“Madness” in Karachi (page 19) Korean animal researcher clones human stem cells S E O U L ––“I never destroy any life during my process,” Seoul National University stem cell research laboratory director Woo Suk Hwang recently told New York Times c o r r e- spondent James Brooke. Woo Suk Hwang on May 20, 2005 announced that he had become the first scientist to successfully clone human stem cells––“a (Robert L. Harrison) major leap,” wrote Brooke, “toward the dream of growing replacement tissues for conditions World standards for farm animals like spinal cord injuries, juvenile diabetes, and congenital immune deficiencies.” P A R I S ––“I am delighted to down comfortably and stand naturally when Said Woo Suk Hwang, “We use only report that the 167-member World Organi- transported. Painful procedures, including a vacant [unfertilized] egg, with no genetic zation for Animal Health in their afternoon whipping, tail-twisting, use of nose twitch- materials” from which to form an embryo. session of May 24, 2005 unanimously es, pressure on eyes, ears or external geni- Trained as a veterinarian, Woo Suk voted to adopt the first ever global animal talia, or the use of unsuitable goads or Hwang, 52, was raised by a widowed mother welfare standards––an effort that has the other aids such as sticks with sharp edges, who supported six children as a dairy hand. Macaque at the Korea Animal Protection potential to benefit literally billions of farm metal piping, fencing wire or heavy leather “I could communicate with cows eye Society shelter in Daegu. (Kim Bartlett) animals,” Youth for Conservation founder belts should not be used to move animals,” to eye,” Woo Suk Hwang told Brooke. Suk Hwang appeared to refer only to never Josphat Ngonyo of Kenya e-mailed to ANI- Owen said. “Drivers transporting animals Woo Suk Hwang is a devout practic- destroying any human life. His past achieve- MAL PEOPLE, moments ahead of a simi- must be trained in humane handling. When ing Buddhist, wrote Apoorva Mandavilli in a ments have included producing the first cow lar note from World Society for the Protect- animals are killed for disease control, the profile for the journal Nature Medicine. conceived in South Korea through in vitro fer- ion of Animals publicist Jonathan Owen. methods should result in immediate death But in conversing with Brooke, Woo (continued on page 18) “WSPA expects this to be just the (continued on page 8) start of further guidelines that the World Organization for Animal Health will issue to protect the welfare of farm animals,” Owen agreed. “This marks a new dawn for the welfare of billions of farm animals around ANIMAL PEOPLE the world. It is now globally recognised at About Animals the government level that cruelty to farm News For People Who Care animals is unacceptable,” affirmed veteri- narian David Wilkins of the International Coalition for Farm Animal Welfare. “The new standards lay out mini- June 2005 mum conditions advised by the chief veteri- Volume XIV, #5 nary officers,” of the member nations, Owen summarized. “Areas of particular significance include that animals must be able to lie Anti-dog meat & fur movement + building momentum in China + HONG KONG––“We are tackling dogs and cats throughout the Guangdong mar- dog and cat eating in China by freely distribut- ket where Robinson bought him. ing our video Dr. Eddie: Friend....or Food? Background scenes demonstrate that in a pack which includes a pet care leaflet, the foreground incidents are not unusual, even stickers promoting dogs and cats as friends with westerners present. and helpers, and a letter from Animals Asia Those who eat dogs and cats––about Foundation founder Jill Robinson explaining 10% in southern China, 6% in South Korea, why we believe dogs and cats should not be on fewer everywhere else––are adamant as ever the menu,” Animals Asia Foundation execu- about continuing. Many older men eat dogs tive director Anne Mather e-mailed to A N I - for much the same reason that American and MAL PEOPLE on May 29, 2005. European counterparts might take Viagra. “We are happy to say that the Some older women, especially in South response to the pack has been absolutely over- Korea, consume a tonic made from cats who whelming,” Mather continued. “The initial have been boiled alive. 10,000 packs, which we expected to last a Because Asian politics tend to be year, were finished in just six weeks! We are oligarchic, dominated by older men, legisla- receiving calls from pet clubs all over China tion pertaining to dog and cat consumption whose members have heard of the packs and seems to be going backward. Rhino mud-bathing at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. (Kim Bartlett) are requesting their own. Thus we are in the Beijing in March 2005 began issuing midst of producing a further 40,000 for free certificates of approval to dog butchers, cov- South Africa rethinks game ranching distribution. In addition, , ering meat hygiene and slaughtering methods. J O H A N N E S B U R G ––South Afri- Van Schalwyk broadened the panel (China’s biggest web portal), is streaming the South Korea appears to be on the can environmental affairs and tourism minis- inquiry after an initial meeting earlier in May Dr. Eddie film for free on their pet site.” verge of repealing an unenforced 1991 ban on ter Marthinus Van Schalwyk on May 30, identified far more threats to “regulated, The Dr. Eddie video, also available selling “disgusting” foods, meaning dog and 2005 expanded the scope of an expert panel responsible and sustainable” hunting than he in an English version, tells the story of a dog cat meat, in favor of introducing a similar reg- convened to review common game farming had anticipated, he said. whom Robinson rescued from a live meat mar- ulatory regimen. abuses to include all aspects of game farming Television documentaries and the ket in Guangdong a few years ago. Eddie is The political setbacks follow rising and hunting. efforts of animal advocates have focused now part of the Dr. Dog therapy program in affluence that enables dog and cat eaters to eat “It is possible that a partial or full attention on abuses associated with “canned” Hong Kong, one of many Dr. Dog programs dogs and cats more often, leading to increased moratorium on any hunting of large predators lion hunts, detailed in Canned Lion Hunting: begun by the Animals Asia Foundation in consumption and profitability for dog and cat may be required, and a complete ban on cap- A National Disgrace, by proprietors Chris Mercer and appreciation of dogs wherever they might be personal mobility have recently been eased or ed from the range of possible policy options,” Beverley Pervan. Formerly the directors of on the menu. ignored, to attract cheap labor from the coun- Van Schalkwyk told Veronica Mohapeloa of the Kalahari Raptor Centre, Mercer and After showing Dr. Eddie at work, tryside, enough dog and cat eaters are swarm- BuaNews in Tshwane. Pervan are also regular ANIMAL PEOPLE helping humans, the video offers black-and- ing into Beijing to support as many as 100 “The government is planning a book reviewers. white footage of humans violently abusing (continued on page 14) sweeping reform of hunting laws––including a But the “canned lion” issue is only possible moratorium on hunting lions and part of the game farming conundrum. leopards,” predicted Tony Carnie of the Cape Former agricultural land converted Times. “This follows mounting concern about to game farming now occupies three times as ‘canned’ lion shoots, policy discrepancies much acreage in South Africa as the national among provinces and legal grey areas created park system, observed World of Birds by dropping fences between state and private Wildlife Sanctuary operator Walter Mangold, game reserves,” Carnie elaborated. “A panel of Hout Bay, in a faxed statement to A N I - is also to probe the ownership, management, MAL PEOPLE. and impacts of the hunting industry.” “Game farming is just another name Said Van Schalwyk, “This should for ‘sustainable use,’” Mangold pointed out. lay the basis for the development of a coherent “Sustainable exploitation sems to have set of norms and standards that can be used to become the best and perhaps only solution to guide the regulation of hunting.” (continued on page 6) 2 - ANIM AL PEOPLE, June 2005

into his new yard. So I aimed my camera again. And again I c o u l d n ’t find Buck in the viewfinder ...... so I looked up and found that he had gone to visit the two dogs who lived in the yard to my right . . . jumping the 6-foot fence with ease. In a few minutes, he jumped back again and I finally got his picture. And I kept taking pictures when it occurred to me ...... Buck COULD have jumped to my left . . . to freedom! Back then he was in the last dog yard at the edge of our property, beyond which was raw land. And I remember asking him, silently as I composed his pictures, why he didn’t jump to my left and escape. Then I heard his answer . . . in my mind. I know it was his thought, not mine, because I was busy photographing him and thinking about what I was doing. And I heard Buck say: “ You don’t understand. Yo u ’ re not fencing me in (in this dog yard), you’re fencing the June 2005 cruel world OUT. ” Dear Partner, Then I got it . . . and I knew what we do is right! Here at our Every time we have a tour, I start at the beginning of our Supershelter, each of our 1500 animals feels safe, and loved . . . never Supershelter dog yards and then I work my way up to the “helicopter again to suffer at the hands of evil humans. pad.” This was Buck’s message back then, and it has served us well to From there I show everyone the overview of our sanctuary, how it remember it all these years. all began with 23 acres, and how it spread to 94 acres. I also point out the Now, as Buck is getting older, I wanted to tell you his story too. many housing systems we invented, to finally settle on the straw bale dog He is my beloved Buck, who taught me the greatest lesson of all. house . . . which the dogs love most! My growing fear, of this chapter ending someday, is getting real. Then we hike our way down the mountain and through some more We just discovered that Buck’s mate, Clarissa, has cancer. We are treat- dog yards, and then we stop for “the most profound story” before we go ing her successfully and she is out there romping with buck as usual . . . into our catteries. but time is growing short for these I’ve been stopping to tell this same story for over 10 years. But two, and I’m asking you to always during our last tour, I heard myself mention that someday I would be remember them . . . and their great telling this story “about a dog who used to live here.” message to us. My story is about Buck, whom I rescued a long time ago . . . and For the animals, wrote about back then. Clarissa is his long-time house mate. When I first brought Buck in from the wilderness he was skittish and afraid of people. I remember sitting in his yard, on a small hill, and getting my camera ready to snap a few shots for my letter about his rescue. But when I looked into my viewfinder to compose my picture, Leo Grillo, founder Buck was gone! I looked up and the yard was empty . . . Buck was next door . . . visiting his two neighbors! Buck had jumped our six-foot fence in seconds! D.E.L.T.A. Rescue He ran around with these dogs a while and then he jumped back PO Box 9, Dept AP, Glendale, CA 91209 + Attention: Rescuers and Shelters + Build your own inexpensive straw bale dog house for your pets’ maximum protection, comfort and fun! Here at D.E.L.T.A. Rescue, we invented a better housing system That’s why we now build the deluxe “stucco” version. Our mate- for our more than 859 dogs. Using 25 common bales of straw, and rials cost for this stucco version is about $400, while you can put up three sheets of plywood, two people can build a straw bale dog house the simple building for under $150. Good news! We put all the in under 10 minutes! This is the same simple structure that withstood building instructions for both versions on video tape for anyone to our terrible El Nino rains in 1998. The simple straw design can last use, or copy in its entirety. And it’s FREE! To help us help precious 20 years, but because we are a permanent sanctuary, our houses animals, besides our own 859 dogs and 552 cats, please get this must last longer. video today and pass it around!

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Watchdog Report on Animal Protection Charities should have their copies in hand before the Certainly these are concerns, but they are only worst case scenarios for experienced donors. June 2005 edition of the ANIMAL PEOPLE newspaper goes to press. Cold solicitations from high-volume mailers would not have a response rate of less The first printing of the 2005 Watchdog Report reviewed 125 charities for just $25, than 1% if most recipients did not already recognize and reject look-alike appeals from chari- or a mere 20¢ per entry, including complete contact information, the most recent financial ties with similar names, shocking photos and sob stories that have already been used for statistics for each organization, and summaries of major programs, program-related contro- decades, gimmicks such as coins and souvenir merchandise included with appeal letters, versies, policy issues of note, and administrative issues or changes. envelopes designed to resemble bills or government documents, and the zillion other ploys Among the 125 animal charities listed are the 83 U.S.-based organizations from that route mailings to the trash, unread. which you are most likely to receive solicitations, including environmental charities that deal Serious donors have questions that go beyond their letter-sorting response to the with wildlife habitat and biodiversity, plus 42 overseas charities whose activities we have daily onslaught of appeals. In fact, donors tend to have questions similar to those of investors either personally inspected or have had inspected by trusted colleagues. in the stock market, only slightly modified in recognition of the differences in purpose. Both The 2005 Watchdog Report will unfortunately be the last to include new observa- animal charity donors and stock purchasers want to know about prospects for immediate tions from longtime contributor Bonny Shah, who died of leukemia in July 2004. Shah helped results, longterm prospects, past performance, unique attributes or liabilities of the enter- us verify the particulars of seven charities in India, Latin America, and the U.S., and added prise, the vision of the leadership, the stability of the management team, the ratios of assets perspective to several other entries. to earnings, and the ratio of investment in promotion to product or service sales. If you did not pre-order the 2005 Watchdog Report, use the form on page 18 to get As with charitable fundraising, either too high or too low an investment in promo- yours now––or place your order through our web site, . tion relative to returns tends to suggest eventual failure. If the charity or corporation is engaged in multiple activities, the donor or investor Helps charities as well as donors wants to know which activities are the most productive, which show growth potential, and which are obsolete. Fifteen years after ANIMAL PEOPLE began producing our annual “Who gets the In this regard, the differing responses of animal charities and corporations to such money?” financial reports on animal charities, featured in each December edition, and seven questions tend to demonstrate why corporate executives make more money. years after The Watchdog Report began supplementing the numbers with further information, To begin with, a corporation is sales-oriented. The first thing anyone in sales learns savvy animal charity administrators realize that being included helps them as much as it helps is that, “The customer is always right.” donors. If they are achieving program success, raising funds efficiently, and avoiding scan- Fortune 500 companies not only routinely and easily disclose the equivalent of all of dal, The Watchdog Report affirms their accomplishments to the most serious donors, who the same information included on IRS Form 990, but go out of their way to make it accessible make the largest contributions and are often the most inclined to leave bequests. and available to potential investors. While they zealously guard their trade secrets, financial If an animal charity doing national solicitation is not in The Watchdog Report, it is performance is typically an open book. A potential investor, business reporter, or even uni- usually because the mission of the charity is not big enough, in our assessment, to warrant versity student who expresses an interest in a Fortune 500 corporation will soon be inundated high-profile national fundraising. Non-listing means it is less likely to be on the short list of in quarterly reports that detail the company activity. those that will receive the most carefully considered gifts, as opposed to the usually small Only a handful of the 126 animal charities included in the Watchdog Report o f f e r spontaneous donations that direct mail campaigns typically seek to elicit. anything of the kind. About 25%––typical of all charities, according to GuideStar––omit The Watchdog Report is heavily used by the multi-organization donors who receive essential information from IRS Form 990, or incorrectly report fundraising expenses. Foreign the most mailings. Watchdog Report readers are just a small percentage of the total animal animal charities commit similar omissions in producing the balance sheets that they prepare in charity donor base, but because they appear to receive a disproportionately high percentage of lieu of filing a document such as Form 990. “cold solicitations” from charities with which they have no prior relationship, the influence of a Watchdog Report review on direct mail returns appears to be significant. Even if a listed animal charity has major deficiencies, spotlighted by the Watchdog The value of itemization Report, in some cases the notice helps to bring the assistance that decision-makers at the char- The most egregious omissions and errors involve attempts to pass off the cost of ity need to rectify whatever is wrong. About once a year an executive director or board mem- high-volume, low-yield direct mailings and telephone solicitations as “program” expense, in ber mentions that a critical review helped to secure approval to make a necessary change. the name of public education. But this is hardly the only major failure of accountability that This is an encouraging shift from the atmosphere when we started, when the prevail- we see. Nearly half the financial statements we review fail to itemize program expenditures in ing attitude of animal charity administrators tended to be that the less donors knew about their any meaningful way. operations, the better. At the time, we were almost the only regular reviewers of animal char- For example, the Animal Welfare Institute declares on Form 990 that about 75% of ity financial filings, which were relatively difficult to get through the Internal Revenue AWI program spending in 2004 went to “promote the welfare of all animals and seek to reduce Service, state charities bureaus, and the British Charities Commission. We would typically the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.” have to fill out two forms for every current financial filing we received. Founded in 1952 by the late Christine Stevens, AWI has never been credibly Now the easy accessibility of IRS Form 990 filings at has accused of any kind of financial impropriety. This hazy description of program activity is not produced a plethora of instant online charity analysts, most of whom do not have the ability or an attempt to conceal anything––just a typical example of the failure of much of the animal interest to do much more than crunch numbers––and many crunch them inaccurately, because charity universe to recognize the value of accountability as a fundraising device. the number crunchers fail to verify that the statistics reported on IRS Form 990 cross-check The IRS Form 990 filings of the North Shore Animal League contrastingly stood out + from line to line and section to section in a credible manner. immediately, from the first we saw, back in 1989. Where the sum of AWI program activity is + Neither do most of the other analysts compare IRS Form 990 data with copies of covered in three terse lines, North Shore annually provides a veritable yearbook. Each major appeals, organizational web sites, and news reports, to verify that the program activity category of program activity is described in terms of expenditure, returns, objectives, accom- described on IRS Form 990 is actually what each charity is doing, and advertises that it is plishments, and history. Some of the categories are broken down into sub-categories. doing. Program verification is central to the work of ANIMAL PEOPLE, not only in com- The North Shore filings are not glossy, like a corporate prospectus, but they have piling the Watchdog Report but in reporting the news about animal protection all year long. always been compiled by people who understand that to attract multi-million-dollar support, The Watchdog Report exists, and ANIMAL PEOPLE itself exists in part, because one must present program information that shows how it will be used. people who care enough about animals to make substantial investments in nonprofit animal Thirty-five years ago AWI was the larger organization. There are many reasons why protection work want to get better information about where their money goes. North Shore now has 10 times the annual donor revenue, among which providing better pro- This is not just a matter of wanting to ensure that donations are not merely feeding gram descriptions on IRS Form 990 almost certainly ranks fairly low. But North Shore pioneered another use of accountability as a fundraising device that SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES: www.animalpeoplenews.org had a more demonstrable outcome. Instead of charging a flat-rate adoption fee, as is tradition- al, or setting adoption fees according to the anticipated level of adoption demand for each ani- Key articles now available en Español et en Français! mal, as is increasingly successful these days, North Shore quit charging an adoption fee. Instead, adopters are presented with an itemized list of the costs involved in preparing an ani- ANIMAL PEOPLE mal to be adopted, and are asked for a donation. After that approach was introduced, the typ- News for People Who Care About Animals ical return per animal rehomed from the North Shore shelter soared to half again what it was when a flat adoption fee was charged. Publisher: Kim Bartlett Then-North Shore operations director Mike Arms now heads the Helen Woodward Editor: Merritt Clifton Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and is among the most popular speakers at the Web producer: Patrice Greanville Best Friends Animal Society’s No More Homeless Pets conferences. Having supervised pro- Associate web producer: Tammy Sneath Grimes grams that have rehomed more than one million animals, Arms has a seemingly endless Newswire monitor: Cathy Young Czapla inventory of techniques to share, but none are more vital to increasing revenue than his dis- covery that adopters of “free” animals will generously respond to a specific invitation to help P.O. Box 960 with specific line items, at specific amounts. Clinton, WA 98236-0960 “Vague appeals bring vague response,” Arms emphasizes. “Be honest and tell the ISSN 1071-0035. 