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HSUS Releases HSUS Gives New Award Tufty from Tank HSUS has succeeded in springing To ffBorn Free'' Author Tuffy the Bengal tiger from his glass cage The Humane Society of the United States took a leap forward in atop a health spa bar and relocating him cementing its relationship with the ecology-conservation movement and in a natural habitat zoo in Texas. in establishing a cooperative spirit with the veterinary profession during HSUS's exotic animal specialist Sue its 1971 Annual Conference in Newport, R.I., last month. Pressman vowed to free the 3-year-old The dramatic highlight of the meeting, author of Born Free, who flew from her animal after visiting him at the White however, was the dedication of the new home in Kenya to accept the award. Plains, N.Y., spa last summer. Because the Joseph Wood Krutch Award for signifi­ Mrs. Adamson said she accepted the size of tiger quarters is not covered by cant contribution towards the improve­ award for Elsa, the lioness that she raised state or federal statute, HSUS was able to ment of life and environment. from a cub and later returned to the wild. get the health club owners to give up Mrs. Krutch, the naturalist's widow, Program Chairman Roger Caras, a Tuffy only through pressure. was special guest of honor, accepting the close friend of Mrs. Adamson, presented Letters from HSUS members and first copy of the medal from Pulitzer the author with a check for $1,000 from other concerned people poured into the Prize winning poet Mark Van Doren, a HSUS for Mrs. Adamson's Elsa Wildlife spa and the state attorney general's office longtime friend of Mr. Krutch's, who Fund. from throughout the nation, following presented it in behalf of HSUS. Living Free, the film of Mrs. publicity about Tuffy in the july News Honored as the first annual recipient Adamson's sequel to Born Free, will be (Continued on back page.) of the award was Mrs. Joy Adamson, (Continued on next page.)

HSUS HONORS MRS. KRUTCH, JOY ADAMSON-Mrs. Joseph Wood Krutch (center) received a special dedicatory copy of the medal honoring her late hus.band at the HSUS Annual Conference last month. Recipient of the first annual Joseph Wood Krutch Medal was Mrs. Joy Adamson (second from right), author of Born Free. Participating in the ceremony were (left to right) HSUS President John A. Hoyt, poet Mark Van Doren, and HSUS Board Chairman Coleman Burke. CONFERENCE Continued Chincoteague Ponies Suffer Abuse HSUS, U.S. Clash released by Columbia Pictures early in 1972. At Annual Roundup, Auction On Seal Killing Also participating in the Annual Three HSUS investigators observed the The Humane Society has taken strong Awards Banquet was sculptor Ralph annual round-up and auction of wild issue with Commerce Secretary Maurice Menconi, who designed the new medal ponies at Chincoteague, Va., last summer Stans' conclusion that the clubbing of for HSUS. Menconi has designed personal and concluded it was the cruelest activity seals on the Pribilof Islands is conducted medals for the last four Presidents and they had ever witnessed. humanely. the Nixon Inaugural Medal. The event is famous because of the HSUS Chief Investigator Frank j. Van Doren described Mr. Krutch as a dramatic swim the ponies are forced to McMahon, who has witnessed the seal man who befriended animals from his make annually from Assateague Island, hunt for the past four years, said Stans boyhood and labored all his life against where they live, to the shore town of judged the hunting method solely on those who would abuse, despise, injure, Chincoteague. Children throughout the what he saw during one small section of or kill them. world have read about the ponies in one season's hunt. The Joseph Wood Krutch Medal Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chinco­ Other special guests at the banquet 1971 Not Typical were Gov. and Mrs. Frank Licht of Rhode For Significant Contribution Towards Improvement of Life and Environment teague. 1;-JSUS Chief Investigator Frank Island and Mrs: Van Doren. Both Mr. and The 1971 hunt was not typical, McMahon and Miss Phyllis Wright and Mrs. Van Doren admit to being cat lovers, McMahon declared. Miss Donna Truslow, director and Mrs. Van Doren having put her affection "Because very few seals arrived at the HSUS Honors: Society Opens Office assistant director, respectively, of the into book form under the title Man, rookeries during the hunting season, the National Humane Education Center, Woman, and Cat. HSUS has given special recogni­ POOR TRANSPORTATION-HSUS clubbers were able to take especially care­ tion to an individual, a newspaper, For Midwest Region reported the following instances of objects to the lack of transporta­ ful aim," he said. "During a typical hunt, The 17th annual meeting of The a radio network, and an airline for The Humane Society of the United cruelty: tion requirements at the Chinco­ there are so many seals that the. clubbers Humane Society was marked by resound­ meritorious action in improving the States has established a Great Lakes • Unweaned colts, some as young as teague pony auction. Most buyers have much less time to kill each animal." ing