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CAMBRIDGESHIRE, U.K.––Few animal advo- cruelty of two technicians shown allegedly punching a beagle. the major funders of the biggest street dog rescue projects in cates have actually been inside the controversial Huntingdon Even fewer animal advocates have been inside both Turkey and Romania, were two exceptions. They spent Life Sciences complex at Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon since the December 1999 debut of a group called several hours inside Huntingdon recently, having wangled invi- England, a sporadic focus of antivivisection protest since 1972, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, whose sole mission is seek- tations through an acquaintance with well-placed contacts. and virtually besieged since the July 1997 television airing of ing to drive Huntingdon out of business. The SHAC founders “Alice and I were shown around on March 4, 2002 an undercover video which led to the firing and convictions for previously orchestrated campaigns that eventually closed the by marketing director Andrew Gaye,” Smith told A N I M A L Herefordshire beagle-breeding firm Consort Kennels and the PEOPLE. Smith described Gaye as “an excellent communica- Oxfordshire cat-breeding firm Hill Grove Farm. Both compa- tor, well versed in the pros and cons of animal research.” nies produced animals for lab use. As a business person himself, Smith inquired first Like the Huntingdon campaign, the Consort Kennels into the economic status of Huntingdon, asking almost the and Hill Grove Farms campaigns often turned violent. Former same questions at about the same time as U.S. News & World Hill Grove Farms owner Christopher Brown, 64, told news Report investigative writer Michael Satchel. media in August 1999 that he quit breeding cats for labs, after Satchel wrote in the April 8, 2002 edition of U . S . 30 years, because “I have been beaten up, my wife has been News & World Report that “In January 2001, as Huntingdon attacked, and my staff have been attacked.” teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, the company was rescued Also like the Huntingdon campaign, the Consort by a $33 million loan from the Stephens Group, a privately Kennels and Hill Grove Farms campaigns did not verifiably held $5 billion Arkansas-based investment firm, and the lab’s save even one animal life. The Royal SPCA found homes for largest shareholder, with a 16% stake. Last October, more than 800 animals who would otherwise have been sold to Huntingdon restructured as a U.S.-based company to help hide laboratories––but the laboratories bought beagles and cats from the identity of shareholders,” who had often been targeted at other sources and carried on as usual. their homes by SHAC, “and prepared to quit the London stock Consort Kennels and Hill Grove Farms, however, exchange and list its shares on the NASDAQ board. were relatively unfortified compared to Huntingdon. “But in February 2002,” Satchel continued, Huntingdon keeps anyone without official business far from the “President and CEO Warren Stephens suddenly capitulated. main offices and animal facilities. That includes any and all Stephens dumped his company’s stake in Huntingdon at a animal advocates. reported $6 million loss, and sold the $33 million loan to a But textile magnate Robert Smith and his wife Alice, secret foreign buyer, insisting that the protests did not influ- This little guy was rescued by Primarily Primates. (Kim Bartlett) (continued on page 6) ANIMAL PEOPLE News For People Who Care About Animals

May 2002 Volume XI, #4 Dalai Lama hits sport hunting DHARAMSALA, India– – M a k i n g “I therefore appeal to all concerned in perhaps his strongest statement yet on behalf of Mongolia not to indulge in trophy hunting of animals, the Dalai Lama on March 29 remind- rare and endangered species,” the Dalai Lama ed Buddhists that sport hunting is contrary to concluded. “I make this appeal as a Buddhist the teachings of the Buddhist religion. because of our respect and compassion for all The Dalai Lama had been asked to living beings.” address the growth of trophy hunting in The condemnation of sport hunting Mongolia by Fund for Animals spiritual out- by the Dalai Lama will have resonance with reach director Norm Phelps, who practices Buddhists around the world––and among other Tibetan Buddhism. Phelps outlined the recent people where the moral legitimacy of hunting is heavy investment of trophy hunting outfitters in currently at issue, especially in India, where promoting safaris to kill argali sheep, snow the Dalai Lama lives in exile at Dharamsala; leopards, Bactrian camels and other species, Nepal, the other ancient Himalyan mountain many of which may not be legally hunted any- kingdom; and the U.S. where the life of the where else. Dalai Lama has been subject of several popular Phelps pointed out that “An estimated films, many books, and celebrity press cover- 95% of the Mongolian population of 2.5 mil- age for more than 40 years. lion are Tibetan Buddhists.” The opposition of the Dalai Lama to The Dalai Lama responded with an sport hunting may also cause discomfort to open appeal issued in his official capacity as many well-placed Republican conservatives, Pit bull terrier at DELTA Rescue. (Kim Bartlett) spirtual head of the Tibetan Buddhist religion. who have long embraced the Dalai Lama as a “I am deeply saddened to learn that living symbol of resistance to Communism, Mongolia encourages trophy hunting of rare and frequently cite the forced annexation of and endangered species for tourism,” the Dalai Tibet in 1953 in statements of opposition to lib- Fewer fighters, more dogs Lama wrote. “We all know that taking others’ eralizing trade and political relations with the PUEBLO, Colorado––Issuing one been taped off into the dimensions of a dog- lives is in general against Buddhist principles. Chinese Communist regime. of the stiffest sentences yet given to a con- fighting ring. Evidence,” Malone wrote, How can we destroy and play with the lives of The strength of Tibetan Buddism in victed dogfighter, District Judge Scott “included a poem Speer wrote about Gatoree, animals merely for fun, pleasure, and sports? Mongolia despite decades of Communist Epstein of Pueblo, Colorado, on April 15, a prize dog of his, dying in his arms after a It is unthinkable. Tibet, as a Buddhist country, repression is still evident, but during the past 2002 sent Brian Keith Speer to state prison valiant effort in the ring.” in the past had banned hunting of animals in 20 years the Safari Club International has prob- for six years. The prosecution indicated that any form. Today there is greater awareness ably had more access to political decision-mak- Speer, 32, of Colorado Springs, is Speer was associated with dogfighters in worldwide for the protection of not only the ers there than the Dalai Lama has ever enjoyed, to serve 18 concurrent three-year sentences many other states and possibly in Mexico. environment but also of animals, their rights, beginning with back-door entry during the for 18 felony counts of animal fighting, plus The Speer sentencing came five and their protection against torture. And there- Communist era. three more years for his felonious mistreat- days after Associate Judge Diane Brunton of fore, even in countries where there are strong Mongolia under Communism was ment of one especially badly injured pit bull Macoupin County, Illinois, ordered accused traditions of hunting, people are passing laws mostly aligned with the former Soviet Union. terrier found in his possession during a June dogfighter Jeffrey M. Giller to post bond of to ban it. A good case in point is the recent ban The constant presence of Soviet troops from the 2000 raid on his trailer home near Boone. $90,000 or forfeit 17 pit bull terriers. on fox hunting by the Scottish Parliament. (continued on page 13) Speer was convicted on February Arrested on March 28, Giller, 24, was jailed 11, after a four-day jury trial. in lieu of posting bail of $300,000 on four “In June 2000,” reported Patrick counts of felony dogfighting, plus $20,000 Malone of the Pueblo Chieftan, “36 adult pit bail on misdemeanor charges of domestic vio- bulls and eight puppies were confiscated” lence and aggravated assault. from Speer, almost all of whom were later “Sheriff’s deputies noticed the killed at the Pueblo animal control shelter dogs,” wrote Robert Goodrich of the St. because of aggressive behavior. “Animal Louis P o s t - D i s p a t c h , “when they went to control officers also seized performance- Giller’s property to investigate a domestic enhancing drugs commonly used by breeders violence complaint by a girlfriend.” who train dogs to fight. Many of the animals “These are violent crimes,” com- had severe wounds at various stages of heal- mented attorney Ledy Van Kavage, repre- ing, indicating they had been involved in senting the Belleville Area Humane Society fights over an extended span. In addition, and the American SPCA. “Dogfighting is a officers seized a bloodstained rug that had (continued on page 18) 2 - ANIMAL PEOP LE, May 2002 with her canned food. And my hunch paid off. She ate, then she picked up a mouthful of hot dogs and carried them off to feed her children. I just fell in I followed her as best I could to get a sense of where she might be headed. But then, as I made my way through the brush toward Caroline, I heard some screeching in the sky. It was a hawk, being held love again at bay by a small band of ravens. A hawk . . . the pups! I ran to where the hawk was hovering. . . . with Sure enough, I found three puppies. Two were darting like mice in and out of the dense brush. But the third, Elizabeth, was just lying an angel on there on her side, shivering . . . either from pain or the cold. When I went to pick her up, she tried crawling away, but she an incredi- was too weak . . . and she was paralyzed in the rear. At our hospital, we found out that Elizabeth had broken ribs on ble her right side . . . she had been hit with something like a rock . . . she was paralyzed . . . and she was only four weeks old. journey. With around-the-clock nursing and lots of love, E l i z a b e t h February, 2002 Dear Partner, is beginning to recover. N o w, two weeks later, only her back There are times when words are just not enough. right leg is still paralyzed. In time, I hope she will have a full Picking Elizabeth up in my arms is like picking my own heart up r e c o v e r y. off the floor. Yesterday, after I was sure there were no more puppies out there, Look at her. Tell me she’s NOT an angel sent here to bring us the I rescued Caroline, the mom. 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A NIMAL PEOP LE, May 2002 - 3 Editorial “Rescue” should not perpetuate the problem Nine years ago, in April 1993, ANIMAL PEOPLE first brought the plight of the And even then, all the PMU foal rescue efforts among them would not actually save Premarin mares and their foals to the attention of the humane community. even one horse life. If all the adoptive homes for horses and all the horse sanctuaries are filled Citing a previously unpublicized investigation by Tom Hughes of the Canadian Farm with PMU foals, who will on average live for 15 to 30 years each, more “retired” race horses Animal Care Trust, we pointed out that the farms that gather the pregnant mares’ urine from and wild horses will go unadopted and will be sold to slaughter. which the estrogen supplement Premarin is made typically keep the mares stabled and con- Only horses removed from U.S. federal property by the Bureau of Land Management nected to collection tubes from September to April each year. Rarely were the PMU mares are protected from slaughter under the 1971 Wild and Free Ranging Horse and Burro released for outdoor exercise then, and their holding conditions now seem little different. Protection Act, and then for only one year following adoption. Because the adoption demand “Most of the foals from the average PMU farm will be sold purely for meat,” for these horses is so weak, and because the BLM is mandated to remove more horses from Hughes explained. Some of the meat went for human consumption, but most went for dog- leased grazing land that it has facilities to keep, there is growing pressure within Congress to food, or to feed mink and foxes who were raised for fur. amend the 1971 law to allow the BLM to dispose of wild horses as expeditiously as other There was no other significant demand for the foals. agencies––meaning, allowing it to sell horses directly to professional killer/buyers. Three of the five largest newspapers then serving New York City picked the story up The major players in the PMU industry, and direct mail fundraisers for “PMU foal from ANIMAL PEOPLE and soon published their own investigative reports. Protests, direct rescuers,” will be laughing all the way to the bank for decades at how they have hoodwinked mailings, and “investigative reports” by animal advocacy groups followed. animal protection donors into depleting their resources in a self-perpetuating cause. Nationally, one household in four donates to animal protection causes, and more Simultaneously, “PMU foal rescue” gives donors a feel-good, dilutes and diverts the anti- than half of all the donors are women over age 40, in or approaching the age bracket most Premarin message, and ensures a need for ongoing fundraising to keep the “rescued” horses likely to use estrogen supplements to ease the symptoms of menopause. These demographic fed, from which the fundraisers can continue to collect their cut. facts should have given animal advocacy groups the consumer clout to launch and sustain an Any value the “rescues” may have in educating the public to boycott Premarin is immediate international boycott of Premarin, and to expedite the ongoing transition of marginal. Now that the message has become mostly “save this baby,” the emphasis––as in demand to synthetic estrogens. The synthetic alternatives were already easily available in many other campaigns––is on endlessly soliciting and re-soliciting established donors, with 1993, and are even more abundant and accessible now. little or no attention given to the plight of the mares. But “Boycott Premarin!” was not an especially effective fundraising slogan, since it Puppy-millers may be watching, wondering if they can get animal protection donors does not contain within it an emotionally compelling reason to send money to an organization. to similarly subsidize their industry by purchasing their culls at a fancy price. Anti-Premarin campaigns were soon relegated to newsletter items and production of brochures Maybe the Korean and Southeast Asian dog-and-cat meat dealers will copy the tactic sent to people who were already interested enough to ask for information. next. They could continue to breed as many dogs and cats as anyone cares to butcher at the Premarin is therefore still very highly profitable. same time as selling as many to “rescuers” as the “rescuers” could ransom, and because all the The manufacturer, Wyeth-Ayrst, has meanwhile developed great tactical sophistica- donor money would be diverted into buying and maintaining the “rescued” population, the tion in suppressing and deflecting criticism. dog-and-cat meat dealers would never have to worry about animal advocates finally figuring Early in the campaign, advertising agencies representing Wyeth-Ayrst were heavy- out that the way to end this atrocious traffic is to take the campaign directly to the Korean and handed about reminding some popular women’s magazines about the size of their accounts. Southeast Asian public with humane education and advertising. They suppressed publication of articles and animal advocacy advertisements that criticized Premarin, at cost of encouraging media without Wyeth-Ayrst accounts to hit both Premarin Thinking ahead and their larger, richer rivals. That kind of mistake is apparently no longer made. In March 1998, a major PMU foal dealer beat up Project Equus founder Robin The humane movement made no progress against pet overpopulation until the cause Duxbury after she attended an auction. Animal advocates are not beaten up any more, either. gradually learned that “saving” a relative handful through adoption placement was a meaning- Instead, the PMU industry has learned to copy the tactics of the greyhound and less gesture until and unless the seemingly endless supply of puppies and kittens was stopped. horse racing industries, establishing the pretense that the victim animals will be rescued That required a generation of educating the public about the importance of sterilizing pets, and instead of killed. Today when the dealers see animal advocates coming, they sell the advo- of making pet sterilization surgery more convenient, affordable, and socially acceptable than cates as many horses as the advocates can afford to truck away. Then the PMU producers the consequences of getting caught shooting, drowning, or dumping surplus litters. breed as many horses as ever to sustain the growing rescuer demand at the same time as sus- The humane community had to teach donors about the importance of preventing taining the strong European and Japanese demand for horsemeat, following widespread panics puppy and kitten births, and had to acknowledge that saving lives through adoption can be over “mad cow disease,” hoof-and-mouth disease, and antibiotics contaminating poultry. accomplished at a meaningful level only if the numbers of animals born do not exceed the Only the offal from PMU foals is rendered into dogfood or feeds mink and foxes numbers of homes available. Otherwise the adoption process is just a matter of choosing now. Instead of dumping surplus foals at any price to offset the cost of breeding them and which of the surplus will be killed. bringing them to auction, some PMU dealers are actually breeding mares who are not on the The reduction of the U.S. animal shelter death toll from 115 dogs and cats per 1,000 PMU lines just to have more foals to auction off, and auctioneers in the PMU-producing human residents in 1970 to 16.8 in 2001 was not achieved by “saving” animals one at a time. provinces of western Canada are reportedly importing foals from elsewhere. It was achieved by preventing up to a dozen animal births with each sterilization surgery, Animal advocacy direct mailers have learned meanwhile that although “Boycott which was in turn achieved through effecting an enormous change in public attitudes. The Premarin!” does not convey an urgent appeal to give, “Save this baby!” does. most important part was using advertising, news coverage, direct mail, in-school humane Thus animal protection donors are now induced to pump more than $1 million a year education, and every other medium available to encourage the public to look ahead and act into sustaining the profitability of PMU. now to prevent future suffering. The most foolish actually bid on foals in direct competition with the killer/buyers, Now that the numbers of surplus puppies and kittens are down to a much more man- helping to sustain the auction prices. Others buy the foals whom the killer/buyers reject as ageable level, one can at last make real gains through adoption and rescue toward reducing the unlikely to survive transportation to a feedlot and then slaughter. These foals are sold at a shelter killing toll to the level of true euthanasia––meaning that the animal is killed only to loss––but any price paid is a gain against the anticipated loss for the auctioneer and the seller. relieve immediate suffering which cannot be relieved in any other way. Even if the foals were given to animal advocates free of charge, however, taking The recent dramatic growth of no-kill shelters and sanctuaries, high-volume adop- them does nothing to reduce the sum of animal exploitation and suffering. Currently, horse- tion centers, shelterless rescue groups, and neuter/return projects to assist feral cats (and meat demand is strong enough that for every foal removed from the slaughter traffic, another street dogs, in nations which have them) all represent the beginning of the mop-up phase of is bred to be slaughtered. Should the demand for horsemeat slump, the pace of breeding the movement against pet overpopulation. They demonstrate the appeal to donors, volunteers, might drop back to the level needed to sustain PMU production, but the net effect of saving a and the public of saving animals’ lives. They reinforce the message that animal life has value. few babies would still be to economically support the industry by helping it to make money ANIMAL PEOPLE has provided material support to such efforts ever since our debut, by from disposing of animals who are in effect the waste products of a manufacturing process, sending a free subscription to every nonprofit animal protection group in the world. giving the industry an effective public relations shield into the bargain. 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Animals need both kinds of help: help for the imme- The editors prefer to receive queries in advance of article submissions; unsolicit- diate needs of however many can be saved now, with an equal investment in building a future ed manuscripts will be considered for use, but will not be returned unless accompanied by where there are fewer animals in distress to begin with. a stamped, self-addressed envelope of suitable size. We do not publish fiction or poetry. 4 - ANIMAL P EOPLE, May 2002 Nature of birds “Shall I compare thee to other LETTERS The April 2002 A N I M A L P E O P L E bird book reviews w e r e news media? Let me count quite timely for spring. As reviewer I really value A N I M A L We received many simi - Meat Patty Finch said, those who share P E O P L E and am sincerely lar messages. Thanks to all who After more than a quarter their lives with birds know all too astounded at the depth of your wrote––but our feelings were not of a century as a vegetarian, then well the truth of bird intelligence. journalistic work, so was really hurt. Our Editor laughed until he vegan, I feel a need to expand that The Human Nature of Birds, b y taken aback at seeing the editor of choked on his coffee, as when a commitment, because my sorrow Theodore Xenophon Barber (St. Animals’ Agenda write that while few years ago an employee of the and horror about the abusive treat- Martin’s Press, 1973) considers this he considers his publication to be Humane Society of the U.S. com - ment, genetic altering, and cruel in detail. Writes Barber: “People of the equivalent of the M a c N e i l - pared us to The National Enquirer. confinement, transport and slaughter the earth, awaken! Open your eyes, Lehrer Report, he sees PETA’s All that happened then is that we of farmed animals has only intensi- look around you, and become aware Animal Times to be like picked up a few more readers via fied over the years. When meat is of the fast-moving lives of your Entertainment Tonight and A N I- the paper that quoted the fellow. served in my presence, I now feel neighbors, the birds. Like you they MAL PEOPLE as being like T h e Then came this, from a the need to somehow symbolically are enjoying, playing, hurting, Jerry Springer Show. I have globally respected horse care honor and acknowledge the immense feeling, worrying, communicating, absolutely no idea where anyone expert who has studied and taught suffering that animal endured. ––Wolf planning. Look closer and see the would get a comparison like that. extensively in the Middle East: “Where there’s meat, I Clifton strivings and experiences of the indi- Likening you to The Wall Street Congratulations on don’t eat,” came to me suddenly. I protest were never heard, never vidual animals near you. Wake up! Journal or The Lancet I could fath- adding Spanish and French sec- will never again eat in a room in heeded. Even more so, this is Realize that you are as wonderfully om. But his reference just left me tions to the ANIMAL PEOPLE which meat is being served. Know- something I am doing for myself. aware, as fully conscious, and as shaking my head. web site. You are the CNN/Al- ing this has brought me some mea- When meat is present, I will still sit specialized as the other creatures on ––Tim I. Martin Jazeera of the animal interests, but sure of inner peace. I’m not sure it is at the table and enjoy myself and my the earth. Use your specialized Corona, California with more depth, like the a politically sound decision, for it is friends, but I can only do so know- intelligence now to change your Christian Science Monitor. surely wise to encourage the offering ing that by not eating, I am symboli- destructive habits, to save the Have you read the latest ––Sharon Cregier of vegetarian/vegan alternatives. cally and publicly acknowledging the earth’s flora and fauna, including issue of Animals’ Agenda? They Montague, Prince Edward Island Yet to eat contentedly in the pres- pain I feel on behalf of those who yourself, from further devastation, compared ANIMAL PEOPLE t o Canada ence of meat now feels to me like a suffered unspeakable and enduring and to live in harmony with deep The Jerry Springer Show! betrayal of the animal sacrificed. horrors to become the feast. enjoyment.” Actually, I prefer to think of you Others compared us to “Where there’s meat, I ––Patty Finch ––Eileen Weintraub as at least 60 Minutes/Dateline/ everything from Baseball America don’t eat” is a one-person protest, Phoenix, Arizona Seattle, Washington Nightline––but you are much, to The New York Times. T h e on behalf of those whose cries of much more. range of comparison was so broad ––Gene Schmidt that maybe we should just claim to API FIRES TEXAS SNOW MONKEY SANCTURY FOUNDER Newburyport, Massachusetts be incomparable. “ASA will not let this go” “I was duped” CHAMP opposes exotic cat acts Although the Texas Snow Monkey Sanctuary is As a board member of the Texas Snow Monkey The Pet Savers Found- to be offered as a CHAMP Post- not an accredited member of the American Sanctuary Sanctuary before it merged into the Animal Protection ation became aware, after the Conference event was a dreadful Association, by choice of Animal Protection Institute Institute, I take exception to the statement made by API 2002 Conference on Homeless oversight on the part of the confer- executive director Alan Berger, many of our sanctuary board president Gary Pike, quoted in the April edition of Animal Management and Policy ence organizers. members and board have had a favorable relationship ANIMAL PEOPLE, that API saved the sanctuary from registration brochure was mailed, Upon becoming aware with ousted Texas Snow Monkey Sanctuary director Lou imminent collapse. While I will agree that API has that among the CHAMP Post- that the Carnival of Wonders Griffin for many years. As we are keenly aware of invested large sums of money to improve the structures Conference Events offered to atten- Magic Show includes illusions Griffin’s commitment to the welfare of the animals, her and facilities at the sanctuary, at no time prior to the dees at a discount was the using exotic animals, The Pet expertise, and her qualifications, the ASA is compelled merger were the animals in any danger. Such alarmist “Carnival of Wonders Magic Savers Foundation immediately to write to express our official objection to her termina- language was sometimes used by one former board mem- Show,” the entertainment indepen- cancelled it as a post-conference tion (as reported by ANIMAL PEOPLE in April 2002.) ber, Dallas attorney Robert “Skip” Trimble, but was dently scheduled by the Reno event, and we deeply apologize to Quite frankly, we find API’s action to be never true. Lou Griffin, who managed the sanctuary for Hilton Hotel for that week, and all recipients of the 2002 Confer- morally and ethically repulsive. Griffin has given 22 20 years prior to the merger, and the former sanctuary that this show includes the use of ence on Homeless Animal Manage- years to the care of the monkeys and the development of board, would have never allowed any harm to come to captive exotic cats––apparently a ment and Policy registration the sanctuary, most of the time working without pay. Is the monkeys. Our motive in agreeing to the merger of lion and a tiger. brochure for having inadvertently this how API rewards staff for a lifetime of