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We do not publish fiction or poetry. ment and handling money in a responsible manner. 4 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2005 Fire when ready by Sybil Erden, founder, The Oasis Sanctuary The Oasis Sanctuary, in rural south- director Judy Ray and her family and Sherri With our friends’ help we could eastern Arizona, cares for captive exotic birds, Brovas, one of TARA’s co-founders, called, have gotten out with all the birds, stressed and mostly parrots. Our eight resident staff look woke, and then collected people, and soon a shaken, but alive. after more than 400 birds, plus 50 other four-vehicle convoy had begun a 90-minute The fire did burn some of our prop- farmed and domestic animals. drive to help us move animals. erty, but no buildings were damaged. Most of At 9:50 p.m. on May 25, 2005 I The fire was so hot and large that the smoke and ash stayed clear of the birds. stepped outside and saw a plume of fire tow- even from an eighth of a mile away it felt like Near dawn I kicked off my shoes ering over the trees––an orange glow, sound- standing beside a large bonfire. and went to bed, fully clothed. I napped until less, mindless, reaching into the heavens. A Evacuation plans we had already staff who had worked until almost 2 a.m., and foreclosed property adjacent to our 72 acres developed were implemented. Birds indoors one who had not been to sleep yet, showed up was fully ablaze. were captured and crated first, as I feared a for work at 7 am. I told them to go home after I called 911 to get the fire depart- power outage if the electrical lines burned. feeding and call it a day. ment before doing anything else, but was told While that was done, cages and carriers were Later that afternoon Oasis associate they had already been notified and were on taken out of the storage and arranged near the director T.J. Georgitso and I drove to Benson, their way. But being “on their way” is a rela- outdoor aviaries and enclosures. 40 minutes away, to pick up supplies. W e tive term out here in the rural Southwest. Neighbors soaked the areas around were supposed to go to Tucson to pick up a The members of the Cascabel volun- buildings. I rounded up the cats and dogs. bird at the airport at 9:30 p.m., but I did not this sort of emergency. teer fire department are individually notified. Friends from Forever Home Donkey Rescue, feel comfortable having both of us away. There are fire-breaks to create, brush They have one truck and a water tanker. The about 12 miles down the road, came with their We arranged for two volunteers to to be cleared. We need to improve the three other local fire departments are also volunteer. van and took charge of getting the horses and receive the bird at the airport, and returned to trailers we had already acquired as evacuation The closest, in St. David, is 45 minutes away. cattle to safety. The Oasis at 6:30 to find rising wind fanning vehicles. We learned that we will need to keep The next closest is an hour away. At 1:30 am we were told we could the smoking hot spots back up into fires. more tools, back-up equipment, and supplies After calling 911, I called and prob- stand down. At least for now the fire was con- Thirty-foot hollow trees were burning on the on hand, including bandages for bird bites. ably awakened one of our staff and asked him tained and evacuation was no longer imminent. inside, spewing sparks from their tops onto We are now suggesting that each to call everyone else. Within five minutes I decided to keep things ready until the fire unburned areas of dry grass. staff member should keep a small duffel bag everyone went to work. was completely out. We left the crated birds The men got shovels and the water containing a couple of changes of clothing, a Neighbors and nearby friends came and other animals in their carriers overnight. sprayers we use to spray down the birds and second pair of shoes, and copies of papers that to help. Eventually firefighters from five com- Trucks and vans were on standby. Materials set to work, soon joined by neighbors. I might be important to have in the event of an panies came to fight the fire and help protect for evacuation left where they were. We called the fire department. Their line was actual emergency evacuation. our sanctuary. We were fortunate: the air was called the TARA crew on their cell phones and busy. I called 911. When a fire crew came, We will not have to rise like the humid, with no wind. A dry creek that bi- they turned back before arriving, with the two hours later, 90% of the fire was out. Phoenix from the ashes, but as well-prepared sects our property separated us from the fire. understanding that they were available should We continued to find and hose down as we thought we were, we learned that we The fire trucks came down the dry creek and things become worse. hot spots for another day, until at last a rain must become better prepared yet. kept the blaze from jumping to the side of our Tom Trebeski, who is our webmas- storm relieved us of duty. Never had we been [The Oasis Sanctuary, 5411 N. property where the birds, other animals, ter as well as a TARA and Oasis volunteer, so happy to be soggy! Teran Rd., Benson AZ 85602; 520-212- homes and buildings are. had no cell phone. He spent the night in our Our staff will use this experience to 4737; ; .] LETTERS The cases for and against cat licensing In some 50 years of vol- The Editor responds: for guaranteed revenue, with Woodpecker unteer work in animal rescue in Even 50 years ago, when licensing revenue at most a sec - Vermont, Massachusetts, Ken- the Walt Disney animated film Lady ondary source of funding. Wow! Your May editorial tucky, California, and now & The Tramp offered possibly the ANIMAL PEOPLE in a “Lessons from finding the ivory- Indiana, I have consistently heard first realistic screen depiction of a comparison of data from eight rep - billed woodpecker” is phenomenal. from animal control authorities that dog pound, and promoted licensing resentative U.S. cities, published in When someone sent me the they are hopelessly understaffed, as the then best hope for preventing March 2002, found that there is a news about the ‘rediscovered’ bird, I funded mainly by fees from dog shelter killing, Illinois governor demonstrable relationship between responded with the following rant: licensing, and dealing with equally Adlai Stephenson had already licensing compliance and the cost “Conservationists” who as many cats as dogs. reviewed and in 1949 vetoed a leg - of a license, but no demonstrable endorsed the poisoning of Anacapa, ––Wolf Clifton If cat licenses were neces- islative proposal for cat licensing. relationship between the rates of accepting as collateral damage the sary, the income of tax-supported Licensing requirements for dogs licensing compliance and the com - loss of rare species such as the bur- of the island animals. civic shelters and programs would had already been in effect in parts munity rates of dog and cat killing rowing owl and the Anacapa deer Thanks again. become equal to their responsibili- of the U.S. for even longer than the per 1,000 human residents. In fact, + mouse, may also have wiped out an ––Scarlet Newton + ties. Why then are cat owners not U.S. had existed, but compliance the highest rate of shelter killing unrediscovered “extinct” species. Channel Islands Protection Assn. subject equally to licensing laws? has rarely exceeded 25%. came in the city with the highest We have proof that the Nat- P.O. Box 60132 ––Elisabeth Arvin Imposing fines for non- rate of licensing compliance. ional Park Service poisoned a species Santa Barbara, CA 93160 Jasper, Indiana compliance has historically ANIMAL PEOPLE h a s of bird they didn’t even know was on Phone: 805-882-2008 depressed reclaims of lost dogs reviewed data from many cities the island. They also did not do a from pounds, rather than encour - whose animal control directors DNA test on the poor Anacapa Island aging more licensing. believe their licensing programs rat, a uniquely adapted population, Doing door-to-door can - are successful, but has found that genetically isolated for two centuries. National character & compassion vassing to increase license sales the claim really seemed to be sus - If these bio-crats would Your April 2005 editorial feature “National character & the quali- typically costs more in staff time tained by the evidence only in simply let compassion for every indi- ty of compassion” gave a very good overview of the kinds of animal cruelty than is recovered in revenue. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. vidual creature be their guide, as that exist in both Eastern and Western cultures. 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The panel is chaired by former environmental continued. “This is considered a tremendous conservation Wildlife conservation is coincidental. affairs director-general Chippy Olver. achievement. But all is not well.” “TV viewers are shown the nicer and more appealing Other panelists include Council for Sustainable Because game farmers have speculatively bred parts of game manipulation and game farming,” Mangold said. Industrial Research chair Khungeka Njobe, World Wildlife wildlife like cattle, gambling that the limited market might “The reality of making it work and pay can be gruesome.” Fund/SouthAfrica representative Tony Frost, hunter Stewart expand to absorb the supply, “There is now a surplus of In purely economic terms, said Mangold, “Unless Dorrington, University of Pretoria Centre for Wildlife 425,000 harvestable game animals per year, of which 25,000 new and successful marketing strategies are found to profitably Management director Koos Bothma, Holly Dublin of the are trophy animals,” explained Mangold. “These 425,000 ani- use the game surplus, game farming and the large-scale sur- International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Limpopo mals must be culled to ensure continued grazing for the remain- vival of wildlife may not be maintained. regional representative Shibu Rampedi, community represen- der and the annual additions,” unless herd fecundity is abruptly “Let us not fool ourselves,” Mangold concluded. tative Lambson Maluleke, Food & Allied Workers Union and artificially controlled. “The same principle of sustained exploitation applies at our If game farmers do not slow breeding cycles that they national parks.” have accelerated beyond the longterm carrying capacity of the While private game farmers produce hooved and Because ivory keeps in storage indefinitely, South habitat, “Game numbers will keep rising year after year,” con- horned stock, and lions, who are easily bred in close confine- Africa and the other nations with plentiful elephants have had tinued Mangold. “The numbers to be culled will grow. ment, the national parks of southern Africa have often become little motivation to limit elephant reproduction by means other “The main problem,” in Mangold’s assessment, “is de facto elephant and rhino farms. than culling, while building immense ivory stockpiles. that the demand for venison has not kept step with the need for “One of the most promising options for controlling Elephants pachyderm populations is contraception,” reported C h i c a g o Gretchen Wyler on zoo elephants Poached to the verge of extirpa- Tribune foreign correspondent Laurie Goering in March 2005, tion from much of their range during the as South Africa moved to resume population control elephant Your May 2005 cover feature zoo elephants will have died out. 1980s, and still menaced in less stable culling, after 10 years of culling only “problem” elephants. “Weaning zoos from elephants” was bril- The time I have spent on cap- nations, African elephants remained “A birth control vaccine for elephant cows, first tried liantly written, and I set the time aside to tive elephants is almost matched by my plentiful in South Africa and several in Kruger National Park in 1996, proved 80% effective on trial read it in its entirety. How nice to read caring about the government’s horrific neighboring states when the Convention animals and now is used with nearly 100 percent success at five dates and places and statistics and know handling of wild horses. on International Trade in Endangered private reserves across South Africa,” Goering continued. that they are all facts. Wonderfully It has been a disappointing and Species in 1989 banned transboundary “The vaccine, unlike some hormone implants also tested on researched, and I will appreciate it if you frustrating nearly 40 years, and I can traffic in elephant ivory. elephants, appears to cause no behavioral or societal disrup- will send me 25 copies. It must be well imagine how you and Kim feel, From 6,000 to 12,000 elephants tion, said J.J. van Altena, a private wildlife specialist who shared with all those people who have since you are covering nearly every issue per year are poached in southern Sudan, helped monitor Kruger’s contraception testing in the 1990s.” been so involved in my elephant story on the globe concerning animals. Bravo! Congo, the Central African Republic, Also in March 2005, University of Pretoria zoologist here in Los Angeles––a two-and-a-half- For continuing to care so much, and for Kenya, and Chad, according to wildlife Rudi van Aarde demolished the ecological rationale for culling year effort focusing on an L.A. Zoo ele- presenting such a complete picture of traffic researcher Esmond Martin of elephants in his Cecily Niven Memorial Lecture at the Sasol phant named Ruby and her trials. man’s inhumanity, I thank you. Nairobi, whose most recent studies were Scifest in Grahamstown. To be invited to deliver the Cecily I became an activist one snowy ––Gretchen Wyler funded by Care For The Wild. Niven Memorial Lecture is considered the highest honor in day in December 1966. Many people ask Humane Society of the U.S. But while the ivory trade ban South African science. Van Aarde pointed out that the trees me how I’m still fighting, and I say, Hollywood Office has never altogether stopped elephant that elephants are maligned for destroying are part of an ecosys- “My outrage drives me.” Now my pas- 5551 Balboa Blvd. poaching, it has slowed the loss of ele- tem that grew up after intensive ivory hunting and 19th century sion for captive elephants fuels me. I do Encino, CA 91316 phants from much of Africa, including rinderpest epidemics, spread by sheep and cattle farmers, had believe I will live another 20 years, and I Phone: 818-501-2275 Kenya, where the major problem is the thoroughly depleted native wildlife. do believe that before I die, there will be Fax: 818-501-2226 proximity of elephant populations to vir- The veld as South Africans came to know it, van no more circus elephants, and that U.S. tually lawless Sudan and Somalia. The Aarde demonstrated, was not the veld that had persisted Editor’s note: ivory trade ban has also slowed elephant through previous millennia. Recent elephant damage might be Transferred to the Knoxville of U.S. adults agree that seeing elephants poaching in Asia. seen as an elephantine effort to restore the habitat. Zoo in May 2003, against strong activist and rhinos helps people appreciate them In addition, the ivory trade ban Representatives of six of the seven nations belonging opposition led by Wyler, Ruby was more and encourages people to learn set up the possibility that nations which to the Southern African Development Community met at returned to the Los Angeles Zoo in more about them. 93% agree that it is still have abundant elephants might even- Victoria Falls during the last week of May 2005 to discuss November 2004, after failing to inte - important that a marine life park, aquar - tually exploit a lucrative semi-monopoly. (continued on page 7) grate into the Knoxville Zoo herd––as ium, or zoo be accredited by a national Wyler and others predicted. Both the association. 86% of respondents agree Elephant Sanctuary at Hohenwald, that visiting zoos and aquariums encour - Tennessee, and the Performing Animal ages people to donate money or time to Welfare Society’s Ark 2000 sanctuary in animal conservation efforts. 96% of Calaveras, California, have offered respondents agree that it is important Ruby a home. that people work to conserve animals The likelihood that Ruby will such as those found in aquariums and eventually be retired to a sanctuary may zoos. 95% of respondents agree that have increased with the May 17, 2005 many of the successes to save endan - election of new Los Angeles mayor gered or declining species are at least in Antonio Villaraigosa. “I have believed part a result of work done in zoos and for some time that a zoo is not an appro - aquariums.” priate place for an animal as large as an While all of this may be true, elephant,” Villaraigosa reportedly told without in any way denying the positive NBC news during the campaign. “I think contributions of zoos, there is still room we need to move the elephants out.” to question whether zoos as they present - I personally would argue that ly exist are the best way to do their work. the “complete picture of man’s inhuman - Zoos have evolved from entertainment ity” that Wyler credits ANIMAL PEO- facilities to educational institutions and P L E with portraying is the perspective conservatories, but have resisted accept - from only one side of the window. From ing a humane mission, which would the other, each scrap of information we require them to operate more like sanctu - receive, each remedial action undertak - aries. That may nonetheless become en, and each reader we attract provides their most viable role, as it is by now testimony that far more people oppose clear that even the best-managed zoo- cruelty than are knowingly engaged in it. based species survival programs have All of history has documented inhumani - only a minor part in achieving the sur - t y . ANIMAL PEOPLE chronicles the vival of endangered animals, and rarely humane response. can substitute for protected wild habitat. 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Botswana, permission to export up to 40 elephant tusks. anything resembling rule by law. least some of which returns to the government. Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, On the same day that Kalifungwa If hunting is managed in Zambia as “As an incentive to create new Zambia, and Zimbabwe participated. Angola reintroduced elephant hunting to Zambia, it is in Tanzania, the national government may breeding areas in KwaZulu-Natal, breeding abstained, without public explanation. Zambian Wildlife Authority public relations soon seek a bigger piece of the action. [black rhino] population groups have been Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife manager Maureen Mwape told the Times of “The villagers of Ngarambe, offered to approved reserves,” explained Tony Management Authority director-general Zambia that ZAWA had “contracted a private Tanzania, were allowed to sell hunting Carnie of the Cape Times on June 3, 2005. Morris Mtsambiwa promoted “the adoption of firm to cull about 200 hippos in the Luangwa licences and shoot animals for meat so that “All the original adult animals will remain the a serious advocacy and global communication River as a way of getting rid of old animals.” they would no longer see wild animals as property of KZN Wildlife, but 50% of the strategy to lobby for increased hunting sectors Despite Asian demand for hippo pests,” BBC correspondent Dan Dickinson progeny will become privately owned.” in all countries,” the Zimbabwean govern- tooth ivory, as a substitute for elephant tusk reported on April 14. “Selling hunting permits KZN Wildlife has custody of about ment-controlled Harare Herald reported. ivory, “We are not cropping the hippos,” is big business: trophy fees in the 2004 season 470 of the present African population of 3,500 “It is in this view that we have stipu- Mwape insisted. “We are only culling the hip- were $4,000 for an elephant, $2,000 for a lion, black rhinos. lated in our strategies what would happen to pos as part of our plan to pave way for the new $600 for a buffalo.” The first black rhinos handed to the the hide, skin, ivory and the meat, so that breed”––a regimen which is actually a text- Boasted Ngarambe village commit- private sector under the KZN scheme were those opposed to the culling of elephants book definition of cropping. tee member Salum Njao to Dickinson, “A lot sent to the Phinda/Mun-ya-Wana game reserve realise the great value of the resource to our of people are coming from other parts of the in 2004. “A second group of 17 to 20 black people,” Mtsambiwa said. “We are serious Sharing loot district to live here. They see that our villagers rhinos will be released soon into the new Zulu- about advancing our own values rather than “Eco-tourism is seasonal and not have more money and more facilities. Other land Rhino Reserve, southwest of Mkhuze those of the western world,” he added, in a well developed to benefit the local community. villages are pleading with us to join the project town,” wrote Currie. “The 17,000 hectare slap at animal advocates––ignoring that the When people are given the licences to kill the and asking for help in setting their own up.” reserve is owned by 12 ranchers who agreed to trophy hunting industry is an invention of the elephants, half the money will go to the com- That threatened the government drop their fences to form a breeding haven for western world, and almost entirely depends munity,” Kalifungwa promised Chansa wildlife department revenue base, which an animal whose numbers have plummeted.” upon western money. Kabwela of the Lusaka Post. comes partly from leasing hunting concessions Meanwhile, Currie wrote earlier, Immediately after the meeting, If Zambian elephant hunting is man- to private entrepreneurs. for the KwaZulu-Natal Mercury, “Hunters are Zambian tourism minister Patrick Kalifungwa aged like Zimbabwean elephant hunting, what Pressured by the Tanzania Hunting getting ready to shoot five black rhinos––the opened elephant trophy hunting in the Chiawa, this actually means is that half the money will Operators Association, the government of first time this critically endangered species Rufunsa, and Lupande regions, where ele- end up in the hands of politically well-connect- Tanzania recently revoked the right to sell will have been hunted legally in South Africa hunting permits from Ngarambe and leased the in more than three decades. The trophy bulls Scoping elephants & rhinos on the web local franchise to a private company for the are likely to fetch at least $175,000 each, a MERU––The latest Kenyan venture time of day or night. It should be a very useful next five years. price which excludes hunting fee mark-ups in wildlife tracking could either help to stop tool for fundraising.” and accommodation costs.” elephant and rhino poaching or accelerate it, “A similar technology is also being Rhinos Both Namibia and South Africa have depending on the monitoring and interdiction used to track rhinos,” Selva added. CITES protected rhinos at the same CITES permission to authorize the export of capabilities of the Kenya Wildlife Service. But poachers can access the same time as elephants. As of 1989, no nation real- up to five black rhino trophies apiece per year. “Elephants in some national parks web sites––and battery-operated laptops make ly had abundant rhinos, of either the black or White rhinos have been legally hunt- are being fitted with SIM card collars that send access from remote locations relatively easy. white subspecies. Rhinos reproduce much ed in KwaZulu-Natal since 1968. a text message telling wardens exactly where Under Jenkins, Meru has been safe more slowly than elephants, and are also the elephants are every hour. That information from poachers. But Meru was the hardest hit somewhat more easily poached, since they Rhinos in Kenya will soon be available over the Internet, and of the major Kenyan wildlife viewing venues live a relatively solitary existence: one rarely About 450 rhinos remain in Kenya, accessible to people who choose to sponsor an during the poaching wars of the 1980s. warns others of an approaching threat, or has including a purported all-time high count of 65 animal or make a donation to charity,” Meru at peak was visited by 47,000 an opportunity to defend others. The black within Nairobi National Park, now almost sur- London Independent correspondent Meera tourists per year, but after conservationist rhino population had fallen from 65,000 to the rounded by sprawling suburbs of the national Selva reported on June 5, 2005. George Adamson was killed there in 1989, verge of extinction in the wild. capital. The Nation, the leading Kenyan Confirmed Meru National Park following several murders and disappearances Rhinos are recovering, however, newspaper, is skeptical of the numbers. senior warden Mark Jenkins, who is introduc- of visitors, the visitor traffic fell to only 1,500 where actively protected, and are now increas- “For several years, bi-monthly ing the tracking technology, “People can go by 1997, before Jenkins was appointed to ingly often being delivered into private cus- ground counts done by the Kenya Wildlife online and see where ‘their’ elephant is at any restore wildlife to the depleted park. tody. Though the arrangements are nominally (continued on page 8) 8 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2005 Rethinking game ranching (from page 7) Service have not tallied more than 15,” The Nation editorial- to conserve private land ownership under a ized on May 19, 2005. “Where are the others hiding? nominally socialist one-party government. “Visitors to Nairobi National Park during the May During the past 15 years USAid has Day weekend who expected to enter a peaceable kingdom pumped more than $40 million into CAMP- found themselves instead in a combat zone,” The Nation editors FIRE, which has raised about $2.5 million per wrote. “Aircraft, helicopters, lorries, and a convoy of vehicles year in revenue, mostly from trophy hunts. pursued the remaining rhinos in one of a series of rhino translo- CAMPFIRE has also functioned as a cations from the park to remote locations where they have been slush fund for paying off well-placed members poached out.” of the Zimbabwe African National Union– The first two such sites are owned by leaders of the Patriotic Front. Called ZANU-PF for short, Laikipia Wildlife Forum, which has fronted a series of recent this is Zimbabwean President Robert attempts to undo the 1977 ban on sport hunting in Kenya. The Mugabe’s military and political support base. Laikipia Wildlife Forum and other opponents of the hunting CAMPFIRE served throughout the ban are backed by USAid, Safari Club International, and the 1990s as a convenient way to keep Zimbabwe African Wildlife Foundation. politically aligned with U.S. interests in south- “Ten [rhinos from Nairobi National Park] were ern Africa––and, especially, to keep Mugabe moved last June to Mugi Ranch in Laikipia,” The Nation recit- from implementing land reforms promised ed. “Ten were captured on May Day for Kuki Gallman’s Ol when he took power, which would have trans- Ari Nyiro Ranch. There is talk of more [rhino captures] ferred to indigenous Africans vast tracts of planned for export. agricultural land which had been put into game “Instead of moving the rhinos,” The Nation recom- farming by Zimbabweans of European descent, mended, Nairobi National Park “should be promoted as a the former rulers of apartheid Rhodesia. Pride of lions in Kenya. (Elissa Free) world-famous sanctuary on the doorstep of a major metropolis, Among the attractions of game farming was that it 28, 2005. “National park rangers said they had already shot 10 where visitors are guaranteed rhino sightings. can be done without hiring large numbers of indigenous elephants in the past week. The meat was barbecued at festivi- “The rhino is a priceless asset in the hands of people African workers, who would normally live on or near a planta- ties to mark 25 years of independence. Four of the animals who understand business,” The Nation continued. “The 20 rhi- tion producing food or export crops. were reportedly shot in view of tourists near Lake Kariba, the nos caught and delivered at Government expense to Laikipia As U.S. President George W. Bush moved into the largest man-made lake in Africa and a major wildlife haven. would be worth $3.5 million (U.S.) in South Africa. By any White House in 2001, CAMPFIRE was extolled by the “A giraffe was also killed to feed peasants in the standard that is serious money.” Competitive Enterprise Institute and the subsidiary Center for Binga area during the festivities,” Basildon Peta added, “but The transfer of rhinos to Laikipia caught fire as a Private Conservation as a model for wildlife management the meat disappeared. It is believed that police and army offi- political issue after four of the 10 rhinos delivered to Gallman worldwide. Both institutions, and Safari Club International, cials took the meat for themselves.” died within days, reportedly from pneumonia, possibly have deep influence throughout the Bush administration and On May 3, 2005 the Zimbabe Parks & Wildlife brought on by capture and transport stress. Republican majorities in the U.S. House and Senate. Authority through the Harare Herald solicited bids for the pur- But the CAMPFIRE system was already collapsing. chase of elephants. Zimbabwe As corruption sapped the Zimbabwean economy, the Mugabe “State radio said the elephants are not for export but The worst-case scenario for many South African regime kept power by allowing landless supporters to forcibly for wildlife farming,” the Cape Times reported. “A parks offi- game farmers, most of whom are of Boer or British descent, occupy game farms, and other rural properties. The former cial said it aimed to encourage the black recipients of 5,000 for- would be that fast-falling wildlife prices might undermine their SAVE Valley Conservancy, a major CAMPFIRE beneficiary, mer white-owned farms ‘to venture into wildlife production.’” ability to avoid losing land to squatters of native African was among the first casualties. Zimbabwe currently claims 80,000 to 100,000 ele- descent, as in Zimbabwe. Agricultural production plummeted, food shortages phants, with a wildlife reserve carrying capacity of 45,000, but Less than five years ago Zimbabwe had the most worsened, ZANU-PF began using relief supplies as a further the official data is widely considered suspect. ––M.C. lucrative game farming and trophy hunting industry in the weapon to remain in charge. Tourists and tro- world. Probably not actually profitable, the Zimbabwean phy hunters mostly stopped coming. Land reform threatens Hato Piñero activity was (and is) intensively subsidized by CAMPFIRE, the The Mugabe regime appears to have Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous given up on any hope it might have had of Owners of private wildlife Chavez is disfavored by the George Resources, funded by the U.S. Agency for International rebuilding tourism. conservancies worldwide told them- W. Bush administration, which Development since 1989. The program started as a bribe to “Zimbabwe’s national parks have selves after the destruction of the backed a failed 2002 coup. ensure Zimbabwean compliance with the elephant ivory traf- been ordered to work with rural district coun- SAVE Valley Conservancy that the The major private land- ficking ban, and a parallel ban on rhino horn trafficking. cils to begin the wholesale slaughter of big Zimbabwean land invasions were a holders in Venezuela are oil firms Pushed through Congress in the name of elephant and game,” London Independent J o h a n n e s b u r g phenomenon unique to Zimbabwean and beef ranchers. Taking land from rhino conservation, CAMPFIRE was actually more a program correspondent Basildon Peta reported on April socio-political circumstances. either the oil firms or the beef ranch- That belief was shaken ers is politically risky. when the Venezuelan National Land Hato Piñero, which has Evictions to clear a park in Ethiopia Institute ruled on March 12, 2005 11,000 beef cattle but is mostly not that the 80,000-hectare Hato Piñero used for agriculture, may be the eas- + While land invasions and make matters worse, the park will pro-hunting faction in Kenya. He + ecotourism refuge and beef ranch is iest takeover target despite the their aftermath destroy the rem- be surrounded by an electric fence described as efforts to “reform” eligible for seizure under a 2001 law prominent role of the refuge in pro- nants of wildlife protection in that will prevent many of the dis- Kenyan wildlife management the allowing redistribution of private tecting habitat for species including Zimbabwe, the African Parks placed from walking through the repeated attempts of the Laikipia land which is either under-utilized or jaguars, anacondas, caymans, Foundation has reportedly intro- park to the nearest town, already a Wildlife Forum et al to repeal the held under dubious title. Hato Piñero Capuchin monkeys, and capybaras. duced to Ethiopia the heavy-handed day’s walk away. Local political Kenyan hunting ban. may be expropriated even though the While the Branger family relocation of longtime land occu- groups and the human-rights organ- Pearce also vigorously Branger family, operating Hato seeks support for resisting confisca- pants in the name of conservation isation Refugees International have denounced “animal rights activists Piñero since 1951, claims to hold tion from multinational conservation that helped to create the pressures complained vehemently at this and some conservationists, who deeds to a title established in 1794. foundations, “A government order to leading to the Zimbabwean debacle. environmental fascism.” claim [repeal of the Kenyan hunting Like Robert Mugabe, halt an irrigation system on the prop- “Ethiopia wants a Responds the African ban] would usher in ‘the return of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez erty is driving away wild animals to Kenyan-style network of wildlife Parks Foundation web site, “Nech- the great white hunter.’” rose to power on the promise of land areas where they could fall prey to parks to serve a Kenyan-style isar National Park was designated Regardless of the merits reform. Like Mugabe, Chavez is hunters,” Malaysia Star c o r r e s p o n- tourist industry,” columnist Fred in 1962 as one of the original and accuracy of the Pearce argu- bitterly opposed by large private dents Pascal Fletcher and Patricia Pearce charged in the April 16, national parks of Ethiopia. When it ment, however, if there is a per- landowners. But unlike Mugabe, Markey recently wrote. 2005 edition of New Scientist. was established it was an area ception among the Kore people that “Following the model of Kenya, known for wildlife, and unusually they have been unjustly dispos- the country’s leaders have been for Ethiopia, was completely unin- sessed to make way for wildlife, throwing the locals out of the park habited. Since then, during a peri- Nechisar National Park and the ani- to achieve the ultimate safari expe- od of political turbulence, people mals in it will be at constant risk rience for western visitors: wildlife invaded the park with substantial from poaching, renewed encroach- without people.” numbers of domestic stock. These ment, and political opposition, for The African Parks Found- people live without schools, clin- as long as the displacemnt is ation, summarized Pearce, “was ics, or other essential services. The remembered and resented. set up by a leading Dutch industri- Government is relocating them to alist, Paul van Vlissingen. It offers suitable areas near the park where to take over moribund parks from basic services can be provided. African governments, find interna- The relocation has been negotiat- tional funding to spruce them up, ed, and is undertaken with the and then get the tourists rolling in. consent of the people involved.” It is building a portfolio of parks The “model of Kenya” across Africa,” including in that Pearce mentioned was pio- Malawi and Zambia as well as neered by the creation of Kruger Ethiopia, but will not invest in National Park in South Africa, parks that are jeopardized by beginning in 1898. Many other human encroachment. nations have cleared humans from Therefore, Pearce wrote, vast tracts in the name of conser- “In the weeks before the handover vation, while Tsavo National ONLY WE CAN of [Nechisar National Park] in Park, the largest in Kenya, was February 2005 to the African Parks sparsely populated desert before PREVENT PET Foundation,” mostly late in 2004, being made a reserve in 1949. OVERPOPULA- “some 5,000 people from the Kore Conservation appeared to be the tribe were escorted from their only viable use for most of Tsavo. TION thatched huts in Nechisar and But Nechisar is near Finally a tool for teaching dumped onto distant land owned by northern Kenya, and Kenya has children, why spay/neuter your other rural communities. No com- often evicted herding nomads pet, delivered by a real COW. pensation, no nothing. The Guji- from nearby national parks, after Oromo tribe and their 20,000 cattle surrounding land was grazed bare $9.95 are also being targeted,” Pearce during droughts. Plaidswede Publishing, charged. “In January there were Pearce made plain his P.O. Box 269 reports of huts being burnt. To philosophical alliance with the ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2005 - 9 10 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2005 Violence vs. animal law enforcement N A I R O B I ––Nairobi police fired deley remained under investigation in connec- teargas to disperse demonstrators on May 18, tion with the slaughterhouse. Win or Die. 2005, and Masai leader Ben Koisaba threat- Cholmondeley’s grandfather Hugh ened to “mobilize Masai to invade Delamere Cholmondeley, the third Baron Delamere, vis- ranches in Nakuru to press for the re-arrest and ited Kenya to hunt in 1895, decided to emi- prosecution” of Tom Gilbert Patrick Cholmon- grate from Britain to raise cattle, and estab- deley, 37, a day after Philip Murgor, Kenya lished the family land and livestock empire Director of Public Prosecution, dropped a that Tom Cholmondeley now directs. www.GREY2KUSA.org murder charge filed against Cholmondeley on The Sisina slaying followed the late April 28 for killing Kenya Wildlife Service March murder of a Swaziland ranger identified ranger Samson ole Sisina with one of a volley only as Mandla. of five shots fired on April 19. “Poachers encountered by the off- two days until other park workers happened mation I have received,” Fivaz told Sookha. Cholmondeley, an honorary KWS duty ranger from the Hlane Royal Game Park across him. National political figures kept Addressing a comparable case of game ranger himself, claimed Sisina shot first, were filling their truck with dozens of carcass- quiet about the killing, but Big Game Parks,” menacing an animal law enforcement officer, and said he had mistaken Sisina for a bandit, es of impala, warthog and other animals shot the agency that runs the Swaziland wildlife Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jack Cook on May as Sisina led an undercover KWS raid on an at a remote part of the park,” wrote James reserves, “posted a large reward for informa- 27 sentenced Chu Luu Linville, 57, of illegal wildlife slaughterhouse at one of the Hall of the Inter Press Service. “They shot the tion leading to the killers’ capture.” Loxahatchee, Florida, to serve 50 months in Cholmondeley family ranches. Cholmon- ranger also, whose body lay undetected for South African National SPCA prison followed by 10 years on probation. inspector Roland Fivaz encountered threats of “Linville was convicted in March of France, Scotland, Canada weigh new legislation violence on May 31 while trying to arrest four solicitation to commit first-degree murder,” French Justice Minister Domin- for buying a pet from 12 to 16. “The bill also male students at the Edgewood campus of the explained Palm Beach Post staff writer Larry ique Perben in early May 2005 recommended contains provisions to help protect against dis- University of KwaZulu-Natal for allegedly Keller. “A jury concluded that she tried to hire that the national civil code, drafted by eases such as hoof-and-mouth,” and “incorpo- killing a cat in a microwave oven two weeks an undercover sheriff’s deputy to kill animal Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804, be updated to rates tough measures to combat animal cruel- earlier. The arrests “were prevented by a mob care and control officer Tammie Crawford in recognize animals as “living and sentient ty,” wrote Alan McEwen of The Scotsman. of students who protested against the arrest of October 2003. Linville even drew a map beings,” Agence France-Presse reported. Canadian Justice Minister Irwin their peers. Fivaz was forced to leave,” wrote showing the canal where she wanted Animals have long been protected from abuse C o t l e r in mid-May introduced the fifth Bhavna Sookha of the Durban Daily News. Crawford’s body dumped so it would be eaten under the French criminal code, but only by attempt, by a series of governments, to update Fivaz said witnesses had received by alligators. “Linville has a long history of extension of their property status. the federal anti-cruelty code. The new draft death threats, and that he received a tele- skirmishes with animal care and control offi- The Scottish Executive on May 16 bill reportedly includes broad exemptions for phoned death threat that evening. cers, including Crawford,” wrote Keller, introduced a bill to prohibit awarding live ani- traditional hunting and fishing practices, “The case will now be handed over “who have cited her numerous times for ani- mals as prizes, and to raise the minimum age including seal-clubbing. to the police, who will follow up on the infor- mal neglect and for letting animals run loose.” Events Petfinder.com Adoption Options One-Day Animal Welfare Seminars, spon- sored by PETCO Fndtn: July 22, Albuquerque; July 24, Cheyenne; July 30, Kansas City; Aug. 13, Chicago; Aug. 19, Dubu- que; Superior, Wisc.; October 14, Richmond; Oct. 16, Baltimore; Nov. 11, Pittsfield; Nov. 13, Rochester. Info: . June 18: West Chester Dog Fest. West Chester, Ohio. 