endorsement of the new directions welfare of animals. Regional Office to provide special 48 hours old and some with umbilical tied the ponies' legs and put them McMahon reported that in 17 days of being pursued by Chairman Coleman They are: program assistance and liaison with cords still hanging, taken from their in the back seats of their cars. hunting on St. Paul Island this season Burke and President john A. Hoyt, who Mrs. Pearl (Billie) Twyne, presi­ humane groups and individuals in mothers and sold. only 8,816 seals were taken, compared to is the full time director of the HSUS closed trunk of her car. Other colts were dent of the American Horse Protec­ Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and adjoining • No instructions given to buyers for 16,276 in 1970. national headquarters and its five branch seen being put into the back seats of tion Association-for being the states. feeding and care. "Secretary Stans' attempt to close the and regional offices. sedans with license tags from as far away driving force behind the passage of The office is • No requirements for adequate entire issue by judging the hunt on his as New York. the U.S. Horse Protection Act of transportation. Miss Wright stopped one short visit amounts to an attempt to Speakers and workshop leaders located in Fort • Volunteer firemen, who sponsor the 1970, which will end much of the woman from transporting a colt in the brush the entire cruelty under the emphasized the need for establishing Wayne, Ind., and is auction, used bull whips and 4-inch planks pain inflicted on horses in exhibi­ nation's rug," McMahon said. closer ties with related movements and directed by john W. to separate colts from mares. utilizing expertise and up-to-the-moment tions, particularly the soring of the Inman Jr., Great • No veterinarian was on hand. Urges Alternative techniques in battling cruelty to all forms Tennessee walking horse. Lakes Regional McMahon identified a large bump on the The Colum­ In testimony before the House of life. director. chest of one colt as being a tumor, but bia Broad­ Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com­ The Board of Directors re-elected Inman will the auctioneer said it was a "bruise that'll casting mittee in favor of certain provisions of Burke, Hoyt, and the following officers: survey, analyze, and go away." System-for its help implement the amended Pryor bill (H.R. 1 0569), Everett Smith Jr., vice chairman; Patrick • Inadequate food for the ponies series "Pets Inman animal welfare pro­ HSUS President john A. Hoyt said: B. Parkes, executive vice president; Mel during the event. and Wildlife," grams in areas where they are needed, as "It is our contention that this govern­ L. Morse, vice president; William Kerber, • No restrictions on spectators broadcast over well as administer all aspects of HSUS ment, which on numerous occasions has treasurer; Mrs. Alice M. Wagner, secre­ mingling with ponies, resulting in one girl 247 affiliated programs in that region. declared humaneness to be a matter of tary. being kicked in the head. stations, with Inman is a native of Michigan City, public policy, should pursue with great The three investigators agreed that the The board also elected author- Roger Caras as Ind., and was graduated from Denison deliberation a more humane method of greatest cruelty resulted from buyers not broadcaster Roger Caras to a new posi­ Caras host. University, Granville, Ohio. He was gradu- slaughtering seals." being given instructions in the care and tion of vice chairman. The New York Times-for its HSUS Great Lakes Regional Office treatment of colts. HSUS dropped its reservations about editorial support for protecting 927 S. Harrison St. "I fear that a large percentage of those the Pryor bill after it was amended to Note New Address endangered species, its denuncia­ Fort Wayne, Ind. 46802 provide for a return to the provisions of (219) 743-6242 animals died within the first few weeks," tion of the abuse of animals in Have you changed your records McMahon said. the Northern Pacific Fur Seal Convention science education, and its advocacy ated from the Episcopal Theological to reflect HSUS's new address? The UNWEANED COLTS SOLD­ Unweaned colts require a special in the event that seal hunting nations do of justice for all forms of Iif e. School and served Episcopal pastorates in correct address and phone number HSUS investigators observed several nipple for feeding and a special milk not agree to voluntarily end seal killing. Pan American World Airways Columbus, Ohio, New York City, and are: unweaned colts being sold to formula. The Society had feared that, without -for announcing that it will no Mount Vernon, N.Y. buyers without instruction on how HSUS has appointed a committee of alternative agreements to the convention, 1604 K St., N.W. longer take part in safari tours Under President John A. Hoyt's to care for them. Here, one young horse experts and veterinarians to recom­ there would be a return to pelagic (open Washington, D.C. 20006 involving the killing of animals personal direction, Inman has undergone colt nurses before being separated mend specific changes for the 1972 