dedication? the sanctuary and API was strictly that API could give the The Pet Savers Found- included it. The ASA is also concerned about the future sanctuary more financial stability. The sanctuary was in ation stands in solidarity with virtu- As always, the CHAMP welfare of the monkeys residing at the Snow Monkey no danger of collapse. ally the entire animal protection conference will include speakers Sanctuary. Griffin is not only familiar with each individ- API executive director Alan Berger stated that community in opposition to the use who will address the many reasons ual animal, but is also a leading authority on the behavior API took over “significant debts” in acquiring the Snow of wild exotic animals in entertain- why exotic wild animals should not and care of snow monkeys. Griffin has taught primatol- Monkey Sanctuary. Not so. All debts were paid, ment. We are acutely aware of the be bred and sold by the public, ogy students from all over the U.S. and Canada. Without including the mortgages for the purchase of the land and suffering to animals and dangers to and will discuss how we all can Griffin directing the sanctuary, we do not see anyone all of the structures on it. API acquired all assets, includ- the public and animal care-and- help to prevent this ongoing animal there who has either the formal training or expertise to ing the land, buildings, enclosures and equipment, for control workers resulting from the tragedy. adequately manage the ongoing care of these animals. $10. API did assume responsibility for all ongoing proliferation of exotic wildlife in ––Tammy Kirkpatrick It is obvious that a hidden agenda led to this monthly expenses of the sanctuary, but the transaction private hands, and of the efforts of Associate director action. The ASA will not let this go unchallenged. was strictly a transfer of assets. animal sanctuaries to cope with the 750 Port Washington Blvd. –– for the ASA board of directors Prior to the merger Lou Griffin spent 20 years longterm care and rehabilitation of Port Washington, NY 11050 Carol Asvestas, President nurturing and caring for these monkeys, knowing each exotic animals who have been bred Telephone: 516-883-7900 Animal Sanctuary of the U.S. one individually, all the while working mostly without and sold for use in entertainment. P.O. Box 690422 any compensation. I expressed my concern for her future Our opposition to enter- San Antonio, TX 78269 to both Berger and Trimble. I was assured by both that I tainment using captive exotic Phone: 210-688-9038 had no need to be concerned. In a fax dated November wildlife and to breeding captive 16, 1999, Trimble stated, “I am not worried about exotic wildlife as pets or for sale is Lou...having employment. I believe that they [API] rec- longstanding and unequivocal. ognize [her] talents and will keep [her] on as long as [she] P.S.: Jim Boler from Houston Humane Society The arrangement for the wants to stay.” called me and told me that Lilly the lioness who was for- Carnival of Wonders Magic Show Berger, in an e-mail to me dated October 6, merly at Brian Werner’s Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge, 1999, stated: “The risk is more on our side than on whom Werner told us had died, as discussed on page 6 of Lou’s. What if she decides to leave? API probably the April 2002 edition of ANIMAL PEOPLE, is now at needs more protection than Lou does.” the Shambala Preserve in southern California, quite Quite obviously I was duped, as were other alive. Boler picked her up and sent her to Shambala former sanctuary board members. founder Tippi Hedren. Lilly was spayed. After the merger, Trimble became a board member of API, until his recent resignation to become Animals Asia update board president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Thanks very much for the nice mention in the Griffin is now prohibited from going anywhere on sanc- 2002 Watchdog Report on 101 Animal Protection tuary property. Charities. By way of update, we introduced our Dr. This issue is not over. More will be said as this Dog pet therapy program to Japan with Pets Alive unfolds. Japan in December 2001, and will be introducing it to One more thing. Gary Pike stated that API has India in May, first with the lovely Chinny Krishna and developed a “professional sanctuary policy and procedure the Blue Cross of India in Chennai, and then with manual which is now available to other sanctuary organi- Compassion Unlimited Plus Action in Bangalore. zations.” This from a group which has been in the sanc- The International Fund for Animal Welfare tuary business a scant two years? Considering that there no longer funds any of our projects. Supporting our are many sanctuaries which have been in existence for China Bear Rescue Project is now entirely dependent 20-plus years, am I the only one who finds this arrogant? upon our own fundraising. We expect to receive 40 ––Vernon Weir more bears in August. American Sanctuary Assn. Also, you overstated my age by two years. 2340 Sterling Heights Dr. I am 44 this month. Las Vegas, NV 89134 ––Jill Robinson, MBE Phone: 702-804-8562 Animals Asia Foundation Fax: 702-804-8561 P.O. Box 82 Sai Kung Post Office Hong Kong ANIMAL PEOPLE also received an e-mail Telephone: 852-2791-2225 from API executive director Alan Berger expressing “dis - Fax: 852-2791-2320 appointment” at our coverage of the Griffin firing, but it was marked “not for publication,” did not take issue < www.animalsasia.org> with factual specifics, and provided no new information. ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 - 5

If you know someone else who might like to read ANIMAL PEOPLE, please ask us to send a free sample. 6 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 To Huntingdon he did go: inside the labs (from page 1) ence the decision. Shares in Huntingdon, a because some of their researchers have company once valued at more than $500 mil- Competitors achieved major breakthroughs in genetic pro- lion, are now all but worthless.” Gaye told Smith that “60% of world cedures. Otherwise, the regulatory and politi- research on animals occurs in the U.S.. The cal atmosphere Down Under is much the same Financial situation rest is in Europe and Japan, with a small as in the U.S. and Europe. “Huntingdon capitalization is amaz- amount in Israel and Korea.” India has stronger legal protection ingly now only about £10 million (about $16.5 The major competitors of concern to of animals in laboratories, on paper, than the million),” Smith was told. “The value of the Gaye, Smith found, were “within Britain: developed world, but has some significant land, buildings, and equipment at the Covance in Harrogate; Inveresk, about 30 conflicts of jurisdiction, has economic policies Alconbury site alone must be many times miles outside Edinburgh; and Sequania, near that favor biotech, and has notoriously weak this,” Smith observed, noting that, “Hunt- Hereford. These companies seem to suffer enforcement of the relevant humane laws. ingdon also has sites in the U.S. and at Eye, less from animal rights activism,” Smith The other nations with rising Suffolk. They have about £50 million debt in observed, “because they are less obviously sit- biotech industries have in common a lax regu- convertible bonds and £22 million debt to a uated and better able to keep a low profile.” latory environment, weak animal rights and Cats used in labs today tend to be mackerel U.S. bank which bought the debt from Gaye, giving Smith a global antivivisection movements, and relatively tabbies and oranges, bred for docility. (K.B.) Stephens,” as apparent intermediary for the overview of the testing industry that probably fragile civil liberties––and for decades they “secret foreign buyer” mentioned by Satchel. would have been accurate 10 years ago, over- have lost educated citizens to the developed cals used within Britain came from abroad. “They use the Bank of England as a looked the recent rapid rise of biotechnological world. Some of their leaders now see acquir- Sir William Castell, founder of the clearing bank,” to cash checks and pay bills, research in nations including Australia, Brazil, ing pieces of the biomedical research industry biotech firm Nycomed-Amersham, warned in Smith learned, “but have no overdraft facili- China, Ghana, India, New Zealand, that have become too controversial for November 2000 that he might move genetic ty,” meaning that Huntingdon has little ability Pakistan, Poland, and South Africa. European and American investors as a means research operations to Brazil and China. to invest in new projects. The advent of genetic technology of reversing the “brain drain,” keeping educat- Castell said he could save £25 million a year “As Huntingdon returned to prof- has simultaneously decreased the numbers of ed citizens home and also creating jobs in sup- by employing 1,000 Chinese Ph.D.-holders itability in the last two quarters of 2001,” animals used per experiment in fields such as porting roles for the less educated. instead of British workers. Smith reported, “they have no cash flow prob- cancer research, since purpose-modified ani- Smith asked whether the acquisition British Association for the lem at present. Customers pay for research in mals can more rapidly and reliabily develop of the Huntingdon debt by the “secret foreign Advancement of Science president Sir William stages, as to a building contractor. But I sup- the specific conditions under study, and has buyer” Satchel mentioned might indicate a Stewart told London T i m e s writers Mark pose their cash flow is delicate without an increased the total numbers of animals used, future relocation to an underdeveloped nation, Henderson and Mark Court that the Nycomed- overdraft facility, which the Bank of England by stimulating an explosion in the number of such as Slovenia or Slovakia, whose rulers are Amersham departure would be, “Potentially cannot grant.” experiments done––partly because each exper- also eager to acquire high-tech industry and the start of an avalanche, really. Small and Privatizing the firm to avoid identifi- iment, by using fewer animals, costs less. may be capable of repressing dissent. medium-sized businesses of the sort that cation of shareholders would be one way to The trend is evident in Britain, “Gaye told me that it is in practice Britain is looking to develop and expand are reduce vulnerability to protest tactics which where Home Office data collected in connec- almost impossible for Huntingdon to move to looking globally,” Stewart said, “in a way have included 11 car bombings, two arson tion with enforcement of the 1986 Animals in an underdeveloped country,” Smith said, that only the multinationals have done before.” fires at homes with children asleep inside, Scientific Procedures Act shows that 58,000 “because of the lack of qualified scientists and “This is something we have long many violent home invasions, and the more animals were used in 2000 than in 1999. the difficulty and expense of attracting British been concerned about,” Anglican Society for February 2001 beating of managing director However, the 2% increase in British or U.S. scientists to such countries.” the Welfare of Animals secretary Samantha Brian Cass, 53, by three masked men swing- lab animal use was paltry compared to the But whether or not Huntingdon itself Chandler told ANIMAL PEOPLE. “Although ing baseball bats. A neighbor who tried to 30% increase recorded in New Zealand from moves, much of the work it formerly did is we want to see the eventual end of all experi- help Cass was teargassed in the face. David 1999 to 2000 by the National Animal Ethics moving to subsidiaries or rivals. The business mentation on animals, closing laboratories in Blenkinsop, 35, was in August 2001 jailed for Advisory Committee, and the 87% increase in newspapers of Pakistan, South Africa, and Britain where there are at least some regula- three years for bludgeoning Cass in the head. Australia projected from the available 1998 Ghana have all hinted within the past year that tions as to animal welfare only means that the “The directors haven’t privatized the and 2000 data by the Australia/New Zealand labs in those nations now have or are bidding experimentation goes on in countries where company because they cannot afford to,” Federation of Humane Societies magazine on contracts formerly held by Huntingdon, there are no regulations.” Smith learned. “They have moved the princi- Animals Today. though no specifics have been disclosed. Chandler noted the aspect of “the old pal share listing to the U.S.,” as Satchel wrote, Australian labs were already using Where the testing goes, drug manu- not-in-my-back-yard syndrome” in the zeal of “to protect shareholder identity, since in the 3.1 million animals per year by 1998, about facturing soon could follow. protesters to close European and American U.S. only shareholders above 5% are entitled 340,000 more than Britain––but by the end of Trevor Jones, director-general of the laboratories while allowing the biotech sector to know the identity of other shareholders. 2000 they were using 5.8 million, more than Association of the British Pharmaceuticals to grow in the undeveloped world without “Gaye agreed that a wealthy individ- twice as many, according to the projection Industry, warned in April 2000 that “terrorist much oversight, if any. ual could buy control of the company very done for Animals Today by Keith Edwards. attacks” were responsible for a 16% change cheaply if he wanted to,” Smith said, “but he New Zealand in 1999 used only 9% during fiscal 1999 in the balance of drugs Type of research would need considerable courage to do so.” as many animals as Britain, but used 12% as manufactured in Britain against drugs import- “Approximately half of the Huntingdon is now officially a sub- many in 2000, an increase of 43,000. ed, as measured by sales volume. Although Huntingdon research does not involve ani- sidiary of a Baltimore holding company called Australia and New Zealand have the British drug industry exported 7% more mals,” Smith found. “Approximately two- Life Sciences Research, Inc. become major players in biotech simply merchandise, 24% more of the pharmaceuti- (continued on page 7) MORE LETTERS canid, unlike true wolves, does not hunt large prey, but venom injections. African wild dogs depends upon rodents in the Bale Mountains ecosystem. Innoc- I have known people bitten by poisonous snakes. I wish to comment on a portion of your April article uous to humans, this animal is threatened by human incursion They survived due to anti-venom shots, but the pain was excru- about African wildlife that pertained to the plight of the Cape into its habitat, and also by interbreeding with Ethiopian ciating. Snake bites can cause nerve damage and scar human hunting dog, Lyaon pictus. domestic dogs. In addition, dog attacks on sheep and goats are epidermal regions for life. For decades before the current African human popu- sometimes misattributed to the Simien jackal. I live in the rural South, where rattlesnakes, water lation explosion, many attempts were made by hunters (Bwana ––Marvin J. Sheffield, DVM moccasins and copperheads are abundant. Water moccasins are moron) to annihilate this wild canid. The usual spurious excuse Wild Canid Research Group especially aggressive. I stumbled across one on my property was an objection to the manner in which the dogs captured and 651 Sinex Avenue and it did not hiss or attempt to escape, just chased me across killed their prey. The hunters did not poll the prey species as to Pacific Grove, CA 93950 the yard as fast as my feet could fly. whether it mattered to them if they were gut-shot by B w a n a My dogs are confined by fences. When a poisonous m o r o n or pulled down by the wild dogs, who incidentally snake slithers into the yard, a dog is naturally going to investi- Efforts to save the Simien jackal, or Abyssinian wolf, evolved in Africa. gate. The yard is my dog’s turf, not the snake’s. The snake is also called the Ethiopian wolf, and to institute vaccination and Even by the 1970s, the wild dogs’ range had dwin- an interloper who possesses a lethal weapon. sterilization of domestic dogs in the vicinity of Bale Mountains dled markedly. Distemper introduced by the sickly and poorly There are many good snakes in my area, such as king National Park, Ethiopia, have been discussed in several recent fed mongrel dogs of nomadic tribes then brought another threat. snakes, but I draw the line at tolerating snakes who might kill ANIMAL PEOPLE features, including the May 2001 guest More recently, African lions suffered a severe die-off from a my pets or me just because we got too close. column “The dogs of Bale,” by Bale Mountains National Park strain of canine distemper that was traced to the dogs of the ––Joan Garvey employee Efrem Legesse. With ANIMAL PEOPLE a s s i s - nomads. This outbreak was eventually controlled by vaccina- Independence, Louisiana tance, Legesse, Ethiopian wolf conservation program educa - tion, but no such efforts were made to help the wild dogs. tor Zegeye Zibret, and Bale Mountains National Park warden The Cape hunting dog is a longlegged sight hunter, Hana Kifle subsequently incorporated the Homeless Animals which occupies an ecological niche similar to that of the wolf. Protection Society, the first humane organization indigenous to The majority of their prey appear to be Thomson’s gazelle in ALEC Ethiopia. HAPS may be contacted c/o P.O. Box 2495, Addis some regions, and juvenile wildebeest in more southerly I picked up and read your April article on the Ababa, Ethiopia; 76-15-04; . regions, where the dogs appear to be marginally larger. American Legislative Exchange Council just after I heard an If there is any veracity to the reports of two boys in extended story on National Public Radio about how ALEC pro- Gitega becoming prey to an isolated pack of famished wild Snakes motes get-tough-on-crime legislation. The story heavily dogs, that would appear to be exceptional behavior indeed, I can appreciate Torben Platt’s protection of poiso- emphasized the memberships in ALEC of the Corrections and I would consider it in the same light that I would if the boys nous snakes (Letters, April), but I cannot say that I would try Corporation of America and other companies which profit from had died of some infection caused by ritual mutilation for to move a rattlesnake out of harm’s way. Perhaps Mr. Platt has the permanent expansion of the incarcerated population. adornment or tribal identification. never lost a pet to a poisonous snake, but I have had two dogs The bottom line seems to be that ALEC is an effec- Another severely endangered wild African canid is bitten by poisonous snakes. One died and the other lost a leg, tive tool, of which most Americans are unaware, for broadly the Simien jackal, or Abyssinian wolf. This attractive wild even though he was given a series of extremely expensive anti- advancing the conservative agenda at the state level. ––Chuck Smiler Please make the most generous gift South Dartmouth, Massachusetts you can to help ANIMAL PEOPLE shine the bright light on cruelty and chicanery! Your generous gift Get your copy of of $25, $50, $100, $500 or more helps to build a world THE MANUAL OF SHELTER CAT CARE where caring counts. Please send your check to: by Eileen Crossman ANIMAL PEOPLE free from POB 960 www.animalpeoplenews.org/manual-1.html Clinton, WA 98236 Free ANIMAL PEOPLE roadkill avoidance tips: (Donations are tax-deductible.) http://207.36.248.191/special/ROADKILLS/roadkillTips.html ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 - 7 Inside Huntingdon Life Sciences––the world’s most controversial lab (from page 6) thirds of the research involves testing the safe- invisible until they are killed for dissection. Battersea houses each dog individually. itors around, including from the RSPCA and ty of products for pharmaceutical clients. Home Office data indicates that “The acclimatizing beagles were other animal welfare organizations, who nor- About 20% is for the agrochemical industry. about two-thirds of the 2.7 million animals lively, playful, friendly, and in excellent con- mally don’t like to publicize their visits,” but Only 2% is for veterinary products. used in British labs during 2001 were used in dition,” Smith testified. the most recent previous visit to the laborato- “A misconception,” Smith contin- research. About 17% were used in product By contrast, Smith noticed that ries of which ANIMAL PEOPLE could find ued, “is that Huntingdon gives animals dis- testing, mainly of pharmaceuticals. Teaching “About one third of the older beagles we saw any published account was by BBC television eases in order to test cures.” Huntingdon is not procedures account for most of the rest. undergoing a test for an herbal veterinary skin in June 2001. currently engaged in primary research, Smith treatment cowered in fear. Gaye and the dog The occasion then was the release of understood. “They only test the safety of Animals used section chief told us that they thought this was photos showing a baboon who survived for 39 products,” Smith explained, which have usu- “Huntingdon uses approximately because we were wearing different white over- days in 2000 after receiving a heart transplant ally been developed in manufacturers’ own 70,000 animals a year, only 3% of the British alls from those of their handlers but this did from a genetically engineered pig. proprietary laboratories. total,” Smith learned. “Only 1.8%, about not seem convincing. Huntingdon disclosed at that time that it had The LD-10 test, which replaced the 1,260 per year, are beagles, and only 1.2%, “The beagles’ ears are tattooed with- used more than 420 captive-bred monkeys and notorious LD-50 test, is probably the most about 840, are primates. Most are rodents, out the use of a local anesthetic,” Smith con- nearly 50 wild-caught baboons from Kenya in common Huntingdon procedure. with birds and fish used next most often. Only tinued. “I said we always use local anesthetics pig-to-baboon transplant experiments since “They start by giving a small number 30 cats were used in 2001.” at our animal shelters, and I thought 1995, along with “thousands” of pigs. of rodents a substance, usually orally (in cap- The Huntingdon laboratory in East Huntingdon should do likewise. Carlton TV detailed the studies in a sules), so that if the toxicity is higher than Millstone, New Jersey, uses an additional “Although some animals suffer from documentary called Organ Farm. The docu- expected, as few animals as possible suffer. 5,500 animals per year: about 5,000 rodents, the products ingested,” Smith opined, “the mentary partially supports claims made in late Once the product has been proved to be safe in 200 to 400 dogs, and 100 monkeys. degree of suffering is probably negligible com- 2000 by animal advocates who claimed to rodents, it is then tested on higher mammals Total Huntingdon animal use would pared to that of animals in factory farms, the have conducted two recent undercover investi- such as dogs, pigs, or primates,” Smith appear to be down about 30% since 1997––but bile farm bears in China, or even some dogs I gations inside Huntingdon. explained. with slight increases in reported beagle and have seen in severely substandard animal shel- SHAC press releases asserted that The LD-10 test consists of increas- primate use. ters run by some misguided people in Turkey. these investigations produced documentation ing the dose of a substance until five of the 10 “Normally adolescent beagles are And of course what we saw cannot be com- of Huntingdon “piglets hearts being transplant- subject animals die. The LD-50 test, devel- used” in product testing, Smith was told, pared to what happens in biomedical research ed into wild-caught baboons from the oped in 1916, required the deaths of 50 of a “because they are the right size, docile, and and teaching,” where the procedures are often Philippines,” a nation which has no wild group of 100 animals. The number of animals there is a huge amount of scientific data far more invasive. baboons, although it may have facilities that tested was reduced by 90% in most safety test- already available about beagles,” whereas the “Small monkeys are now flown in serve as waystations for baboons in transit ing during the early 1980s, as by then scien- effects of various substances on other breeds via Paris,” Smith noted, “increasing their suf- from capture in Africa; a monkey escaping tists had learned to detect the effects of toxic of dog are less documented. The breed of dog fering and journey time, because airlines from a laboratory; employees using illegal substances in animals’ remains with much is an important variable in product safety test- caved in to protesters and now refuse to fly drugs and alcohol on the job; injured animals greater exactitude. ing. For instance, shedding fur is a common them into Britain directly from Mauritius and going untreated; errors in testing procedures The anti-LD-50 campaigns waged by symptom of metallic poisoning, but some other source nations, where they are some- that compromised the data; and disregard of animal advocates during the 1980s were large- breeds shed more fur than others anyway. times hunted as pests. This is an example of safety rules. ly successful in part because they coincided Vomiting is another common symptom, but animal rights protesters’ campaigns inadver- Huntingdon denied most of the alle- with the opportunity for companies to save German shepherds are notoriously more likely tently increasing animal suffering,” instead of gations. The piglet-to-baboon transplant exper- money by using fewer animals without incur- to vomit than other breeds. decreasing use. iments underway there had not yet been dis- ring greater product liability. “A beagle costs £400 to £700,” closed, although piglet-to-baboon heart trans- “Cosmetic products including sham- Smith reported, “so breeding them is very People plants that were a matter of public record had poos are no longer tested on animals in profitable, despite the expense of security for Gaye told Smith that Huntingdon been done in 1999 by a different Cambridge- Britain,” Smith was told. the breeders. No animals are bred by “employs about 750 people in Britain,” down based firm, Immutran. The Immutran experi- The Home Office in November 1997 Huntingdon, and no stock of animals is kept, from 850 a year ago and 1,600 in 1997. ments were transferred to The Netherlands secured a voluntary agreement from British other than for one month of acclimatization,” “Nobody seemed very happy or to be after the Home Office suspended pig-to-pri- cosmetics manufacturers to phase out animal to avoid problems such as fur-shedding as having much fun, but perhaps that was because mate transplants for about a year because of testing within one year, and in November result of a change in kennel temperature they were on their guard with visitors and a concern about the possible interspecies trans- 1998 announced that the phase-out was com- instead of as a result of the testing. director on patrol,” Smith said. Smith was mission of pig endogenous retrovirus. plete. Just 1,266 of the 2.6 million animals “Experimentation can last from one told that Huntingdon staff “regularly show vis- (continued on page 8) used in British laboratories during that time month to three years, but six to eight weeks is were used to test cosmetic products. typical,” Smith observed. New European Union testing Smith came away believing that, requirements may require British firms to per- “Virtually all animals are killed by lethal injec- form animal tests on products marketed else- tion at the end of each experiment, so that where in the EU, but the work could all be their organs can be examined in autopsy for done outside Britain. effects of the product tested.” So far as Smith could see, “Animals Data given to Associated Press busi- at Huntingdon do not have electrodes and so ness writer Bruce Stanley in January 2002 forth stuck onto their bodies, or have tubes indicates that Huntingdon actually killed 750 inserted other than orally. There are apparently beagles in 2001, about 60% of those used, no ‘horror film’ experiments,” Smith said. “It and killed 190 primates, about 23%––but the is of course possible that Huntingdon carries surviving animals may be involved in multi- out ‘horror film’ experiments tucked away year tests. somewhere out of sight,” Smith allowed, “but “I got the impression,” Smith said, I doubt it.” “that Huntingdon is not interested in rehoming Most of the deeply invasive proce- even the few animals which do not undergo dures depicted in antivivisection literature are autopsies, mainly those tested for veterinary either done to investigate the physiology of ill- products,” which might be because an animal ness and injury, or are part of a teaching regi- formerly used in a laboratory could become an men. Product testing procedures tend to be appealing living symbol of the anti- relatively mundane, involving the normal Huntingdon campaign. avenues of exposure to substances: ingestion, “We couldn’t see the condition of inhalation, or direct skin contact. Rows of the rodents and had no time to visit the pri- beagles breathing cigarette smoke and rabbits mates,” Smith noted. “The beagles are kept with raw skin wounds from exposure to caustic usually two to an enclosure, with a concrete substances are about as visibly gruesome as floor and a sleeping shelf,” described as being product safety toxicology testing gets. The essentially the same as the kennels at Dogs’ worst effects are inside the subject animals, Home Battersea except that Dogs’ Home South Texas Animal Sanctuary • The only significant activist No-Kill, Life-Care animal refuge along the Texas/Mexico border • In just 100 border miles, over 70,000 animals are euthanized yearly at animal control shelters... Animals are smart... 