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Richard DeBenedictis, Mickey de Rham/White Mountain Animal League, Geraldine De Waters, Paul Dewey & Patty Finch, Courtney Dickerson, Board chair Dan Sandra Dilucia, Judith Ditfurth, Theresa Downer, Linda Dyer, Gloria Eddie, Mark Eisner Jr., Marlene Elkins, Leslie Ellman, Beverly Englishman, Hoffler resigned in March. Page Etzel, Dorothy Fairweather, Paula Fasseas, Barbara Feild, Russell Field, Barbara Fleming, David & Carol Foster, Jacquelin Fox, Both departures came in Mardean Frazer, Anna Fritz, Mildred Funk, Muriel Geach, Lucretia Gianni, Elsie Gibbons, Marijo Gillis/Welfare for Animals in Greece, response to an investigation by Jennifer Glick/Partners for PAWS, Andrea Graffeuilh, Gloria Gray, Harriet Gross, Joyce Grossman, Elyse Hahn, Virginia state auditor Merritt Clifford Hallock, Josephine Harchick, William Hardison Jr., S.M. Hastings, Claire Heiser, Beverly Hoover-Dean, Cogswell, whose 52-page Sharon Hotham, David W. Jones, Stanley Jones-Umberger, Eleanor Keil, Maryann Kirchenbauer, Martin Knight, report “described an agency Ann & Bill Koros, Robert Kreimer, Joel Krupnik, Lynne Kuchenreuther, Sister Regina Lambert, Donnajean Lanciotti, rife with free-spending top Benjamin Landau, Kitty Langdon, Large Animal Protection Society, Carol Ann Lawson, Mona Lefebvre, officials and cronyism,” wrote Jan Lifshutz, James & Eileen Ludwig, Carol Lushear, Dr. W. Marvin Mackie, Louis Hansen and Lee Tolliver Elizabeth Marquard, Joan Marsh, Linden Martineau, Marilyn Maslow, of the Virginian-Pilot. Richard McCrea, Maureen Dewilla Mena, Maria Mendez, Lola Merritt, Ida Miller, “In painstaking de- Christine Million, Ms. Elsie Mitchell, Bettie Montague, Charlotte Montgomery, tail,” Hansen and Tolliver Carlos Neyra, Donna Nicosia, Lynne Ninonuevo, Esther Nowell, Joy Onusaitis, reported, “the audit substanti- Steven Pagani, Jack Parker, G.F. Paskusz, Marcia Pearson, Barbara Philbrook, ated 24 of 29 specific allega- Kermit Phillips, Leslie Fay Pomerantz, Valorie & Martin Promisel, Dorothy Ramsaier, Ruth Riggles, tions brought against the Ronald Rosenkranz, Dr. Kanak Roy, Kathy Ruopp, Erin Russell, Carmela Santarpia, Marietta Scaltrito, Eileen Schram, agency by whistle-blowers.” Mr. & Mrs. Alan Scott, Arlene Segal, Terry Segarra, Joanne Seymour, Ratilal Shah/Maharani, Linda Shanks, Among other abus- David Shelly, Kathleen Shopa, Magda Simopoulos, Cheryl Simpson, Lindy & Marvin Sobel, Barbara Spears, es, Hoffler allegedly used 131 Marilyn Spierer, Pat Spinosa, Nora Star/Greyhound Protection League, Tanya Szuba, hours of staff time worth Miriam Tamburro, Mrs. Lawrence Tauro, Margaret Tilbury, $4,200 to have video of his James Townsend, John Twyman, Dr. Pari Vahdat, Seth Vaughn, 2003 hunting safari to Africa Wallowa County Humane Society, Marilyn & Jack Weaver, Lisa Willett, edited into a DVD. Hoffler Larry & Laura Winget, Ronald Winkler, Gretchen Wyler, Patricia Zajec, Tina Zeller paid $500 for the work. Woodfin and two senior game wardens used $11,500 in state funds on equipment used to accompany Hoffler to Africa. Hoffler paid most of their other expenses. NO MORE HOMELESS PETS IN “The auditor found many unnecessary purchases labeled for ‘field testing,’” Hansen and Toliver wrote. UTAH REACHES MILESTONE “For example,” three senior game wardens “spent $5,200 to purchase 42 knives in a nine-month period, supposed- ly to determine which knife ADOPTION GUARANTEES IN TWELVE UTAH was best for game wardens.” Retired State Police Superintendent Col. W. Gerald COUNTIES Massengill was appointed act- ing director of the department, + with a mandate to further + investigate the many alleged improprieties. No More Homeless Pets in Utah is working to make Utah a no-kill state in which all healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats are guaranteed a loving home. More events (from page 10) As of now, twelve out of twenty-nine Utah counties have adoption guarantees in place for healthy shelter animals. Anyone surrendering a cat or dog to shelters in these counties has the assurance July 15: Intl. Day for Korean Dogs & Cats. that if the animal is healthy, he or she will be placed in a loving home. Embassy & consultate demos against eating dogs & cats. I n f o : No More Homeless Pets in Utah is a statewide coalition of 28 rescue groups, 55 animal control . more than two million people, from the highly populated urban areas around Salt Lake City to the (continued on page 11) state's sparsely populated southern counties. July 16-18: Taking Action for Animals c o n f e r e n c e , Washington, D.C. Info: < w w w . T a k i n g A c t i o n f o r - To follow the progress of No More Homeless Pets in Utah, go to: Animalscom>. 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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. SNAP fires founder Sean Hawkins for trying to fix homeless Navajo dogs H O U S T O N ––“The Spay/Neuter t r a i n i n g . A representative from Chihuahua who is also employed by the Navajo Nation, services provided by SNAP on the Navajo Assistance Program board of directors voted has expressed a desire to end electrocution misrepresented to the SNAP board that SNAP Nation.” this evening to terminate my employment,” throughout the state.” was conducting illegal activities on the Navajo However, Hawkins added, “Davis SNAP founder Sean Hawkins e-mailed to What went wrong? Nation,” Hawkins continued. has remained silent on the issue of the Navajo ANIMAL PEOPLE at 1:33 a.m. on May 26. “I learned the hard way,” Hawkins Specifically, a well-placed second Nation conducting inhumane animal roundups The surprise firing, which came sev- told ANIMAL PEOPLE, “to never give up source told ANIMAL PEOPLE, SNAP was and killings. Her positions and beliefs, in not eral hours earlier, after a SNAP fundraising control of your organization. After 12 years, sterilizing, vaccinating, and releasing unli- opposing rounding up and shooting communi- luncheon, decapitated the largest hands-on the leadership of the SNAP board of directors censed dogs and cats, in violation of a bylaw ty animals, directly contradict the purpose dog and cat sterilization program in the world. changed. The two new people stepping into which the source said had, to her knowledge, and mission of any animal protection organiza- Founded in 1994 as a program of the the presidency and vice-presidency, both from been published only in the Navajo language. tion, including SNAP.” Fund for Animals, independent since 2000, Halliburton,” the Houston-based oil field “Without any investigation of the But “SNAP board president Norman SNAP has performed subsidized neutering for management firm, “with zero animal protec- claims raised by Davis, Ritchie directed me to Ritchie stated that ‘complete buy-in from the City of Houston since 1996. tion board experience, went on a total power notify staff and funders of his unilateral direc- Glenda’ must be obtained for SNAP program SNAP operates similar sterilization and control trip,” Hawkins charged. tive to halt services to Navaho Nation commu- services to go forward on the Navajo Nation,” projects in San Antonio, Los Angeles, and “Halliburton facilities were used for nity animals,” Hawkins continued. Hawkins alleged. Albuquerque; Monterrey, Mexico, where meetings, Halliburton lawyers were used for “The Summerlee Foundation, PETs- “While the vote was divided,” 12,807 animals were treated in 2004; and on legal guidance, and Halliburton dangled big MART Charities, and the Pegasus Foundation Hawkins said, “those who voted to terminate Native American reservations in Colorado, bucks in front of the organization,” Hawkins each sent letters to the SNAP board, opposing me were Norman Ritchie, Glenda Davis, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. added. “The issue that started the division Ritchie’s directive. The Pegasus Foundation Michele Mastrean, Pam Harris, Roger In all, SNAP sterilizes about 50,000 among the SNAP board was the board presi- put the board on notice that it intended to seek Sherman, Lynn Cortina, and Julie Strother.” dogs and cats per year. dent ordering me to halt the Navajo Nation return of funds” not used to fulfill the funded Houston Chronicle reporter Salath- SNAP has also run a sterilization community animal sterilization program, project, Hawkins said. “Subsequently, the eia Bryant hinted on May 26 that the 7-4 board clinic in Dallas and a mobile clinic in Virginia, despite the desires of our funders.” Summerlee Foundation demanded removal of vote to fire Hawkins might not have been final. both eventually turned over to local organiza- Elaborated Hawkins in an open letter its mobile clinic from the Navajo Nation. Now “Several board members, including tions, and is a global leader in introducing the to supporters, “Holly O’Dell, SNAP co- that SNAP sterilization services on the Navajo board president Norman Ritchie, said the use of the chemosterilant drug Neutersol to founder, stepped down in late 2004 as SNAP Nation have halted, the Navajo Nation has organization’s bylaws require a two-thirds dog sterilization programs. board president. Kathy Davis stepped down as resumed shooting all the dogs it can catch.” majority––eight votes––to oust Hawkins,” Hawkins envisioned SNAP as a vice president. Their decisions were amicable ANIMAL PEOPLE obtained copies Bryant wrote. “But Hawkins vows he won’t Houston shelter volunteer in his early teens, and unrelated to the current issues. Two indi- of correspondence that affirmed Hawkins’ come back until the board leadership is gone.” and brought it into being while still in his mid- viduals new to SNAP, Norman Ritchie, an summary. Several sources agreed that actions Hawkins said in his open letter that twenties. Sterilizing dogs and cats has always independent contractor for Halliburton, and by Glenda Davis precipitated the split. eight major funding sources had suspended been the SNAP focal mission, but Hawkins Michele Mastrean, senior director of human Lango Deen profiled Davis for the support of SNAP “so long as the current board participated in the 1985 campaign that influ- resources at Halliburton, volunteered and magazine Black Engineer in December 2004, leadership remains in place,” including the enced Houston to quit killing homeless ani- were elected to the positions of SNAP board focusing on her pursuit of an MBA through the Summerlee Foundation, Bosak & Kruger mals by decompression, and through SNAP president and vice-president.” University of Phoenix online program. Foundation, Kaplan Foundation, Pegasus has continued efforts against use of cruel “Davis is Navajo, of the Water’s Foundation, PETsMART Charities, and the killing methods by animal control agencies–– Dogs vs. sheep Edge Clan, raised on the reservation,” Deen sponsors of the SNAP Annual Gala, SNAP especially in Mexico. The terminal split developed, said wrote. “She returned to help her people after Golf Tournament, and SNAP participation in “In one month,” Hawkins e-mailed Hawkins, after SNAP in December 2004 graduating as a microbiologist from Colorado the Bayou City Art Festivals. in March 2005, “SNAP gathered 11,819 “solicited and received funds for purposes that State University in 1991, and for the past 15 Their cumulative contribution of + signed pledges opposing the electrocution and specifically included sterilizing unowned com- years has worked with a veterinary program $1,745,000 amounted to most of the estimated + drowning of dogs and cats in Mexico. 11,819 munity animals living on the Navajo Nation,” offering low-cost comprehensive services to 55% of the SNAP budget that does not come animal advocates are now informed of the hor- which kills 136 dogs and cats per 1,000 human the Navajo. She has been program manager from subsidized sterilization fees. rible conditions in Mexico’s anti-rabicos,” as residents, the highest known rate of killing of since 1997, overseeing four clinics spread The board responded on June 6, the Mexican rabies control pounds are called. any animal control jurisdiction in the U.S. and strategically throughout the nation.” with a form letter signed only by “The SNAP “SNAP manager of international training Doug approximately nine times the U.S. average. Said Hawkins, “Davis is director of board of directors.” Fakkema reports that the city of Juarez has “At a March 12, 2005 board meet- the Navajo Nation Veterinary & Livestock Said the form letter, “In exercising stopped using electrocution as a result of our ing, Glenda Davis, a SNAP board member Program. The NNVLP operates competitive our fiduciary responsibilities, the board must veterinary clinics on the take into consideration not just the public Navajo Nation that provide image of SNAP, but also the management of Join the No More Homeless Pets Forum sterilization services for the organization. It was concerns in this area Join us to spend a week with some of the leaders of this lifesaving movement. They will share an inside some dogs and cats.” that prompted a majority of the board to vote view of their thoughts and work and answer your questions about topics near and dear to their hearts. A more signifi- as they did at our recent meeting…Sean Coming topics–– cant conflict of interest than Hawkins remains the CEO of SNAP. It is our competition between the intention going forward that our programs con- June 13-17: What Inspired Us to Help Animals NNVLP and SNAP for tinue as usual, subject of course to the funding This week YOU are the forum guest! How did you get started helping homeless animals? Have you clients and grant support constraints we always operate under.” found creative ways to inspire new potential volunteers? may be that the NNVLP, in The form letter sounded as if nothing June 20-24: All About News Releases serving sheep herders, had changed. Lynne Ouchida of Humane Society of Central Oregon and John Van Zante of Helen Woodward serves a constituency which Explained Hawkins, “The board Animal Center will answer your questions about how to get your news out to the media and in print! opposes the presence of terms for the four members who voted against Submit one of your news releases for editing. free-roaming dogs on the firing me, Holly O’Dell, Kathy Davis, June 27-July 1: Focus on Fundraising Navajo Nation––whether or Robert Castle, and Cindy Barnard, all expire Can raising money to help the animals really be fun and easy? Danielle Hamilton and Elizabeth not they are sterilized and on June 30, 2005. At the annual meeting in Tolson of HumaneFundraising help you raise funds for your work. vaccinated. July, only the seven board members who July 4-8: Critters for Keeps: Helping Pets Stay in Their Homes “Davis, in her voted to fire me will remain. Allergies, moving, housebreaking issues … we’ve all heard the reasons that otherwise loving homes capacity as a SNAP board “In effect, they have already won,” consider giving up a pet. The folks at the Best Friends Network and Emily Weiss, Ph.D., of SAFER member,” Hawkins said, Hawkins said. “They have no reason to com- give you the tools to counsel would-be relinquishers so they can keep their pets in the family. “has been allowed and municate with anyone, except to formalize encouraged by the SNAP their resolution to fire me, now with unani- July 11-15: Orphaned Infant Care in Foster Homes board president to represent mous consent of the board, in July. Our only Wendy C. Brooks, DVM, of Mar Vista Animal Medical Center answers our questions about how to SNAP in negotiations, and hope is to force the resignation of the seven keep the tiny babies in our care warm, well-fed, and well-socialized. to direct animal sterilization through public pressure.” ––M.C. July 18-22: Hold That Pose! Animal Photography Tips Picture-perfect photos connect animals with their new people, while also attracting donors and We have rescued many dogs and supporters. Best Friends photographer Clay Myers shares his tricks of the trade to help you snap cats, including this mother and her shots like the pros! kittens. Your donation to our July 25-29: This Week YOU Are the Forum Guest! sanctuary fund will help us save many Have you found a way to break through resistance to spay/neuter, especially in a rural area? If so, more from the terrible cruelty of the we want to hear of your success. Please share your best techniques for spreading spay/neuter fever. Korean dog and cat meat markets. We have bought the land to build To join, visit the Best Friends website: Korea's first world-class animal shelter and hospital. A donor paid www.bestfriends.org/nmhp/forum.html for the foundation with a promise to OR send a blank e-mail message to: [email protected] put on the roof if we can raise the money to build the middle. Best Friends Animal Society true! Mark your donation for KAPS Shelter Fund, and send to: Phone: 435-644-2001 International Aid for Korean Animals / Korea E-mail: [email protected] Animal Protection Society Website: www.bestfriends.org POB 20600, Oakland, CA 94620 ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2005 - 13

