of the new approach,
saying that foreign countries and groups that stand to profit will be
in charge of determining how many animals can be killed or captured.
Advocates also warn that opening the door to legal trade will allow
poaching to flourish.
"As soon as you place a financial price on the head of wild animals,
the incentive is to kill the animal or capture them," Roberts
said. "The minute people find out they can have an easier time
killing, shipping and profiting from wildlife, they will do so."
The proposals also trigger a visceral response: To many animal
lovers, these species have emotional and symbolic value, and should
never be captured or killed.
The Endangered Species Act prohibits removing domestic endangered
species from the wild. Until now, that protection was extended to
foreign species. Explaining the change, Stansell said, "There is a
recognition that these sovereign nations have a different way of
managing their natural resources." Indeed, many of the strongest
advocates for "sustainable use" programs -- under which some animals
are "harvested" to raise money to save the rest -- have been
countries that are home to various endangered species.
Foreign trade groups and governments have tried for years -- mostly
in vain -- to convince the United States that animals are no longer
in limited supply, or that capturing or killing fixed numbers would
not drive a species to extinction.
That could change after Oct. 17, the end of the public comment period
on one proposed change.
The proposal identified several species:
• Morelet's crocodile, an endangered freshwater crocodile found in
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Its skin is prized by U.S. leather
importers.
• The endangered Asian elephant of India and Southeast Asia. The
declining population in U.S. breeding programs "has raised a
significant demand among the [U.S.] zoo and circus community," the
proposal said.
• The Asian bonytongue, a valuable aquarium fish, found in Indonesia,
Thailand and Malaysia.
• The straight-horned markhor, an endangered wild goat in Pakistan
distinguished by corkscrew-shaped horns. According to the proposal,
"allowing a limited number of U.S. hunters an opportunity to import
trophies from this population could provide a significant increase in
funds available for conservation."
John R. Monson, a New Hampshire trophy hunter and former chairman of
that state's Fish and Game Commission, said the program would help
preserve rare animals. In 1999, Monson applied for a permit to shoot
and import a straight-horned markhor. He was turned down.
Monson said the money he has spent hunting trophies -- including a
leopard from Namibia and a bontebok antelope from South Africa -- has
funded conservation programs.
Monson is president-elect of Safari Club International, a national
hunting advocacy group. He agreed to an interview only in his
personal capacity.
Safari Club International gave $274,000 to candidates during the 2000
election cycle, 86 percent of it to Republicans. It also spent $5,445
printing bumper stickers for the Bush presidential campaign. Monson
has made a variety of contributions himself, including $1,000 to the
Bush for President campaign.
Teresa Telecky, former director of the wildlife trade program at the
Humane Society, blamed lobbying by Safari Club International and
other special interest groups for a "sea change" in conservation
policy. "The approach of this administration is it is all right to
kill endangered or threatened species or capture them from the wild
so long as somebody says there would be some conservation benefit,"
she said.
Stansell said conservation goals, not lobbying, drove the proposals,
which he said evolved through previous administrations.
Still, the application of "sustainable use" has never been so broad.
Last November, the United States reversed its long-held position and
voted to allow Botswana, Namibia and South Africa to resume trade in
their ivory stockpiles. Stansell said the sales, which have not yet
begun, will support elephant conservation
But Susan Lieberman, former chief of the Scientific Authority at the
Fish and Wildlife Service and now director of the species program at
the World Wildlife Fund, said legal trade in ivory always triggers
illegal poaching. "Money doesn't always mean conservation," she
added. "To me, the theme is allowing an industry to write the rules,
which is a Bush administration pattern."
Smith, the administration official, said permits would be issued only
after foreign countries showed they had strong conservation programs.
"There is nothing else we have as a country to force other countries
to conserve their wildlife, other than being paternalistic and
saying 'no, no, no,' " he said.
In another "sustainable use" proposal, the Fish and Wildlife Service
announced in August a precedent-setting exemption to the Wild Bird
Conservation Act, which was signed into law in 1992 by President
George H.W. Bush. The policy would allow importation of the blue
fronted Amazon parrot from Argentina. The agency is reviewing public
comment.