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Many widely used chemical products Protecting trade secrets and main- were approved and introduced into the market- taining biological security have always been place long before whole categories of health big concerns of testing laboratories, but pro- hazards were even recognized. Some have tecting the personal safety of staff against never before been tested for anything except assaults by protesters has become the primary acute toxicity and carcinogenicity––and some security concern at Huntingdon. were tested for those effects using obsolete Anxiety has spread to other labs as methods which may have missed detecting well. A Mori poll found in February 2001 that subtle symptoms of longterm risk. among 1,600 laboratory workers surveyed, Exactly how the new testing will be about 10% no longer spoke in public about done has yet to be decided by the European their jobs. Commission, but the EU officially estimated “The intimidation of employees and when the draft plan was released that a mini- shareholders by protesters is obviously mum of 50.2 million animals would be killed. extremely effective,” Smith observed––if The British Union for the Abolition of effectiveness is measured in terms of fear Vivisection put the probable toll at 63.6 mil- Testing on cats was apparently the first hot issue at Huntingdon, nearly 30 years ago. (K.B.) instilled rather than by animal lives saved. lion, figuring that at least 2,123 animals would Gaye when he says that Huntingdon has the albeit that Gaye and Huntingdon also favor Since the total volume of laboratory be killed in reviewing each chemical. highest animal welfare standards of any lab in “minimizing both the number of animals used animal use worldwide and the amount of test- “This would be the biggest animal the world––but I think this is more because of and the suffering of those animals. ing being done to meet European Union prod- poisoning program in European history,” pre- the pressure applied by animal campaigners “Interestingly,” Smith summarized, uct safety requirements have both increased dicted BUAV campaign director Wendy and the media than because of compassion “it is also justifiable [from that perspective] to since the SHAC anti-Huntingdon campaign Higgins. toward animals in Huntingdon’s hearts! experiment on animals to test the safety of vet- began, there is no credible evidence that the Higgins anticipated to Andrew “Gaye argues that only humans have erinary products, where there is no question of campaign has accomplished anything whatever Osborn of The Guardian that, “In all likeli- rights. Since animals have no responsibilities, endangering human beings, just the possibility that directly benefits animals. hood the majority of the testing will go to the they cannot have rights in his estimation, of causing illness or discomfort to pets or farm “If the protesters look as if they will U.K., but Neil Eisberg of the British Chemical other than the right not to suffer gratuitously. animals (though this type of research makes up be causing trouble the police are called to keep Industries Association took an opposite view. So I suppose that he would say that as h o m o only 2% of Huntingdon activity). Thus them in check,” Smith continued. “There were “We’re very concerned about the sapiens evolved from homo erectus we gradu- Huntingdon sometimes experiments on a small a couple of protesters screaming abuse at the impact on the chemical industry, particularly ally took on a sense of responsibility and thus number of animals in order to ensure the safety gates [when his party entered], supervised by in the current economic climate,” Eisberg acquired ‘rights’ which homo erectus did not of many more, the main motivation being of a few policemen––probably more police than said. “It may drive final product manufactur- have, and which today’s gorillas and other course the profitability of the company launch- protesters. The protesters had gone home by ing overseas, and jobs will follow.” great apes do not have. ing its new veterinary product.” 6:30 p.m. I suppose they scream abuse as Gaye indicated to Smith, Smith said, “Gaye distinguishes between animal employees leave and then go home them- that Huntingdon is “as hostile to EU duplica- welfare, which he considers good, and animal The future selves, returning the following morning.” tive testing proposals as we are, even though rights, a phrase he speaks as dirty words,” Smith said “Gaye didn’t seem to such duplicative testing would bring extra Smith continued, “but he readily accepts that have––or didn’t want to divulge––much idea EU testing rules business.” this is a matter of legitimate civilized debate, of where Huntingdon would be in 10 years As Huntingdon appeared to be on the But testing requirements that drive that moral standards are constantly shifting, time. Huntingdon would not want to relocate verge of collapse in October 2001, the chemical manufacturing to the underdeveloped and that some of the research sanctioned now abroad because of the difficulty of recruiting European Union announced a plan to require nations would actually bring a decline in tests will be banned in the future. These are matters scientists in less developed countries,” Gaye toxicity testing of an estimated 30,000 chemi- performed in Britain. for politicians to legislate on rather than for insisted, “but of course animal experimenta- cals used in consumer products. Huntingdon to judge,” Smith summarized in tion may be forced abroad or to less scrupulous The EU plan, approved by the Ethical issues paraphrasing Gaye, sensing “an inconsistency labs, the main weakness of the protesters’ European Parliament in November, offers per- Gaye agreed, Smith said, that the here with the role of the ethics committee. arguments in my view,” Smith opined. haps the strongest demonstration yet of the current British system of laboratory supervi- When I said the animal rights protesters were a “I suggested that Huntingdon might futility of trying to close laboratories while sion by the Home Office is not credible to ani- catalyst for debate,” Smith said, “Gaye dis- defuse the campaign against them by inviting animal-based safety testing methods are still mal lovers after the exposure of long-running agreed, saying that their intimidation stifled the scrutiny of the Royal SPCA, rather than required by law. cover-ups of the human health risks associated reasoned debate. Gaye pointed out the incon- being inspected only by Home Office officials The scheme parallels the High with mad cow disease and nuclear radiation. In sistencies in some animal rights campaigners’ or their own ethics committee, both of which Production Volume Challenge, Voluntary each instance, extensive animal data indicat- arguments (‘you wear leather shoes’ etc.) But lack credibility to outsiders. Gaye agreed that Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program and ing the hazards was ignored––and if the data is he agreed that it is hard to accept that an this would be a good idea, but said the Royal Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program, ignored, even mainstream media have editori- Osama bin Laden or Pol Pot has more rights SPCA board had now been ‘infiltrated by ani- introduced in the U.S. by the Environmental ally inquired, how much attention is paid to than a beagle puppy. Perhaps tongue-in-cheek, mal rights people,’ so he did not think they Protection Agency in 1998, in fulfillment of the conditions under which it was produced? Gaye said that animals are nasty creatures, would agree to supervise Huntingdon. requirements of the 1996 Food Quality Huntingdon, like other companies eating each other most of the time. “He said he regards People for the Protection Act. doing animal research in the U.S. and Britain, “But Gaye agreed,” Smith acknowl- Ethical Treatment of Animals as a media lob- These testing regimens are currently has its own Institutional Animal Care and Use edged, “that if we had been discussing these bying group, not genuinely interested in ani- reviewing the safety of about 87,000 chemi- Committee, as required by the Animal issues 200 or 300 years ago he might hypothet- mal welfare. Thus Huntingdon rejected cals. New testing of various kinds may be Welfare Act and Animals in Scientific ically have been defending experimentation on PETA’s offer to install video monitoring required to obtain complete data on an estimat- Procedures Act. Gaye, the Huntingdon senior ‘Negro savages’ from Africa rather than on equipment in the New Jersey laboratory. The ed 17,800 chemicals. However, for many veterinarians, and an animal welfare lecturer animals, though this is of course conjecture. difficulty with inviting the (British) National chemicals the necessary information may be from Cambridge University (among others) sit “Interestingly the government is Anti-Vivisection Society or the British Union available through re-evaluating the original on the committee to decide whether particular applying a kind of ‘species apartheid,’” Smith Against Vivisection to inspect Huntingdon is testing data. American Petroleum Institute legally permitted animal tests should proceed. suggested. “Experiments on the greater pri- that they are dedicated to closing it and stop- toxicologist Lorraine Twerdok told ANIMAL Gaye told Smith that Huntingdon mates such as gorillas, chimps, bonobos, and ping all animal research, so could hardly be P E O P L E in May 2001 that the Petroleum once turned away a contract worth £1 million orangutans are totally banned,” since 1997, fair referees. HPV Testing Group had found ways to avoid for ethical reasons, and said Huntingdon had which caused Oxford University, Imperial “I think Huntingdon should install a doing about 90% of the animal testing which also recently refused to test a purportedly less College, and York University to export AIDS, permanent Royal SPCA office, with veterinar- might have been required if it had separately addictive type of tobacco. The Home Office hepatitis C, and parasitology experiments on ians and animal welfare officers on duty, in a tested all 425 substances in the Petroleum banned tobacco testing in 1997, but lifted the chimpanzees to the Biomedical Primate highly visible position to police all of the ani- HPV category, and expected to have to do ban in February 2000. Research Centre in Rijswijk, The Netherlands. mal areas, with unrestricted access,” Smith tests of any kind on only about a third of the “Pressure from animal campaigners “Special licenses must be obtained to recommended. substances. and the media over the years has made experiment on gibbons, macaques, and so “If the Royal SPCA refused an offer The idea behind the testing pro- Huntingdon very sensitive to ethical issues,” forth,” Smith continued. “So the Home Office from Huntingdon to do just that, as Gaye grams, in both the U.S. and Europe, is to Smith told ANIMAL PEOPLE. “I believe is implicitly allocating more rights to a gorilla expects they would, Huntingdon would at than to a gibbon, and more rights to a gibbon least get good publicity,” Smith ventured. than to a beagle, pig or rat. So some animals “If the Royal SPCA accepts, polic- really are ‘more equal than others’! As a dog ing Huntingdon would help to reduce the lover, I must hope beagles will be soon inevitable and avoidable mistreatment of ani- upgraded to the status of gibbons or gorillas.” mals, however rare this might be, and would Added Smith, “Gaye could not set many animal lovers’ minds at rest. It might accept that there might be no moral distinction also deflect some of the anti-Huntingdon cam- between experimenting on a relatively intelli- paign onto other animal labs, medical schools, gent, sentient, cuddly animal and a specially and breeders,” Smith suggested. bred, mentally disabled human ‘vegetable’. Alternatively, Royal SPCA involve- “For him any human being, however ment in lab inspection might merely intensify brainless or evil, has inalienable human rights. activist criticism of alleged acquiescence to For him there is no such thing as ‘animal institutional cruelty, an allegation raised rights.’ He is, understandably given the intim- almost constantly since the Royal SPCA was idation, bitter toward animal rights campaign- founded in 1824. Queen Victoria joined in ers. When I said that animal rights are synony- 1835, making a large donation specifically to mous with animal welfare in the same way that enable the institution then called the London human rights are with human welfare, he SPCA to fight vivisection, but under political begged to disagree. pressure the royal charter she granted in 1840 “Logically, his position is that if included a provision mandating that the Royal there is no equally satisfactory safety testing SPCA should work to benefit human as well as procedure available for a new product or ingre- animal welfare. That clause has repeatedly dient, it is justifiable to breed, experiment on, been invoked by the Charities Commission and and kill any number of animals in order to conservative Royal SPCA board members to potentially save perhaps a tiny number of dismantle campaigns which have sought to human beings from illness or discomfort,” abolish animal experiments. ––M.C. Huntingdon kills 200 to 400 beagles per year. (Judy Kaethler, Seattle Beagle Rescue) A NIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 - 9 Wildlife/human conflict––U.S., Canada, France, Australia, Uganda Where did all the coyotes go? Roadkills increase in Canada Fox rabies finished in France Since 1996, when there were an A complaint to the Better Busi- Animal/car collisions on Canadian Having detected no fox rabies in estimated 5,000 koalas on Kangaroo Island, ness Bureau filed in March 2002 by L a u r a roads rose from 25,000 in 1988 to more than France since December 1998, the French about 3,700 koalas have been sterilized and Nirenberg, executive director of the Wildlife 32,000 by 1999, even as the total number of Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it 1,380 have been moved to the mainland–– O r p h a n a g e rehabilitation center in LaPorte, vehicular accidents fell 25%, says Transport “will now use a defensive strategy based on while the koala population has grown to Indiana, alleges that Guardian Pest Control, Canada––and the data includes only accidents preventive anti-rabies oral vaccination cam- between 27,000 and 33,000. Brandle agreed with offices in two Indiana cities plus Illinois, in which people were hurt or vehicles were paigns along ‘at risk’ borders” to prevent with Adelaide University ecologist David defrauds customers by promising to relocate damaged. According to the Transport Canada rabies from ever re-entering the country, and Paton that 65% of the koalas should be shot. nuisance animals and then kills them instead. data, animal/car collisions injure an average of will keep an emergency supply of oral vacci- Australian Koala Foundation According to the report forms which all nui- about 2,000 people a year in Canada, of whom nation pellets on hand. Commented the mod- executive director Deborah Tabart, though sance wildlife trappers are required to file with about 24 die. erators of P r o M E D - m a i l , a program of the opposed to culling the koalas, did not wel- the Indiana Department of Natural Fixing deer overpopulation International Society for Infectious Disease, come word of the immunosterilization experi- R e s o u r c e s , Guardian Pest Control in 2001 “This shows that it is possible to eradicate ment, however, apparently confusing the Lake County, Illinois, “has joined genetic engineering involved in making the released 124 squirrels and 10 bats, but killed forces with the University of Wisconsin and rabies, even in a non-island country.” 80 chipmunks, 49 feral cats, 40 groundhogs, vaccine with somehow genetically modifying the Milwaukee County Zoo, hoping to surgi- Immunosterilizing koalas the koalas themselves. “Once you put pig and 126 moles, 10 muskrats, 43 opossums, 363 cally sterilize 20 whitetailed does” by doing The Department of Natural Res- raccoons, and six skunks. possum genes into koalas,” Tabart fumed to field surgeries from a mobile unit, C h i c a g o ources and Environment in Victoria state, Hudson, “where the hell does that go?” Guardian Pest Control president Tribune staff reporter Amanda Vogt disclosed Australia, is testing immunosterilization to Vince Angotti told Gary P o s t - T r i b u n e c o r r e - on March 26. Surgical sterilization of white- control the fecundity of koalas. Squirrels eating chickens?! spondent Jeannine Athens-Virtue that his tailed deer as a method of population control “The sterilization vaccine, given to Uganda tourism, trade, and firm also caught 50-60 coyotes in 2001 and has rarely been attempted outside of captive 30 female koalas on Snake Island, blocks fer- industry minister Edward Rugumayo o n released them all. situations, because of the difficulty of catch- tility by stimulating the immune system,” April 2 appointed Uganda Wildlife Authority “The 2001 report did not list any ing the deer and the cost of doing the opera- Melbourne H e r a l d - S u n environment reporter director of field operations Arthur Mugisha captured coyotes,” Athens-Virtue wrote. tions––but hunting and sharpshooting, the Sarah Hudson explained. Based on proteins acting director of the UWA, succeeding South “When asked why, Angotti said his company standard wildlife management responses, are from pigs and brush possums, the vaccine pre- African expatriate Robbie Robinson, whose captured all the coyotes in Illinois last year.” also impractical in suburban environments, as vents the sperm cells of a male animal from non-renewable three-year contract expired on Animal advocates now wonder if the coyotes well as inhumane; deer who have been shot at overriding the immune defenses of the female, April 8. Mugisha moved full speed ahead were actually “released” into chase pens. before tend to avoid sharpshooters anyway; which it must do to achieve conception. with a controversial plan proposed by Wildlife rehabilitator K a t h l e e n experiments with the use of injectible sterilants The experiment was announced one Rugumayo to fund the UWA by selling B a u e r and veterinarian Rachael Jones to control deer populations indicate that the day after Nature Conservation Society of 250,000 wild animals through six Uganda- described to Athens-Virtue some of the other technology is still far from fully reliable; and South Australia president Robert Brandle based dealers. “We are getting complaints ways that nuisance wildlife trappers dispatch the Illinois legislature in 1994 passed a resolu- argued that attempts to control the koala popu- from all over the world saying that we are animals, commonly used by fur trappers but tion opposing the use of contraception to con- lation of Kangaroo Island by surgery and relo- destroying wildlife,” Mugisha told C h a r l e s not even close to meeting the standards for trol deer numbers, at request of pro-hunting cation should be halted. Not native to the Wendo of the Kampala New Vision, “and yet humane killing established by the A m e r i c a n lobbyists who saw deer population control as a island, the koalas are viewed by ecologists as these are geckos, these are squirrels that are Veterinary Medical Association. threat to the survival of sport hunting. a menace to the native birds and flora. eating people’s chicken.” Events May 9-10: Humane Ohio conf., Columbus. Info: Aimee St. Arnaud, 419-482- 7101; . May 15: Maine Fed. of Humane Societies c o n f . , Waterville. Info: Paula Mitchell, 207-873-2430. May 17-22: E n h a n c i n g Your Relationship & Com- munication With Animals, St. John’s Retreat Center, Montgomery Center, Texas. Info: 936-597-5757. May 18: Veggie Pride demonstration, Paris. Info: . May 18: Natl. Animal Disaster Preparedness Day. Info: United Animal Nations, 916-429-2457. May 21: Empire State Animal Protection Program Sin ce 1967, The Fund for Animals has been provi di ng hard-h itting inf orm ation to the publi c conf., Kerhonkson , New and cr uci al resour ces to grassroots organizations and activi sts. Cleveland Amory’s l andmark York. Info: 800-836-8567 x 222; . book, Man Kind? Our Incredibl e War on Wi ldli fe, l aunched the Ameri can anti-hu nting move- May 23: World Turtle Day. ment. And today, The Fund carr ies on Cleveland Amory’s legacy by launchi ng campai gns, law- Info: American Tortoise suit s, and rescue efforts to stop animal abuse around the nati on. P l ease vi si t The Fund for Rescue, 310-589-8802. Ani mal s onl i ne at www.fund.or g, wher e you can fi nd the fol l owi ng i nfor mation and resourc es. May 27-June 2: C a n a d i a n Fed. of Humane Societies conf., Ottawa. Info: 613- Legislative Action Up-to- the-mi nute alerts on federal and state legi slativ e i ssues that 224-8072; . affect animals. 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The dogs disappeared before local law only about 2,400 dog bites per year are reported to hospitals attorney Marjorie Knoller, who was convicted by a Los enforcement could take them into custody. and police––down about 400 from the 1997 peak. Angeles jury on March 21 of second degree murder for the dog New York State Supreme Court Justice William Residents of Cleveland, Ohio, and Fort Worth, mauling death of her former neighbor Diane Whipple. Wetzel is to sentence Norman Schachter, 49, and Derrick Texas, cities half again larger than Adelaide and Tucson, Knoller, 46, was also convicted of manslaughter and Moultrie, 34, on May 6, in a dog attack case of a different report under 1,000 dog bites per year. keeping a dangerous animal, as was her husband, fellow attor- sort. Schachter, a tanning salon owner in New Canaan, The U.S. numbers may be lower, however, only due ney Robert Noel. Noel indicated that he would also appeal the Connecticut, and Moultrie, a Bronx dog trainer, were con- to underreporting. The Centers for Disease Control and jury verdict. victed on April 11 of attempted burglary, possession of heroin Prevention estimates that 4.5 million Americans per year are Whipple, 33, was killed as she tried to enter her San and cocaine, attempted assault, and attempted witness intimi- bitten by dogs, of whom 800,000 require medical treatment. If Francisco apartment on January 26, 2001, after Knoller lost dation. Schachter and Moultrie allegedly plotted to have author dogs bite in Tucson, Cleveland, and Fort Worth at approxi- control of two Presa Canario dogs. Not leashed, the dogs each Shawn Considine, 65, beaten up, and to plant illegal drugs mately the same rate as in the rest of the U.S., the ratio of bites weighed more than either Knoller or Whipple. The dogs were and child pornography in his New York City apartment. to human population would be almost the same as in Adelaide. acquired from reputed Aryan Brotherhood prison gang leader The case began in 1998 when three Belgian Malinois Paul “Cornfed” Schneider, who is already serving a life sen- dogs handled by Schacter’s wife, Debbie Gamiel, 45, mauled Europe tence and is facing additional charges. Schneider––whom Considine in Central Park. Gamiel was charged with assault. Concern about dangerous dogs has resurged in Knoller and Noel legally adopted––had organized a failed She drew probation in July 2001 after pleading guilty to a mis- Europe too. In Italy, where lethal animal control is technically scheme to market Presa Canarios as “Dogs o’ War.” demeanor. Schachter in the interim tried to discourage illegal, policymakers are wondering what to do about longterm Presa Canarios are a fighting breed originally pro- Considine from testifying. against Gamiel. custody of pit bulls, after two pit bulls who escaped from a duced in the Canary Islands by crossing English mastiffs with Assistant Manhattan district attorney Jon Viega nearby home on April 15 killed farmers Vincenzo Ramis and pit bull terriers. revealed during the trial that Schachter pleaded guilty in 1996 Salvatore Rizzello. both just past age 60, as they worked in More than 30 witnesses testified about previous to a charge of aggravated harassment against a medical doctor their fields outside the city of Brindisi. attacks and other menacing conduct by the dogs kept by who had been in a dispute with Gamiel. In Germany, controversial breed-specific legislation Knoller and Noel. brought into effect a year ago after previous dog attack fatalities The retrial was granted, apparently, because of the Down Under got a political boost on March 28––at a price––when a six-year- theatrics of Knoller’s original defense counsel, Nedra Ruiz. In Melbourne, Australia, director of public prosecu- old boy who was helping a 37-year-old woman to walk her two Knoller is to be represented in the retrial by veteran defense tions Paul Coghlan in early April recommended the first-ever Rottweilers near the city of Pirmasens tripped and fell. The counsel Dennis Riordan, who has handled more than 100 pre- Victoria state criminal prosecution of a dog owner for an woman was unable to prevent both Rottweilers from attacking vious murder case appeals. attack––but the charge of reckless conduct is much weaker than and killing the boy. the manslaughter charge reportedly sought by Shelly In Sofia, Bulgaria, a third larger than Cleveland and Wisconsin cases Tarasinski, widow of Leon Tarasinski. A 75-year-old survivor Fort Worth but twice the size of Adelaide and Tucson, at least In Mausten, Wisconsin, Judge John Brady on April of the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi holocaust, Leon 3,020 people were bitten by dogs in 2001, including 558 chil- 16 ruled that there is enough evidence to prosecute Wayne Tarasinski was trying to collect rent from tenant Debra Susan dren. Since November 2000, when Sofia hosted the Hardy, 24, for homicide and reckless endangerment, for the Marks on February 16, 1999, when her Rhodesian ridgeback- International Companion Animal Welfare Conference, the city Valentine’s Day fatal mauling of Alicia Lynn Clark, 10. cross attacked him. Marks allegedly kept the dog to guard an animal control department has reportedly sterilized about 4,000 Hardy and companion Shanda McCracken, 32, left Clark and illegal marijuana plantation. Tarasinski fought the dog off, dogs and put them up for adoption via local rescue groups––and McCracken’s 11-year-old daughter alone with two adult despite profuse bleeding, but died from a heart attack soon has killed 36,000 dogs found at large. The effort did not help Rottweilers and a litter of puppies, even though the dogs had after reaching the safety of his car. pensioner Andrei Skliar, 71, however, who was fatally previously threatened both girls and had recently killed a cat. Giuovani Pacino, 35, of Western Aust-ralia, was mauled on January 30 in the town of Svishtov, north of Sofia. Hardy could get up to 72 years in prison if convicted, convicted of manslaughter in 1998 after his having already served time for burglary and possession of a Rottweilers killed neighbor Perina firearm as a convicted felon. Hardy and McCracken earlier Chokolich, 85. Pacino was apparently the pleaded innocent to child neglect, but did not enter pleas on the first person in Australia to be convicted of other charges. McCracken will apparently not be prosecuted causing a death-by-dog––but his conviction for homicide and reckness endangerment, although both was eventually reversed, reportedly due to a charges were also filed against her. procedural error. Bradley D. Laskowski, 20, of Stevens Point, The Tarasinski case has stirred Wisconsin, was charged on April 19 with two counts of negli- demands nationwide for stiffer legislation gent handling of a dangerous weapon, for allowing his two pit against keeping dangerous dogs. bull terriers to severely injure Danielle Woyach, 11, a guest of South Australia environment min- his younger sister. The dogs had attacked people at least twice ister John Hill noted on April 19 that in before, police said, and mauled a neighbor’s golden retriever Adelaide alone, a city of about one million as recently as February 1. people, 6,500 people seek treatment for dog In the first comparable California case going to trial bites each year. About 250 children under since the original Knoller/ Noel convictions, Michael C. Bryan, age 12 are hospitalized each year for emer- 46, won permission to represent himself on five felony counts gency aid after dog maulings, Hill added, of owning or controlling a dangerous animal and one count of and about 60 of them require longterm care misdemeanor obstruction of a peace officer. Bryan allegedly due to severe head and facial injuries. SHARK files conspiracy suit vs. Wauconda C H I C A G O ––The activist group SHARK The case was dropped after U.S. District Court Judge on April 24 sued Illinois associate judge for the 19th James B. Moran reviewed SHARK videotape of the Judicial Circuit John T. Phillips, state’s attorney incidents in contention, and found the libel claims to Michael Waller, assistant state’s attorney Daniel be unsupported. Shanes, the Wauconda County Chamber of “However,” said Hindi, “the libel suit was Commerce, Wauconda police chief Daniel Quick, later reinstated.” Then, instead of seeking money, and three current and former members of the the alleged conspirators “attempted to extort an agree- Wauconda County Sheriff’s Department, alleging ment from the plaintiffs not to use cameras at the that for nine years they engaged in a criminal conspir- Wauconda Rodeo to document animal abuse.” acy to deprive SHARK members of their civil liber- The SHARK suit alleges a pattern of police ties in connection with protests against the annual harassment continuing at least until April 2001. Wauconda Chamber of Commerce rodeo. SHARK announced the filing by taking the Two private attorneys were also named as SHARK Tiger video display truck to the federal cour- alleged conspirators, SHARK founder Steve Hindi thouse in Waukegan and airing the most important said, “for filing a false libel suit in 1997 seeking over video evidence for the next two hours––including $200,000 in damages against the plaintiffs, who video of some of the defendants destroying what they sought to have Deputy Sheriff John Van Dien prose- apparently believed were tapes that might incriminate cuted” for roughing up three female demonstrators. them. No More Homeless Pets Conference presented and sponsored by: Best Friends Animal Sanctuary October 25-27, 2002 – Atlanta, Georgia Join us for this landmark gathering of experts from across the country as we explore strategies to develop no-kill communities. 