Hollow,” wrote Pioneer Press reporter Prather. “In December Black Wolf Rescue conviction BEARCAT Hollow conviction 2001, a 10-month-old bear escaped and damaged a neighbor’s Black Wolf Rescue founder Robert Clifton Artois, U.S. District Judge Ann Mont-gomery, of porch. In 2003, paperwork showed that a man who was 56, of Triangle, Virginia, was convicted on June 1, 2005 of Minneapolis, on June 2, 2005 sentenced former BEARCAT mauled by a tiger he raised in his New York apartment had neglecting the 11 wolf hybrids and 18 other dogs who were H o l l o w wildlife park owner Nancy Kraft, 63, to serve 15 obtained the cat from the Krafts. BEARCAT Hollow at peak removed from his premises by animal control officers on April months in prison followed by two years of supervised release kept about 300 animals on 25 acres. It reportedly closed in 18. Volunteer caretaker Cheryl Grenier discovered and and 100 hours of community service. Kraft was convicted by a 2004. In May 2005 the Krafts reportedly obtained permits to reported the conditions, including a dead dog, after Artois was jury on March 24, 2005 of seven felony counts of falsifying relocate about 30 animals, including lions, tigers, and bears, jailed in Alexandria on April 13 and called from jail to ask her documents and conspiracy, in connection with illegal sales of to a private wildlife sanctuary in Spearfish, South Dakota. to feed and water the animals. Artois had already been warned $200,000 worth of animals reportedly including leopards, to improve his care regimen in October 2004, and was charged lions, tigers, and grizzly bears. Patty’s Angels conviction with one count of neglect in November 2004. In December The animals went to “other breeders, dealers, and Patricia Aline Abezis, 51, founder of the P a t t y ’ s 2004, Prince William General District Court Judge Peter even a taxidermist,” wrote Shannon Prather of Pioneer Press. Angels no-kill sanctuary in the Town of Rochester, New York W. Steketee continued the original neglect case until June Kraft’s husband, Kenneth Kraft, 67, pleaded guilty [not to be confused with the city of Rochester] was on April 29, 2005, and ordered animal control officers to inspect Black to similar charges, as did two other defendants. The case origi- 2005 convicted of 38 misdemeanor counts of neglect, at her Wolf Rescue weekly. Artois allegedly then refused to allow nally involved 55 counts filed against nine individuals, but third jury trial since the charges were filed following a animal control personnel to enter his property. Montgomery dismissed 25 counts before the trial began, and November 2002 raid by Ulter County sheriff’s deputies. Founded circa 1992, Black Wolf Rescue raised funds acquitted defendants Marcus Cook, of Texas, and C r a i g The raid found 92 dogs, 24 cats, and numerous rab- through a web site. Artois was convicted of felony larceny in Perry, of Montana. bits and hens without food or water, amid conditions of filth, 1983, and was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of Opened in 2000, housing up to 300 animals at a time, investigators tstified. Thirty animals were turned over to the minors in 1997 and 2003, according to Maria Hegsted of the BEARCAT Hollow claimed to be a nonprofit wildlife sanctu- Ulster County SPCA, but Abezis kept more than 100 others. Potomac News. The 2003 case involved a 15-year-old boy ary, but charged an admission fee of $10, operating more like Her assistant, Tracey Ann Pennington, 47, was convicted of whom Artois met via the Internet. Artois was in a sex offender a roadside zoo. The Krafts and BEARCAT Hollow came under six counts of neglect. Charges against caretaker Michael treatment program, Hegsted indicated, and may be facing investigation after a 400-pound Siberian tiger in July 2001 Sickler were dropped. The two previous trials ended as mistri- fraud charges for falsely claiming on his web site that Black injured visitor Emily Hartman, 7, of Rochester, Minnesota. als, once because of a change in the defense council, and once Wolf Rescue has IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. “The 2001 attack was just the start of troubles at BEARCAT due to loss on jurors. More events (from page 11)

ence.org>. Sept. 17-18: Critter Care Conf., F a r m Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Info: 60 7 -5 8 3- 22 2 5, x 2 2 1 ; . October 1-4: Frontiers of Wolf R e c o v e r y , Colorado Springs. I n f o : . + October 1-7: + E u r o p e a n Vegetarian Union C o n g - r e s s , Riccione, Italy. Info: . (continued on page 11) Oct. 1-8: T e n n e s - see’s Week For The Animals. Info: 9 01 - 4 5 4 -0 8 0 7 ; < w w w . T h e - AnimalWorld.org>. October 7-9: 2 0 t h Annual Compass- ionate Living Festi- v a l , R a l e i g h / D u r - ham, N.C. Info: . Oct. 8: Intl. Day of Protest Against the Japanese Dolphin Slaughter. I n f o : Ric O'Barry, Oct. 15: N a t i o n a l Feral Cat Summit, Philadelphia. Info: . Oct. 18-19: I n t l . Companion Animal Welfare Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. I n f o : . Nov. 3-6: Southern Regional S/N Lead- ership Conference, Atlanta. Info: Julie 14 - ANIMAL P E OPLE, June 2005

Anti-dog meat & fur movement builds momentum in China (from page 1) mostly newly started restaurants that serve dogs and/or cats “Suning County,” where the Shangcun Market is hunters holding the White House and hugely disproportionate (among about 14,000 restaurants in total). located, “has 152 sizable fur farms, 65 villages specializing in numbers of seats in most U.S. legislative bodies. But among signs of a countervailing trend, the China fur production, with around 10,000 farmers owning a total Hunting persists in the U.S., and dog and cat eating Animal Agiculture Association’s National Kennel Club stock of 470,000 tanuki, foxes, mink, and other rare and valu- in Korea, because opponents are not nearly as well mobilized announced in February 2005 that there are now more than 150 able animals,” the Beijing News reported. as defenders of the traditional practices. million pet dogs in China, two and a half times as many as in The Beijing News learned that raising tanuki and Meanwhile, Daegu residents were reportedly irate the U.S., for a ratio of one pet dog per nine humans, similar to other species for fur is a recent development, building on the after a burglar on May 4 blinded the right eye of one Maltese the ratios of dogs to humans in France and Britain. villagers’ discovery of buyers for pelts as well as meat from dog he met in an apartment he was robbing, and broke several The U.S. and Costa Rica are the two nations with the tanuki, who are a raccoon-like member of the dog family. ribs of another. The case was publicized by the Daegu-based most dogs relative to humans, at ratios of about one dog per Killing dogs in the most painful possible way prevails, in order Korea Animal Protection Society and the Joongang Daily. five humans. India, with about one dog per 10 humans, is at to suffuse their flesh with adrenalin, craved by dog-eaters. the upper end of the scale among nations where dogs mostly “On 21 March 2005, this reporter learned from the Dog thief lynched roam without individual keepers. Suning County Party Committee’s propaganda department that, In Thailand, where the Buddhist majority have long The Chinese pet industry is now worth about $60 mil- on hearing the foreign reports, the local government immediate- been at odds with dog-eating Vietnamese refugees of ethnic lion per year, the CAAA National Kennel Club told the Xinhua ly organised an investigation of the market,” Wu Xuejan wrote. Chinese descent, who arrived during the 1970s, unidentified News Agency––and is growing fast enough to increase twelve- “An official at the county’s livestock and aquatic employees of the Wat Don Chan temple at Chiang Mai are sus- fold within the next three years, with projected potential to products bureau said that live skinning took place seven or pected of stealing, killing, and eating at least six dogs who level off at about $18 billion per year. eight years ago, and could not happen now,” even though have been looked after since late 2004 by Lanna Dog Rescue. The U.S. pet industry has revenues of about $30 bil- Chen Jie and Wu Xuejan had just seen and photographed the “We found three of [the dogs] dead around a fire, lion per year. The British pet industry is second biggest, whole process. along with paws and organs stuck on sticks and left over the worldwide, at about $6 billion per year. Animal charities in “At present China has no national animal welfare leg- ashes. These dogs were clearly killed to be eaten,” Lanna Dog the U.S. and Britain annually raise in donations a sum equiva- islation,” Wu Xuejan continued. “Only the China Wildlife Rescue volunteer Karin Hawelka told Cindy Tilney, who lent to about a 15th of the income of the pet industry. Protection Law and the Regulations on the Licensing of the reported about the incidents for the Bangkok Nation. If the same ratio could be achieved in China, Chinese Rearing and Breeding of Protected Wildlife of National “We also found the head and skin of one of the dogs animal-related nonprofit fundraising potential would be approx- Importance contain some sections covering the management of buried beneath the earth,” Hawelka added. imately $4 million a year now and up to $1.2 billion a year wildlife breeding. Cambodians fed up with similar incidents on May 5 within the foreseeable future. That would be about as much, “According to the [local] Regulations on Fox simply lynched notorious local dog thief Bun Rin, 35. adjusting for inflation, as the U.S. animal protection sector Slaughter, Skinning and Initial Processing, passed on Around Prey Kabbas in the southern Takeo district, raised as recently as the early 1990s. September 1, 2003 by Cangzhou city [also in Hebei province], Bun Rin “stole chickens, pigs, and dogs, dogs in particular, Already Chinese animal defenders are able to show approved methods for killing foxes include injection of drugs, day and night. His neighbours lost patience and a mob beat + clout, even without big groups to represent them. The Beijing intercardiac injection of air, and electrocution,” Wu Xuejan him to death,” police chief Chum Chhoeun told D e u t s c h e + Travel Channel found that out after broadcasting a program on added. “A Suning county livestock official says that these Presse-Agentur. May 4 in which a white cat was thrown from a four-story build- standards could be applied to raccoon dogs and other animals.” “Before this happened, we arrested him at least 10 ing to see how cats adjust their bodies to survive hard falls. A Shangcun Market managing committee member times and educated him not to do like this,” Chum Chhoeun The cat lived without known serious injury, but the admitted that “Hebei’s level of development is far behind that said, “but the charges were too small to hold him,” as Travel Channel was besieged, the Beijing Times and Agence of developed countries,” Wu Xuejan concluded. Cambodia has no humane law, “and as soon as he was out, he France-Presse reported, as “Angry pet lovers posted petitions would start again. Even after he split from his wife, who sells on several websites and lodged complaints with the state broad- Checking on dogs in Korea dog meat, he continued and just sold the dogs to others. casting authorities and the television channel.” In South Korea, the mobile telephone company KTF “Even his parents were tired of him,” Chum By May 13 the Travel Channel had apologized and Corporation on May 12 introduced a fee-based service for pet Chhoeun added. “He stole dogs not to be rich, but for money to pledged that such an experiment would never again be per- keepers who want to check up on dogs left at home. buy drink and to feed lady friends.” formed or broadcast. “The users must first connect to the Internet with Chum Chhoeun did not expect to arrest any of the their cell phones,” Associated Press reported, “and then regis- mob who killed Bun Rin. He said there were too many partici- Live skinning expose ter information about their dogs such as breed and age. The pants for the police to identify any. ––Merritt Clifton An even more significant hint that animal advocates service will record the dog’s bark. The are gaining recognition and favor came on April 5, 2005, owner will receive text messages telling when the Beijing News published an extensive investigative them how their pet is feeling, such as ‘I am report following up on allegations that tanuki (raccoon dogs) happy’ or ‘I am frustrated.’ The service THE NO KILL and foxes are routinely skinned alive by fur traders at the will also translate basic messages into dog Shangcun Market in Hebei province. The market reputedly sounds.” handles about 60% of the Chinese fur trade. The service may be most useful SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE The claims about live skinning were originally issued for gathering information to help merchan- on February 2 at press conferences convened by Swiss Animal disers seeking markets. October 1-2, 2005 in San Diego, California Protection, the Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan, and How far is the distance from citi- Care For The Wild, of Britain. Videotape provided to news zens calling home to check on their dogs to media certainly appeared to show live skinning, but why the abolishing the dog meat trade? You’ll get practical cost-effective answers to end animals were skinned alive was unclear, since the technique An analogous situation would be the killing of pets in your community, including: would tend to produce damaged pelts, of lower sale value than the continuing participation of about 6% of if the animals were killed first. American men in sport hunting, with · Building a no-kill community The Beijing News might have been expected to refute the foreign allegations. Instead, photographer Chen · Getting animal control on board Jie and reporter Wu Xuejan unflinchingly affirmed them, · Adopting out hard-to-place animals adding critical coverage of the conditions under which the tanuki and foxes are raised. · Saving feral cats · Getting the community to pay for it all British fur seller quits · And more! 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FREE BOOKLET on how to stop a dolphin abusement park in your country. Just click on this address and print out: www.onevoice-ear.org/english/campaigns/marine_mammals/dolphins_jobs.html New Jersey SPCA to appeal verdict limiting autonomy T R E N T O N – –New Jersey investigating animal abuse,” wrote mal cruelty laws. SPCA spokesperson Matt Stanton Brian T. Murray of the Newark Star- “The issue is no longer has indicated that the NJ/SPCA will L e d g e r, “but it gives each county whether or how to fix this errant appeal to the state Supreme Court an prosecutor the authority to oversee group of self-appointed, self-direct- April 14, 2005 ruling by the New and guide procedures and policies. “ ed and uncontrolled entities, “ the Jersey Court of Appeals that signifi- As of May 2001, the New Commission of Investigation con- cantly erodes NJ/SPCA authority. Jersey SPCA had 18 chartered chap- cluded, “but whether to eliminate Although the NJ/SPCA ters, at least on paper, each with the archaic system entirely.” was created by state law in 1868 as constabulary law enforcement A state Animal Welfare an autonomous police force, able to authority. A review of alleged abus- Task Force appointed in February pursue animal abuse cases without es conducted by the New Jersey 2003 by former Governor James E. county oversight, the justices held State Commission of Investigation McGreevey recommended remov- that it lost that autonomy under the found, however, that “The SPCAs ing the SPCAs from the lead role in Criminal Justice Act of 1970, which at both the statewide and county humane law enforcement. consolidated all police activities level have been subverted to the Striving to recover credi- under the authority of the state attor- point where in many instances they bility, the New Jersey SPCA itself ney general and county prosecutors. are incapable of fulfilling their pri- in June 2004 revoked the charters of “The ruling leaves the mary statutory mission––the effec- four purportedly dysfunctional chap- NJ/SPCA as the lead agency in tive and reliable enforcement of ani- ters. ACTIVIST COURT CALENDAR 2005 spring session state legislative achievements The European Court of The Oregon Court of Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue on May Washington Governor Christine J u s t i c e on May 24 rejected a French A p p e a l s ruled on April 20, 2005 that 10, 2005 signed into law an income tax return check- Gregoire on May 16, 2005 signed into law a bill that attempt to overturn a European Union Oregon Health & Science University off to help fund the state Dog & Cat Sterilization increases the penalty for animal fighting from a gross requirement that animal testing of cos- need not disclose the names of Program. The program has been supported entirely misdemeanor to a Class C felony. This will raise the metics cease in the 25 member nations researchers at the Oregon Regional by the sale of commemorative license plates and maximum prison term from one year to five years, by 2009, along with imports of animal- Primate Research Center. In Defense unsolicited donations. and raise the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000. tested cosmetic products. The French of Animals argued that the identities of The Illinois legislature on June 2, 2005 Maine Governor James Baldacci on May government argued unsuccessfully that researchers should be disclosed in the sent to Governor Rod Blagojevich a revised state 10 signed into law a bill to prohibit remote control the E.U. regulation would unjustly harm public interest, but Oregon law specifi- Public Health & Safety Animal Population hunting. the competitive position of French cos- cally exempts Oregon Regional Primate Control Act. The act, HB 315, expands the funding The Alabama House of Representatives metics manufacturers. Research Center employees. sources of the Illinois Pet Population Control Fund on May 16 gave Allen Layson (D-Reform) the Australian Federal Court U.S. District Judge Rebecca from a commemorative license plate program to Shroud Award for introducing a bill to reduce the Judge James Allsop, of Sydney, on D o h e r t y , of Lafayette, Louisiana, include also an income tax return checkoff, volun- penalties for cruelty to dogs and cats. The award is May 27 dismissed an attempt by ruled on May 30, 2005 that the United tary donations, public safety fines, forfeited steril- presented at the end of each legislative session to the Humane Soceity International A u s t - Gamefowl Breeders Association, ization deposits, and a licensing differential for author of the bill that attracts the least support. ralia director Michael Kennedy to sue based in Albany, Ohio, had failed to intact animals. The act also updates fines and licens- The Michigan state elections panel on the Japanese whaling firm K y o d o establish that a 2002 federal law pro- ing procedures, requires shelters to offer “adoptable” June 2 accepted a referendum petition submitted Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. for killing hibiting interstate transport of game- animals for placement, expands the definition of by the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting whales inside the Antarctic Whale cocks discriminates against Cajuns and dangerous dog and streamlines dangerous dog law Ban, which will allow voters to decide whether dove Sanctuary, declared by the Austral-ian Hispanic people. Doherty also rejected enforcement, exempts feral cat caretakers from the hunting should again be illegal in Michigan. Dove government but not recognized by claims that cockfighting cannot be regu- legal definition of an animal “owner,” and requires hunting was prohibited for 99 years before being Japan. Allsop accepted the argument of lated as commerce because it is a hobby, shelters to report intake and killing statistics annually reintroduced by the legislature as an intended means Australian attorney general P h i l i p and that the federal law usurps states’ to the state Department of Agriculture. “HB 669 of boosting hunting participation, which has been Ruddock that it cannot enforce a terri- rights in attempting to regulate morality. was also passed. It would provide some funding to declining for more than 20 years. Backed by the torial claim not recognized by all parties A three-judge panel of the wildlife rehabbers,” said American SPCA s e n i o r Humane Society of the U.S., the Committee to to international agreements. Allsop Commonwealth Court of Pennsyl- director of legal training & legislation Ledy Van Restore the Dove Shooting Ban collected 275,000 allowed HSI, the global arm of the vania on April 11 agreed that Kavage, for whom drafting and lobbying HB 315 to petition signatures, 110,000 more than were needed + Humane Society of the U.S., to appeal Lancaster Township has the right to passage has been a multi-year focal project. to qualify for the ballot. + to the full bench of the Federal Court. enforce a 1982 ordinance against spot- Justice Stanley Burnton o f lighting, even though state law permits the British High Court on April 12 it. Hunters often sweep deer habitat Campbell is into more than soup! authorized the British Union for the with bright lights in the weeks before Abolition of Vivisection to pusue an deer hunting season opens to track herd application for judicial review of deci- movements and find bucks they might “Campbell sions made by the Home Office when it try to shoot. Spotlighting can, howev- soup is licensed invasive experiments on mon- er, startle rural residents who suddenly keys at Cambridge University in 1998. and repeatedly find their bedrooms lit Oh so bad!” The BUAV contends that the monkeys up at odd hours. A related practice, are used in ways that contravene the “jacklighting,” uses light to cause deer Animal Scientific Procedures Act o f to freeze, enabling an illegal night 1986. hunter to kill them more easily.

