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Let's Put Greyhound Racing Out of the Running! Let's Put Greyhound Racing

The popularity of greyhound racing is increasing. According to a prevent it from becoming legal in other states. is that it is necessary for their dogs to be trained recent HSUS survey of the 50 state attorneys general, greyhound racing Recently, The HSUS and others did just that in in that way in order to be competitive with dogs has been legalized in 72% of the states which had it proposed in their the state of California where the voters were trained in other states where use of live rabbits legislatures during the past two years. Likewise, pari-mutuel or other asked to permit wagering at dog tracks. The is not illegal. The trainers suggest they would be wagering has been allowed at the dog tracks in each state adopting HSUS immediately issued and circulated a cheating the betting public if they didn't train greyhound racing. Determined to succeed further the greyhound indus­ pamphlet entitled "Let's Put Greyhound Racing with live rabbits. try has continually reintroduced the so-called "sport" of greyhound Out of The Running." The initial charges were brought by Assistant racing in those states which have previously rejected it. (See map on According to Charlene Drennon, HSUS West State Attorney George Tragos. Attorney Gen­ page 3) Coast Regional Director, Proposition 13 was eral Tragos alleged that Crawford did "unlaw­ According to HSUS President John A. Hoyt, "Greyhound racing is soundly whipped by a 3 to 1 vote. "Clearly, fully torment and unnecessarily kill" a rabbit by rampant and must be halted. As state budgets go deeper in the red, Californians don't want to encourage the hid­ allowing greyhounds to chase it and catch it. people begin clutching at any source of new revenue. This has made den cruelties in greyhound racing." The charges had been instigated by the activities greyhound racing attractive. It's too bad the hidden cruelties in dog Pushed by George Hardie, Director of The of an investigator with the SPCA of St. racing aren't well known. Few people know about the cruel training Golden State Greyhound Association, Proposi­ Petersburg. methods employing live rabbits or the terrible plight of dogs that don't tion 13 was presented as the "pot of gold at the The HSUS was notified by the prosecutor's run fast enough." end of the rainbow." Racing supporters prom­ office and asked for assistance in the prepara­ The Humane Society of the United States is unalterably opposed to ised "retirement farms" for old dogs, and in­ tion and presentation of the case to assure its greyhound racing and its training methods. "As far as I know they use creased revenues for the schools. success. HSUS General Counsel Murdaugh live rabbits for training in all 50 states. I personally don't think you can The Proposition contained one big loophole. Madden continues to work in cooperation with compete without rabbits with a man that's using them," said top The use of live rabbits to train greyhounds is Assistant State Attorney General Tragos. The "Few people knou greyhound breeder Richard Walters. already illegal in California. But, Proposition 13 case originally scheduled for trial November 17, about the cruel train· Training greyhounds with live rabbits begins at the early age of 8 did not prohibit bringing in out-of-state dogs 1976 has, unfortunately, been postponed and ing methods employ· months. According to one trainer in Florida, "You don't make who probably would have been trained with rescheduled for a later date. Dr. Michael Fox, ing live rabbits or th1 greyhounds without rabbits. People use guineas, chickens, anything live rabbits. HSUS's special mailing to Califor­ Director of The HSUS Institute for the Study of terrible plight of dog: that will run from them. But the only thing you can find that gives them nians asking for the "no" vote is credited along Animal Problems, has been invited to present that don't run fas any competition is a rabbit." with the efforts of local humane societies and expert testimony at that time. enough." Rabbits are also the prey in off-track dog races called coursing. Cours­ individuals in defeating Proposition 13. Unfortunately for the dogs and their prey, ing is a cruel event in which two greyhounds chase a live jackrabbit the HSUS has also been involved in assisting the greyhound racing and its built-in cruelties will length of a fenced field. The dogs are given points on their ability to prosecution of violators of state animal cruelty not fade away. There are indications organized catch up to and kill the rabbit. During "hare coursing" a potential racer statutes. In early September, 1976 Thomas J. crime is steadily moving in on the business. Last is tested for speed and agility at tracking and killing the plump hare. By Crawford of Tampa was charged under Flori­ year, an