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For more information contact Best Friends Animal Sanctuary phone: 435-644-2001 X129 fax: 435-644-2078 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.bestfriends.org ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 - 11 Anti-terror bill targets Yellowstone bison, elk herds YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL they are not considered likely to pass brucel- On April 19, as the P A R K ––The bison management wars along losis back into cattle herds from which the dis- Harkin amendment began to attract the northern border of Yellowstone National ease has been eliminated. Bison, however, national news media interest, the Park may intensify with the anticipated pas- are closely related to domestic cattle and Montana Department of Livestock sage of the 2002 Farm Bill, if the joint com- would share the same grazing range if allowed announced that brucellosis had mittee working to reconcile the different ver- to do so. In theory, this might allow bison to been found in 21 of 34 bison cap- sions passed by the U.S. Senate and House of reintroduce brucellosis to the cattle of the offi- tured as they wandered out of Representatives accepts the inclusion of the cially brucellosis-free states of Montana, Yellowstone two days earlier. The Animal Health Protection Act, added as a late Wyoming, and Idaho, although there is no 21 were trucked to slaughter while amendment to the Senate version by Senator actual record of bison ever transmitting brucel- the remainder were returned to Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). losis to cattle. public land. Another 100 bison The amendment purportedly was “For 60 years, the Montana and were reportedly moving out of the written to speed the USDA response to epi- Wyoming state veterinarians and the USDA park in that vicinity. demics in livestock, such as the hoof-and- have wanted to come into Yellowstone, round The same day, Idaho mouth outbreak that devastated the rural up elk and bison, test them, and kill the ones state veterinarian Bob Hillman British economy in 2001, and also to better who have brucellosis,” chief Yellowstone sci- announced that blood testing had Yellowstone elk. (Kim Bartlett) enable the USDA to deal with bioterrorism. entist John Varley told The New York Times. confirmed the presence of brucellosis among a 23% in 2000, 8% among 13 elk tested in However, the amendment would “My guess is that this would be their first pri- small cattle herd in the Teton Valley, 35 2001, and 17.5% among 40 elk tested in early give the USDA authority over any animal ority,” if the Harkin amendment passes. miles from the boundary between Yellowstone 2002. The low percentage in 2001 is believed bearing an illness which might be passed to Varley said that up to 80% of the and Grand Teton National Park. Hillman said to be a statistical fluke resulting from a small livestock. Yellowstone bison herd might be slaughtered that the cattle had contact with a wild elk herd sample size. National Elk Refuge biologist The Interior Department, whose under that regimen. among whom brucellosis was found in 1997, Bruce Smith attributes most of the progress to management philosophy favors letting natural Currently, only infected bison who and has been confirmed in each year since. improving the distribution of alfalfa pellets disease outbreaks take their course, was cross out of the park into Montana are killed. Brucellosis was last detected among given to the elk as emergency winter rations, reportedly alerted to the implications for the The present policy replaced the old Montana cattle in Idaho in 1989, and last appeared so that the elk are less inclined to concentrate Yellowstone elk and bison herds by the leg- policy of killing any Yellowstone bison who among cattle anywhere in the west in 1990, in areas where they infect each other. islative analysts for several conservation entered the state. The killing was done at dif- when the last cases were found in California. At the Greys River Feedground, run groups. While the USDA and state govern- ferent times by sport hunters, paid marksmen, The only states not now USDA-certified as by the state of Wyoming, the brucellosis ments have tried since the 1940s to eradicate and state troopers. Protests against killing the brucellosis-free are Missouri and Texas. infection rate has climbed to 50% during the the livestock disease brucellosis, it is endemic bison were led by the Fund for Animals during The brucellosis infection rate among past two years despite a vaccination program among the Yellowstone elk and bison herds, the 1980s and early 1990s, and have been led elk at the National Elk Refuge, south of started in 1985. The Wyoming Game and Fish albeit to little evident effect on those species. since the introduction of the present policy by Yellowstone near Jackson, Wyoming, fell Department reportedly suspects the cause was As elk rarely interact with cattle, the Buffalo Field Campaign. from an average of 42% during the 1970s to a bad batch of vaccine. Events (from page 9)

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The Watchdog monitors fundraising, spending, and The political activity in the name of animal and habitat pro t e c - tion—both pro and con. His empty bowl stands for all the bowls left empty when some Watchdog take more than they need. New animal-related legislation passed and signed in seven states Florida Governor Jeb Bush on April 19 signed into Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum in early April Kansas Governor Bill Graves on April 18 signed law a bill requiring anyone convicted of intentionally torturing signed the first revision of the state law pertaining to captive into law a bill increasing the penalties for inflicting harm on or killing an animal to attend an anger management counseling wildlife since 1972. It includes language barring the sale or search and rescue dogs. workshop. purchase of opportunities to hunt captive wildlife, with exemp- Maine Governor Angus King on April 11 signed Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating on April 14 tions for bird species such as pheasant on licensed bird hunting into law a bill sought by Bath Middle School student K e l l y signed into law a bill prohibiting the construction of new poul- preserves, and deer on registered deer farms––if the enclosure Davis, 13, permitting her to raise funds with which to buy bul- try barns within 100-year flood plains, within 300 feet of any the deer occupy is at least 80 acres. The new law also requires letproof vests for police dogs. Davis raised $18,000 and outfit- state-owned waterways; and within a mile and a half of any health certification of wild animals newly brought into the state, ted 18 of the 40 police dogs in Maine before she was warned designated scenic river area, public drinking water well, or a rule meant to keep chronic wasting disease out of the that Maine law prohibits soliciting donations for law enforce- water body designated as Outstanding Resource Waters by the Wisconsin wild deer herd. However, at least 10 deer with ment agencies. To expire in February 2004 unless renewed by Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The new law also adds CWD have already been shot by Wisconsin hunters. Producing the Maine Legislature, the bill requires the state attorney gen- restrictions on poultry manure distribution as fertilizer. symptoms in deer and elk similar to the symptoms of “mad cow eral, Maine Chiefs of Police Association, and M a i n e Washington Governor Gary Locke on March 29 disease,” CWD is also believed to be capable of spreading to Sheriff’s Association to report to the legislature in 1993 about signed into law a bill allowing felony prosecution of a dog humans in the form of new variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Syndrome, whether the bill is working and being used properly. owner whose dog kills or injures someone, if there is clear evi- in which brain tissue degenerations until dence that the dog should have been considered dangerous, the victim dies. There is no known suc- Rats, mice, birds amendment, whether or not the dog actually bit anyone. The bill includes cessful treatment or cure. First identified exemptions for attacks occurring on the dog owners’ own prop- among captive elk in Colorado during the Jesse Helms & Johns Hopkins erty, and attacks that were provoked, and prohibits classifying 1960s, CWD has now been detected in a dog as dangerous based on breed. most of the Rocky Mountain states, as CHAPEL HILL, NC.; Center for Alternatives to Animal The Iowa legislature in mid-April sent to Governor well as Alberta province, Canada, and is B A L T I M O R E , Md.––With a joint Testing, Johns Hopkins was supposed Tom Vilsack a bill to expand the state prohibitions on animal believed to have been spread through U.S. Senate/House of Representatives to have already been maintaining exem- fighting to include penalties for attending events such as dog- movements of captive-raised elk among conference committee expected to plary animal care standards. fights and cockfights. hunting ranches. decide any day on whether or not to CAAT was founded in 1981 include in the final reconciled version of with consumer product industry fund- the 2002 Farm Bill a late amendment by ing, at instigation of the late Animal LABORATORY UPDATES Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina) Rights International founder Henry University of Florida College of North Carolina State University c h a n- to permanently exclude rats, mice, and Spira, to seek ways of reducing the Veterinary Medicine professor Janet K. cellor Marye Anne Fox announced on April 19 that birds from protection under the Animal numbers and the suffering of animals Y a m a m o t o , who with Niels Pedersen of the the university has abandoned attempts to build a Welfare Act, PETA on April 18 dis- used in product research and testing. University of California at Davis codiscovered the “research slaughterhouse” in Raleigh, authorized by closed dramatic and gruesome under- “CAAT and its grantees have feline immunodeficiency virus in 1986, in March the North Carolina general assembly in 1995. The cover video of technicians at the labora- helped to develop human tissue cultures 2002 announced that she has developed an immu- “meat processing laboratory,” as it was also called, tories of the University of North that are widely used today in place of nization against FIV, and that the USDA has autho- was to be located on the campus of the NCSU Carolina at Chapel Hill allegedly han- live animals to test product safety,” rized Fort Dodge Animal Health, of Kansas, to College of Veterinary Medicine. Instead, the $4.9 dling and killing rats and mice in an Frank D. Roylance of the Baltimore Sun put it into commercial production. The FIV immu- million allocated toward the project will mostly be inhumane manner. wrote in December 2001, after CAAT nization may be available through local veterinari- invested in a new poultry-and-swine complex. The video footage was director Alan M. Goldberg announced a ans by midsummer, priced at $15-$25. Up to 25% About $500,000 will be used to renovate an existing obtained by PETA investigator Kate $100,000 project to explore how mice of all cats may carry FIV in dormant phases. An food science building, and $280,000 will go toward Turlington, 24, a North Carolina State and rats suffer pain. estimated 5% develop an active infection. improvements at another poultry research facility. University graduate who worked for six “In 20 years, CAAT has Yamamoto predicted that the vacination method she Chiba Prefecture on April 1, 2000 months as a technician in the Thurston made more than 200 awards totaling used might prove helpful in combatting the human became the 30th of the 47 prefectures and major Bowles animal research building, near $4.5 million to 11 grantees,” Roylance immunodeficiency virus, as well, whose victims cities in Japan to halt the sale of abandoned animals the University of North Carolina added, but noted that in recent years “It develop AIDS. But Beth Israel Deaconess to laboratories. Lab demand for random-source Hospitals complex. has opposed tighter federal regulation of Medical Center immunologist Norman L. Letvin, dogs and cats has markedly declined, Japan Times Baltimore Sun r e p o r t e r laboratory rodents as too costly.” M . D . , told Boston Globe staff writer S t e p h e n staff writer Tetsushi Kajimoto observed: in 1989, Michael Stroh on the same day dis- The pain studies are the first S m i t h that her approach had already been tried Chiba alone transferred 5,831 dogs and cats to labs, closed extensive overcrowding and work commissioned with $800,000 against HIV, and had failed. but in 2000 all the labs in Japan used only 6,300 other deficiencies affecting the care of donated by the Tamarind Fund and the Primatology behavior researchers dogs and 1,200 cats. Chiba sent just 13 dogs and the 55,285 animals housed at the Johns Mollylou Foundation “to establish a including Sue Savage-Rumbaugh of the Georgia cats to labs in 2000, and none in 2001, while Hopkins University laborato- grants program focused on pain assess- State University Language Center converged on receiving 25,400 dogs and cats from the public. ries––54,238 of them rats and mice, ment and management in laboratory ani- Des Moines, Iowa, on April 19 to join private A new Australian National Primate according to geneticist Roger Reeves, mals,” CAAT spokesperson Lisa investor Ted Townsend in asking the Des Moines Breeding and Research Centre at Churchill in chair of the Johns Hopkins rodent advi- Libowitz said. city government to donate 141 acres of land on rural Victoria state is to be managed by M o n a s h sory committee. Involving subjecting mice and which Townsend has proposed to build an institu- U n i v e r s i t y, Vanessa Williams of the Melbourne “Amid the high-profile over- rats to pain to see what happens, and tion called “The Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary” H e r a l d - S u n disclosed on April 2. Absorbing the haul of its human research program last killing them afterward to study their tis- with $10 million raised from private sources. “All Melbourne University macaque colony, “It will be year after the death of a volunteer,” sues, the pain studies are to be done by humans, bonobos, chimpanzees––we’re all sib- Australia’s only farm growing marmosets and Stroh wrote, “Johns Hopkins Norman C. Peterson of Johns Hopkins; lings,” Savage-Rumbaugh said. “If we changed our macaques for experiments,” Williams wrote. “An University has embarked on a quieter Alicia Z. Karas of the Tufts University language, could we change the way we act?” unknown number of the monkeys are likely to be effort to fix problems in how it cares for School of Veterinary Medicine; Hal Savage-Rumbaugh has taught two bonobos and a killed after experiments,” she added, but the facili- laboratory animals.” Markowitz and Clifford Roberts of the gorilla to communicate complex thoughts by point- ties “will include a geriatric unit where monkeys too The effort includes building a University of California at San ing to charts of symbols. old to breed can live out their lives.” $30 million rodent research, breeding, Francisco; and Bert van Zutphen and and housing complex. Vera Baumans of Utrecht University, However, as home of the the Netherlands. “Baby monkeys” case indictments C H I C A G O––A federal grand “It was five years ago that I jury on April 14 returned a 12-count received an eyewitness report from a per- indictment for illegally importing wild- son who had seen dozens of pathetic caught monkeys against L A B S o f baby monkeys in crates at O’Hare Virginia, Inc., former LABS p r e s i d e n t Airport in Chicago,” International David M. Taub, 59, Labs board chair Primate Protection League founder Charles J. Stern, 44, and L A B S b o a r d Shirley McGreal recalled. “In subse- member William Curtis Henley, 43. quent years, IPPL members have blitzed LABS and Taub were each charged with prosecutors and wildlife agents with let- eight felonies and four misdemeanors. ters, postcards, and petitions demanding The federal indictments alleged justice for the baby monkeys. I myself that between February 20 and May 30, have never worked harder on a case,” 1997, LABS flew to the U.S. in four McGreal said, a meaningful statement in groups a breeding colony of 1,312 view of her leading role in the Bangkok macaques purchased from Indonesian Six case, which exposed a multicornered Aquatics Export CV, called Inquatex. international wildlife trafficking ring However, the transaction and import with links to zoos, live markets, and documents allegedly misrepresented laboratory suppliers in at least five wild-caught macaques as captive-bred; nations. McGreal was also extensively the wild-caught macaques were not involved in Jan Moor-Jankowski vs. legally exported from Indonesia; and Immuno A.G., a libel case that resulted from 17 to 19 macaques were improperly in an important U.S. Supreme Court rul- brought to the U.S. while nursing ing against slap-suits and in favor of unweaned young. press freedom. ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 - 13

1920s on probably prevented China from snow leopards were offered to Americans at annexing Mongolia as it annexed Tibet. Until $25,000 apiece, “pelts from the rare cats can the mid-1980s, trophy hunting access was be bought from local hunters for as little as mostly restricted to well-connected Soviet mil- $25 apiece” on the streets of Ulan Bator, the itary and political figures, and hunting was Mongolian capital. conducted at a relatively restrained level. Enforcing the Mongolian legislation Mongolian trophy hunting opportu- proved difficult, however, as subsequent nities opened to European and North American summer droughts and harsh winters have dev- hunters after the Soviet and Mongolian astated the rural economy and increased the Communist governments fell in 1990––and incentives for hunting guides to take a bribe that brought a hunting boom. The basic and look away if a hunter wants to shoot an arrangements had already been developed animal without having the proper permit. through many years of behind-the-scenes The George W. Bush administration activity by prominent U.S. trophy hunters who has meanwhile moved to relax the restrictions were especially anxious to kill the argali sheep on the import of argali sheep trophies. Bactrian camels. (Robert L. Harrison) they needed to qualify for some of the most “The Fund for Animals, along with order to preserve ourselves from hunger.” that of the Australian aborigines. coveted awards offered by the Safari Club other wildlife protection organizations and two Joseph F. Smith wrote in G o s p e l Historically, the Indian caste system International. Mongolian scientists, filed suit against the D o c t r i n e that, “I do not believe any man probably developed through a long series of As Phelps explained, “The argali is U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in April 200l to should kill animals or birds unless he needs invasions, through which conquered peoples the world’s largest wild sheep, whose spectac- prevent the import of sport-hunted argali tro- them for food. I think it is wicked for men to were relegated to the most menial occupations ular curved horns make it a prime target.” phies, and to list the argali population as thirst in their souls to kill almost everything and waves of better educated and more techno- endangered throughout its entire range in Asia. which possesses animal life.” logically advanced conquerers became the Mission to Mongolia That suit is pending,” Phelps said.” Fund for Animals spiritual outreach middle and ruling classes. Hunting was never Backed by the Safari Club, Smith- director Norm Phelps reminded current Church a common pursuit of the middle and upper sonian Institution staff biologist Richard Evangelical hunters of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints president Hindu castes, especially the Brahmins, whose Mitchell in 1984 founded the American The Dalai Lama himself has strug- Gordon Hinckley of those statements in an most distant ancestors may have come from a Ecological Union to promote sport hunting in gled to maintain an apolitical public personna, October 2001 letter asking Hinckley to end the split in one of the ancient Egyptian dynasties. both China and Mongolia. The Smithsonian but his role as head of a theocracy-in-exile is Mormon operation of hunting ranches in Although the caste system was officially abol- then loaned Mitchell to the U.S. Fish and part of the political and philosophical construct Florida and Utah. ished in 1936, the cultural and political Wildlife Service for a year to study the endan- used by some evangelical fundamentalist Sport hunting––and catching fish divides that created it remain strong, and con- gered species status of the argali, the snow Christians to rationalize support for Israel as a with hooks––are also prohibited within tinue to influence hunting-related politics in leopard, and other rare Mongolian animals. Jewish theocracy, Saudi Arabia as a quasi- Judaism, to which the Mormons claim to have India, which typically pit Hindus against During that year, Mitchell arranged Islamic theocracy, and legislation which more direct roots than other Christian denomi- Christians and Muslims, overlapping the an argali sheep hunt in Mongolia, presented to would accord Christianity constitutional recog- nations. Be that as it may, Jewish opposition perennial public conflicts over cow slaughter, the Smithsonian as a research expedition. nition as the national religion of the U.S. to sport hunting and fishing have rarely been and also pit Hindus of the educated classes Participants included former Texas gubernato- Their argument, essentially, is that voiced in the form of a rebuke to non-Jewish against the “scheduled castes,” the poorest rial candidate Clayton Williams, his wife theocracy based on regional cultural domi- hunters and fishers, and has therefore not trou- classes, who are the beneficiaries of affirma- Modesta, and several friends––all of them nance is the form of government favored by bled evangelical Christian support for Israel. tive action in academic admissions and gov- associates and political allies of former U.S. God, and that “secular humanism” which sep- ernment hiring, and are the Hindus most likely President George H. Bush and current arates church from state is contrary to Biblical Hindu divide to convert to Christianity, in part because it President George W. Bush, his son. Both commandment. The political and cultural ramifica- condones hunting. Bushes are life members of the Safari Club. It is among evangelical fundamental- tions of the Dalai Lama’s condemnation of Mitchell, Williams, and friends ist Christian conservatives that support for hunting speak to similar divides in Hindu cul- Related faiths killed and imported the trophies from four sport hunting is strongest in the U.S., and it is ture, from Nepal at the northern end of the The Dalai Lama is influential in argali sheep. Charged by the U.S. Fish and from them, a sector which has long supported one-time Hindu subcontinent to Karnataka in India, even though barely 1% of the Indian Wildlife Service with violating the Endangered the cause of Tibetan independence, that the the south of India. population practices Buddhism, because much Species Act, Williams got the case dropped, Dalai Lama is most likely to feel a backlash. As among Americans of all faiths, of the Hindu majority (83%) regards reportedly with help from U.S. Senators Lloyd Among the organizations whose just a small percentage of Hindus hunt, but Buddhism as a major branch of Hinduism, no Bentsen (D-Texas) and Pete Wilson (R-Calif., members the Dalai Lama might hear from are hunting among those who do is closely inter- farther removed from the Hindu mainstream later governor of California), and Represent- the Christian Sportsmen’s Fellowship, of twined with quasi-religious ritual––which is than the tribal sacrificial hunts and the animal ative Jack Fields (R-Texas). Atlanta, with 300 local affiliates across the not, however, part of the main body of Hindu sacrifices of Kali-worshippers. Siddharta, Mitchell himself was in 1993 con- U.S., known for selling camouflaged pocket- religious teaching. The trophy hunting prac- who became the Buddha, was a Hindu prince, victed of illegally importing a urial sheep pelt, sized abridged editions of the Bible, and the tices of the Nepalese royal family appear to and Buddhism evolved out of the same vege- but was fined just $1,000, served two years on Special Youth Challenge Ministries, also have been copied from Mogul and British tarian nexus as both modern Hinduism and probation, and continued to review endan- based in Georgia, whose major activity seems rulers of India, centuries ago, while the “sac- Jainism, and the beliefs of the staunchly vege- gered species trophy import applications for to be taking handicapped children to shoot ani- rificial” hunts of birds, jackals, snakes, tarian and militantly anti-hunting Bishnoi trib- the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of mals at canned hunts. Unification Church foxes, and other species conducted by mostly al people, who still occupy parts of the Scientific Authority until June 1996. The founder Sun Mying Moon, 82, fined for illiterate and only nominally Hindu “tribals” Rajasthan desert and within the past two cen- Smithsonian Institution reportedly spent more exceeding the salmon fishing limit in Alaska in may be a vestigal remnant of a Dravidian turies have spread into the southern Punjab. than $650,000 to defend Mitchell against the August 2000, might also put in a few words, hunter/gatherer culture most closely related to charges, which were brought by the Fish and as one of the staunchest anti- (continued on page 14) Wildlife Service. Communists on the religious right. John Boy was confiscated from a wildlife park, where he was The Mongolian ministry for nature Seventh Day Adventists, found living in a small wooden cage. He had sores on his feet and the environment became aware by 1995 on the other hand, are advised to and body from sitting in pols of urine and feces. He was under- that trophy hunting pressure was already practice vegetarianism, conveying weight and weak. John Boy made a full recovery and now lives depleting native wildlife, and in June 1995 an implicit injuction against hunting, with two other jaguars at the Wild Animal Orphanage. introduced a conservation law which banned and Mormons could be reminded that killing snow leopards; stipulated that only 15 both Church of Jesus Christ of permits per year would be offered to hunt the Latter-day Saints founder Joseph argali, at $10,000 each; and introduced limit- Smith and later president Joseph F. ed protection for musk oxen, antelopes, Smith spoke against sport hunting. Siberian elk, reindeer, beavers, hyenas, Joseph Smith wrote in his otters, bustards, pheasants, swans, cranes, History of the Church that he wild horses, Bactrian camels, and sturgeon. “exhorted the brethren not to kill a Reuter correspondent Irja Halasz serpent, bird, or an animal of any wrote then that although 19-day safaris to hunt kind unless it became necessary in ANIMAL PEOPLE thanks you for your generous support! Honoring the parable of the widow's mite, we do not list our donors by how much they give ––but we greatly appreciate generous gifts that help us do more. Lisa Abplanalp, Benita Argis, Dianne & Michael Bahr, Leonard Bass, Ruth Berridge, Louis Bertrand, Janet Bloor, Elizabeth Booth, Jacqueline & James Bulmer, Yes, I would like to help the animals of The Wild Animal Orphanage––and collect all twelve Cindy Carroccio, John & June Caspersen, Gale Cohen-DeMarco, Brien Comerford, Animal Care Cards! Accompanying is my tax-deductible donation of $25 ___ other $ ___. 