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+ + ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2005 - 17 World standards for farm animals (from page 1) British lab review findings and should not cause anxiety, distress, pain, or suffering to The Hotel Royal Monceau reception appeared to L O N D O N ––A two-year review of British animal the animal.” clinch the favorable vote on the standards. experiments by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, released The World Organization for Animal Health, best “A film on transport and slaughter was shown,” on May 25, 2005, concluded that proprietary concerns and known by the French acronym OIE, “is an intergovernmental Ngonyo recounted. “Each delegate was given a copy. Various anxiety about physical security inhibit the exchange of find- body whose animal health standards are recognized as a global representatives made presentations,” including Wilkins, ings which could reduce animal use. reference by the World Trade Organsiation,” Owen explained. Levente Pencz of the Fauna Association in Hungary, Barbara British labs used 2.8 million animals in 2004, up “The OIE’s Terrestrial Animal Health Code amounts Dias Pais of the European Coalition for Farm Animals, from recent years, but half the numbers used in the 1970s, to a common veterinary standard that seeks to prevent the Ghislain Zuccolo of Protection Mondiale des Animaux de according to Home Office figures. spread of disease by exported farm animals and food products, Ferme, and CIWF staff Kerry Burgess and Paul Hook. The Nuffield Council criticized the Home Office and discourages new pathogens such as the bird flu virus and “Carole de Fraga and Lesley Lambert of CIWF pre- for insufficiently determining how many animals are killed, mad cow prion,” elaborated Agence France-Presse. sented more than 5,000 postcards received worldwide to OIE how many die in care, and how much suffering they endure. “The OIE code is not obligatory but is regarded as a head Dr. Bernard Vallat,” Ngonyo said. The Nuffield report was compiled by a panel of 18 health benchmark in world animal trade,” Agence France- animal advocates, ethicists, and scientists from both acade- Presse said. Avian flu & broiler standards mia and private industry. It followed a 2002 House of Lords “Courtesy of Compassion in World Farming, I was The OIE adoption of animal welfare standards fol- select committee report and a 2003 report by the Animal invited to speak at a reception for delegates at the Hotel Royal lowed an April 8 declaration issued in concert with the United Procedures Committee, an advisory body created by the Monceau in Paris,” Ngonyo explained of his participation. Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that mass culling of Scientific Procedures Act of 1986. “My presentation described why animal welfare standards are poultry should no longer be considered an acceptable method of important to Africa.” combating the spread of the H5N1 avian influenza strain, mals appeared to be broken with the May 31, 2005 publication Best known for organizing snare removal sweeps of which has killed at least 56 humans, 37 of them in Vietnam. of draft European Union standards for raising broiler chickens. the Kenyan national parks and defending the Kenyan ban on “For ethical, ecological, and economic reasons,” the The draft standards allow broiler chickens less floor space than sport hunting, Ngonyo emphasized to about 300 of the 500 OIE and FAO said, farmers and governments should vaccinate battery-caged egg layers––slightly less than could be covered OIE delegates that Africans care about animal welfare, citing against H5N1 instead of culling. by a standard-size sheet of letter paper. both public health issues and humane concerns. This “follows a realisation that killing large numbers “This legislation will do little to improve the lives of Rinderpest epidemics introduced to Africa with of birds is unlikely to eliminate H5N1,” the journal N a t u r e chickens in its current form,” Royal SPCA scientific officer European livestock during the 19th century have had a lasting summarized. “The virus is widespread in both wild and domes- Marc Cooper told Amanda Brown, environment correspondent effect on the ecology and economics of the continent, perhaps tic bird populations, meaning it will continue to re-emerge no for The Scotsman. nowhere more than in Kenya. matter how many birds are killed. Previously, some Asian “Surprisingly,” Cooper added, “the recommendation But the cattle-herding Masai were horrified that governments preferred culling because they feared that vacci- on the space required for each bird ignores the advice of the Europeans in 2001 killed tens of thousands of cattle, especially nating birds would merely eliminate symptoms, allowing the E.U.’s own scientific advisory committee.” in Britain, to control hoof-and-mouth disease. The Masai treat virus to spread undetected.” The Scots group Advocates for Animals made the cattle for hoof-and-mouth disease, even though hoof-and- The European Commission and World Health same observation. mouth lastingly reduces the milk and meat yield of a cow. Organization followed up by adopting new policies for “The United Kingdom government takes the [rotat- Masai leaders made repeated unsuccessful attempts to intercede responding to H5N1, while China reportedly used vaccination ing] presidency of the E.U. today,” Advocates for Animals on behalf of the diseased European cattle, perplexed that peo- successfully to contain an outbreak that killed more than 1,000 director Ross Minett said on June 1. “We urge the Scottish ple who care about dogs and wildlife could be so seemingly wild migratory waterfowl in western Qinghai province. Executive to ensure that the U.K. government uses its presiden- indifferent toward livestock. But the regulatory momentum on behalf of farm ani- cy to demand genuine improvements in broiler welfare.” Airlines will not fly lab animals L O N D O N – – O u t s o u r c i n g animal research to nations where it remains lightly regulated and non- controversial may accelerate with the May 2005 decisions of British Airways, Air Mauritius, and Air China to stop carrying animals who may be used in laboratories. “I can confirm that Air China does not fly any laboratory animals into the U.K. Our European offices also do not carry primates and other animals destined for vivi- section. There are now no Air China flights worldwide carrying live animals for this purpose,” said Lorna Allen, Air China marketing manager for Britain and Ireland, in an e-mail posted at the Stop Hunt- ingdon Animal Cruelty web site. Like other such policy decisions by national airways, the Air China policy tends to encourage building labs and doing experiments where the animals are, instead of moving animals to existing labs which are often due for upgrade or replacement anyway. As biotech work already draws heavily on personnel recruited from Asia, the British Department of Trade & Industry is becoming anxious about losing both breaking- edge research and routine animal testing to Asian nations. “Trade & Industry offi- cials are understood to have raised their concerns with senior British Airways management after the air- line’s decision not to accept the car- riage of primates, wild birds, or other live-caught animals ‘for use in any laboratory or for experimenta- tion or exploitation,’” reported Mark Honigsbaum and Alok Jha of T h e Guardian on May 28. British Airways adopted this policy, Honigsbaum and Jha wrote, after “a campaign by extrem- ists” that targeted airline and airport management. Vandalism of homes and vehicles “was followed by demonstrations at airline offices and travel agents across the UK by a group called Gateway to Hell, “demanding a boycott of all travel to Mauritius. An Air Mauritius spokesperson said it was not pre- pared to risk its tourism industry while British Airways appears to be at odds with British policy.” A British Airways spokes- (continued on page 18) 18 - ANIM AL PEOP LE, June 2005 I’M AN Please enter my subscription for: ____ One year (10 issues.) Enclosed is $24. YES! ____ Two years (20 issues.) Enclosed is $38. ANIMAL PERSON! ____ 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. Enclosed is $24 apiece. ____Please send the 2005 ANIMAL PEOPLE Watchdog Report on Animal Protection Charities, which provides the background I need to make my donations more effective. 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Three days after the fire, the Korea Times disclosed A similar facility under construction by Oxford Most of this, perhaps all, could have been done that Woo Suk Hwang and team had “discovered ways to pre- University in England is to cost $32 million––if there are no without loss of life beyond the embryonic stage, but Woo Suk vent monkeys rejecting organ transplants from pigs, paving the further cost overruns as result of a series of delays associated Hwang has plans that almost certainly involve severely injuring way for the use of animal organs and cells in humans,” Agence with anti-vivisection protests. The work was suspended entire- and eventually killing laboratory animals. France-Presse summarized. ly throughout th latter half of 2004. “This year,” wrote Brooke, “he hopes to use animal The Korea Times quoted a research team member as Opposition to animal use in biomedical research is stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries in rats, dogs, and possi- stating that they had produced “dozens of pigs embedded with not unknown in South Korea, but the South Korean antivivi- bly monkeys. If the animal trials go well, he hopes to apply for human immunity genes since late last year.” section movement is small, orderly, and still seeking basic ani- permission in South Korea and the U.S. to start conducting Hwang had intended to begin trying to transplant mal welfare regulations that have been in effect in Britain, the human trials in two to three years.” hearts and insulin-producing cells from cloned miniature pigs U.S., and much of western Europe for decades. Finding adequate specimens without deliberately into monkeys in June 2005, but that phase of the work was Currently, South Korean government supervision of injuring animals would be unlikely. delayed by the laboratory fire, the Korea Times reported. animal use is mostly limited to maintaining biosecurity, so as But Woo Suk Hwang would have to replace 99 mon- Seoul National University and other South Korean to avoid spreading disease. keys after an April 20 power transformer fire at the Korea labs have emerged as world leaders in biotech not just because Several prominent South Korean biomedical Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology in Daejeon, they have talented scientists, but also because they can work researchers aligned themselves with the dog meat industry in a the only primate laboratory in South Korea. inexpensively with minimal regulatory restraint. November 2001 public statement, timed to forestall the intro- The fire caused a two-hour electrical blackout. The Woo Suk Hwang and the 45 researchers and techni- duction of broadly applicable animal welfare legislation that 135 monkeys housed at the lab overheated. “Power from a cians employed in his lab operate on a total budget of just $2 animal advocates had hoped might be introduced in response to backup source was supplied immediately, but the fire somehow million per year, Brooke wrote. the threat of a boycott of the 2002 World Cup soccer tourna- broke the temperature control device,” lab publicity manager In view of the economic promise of Woo Suk ment. The 2002 World Cup matches were divided between Kim Yeong-gwon told the Joongang Daily. Hwang’s experiments, the South Korean government has South Korea and Japan. Airlines & lab animals (from 17) Covance lab monkey care exposed again person told Hongsbaum and Jha that Limited is reportedly now trying for N O R F O L K––PETA research and investiga- University, where she worked under linguist and animal the airline quit hauling animals for the third time in recent years to tions chief Mary Beth Sweetland told news media on advocate Roger Fouts at the Chimpanzee and Human labs because, “This is a specialist establish a monkey breeding facility May 17, 2005 that undercover investigator Lisa Leitten Communication Institute. Her first undercover job for cargo. Carrying these animals is not in Camarales, Tarragona, Spain, between April 26, 2004 and March 11, 2005 “secretly PETA, beginning in May 2002, was a nine-month stint part of our core business.” which could also bypass airlines to videotaped repeated violations of the federal Animal at a contract research lab in Missouri that did feeding British Airways will con- supply labs elsewhere in Europe. Welfare Act,” at a Covance Research Products laborato- studies for Iams, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble. tinue to carry frozen mouse embryos The Gateway tactics, ry in Vienna, Virginia. Leitten’s findings caused Iams to fire the lab. for labs, an easier cargo to handle wrote Honigsbaum and Jha, “mirror Alleged violations, Sweetland said, included Leitten in 2003 infiltrated the Amarillo and much less conspicuous. those employed by SHAC––hardly “punching, choking, and taunting injured monkeys; Wildlife Refuge in Texas, which was eventually cited British labs used about surprising, say police, who claim recycling sick monkeys into new experiments; failing for several Animal Welfare Act violations as result of a 4,800 monkeys in 2003, most of Gateway and SHAC are two halves to administer veterinary care to severely wounded mon- PETA complaint. By May 2004 the refuge was in com- them from nations which are work- of the same organization.” keys; failing to euthanize monkeys who were in pliance, USDA spokesperson Darby Holliday told ing to develop their own biotech Jury selection began on extreme distress; and failing to properly oversee lab David Fleshler of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. industries. Mauritius supplied 7,843 June 2 in Trenton, New Jersey, for workers,” who allegedly “tore monkeys from their cages Covance was assembled as a subsidiary of of the 13,467 monkeys imported the trial of U.S. SHAC leaders and violently shoved them into restraint tubes.” Corning, Inc. during the 1980s and 1990s, through the into Britain between 1994 and 2000. Kevin Kjonaas, 27; Lauren Gazz- Sweetland said Leitten’s undercover video acquisition of independent drug development compa- British labs have not been ola, 26; Jacob Conroy, 29; Joshua also showed Covance staff “performing painful and nies. “In January 1997, Corning spun off these busi- permitted to use wild-caught mon- Harper, 30; Darius Fullmer, 28; stressful procedures in full view of other animals, mon- nesses as one publicly-traded, independent company keys since 1995, but activists argue John McGee, 26; and Andrew keys with chronic rectal prolapses resulting from con- called Covance Inc.,” says the company web site. that some of the imported monkeys Stepanian, 26. stant stress and diarrhea,” monkeys suffering from Based in Princeton, New Jersey, Covance now claims might have been among the 9,000 Arrested in May 2004, “daily bloody noses” as result of harsh intubation, and “annual net revenues totaling more than $1 billion, over macaques who were captured as the defendants are charged with “monkey self-mutilation resulting from failure to pro- 6,600 employees and 17 offices throughout the world.” breeding stock by Mauritian compa- three counts each of interstate stalk- vide psychological enrichment and socialization.” Covance came to the attention of animal advo- nies between 1992 and 1995. ing and one count of conspiracy. PETA filed a 253-page complaint to the cates after U.S. lab purchases of monkeys from abroad Gateway to Hell has also Each could get five years in prison USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, ask- more than doubled between 1997 and 2002. Charles directed protest toward Air France, plus a fine of $250,000, under the ing that the lab “be shut down until a thorough investi- River Laboratories imported 36% of the monkeys; for allegedly flying monkeys from federal Animal Enterprise Act, gation can be conducted.” Covance imported 30%. Mauritius to Paris, to be trucked passed by Congress in 1992, Covance responded by suing PETA and The British Union Against Vivisection in and ferried to Britain. strengthened in 2002. Leitten in Fairfax County, Virginia, demanding that 2003 hired freelance journalist Friedrich Mulln to infil- A company called Centre On June 1, Peonyland PETA surrender the originals and all copies of Leitten’s trate a Covance nonhuman primate facility in Munster, de Recherches Primatologiques nursery owner Michael Hsu, of documentation, cease web publicity about the investi- Germany. Mulln, like Leitten, produced undercover nearby Allentown, Pennsylvania, gation, and agree to never again infiltrate Covance. video of staff allegedly abusing monkeys. As the case announced that he was abandoning a Covance accused PETA and Leitten of fraud, broke, Covance won an injunction against further distri- I the Lord God plan to build housing on the nursery conspiring to harm its business, and violating a nondis- bution of the video by Mulln, but BUAV was beyond formed every beast of site for up to 500 research monkeys. closure agreement that Leitten signed when she began the jurisdiction of the court. Images from the investiga- The nursery was exten- work there as a primate care technician, wrote Bonnie tion remain accessible at various web sites. the field, and every sively vandalized on the night of Pfister of Associated Press. Some Covance animal welfare issues have fowl of the air, and May 26 by raiders whose methods Pfister and other reporters confirmed that the emerged in other ways. On January 24, 2005 a fire of resembled attacks on property PETA materials “depict frightened monkeys being unknown origin at Covance Research Products’ Texter they were also living belonging to Huntingdon personnel. yanked from their cages and handled roughly by aggres- Mountain complex in Millcreek Township, souls. For I God Graffiti left at the scene named the sive, often cursing technicians.” Pennsylvania razed one of four barns which according Animal Liberation Front. Hsu said Leitten, 30, told media that the Covance to a 2001 USDA report cumulatively housed 14,000 breathed into them his decision was prompted by realiz- investigation was her third for PETA, and would be her rabbits. Heavy smoke reportedly interfered with the breath of life. ing that the lot is too small. last. She holds an M.A. from Central Washington employees’ efforts to evacuate the rabbits. Animals have souls same as you.