investigative reporter in Arizona was the time he is ten months old, the dog is run on a schooling track similar da's cruelty to animals statute for using live rab­ murdered during his pursuit of crime in that to the racing course. bits in the training of greyhounds. state. One greyhound breeder has admitted Less than 80% of the dogs make it from the coursing field to the race Crawford didn't deny the charge but took the placing the fatal bomb in the reporter's car. He track. Dogs unable to beat a fixed time requirement are usually position that rabbits were necessary to teach has recently turned "state's evidence" and im­ euthanized. greyhounds to run straight ahead and not be plicated others. While it may be a difficult task to eliminate greyhound racing in states distracted by other dogs on the track. It's becoming dangerous to oppose dog rac­ presently allowing it, The HSUS is prepared to make every effort to The position of those using rabbits in Florida ing. Money and greed are essential elements in Please turn page Out Olthe Runningl Trapping Study Horses and Burros An article appeared in the Winter '76177 Humane I wish to thank all those people who worked so very Society News which unfortunately misstates the aim hard for their fight to save those many wonderful of the six months trapping study I conducted. The WILD HORSES! Without their untiring efforts, this study was initiated by the evident need for objective, wonderful achievement could not have been effected. factual, and scientific information to address some of I shall continue sending money to you whenever I the standard arguments used by commercial trapping can, and as often as I can. I did send telegrams and interests to justify trapping. While the basic choice of also letters at the time you requested the members to this topic for research was made with the hope that do so. the results would benefit the long-term goals of Dorothy McHale KEY HSUS's policy on trapping, the research itself was Garden Grove, CA letters Leqnllzed done in a completely objective and scientific manner. doqrndfl!J Any deviation from those principles would have only Hurray for the wild horses! Every time you send Dogmcz'nq served to negate the purposes for which the report me a note to write on an inhumane act, I get my Plejeftteff fiwinq was done. I feel confident the finished report presents typewriter out and do so. I am very pleased to see ~re(71d1 pliSt two !JMrs an accurate analysis of the differing scientific opinions justice carried out in favor of the animals, especially are!Jhonud mciug with regard to the trapping issue. the horses. I really thought democracy had gone Martha Scott-Garrett down the tube and politics and money had won over. in tfte Unlted States Reston, VA It's nice to see people like you and Lorne Greene and We stand corrected! Thanks for setting us Gail Snider taking the side of the defenseless. the problem. Perhaps the efforts of humanita­ racing will turn some people away and, in turn, straight. Ed. I make the best contribution I can each year, and rians to point up the hidden cruelties in dog may help put dog racing out of the running. D when I see headlines like "HSUS Saves Wild Horses" Just a quick message to tell you that in your latest I feel very good about donating to such a worthwhile publication, (Winter Issue of the News), the informa­ cause. tion on the Massachusetts trapping law .is wrong. God's power to you people because I think you're Dorothy Checchi O'Brien terrific to do what you do. More Plymouth, MA Cathi Newgard Kl.-.:::» Begins Barrington Hills, IL In the article it was stated the 1975 Mas­ On Feb. sachusetts law prohibits the use of steel jaw I am enclosing an article that appeared today in the Crusade to traps on land unless set within 50 feet of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch concerning the proposed ex­ building or under special permit for animal termination of hundreds of free burros in the Grand Close-Up damage control. Canyon. Save Dolphins This interpretation of the law is incorrect. In The Humane Society successfully halted the Chal­ Dolphins are being killed by the thousands in reality, the Massachusetts law bans all use of lis, Idaho, wild horse roundup. What about this new the nets of the tuna fleet! And, the KIND kids the steel jaw trap except in or under buildings brutality against the wild burros? don't like it. In response to the mail from the Report ... on land owned, leased or rented by the trapper Ms. Wilma I. Ele KIND members, KIND director R. Dale Hylton and in drowning sets. Saint Louis, MO has initiated the KIND Crusade to Save Porpoises. In February, The HSUS reported on two raids Ed. A Protect Porpoises Packet has been de­ conducted in upstate New York and Kansas. The HSUS has recently become involved in veloped for KIND members to use in the total The Kansas puppy mill and the New York ken­ investigating