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Before the sacrifice a Sindhi of Pakistan, maintain pro-vegetarian but by way of example might reinforce the purification ritual was performed in which the Ever Changed...” and anti-hunting teachings within Islam. efforts of federal minister for animal welfare horses were forced to stand in the middle of (Sindhi people living within India, however, Maneka Gandhi to persuade the Hindu circles of fire. The horses suffered extensive Neutering is traumatic––for are mostly Hindu.) Religious Endowment Board and other reli- burns,” according to witnesses. the pet and his owner. Valmik Thapar, executive director gious authorities to issue firm directives Countered one of the priests, of the Ranthambore Foundation, described the against animal sacrifice, which typically peaks Bishwanath Acharya, “The horses were only Since 1995 over 100,000 Bishnoi in his 1997 book Land of the Tiger as each spring when “tribals” conduct “sacrificial burned a bit. Considering the immense luck pet owners worldwide have “the primary reason that desert wildlife still hunts” of foxes and jackals just before lambs the sacrifice will bring to all of us, we should selected and alternative to the exists on the subcontinent. The women of the and goat kids are born, and fertility festivals not be complaining over such trifles.” traditional form of neutering community have been known to breastfeed are held in honor of local deities, coincidental Similar horse sacrifices were appar- with Neuticles. black buck fawns and save insect life, while with planting. ently conducted in the region by royalty from many of the men have died in their efforts to Her efforts were supported this year circa 236 BC until about 566 A.D., and were counter armed poaching gangs.” by home minister Mallikarjuna Kharge. reportedly last performed about 500 years ago. Neuticles replicate the pets’ Of special note currently is that the “Send to jail those who sacrifice ani- In original form, the rituals included kings and testicles in size, shape, weight long delayed poaching trial of Muslim film mals, however influential they might be,” queens symbolically mating with the dead and firmness, which allows star Salman Khan and seven prominent con- Kharge told news media after opening a March horses, equine expert Sharon Cregier, Ph.D., your pet to look and feel the federates including fellow film stars Saif Ali festival at Davangere in honor of the goddess told ANIMAL PEOPLE, and were some- Khna, Sonali Bindre, Tabu, and Neelam Durgambika. Animal sacrifice has been spo- times accompanied by human sacrifice. same afterwards. (who use only first names) has finally reached radically practiced at the annual festival for at World Hindu Council leaders have the pre-trial deposition stage. The eight were least 200 years. allegedly instigated much of the deadliest reli- Neuticles are a safe, simple apprehended in October 1998 after a swift but This year, of 1,000 animals original- gious strife in recent Indian history, but and inexpensive option for broad-reaching Bishnoi investigation, fol- ly slated for sacrifice, only one ox was killed, skipped human sacrifice––this time. the caring pet owner. lowed by 10 days of protest. A month later, a g r e e d T h e Deccan Herald a n d Sify News, The event reportedly cost $123,000 5,000 Bishnoi marched in Mumbai, the center and one sheep was sacrificed later in a village U.S. to stage. Call toll-free 888-638-8425 of the Indian film industry, to reinforce their ritual 10 days after the main festival ended. Patnaik stood aside, Rahman sug- demand that justice be done. “The other 998 animals are likely to gested, because his political party, Biju or visit www.neuticles.com Tariq Hasan of the The Times of meet a less public death at the hands of the Janata Dal, “is a member of the ruling coali- for all the details. India on March 24 described a case exemplify- local butchers,” Sify News remarked. tion in New Delhi, led by the Hindu national- ing what might have happened in the Khan Whatever gains were made in ist Bharatiya Janata Party.” case without the Bishnoi involvement: Davangere were offset when Mrs. Gandhi was But so is Mrs. Gandhi. Neuticles® “In the first week of February,” unable to persuade chief minister of Orissa “Some anti-Hindu elements tried Hasan wrote, “Rajesh Nigam, a ranger of the state Naveen Patnaik to halt a March 29 horse their best to stop this whole ritual, but the god Testicular Implantation For Pets forest department posted in the Pilibhit sacrifice in Juna Padia, Orissa state. was on our side,” World Hindu Council leader u.s. patent #5868140 Reserve Forest, was arrested and charged with Reported Azizur Rahman, Calcutta Maharshi Girisurya Swami said of her attempt- Represented nationally by The Butler Co. ‘abducting with the intention of murder of two correspondent for the South China Morning ed intervention. persons.’ Inquiries by this correspondent, P o s t , “The fundamentalist Hindu group barism and patriotism become intertwined with however, reveal that Nigam’s only crime was Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or World Hindu religious faith, introducing change can be dif- Cow slaughter ficult and dangerous––even when a society that a day earlier he had detained two poachers Council, organized the ceremony. About 150 Had Mrs. Gandhi limited her efforts seems to be ready to accept the transition. who had killed several birds inside the forest. priests performed the ritual, as 10,000 of their to preventing cow slaughter, which has been Nepal may be in that situation, These two persons somehow managed to supporters chanted in praise of the god Rama. among the most prominent activities of her escape from Forest Department custody, and Many Hindus believe the mythical god Rama organization, People for Animals, since following the June 2001 massacre of the King, then using their ‘influence,’” an apparent allu- sacrificed 10 horses to please the creator of the inception in 1984, Patnaik and the World Queen, and at least seven other members of sion to bribery, “turned the tables on the universe, and happiness returned to his king- Hindu Council might have supported her. the royal family by Crown Prince Dipendra, Forest Department staff. Rajesh was kept in dom. As required by the ritual, 10 white stal- Much of India rejoiced in mid-April 29, a trophy hunter and gun collector who jail for more than 15 days.” lions in peak condition were taken on a tour of when the Allahabad High Court upheld a total went berserk after an argument at a family din- Orissa before being slaughtered on an altar on ban on the slaughter of bovines imposed in ner. Dipendra then shot himself through the Horse sacrifice the 10th day. The animals’ blood was collect- December 2001 by Uttar Pradesh state. head––and, by law and custom, succeeded to Words against hunting from the ed in hundreds of earthen pots to be sprinkled The new law closed loopholes in the the throne while comatose and connected to on a fire and distributed among supporters to 1975 Prevention of Cow Slaughter life support. Ordinance which allowed the slaughter Clearly the traditions of Nepal are of cattle for research purposes, unpro- going to have to change. The constitutional ductive bullocks, and any cattle over 15 monarchy can no longer rule the nation, which years old. was the only Hindu theocracy. Continuing to Justices M. Katju and Rakesh Tiwari regard the reigning king as an incarnation of and Cow Protection Commission chair God is no longer practical, if even possible. Parmanand Mittal each reportedly Obviously the king will no longer be seized the opportunity to lecture able to personally preside over the sacrificial Muslims on the importance of respect- slaughtering of as many as 5,000 buffalo every ing the sanctity of cattle within the five years on a lake bed at Birgung village in majority Hindu culture. Baryapur District, just north of Katmandu–– “If we permit such activities [as an event seen as blasphemy by much of India. cow slaughter], a situation like Gujarat “The entire lake gets so polluted by may recur,” said The Times of India, the blood of the cattle that absolutely nothing referring to riots which killed more than can live in the water. It takes almost five years 800 Muslims in Ahmedabad, after mili- for the lake to regenerate, by which time it is tant Muslims torched a train, killing 56 sacrifice time again,” one witness told A N I - Hindus. MAL PEOPLE. Mrs. Gandhi, however, has lit- Animal sacrifice dominates the tle patience with activism that hits cru- Nepalese form of Hinduism. elties practiced by minorities while “Except for the Pashupathi Nath exempting others. She welcomed the temple,” the well-placed witness told A N I - ban on cow slaughter––and argued that MAL PEOPLE, speaking anonymously for it should extend to killing any animal. diplomatic reasons, “almost every temple–– “Preventing animal sacrifices must large or small––has places to sacrifice animals. begin with the majority,” she told K.S. Sheep are imported by the government and Narayan of the Deccan Herald. sold at a subsidized price before Dussera, the “In a country where there is main sacrifice time in Nepal and many parts of widespread condemnation of the sacri- India, like Bengal, Bihar, and Andhra fices that take place on Bakrid,” as the Pradesh. The sheep are weighed at the time of Feast of Atonement practiced by sale by hooking them through their skin with a Muslims is called in India, “it is dis- hand-held spring balance, when all that is heartening that the number of animals required is a sling to lift them up in. sacrificed in Hindu temples per week is “Cruelty to animals and to fellow larger than the number of goats killed men go on hand in hand in Nepal,” the wit- on Bakrid,” Mrs. Gandhi elaborated in ness continued. “For the first time, I felt the People for Animals handbook How ashamed to call myself a Hindu! In fact, I felt To Stop Animal Sacrifices. ashamed at calling myself a human being.” In her view, ethnic and cultur- The source contacted A N I M A L al minorities will feel more self-confi- P E O P L E not to condemn Nepal, however, dent about abandoning their archaic rit- but to explain the many cultural obstacles that uals when the majority no longer insists must be worked around in order to introduce on doing similar things. changes beneficial to animals in Nepal. We introduced the source to Lucia Nepal de Vries, a volunteer for Friends of the Nepal The revival of horse sacrifice in SPCA in Dhobhighat, Katmandu. Orissa coincided with a series of Biju “The Nepal SPCA recently opened a Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party clinic and office in Pashupatinath, Katmandu, defeats in regional elections. If the close to the airport,” de Vries said. “Our death of the horses brings any kind of group, Friends of the Nepal SPCA, will focus good fortune, it may be the disgusted on awareness-raising and fundraising. Much turn of Indian voters away from funda- work needs to be done. The Nepal SPCA has mentalism and xenophobic forms of not so far fulfilled its objectives, and has a nationalism. However, when bar- long way to go before it can help abolish ani- mal cruelty thru legal amendments at the ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 - 15

MEAT & HUMAN MURDER Fixing dog & cat overpopulation ANTWERP, Belgium––More than clenbuterol. Ed Boks, director of the Mari- Friendly” license plates, enabling the Texas 200 witnesses are expected to testify in the The use of illegal drugs in the meat copa County Animal Care & Control Department of Health to make available anticipated seven-week trial of four men for industry is now well-known, as is the frequent department in Phoenix, Arizona, on April $250,000 “to eligible organizations for spay- the February 1995 murder of Belgian veteri- incidence of animal abuse in the backgrounds 16 introduced differential incentives to ing and neutering dogs and cats belonging to nary inspector Karel Van Noppen, shot multi- of killers of humans. The Van Noppen case is encourage residents to sterilize and release the general public. This is the first time,” ple times in his car while investigating illegal among the first, however, to directly link rou- feral cats instead of turning them in to be Hawkins added, “that the State of Texas has traffic in clenbuterol, a banned steroid used to tine meat practices with murder in mainstream killed. The county will now charge $61 to funded spaying and neutering programs for promote livestock growth. The trial began in reportage. kill a cat––or $20 to sterilize the cat and send dogs and cats.” Texas Department of Health Antwerp on April 14, 2002. Yet examples of meat workers com- him or her “home.” The Arizona Humane Zoonosis Control Division c h i e f J a n e Van Noppen was believed to have mitting murder, often using their workplace S o c i e t y , which requests a $15 donation to Mahlow, M.D., said that “Successful appli- been the victim of a “hit” by the so-called skills, are quite common. kill a cat, reports an increase in cat intake, as cants will be those who demonstrate a collab- “hormone mafia.” He was seeking indictment In recent high-profile cases: have smaller local shelters. However, said orative approach to ending dog and cat over- of cattle breeder Alex Vercauteren at the time • One-armed Egyptian immigrant Maricopa County Animal Care & Control population in Texas, with innovative pro- of his murder, but police were unable to build butcher John Ghobrial, 31, on April 10, 2002 spokesperson Julie Bank, “We’ve spent 30 grams not duplicating existing efforts.” a case against Vercauteren, now facing drew the death penalty from Superior Court years trying to control feral cats the tradition- Application details may be downloaded from charges, until an unidentified informant fin- Judge John J. Ryan in Orange County, al way, and the problem is not stopping, “ < w w w . t d h . s t a t e . t x . u s / z o o n o s i s / r s p p e t / a n i - gered arms dealer Carl De Schutter and travel- California, for the 1998 molestation and dis- with feral cat turn-ins averaging a steady friend/rfp.pdf>. ing fair worker Albert Barraz, who reportedly memberment murder of Juan Delgado, 12. 10,000 a year. “We hope in the next three to Hawkins on April 16 announced became acquainted while serving prison time • Slaughterhouse worker Katherine five years to see a decrease,” Bank added. that SNAP has accepted a $1.5 million, together. Apprehended in France in 1996, De Knight, 46, on November 8, 2001 became The Humane Society of Indiana- three-year contract from the City of Los Schutter named Vercauteren and livestock the first woman in Australia to receive a life polis and Indianapolis animal control Angeles, California, to sterilize dogs and dealer Germain Daenen. prison sentence. Knight was convicted of stab- department received 1,836 fewer dogs and cats belonging to low-income families. While assembling the evidence, bing, skinning, beheading, and cooking parts cats and killed 2,371 fewer during the past Founded in 1993, SNAP currently operates police raided 82 Belgian veterinary facilities, of John Charles Price, her estranged compan- seven months than in the same seven months five mobile sterilization clinics and two gathering documentation linking the Belgian ion of six years, who had sought an order of a year earlier, FACE high-volume, low-cost fixed-site clinics, with existing programs in and Dutch clenbuterol traffic to the widespread protection against her. Knight had terrorized a sterilization clinic founder Scott Robinson, Houstan, San Antonio, Albuquerque, and illegal use of clenbuterol in Ireland and the previous ex-partner by killing his puppy in M.D., told ANIMAL PEOPLE on April 24. Monterrey, Mexico. Hawkins anticipates U.S.––where raids on veal feed distributors front of him. The data confirms Robinson’s decade-long using a mobile clinic to sterilize about 5,000 and veal production facilities allegedly using • Former Pilgrim’s Pride chicken- contention that a high-volume, low-cost ster- pets per year in Los Angeles. clenbuterol had already been quietly underway killer Danny Kay Taylor, 41, escaped a possi- ilization clinic could make a dramatic differ- Maddie’s Fund announced on since early 1994. ble death sentence in Las Vegas in October ence in the Indianapolis numbers, which had April 10 that a three-year feral cat steriliza- Pressured to prosecute by the 2001 by plea-bargaining a five-years-to-life plateaued well above the U.S. norm for shel- tion program and a one-year pet sterilization Humane Farming Association, the U.S. term for the 1991 murder of his ex-girlfriend ter killing per 1,000 residents until the FACE program for low-income caregivers that it has Justice Department won a series of convictions Cheryl DiSantis. DiSantis had accused Taylor clinic opened three years ago. The data also funded via the California Veterinary of veal industry leaders, all of whom were of molesting her four-year-old daughter. validates the impact of an investigative series Medical Association are both to be complet- closely associated, personally and profession- • Czech immigrant butcher Vaclav on Indianapolis animal sheltering issues com- ed by May 15. “In less than three years,” ally, with Aat Groenvelt, the Dutch immi- Plch, 40, was convicted in Manchester, New menced by Indianapolis Star reporters B i l l Maddie’s Fund president Richard Avanzino grant who in 1962 founded the Provimi veal Hampshire, in November 2000 of the dismem- T h e o b a l d and Bonnie Harris in October said, “more than 200,000 sterilization surg- empire, introduced the practice of immobiliz- berment murder of Mary Stetson, 40. 2001, exactly seven months ago. The series eries will have been performed on targeted ing calves in veal crates to North America, • Stuart Alexander, 41, owner of earned Theobald the 2001 George Polk populations of dogs and cats which have his- and also developed the market for “milk-fed the Santos Linguisa Factory in San Leandro, Journalism Award for metropolitan report- torically been underserved. The $12 million spring lamb,” a euphemism for lambs raised California, is awaiting trial for the June 2000 ing, presented by Long Island University. in grant monies that Maddie’s Fund has in close confinement like veal calves. gun rampage murders of USDA inspectors Spay-Neuter Assistance Program awarded to the CVMA exceed the total Misuse of clenbuterol had already Jean Hillery, 56, and Tom Quadros, 52, and f o u n d e r Sean Hawkins, of Houston, amount given by all foundations to perform surfaced on the livestock show circuit. California Department of Food and announced on April 11 that the T e x a s sterilization surgeries since the animal wel- Between 1993 and 1995, at least 18 award Agriculture inspector Bill Shaline, 57, and Department of Transportation has raised fare movement began in this country,” winners at six of the most prestigious livestock attempted murder of Shaline’s inspection part- $846,886 through the sale of 15,311 “Animal Avanzino added. shows in the U.S. were caught illegally using ner, Earl Willis, 51. TRIBUTES In honor of the Prophet Isaiah, St. Martin de Porres, and Albert Schweitzer. ––Brien Comerford

GREYHOUND TALES TRUE STORIES OF RESCUE, COMPASSION AND LOVE edited by Nora Star, with September introduction by Susan Netboy. Learn more about these animals 19-22 and how you can help them. Send $15.95 to: Nora Star 9728 Tenaya Way Kelseyville, CA 95451 Animal control is people control PORTLAND, Maine––The Maine Supreme Judicial The sleepless folks of Seattle, on the other hand––notorious for Court on April 7 ruled that the subject of anti-barking ordi- imbibing more coffee than the residents of any other city in the nances is not the behavior of dogs, but rather the behavior of a world––called in 7.5 complaints about barking dogs per 1,000 petkeeper who persistently permits one or more dogs to upset human residents. The Seattle shelter killing rate of 11.2 dogs the neighbors. and cats per 1,000 residents is among the lowest in the U.S., The verdict upheld a 1997 ordinance adopted by the but the frequency of barking dog complaints suggests that a town of Baldwin which prohibits allowing dogs to “unnecessar- substantial minority of the human population would cheerfully ily annoy or disturb” anyone through “continued or repeated kill more dogs, if allowed to do so. barking, howling, or other loud or unusual noises any time day There is a tenuous association between barking dog or night.” complaints and the computer software industry, a mainstay of Kennel owner Kari Carter, fined $3574 in penalties the Seattle economy. In Montpelier, Vermont, also a center of and costs for violating the ordinance, contended unsuccessfully software development, an organization called the Noise that it is unconstitutionally vague because it does not spell out Pollution Clearinghouse has emerged as a collective voice of exactly how much noise dogs are allowed to make. sorts for people who are annoyed by barking dogs. The NPC The court responded, however, that the issue is not web site offers links to more than 150 articles about barking what dogs do, but rather whether what dogs do is permitted to dog legislation, court cases, and related health hazards. But become a problem “to a reasonable person, not merely to some the NPC is not obsessed about barking dogs per se. The NPC supersensitive or hypercritical individual.” site offers many more links about other common noise sources, The ruling came as a common-sense reminder that with airport noise being apparently the topic of most concern. animal control bylaws are about people control as much as ani- Ironically, the only recent legislative attention of mal control. Animal control departments exist to protect human note to barking dogs at the state level concerned dogs who do Old Faithful dog. (Kim Bartlett) lives and property, but the ordinances defining their workloads not make enough noise to warn public safety officers such as became the most popular off-leash area in San Francisco after are written mainly to improve human relations within a commu- police and firefighters of their presence. the military facilities were decommissioned in 1979. nity, by removing reasons why neighbors fight. Surgically removing the vocal cords of dogs to As the Park Service took over management, howev- People who love animals tend to measure the success silence chronic barking came into vogue several decades ago as er, the Park Service philosophy of opposition to nonnative of animal control programs and humane societies by the num- a last resort to keep dogs in rental housing after other tenants species possibly competing with wildlife led to closures of ber of animals their shelters kill. Animal care-and-control complained to the landlord. Except in affluent communities increasingly large sections of Fort Funsten and surroundings, experts increasingly look at the numbers of dogs and cats killed with perennially scarce pet-friendly accommodations, however, mostly to protect native plants and nesting habitat for the per 1,000 human residents of the community. For either the the procedure has never really been popular. endangered western snowy plover. experts or the amateurs, fewer dead animals is better. In the mid-1990s, drug dealers began turning to The issue is not strictly confined to dogs off leash, as The rest of the public may take a distinctly opposite debarking to facilitate using dogs to guard their premises with- the Park Service also views the presence of leashed dogs in cer- view. People who do not love animals do not care how many out running the risk that noise might attract the attention of law tain areas as a threat to the habitat and the security of the esti- dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens are killed. Saving animals’ enforcement. Dogfighters also took up debarking, to keep mated 17 million human visitors per year who use the Golden lives is not even a consideration, much less a priority. neighbors from becoming aware of their activities. Gate National Recreation Area. What people who do not love animals care about is Groups representing police and firefighters joined However, off-leash running opportunities have domi- whether someone responds promptly and effectively to their with humane organizations in 2000 to push anti-debarking leg- nated the public discussion. complaints about animal damage, animals at large, feces on islation in California, New Jersey, and Ohio. The California From circa 1993 until November 2000, the SF/SPCA lawns or sidewalks, and dogs barking long into the night. and New Jersey bills died due to strong opposition from veteri- Law and Advocacy Department vigorously opposed restricted Many an