seas} hunting, which is far more (202) 638· 7330 classified as endangered species. an intensive training program in humane from his mother and sold. round-up and auction. inhumane and wasteful than land hunting. work since joining the staff last june. Conference Speakers Pressman Investigations Cause HSUS Joins Poison Suit The Humane Society of the United "Work with Environmentalists," "Understand Vets" Nationwide Analysis of Zoos States has joined with six other organiza­ Conservationist Veterinarian Environmentalist tions in petitioning the Environmental The Humane Society's recent series of zoo investigations has resulted in a surge of Man must quit looking on the universe The immediate past president of the The president of the National Parks Protection Agency to prohibit the sale publicity and self-examination of zoos throughout the United States. as property and begin seeing it as com­ American Veterinary Medical Association and Conservation Association told HSUS and interstate shipment of four poisons The surge began with jack Anderson's disclosure of Mrs. Sue Pressman's munity, conservationist Leonard Hall told the 1971 HSUS Annual Conference members meeting in Newport, R.I., last used in predator and rodent control that the reason humane groups sometimes month that they can count on practically investigation in his "Washington Merry- Society, can bring about more change in declared at the 1971 HSUS Annual Con­ programs. have trouble obtaining the services of a unanimous support from environmental Go-Round" column, which is carried by zoos than their own administrators, ference on Oct. 16. EPA, which has the authority to Only when man veterinarian is because there is an insuf­ organizations in their programs. 650 newspapers with a combined circula- because it is not bound by local political prohibit the sale and shipment of any looks on his world as ficient number of veterinarians in Anthony Wayne tion of 43 million. considerations. poison that presents a hazard to persons a community, and practice. Smith, who is also Mrs. Pressman, a zoologist who The Humane Society has learned that or wildlife, has not replied. himself as no more E. W. Tucker, D.V.M., said there are chairman of the formerly headed the animal hospital at almost every municipal zoo cited in the The poisons are compound 1080, that a citizen of that only 18 veterinary colleges in the United Environmental the Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, has now Anderson column as being unsatisfactory thallium sulphate, strychnine, and cyanide. community, will he States, resulting in a high percentage of Coalition of North investigated almost 100 municipal and has formed a committee to evaluate begin to use it with rejections among applicants. America, told HSUS roadside zoos and found about 50% of conditions and recommend improve- the love and Annual Conference them unsatisfactory. ments. The Knoxville, Tenn., zoo, for adults of the community understand how "You in the humane field do not have respect-and perhaps participants that The most encouraging reaction to the instance, has made major iiTJprovements animals live in their natural environment? any worse problem than I as a private even the intelli- groups committed to investigations has been the positive in its entire exhibition concept, which it "If it isn't, forget the cage-by-cage practitioner in getting assistance," Dr. Hall gence-that, alone, preserving the total response by the American Association of has proudly communicated to HSUS. improvements," she said. "It would be Tucker said. can make tomorrow possible, Hall said. environment must, Zoological Parks and Aquariums. Their Mrs. Pressman warns that zoos will not better to tear the zoo down and start a Smith Dr. Tucker's however, be first step was to break away from their be accomplishing long-range improve- new one from scratch." Democracy for All address represented prepared to submerge some of their dif­ parent National Parks and Recreation ments purely by making checklist correc- While HSUS is encouraged about the He cited St. Francis of Assissi as the first time that an ferences in order to obtain strength. Association and become an independent tions of present inadequacies. positive response from municipal zoos, it providing the best doctrine for life, in official representa­ body. "If a zoo is buried under a layer of has met obstinancy and anger from the denying man's right of despotism over the tive of a veterinary Urges Cooperation At last month's annual AAZPA con- archaic administrative structure, political private zoos it has criticized. earth and urging a democracy of all God's organization has "I hope that we shall now be speaking vention, outgoing president Gunther Voss problems, and public demand for specific "Operators of these zoos are too often creatures. appeared on the throughout the environmental movement cited HSUS for bringing zoo problems to types of animals, piling anything good or in business for money, not for the Hall, who has written many books and program of an HSUS about the humane treatment of both public attention and urged zoo directors bad on top of it will only make matters