the reasons behind the National Animal Control boycott effort. The packet includes: nel were shut down, permanently! Park Services proposed burro kill in Grand 2 111 Don't Eat Tuna" buttons The operator of the New York kennel was My aide, Joseph Coale, briefed me on your Canyon, Arizona. The HSUS has communi­ 1 Porpoise Poster convicted of cruelty to animals. Over 150 dogs November 4, 1976 visit. I am pleased you were able to cated with the Park Service and we are collect­ 1 Petition asking schools to stop serving tuna had to be euthanized. The remaining dogs have review the plans for the new Shelter. Your sugges­ ing data and information on this issue. The 1 Petition asking hospitals and other institu- been fed and cared for by James Provost, direc­ tions were realistic and appropriate; accordingly, they HSUS has taken the position that an environ­ tions to stop serving tuna tor of the Animal Protective Association of will be incorporated, especially the tick/flea treatment mental Impact Statement must be done prior to Sample letters to the Editor Schnectady and Katherine Shields of the process. As your schedule permits, I trust you will any action by the Park Service. See page 30. Sample letter to Congressman Humane Society of Columbia Green. Some continue to maintain a close communication with Mr. Ed. A Special Report on the Tuna/Porpoise dogs have already found homes. Jack L. O'Donnell of the Bureau of Construction problem The Kansas puppy mill operator will have her Management. Your expertise in this field will be of Good work on stopping the horse roundup as it HSUS members who would like to purchase day in court this month. Hopefully the im­ great service to the City of Baltimore in providing a would be a terrible thing. the buttons may buy them in lots of 12 for pounded dogs will be finding new homes in the new Animal Shelter operation that is both humane Mrs. Earl M. Roush $2.00. You may also buy the Protect Porpoises near future. and efficient. Linton, IN Packet for $.50. The HSUS is grateful for all the help and William Donald Schaefer Send orders to: Kind Crusade cooperation it received from the animal welfare Mayor 2100 L St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037 D groups on the scene. D Baltimore, MD

2 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 3 Despite Efforts of Animal Welfare Groups Humane Treatment Of Animals­ Another Piece In the Puzzle

By Representative George E. Brown, California

Congressman Brown discusses his "The Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1977." Editors Note: The so-called seal "harvest" is still The HSUS is a party in a lawsuit against the going on. The clubbing of seals is covered under the Department of Commerce to stop the importa­ federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. Patricia For­ tion of the South African skins. HSUS said the kan, HSUS program coordinator, has explained the waiver allowing import is illegal because the different hunts to help readers better understand the hunt was not humane and some of the seals A struggle to obtain laws mandating the duced H.R. 9658 in the 94th Congress, and an issues, to tell what HSUS is doing, and what indi­ were nursing. Sue Pressman actually saw milk humane treatment of animals has existed for identical bill, H.R. 1464, in the 95th Congress on viduals and groups can do to stop these cruel acts. regurgitated by some of the seals when they many decades. The tireless efforts of many U.S. January 6, 1977. Basically, this legislation directs were clubbed. HSUS lost the first round in the 1972 the Marine Mammal Protection Act citizens have been slowly rewarded as various all Federally-inspected domestic slaugh­ In U.S. District Court, but has not given up and is (MMPA) became law. Its passage brought relief Congresses have addressed the broad issue of terhouses and all foreign slaughterhouses ex­ awaiting a decision from the Court of Appeals. humane treatment by singling out one aspect at porting meat to this c·ountry to use humane to many humanitarians thinking certain sea crea­ a time-transportation of animals, medical methods of handling and slaughter as desig­ tures would be protected. The Act established Canadian Harp Seals a limited moratorium on the taking and impor­ treatment, animal competition, and so forth. nated in the 1958 Act. If any refuse to do so, The coming of Spring along the northeast Now it appears the new Congress may take up their meat will be marked "Condemned" by the tation of marine mammals and marine mammal coast of Canada signals a death knell for the question of livestock slaughter, using the bill Federal Meat Inspectors. It is a simple but, in products. Thus, while the MMPA has been ef­ thousands of whitecoat baby seals. Each year in I have introduced for the second time, "The Hu­ my opinion, effective way of dealing with the fective in stopping the U.S. importation