animal control director who has reduced ani- nary groups, who saw anti-debarking laws as a step toward access for dogs, poked holes in the scientific and historical mal control killing by replacing catch-and-kill with interven- banning cosmetic surgical procedures on dogs such as ear-crop- claims of the Park Service, and appeared to be headed toward a tion-and-education of offending petkeepers has been shocked to ping and tail-docking––which have in fact been banned in possible landmark courtroom confrontation with Park Service be upbraided by municipal authorities and perhaps even fired if Britain. The Ohio anti-debarking bill survived, however, and policy when for unrelated reasons Law and Advocacy depart- citizen complaints about nuisance animals increase––even if the was signed into law by Governor Robert Taft in August 2000. ment chief Nathan Winograd and his entire staff resigned. complaints come from just a handful of influential cranks. Winograd in mid-2001 became executive director of Many nonprofit humane societies holding animal con- Running dogs the Tompkins County Humane Society, in Ithaca, New York, trol sheltering contracts are under constant pressure from local Dogs and sometimes cats running at large are the next where he led the city to achieving no-kill animal control. The office holders to kill more animals, faster, so as to cut the cost most frequent topic of complaints to Cleveland animal control, SF/SPCA Law and Advocacy Department never fully of removing problem animals from streets and yards. accounting for 34% of the total complaint volume; 3.5 calls per regrouped, and was disbanded as part of major budget cutting This is one reason why the San Francisco model for 1,000 human residents. This seems to be a reasonably normal toward the end of 2001, as SF/SPCA income plummeted after achieving no-kill animal control begins with separating humane complaint level for any U.S. city. Cleveland cited the custodi- the high-tech stock crash of early in the year and the post- societies from animal control work. The purpose of a humane ans of about one dog in four who was reported to be at large, September 11 general economic collapse. society is to protect animals from people, the purpose of an issuing 0.9 citations per 1,000 human residents. Yet even with the SF/SPCA taking a much lower pro- animal control agency is to protect humans and property from Oddly enough, while residents of Southwestern cities file, the off-leash issue in San Francisco did not cool off much. animals, and even though the work greatly overlaps, the inher- seem relatively unconcerned about barking, Tucson issued 1.37 In December 2001 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ent contradiction of goals tends to make conflict inevitable. citations for dogs running at large per 1,000 residents, in a city asked the Park Service to continue to allow dogs to run off Inasmuch as Cleveland is as close to being the aver- whose geography suggests that this might be much less a prob- leash at Fort Funsten. The Park Service in February opened a age U.S. city as any, in demographic terms, the 2001 lem than in cities of greater density. public comment period on proposed permanent rules to restrict Cleveland animal control workload probably gives as represen- Establishing legal opportunities for dogs to run off- dogs, which was to close on April 12 unless extended or tative a picture as any of what the public expects animal control leash emerged as one of the hottest of all dog-related causes reopened to allow further public input. departments to be doing. during the latter half of the 1990s, and was a high-profile in at The 478,000 Cleveland residents called in 4,992 com- least 12 cities during 2001. Biting and poop plaints to animal control during 2001. This would work out to Organized efforts to designate “dog parks” and “dog- The most obvious issue underlying concern about approximately one call per 11 residents, or per four house- running hours” came as an apparent backlash by dogkeepers dogs running off leash is the risk of unruly dogs attacking peo- holds, except that people who call animal control departments against legislative efforts to reduce dog bites and fecal deposits ple––the oldest reason for the existence of animal control at all tend to call many times. The 4,992 complaints probably in public places. Typically this meant amending old ordinances departments, and the reason why state animal control statutes came from half or a third that many people. In fairness, how- requiring that dogs be “under control” when in public places by are frequently indexed under “rabies control,” as before the ever, many of those people undoubtedly were complaining adding language specifying that “under control” means leashed, advent of vaccination the major cause of dog attack deaths was repeatedly about animals and petkeepers whose activities had and sometimes also harnessed and muzzled. rabies rather than direct effects of biting and mauling. genuinely become problems to whole neighborhoods. The drive to open off-leash running opportunities for Dogbites are still the animal control issue receiving dogs has met intensive resistance from other users of public the most public attention, but responding to complaints about Barking dogs space, including non-petkeeping senior citizens, who can easi- bites and other allegedly dangerous behavior is a relatively Nearly half of the complaints to Cleveland animal ly suffer bone fractures and permanent disability from bumping small portion of the typical animal control workload. In control in 2001––46%––concerned chronically barking dogs. or pushing by an exuberant dog; parents’ associations con- Cleveland, bite cases and “vicious dog” complaints accounted This is no surprise. The ANIMAL PEOPLE f i l e s cerned about fecal contamination of playgrounds; nature lovers for 20% of the calls to animal control in 2001: 2.4 complaints indicate that year in and year out, barking dogs are the animal concerned about the harm dogs do in chasing birds and squir- per 1,000 Cleveland residents. This was in the mid-normal control problem most likely to surface as a community issue. In rels, and by digging up vegetation; sports enthusiasts who range for major U.S. cities, which is from about 1.5 up to 4.5. a typical year, nine U.S. cities adopt new anti-barking ordi- object to softball diamonds and soccer fields going to the dogs; There seems to be a relatively predictable relationship nances. Both 2000 and 2001 were typical years. and taxpayers’ groups, who are aware that allowing dogs to run of about 1:10 between the volume of bite cases and “vicious But there are cultural and regional patterns to barking loose on public property can carry a high liability risk. dog” calls that an animal control department receives and the dog complaints. Barking dogs seem to be a recurring political Some attempts have been made to operate private for- rate at which the shelters of the community kill animals. issue in older and denser communities––especially in resort and profit “athletic clubs” for dogs and their people, but most have But while biting and “vicious dog” cases get vastly retirement areas, such as the lake country of the upper Midwest not been economically successful. A few humane societies more attention, they are not the main cause of public com- and along coastal Florida. Barking dogs contrastingly rarely have also tried to offer workout space to dogs, partly as a plaints about animals running at large. Anecdotally, the lead- become a political issue in the Southwest, possibly because the fundraising activity. These projects have succeeded to the ing topics of animals-at-large complaints are dogs and cats mostly new cities sprawling across the deserts of California, extent that the organizations had land and volunteer staff avail- defecating or urinating on neighbors’ property; dogs and cats Arizona, and New Mexico feature larger yards, or maybe just able. The longevity of humane society-managed off-leash facil- getting into trash; dogs and cats digging in neighbors’ gardens; because sound does not carry well in low humidity. ities tends to be short, however, because usually a humane and dogs and cats merely trespassing, crossing human bound- Cleveland animal control received a fairly normal 4.8 society has land available only if the land has been acquired by aries which may be as obvious as fences to us but are especially calls about barking dogs in 2001 per 1,000 human residents. purchase or bequest for some other purpose, such as building a obscure to outdoor cats, to whom the tops of fences typically new shelter. The off-leash facility typically operates only until appear to be a safe corridor, elevated above dog threats, as construction is ready to start. they make their way from one yard to another. The Doggie Day Care Center formerly run by the San U.S. animal control agencies relatively rarely deal Francisco SPCA was a typical casualty of a shelter expansion much with poop, trash, and trespassing issues, because the getting underway. The demise of the Doggie Day Care Center, (continued on page 17) however, was only a footnote in terms of contro- versy beside a decade-long conflict between the Download your free HANDBOOK ON RABIES SF/SPCA and the National Park Service over dog access to Fort Funsten, at the Presidio, the for- by Maneka Gandhi and ANIMAL PEOPLE: mer military complex located near Golden Gate http://207.36.248.191/rabiesEN.ht Park and the Golden Gate Bridge. Part of the Golden Gate National ml Recreation Area, which extends from Marin County on the north side of the bridge to San En Español: Mateo County, and includes the entire western http://207.36.248.191/FR/SP/rabies_SP.html (Diana Nolen) San Francisco shoreline, the Fort Funsten site ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2002 - 17 Animal control is people control (from 16) animal control mandate is to protect public safety, not the aes- wrong. If the person “found” an apparent pet wandering his/her thetic and territorial aspects of property. Most will respond to neighborhood and made no verifiable effort to locate the home routine “loose dog” or “stray cat” complaints, but only if there of the animal, something may be wrong, and a shelter staff is no actual public safety threat requiring priority. Since animal member willing to take the time to ask around the neighbor- control agencies typically operate at only a fraction of the hood can often achieve a rehoming. staffing levels recommended by the National Animal Control Shelter employees who have encountered such cases Association, many are hard-pressed to do much more than are finding themselves rethinking the paradigm of the “irre- investigate the 20%-or-so of complaints which do involve sponsible” owner. Irresponsibility tends to be a factor in such allegedly dangerous animals. cases, but the irresponsible acts involve allowing a pet to annoy neighbors, not deliberately giving the pet up to be killed. (Sue Clark) The most dangerous animal represent a relatively rare and extreme response, studying their But that is overlooking the most dangerous animal: Pet-poisoning behavior may shed little useful light on the attitudes of normal the one with two legs, a trigger finger, and nominally a brain. Then there are the two quantifiable vigilante respons- people toward common problems. Frustrated by the failure of animal control officers to es to animal control problems: pet poisoning, and pet-related On the other hand, these phenomena are common respond to poop, trash, and trespassing issues in what a small homicide, which occurs or is attempted almost as often as a pit enough that career animal control personnel and humane work- but deadly percentage of complainants believe should be the bull terrier kills a person. ers are likely to encounter them; and they do represent the tip appropriate manner, some of these people take resolving their To be precise, ANIMAL PEOPLE has logged 123 of the iceberg as regards human tolerance of animal behavior. grievances into their own hands. instances of pet dogs killing a person since 1992, including 45 The anger that seethes out in the acts of a poisoner or rage- The outcome takes five typical forms. Three, how- killings by Rottweilers, 33 by pit bulls, and 45 by all other killer is more extreme in expression than in origin. Even many ever, are almost impossible to quantify: breeds combined. During the same years, ANIMAL PEO- people who love animals and would never harm an animal may • Common but difficult to distinguish from other cru- P L E has logged 51 instances of pet-related homicide and curse a blue streak if a pet repeatedly defecates in the wrong elty cases are instances in which a person with a grievance attempted homicide, which resulted in 32 human deaths. place, knocks over the trash, bites, interrupts sleep, or dam- shoots or otherwise kills the animal. Even when the killing is Pet poisoning occurs frequently enough that on April ages a treasured possession. witnessed, the ANIMAL PEOPLE files indicate that cases of 19, 2000, ANIMAL PEOPLE spent several hours in file- The difference in response between the petkeeper people shooting, stabbing, strangling, or bludgeoning a pet for searching and identified 423 then unsolved but still open pet who curses because of something his own animal just did and a stated reason pertaining to an animal control issue tend to be poisoning cases, which had occurred in 25 U.S. states and four the non-petkeeper who takes lethal vengeance may reflect, in complicated by other personal history involving the killer and Canadian provinces. The earliest case dated to 1994. The part, that the petkeeper also gets frequent emotional reinforce- the caretaker of the animal victim. Often the animal appears to known victims included 332 dogs and 91 cats. ment from the positive behavior of the pet. The non-petkeeper have become a surrogate for an interpersonal dispute having Returning to the topic of pet poisoning almost exactly encounters only the negative behavior, with no positive rein- origins in something other than animal behavior. two years later, ANIMAL PEOPLE identified 40 convicted forcement to offset it. • Common but difficult to recognize are instances of poisoners, including 32 men (80%) and eight women (20%), As ANIMAL PEOPLE editorially pointed out in a person capturing and dumping a neighbor’s pet somewhere. who were responsible for killing at least 38 dogs and 44 cats. October 1999, pet poisoning is a form of passive/aggressive The animal simply disappears. The disappearance may be Of the 28 poisoners whose age was identified, only one teenag- abuse, having much in common with animal-hoarding even attributed to wild predators, negligent caretaking, roadkill, or er was younger than 31. The median age was 50; the average though animal-hoarding is a superficially opposite behavior. any of many other reasons––and even if the animal is later was 51. The poison of preference was antifreeze, used in 80% Instead of controlling animals to the point of killing them by found in a shelter somewhere, there is rarely any way of know- of the cases. Various agricultural pesticides were used in all neglect, the pet poisoner attempts to control inanimate property. ing how the animal got there. but one of the remaining cases. Pet poisoners and animal hoarders tend to share an • More common than is generally recognized even Evident was that pet poisoning is overwhelmingly a exaggerated sense of territoriality, plus tendencies to be furtive among animal control professionals are cases of neighbors “sur- crime committed by older people with an extreme sense of ter- and covert, to imagine conspiracies against them, to practice rendering” others’ pets to shelters to be killed, pretending that ritoriality. Among the 28 perpetrators who stated a motive, detachment and denial about what they are doing, and to exhib- the pets are their own. nine killed dogs and/or cats for defecating in their yards, five it a sublimated but all-consuming fear of aging and death. Back when U.S. shelters were killing an annual aver- were upset by dogs and cats getting into their trash, three were Animal hoarders are typically people who accumulat- age of 115 animals per 1,000 Americans, circa 1970, shelter outraged by barking dogs, three were avenging themselves ed animals well before the onset of hoarding behavior, but fall personnel tended to believe that the seeming indifference of against neighbors who testified against them in court cases, into hoarding after the loss, usually through death, of a child, many people “surrendering animals” to near-certain death three were infuriated by cats leaving muddy tracks on vehicles, parent, spouse, or sibling. merely reflected “irresponsibility.” Though most of these ani- and one was trying to protect quail he was raising to hunt. Pet poisoners are typically people with time on their mals were presented as “found,” shelter workers knew this was Almost all of the poisonings were executed with clear hands to brood and nurture grievances, who typically acquired often untrue, because the animals seemed too familiar with the premeditation. cherished homes, yards, and cars while in their peak earning people. What was actually happening in many such cases, years, who have subsequently been downsized out of the jobs however, eluded analysis. Pet-related homicide that gave their lives meaning, or were otherwise forced into Now that the national per-1,000 killing rate has One individual was perpetrator of both a pet-related unwilling early retirement, or are economically insecure for dropped to 16.8, increasing numbers of shelters eager to lower homicide attempt and a pet poisoning case, both on the same other reasons. Like animal hoarders, they are deeply insecure. their killing totals further have begun instituting holding peri- evening. Otherwise, the identities and statistical profiles of the Unlike animal hoarders, but oddly enough like bored confined ods before dispatching either “owner-surrendered” or “found” perpetrators revealed little in common except the sense of exag- animals, they become obsessive about grooming––but instead dogs and cats, to see if the owners change their minds, and gerated territoriality. of grooming themselves until their fur falls out, they groom the have discovered that a surprisingly high percentage of these The 51 perpetrators of pet-related murder and possessions that define their lives’ accomplishments. animals––especially those who are young and healthy––were attempted murder, including 38 men and 13 women, had an Jealousy is often involved in all common forms of actually brought in by someone other than the owner, who average age of 36 and a median age of 37. Only eight were abuse, as the animal victims are associated with absent or unre- comes in later, looking for a “lost” pet. older than 50. sponsive human associates. This appears to be a factor in many The advent of microchipping dogs and cats for identi- All 51 murders and attempted murders appeared to animal hoarding cases, and in pet poisoning cases, in which fication is also leading to the detection of “surrenders” and occur in spontaneous explosions of rage––and in 25 of the 51 the poisoner often overtly expresses resentment of the affection “found” cases involving others’ pets. And seldom producing cases, the killer or attempted killer at least perceived the action lavished by the petkeeper on the animal victim. definitive answers, but often raising questions leading to fur- as a defensive response on behalf of a pet, against a person Symptomatic of the social alienation characterizing ther investigation, are surrender interviews which have become believed to have harmed or threatened the pet. In 15 cases the most pet poisoners is the impersonal and distant nature of their oriented toward gaining further information about an adoptable triggering event was that a pet was killed, injured, or stolen. attempt to dominate a place or situation without risking close animal, rather than toward shaming the individual for bringing In eight cases the killer or attempted killer retaliated aganst a involvement. The deeds of pet poisoners may seem sadistic, the animal to the shelter. neighbor for complaining to animal control about alleged bit- yet pet poisoners are not sadists in the classic sense, and may If the person surrendering the animal cannot answer ing, barking, running at large, pooping on the neighbor’s not wish to see the victim animals suffer, nor even wish to basic questions about reproductive status, vaccination, and property, or otherwise creating a nuisance. In two cases, one know they have died. They seem to prefer that death be neat previous veterinary care providers, something may be quite petkeeper killed another after their pets fought. and out of sight. Pet poisoners seem to derive a sense of power Among the cases in which the murderer or attempted from what they do, but seeing too much of the outcome murderer was the person with a grievance against an animal, appears to diminish rather than heighten their illusions. the triggering event in six instances was that the animal defecat- The most noteworthy of those illusions may be that ed on the property of the assailant. Barking was the triggering killing a particular animal will not only remove an immediate event in five instances. Biting was twice the triggering event. irritant, but will generally improve their sense of security and No other cause was cited more than once. quality of life. This illusion may well be shared, albeit to less- Pet poisoners and people who kill each other in er degree, by most people who call animal control after seeing tantrums over pet behavior represent the most extreme degree an animal acting like an animal within the one small space over of annoyance and frustration over what they which the human callers can claim dominion. ––M.C. believe to be unfairly neglected grievances. One could argue that because they IRONWOOD PIG SANCTUARY The Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is dedicated to Seeking Farm Manager for eliminating the suffering of pot bellied pigs in Arizona West Virginia animal sanctuary Applicants must love farm and and surrounding states by promoting spaying and domestic animals and have work experi- neutering, assisting owners ence caring for them in a sanctuary envi- and other sanctuaries, and ronment. 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Usually drug crimes and weapons Devito was jailed in lieu of posting bond of The pit bull thefts, plus the theft of crimes are involved, too.” $125,000. 14 alleged fighting cocks held as evidence at For example, Tallahassee Democrat As ANIMAL PEOPLE went to one shelter, drove the total number of reported staff writer James L. Rosica found in looking press, a Superior Court ruling was pending as thefts from shelters in 2001 to a record 108. up the criminal history of Arthur “Mo Jo” to whether or not the Devito dogs could be Already in 2002 ANIMAL PEO- Hutchinson, 45, of Family Circle, Florida, killed. Keeping them at the Rockingham P L E has received reports of 64 pet thefts in that in addition to the four felony charges of County shelter was costing taxpayers $10,000 apparent connection with dogfighting: 60 pit dogfighting, cocaine possession with intent to a month, prosecutor Jim Reams said. bulls, two Rottweilers, one boxer mix, and sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia one English bulldog. brought against him in November 2001, Dogs hard to shelter Less risky than stealing pit bulls, Hutchinson had been in trouble since 1975 for In Durham County, North Carolina, either from private owners or from shelters, is possession of a sawed-off shotgun, auto bur- district attorney Jim Hardin and animal control to adopt them from shelters under false pre- glary, auto theft, grand theft, robbery, and shelter director Dean Edwards estimated in tenses, sometimes by placing a gang member aggravated child abuse. He served nine years January 2002 that keeping seven pit bulls and inside a major shelter staff. Many large shel- in state prison on the child abuse charge. five puppies seized in a dogfighting raid 13 ters have been burned in this manner, includ- months earlier had cost taxpayers at least ing the Pennsylvania SPCA for a few months Criminal histories $40,000. The dogs were still alive because of in 1994. Already more experienced in dealing Pit bull at SHKD, Turkey. (Kim Bartlett) Repeated arrests for dogfighting are repeated postponements of the civil forfeiture with dogfighters than most humane societies, owned pet dogs logged by ANIMAL PEO- also common. Samson G. Pruitt, 28, of procedure. the Pennsylvania SPCA learned to be even P L E since 1982 (45%); 291 of the 747 life- Knightdale, North Carolina, was convicted in “People don’t realize how dangerous more careful in supervising new personnel. threatening attacks on children (39%); 223 of 1997 of marijuana possession and misde- these dogs are. They are very unpredictable,” the 372 life-threatening attacks on adults meanor cruelty to animals after police seized Edwards told Raleigh News & Observer s t a f f Bogus breed rescuers (60%); 51 of the 155 fatalities (33%); and 27 pit bulls from his home. Pruitt escaped a writer Barbara Barrett. Other shelters––and private citi- 336 of the 744 attacks resulting in disfigure- felony penalty conviction because the North The risk that alleged fighting dogs zens––have been duped into surrendering pit ment or disability (45%). Carolina felony penalty for dogfighting and pose to shelter personnel is considerable. One bulls to “breed rescue” organizations which Although the numbers of attacks attending dogfights was not introduced until pit bull named Hercules twice bit shelter work- turned out to be fronts for dogfighters. grew fivefold from 1992 through 2001, the the following year. Pruitt did eventually serve ers, Barrett wrote. Convicted in 1999 for directing a major dog- ratios from 1982 through 1991 were similar. a year in prison, however, for violating “The dogs are too dangerous for fighting ring in California, Cesar and The dogs inflicting those injuries parole. He was out of prison just seven playtime or outdoor exercise,” Barrett Mercedes Cerda, now 30 and 29, had a sup- were not trained to fight. Yet the behavior and months when arrested for felony cruelty, dog- explained––but lack of play and outdoor exer- ply and support network whose members stole physical strength leading to the disproportional baiting, and––again––possession of marijua- cise in turn makes them more hyperactive. at least 18 pit bulls held as evidence from shel- severity of those injuries is generally believed na. Sheriff’s deputies on November 1 seized Alleged fighting dogs are also noto- ters as the Cerdas awaited trial, reputedly to reflect the selective breeding of pit bulls for 81 pit bull terriers and a variety of reptiles rious for the amount of damage their strength included shelter employees, and also reputed- fighting, not just individual temperament and from Pruitt, including a baby Nile crocodile, enables them to do to shelter facilities. ly included links to two different pit bull res- background. a Gabon viper, three green tree pythons, a Accounts of impounded pit pulls tearing down cue groups. Police in several states have sub- Relatively few of the pit bulls enter- monitor lizard, and a Western diamondback chain link fences with their teeth and dislodg- sequently arrested self-described pit bull res- ing animal shelters have actually been seized rattlesnake. ing cement blocks by hurling their bodies cuers for allegedly supplying fighting rings, in in dogfighting raids, but investigators believe Drug-related crimes and/or homicide against walls in a fury at other dogs in a shelter cases all still pending before various courts. that only a very small percentage of dogfights have been among the charges filed in 56 of the are not uncommon. Christopher Devito, facing trial in are detected and raided by law enforcement, 257 most recent U.S. dogfighting cases known The highest price of keeping alleged New Hampshire, has claimed through his while a much higher percentage of the pit bulls to ANIMAL PEOPLE: 22%. But sales of fighting dogs in an animal shelter, however, attorney to be a pit bull rescuer, but the most found running at large, surrendered by own- illegal drugs are believed to be the major other than the price paid by the alleged fight- widely watched case of this sort is probably ers, or seized for other reasons are believed to source of money gambled on dogfights, ing dogs themselves, who are almost invari- that of former New Jersey resident Patricia have been used or trained for fighting. whether or not drugs are actually found on the ably killed, is paid by other dogs who are Edmondson, 45. Humane Society of the U.S. regional premises when arrests are made. This is why killed due to lack of cage space while the Edmondson formerly solicited dona- representative Sandy Rowlands, of Bowling the Office of the U.S. Attorney in February doomed alleged fighting dogs occupy cages for tions of pit bulls under the business names Green, Ohio, told Akron B e a c o n - J o u r n a l 2002 seized the home, pickup truck, two sta- months or years as their owners await trial–– Save-A-Pet and Pit Bull Rescue League and is staff writer Carol Biliczky that as many as tion wagons, and other property valued at a just one dog to a cage or run, to prevent fights. reportedly still representing herself as a pit bull 250,000 pit bulls may be fought each year in total of $700,000 from Christopher Devito, The Speer case cost the lives of at least 50 oth- rescuer in Pennsylvania. What exactly the U.S., but admitted that this is only a guess. 