Hempstead/Nevada Humane Society 2811 Hwy 53 Rosston, Arkansas 71858 Ph. 870-899-2304 ANIM AL PEOP LE, June 2005 - 19 “Madness” in Karachi rabies response KARACHI, Pakistan––“Karachi mayor Niamatul- years. lah Khan is about to go on a rampage, poisoning 500,000 stray Rumors about a vaccine shortage may have dogs in total disregard of alternatives presented by the Pakistan developed as result of hospitals using up their stocks of Animal Welfare Society, along with a large number of doctors, the Semple vaccine before introducing the alternatives. health officials, and Karachi citizens,” Engineers and Scientists Just two major hospitals in Karachi provide for Animal Rights founder Syed Rizvi warned on Friday, May post-exposure vaccination to more than 50 dog bite vic- 13, 2005, in an e-mail quickly distributed worldwide by pro- tims per day, Salahuddin said. animal newsgroups. “There is a great need to educate the general Born and raised in Karachi, Rizvi now lives in San public regarding danger of dog bite, its relation to the Jose, California, but maintains close contact with Pakistani deadly disease, and prevention of rabies by using prop- animal advocates. er preventive measures,” Salahuddin emphasized. “The City of Karachi is preparing 500,000 strychnine “This must be done regularly through the press, lectures capsules,” Rizvi charged. “I have been in constant touch with and handouts. Most doctors [in Pakistan] are inexperi- Mahera Omar of the Pakistan Animal Welfare Society, who is enced and not updated on modern methods. Wrong asking that e-mails and letters from the international communi- advice and improper handling of bite cases can lead to ty be sent to the authorities, asking them to refrain from this rabies,” and to public panic, Salahuddin continued. barbaric practice. “The Infectious Disease Society of Pakistan “Please e-mail to General Parvez Musharraf, the plans to hold workshops on rabies prevention in small President of Pakistan, who is a dog lover himself,” Rizvi towns and rural health centers,” Salahuddin promised. asked. “Some might have seen his picture in Newsweek recent- “Most importantly,” Salahuddin stated, “dog ly, holding his two little dogs close to his heart.” bite should be prevented by reducing the stray dog pop- “The World Society for the Protection of Animals ulation. Niamatullah Khan supports this viewpoint,” will fax a letter to the President of Pakistan on behalf of our Salahuddin said, recommending a three-point strategy. 506 member societies in 126 countries to protest this decision, “Catch, neuter, vaccinate and release stray and to offer WSPA’s services to discuss a more humane poli- dogs,” Salaheddin urged as one essential element. Pakistani children play with dogs. (Shoaib Awan) cy,” responded WSPA director general Peter Davies. “Neutered animals not only are likely to be less aggressive, but “colored water.” The intensive exposure of the poisoning plans will not multiply. Wilde opined in an hour-long meeting with A N I - brought mixed results. “Encourage people to own stray or pet dogs,” MAL PEOPLE that the shortage of veterinarians in Pakistan is “On the one hand, the city government has offered Salaheddin added. “Vaccinate them and keep a vaccination so acute and the abundance of street dogs so large that it will be cooperation to PAWS in setting up an Animal Birth Control record. Rogue dogs should be killed, as they pose the greatest necessary to kill dogs just to reduce the numbers enough to program in Karachi,” Mahera Omar and Maheen Zia of the danger to the human population,” Salaheddin concluded, mak- have a hope of being able to sterilize and vaccinate 70%. Pakistan Animal Welfare Society posted to on June 3. “On the other, it is resolutely continuing attacked people and other animals. its senseless dog killing. While we fully intend to take the “Killing dogs randomly has never been proved to be Introducing sterilization nazim [mayor] up on his word, we believe the offer of help is successful in any country,” Salaheddin reminded, citing the “A handful of animal loving organizations and people lip-service, as the May 30 meeting which was supposed to success of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia in using a simi- from Geo T.V. are trying their level best to stop the mass explore alternative strategies began with the distribution of fly- lar strategy to “successfully reduce their numbers of dog bites killing of dogs,” offered I.H. Kathio, DVM. ers announcing the strategy already decided upon: mass strych- and rabies cases to very low levels.” Born in Larkana, Pakistan, Kathio, 51, now owns nine poisoning of stray dogs. But only three days later, Dawn, the leading English three U.S. veterinary clinics and three others in Pakistan. His “The 3-page handout indicated that photographs of daily newspaper in Pakistan, announced that Niamatullah Khan primary practice is in Pennsylvania, but he also directs a pilot dead dogs are to be published in leading newspapers to keep the had “decided to launch a major campaign” against homeless dog and cat sterilization project at the government-funded public informed of the progress of the campaign,” Omar and dogs, to “continue until their total elimination.” Richmond Crawford Animal Hospital in Karachi. Zia said. “In addition, two million rupees [about $34,000] In all likelihood “total elimination” cannot be “In this hospital I am setting up an American-stan- have been allocated as rewards for the most successful poison- achieved due to the abundance of refuse and rats in Pakistani dard surgical and examination room,” Kathio told A N I M A L ers. This is clearly madness,” Omar and Zia opined. streets. Dogs may become less visible for a time, but will PEOPLE in November 2004. I am donating surgical and med- rapidly breed back up to the high carrying capacity of the habi- ical supplies.” Warning tied to vaccine issue tat within a year or less, as after previous poisoning and shoot- Kathio expressed hope that he can eventually train Animal Save Movement president Khalid Mahmood ing campaigns. enough veterinary surgeons to do high-speed sterilization under Qureshi, of Multan, warned ANIMAL PEOPLE on March “The nazim directed the Department of Health to take strictly aseptic conditions to equip Karachi, and Pakistan, to 18, 2005 that the dog massacre was coming. concrete measures for providing the required number of [poi- deal with dog overpopulation humanely. E-mailed Qureshi, “The mayor of Karachi and the son] capsules for killing stray dogs,” Dawn reported, “strongly Meanwhile, argued Rizvi, “Dogs are a part of our health department have declared that they will kill dogs in 18 instructing that they should not fall short, as in the past.” urban ecology. Poisoning them can create environmental towns,” once suburbs, now engulfed by the sprawling metrop- Acknowledged Salahuddin, “Mahera Omar [of the havoc. Moreover, poisoning is a painful way to kill animals, olis. Qureshi said that the Karachi city government and the Pakistan Animal Welfare Society] suggested more humane and inimical to the teachings of the Holy Prophet, who said Sind state governments had offered bounties amounting to methods, such as ABC or vaccinating stray dogs. This is high- ‘Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself.’ I about 40¢ per dog. ly impractical, given that we have no vets in the government understand people in Karachi are being rewarded when some- Qureshi alleged that the dog-killing had begun in sector to carry this out. one shoots a dog and brings the tail to the authorities for com- response to a shortage of human post-exposure vaccine. “People of Karachi do not want to see dead dogs, but pensation. This is in total contempt of the teachings of the ANIMAL PEOPLE consulted many other sources, neither do we physicicans want to see horrible cases of dog Holy Prophet, who said ‘If you must kill, kill without torture.’” but for six weeks all denied that there was either a vaccine bites and rabies. We have a duty to save our people first,” Rizvi told fellow protesters against the Karachi poi- shortage or a dog massacre underway, other than sporadic poi- Salaheddin said. soning that Pakistan is not an inhumane nation, regardless of soning by aggrieved private individuals. superficial appearance. Indirect confirmation finally came through a forward- “Colored water” “A few years ago, I visited Karachi, my former ed statement by Infectious Disease Society of Pakistan presi- “The rabies situation in Pakistan is a total disaster, as place of residence, and was overwhelmed by the positive dent Naseem Salahuddin, who is also a member of the World bad as the worst I saw in West Africa decades ago,” offered response I received when I talked about animal rights at the Health Organization Expert Committee on Rabies. Henry Wilde, M.D., director of the Queen Saovabha Memorial Hotel Metropole,” he said. “The Pakistan Arts Council, the “For nearly seven years the Infectious Disease Institute in Bangkok, established in 1921 as a rabies prevention Pakistan Medical Association, and Engineers and Scientist for Society of Pakistan has advocated that the National Institutes of and treatment facility, now involved in fighting many other Animal Rights had sponsored an art exhibit on the humane Health in Islamabad should discontinue dispensing the obsolete viral diseases. treatment of animals. I was moved by the children’s presenta- and ineffective Semple sheep brain post-exposure vaccine,” Wilde has visited Pakistan three times to lecture and tions. They profoundly expressed their concern for animals.” Salahuddin explained. “Public pressure has finally prevailed.” investigate rabies outbreaks, he told ANIMAL PEOPLE. “We will strongly protest this genocide,” Qureshi On April 8 the official Pakistani post-exposure rabies “They have been using Semple vaccine made locally for years, pledged. ––Merritt Clifton vaccination became a tissue culture vaccine, with a much high- which my staff and local as well as Paris er reliability rating. Conversion to tissue culture vaccinations experts have found to be completely devoid had already been underway at some hospitals for as long as 10 of antigen,” Wilde said, describing it as University of Nevada fined R E N O ––Substantiating complaints filed by University of Nevada at Reno associate professor Hussein S. Hussein, the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service in May 2005 cited the university for 46 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act allegedly committed between May 25, 2004 and March 21, 2005. The university agreed to pay fines totaling $11,400 to avoid going to court. “The violations included repeatedly leaving 10 research pigs without adequate water between May and September and improperly housing the same pigs, frequent poor sanitation of animal care facilities, lack of veterinary care, improper oversight of research activities, failing to investigate complaints of animal neglect and poor record keeping, and failing to proper- ly train university farm employees,” wrote Frank X. Mullen Jr. of the Reno Gazette-Journal. Mullen made the case public in a December 2004 three-part investigative series, after the university pursued disciplinary action against Hussein. A faculty panel in April 2005 held that the charges against Hussein were without merit. If you know someone else who might like to read ANIMAL PEOPLE, please ask us to send a free sample. 20 - ANIMAL P E OPLE, June 2005 The Animal Prayer Guide the letter-writers could say “No” refuses to cooperate with local no- Miracle Dog more easily than the small army of kill humane societies to apply for a by Niki Behrikis Shanahan by Randy Grim people who lined up for hours at the Maddie’s Fund grant that would Pete Publishing (P.O. Box 282, Tyngsborough, MA 01879), 2005. North Shore Animal League in 1996 help the St. Louis area transition to Alpine Publications 128 pages, paperback. $12.98 c/o . to try to adopt Scarlet the cat and no-kill animal control. (P.O. Box 7027, Loveland, her surviving kittens, after Scarlet On the appalling condi- The Animal Prayer Guide of holidays like Thanksgiving, CO 80537), 2005. 120 rescued the kittens one by one from tion of typical animal shelters, he is written with the firm conviction Christmas and Easter. pages, paperback. $19.95. a blazing building. Hundreds of quotes ANIMAL PEOPLE e d i t o r that animal beings are just as worthy T h e Animal Prayer Guide other animals were adopted by the Merritt Clifton: “If you keep dogs as humans of the attention, concern, includes a section that can be used in Quentin, a shelter dog, in people who came for Scarlet and and cats in a facility that looks like and blessings of their Creator. a blessing-of-the-animals either indi- August 2003 survived the St. Louis her kittens, but were persuaded, as a jail and smells like a cesspool, The author does not try to vidually, with a few friends, or as Animal Regulation gas chamber, much by the homeless animals as dogs and cats all over town will be bolster this position with Biblical or part of a church service. was adopted by Stray Rescue anyone else, to take others in need. treated like prisoners on a chain theological arguments: for her it is a Finally, there are prayers founder Randy Grim, and became When Randy and Quentin gang, because the condition of your faith-based fact. She offers hope, and reflections for a memorial ser- an icon of the no-kill movement. flew to New York City to appear on facility sends the message that you comfort, and practical suggestions vice that not only commemorates the Grim himself became a NBC with host John Walsh, a think this is okay. If you treat dogs to help deal with the everyday chal- life of a companion who has passed icon of the no-kill movement about stretch limo was waiting for them. and cats as if they are honored lenges that face animals and their on, but also offers scriptural promis- a year earlier, through the publica- “We could sure use the guests, the community standards human companions. es that the parting is only temporary tion of a biography, The man who money the limo cost to support will rise to your standard. This has There are prayers for lost and there will come a time when talks to dogs, by Melinda Roth. more dogs at the shelter,” Grim been proven time and again.” animals, for those confined in shel- “[God]will wipe away every In Miracle Dog, G r i m says––though the limo might have Grim ends with a passion- ters, and for those who are sick and tear....there will be no more death or tells his own story. Like our col- been the least costly way to get him ate plea for cities to adopt no-kill in need of healing. Along with crying or mourning or pain because league Cicely Blumberg, here in to the studio on time in a city where policies. “No-kill promotes educa- prayers addressed to particular situa- the old order of things has passed Cape Town, South Africa, Grim many cabs do not carry animals. tional programs, spay and neuter tions, the author has provided perti- away.” ––J.R. Hyland devotes his life to helping orphaned, “Two weeks ago,” Grim programs for the poor, progressive nent scriptural references and heart- [J.R. Hyland is founder of injured, and lost dogs in the bad writes, “nobody on this earth gave adoption events, and, most impor- warming anecdotes, along with quo- Humane Religion, , an educational and Among the most telling little guy. Now his arrival at the air- hope. I am often asked what one William Blake and Abraham outreach organization, and is parts of Miracle Dog are Grim’s port merits Fox News coverage.” person can do,” Grim summarizes. Lincoln. There are also celebratory author of God’s Covenant With observations of how people reacted Grim exposes other anom- “My answer is: a lot. A story like prayers and rituals that include ani- Animals, Sexism Is A Sin and The to Quentin’s sudden celebrity status. alies in shelter rescue: the hostility Quentin’s should compel all animal Slaughter of Terrified Beasts.] mal companions in the observance Grim recounts that 700 people of many animal control officers to lovers to unite and work toward one wrote to him offering to take the no-kill movement, the often cal- common goal––to stop the killing.” escape and find their way home after Quentin for adoption. When they lous indifference at official levels Grim emphasizes that Nobody’s Pets many adventures. were told, “Sorry, he is staying toward animal suffering, and how dogs are not just throwaway items: by Debra White The dialogue among the with me, but won’t you please save the Humane Society of Missouri, they are all potential Quentins, who animals is unconvincing, partly another dog from the gas chamber,” once among the more progressive deserve love and loyalty. Four Footed Friends (P.O. Box because there is little character there were no takers. humane organizations in the U.S., ––Chris Mercer & Bev Pervan 25736, Tempe, AZ 85285), development. There is also little Writing from their homes, under the present administration 2001. $8.95, paperback. atmosphere because the place descriptions are superficial. supply labs has no documented Sacramento city animal up in the ANIMAL PEOPLE d o g Nobody’s Pet is a tale It is unfortunate that the precedent. In truth, pounds contiue control chief Hector Cazares, previ - and cat theft files from the past half about shelter dogs and cats, told by book is disjointed and lacking in to provide as many animals to labs ously animal control chief for San dozen years. That was the theft of the animals themselves, through depth, as the author’s heart is in the as they want, either for free or at Diego County, recently told S a c r a - three chow-mix puppies from the longtime Maricopa County Animal right place. ––Beverley Pervan nominal cost. This practice has mento Bee staff writer Mareva Colorado Humane Society in Care & Control volunteer Debra been outlawed for 20 years or more Brown that over the years he has February 2004. Convicted perpetra - White. The book begins with two Editor’s note: in 13 states, but continues in seen a pattern to shelter break-ins. tor Ryan Turtura, 20, on April 29, men breaking into an animal shelter Thousands of dogs and Jackson, Michigan, for example, “Almost always, it’s been 2005 accepted a 10.5-year plea bar - at night to steal the animals with the cats have been stolen for sale to despite active local opposition since [to take] a condemned animal,” gain sentence for setting the puppies intention of selling them to labs for labs, chiefly through fraudulent the early 1960s. Cazares said, “and it’s almost on fire, killing two of them, and use in experiments. adoption of free-to-good-home ani - Shelter break-ins are, always a pit bull terrier.” giving methamphetamines to two The stolen cats and dogs mals, but breaking into shelters to however, a growing problem. Only one exception turned teenaged girls. ANIM AL PEOP LE, June 2005 - 21 STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH by Amelia Kinkade New World Library (14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949), 2001. 