of some March, Canadian and Norwegian clubbers de­ seal products, it has not stopped seal clubbing. mane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1977", as the problem as quickly as possible. scend upon the ice floes where these seals vehicle for consideration and possible action. The possibilities for action in this Congress South African Seals whelp. They kill them by the thousands. The issue of humane slaughter was last ad­ look very optimistic at this time, but I will need The government of South Africa harvests Under the MMP A, these skins cannot and dressed in 1958 when Congress passed the the strong support of all those who share my 70,000 or more baby seals from July to Sep­ have not been imported into the U.S. HSUS has Humane Slaughter Act. This law designated concern about the torture these animals are ex­ tember each year. HSUS Director of Wildlife protested to the Canadian and Norwegian gov­ humane methods of handling and killing ani­ periencing daily. If this country has the ability to Protection, Sue Pressman, attended this hunt in ernments. HSUS President, John Hoyt, has per­ mals and directed all domestic slaughterhouses provide us with such abundant quantities of 1975. She has testified before the Commerce sonally contacted the Ambassadors from both which sold meat to the Federal Government to choice meat and meat products, then it should Department and in Federal Court that the hunt countries asking for an end to the hunt. Each use such humane methods of slaughter. This be able to take us one progressive step further was inhumane. In many cases seals had to be time he was assured the kill was humane and Act encouraged most of our slaughterhouses to by assuring us that the meat we consume is not clubbed several times. not endangering the herd with extinction. change their methods, but approximately 275 a result of some animal's pain and suffering. The Fouke Fur Company in Greenville, SC, The HSUS believes the Canadian hunt is have continued to use inhumane methods. Hopefully, this Congress will have the wis­ has been the exclusive processor of sealskins in neither humane nor necessary. Additionally, The existence of these remaining methods, in dom, with your support, to take that step. the U.S. Fouke requested the moratorium on more and more respected scientists agree the addition to the issue of importation of in­ I am grateful for the continuing support of the importing sealskins be lifted for the entire South harp seal population is becoming endangered. humanely slaughtered meat from other coun­ members and staff of The Humane Society of African harvest. This is perfectly legal under the A study done by Dr. D. M. Lavigne from the tries, caused understandable distress. This con­ the United States. Hopefully, your efforts and MMPA if the government of South Africa can University of Guelph, Canada, found "the status cern stimulated the National Association for the deliberations of my fellow congressmen will show they are: conducting the hunt humanely; of the harp seal in the western Atlantic may be se­ Humane Legislation, headed by Dr. Frederick insure a future of humane treatment for our the seals are not younger than eight months old verely threatened in the future if the seals continue to Thomsen, to approach me with the request to food animals. D and are not nursing; and the management pro­ be managed on the basis of the more optimistic popu­ introduce legislation that would end the con­ gram is a sound one. Up until1976 they had not lation assessments." Sealers have continued to tinued, needless torture and painful deaths of met these regulations. ignore warnings and, in fact, overharvested livestock in these slaughterhouses. That was in The Department of Commerce found, how­ during the 1976 season. The 1976 quota was 1975. ever, the necessary provisions were met in 1976. 127,000, but the actual kill is estimated at closer After studying the matter, and discussing the Commerce waived the moratorium and issued a to 168,000 seals. While the 1977 quota has not problem with individuals within the U.S. De­ permit allowing 13,000 skins to be imported in yet been established, there is no reason to be- partment of Agriculture and without, I intra- January of this year. lieve this year's quota will be any less. Please tum page