public," Mrs. Pressman said. "It will take articles about his native Ozarks, sees the domestic and wild animals," he said, "and to cooperate with The Humane Society worse," she said. much more pressure to get them to make annual conference. human population explosion as the that the humane movement and the to improve their circumstances. Mrs. Pressman said the first step voluntary changes. On the other hand, HSUS President greatest threat to all creatures. If the conservation movement will lend each HSUS has contended from the should be a thorough evaluation of the they may be put out of business by Tucker John A. Hoyt said world's population doubles in the next 30 he invited Dr. other increasing support in the years beginning of its investigations that an entire concept of the zoo in question. Is provisions of the Animal Welfare Act of years, as many expect, the only wild Tucker to speak as a first step toward ahead." outside force, such as The Humane it doing anything to help the children and 1970, when it takes effect on Dec. 24." animals left may be those living in better understanding and stronger co­ Smith was emphatic in condemning national parks. and zoos, he said. County Treats Unwanted Dogs as Garbage operation between humanitarians and the federal government's predator control veterinarians. Man Taking Over program, which The Humane Society has Dr. Tucker told conferees that he does gone to court to stop. "Already man has broken the circle of not believe spay clinics are the answer to :\,--- 1---~+-··--r-::: the ecosystem, mistakenly believing that the surplus breeding problem among cats Poisoning Inhumane he has conquered Nature," Hall said. and dogs. tr' The use of compound 1080 to kill "And by the year 2000 it appears that all "We need to work harder to inform all coyotes is inhumane, he said. "It reflects land on our planet will be devoted solely people that it is a privilege and not a right a callousness toward life that may be the to his use." to own pets," he said. "We need good greatest of all dangers to modern man He predicted that domestic meat educational programs for the animal himself." animals produced under intensive condi­ keepers, who should be differentiated tions may continue for a decade or two (Continued on next page.) He called for humane and conservation and that, thereafter, all arable land and all organizations to work together to restore useable water will be devoted to the predatory animals to the North American continent as the best means of culling production of cereal foods and energy to TEXTS AVAILABLE support man. herds. He cited the wolf and the cougar as Courtesy Free Lance-Star "It seems to me the first thing we of Complete texts of 1971 Annual predators in special need of protection. Conference speeches by Anthony this generation must do is to broaden our Smith said that both the dog and Wayne Smith, Dr. E. W. Tucker, This quonset hut beside a town dump served as the the pound caretaker as he hosed down the pens. County horizons," Hall emphasized. "Unless we the cat became domesticated because and Leonard Hall are available free Stafford County, Va., dog pound until HSUS Chief supervisors followed McMahon's advice to padlock the achieve a revolution in the care of the man needed them to control rodents, of charge from Communications Investigator Frank J. McMahon and the Fredericksburg pound and euthanize the dogs. HSUS has assisted earth and its resources, the Horsemen of protect him, and assist him in hunting, Department, HSUS, 1604 K St., Free Lance-Star succeeded in closing it last month. concerned county residents in establishing a humane the Apocalypse will ride again, and on a while the cat and dog needed food. As a N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. McMahon found filthy, overcrowded pens, injured and society to develop a sound plan of animal control for scale which could leave this small and result, a mutual bond of affection diseased animals, and a large rat population. Two of the the county. finite planet empty of life." (Continued on next page.) 50 canine inmates are wet from being hosed down by TUCKER Continued eagle killers, and abusers of cattle and Legislation Roundup horses. Hawk Hyde is a truly compassionate from animal owners." animals from aircraft. Passed and sent to He also called for better enforcement conference. man, a devoted student of bird life, of all of animal control laws and more research The Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of life, really. He also happens to be the to find a safe, effective, cheap, and easily 1970, which becomes effective Dec. 24, proprietor of Yamsi, one of the most administered method of impairing fer­ contains the first federal requirements for beautiful 'ranches and wildlife refuges in America. I hope every member of HSUS tility. the care of exotic animals. The require­ H.R. 3616, Rep. John Dingell will become the owner of YAMS I, one of The Humane Society, on the contrary, ments apply to circuses, zoos, and other (R-Mich.)