33, owner of Smiling Buddha Kennels in erwise adoptable dogs, according to observers Edmondson did with the pit bulls she collected The risk that any pit bull brought to a Newton, New Hampshire. in Pueblo. is still unknown, but almost all of them seem shelter may have been bred and trained for Assistant U.S. attorney Jean Weld Apart from the danger posed by the to have vanished. Edmondson was reportedly fighting increases the reluctance of shelter explained to reporters that federal law permits dogs, there is the risk that dogfighters will raid fined in December 2000 for improperly confin- managers to keep pit bulls any longer than nec- custodial seizure of assets in suspected drug a shelter, attempting to steal their dogs back, ing four pit bulls, and was sued in October essary, to try to house them with companions, cases ahead of filing criminal charges, to pre- which happens around a dozen times a year 2000 by seven people who had entrusted pit to allow volunteers to walk them, or to even vent suspects from disposing of assets or con- around the U.S., occasionally with inside help. bulls to her on the promise that they would be attempt to rehabilitate them for adoption. cealing them while charges are pending. As ANIMAL PEOPLE reported in adopted into new homes. With liability awards for fatal and Devito, 33, was charged with 37 January/February 2002, about half of all veri- In August 2001 Edmondson was severely disfiguring dog maulings now run- counts of cruelty in January 2002, after police fied dog and cat thefts in 2001 were in evident arraigned on 15 counts of theft by deception. ning in excess of $400,000, some shelters found 37 pit bulls, a bloodstained pit appar- connection with dogfighting, including about She declined an opportunity to plea-bargain a report being unable to get liability insurance if ently used for dogfighting, a treadmill, steroid 60 of the 68 solved cases of theft for alleged sentence of eight years in prison. Her attorney they adopt out pit bulls. Many more see the drugs allegedly used to make the dogs bigger violent abuse, and 61 other cases involving moved in March 2002 that the charges should proliferation of suspected fighting dogs, espe- and more aggressive, and $292,000 in unex- thefts of pit bull terriers who were held as evi- be dropped. A ruling is pending. cially pit bulls, as the biggest problem they Women are rarely involved in dog- face in achieving no-kill animal control. fighting: among 1,066 people arrested in con- Pennsylvania SPCA executive direc- nection with 257 dogfights and related inci- tor Eric Hendricks, in announcing the dents since 1997, just 19 were female. December 2000 decision of the Pennsylvania However, 16 of the 19 were either convicted of SPCA to relinquish the city animal control related felonies or were intimate associates–– contract effective on July 1, 2002, cited frus- wife, daughter, mother, or girlfriend––of at tration with the reluctance of the city council least one of the defendants who were convict- to adopt a breed-specific ordinance to curtail ed of felonies. All were allegedly involved the backyard reproduction of pit bulls and primarily with breeding, training, and procur- other “fighting” dogs. ing dogs, rather than in actually handling dogs Philadelphia paid the Pennsylvania in the ring. SPCA $790,000 to handle animal control in Three women are currently facing 2000-2001 under the current contract, but related felony charges. In Rochester, New Hendricks estimated the actual cost of the pro- York, Bam’s Pet Shop owner Bernita gram at several million dollars more. Hawkins, 37, was charged in March 2002 “We don’t have the resources to con- with practicing veterinary medicine for dog- tinue to subsidize animal control, nor do we fighters without a license. In Salt Lake City, have the desire to continue to simply process Tawnya Sutherland, 25, and Lynn Yakovich, thousands of animals on their way to death,” 21, were charged with training dogs to fight, Hendricks told Philadelphia Daily News s t a f f Pit bull terrier mixes at the Humane Society of the Desert. (Kim Bartlett) a rarity not only because they are women but writer Gloria Campisi. also because their case is the first in Salt Lake The Pennsylvania SPCA killed 3,500 New Mexico pound worker breeds pit bulls City to be prosecuted under the 1987 state law pit bulls in 2000, 4,000 in 1999, and 3,200 in AZTEC, New Mexico– – A m o n g reform advocate Marcy Britton soon pointed that made dogfighting a felony in Utah. 1998, Hendricks said. Many of the dogs were the more incongruous personal histories of out, the session did not include “formal, cer- suspected veterans of illegal fighting. which ANIMAL PEOPLE has lately heard tified and official euthanasia training.” Pit bulls preferred The Pennsylvania SPCA experience in the animal control field is that of Aztec On October 26, meanwhile, Of the 3,444 dogs seized most is not unique. Rochester Animal Services, in Animal Shelter employee Kristen Valencia. Valencia surrendered to the Aztec Animal recently in U.S. fighting-related cases, 15 upstate New York, noted that the 1,600 pit On October 10, 2001, Valencia Shelter an adult pit bull terrier who had were identified as pedigreed Staffordshire ter- bulls it handled in 1998 were 60% of the total was reportedly one of two witnesses who attacked a neighbor’s beagle and bit the riers; 12 were Rottweilers; two were German volume of dogs it received. The number of pit affirmed an anonymous written allegaton to neighbor. The pit bull was quarantined for 10 shepherds; two were boxers; and one was a bull bites reported to Rochester Animal Animal Protection of New Mexico cruelty days and then killed. mastiff. All the rest were identified as pit bull Services had doubled since 1994. inspector Michele Rokke that Aztec Animal Valencia had bred and sold pit bulls terriers or mixes of pit bull with imported Chicago police officer Steve Shelter personnel improperly killed animals for at least four years. “fighting” breeds such as the Presa Canario, Brownstein, assigned to investigate dogfight- with inanesthetized intracardiac injections. In December 2001 Valencia was Fila Brasiero, and Japanese tosa. ing in May 1999 as a one-person task force, Rokke recommended remedial fined $500 and sentenced to serve 90 days in Pit bulls, especially of unknown his- seized 700 fighting dogs and made 200 arrests training. On October 30, the Aztec Animal jail for failing to fence her kennel, suspended tory, were problematic for animal shelters during the next 18 months. Shelter sent Valencia and coworker Lauren on condition that a fence was built. even before the dogfighting boom. Cleveland impounded 536 pit bulls Gardner to a three-day training event spon- Britton has called for a grand jury Excluding fighting dogs and guard in 1999, 621 in 2000, and nearly 700 in 2001. sored by Animal Protection of New Mexico. probe of Aztec Animal Shelter operations. dogs, pit bulls kept as pets have accounted for Akron, where a 1989 pit bull ban held the However, as Albuquerque shelter 612 of the 1,354 life-threatening attacks by (continued on page 19) ANIMA L P EOPLE, May 2002 - 19 Fewer fighters, more dogs (from 18) U.S. animal fighting, 1997-2002 average number of pit bulls impounded down upgraded to a third degree felony, carrying a to about 50 per year throughout the 1990s, mandatory year in jail for anyone convicted Dogfighting reportedly impounded close to 500 in 2001. and allowing for sentences of up to five years Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 to 3/31_____ Milwaukee animal control received in jail. Currently, first-time offenders in Ohio Major busts 11 24 54 66 75 27 [projects to 108] 1,477 pit bulls in 2001, of whom 265 (18%) and most other states get only probation. Related drugs/homicide 3 9 13 12 16 6 [projects to 24] were impounded during drug raids. Other statewide anti-dogfighting task People involved 76 136 237 297 282 40 [projects to 160] Denver impounded 371 pit bulls in forces have formed in recent years, have Dogs seized 95 365 791 896 869 428 [projects to 1,612] 2001, and had already impounded 111 through begun sharing information about cases and March 6, 2002. suspects, and in some cases have produced Felony convictions 1 2 7 25 18 14 [projects to 42] “Every year for the past few years evidence enabling the USDA Animal and Plant there has been a substantial increase in the Health Inspection Service to bring Animal Cockfighting number of pit bulls we are getting,” Denver Welfare Act charges against suspects who sell Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 to 3/31_____ animal control shelter director Doug Kelley dogs for fighting across state lines without Major busts 10 15 18 19 35 20 [projects to 80] told Rocky Mountain News staff writer Brian possession of Class A or B dealers’ permits. Related drugs/homicide 0 6 6 3 5 3 [projects to 12] D. Crecente. There are signs that as law enforce- People involved 350 498 389 874 1508 460 [projects to 11,840] A national surge in dogfighting ment becomes more effective in responding to Birds seized 725 763 1023 876 7995 1759 [projects to 7,036] became apparent in 1998, as the number of dogfighting, the surge of recent years may major cases and people arrested both approxi- crest. Notably, while the numbers of arrests Felony convictions 0 0 3 9 0 1 [projects to 42] mately doubled, and the number of dogs and dog seizures during the first three months A “major bust” for the purposes of this table is defined as any police seizure or arrest seized nearly quadrupled. All the numbers of 2001 predict new records, the numbers of of any size that was recognized as newsworthy by local news media. This definition is used approximately doubled again in 1999, before people actually found at dogfights and dog- because we have no practicable way of tracking the volume of activity which goes unreported, leveling off somewhat in 2000-2001. But the fight training facilities are down by 43%. and because excluding cases simply because they involve relatively low numbers of animals or surge was already apparent by 1996 in inner In addition, more raids on breeders alleged perpetrators might miss important trends––such as the apparent decline of casual cities, including Detroit, where the number of and trainers seems to be translating into fewer street-corner dogfighting in 2002, even as the number of “major busts” is up 33% and the dogfights reported to the Michigan Humane cases of street corner dogfighting. Among 195 average number of dogs seized per case has almost doubled from 2001. Society doubled from 1995. dogfighting arrests logged by ANIMAL PEO- PLE from 1999 through 2001, 59 appeared to Cracking down involve casual street corner fighting, as The good news is that law enforce- opposed to fights arranged in an organized Cockfighting tripled in five years ment is becoming increasingly serious about semi-professional manner. Dogfights of that WASHINGTON D.C.––The num- (23% of recent dogfighting cases overlap stopping dogfighting, especially as recogni- sort have either dropped out of the news in ber of reported U.S. cockfighting arrests has drug offenses and homicide). tion spreads about the links among dogfighting 2002 or have markedly declined in frequency. more than tripled in five years, a review of However, the locations of illegal illegal drug trafficking, gambling, domestic Fads and trends typically follow a ANIMAL PEOPLE file data has discovered. cockfighting activity tend to closely coincide violence, prison gang activity, and––especial- trajectory from obscurity to prominence that The number of fighting cocks with the major regions for poultry growing ly in the South and Pacific Northwest––rem- attracts big investment followed by profession- seized by law enforcement is up tenfold. and slaughter––especially in the Southeast nants of the Ku Klux Klan. alization of the money-making opportunities. Law enforcement agencies through- and lower Midwest. A wake-up call for North Carolina As the professionals take over, amateurs quit, out the nation are anxiously looking toward Cockfighting as a spectator sport law enforcement came in July 2001 when a and the support base for the activity erodes. the 2002 Farm Bill for help, as an amend- appears to thrive on the presence of a large Lee County jury convicted Gaston Williamson This may have happened to dog- ment approved by the House of Represent- poorly educated workforce including many Jr., of dogfighting, but a local judge let him fighting. The professional dogfighters who atives in October 2001 and by the Senate in men with wages to bet and no nearby family. walk with a suspended sentence and allowed have dominated the activity since the com- February 2002 could bring federal aid by out- Gamecock breeders appear to do best in him to reclaim and sell 152 pit bull terriers bined opposition of author Jack London and lawing the interstate transportation of fighting regions where purchasing poultry supplies seized in a March 2001 raid that also found 2.5 Massachusetts SPCA founder George Angell cocks. As ANIMAL PEOPLE went to and equipment do not attract attention. pounds of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, drove it out of respectable sporting newspapers press, however, cockfighting lobbyists and Although the cockfighting explo- $2,300 in cash, and 31 firearms including pis- early in the 20th century have apparently members of Congress from New Mexico, sion of recent years coincides to some extent tols, shotguns, and semi-automatic rifles. reclaimed control, through their traditional Oklahoma, and Louisiana were reportedly with the growing reliance of the U.S. poultry Called “The Undertaker,” Williamson, 60, alliances with illicit distillers, backwoods pro- still trying to strip the anti-cockfighting industry on immigrant labor, it coincides at reportedly fought dogs as far away as Texas ducers of methamphetamines and marijuana, amendment from the reconciled Farm Bill least as much with the increasing concentra- and sold pit bull puppies to suspected fighters car theft rings, prison gangs, and in inner that was expected to go before the House and tion of the poultry industry in the Carolinas, from California to the Virgin Islands. cities, the crack cocaine trade. The street cor- Senate for final approval perhaps as early as Arkansas, Missouri, and other areas where The Lee County Sheriff’s Depart- ner dogfighters of a few years ago may have April 25. cockfighting was already prevalent. ment and Wake County Animal Control either gained entry into the professional inner Cockfighting is now illegal in 47 responded by forming a statewide dogfighting circle, or been driven out. states, with New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Hawaii task force that first met on January 11, 2002. There is more dogfighting going on, Louisiana the only exceptions, but cockfight- Hawaii is something of a special The 12-member Ohio Dog Fighting and more gambling money in it now, than ers throughout the nation pretend to be merely case, in that Hawaii has never had a large Task Force, formed in August 2001 under the ever before. Certainly there are more dogs. breeding birds for sale to fighters in the three commercial poultry industry and has not had direction of state department of agriculture law But there are markedly fewer casual partici- legal states. Consequently, most people much low-paid and poorly educated immi- enforcement chief Jim Hoekstra, recommend- pants and spectators who have only to walk up caught at cockfighting raids pay only token grant labor since Chinese and Japanese work- ed in April 2002 that dogfighting should be to be invited to place a bet. ––M.C. fines for being found on the premises of an ers were imported by the thousand to work on illegal activity––if they receive any penalty at pineapple plantations during the early years all––and only 13 gamecock breeders and of the 20th century. However, cockfighting trainers have been convicted of related felony caught on among both the immigrants and the charges during the past five years. native Hawaiian community, and has persist- Cockfighting benefits as well from ed as a common but illegal pursuit among a widespread view that it is less a crime than several generations of decendants. a remnant of rural culture. Cockfighters tend The Hawaiian Humane Society to fall into four distinct ethnic categories: pushed a bill to introduce a felony penalty for Hispanic men of Caribbean or Mexican back- cockfighting and the possession or manufac- ground, who currently account for about two- ture of cockfighting equipment in the spring thirds of all the participants who are arrested; 2002 legislative session, but state house judi- Caucasians from the rural South, who tend to ciary committee chair Eric Hamakawa (D- be older; Southeast Asian immigrants; and South Hilo/Puna) pledged to kill it, six weeks Hawaiians, mostly of Asian descent. after the Animal News Center Inc. of New Twenty-three cockfighting cases York City incorrectly reported that the bill since 1998, 16% of the major cases prosecut- had become law. The “victory” was widely ed, have also involved drug possession and touted on the Internet and in activist newslet- sales, drug trafficking, or homicide. The ters whose editors failed to fact-check. association of cockfighting with drug crimes Bills to legalize cockfighting and violence is somewhat less than the associ- cleared Hawaii legislative committees in both ation of dogfighting with similar offenses Fighting chicken farm, Waimanala, Hawaii. (Carroll Cox) The 2002 ANIMAL PEOPLE Watchdog Report on 101 Animal Protection Charities goes to press this month! Get the background you need to make your donations most effective: $20, c/o ANIMAL PEOPLE, P.O. Box 960, Clinton, WA 98236. YES! I’M AN ____Please enter my subscription for one year (10 issues.) Enclosed is $24. ANIMAL PERSON! ____Please enter my subscription for two years (20 issues.) Enclosed is $38. ____Please enter my subscription for three years (30 issues.) Enclosed is $50. ____Please send additional subscriptions as gifts to the addresses I have listed below or on a separate sheet. 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Box 960, Clinton, WA 98236-0960 20 - ANIMA L PEOPLE, May 2002 Feral cats, “gophers,” & Canadian politics of cruelty TORONTO, OTTAWA– – C o n - defleshed carcasses at the Royal Ontario ernment assistance.” vincing Ontario Court Judge Ted Ormston that Museum to help prepare taxidermy exhibits–– The dog massacres coincided with their intent was to produce an artistic statement all demonstrating a macabre fascination with intensive mineral exploration in the Far North, about slaughtering animals for meat, two men death and dismemberment. and with a series of largely failed schemes to who videotaped themselves as they slowly tor- “Clearly his behavior was escalat- relocate the Inuit to southern Canada. tured a cat to death walked free on April 18. ing,” White said. “We are taking a huge risk St. Julien did not mention C-15B, Anthony Wennekers, 25, was sen- in letting him out––a risk we should not take.” but Inuit hunters, trappers, sealers, and tenced to the time in jail he had already served whalers have been anxious about the implica- since his June 2001 arrest. Jesse Power, 22, Hoping for C-15B tions of the bill for their traditional way of life reportedly the son of two wealthy Montreal Canadian animal advocates hoped on the one hand, and on the other have often artists, drew 90 days in jail to be served on that evident public outrage over the light sen- asked rhetorically why animal advocates did Prairie dog. (Robert L. Harrison) weekends, plus house arrest and three years tence would help boost the long-stalled federal not campaign on behalf of their dogs as vigor- in the same region) to the judges. on probation. bill C-15B to passage, updating the 110-year- ously as they have against hunting, trapping, The Saskatoon and Canadian The Power sentence was arranged to old national anti-cruelty law by increasing the sealing, and whaling. Wildlife Federations have no official funding enable him to continue studies at the Ontario penalties for animal abuse, providing a felony In fact, and not necessarily by coin- or governance relationship with the U.S.-based College of Art and Design. penalty for repeat offenses, and allowing cidence, the dog massacres were halted at National Wildlife Federation, but they are Reported Nancy Carr of Canadian humane societies to charge the owners of almost exactly the same time that major inter- closely parallel organizations. Both distribute Press, “For 15 minutes the men and one other, abused animals for costs incurred to restore the national animal protection organizations dis- the NWF-developed Project Wild outdoor edu- who remains at large, hung a cat by the neck; animals to health. covered sealing as an issue, after about 20 cation kit to schoolrooms and send the NWF slit her throat; stabbed, kicked, and skinned The idea that animal life should be years of sporadic campaigning by concerned magazine International Wildlife to donors. her; plucked out her eye with a dental tool; better respected in government policy got a individuals and smaller organizations. The National Wildlife Federation and ripped off her ear with pliers.” boost on April 18 from Guy St. Julien, has solicited funds on behalf of saving prairie The activity commenced after the Member of Parliament for St. Julien, Nunavik, Gopher derby dogs since 1998, and has petitioned to have men ingested jimson weed, a plant with hallu- who apologized to Inuit leaders in lieu of an But C-15B, introduced by Liberal blacktailed prairie dogs listed as “threatened” cinatory properties. official Canadian government apology for justice minister Anne McMillan, is bitterly under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It has “There are worse ways that this cat Canadian and Quebec governments extermina- opposed by the Progressive Conservative and not commented on the gopher derby. could have died,” Ormston told the court- tion campaigns against sled dogs, 1950-1975. Canadian Alliance Parties. The Liberal Party The CWF told Crosland on April 18 room. “I find that the cat died a cruel death at Explained Jane George of the is dominant in Quebec, with scattered strength that “The views expressed by many Canadians the hands of these men, but I do not find it Nunatsiaq News, “The dogs were shot ostensi- elsewhere, but the Progressive Conservatives and CWF supporters about the Saskatoon was the worst offense.” bly to control canine diseases such as rabies are dominant in the Maritime provinces which gopher derby raise issues that are not covered Ormston ruled that the deeds were and distemper, and also to reduce numbers of practice seal hunting, and the Canadian within our existing policy.” “misguided” rather than criminally intended. loose dogs in fledgling communities in the Alliance is strong in the west. Saskatoon Wildlife Federation busi- Toronto Humane Society spokesper- Baffin region and in northern Quebec. Until Although C-15B includes strong ness manager Len Jabush told Darren son Amy White disagreed, pointing out to snow machines became common many years exemptions for cruelties committed by farm- Bernhardt of the Saskatoon S t a r - P h o e n i x t h a t reporters that Power had already videotaped later, hunters with no dog teams had trouble ers, Member of Parliament Roy Bailey (CA- he “politely told Crosland to piss off.” himself killing and eating a chicken as an “art” providing their families with food, and quick- Saskatchewan) on March 20 called it, “unoffi- Saskatchewan SPCA investigations project, worked at a slaughterhouse, and ly became dependent upon handouts and gov- cially a declared war on agriculture,” while coordinator Dave Long meanwhile told Sean Nova Scotia MP Gerald Keddy (PC-Nova Pratt of The Western Producer that he received Busting an abuser? Get a warrant! Scotia) asserted that it “clearly pits rural 198 complaints about farmers starving or oth- Canada against urban Canada.” erwise neglecting livestock during the last nine RALEIGH, N.C.––The North es were found dead in the same field. Bailey and fellow Canadian Alliance months of 2001, up from 100 during the last Carolina Court of Appeals on April 16 threw Circuit Judge Hubert Lindsay of MPs Rob Anders, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Voc nine months of 2000. Long attributed the out six cruelty convictions against Carolyn West Palm Beach, Florida, delivered another Toews escalated their opposition, regaling the increase in complaints to the effects of a pro- Nance of Rowan County because county ani- recent reminder of the importance of obtain- House of Commons with anecdotes about longed drought. mal control officers seized her six horses in ing valid search warrants, ruling on shooting, poisoning, and bludgeoning Winter drought tends to increase the December 1998 without a warrant. December 12, 2001 that the warrant used to Richardson’s ground squirrels, after Sinikka population of burrowing species like The county contended that no war- arrest two alleged dogfighters and 60 specta- Crosland of Westbank, British Columbia, Richardson’s ground squirrels and prairie dogs rant was necessary because the horses were in tors in a July 2000 raid by the Palm Beach called for a boycott of tourism to Sask- because fewer drown in their dens after spring imminent jeopardy and were clearly visible County Sheriff’s Office was invalid because atchewan in protest against the Ken Turcot snowmelt. But the tunneling activity of from public property. However, three days the sheriff’s office did not get a required judi- Memorial Gopher Derby. Crosland is chair of ground squirrels and prairie dogs also helps elapsed between when the horses were first cial waiver of a provision of the state privacy the Committee for Compassionate Living grasslands to recover quickly from drought, seen and when they were taken. law which mandates that warrants in animal within Canadian Health Action Professionals. by creating networks of small, near-the-sur- “Clearly, obtaining a warrant cruelty cases must be served during daylight. The gopher derby is sponsored by face defacto reservoirs. When rain does fall, would not have presented an impracticable Among the arrestees were two off- the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation, an affiliate the burrowing animals’ many passages convey delay,” wrote Judge Patricia Timmons- duty Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies of the Canadian Wildlife Federation. Started water underground for safe storage among the Goodson. who were fired but later won reinstatement. on April 1, it is to continue until June 23. The grassroots. Much of the water would other- Also seized in the December 1998 The improper warrant service winner is to be the person who submits the wise create flashfloods, cause soil erosion, raid was a horse who later died from the meant that all charges filed as result of the most tails of Richardson ground squirrels and and then evaporate before sinking in where effects of prolonged malnutrition. Two hors- raid were thrown out. blacktailed prairie dogs (a close relative found HANGIN’ JUDGE ROY BEAN “JUSTICE” PREVAILS IN TEXAS FOR FERAL CATS WACO, Texas– – C i r c a Baylor University pitcher Derek ted, prosecutor Crawford Long 1996 found East Bernard High improve the Texas cruelty statute. 