The prized parrots sell for several hundred dollars apiece. Stansell
said Argentina, which approached Fish and Wildlife with the proposal,
would allow the capture of about 10 nestling parrots from five nests
in every 250 acres of parrot habitat.
With export taxes of $40 to $80 per bird, a 250-acre area would
generate $400 to $800 per year to support conservation. Stansell
conceded that cutting down forest habitat and selling timber would
generate far more money for landowners, but said the Argentine
government concluded that owners would prefer sustainable returns
from selling the birds.
Conservation biologists said Fish and Wildlife made poor estimates --
or no estimates -- about how many parrots would be left.
"It's an extraordinarily bad idea," said Jamie Gilardi, director of
the World Parrot Trust, a conservation group that has filed
opposition to the plan in a letter signed by 88 international
biologists. "The quotas are based on poor or inadequate science --
and the sustainability issue is simply not addressed at all."
The Fish and Wildlife Service's parrot proposal cited scientific
estimates by Enrique Bucher, a top Argentine parrot biologist, in
determining how many birds could be safely captured. But in a
telephone interview from the University of Cordoba in Argentina,
Bucher said his research actually showed the U.S. proposal was poorly
conceived and lacked scientific oversight.
"It's a very romantic idea, but in practice I do not know any
positive examples," he said, referring to "sustainable use"
plans. "The assumption that local communities will have the
organization and altruism to put the money into long-term protection
of the environment where you have terrible economic forces pushing
for deforestation is a little naïve."
ECOTERRA Intl.
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:24:04 -0000
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: trapping
October 17, 2003
Humane Society takes issue with trapping rules
PORTLAND - Oregon voters have already said no to a ban on animal
trapping, but how should those animals be treated once they're caught?
Some believe that limits on the time animals spend in the traps are
required.
A group, Humane Society of the U.S., videotaped disturbing images of
animals caught in leg hold-traps.
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=61670
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:05:38 EDT
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
Subject: DawnWatch: TV news report on trapping includes extensive graphic footage
From: KarenDawn at dawnwatch.com (Karen Dawn)
On Friday, October 17, KATU TV in Portland Oregon aired a story on the need
for legal limits on the time animals can spend in traps. The report was
extraordinary for the graphic footage included. Horrifying images of animals caught
in traps was aired, with extensive commentary from HSUS's Wayne Pacelle. One of
Pacelle's comments compared being caught in a leg-hold trap to having a hand
slammed in a car door, but rather than having it immediately released, staying
that way for days.
You can view the whole report on line at:
<A HREF="http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=61670">http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=61670</A>
The written report on that page is a very abbreviated version of the
coverage, so watch the video if you can.
Please thank KATU for the report! The station takes comments at:
<A HREF="http://www.katu2.com/cgi-bin/2003/mail/main_form.cfm">http://www.katu2.com/cgi-bin/2003/mail/main_form.cfm</A>
Yours and the animals',Karen Dawnwww.DawnWatch.com (DawnWatch is an animal
advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates
one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it
at www.DawnWatch.com. To subscribe to DawnWatch, email KarenDawn at DawnWatch.com
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- Paul Richard
Don't just question animal abuse. Interrogate it, impugn it, tear it down,
dismember it, bury it, and when the mood strikes you, dance on its grave!
"My doctrine is this: that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power
to stop, and we do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:07:54 EDT
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
Subject: DawnWatch: Front page story on mink release in Washington Post
From: KarenDawn at dawnwatch.com (Karen Dawn)
The Saturday, October 18, Washington Post front page carried a story headed,
"The Fur Flies and Crawls and Bites; Minks Released by Activists Raise a Stink
Near Seattle."
The story, by Blaire Harden, encapsulates just about everything wrong with
mink releases: Since mink are carnivores, they wreak havoc on the natural
environment. And more animals end up dying as a result of their release than
otherwise would have died. In the Washington case discussed in this article, the
majority of the mink were recaptured, many were killed by motorists, and many were
shot by neighbors protecting their livestock and family pets. Yes, some mink
have survived in the wild which is great for them, but not so great for the
many animals they will eat in their lives, or for the mink bred to replace them
in their cages. One cannot criticize wild mink for eating animals, but one can
question whether releasing bred mink into the environment is helping animals,
overall.
The story also demonstrates what is right about such an action -- the press!