-to strengthen Endangered the most delightful and instructive books advocates spay clinics as being the best exhibitions, including one-animal exhibi­ Species Act of 1969. solution to surplus breeding until an effec­ tors. The act also covers intra-state ship­ House Committee on Merchant Marine of the year. tive means of sterilization is developed. ment of a wide variety of animals and Fisheries. Roger Caras Dr. Tucker said the American Veteri­ wholesale animal dealers, and strengthen~ nary Medical Association recommends requirement of care for laboratory Comment HOUR OF THE BEAVER, Hope Sawyer the use of sodium pentobarbital for animals. HSUS Buyukmihci (Rand Me Nally, $5.95) euthanasia, as does HSUS. I want to congratulate you on your Commenting on a team of veterinarian !i tl]B":gldl~ Hearings have not yet been held on Recommends Anyone who thought the pioneering publication of Mrs. Pressman's article on H.R. 9027 (Ryan of N.Y.) to ban the observers concluding last summer that the The House and Senate passed S. 1116 spirit in America was gone will have a zoos in your July issue. buying, selling, and shipment of any We are trying to change people's clubbing of Pribilof Island seals is (Jackson) and H.R. 795 (Gude) to YAMSI, Dayton 0. Hyde (The Dial Press, delightful surprise in Hour of the Beaver. bucking strap, electric prod, steer bell, or humane, Dr. Tucker said the main prob­ protect, manage and control wild horses 1971, $7.95) This is the story of a new breed of attitudes to animals and to zoos, but it is any other device used to make rodeo a long haul, usually hampered by the lem is that clubbing looks objectionable. and burros on public lands. Dayton 0. (Hawk) Hyde is an enig­ pioneer, a family that sets out to establish animals appear wild. completely emotional attitudes of animal "I am the first to agree on this, but I Referred to joint House-Senate Con­ matic figure in the American ranching their own natural wildlife refuge. House Committee on Interstate and lovers. Mrs.~ Pressman's objective and will argue all day in defense of the ference for ironing out differences. scene. A successful cattle rancher, he is Hope Sawyer Buyukmihci develops Foreign Commerce. sensible approach to our problems is a method, overall, being superior to any also a leading ornithologist. His previous suspense even in relating the many vigils refreshing improvement. I hope that you other method currently known," he said. book, Sandy the Sandhill Crane, enjoyed in pre-dawn hours she spent in hope of will continue to publish such material HSUS has called on the Department o{ great popularity and was one of the sighting the beavers that lived in the S. 2579 (the reintroduced Harris bill) the Interior to step up its search for an books of the past decade to call the pond. about our problems. and H.R. 10569 (the amended Pryor bill) Excitement runs high when fires, alternative to clubbing. (See page 3.) attention of the American people to our W. Peter Crowcroft, Director have not yet been acted upon. (See page believed to be caused by hunters, Dr. Tucker's harshest words were seriously endangered wildlife. Chicago Zoological Park 3 for HSUS testimony.) directed at "puppy factories," places Hawk Hyde cares about animals very threaten the 250-acre refuge and the Brookfield, Ill. Senate Commerce Committee, House author's home. Perhaps the greatest where purebred dogs are bred solely to deeply. He cares about his cattle, about Committee on Merchant Marine and example of her pioneering spirit is when produce puppies. his horses, and about the wildlife he I am very pleased to see you expand Fisheries. the author discovers her neighbor check­ "I personally have become so protects on the 90,000 acres that are the into the areas of zoo management and ing a beaver trap he has set on her disgusted with purebred misfits produced ranch Yamsi. other instances of wild animals in cap- protected refuge property. by 'kitchen breeders' that I am frequently YAMSI, the book, gives us a delightful tivity. at a loss to recommend a breed and a S. 2083 (Bayh) and H.R. 8673 insight into the life of a modern rancher. Dale Hylton I am appalled at the item about the source of a puppy that will be a correct (Udall)-to prohibit federal government It tells us and shows us in dozens of Bengal Tiger held at the Spa Health Club match for the family wanting a dog," he from killing predators, substituting com­ beautiful photographs, what it is like to BLESS THE BEASTS & CHILDREN, in White- Plains, N.Y. There must be said. "Dogdom is in a sorry situation on pensation for any proved losses. really live close to the Iand-in southern Stanley Kramer, Director, Columbia something the Society can do to alleviate hereditary diseases such as those of the Oregon, in one of the most beautiful and Senate Committee on Commerce Pictures this. bones and joints, eyes and brain, House Committee on Merchant Marin~ isolated places left in the contiguous 48 Glendon Swarthout's novel based on Mrs. H. G. Sheffield including epilepsy and temperament." and Fisheries. states. At Yamsi, Hawk Hyde is 60 miles Santa Barbara, Calif. from the nearest town and 30 miles from the actual hunting of buffalo sponsored the nearest neighbor (with whom he does annually by the Arizona Fish and Game In all good conscience, I am absolutely not get along), and at