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The Island Vegetarian Vegetarian Society of Hawaii Quarterly Newsletter The Island Vegetarian Vegetarian Society of Hawaii Quarterly Newsletter SUPPORTING HUMAN HEALTH, ANIMAL RIGHTS, AND ECOLOGY VOLUME 14, ISSUE 3, JUL – SEP 2003 Inside Hope For · President’s Message Farm Animals · Michael Greger, MD th th t the June 10 and 11 meetings · Animal Rights Corner of the Vegetarian Society of Ha- A waii, Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene · Calendar of Events Bauston gave a powerful presentation & Bookstore on the deplorable treatment of animals on factory farms. He also described · Reviews efforts to improve the living conditions for animals destined for the nation’s · Recipes dinner table. Bauston’s lectures included a video- tape exposing the inhumane conditions endured by the vast majority of ani- Gene Bauston was the guest speaker at the Public Lectures* June 11th VSH meeting held at the Ala Wai mals raised for food. The tape revealed Golf Course clubhouse. unconscionable farm practices used in PAUL ONISHI & the “production” of pigs, chickens, and veal calves, practices banned in many VISHNU OM countries around the world, yet legal in the U.S. “Healthy Soy Alternatives” Senator Akaka to the Rescue Wed., July 9, 7 p.m. Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse In the latter part of his talk and during an interesting Q&A session, Bauston relayed efforts by Farm Sanctuary and other animal advocacy organizations to WAYNE PACELLE improve conditions for farm animals through legislation. Many in the audience appeared surprised and delighted to learn that Hawaii’s own “Fighting Animal Senator Daniel Akaka is a sponsor of the Downed Animal Protec- Exploitation” tion Act currently before the U.S Senate. “Downed” animals are so diseased or badly injured that they can’t walk or even stand. Wed., Aug. 13, 7 p.m. Under current law they’re dragged to slaughter and may be used Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse for human consumption. The meat and dairy industries will continue to use, and abuse, MICHAEL GREGER, MD “downers” until laws are passed to prohibit downed animal cruel- ties. The Downed Animal Protection Act, if passed, will do just that. “Five Lectures in Hawaii” Bauston recommended getting involved in the legislative process and sug- Sept. 4, 5, 8, 10, & 13. gested that a first good step would be to call and send letters and e-mail to Sena- Various Topics & Locations tor Akaka, thanking him for his support and also to ask the other Hawaii senator and representatives to back this important bill (see contact information on page 9). To learn more about the Downed Animal Protection Act and Farm Sanctu- ary’s national campaigns to stop the exploitation of animals raised for food, visit *See page 10 for more info. farmsanctuary.org. The website also includes shelter tour details, photographs of The Island Vegetarian • Jul - Sep 2003 the shelters’ vegan “barn and breakfasts,” an online store, and links to otherPage re- 1 lated sites. President’s Message by Alida Rutchick, MEd Dear Friends, The Island Vegetarian This quarter saw the addition to our Board of Helen Wells, newslet- The Island Vegetarian is published ter contributor and vegetarian advocate par excellence. Helen has agreed quarterly by and for the members of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii to fill the long-vacant position of the outreach coordinator. Welcome P.O. Box 23208 and mahalo, Helen! With this important position now filled, our goal Honolulu, HI 96823-3208 will be for the Vegetarian Society to assume a higher profile, both by 808-944-VEGI (8344) “tabling” at health events at schools and elsewhere in our community e-mail: [email protected] and by filling requests from various community groups for speakers on www.VSH.org diet and vegetarianism. Visit our website for Recently we had an opportunity to introduce our organization to sev- newsletter archives eral thousand plant enthusiasts at the annual sale held at Foster Botani- and more. cal Garden. New VSH volunteer Ryan Ferchoff, N.D. helped table, and we look forward to his participation in the future. I enjoyed giving a Board of Directors brief talk on the reasons for and means of becoming vegetarian, and President: Alida Rutchick, MEd Down to Earth gave a cooking demonstration, generously providing Vice Pres: Jim Brown Secretary: Mary Arakaki samples to those who had gathered. As I was serving these, I was grati- Treasurer: Tony Lim, CPA fied when a boy around the age of 10 or 11 said to me, “That was deli- Directors: Bill Harris, MD cious!” Of course I immediately handed him a second serving, which he Elaine Johnson, MBA happily accepted. Who knows? This young man may someday be a Karl Seff, PhD leading spokesperson for the vegetarian movement. As always, the chil- Helen Wells, MA dren are our future. Another great opportunity to show our vegetarian th Newsletter