This story is not particularly sympathetic to the activists or to the mink --
a pity, most of the stories about this release at least mentioned the
suffering of mink on fur farms. However, complete silence in the press on the fur
issue, as fur coats start to fill store winter fashion racks, is certainly no
better. And letters will surely be published in response to a front page story
about which many are received. So please, take this opportunity to write a brief
letter to the Washington Post on the cruelty of farming animals for fur.
You can read the whole front page story on line at:
<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43692-2003Oct17.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43692-2003Oct17.html</A>
The Washington Post takes letters at: <A HREF="mailto:letters at washpost.com">letters at washpost.com</A>
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending
a letter to the editor. Shorter letters are more likely to be published.
For more information, HSUS has a superb article on fur farming available at:
<A HREF="http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/WILD_Caged_Fur_The_Inside_Story.pdf">http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/WILD_Caged_Fur_The_Inside_Story.pdf</A>
PETA has an informative fact sheet on "Fur Factory Farms" at:
<A HREF="http://www.peta.org/mc/facts/fswild3.html">http://www.peta.org/mc/facts/fswild3.html</A>
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets.
You can learn more about it at www.DawnWatch.com. To subscribe to DawnWatch,
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Tell of your passion of the causes you fight for!
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"Hunting ... the least honorable form of war on the weak".
- Paul Richard
Don't just question animal abuse. Interrogate it, impugn it, tear it down,
dismember it, bury it, and when the mood strikes you, dance on its grave!
"My doctrine is this: that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power
to stop, and we do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."
- Anna Sewell, (English Novelist)
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:22:11 EDT
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
Subject: (Upcnews) UPC 11th Annual Open-House Thanksgiving Party Sat Nov. 22 (VA)
United Poultry Concerns * PO Box 150 * Machipongo, VA 23450
Ph: 757-678-7875 * 757-678-5070 * www.upc-online.org
UNITED POULTRY CONCERNS WILL HOLD 11TH ANNUAL
OPEN-HOUSE THANKSGIVING PARTY Sat November 22
For Information Contact: Karen Davis 757-678-7875
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2003
Time: 2 to 5 PM
Place: 12325 Seaside Road, Machipongo, VA 23405 (Eastern Shore)
The public is cordially invited to our open house vegetarian potluck party
on Saturday, November 22 from 2 to 5 PM. Please bring one all-vegetarian
(vegan) dish to share. If you are not familiar with vegan food, please come
anyway and enjoy the dishes, and meet our chickens, ducks, and our turkey,
Florence. Children are welcome!
Directions: From Norfolk, cross the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel Bridge. Drive 20
minutes on Rt 13 North to the B & B Convenience Store & Chevron Station on
the right. Turn right onto Machipongo Drive. Go a mile to the first stop
sign. Turn left onto Seaside Road. Drive a mile to 12325 Seaside Road on the
right—the white house just past Webb’s Island Road.
>From Maryland, DC, Northern VA, take the beltway to Rt 50 East. Cross the
Bay Bridge. Drive through Salisbury, MD. Get on Rt 13 South towards Norfolk.
Drive 80 Miles to Rt 620, Birdsnest (Look for the small green sign on the
right.) Turn left onto Birdsnest Drive across the railroad tracks. Go a mile
to the first stop sign. Turn right onto Seaside Road. Go to 12325 Seaside
Road –the white house on the left.
>From Richmond, take Interstate 64 East. After passing exits to Norfolk
International Airport, take the next exit onto Northampton Blvd (Rt 13
North) to the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel Bridge. Cross the bridge. Keep going
straight on 13 North and follow the above directions from Norfolk.
United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the
compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. www.upc-online.org
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"Hunting ... the least honorable form of war on the weak".
- Paul Richard
Don't just question animal abuse. Interrogate it, impugn it, tear it down,
dismember it, bury it, and when the mood strikes you, dance on its grave!
"My doctrine is this: that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power
to stop, and we do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."
- Anna Sewell, (English Novelist)
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:43:25 EDT
From: wildtimber2112 at aol.com
Subject: An "Armchair Activist" week!
An "Armchair Activist" week!
1) URGENT ALERT ON HORSE SLAUGHTER!!!