4 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 5 Alaska: North Pacific Fur Seal within 200 miles of the U.S. coast. It is hoped The third major seal hunt takes place in the new 200-mile limit will stop the Japanese 5 taffers On The Go . Alaska. The hunt and the clubbing is managed from taking seals inside the 200 miles. However, entirely by the U.S. government. The U.S. has this would do very little for the highly mobile an exclusive contract with the Fouke Fur Com­ fur seal that respects no national boundaries. Watch Phyllis run! Looks like 1977 is another fax County, VA Board of Supervisors adopted pany to process the skins. In fact, some of the busy year for Phyllis Wright. As animal control a leash law after Guy's presentation on animal money made in this government "business" has What You Can Do specialist for The Humane Society she continues control regulations. Later, Hodge prepared a gone into joint ads with Fouke promoting The HSUS intends to continue fighting the to conduct more and more of her popular work­ statement on oil spills he submitted to the Sub­ sealskin coats in women's magazines. unnecessary and cruel practice of clubbing seals shops. People in Davie and Rowan counties, committee on Conservation, Energy, and This particular hunt was never covered by the through court action and expert testimony be­ NC, invited Phyllis Wright to inspect their dog Natural Resources. MMPA moratorium. It was exempted because fore congressional committees. In addition, pounds. She called the Davie County dog Dale Hylton and John Dommers' visit with the U.S. is party to a treaty called the North The HSUS is expanding educational programs pound "wet, dark and very inadequate. It has a the Winchester, VA, SPCA in February was Pacific Fur Seal Convention. The requirements to expose all the cruelties associated with the box for exterminating unwanted strays in which another step in that county's plan to prepare the heat rises to as much as 130 degrees," she new curriculum material for use throughout Phyllis Wright visits • of that treaty supercede the MMP A. Although slaughter. stray in the Rowa1 the activities conducted under the treaty are Here is how you cat;\ help: said. Carbon monoxide from a truck exhaust is their school system. Dommers and Hylton pre­ County, NC, do1 exempted, the Department of Commerce is re­ 1. The most effective way to end the dubbin~ used to kill the dogs. The Rowan facility is a sented information to a county-wide meeting of pound. quired to attempt to renegotiate it to reflect the of all seals is to eliminate the demand fm "much better physical plant, much better school principals with special emphasis on standards of the MMPA. the skins. Everyone must work harder to throughout," Phyllis said. According to Miss methods by which the humane ethic could be The treaty was first established in 1911 as a end the wearing of furs. Write to stores Wright, one of the problems with North woven into existing or planned curriculum ma­ conservation measure. The fur seals were being asking them not to carry fur products. Write Carolina pounds is that there are no state plans terials and methods. rapidly wiped out due to pelagic (at sea) harvest­ letters to the editor of your local papers. or even guidelines which the counties can use. Eric Sakach and Judi Kukulka of the West ing. This is the most ineffective and cruel way to Tell them what price the animals have to Another problem is that "it is an important Coast Regional Office manned a booth at the kill these animals. Many seals are wounded and pay for the sake of vanity. function that gets little attention." all-day "California Celebrates The Whale" event escape only to die elsewhere, or they die, sink, 2. Write to your congressman and senators. The new year was hardly here and Phyllis in Sacramento, California. Over 5,000 people in­ and cannot be picked up. Four signatory coun­ Tell them you oppose any weakening of was off to Columbus, Ohio, to participate in a terested in saving the whale attended. The tries, U.S.A., Canada, Japan, and U.S.S.R., the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Tell workshop on recommended laws for pet animal event was sponsored by California's Governor agreed to allow the harvesting only on land. them you would like to see it strengthened control. The sponsor, the Ohio Veterinary Med­ Jerry Brown. Several hundred interested people Since seals mate and whelp on the Pribilof Is­ to stop all clubbing of seals because it is ical Association, adopted one of HSUS' sugges­ signed up at The HSUS booth to receive infor­ lands during the summer, this was the best cruel and inhumane. tions regarding reduced license fees for ani­ mation about HSUS humane education pro­ place to "harvest" them. It was agreed the U.S. 3. Send letters of protest to the Department mals who have been spayed or neutered. The grams and activities. would conduct the harvest and give 15 percent of Commerce for waiving the moratorium participants "moved that there be a cost differ­ As this magazine goes to press, Sue to Japan and 15 percent to Canada. The on South African sealskins. Ask them not ential for animals which are sterilized versus Pressman, HSUS wildlife director, and Bernie U.S.S.R. conducts its own harvest along its to allow any to be imported from the 1977 those which are not with the requirement that a Weller, field representative for the Gulf States coast. season. veterinarian certification must accompany the regional