Committee advocacy will be at Family Day on July 5 . If you and your children Jim Brown have always wanted to march in a parade, this is your chance. See the Alida Rutchick, MEd article by Volunteer Coordinator Robert Moses on page 19 for the de- Helen Wells, MA tails. Here’s a heads-up to members to watch for the VSH semi-annual Volunteer Coordinator fundraising letter that will be going out shortly. Tax deductible dona- Robert Moses tions that we’ve received in response to these letters over the past couple Mahalo to all our volunteers. of years have become a significant part of our programming budget. Please consider sending in what you can. The opinions expressed in this We hope to see you at the upcoming public lectures. newsletter are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those Aloha, of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. Mahalo to the Adobe Corporation for a generous software donation. Page 2 The Island Vegetarian • Jul - Sep 2003 SARS: Another Deadly Virus from the Meat Industry by Michael Greger, MD, veganMD.org nimal agriculture is not just a In the Southern Chinese province of in unsanitary conditions seems inher- A public health hazard for those Guangdong, battery chickens are ent to factory farming. As intensive that consume meat. In fact, the single sometimes kept directly above pig livestock operations continue to worst epidemic in recorded world pens, depositing their waste right into spread worldwide, so will viral history, the 1918 influenza pan- the pigs’ food troughs.[9] It may breeding grounds.[21] Moving away demic, has been blamed on the live- come as no surprise, then, that from intensive animal agriculture and stock industry.[1] In that case, the Guangdong is thought to have been towards more sustainable plant-based unnatural density and proximity of ground zero for the deadly SARS vi- methods of production may benefit ducks and pigs raised for slaughter rus as well.[10] The Severe Acute the health of the planet and its in- probably led to the deaths of 20 to 40 Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus habitants in more ways than we million people across the world.[2] is just the latest in a string of human know. Since then, the raising of pigs and tragedies traced back to our appetite poultry has resulted in millions more for animal flesh. [1] Daily GC, Ehrlich PR. Development, Global Change, and the Epidemiol- human deaths from the 1957-58 According to the World Health ogical Environment. Stanford, CA: Asian flu, the 1968-69 Hong Kong Organization, SARS, which has al- Stanford University; 1995. Paper flu, and the 1977 swine flu.[3] All of ready infected thousands worldwide, #0062. these influenza strains seem to have could become the “first severe new [2] Kiple KF, editor. The Cambridge arisen in the same region of southern disease of the 21st century with World History of Human Disease. China where intensive systems of global epidemic potential.”[11] And Cambridge: Cambridge University animal agriculture have become a experts are again blaming intensive Press; 1993. breeding ground for new killer vi- animal agriculture.[12,13,14,15] Ac- [3] The Straits Times (Singapore), ruses.[4] cording to China’s equivalent of the March 21, 2003. For centuries the Guangdong Centers for Disease Control, the first [4] Ibid. [5] Time, April 7, 2003. province of China has had the people to succumb to the SARS virus [6] The Straits Times (Singapore), world’s largest concentration of hu- were bird vendors and chefs, who March 21, 2003. mans, pigs, and fowl living in close had been in close and continued con- [7] Courier Mail (Australia), April 12, proximity.[5] In this environment tact with chickens, ducks, and other 2003. pigs can become co-infected with birds.[16] Scientists have identified [8] South China Morning Post, April 9, both human and avian (bird) strains SARS as a coronavirus, a class of 2003. of influenza. When this happens, a viruses well known to the livestock [9] Sydney Morning Herald, April 7, deadly gene swapping can take place, industry.[17] Coronaviruses are 2003. in which the lethality of viral strains found in many feedlot cattle who die [10] Time, April 7, 2003. rampant in the Chinese poultry in- of pneumonia, and they are responsi- [11] The Atlanta Journal and Constitu- tion, April 12, 2003. dustry[6] can combine with the hu- ble for the respiratory disease known [12] TB & Outbreaks Week, April 15, man transmissibility of the human as shipping fever found in cattle 2003. strains to create new mutated flu vi- stressed by transport.[18] There’s [13] The Toronto Sun, March 28, 2003. ruses capable of infecting and killing currently a new mutant strain of [14] New Scientist, April 03, 2003. people on a global scale.[7] coronavirus causing outbreaks of a [15] Courier Mail (Australia), April 12, Other viral threats besides influ- contagious pneumonia on pig farms 2003.
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