2) Don't Let Cockfighters Deter Congress from Funding Enforcement of
Federal Animal Fighting Law
3) Illinois: Do Not Allow Mandatory Trapping and Hunting
4) IL. SENATOR PETER FITZGERALD HAS YET TO SIGN DOWNED ANIMAL
PROTECTION ACT!!!!
1) URGENT ALERT ON HORSE SLAUGHTER!!! -- BILL INTRODUCED TO BAN HORSE
SLAUGHTER IN ILLINOIS
Subjects:
1-HB 3845, BILL TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER IN ILLINOIS, LETTERS, FAXES
AND CALLS URGENTLY NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL!!!
Please, help to stop horse slaughter in the US. Nowadays, we have a
VERY URGENT AND IMPORTANT ALERT ON HORSE SLAUGHTER and an also very
important project to fight it this Christmas. INMEDIATE ATTENTION AND
ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED:
1-HB 3845, BILL TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER IN ILLINOIS. LETTERS, FAXES
AND CALLS URGENTLY NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL!!!
Illinois State Representative Robert S. Molaro (D-Chicago) has
introduced recently HB 3845, a bill to prohibit horse slaughter in
Illinois, as well as the exportation of horses for the porpuse of
slaughter and the trade of horse meat. This critical legislation
would also prevent "CAVEL INTERNATIONAL", the Belgian owned slaughter
plant which is REBUILDING ITS HORSE SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN DEKALB,
ILLINOIS, from operating its new facilities, is set to reopen its
doors at the beginning of next year.
Representative Molaro decided to introduce this important bill after
learning that the Belgian owned "Cavel International" is rebuilding
its facilities (which burnt in Eastern 2002) in Illinois, in spite of
the strong local and nationwide opposition.
THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL, PLEASE, WRITE, FAX, EMAIL AND CALL THE
MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (both Representatives and
Senators) and ask them to SUPPORT and COSPONSOR HB 3845. The next
sessions of the Illinois State Assembly will take place on November
4-
6 and November 18-20, addressing this bill within that month. PLEASE
FAX, WRITE AND CALL´EM BEFORE NOVEMBER 4 TODAY AND STILL CALLING THEM
DURING THE NEXT MONTH!!!, THEY CAN STOP CAVEL BEFORE IT REOPENS!!!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL AND THERE IS NO TIME
TO LOOSE!!! Also, URGE FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS AND WORK/CLASS
PARTNERS TO DO THE SAME!!!!
The names, addresses, and phone/fax numbers of members of the General
Assembly can be found at:
http://www.legis.state.il.us/house/
http://www.legis.state.il.us/senate/
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/IllinoisAssembly.htm
A complete list of their email addresses can be found on:
http://kidsroe.org/kids/representatives.cfm
The best way to reach them is to mail a letter or send a fax to their
DISTRICT OFFICES BEFORE NOVEMBER 4.
Special "we care" notifications are needed to be sent to the members
of the IL House Agriculture Committe. Their contact info can be found
at:
http://www.legis.state.il.us/house/committees/members.asp?CommitteeID=86
At the bottom you can find a list of contact info for the members of
this committee and a sample of letter/fax.
Do not forget also to write your Congressmen and the members of the
US. House Agriculture Committee asking them to SUPPORT AND COSPONSOR
BILL HR 857, "The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act", a Federal
Bill to ban horse slaughter and the exportation of horses for
slaughter in the whole country. You can find out who your Congressmen
are at http://www.saplonline.org/congress.htm or by calling
the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. A list of the members of the
US. House Agriculture Committee can be found at
http://agriculture.house.gov/
If you need more information about bill HR 857 log on to
http://www.saplonline.org/Legislation/ahpa.htm
2) Don't Let Cockfighters Deter Congress from Funding Enforcement of
Federal Animal Fighting Law
Illegal cockfighters are hoping to flood key Senate and House offices
with calls, faxes, and e-mails pushing to strike $800,000 targeted to
crack down on their industry and also on illegal dogfighting. These
funds are contained in pending legislation (the Agriculture
Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2004) that will likely be
finalized in the next few weeks, possibly as part of a large
"omnibus" appropriations package funding several different
departments of the federal government.