1883, Val Verde County justice of Brehm, 21, innocent of misde- dropped cruelty charges against School baseball players Britt Sensat, the peace Roy Bean, “The Law meanor cruelty for admittedly shoot- Bowers, since the evidence against Danny L. Crane, and Ryan Walters, West of the Pecos,” ruled at one of ing a cat named Queso with a pellet him was the same. plus a juvenile, all guilty of cruelty the most infamous trials in U.S. his- gun on the patio of a Taco Cabana Either a “guilty” or “not for tying a feral cat named Tiger tory that “There ain’t no law in the restaurant in March 2001, battering guilty” finding could have been a inside a feed bag, beating her with state of Texas against killing a the cat with a golf club, and then problematic precedent. Practitioners their bats, driving over the carcass, Chinaman.” decapitating him, skinning his head. of neuter/return feral cat control and tossing the remains into a creek. That verdict was recalled Defense attorney Ross became concerned as the case devel- The case that Tiger was an on March 19 in Waco when a Hunt convinced the jury that the oped that a conviction might have owned animal was weaker, since McLennan County jury decided that Texas anti-cruelty statute does not established a precedent that anyone she had several different feeders, there is no law in the state of Texas apply to feral cats because it defines who takes responsibility for the none of whom fed her every day. against killing a feral cat, no matter “animal” as a domesticated or cap- well-being of a cat is an owner. This Brehm and Bowers were how it is done. tured creature, to avoid application in turn might have exposed people both suspended from the Baylor The three-man, three- to hunters and trappers. who release feral cats after steriliza- baseball team for eight games. woman jury deliberated for just 55 Hunt argued that Taco tion to abandonment charges. Brehm was dropped from the base- minutes before finding former Cabana night manager Teresa Jones From March through May ball team after a September 2001 had not domesticated or captured 1994, Humane Society of the U.S. arrest for drunk driving. He lost his Queso, although she did feed and general counsel Roger A. Kindler scholarship to attend Baylor as result Hit them with name him. and field representatives Kate Rindy of that offense, did 50 hours of Hunt also asserted that and Jim Tedford (now executive community service at the Waco ani- a 2-by-4! Queso was not tortured because, director of the Lollypop Farm mal shelter for the drunk driving Hunt claimed, Queso must have Humane Society in Rochester, New charge, and then transferred to the More than 30,000 been dead after he was shot, even York) did attempt to initiate a prose- University of Texas at Arlington. Isolation is the worst cruelty people who care about though Jones said Queso was still cution of the Outer Banks Bowers is still attending Baylor, but to a dog. Thousands of alive w"THEYhen Brehm HAV and foErm er Spay/Neuter Fund of Kitty Hawk, is no longer playing baseball. animals will read dogs endure lives not worth Baylor outfielder Clint Bowers, 22, North Carolina, for allegedly aban- Dallas attorney and NO VOICE - living, on the ends of chains, this 2-by-4" ad. drove him away to hit him with the doning feral cats. Animal Legal Defense Fund presi- in pens, in sheds, garages golf cluTb–HEY–to ma kHAVEe sure he w as In a closely parallel Texas dent Robert “Skip” Trimble told and basements. Who is We'll let you have it dead, again by their own admission. case, however, Wharton County reporters that the Queso case exem- NO CHOICE" doing something about this? for just $56––or $126 After Brehm was acquit- Judge Lawrence Naiser in April plifies the need to update and Every year in Korea, countless for three issues–– Animal Advocates cats are boiled alive and over a is! or $375 for a year. Classified Cats gives you million dogs are slaughtered to See how at the power to keep cats out make “health” food. To help end Then you can let www.animaladvocates.com. of shelters. See how at these atrocities, please contact: them have it. Sign the petition. Join our Intl. Aid for Korean cause. Read our "Happy It's the only 2-by-4 to use in Endings" stories of dogs res- Animals the battle for public opinion. cued from lives of misery, Korea Animal and the laws we've had Protection Soc. ANIMAL PEOPLE passed. Copy and use our POB 20600 ground-breaking report into Oakland, CA 94620 360-579-2505 the harm that isolation does ANIMA L PEOPLE, May 2002 - 21 Bad spring for seals 100 Birds & How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells, illustrated by Lauren Jarrett ST. JOHN’S, Newfound- Lawrence drove the average “Grade l a n d ––Northeastern Newfoundland A” pelt price to $71.70, from $35 in Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (708 Broadway, New York, NY 10003), 2002. sealers in mid-April 2002 reported 2001 and just $13 in 2000, while 297 pages, hardcover. $18.95. their most profitable seal hunt in strong ice conditions in the Gulf of decades, while sealers from the west Newfoundland enabled the northeast- The title 100 Birds & How They Got Their believed they were cocks of India: coq d’Inde, which of Newfoundland, the Magdalen ern Newfoundland offshore sealers to Names is somewhat misleading, because only a small became d’Indon, and then the modern term dindon. Islands, Prince Edward Island, New kill almost the entire 2002 quota of part of each of Diana Wells’ species entries actually Eating turkeys was slow to catch on, due to Brunswick, and Labrador were all 275,000 harp seals themselves. concerns how or why the likes of the booby, goat- a belief that because turkeys’ main defense is flight, but excluded from the killing. As of April 20, 249,000 sucker, and titmouse came to be identified as they are. eating them might inspire cowardice. Wells resists Ice failed to form over seal pelts had been landed, with 25 At that, some of the entries could be disput- conjecture about any relationship between the Puritan much of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, days remaining in the season if any ed, as Wells consistently favors descriptive origins opposition to military service and their role in relegat- and melted early where it did form, quota remained unfilled. over the onamatopoeic, even when the onamatopoeic ing turkeys to the status of poultry. drowning thousands of newborn harp Despite the potentially cata- explanation is seemingly obvious. Wells insists, for Under other headings, Wells points out that seals whose remains washed ashore in strophic reproductive failure of the instance, that the titmouse is named “from the Old though the starling is maligned for an allegedly western Newfoundland. Gulf of St. Lawrence seal herd and Icelandic titr, meaning ‘small,’ and the Anglo-Saxon unmelodious song, among other reasons, the compos- “In five days of flying over lethal impact of concentrating the mase, ‘small bird,’” though she concedes that, “The er Wolfgang Mozart bought one as a pet in 1784 the entire region, we haven’t been hunt in the Gulf of Newfoundland, chickadee’s name is onomatopoeic, from the sound of because he so admired the song. able to spot a single seal pup. Usually the Canadian Fisheries Resource its call; the Cherokee Indians called it tsikililt.” Hummingbirds, we are told, were believed there are 200,000 to 300,000 harp Conservation Council, an industry The titmouse makes a similar sound and by the Mayans to be made from the scraps left over seals born in the Gulf of St. advisory group, on April 17 called scurries through the brush like a mouse––but Wells after the creation of all the other birds. Lawrence,” marine biologist and for killing even more seals, whom it claims “Tits are sometimes called tomtits, although Many anecdotes are told about the ornitholo- Canadian director of the International blamed for the failure of overfished their call is often described as sounding like ‘Peter, gists who named many bird species. Wells rightly Fund for Animal Welfare Rick Smith cod stocks to recover despite the vir- Peter, Peter.’” hints that John Audubon was a trigger-happy philan- told Boston Globe reporter Colin tual closure of the Atlantic Canada Explaining name origins is among Wells’ derer, but seems more appreciative of Thomas Nuttall, Nickerson in late March. cod fishery since 1994. motifs, but 100 Birds & How They Got Their Names who used his gun mainly as a tool to dig up plants he “This could spell devasta- Until the cod stocks col- is actually more a cultural history. Among the more meant to take home, and choked the barrel with mud tion for the population,” Smith pre- lapsed, forcing the closure, the fish- revealing entries, coming just a page after the discus- on one occasion just as his whole expedition was sud- dicted, “not only in the Gulf but off ing industry and Canadian Depart- sion of tits, is the entry for the turkey. Apparently denly surrounded by hostile Native Americans. He [the east of] Newfoundland, where ment of Fisheries and Oceans consis- turkeys from the New World were introduced to Spain did, however, live to tell the tale. the hunt may become even more tently overestimated the numbers of circa 1511, but “were confused with guinea fowl, Agree or disagree with Wells’ linguistic con- intense to compensate.” cod left to be caught, setting unsus- which have the same flecked plumage and had already tentions, 100 Birds & How They Got Their Names is Smith was right about that. tainably high cod quotas from the been imported from Asia.” Somehow the English mis- fun, easily read either at a sitting or an entry or two The lack of seals in the Gulf of St. very start of fisheries regulation. assumed turkeys came from Turkey, while the French per day. ––M.C. Best Friends for Life: Humane housing for animals and people Doris Day Animal League (227 Mass. Ave. NE, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20002), 2002. 40 pages, paperback. $2.95. The price of Best Friends for Life is certainly right: vociferousness of pit bull terrier advocates, it categorically range. Hardly anyone has any difficulty accepting that posses- individual copies are free. Ordering is quick and easy: call opposes any sort of breed-specific restrictions on dog-keeping. sion of a cat large enough to kill and eat people and other pets 202-546-1761, or send an e-mail to . States a sidebar, “The MSPCA believes that breed- of normal size should be regulated differently from felis domes - Jointly published by the Doris Day Animal League specific bans are not an effective way to control dangerous or t i c u s, because a cat that big is usually a lion, a tiger, or a and the Massachusetts SPCA, Best Friends for Life u p d a t e s aggressive dogs. A breed ban does not impact dogs of other puma, each clearly a different species. Domestic dogs, how- and greatly expands a manual originally issued in 1996. The breeds that may be dangerous.” ever, range from teacup poodles smaller than most housecats first edition covered only the right of disabled people to keep This is disingenuous, because dogs of breeds which up to Great Danes, who stand higher than any cat and can out- pets in federally assisted housing. The first half of this edition frequently kill and maim people and other animals in their first weigh a puma. revisits that subject, adding discussion of recent relevant court known biting incidents are inherently more potentially danger- To confuse matters further, although all reputedly cases. The second half presents information useful to any ten- ous than dogs of breeds which rarely if ever kill or maim any- dangerous dog breeds are large, size per se is not their distin- ant, any landlord, and any organization which deals with the one––just as any loaded gun is inherently more potentially dan- guishing trait. Presa Canarios and mastiffs are near the upper problems associated with keeping pets in rental housing. gerous than an unloaded gun or no gun, no matter how careful- end of the size range, but many breeds which rarely kill or One of the organizations that compiled Best Friends ly the gun is kept locked away. injure anyone, such as St. Bernards, are typically much bigger for Life, the MSPCA, has long been among the most success- Further, the existence of breed-specific regulation, than pit bulls, Rottweilers, and wolf hybrids. ful innovators in opening rental housing to petkeeping tenants. whether in a city or in a duplex, does not preclude also enforc- As many legal and philosophical problems as these It offers landlord/tenant advice that worked in Massachusetts, ing a “comprehensive pet policy banning all dangerous or facts pose, however, they no more mean that landlords––and with a nod to the even more ambitious and successful pet- aggressive animals,” of any breed or species, as the MSPCA legislators––should treat all dogs as if they were the same than friendly housing initiatives of the San Francisco SPCA. and Best Friends for Life recommend instead. The two con- the fact that lions, tigers, and pumas can also be trained to use The other compiling organization, the Doris Day cepts are not mutually exclusive. a litter box means that they should be regulated like f e l i s Animal League, is among the national groups with the longest Best Friends for Life is correct in noting that in legal d o m e s t i c u s . There are inherent differences among breeds of involvement in support of neuter/return feral cat population terms, “pit bull terrier has proven to be particularly difficult to dog, just as among species of cat, which as a matter of com- control, and shares much information from that perspective. define because it is used to describe many types of dogs, some mon sense must be recognized and taken into account. As feral cats are not mentioned in most other manuals of which vary widely in appearance and size.” The alternative is to continue to pretend that it is mere about animals and landlords, yet are perhaps the second most This does not mean, however, that a landlord should happenstance that pit bulls for 20 consecutive years have frequent cause of landlord/tenant conflict, after barking dogs, be given the implied choice of either accepting all dogs except accounted for approximately half of all the life-threatening and this addition––though containing nothing new to veteran cat those individuals somehow officially deemed aggressive, or no fatal dog attacks in the U.S. and Canada, Rottweilers have rescuers––is timely and necessary. dogs––especially considering that landlords are liable for accounted for approximately 25%, and the other 95% of the Best Friends for Life offers no specific information injuries occurring on their property, and have often been sued dog population has accounted for the remainder. Neither about the peculiarities of keeping exotic predators, birds, rep- for the conduct of tenants’ dogs. German shepherds, Dobermans, chows, Akitas, huskies, nor tiles, fish, and hooved animals in rental accommodations. One such case before the courts right now resulted any other breed has ever approached doing a comparable level Few other publications do, either. Relevant sections could be from the failure of a San Francisco landlord to evict two Presa of mayhem, regardless of propensity to inflict non-life-threat- added to future editions, as the ANIMAL PEOPLE files indi- Canarios named Bane and Hera from the apartment of Robert ening bites––but a reasonable case can be made that any breed cate that among the kinds of animals-in-housing conflicts most Noel and Marjorie Knoller. In January 2001, Bane and Hera of high bite risk should logically be housed with greater care likely to blow up into lawsuits or other public incidents are killed neighboring tenant Diane Whipple. than breeds which rarely bite. neighbors’ discoveries of lions, tigers, wolf hybrids, and other Even should the landlord prevail, as landlord The idea behind pretending that all dogs are equal is large predators in rented property; birds making noise at dawn; Harrison Aldrich did in a similar case decided on January 30 by supposedly to save pit bull terriers, Rottweilers, et al f r o m flies attracted by bird excrement; snakes escaping into other the Maine Supreme Court, the landlord must still bear the “breed discrimination,” and thereby to save their lives. This is people’s apartments; fish tanks breaking or overflowing; and stress and expense of fighting liability claims, and may lose not working. Forcing landlords and communities into “all noise and mess associated with keeping large hooved animals insurance coverage if the insurer decides that winning or losing, dogs” or “no dogs” choicemaking has not in the least dimin- in small back yards. The conflicts typically result from a com- the landlord is incurring unacceptable economic risk by accept- ished the numbers of pit bulls and Rottweilers killed in animal bination of irresponsibility on the part of the tenants, objec- ing certain types of dog, big dogs, or any dogs. shelters, which have soared even as killing of all other dogs tions from neighbors, and landlords who readily accept a ten- has plummeted. However, this pretense is causing tens of ant with an unusual pet if the price is right, but are equally Landlord options thousands and perhaps hundreds of thousands of other dogs to quick to evict if reminded of a potential liability. Insurers are at liberty to set breed-restrictive policies, be killed because rented homes are closed to them, whose The major weakness of Best Friends for Life is that and often do. Landlords are at liberty to change insurers, but doors might be open if the landlords were allowed to say, for philosophical reasons, and perhaps in deference to the in practice, that is not easily done in many areas, and landlords “German shepherds, yes, if well behaved and kept under con- are rarely at legal liberty to be uninsured. Therefore, the rental trol; pit bulls no,” because pit bulls who kill someone were policy choice is often between “all dogs” and “no dogs.” often well-behaved––perhaps better behaved than the average Under that circumstance, “no dogs” or even “no dog––right up until the moment of the fatal attack. ––M.C. pets” is by far the safest choice. “No dogs” and “no pets” poli- cies in turn deny homes to somewhere between 4.3 million and RescueCats, Inc. is a nonprofit, no-kill, 6.5 million dogs and cats per year, according to data developed all-volunteer cat rescue group in by pets-in-housing advocate Ruth Smiler in a March 2000 ANI- Fayetteville, Ga. MAL PEOPLE guest column. These are the numbers of addi- tional pets who would be kept if renters in pet-restricted hous- In 2001 we placed 483 kittens ing were allowed to keep animals in the same numbers as other and cats in new loving homes. renters, and/or kept animals in the same numbers as home www.rescuecats.org owners. 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Park in Panama City Beach, Florida. He fell 1, 2001 after washing ashore repeatedly with a ––Mrs. Lola Merritt ill soon after the late February death of his wound that proved to be a bullet in the head, ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– half-sister Jasmine. Their causes of death are died on April 13 at the Indianapolis Zoo, his In memory of Jason Trotman, DVM, unknown. A.J., Jasmine, and Allie, a half- home since December 2001. The cause of a man of extraordinary compassion. sister of both, were sired by Albert, the long- death appeared to be lymphatic cancer. ––Carlton Parrott time Gulf World star attraction. More than 40 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– years old, and unsuccessful in 30 years of Sammy, 18, a Denver Zoo sea lion, In memory of my husband Michael. breeding attempts, Albert suddenly fathered was euthanized on February 28 due to irre- L e o , 17, the only lion at the ––Marie O’Sullivan the three young dolphins, by three different versible painful conditions of age. Abilene Zoo in Abilene, Texas, was eutha- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nized on February 26 due to progressive kid- In memory of Callie Cat, my precious queen. mothers, just before his death in 1999. W i n n i e , 26, an orca captured in ney disease, a painful condition of age. ––Russell W. Field M a n o o k , 6, white German shep- Icelandic waters who performed in England ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– herd of Francisco Deleon, of Boise, Idaho, and at the former Sea World theme park in Desert Mountain, who broke his In memory of Fritz, the love of my life. was found dead near his home from a hunting Ohio before coming to Sea World San Antonio shoulder in the Martell Red Rum Handicap ––Edna Paine arrow on March 13, with his black German in 1999, died on April 12 after a month of ill- Chase, Anubis Quercus, who broke his neck shepherd companion standing over him. ness, the cause of which is still unknown. in the Martell Fox Hunters’ Chase, M a n x Magic, who broke his neck at the 20th fence in the Grand National, and The Last Fling, HUMAN OBITS who long led the Grand National field but fell at the 24th fence, were all killed during the Jason Trotman, DVM, 48, of Lalit Jain, “instrumental in saving three-day Martell Grand National steeplechase Atlanta, Georgia, stayed an extra five hours thousands of lives of animals, especially of meet at Aintree, U.K., April 3-5. at the Southern Crescent Animal Emergency catttle, who gave us 100% support during Clinic on Sunday, March 31, to assist anoth- our case against the National Circus, has Fantom of the Opry, 16, who won er veterinarian with a surgery. He was killed been brutally murdered in front of his resi- 17 harness races worth a total of $138,884, at a stoplight on his way home at about 11 dence at Bhiwani, India, allegedly by people then served as a New York City Parks ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– p.m., when his vehicle was hit by the get- whose vested interests were disrupted by his Department police horse, was killed in an In memory of Vertigo. away car used by twin brothers Melvin and animal welfare work,” colleague Shakuntala April 11 barn fire at Lovenest Farms in ––Heidi Guth Marvin Mitchell, 22, who had allegedly just Majumdar e-mailed on April 24., adding Franklin Township, New Jersey, when he ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– robbed a grocery store of $6,500 and were “Bhiwani is very tense at this moment and broke free from rescuers and charged back into In memory of all farmed animals brought under police pursuit. The Mitchells were has been cordoned off.” Bhiwani is east of the blaze just as the barn collapsed. Ridden by into this world to suffer unspeakable cruelty, charged with felony murder, armed robbery, Delhi, near the border of Rajasthan. park ranger Marie Prendamano, Fantom of the deprived of even basic needs. and reckless driving. Trotman left his wife Opry carried the U.S. flag in two Macy’s Your lives do matter. Paul S. Mangione, 45, died on and three children. Thanksgiving Day parades, and rode escort ––Dianne & Michael Bahr April 3 from cancer at his home in Parkville, during two New York City marathons. Dinesh Bhansali, a diamond mer- Maryland. A longtime cat and dog rescuer, Prendamano and Michelle Varriano retired chant who headed the Bhansali Trust and was Mangione was known for his dedication to him to Lovenest Farms in 1999, where he a longtime trustee of Beauty Without two kittens whom he adopted in 1990, after worked at a riding camp for children. Cruelty/India, died on February 2 in distemper killed their mother and caused Captain Caloosa, a 250-pound Mumbai. BWC/India chair Diana Ratnagar them to suffer brain damage. “Despite veteri- manatee found near Fort Myers, Florida, on recalled that in the 1970s, Dineshbhai, as he nary advice to euthanize the kittens, Paul January 30, suffering from cold stress, died was called for short, instigated the BWC padded and carpeted his entire apartment to on April 15 at the David A. Stratz J. Manatee “Ahimsa soap” project, which produced the prevent them from injuring themselves when Hospital in the Lowry Park Zoo. “Since 1991, first vegan soap marketed in India. In March they fell. They are alive and well,” his wife the zoo has treated 101 manatees,” said Lowry ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1988, Dineshbhai and the Bhansali Trust of a year, Jeannette Patricia Barker, told the Park Zoo spokesperson Heather Sutton. “Of To my little Angel. bought out the attempt of the Indian Council Baltimore Evening Sun. ––Barbara Fleming of Agricultural Research to start a Karakul those surviving longer than 48 hours,” Sutton Valerie Hunt, 10, died on April 2 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lamb industry, in which lambs would be said, “85% have returned to Florida waters.” in Toronto from hypothermia. Hunt was In memory of Lupita, Pumpkin & Smoky. killed for their pelts within 48 hours of birh, #380, 5, a 315-pound male grizzly taken off life support one day after she ––Ann & Bill Koros and put the lambs into sanctuary care––after bear, was killed on April 2 after breaking into endured an hour in an icy pond near her home ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– sterilization, so that no one could exploit any a guest cabin three times in two days at the in Lakehurst, Ontario. Hunt and a seven- In memory of Mouth, a big black beautiful offspring. Most recently, Dineshbhai and the Sleeping Giant ski area and trying to break year-old friend were playing “fetch the stick” sweet kitty much missed. Bhansali Trust were active in relief of both into a parked pickup truck. #380 was first cap- with Hunt’s German shepherd when the dog ––Ann Van Nes the human and animal victims of the January tured and radio-collared in May 2001, after crashed through the ice of the pond. Hunt fell ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 Gujarat earthquake. repeatedly turning up at lodges, camps, and through the ice in neck-deep water while In memory of Purr Box (12/3/87), private cabins near Yellowstone National Park, Judy Ann Nikodym, 59, execu- attempting to rescue the dog, who managed Prometheus (3/21/81), Friendl (10/30/87), where he became known as a roadside forager. tive director of the Clallam County Humane Lizzie (5/8/84), Boy Cat (12/26/85), to escape the pond unharmed. The seven- Wyoming Game and Fish Department rangers Society in Port Angeles, Washington, died Miss Penrose (11/18/98), Duke (11/1/98) year-old fell into shallower water as she tried killed a record 13 grizzlies during 2001 for on April 2 from a heart attack. to pull Hunt out, but struggled ashore and and Blackie (9/9/96). coming into repeated conflict with humans. brought Hunt’s mother, Caroline Hunt, who ––Mary V. Wilkinson James Clyde Brock, 62, died on People reported 123 potentially dangerous called 911 after failing to extricate her. March 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina. encounters with grizzlies, nearly twice as ANIMAL PEOPLE has collected informa- “Always on the lookout for the downtrodden, many as were reported in 2000. he befriended and helped in any way he could tion about 18 human deaths since 1997 result- all the feathered, scaled, and furry friends ing from falls through ice while trying to save L a d e n, 40, an 80-ton male Indian his children allowed to wander into their dogs. In 14 cases, the dogs survived, mostly elephant who had killed at least four people in home. He will be remembered as a kind, through their own efforts. The three dogs the Raika forest range since November, was gentle, compassionate man who had room in who died may have succumbed because they shot by Indian forest department staff on his heart for all creatures great and small,” tried to save their people. 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