295 pages, paperback. $14.95. We have read many books by people Kincade calls “starlight vision‚” is of particu- cannot use Gestalt, remote viewing, and their humans. This goes far beyond the scope of who claimed to be able to converse with ani- lar interest. Here Kincade pulls quantum starlight vision. There are too many aspects of our own no doubt limited experience and mals. None have been so difficult to dismiss physics and telepathy together to construct a ourselves we don’t want to see and don’t want imagination. But in all other respects this as hocus-pocus as this one. well-written and credible philosophy of com- to feel. When we disassociate, we shut out the book made fascinating reading, and gives Kincade presents herself as a psychic passion for animals. truth in an attempt to shut out the pain.” practical guidelines to people who wish to who uses her gift to communicate with animals Do we euthanase a suffering and ter- We are still uncomfortable with the develop their own psychic abilities. and their departed spirits. Anticipating initial minally ill companion animal, or do we let assertion that animals and their spirits can con- ––Chris Mercer & Beverley Pervan skepticism on the part of the reader, Kincade him go naturally? Kincade tells us what she verse freely, using the English language, with recounts how she too moved from being a believes the animals say on the subject. skeptic to becoming a believer. What happens to our souls after Getting Lucky by Susan Marino with Denise Flaim Then she discusses the different death? Do we just dissolve into a pool of col- Stewart, Tabori & Chang (c/o La Martiniere Groupe, 115 West 18th St., forms that telepathy can take, namely clair- lective consciousness? No! says Kinkade, New York, NY 10011), 2005. 144 pages, hardcover. $18.95. voyance (telepathy with images), clairsen- asserting that, “The soul of every living crea- tience (telepathy of feelings or sensations), ture remains intact, individual, unique, con- Susan Marino The result is somewhat pro- wane, your emotions can and clairaudience (being able to hear the voic- scious and observant long after death.” founded and runs the Angel’s cessional, as one animal after push aside a lifetime’s worth es of the animals speaking in English). Does Kincade believe in reincarna- Gate Animal Hospice at her another is paraded before the of wisdom. All you want is Kincade uses transcendental medita- tion? Yes. home on Long Island. Her reader. But the stories are more––one more minute, one tion to put herself into communication with Is it cruel to keep cats indoors all nursing career, allied to a charming and well written, more day, one more furry animals. Transcendental meditation has been their lives to protect them from traffic and dedication and commitment to centering around a Great nuzzle, one more look into practised for so long by so many people, and other city hazards? Yes‚ says Kinkade. unselfish giving of love, has Dane called Lucky. The the- those knowing eyes.” the benefits therefrom are so well documented, Animals need natural surroundings. given her the ability to care matic binding thread is that all One tale which that it is not easily debunked. This is more than just an aesthetic for the countless ailing and life is precious, and should be touched me was that of a Once the mind is uncluttered of ran- preference. Kinkade believes that we derive injured animals who are car- preserved as long as the ani- young school boy. Sixth dom thoughts and anxieties, and the metabo- life energy from plants and other living things. ried to her door. mal would want it. Terminally grade students were hatching lism is slowed, a state of blissful tranquility People who perform violent acts upon animals, Her door is open to ill animals are not euthanized Peking ducklings in an incu- occurs. It would not be surprising if someone she believes, will accumulate bad karma. So all animals, regardless of but instead are nursed until bator as a class project. When with psychic skills could use the meditative too do those who do so indirectly by eating or species, and here they find a death occurs naturally. the boy asked what would mind to heighten her sensitivity to images, using animals who have been killed cruelly. loving sanctuary until death “All of the animals happen to the ducks when thoughts, and sensations projected by other As she puts it, “When we disassoci- eventually claims them. at Angel’s Gate are special, they outgrew the science pro- living beings. ate, we give our power away: to the media, Getting Lucky i s but some, like Lucky, com- ject, he was horrified to be Thereafter, difficulties of interpreta- the meat industry, the slaughterhouses, the beautifully bound in glossy mandeer you in an indescrib- told that they would be tion and understanding arise, and Kincade dis- cosmetic tycoons, the rendering plants. This paper with color portraits of ably wrenching way: it’s as if slaughtered. cusses these with disarming frankness. is precisely why most people are not clairsen- the animals the book intro- you share the same heart. “Tim decided on the For us the final chapter, about what tient and clairvoyant. This is why most people duces. Each gets a chapter. And when their time begins to spot that that was not an acceptable option. So he called around for days trying to find a refuge for the fledg- ling ducks. Finally he found me. He told me his sad story, concluding quietly, ‘Will you take my ducks?’ What do you think I said?” But when Tim arrived at Angel’s Gate, dri- ven there by his dad, he didn’t have the four ducks that he had described to me over the phone. No, he had 24 ducks! Not only had he called on all his classmates to round up all the other imper- iled ducklings that had been reared in other classes, but he had created such an uproar at the school that the administra- tion had vowed never to incu- bate any eggs, Peking or oth- erwise, ever again.” What this and the other stories tell me is how many adults treat animals, especially the sick or injured, as throwaway pets, and it takes a child to remind us of our moral duty to all sentient beings. ––Bev Pervan

TRIBUTES In honor of the Prophet Isaiah, Martin De Porres, and Albert Schweitzer. ––Brien Comerford

GREYHOUND TALES TRUE STORIES OF RESCUE, COMPASSION AND LOVE edited by Nora Star, with introduction by Susan Netboy. Learn more about these animals & how you can help them. Send $15.95 to: Nora Star 9728 Tenaya Way Kelseyville, CA 95451 22 - ANIMAL P E OPLE, June 2005 ANIMAL OBITUARIES MEMORIALS Spirit of Peace, a rare white bison Big Al, a wandering moufflon calf born prematurely in the North Peace sheep, was on May 26, 2005 killed by a car In memory of dear Layla. region of British Columbia, died on June 1, on Interstate 43 near Elkhorn, Wisconsin. A ––Mickey de Rham 2005 after he refused to eat, rancher Karen variety native to the Mediterranean, Big Al –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Blatz said. Blatz had been bottle-feeding him, wandered into town without explanation in late In memory of Tango, my red Keeshond. and took him to a veterinarian for antibiotic 2004, and had hung around there ever since. ––Paul Kearney treatment, to no avail. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ikaika and Lehua, two squirrel In loving memory of Georgi, beloved cat Angela, 23, a diabetic chimpanzee, monkeys who spent much of their lives in a of April Ponemon & Lewis Nierman. was euthanized on May 19 at the Belfast Zoo, glass enclosure at the Blue Tropix nightclub in Churchill, 18, a polar bear born in ––Amy Ness due to a chronic painful leg condition. Honolulu, died separately in April 2005, less 1980 at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, died –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Asiad Appu, 27, an elephant who than three months after they were retired to the on May 26 at the St. Louis Zoo, during In loving memory of Lucky, beloved dog was crippled as an infant by falling into a sep- Panaewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo. surgery to remove accumulated plastic trash of Tara, Danielle, & Nicholas Morrone. tic tank at Palakkad, India, died on May 14 in N y s s a , a one-year-old female wolf bags and artices of clothing from his stomach. ––Amy Ness Punnathurkotta, India. A playful nature who in 2004 was introduced into the same H o n i , 27, a South American sea –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– caused Appu, then called Kuttinarayanan, to enclosure at the International Wolf Center in lion, believed to be among the oldest of his In memory of Purr Box (12/3/87), be designated celebrity mascot of the 1982 Ely, Minnesota as two late adolescent Arctic species, died on May 25 at the Valley Zoo in Prometheus (3/21/81), Friendl (10/30/87), Second Asian Games by the late Indira Gandhi wolves, was attacked and killed by the Arctic Edmonton, Alberta. Lizzie (5/8/84), Boy Cat (12/26/85), and her son Rajiv Gandhi, both prime minis- wolves on May 12, soon after she was Miss Penrose (11/18/98), Duke (11/1/98), ters of India who were eventually assassinated. returned to the pack following spaying. Tony, 44, a hippopotamus born at Purr Box, Jr. (5/1/04) and Blackie (9/9/96). the Jackson Zoo in Mississippi, who had lived at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans since HUMAN OBITUARIES 1964, died on May 17. Rosebud, his mate for 16 years, died in 1989 at age 19 from an Prince Rainier Louis Henri Emily Kent, 6, of North Fort apparent complication of birthing. Their baby, Maxence Bertrand III, 81, died on April 6, Myers, Florida, on the night of June 5, 2005 Duffy, died six days later from refusing to eat. 2005. Rainier inherited titular rule of saw a turtle in the middle of Old U.S. 41. Monaco in 1949, a principality of less than Her mother Geraldine Kent stopped to rescue K a r o o , a nine-month-old koala one square mile, controlled by his ancestors the turtle––and Emily Kent leaped out of the whose infancy was a top draw at the River- since 1297, renowned for gambling and as a car immediately despite her mother’s screams banks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, was tax haven for the rich since the mid-19th cen- to wait. She was killed by a car driven by found dead of an unknown cause on the floor tury. Rainier revitalized the Monaco resorts Heather Lowe, 19. Friends and family of the koala exhibit when the zoo opened on Kitty, 18, a male African lion who after 1955 with investment capital from remembered Emily Kent’s love of her dog May 23. The first koala born at the River- was notorious for roaring at motorcycles, Greek whaling baron Aristotle Onassis––but Alexis, a recently acquired black kitten, and banks Zoo, Karoo had weaned successfully, whose rumbling he mistook for territorial chal- married animal-loving actress Grace Kelly in turtles and snakes she found near her home. and had begun to occasionally make brief for- lenges, died in his sleep from cancer on May 6 1956, who detested Onassis. To placate [The safe way to rescue animals from roads ays away from the side of his mother, Lottie. at the NEW Zoo in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Kelly, Rainier banned pigeon shooting, a is to use one’s vehicle as a shield, with four- favorite Onassis pastime, in Monaco. way flashers on.] Elephants source of Marburg & Ebola? Rainier wrongly anticipated reconciling Kelly Eduardo Patuglan, 28, of L U A N D A ––The World Health belief is that the hunters died because they and Onassis when in 1961 he persuaded Quezon City, the Philippines, was fatally Organization and Angola Ministry of Health went to see a witch doctor for a blessing before Onassis to join British wildlife artist and tro- stabbed on May 12 while defending his pet are optimistic that the worst outbreak on record they went elephant hunting, and failed to pay phy hunter Peter Scott, Prince Philip of monkey from a knife attack by Joel Zamora, of the Ebola-like Marburg hemorrhagic fever him. Hence, the Nganga put a curse on them.” Britain, and Prince Bernhardt of The 20, the Philippine Inquirer reported. “It was may be close to burning itself out, after 423 Karesh said two Wildlife Conserv- Netherlands in founding the World Wildlife not immediately clear what happened to known cases through June 5, 357 of them ation Society teams were advancing along sur- Fund. Scott and the princes feared that newly Patugalan's monkey,” wrote D.J. Yap of the fatal, including 346 of the 412 cases that vey routes south of the Mambili River to seek independent former European colonies would Inquirer News Service. abolish sport hunting, as India and Kenya occurred in the city of Uige, where the out- the source of the Ebola outbreak. eventually did. They sought to save hunting Allisdair Macleod, DVM, 91, break was first recognized. “They will collect samples from all by funding the wildlife departments of died on April 30, 2005 in Placer County, The Uige outbreak may never be species of carcasses found, as well as ape emerging nations, following the example of California. Born and educated in Scotland, clearly traced to a source, since the first per- feces for genetics and development of new the National Wildlife Federation, which in Macleod “took part in World War II as a cap- sons exposed apparently all died before sharing Ebola testing techniques,” Karesh said. the 1930s lobbied successfully for U.S. tain in the Royal Veterinary Corps, looking details about how they fell ill. Once either Responded ProMed moderator Jack wildlife management to be funded by taxes after mules in the jungles of Burma,” Marburg or Ebola occurs among humans, it Woodall, “Circumstantial evidence supports on hunting licenses and equipment. Instead recalled Auburn Area Animal Rescue spreads chiefly through human contact. the current belief that Ebola virus reaches the of promoting taxes on hunters, however, Foundation volunteer Cassie Reeves. Investigators are more optimistic human population as a result of the hunting, WWF raised money directly from the public, Macleod actively assisted the Placer County about finding the origin of an Ebola outbreak slaughter, and consumption of non-human pri- + SPCA and animal control department, that struck the Cuvette-Ouest region of the mates and perhaps other wild mammals, + to “save animals,” seldom if ever mentioning the pro-hunting agenda in appeals. The rift Reeves told ANIMAL PEOPLE, and Republic of Congo in April, killing at least 10 which themselves may succumb to the infec- between Kelly and Onassis widened until helped to start three rescue groups, including people. The first victims were “five hunters tion. The primary reservoir of Ebola virus has Onassis sold his Monaco holdings at a tenfold AAARF, Friends of Placer County Animal who became ill after emerging from the for- remained elusive,” Woodall acknolwedged, profit and left in 1965. Rainier remained Shelters, and Angels Rescuing Kritters. est,” Wildlife Conservation Society field vet- “and the virus may be maintained in a species involved with WWF to the end of his life, Claude Argyle Smith, 92, a erinary program director William Karesh post- which does not exhibit signs and symptoms of but the tiny Monaco zoo fell into disrpute USDA veterinarian from 1935 to 1972, died ed to the International Society for Infectious disease,” such as elephants. after Kelly was killed in a 1982 car crash. on February 15, 2005 in Hyattsville, Diseases’ ProMed newsgroup. Woodall first suggested that ele- Maryland. Smith was inspector of gift ani- “The 1st hunter died around April phants might host Marburg, Ebola, or both at mals sent to the U.S. by foreign governments, 25-26, and the last on May 11,” Karesh the 1999 annual meeting of the American including a horse named Sardar given to wrote. The incubation period is about seven to Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. then-First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962 10 days, within a range of three days to two “I gave the following reasons for by the President of Pakistan, Muhammed weeks. “The infected hunters did not admit to suspecting the elephant,” said Woodall: Ayub Khan, and the pandas Ling-Ling and eating or touching any ape carcasses. They “Pygmies have the highest filovirus antibody Hsing-Hsing, donated to the National Zoo in said they had eaten elephant, and survey teams rate in the Congo; they traditionally hunt ele- 1972 by the People’s Republic of China. have found numerous elephant carcasses, ille- phants; and they poke around in elephant feces gally killed, in the area. The current local to determine how warm the trail is.”

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