Take action! Go to:
http://hsus.org/ace/19834
3) Illinois: Do Not Allow Mandatory Trapping and Hunting
S.B. 1527 requires the Illinois Department of Natural Resources
(IDNR) to manage public lands in a manner to support, promote, and
enhance recreational hunting and trapping opportunities. In addition,
the bill specifically states that management by the IDNR may not
result in any net loss of land acreage available for hunting
opportunities. This means that there must always be a certain amount
of land available for hunting in addition to that which is available
for trapping. In instances where the IDNR closes a hunting area for
the purpose of opening it to trapping, another area must be opened
for hunting to compensate for the loss.
Take action! Go to:
http://hsus.org/ace/18863
4) ILLINOIS' SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN BECOMES COSPONSOR ON THE DOWNED
ANIMAL PROTECTION ACT S. 1298, BUT OUR OTHER ILLINOIS' SENATOR, PETER
FITZGERALD, HAS YET TO SIGN-ON!
In late September ADL sent out an alert asking that our two Illinois'
Senators be contacted again to urge them to become copsonsors on S.
1298 - The Downed Animal Protection Act. Winthin a week after the
alert was sent, Senator Durbin became a cosponsor!!!!! Your E-
Mails, letters & phone calls made it happen!! [It would be a good
idea to send Senator Durbin a Thank You note!]
Senator Fitzgerald apparently needs continued encouragement for him
to follow Senator Durbin and become a cosponsor. Please take time
to send him another note. Remind him that he has been supportive of
similar legislation in the past, AND while Illinois already has a
state "No Downer" law on the books, the issue crosses state borders
and needs to be covered by federal law!
Please take a few minutes to thank Senator Durbin and again
encourage Senator Fitzgerald to add his name to S. 1298.
Here is information on S. 1298 and contact information for Senators
Durbin & Fitzgerald:
S. 1298 provides an appropriate remedy to an unnecessary and
inexcusable problem. It requires critically ill and injured animals
to be humanely euthanized at stockyards.
While the livestock industry has attempted to remedy this concern on
its own, the problem continues. In fact, the National Cow and Bull
Beef Quality Audit found the number of lame livestock marketed
increased from 1994 to 1999. Regarding dairy cattle marketed, the
Audit reported downers to be the third most significant concern —
behind antibiotic residues and injection site lesions.
STATE LAWS ARE INADEQUATE
Most state anti-cruelty laws exclude farm animals or they are
vaguely written and interpreted to exclude farm animals.
FEDERAL LAWS ARE INADEQUATE
Farm animals are specifically excluded from the Animal Welfare Act,
and the Packers and Stockyards Act, which governs the handling of
animals at stockyards, does not address humane concerns.
Here is the contact information for Senator Durbin:
WASHINGTON D.C.
U.S. Sen. Richard J. Durbin
332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202)224-2152
TTY (202)224-8180
Fax (202)228-0400
CHICAGO
U.S. Sen. Richard J. Durbin
Kluczynski Building 38th Floor
230 South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 353-4952
Fax (312)353-0150
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Through community outreach, networking, public education, vocal demonstrations
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HLSsucks/
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Tell of your passion of the causes you fight for!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stateyourcause/
"Hunting ... the least honorable form of war on the weak".
- Paul Richard
Don't just question animal abuse. Interrogate it, impugn it, tear it down,
dismember it, bury it, and when the mood strikes you, dance on its grave!
"My doctrine is this: that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power
to stop, and we do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."
- Anna Sewell, (English Novelist)
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:18:25 -0000
From: "hecal_2000" <hecal_2000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: German Govt urged to ban wild animals from circus
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Furness
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:23 AM
Subject: Fw: german Govt urged to ban wild animals from circus
----- Original Message -----
From: Edwards
To: Linda Furness
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:06 PM
Subject: german Govt urged to ban wild animals from circus
Tehran Times, October 18th,
feedback at tehrantimes.com
German govt. Urged to Ban Wild Animals From Circus
BERLIN (AFP) -- Monkeys, elephants and bears should be banned from
the circus where they spend most of their time in cages and chains,
Germany's Upper House of Parliament demanded Friday.
The Bundesrat called on the government to introduce legislation that
would ban circuses from keeping wild animals and supervise how other
creatures are cared for.