Yamsi, Hawk Hyde Commission brought Stanley Kramer's SMITH Continued S. 2084 (Bayh), H.R. 8784 (Broom­ blood to a boil. The result is an entertain­ against any form of zoo! and consider no field)-to ban interstate shipment and is at peace with nature. zoo humane! We shouldn't be improving developed, he said. Courtesy Reporter-Dispatch Y AMSI the book is a delight to read. ing and emotional film that should make importation of fur or leather fmm them; we should be eliminating them. "Natural selection can be visualized as MOVING TUFFY OUT-Some It is tradition and the earth, Indians and even the most dedicated hunter pause to animals trapped in state or nation manu­ favoring animals with an affection toward important people in the world of the sky, animals and a man who cares consider the inhumaneness of his con­ Miss Esley Shultis facturing, selling, or using steel jaw (or animals pitched in to move Tuffy Milwaukee, Wis. people and people with an affection about all of them. cepts. toward animals," he said. "Do not be leghold) trap. (in a temporary cage) down a ramp Swarthout and Kramer tell their story Senate Committee on Commerce There is a very understandable tend­ ashamed of basing your environmental } from his former confinement in a ency among people in the humane field through the misfit sons of jet set parents, programs on the emotion of love for House Committee on Interior and White Plains, N.Y., health spa. The who realize that if it is humane to cull News of The Humane Society of the Foreign Commerce. to resent or at least look with suspicion at United States is published six times a animals." volunteer movers include Brian anyone who makes his living from surplus or misfit animals from a herd it year. HSUS headquarters is at 1604 K Smith pointed to loss of habitat as the Hunf, vice president, International animals-particularly livestock. That would be just as humane to cull misfits St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20006. Coleman Burke, Chairman of the Board greatest danger to wildlife. The humane Animal Exchange (far left), author­ blanket "accusation," logically, makes such as themselves from the human broadcaster Roger Caras (second john A" Hoyt, President and conservation movements must work S. 78 (Nelson)·and H.R. 5060 (Saylor) about as much sense as resenting every­ population. Karl Nordling, Editor together to prevent overpopulation and amend Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to from right), and Joe Davis, curator one who is not a vegetarian. Hawk Hyde (The scenes of buffalo being killed to preserve natural habitats, he said. prohibit shooting certain birds, fish, other of the Bronx Zoo (far right). is living proof that all ranchers are not were taken from a film library.) TUFFY Continued Help Free This Roadside. Bear and in a subsequent feature in the New York Times. To accomplish the tiger's relocation, Mrs. Pressman marshaled the forces of three zoos, all of which donated their services. (See photo on page 6.) Dan Brennan, executive director of World of Animals, a drive-through natural habitat zoo in Dallas, arranged for the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, to accept Tuffy. Dr. Warren Thomas, Gladys Porter Zoo director, sent staff veterinarian Dr. Donald F arst to White Plains to supervise Tuffy's preparations for travel and accompanied him on the flight to Texas. Dr. William Conway, director of the Bronx Zoo, loaned a shipping crate for Courtesy WBTV TV the trip and, along with members of his HSUS's Sue Pressman is determined to free this large black bear from its staff, contributed his muscle power to filthy outdoor cage beside a bar and grill across from the entrance to King moving the cage out of the health spa Mountain State Park, outside Clover, S.C. A nearby magistrate refused to building and onto an airport truck. serve a warrant on the owner, and South Carolina Attorney General Dr. Thomas reported that T uffy was Daniel McCloud has failed to intervene. Mrs. Pressman would appreciate so flabbergasted by the change in sur­ the attorney general's receiving an indication of humanitarians' views on roundings that he refused to leave the such exploitation. His office is in Columbia, S.C. shipping crate for several days after the door was opened. He's not quite used to Youth Unit Offers Programs for 6 -18 the idea of lots of open space, with only HSUS is in the process of expanding Defenders-11-14 manmade lakes to restrict him. its humane education programs for youth EcoloKIND-15-18 When Tuffy has adapted to his new to cover the ages of 6 through 18. Under the direction of Dale Hylton, home, the zoo plans to give him a female The programs are being developed HSUS youth division director, KIND companion. under the name KIND· (Kindness In . offers materials for both individual and Mrs. Pressman hopes other exploiters Nature's Defense), which is divided into classroom use. Teachers are given a of exotic animals will now realize that three age segments: reduced rate to encourage use of the The Humane Society means business. The Kindness Club-ages 6-10 materials in the classroom.

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