"Wild animals need particularly high standards of accommodation,
nutrition and care, as well as the expertise by their keepers,"
according to a motion introduced by the state of Hesse.
The Bundesrat is made up of representatives of Germany's 16 states
and is dominated by the opposition conservatives.
The motion said that circus animals passed up to 90 percent of their
lives in containers and had little room to move around. Only a few
circuses had heated winter quarters while most could not afford
additional comforts or vets' bills.
The result is that many animals become disturbed or sicken, in some
cases fatally.
According to ETN, a European animal welfare group, the circus animals
are often maltreated with sticks, kicks and electric shocks, and die
earlier than their free-living counterparts.
The consumer affairs ministry has promised to consult with the states
and animal welfare groups on how to resolve the problem.
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:22:19 +0200
From: "Maria Borremans" <maria.borremans at amart.be>
Subject: URGENT! EU CHEMICAL LEGISLATION - PLEASE LOBBY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS : SEND AN E-MAIL BEFORE 29/10/03
PLEASE LOBBY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS : SEND AN E-MAIL BEFORE 29/10/03
http://www.chemicalreaction.org
cyberactivisten
Van het Chemical Reaction Team van de EEB (Europea Environmental Buro), Friends of the Earth en Greenpeace.
De EU chemicaliën wetgeving is opnieuw op een cruciaal punt aanbeland en we hebben jullie hulp weer erg hard nodig. Op 29 Oktober, zullen de 20 Europese Commissieleden beslissen of ze de voorgestelde wetgevende tekst zullen aannemen. Daarna gaat de tekst naar het Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie. De industrie is zeer sterk aan het lobbyen om de tekst af te zwakken en daarom hebben we dringend nood aan druk van de publieke opinie voor een sterke Europese wetgeving! Jullie acties kunnen hierbij het verschil uitmaken.
Ga kijken naar http://www.chemicalreaction.org/ en stuur een email naar een of meerdere commissieleden. Laat ze weten dat we een voorstel willen dat onze gezondheid beschermt, dat de consument het recht geeft om te weten welke chemische stoffen er in de producten zitten die ze kopen, en dat bescherming biedt aan de natuur. Jullie hulp is vitaal voor het succes van onze campagne!
Stuur deze boodschap alsjeblieft ook door naar al jullie vrienden en collegas.
Bedankt!
Het Greenpeace team
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:30:07 +0200
From: sandrawijnveldt at wanadoo.nl
Subject: South Africa and Mozambique Bust Rhino Poaching Gang
South Africa and Mozambique Bust Rhino Poaching Gang
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SOUTH AFRICA: October 21, 2003
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa said Monday it had smashed a cross-border gang of
rhino poachers in a joint operation with neighboring Mozambique, but the
incidents have raised concerns about security in a planned transfrontier park.
The first incident occurred in early September, when a heavily pregnant female
rhino was found shot dead with her horn removed in South Africa's famed Kruger
National Park, the country's Environment Ministry said in a statement.
Then earlier this month, two white rhino adult males were shot dead and had
their horns hacked off by poachers.
South African officials linked up with their counterparts in Mozambique --
which shares a 200 mile border with the Kruger Park -- and tracked the suspects
12 miles into Mozambique to a base where four rhino horns were confiscated.
Six Mozambican men have been arrested by Mozambican police in connection with
the poachings.
"Investigation into...other rhino poaching incidents in the same area over the
past two years, is likely to lead toward more arrests," South Africa's
Environment Ministry said.
South African Environment Minister Valli Moosa said the cross-border
cooperation should assuage security fears surrounding the planned creation of
the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which will include South Africa's Kruger
and reserves in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
"It is this sort of operation that proves that the Great Limpopo Transfrontier
Park will become a sanctuary against poachers for Africa's precious wildlife,"
Moosa said.
But animal rights activists have questioned the wisdom of tearing down fences
along Kruger's border with Mozambique before proper anti-poaching units are set
up.
"The fact of the matter is that those animals are dead so there is still a long
way to go," said Jason Bell-Leask, the regional director for the International
Fund for Animal Welfare.
Rhino horn is prized in many parts of Asia for its supposed medicinal qualities
and in the Arab state of Yemen, where it is used to make traditional dagger
handles.
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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