office, have just completed an inspec­ Attempts were made in December, 1975 to 4. Write letters to the Canadians and Norwe­ license application." tion of the Albuquerque, NM, zoo. The zoo has renegotiate the treaty. Japan refused. They indi­ gians asking them to end the clubbing of February found Phyllis in New Orleans con­ been the target of much criticism. HSUS mem­ cated if changes were made they would not sign the white baby seals off the east coast of ducting her workshop, Solving Animal Prob­ bers may be assured Sue and Bernie will take a new treaty and would return to pelagic seal­ Canada each March. D lems In Your Community. Cosponsored by The any necessary action. D ing. Renegotiations stopped when the U.S. del­ HSUS Gulf States regional office and the Jeffer­ egation determined that pelagic sealing was a His Excellency Jack Hamilton Warren son Parish S.P.C.A., the workshop drew munic­ real threat and would do more harm to the fur Ambassador of Canada ipal officials, animal control agents, educators, seals than the annual clubbing. 1746 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. humane society leaders, and shelter workers. Thus, the U.S. government continues to hire Washington, D.C. 20036 Phyllis was joined in New Orleans by staffers Aleut Indians to club approximately 30,000 Frantz Dantzler and Bernie Weller who partici­ three-year old adult males each year. The vic­ His Excellency S. Ch. Sommerfelt pated in a round table discussion on cruelty tims are separated from the rest of the herd and Ambassador of Norway investigations. are driven over land to be clubbed. HSUS sent a Norwegian Embassy The Sierra Club in D.C. invited Guy Hodge to representative to view this hunt each year from 3401 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. speak before their recent membership meeting. 1968 to 1971. As a result of HSUS complaints, Washington, D.C. 20007 Guy, director of research and data services, certain minor improvements were made, but spoke on "The Role of Animal Welfare Organi­ the clubbing still continues. The U.S. govern­ Mr. Robert W. Schoning zations in Protecting Wildlife." Guy also par­ UPCOMING WORKSHOP ment has determined the clubbing of these Department of Commerce ticipated in the December meeting of The Veg­ April 1 & 2-Kansas City, MO. The seals, given present technology, is the most Director etarian Society. A vegetarian, Hodge addressed Stadium Inn, 7901 East Hwy 40 Kansas humane method available. National Marine Fisheries Service himself to a more humane relationship between City, MO. 64129. Room rates-$17-19 for Some people think the U.S. could get out of NOAA man and his fellow creatures. single, $23-25 for double. Phone 816-861- the Fur Seal treaty because now there is a new Washington, D. C. 20235 Guy also was busy preparing testimony he 9400, or write to Phyllis Wright c/o HSUS. law forbidding taking of marine mammals had been invited to present. In January the Fair-

6 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 7 HSUS's Frantz Dantzler A Big Man Doing a Big Job

Frantz Dantzler is a big man. Standing 6' 6" Reflecting on achievements humanitarians He has had good success in his efforts to provide. Of course, every dollar HSUS members his size is but a minor reason he is a big man in can be proud of, Dantzler feels many individual help wild horses. Along with other humanitar­ and others give assists our investigative efforts the eyes of most humanitarians around the actions by persons around the country have ians and organizations, Frantz led HSUS ef­ tremendously." Dantzler firmly believes local country. He's the type of person you look up to produced the overall achievement of increased forts to stop the U.S. Government's plan to humane societies are the first line of defense for because of his extraordinary warmth and sen­ national sensitivity to animal problems. "The roundup more than 500 wild horses living in the animals. However, he thinks The HSUS as a sitivity and his professional stick-to-itiveness. barometer of this country's sensitivity can be Challis, Idaho, area. The Bureau of Land Man­ national organization can do things locals sim­ As Director of Field Services and Investiga­ seen in the legislative process. Whereas one or agement (BLM) protested and claimed the ply cannot do. Conversely, locals are doing tions for The Humane Society of the United two animal welfare bills per session were intro­ roundup was necessary because of a "popula­ things HSUS cannot accomplish. "Clearly, States, Dantzler's task is to ferret out and re­ duced twenty years ago, sixty to eighty mea­ tion explosion of the herd." The HSUS charged we're not in competition. We all need all the Dantzler's task is to the BLM's planned roundup was simply an ex­ help we can get. We always accomplish more ferret out and re­ spond to animal cruelty problems throughout sures may come before Congress now." the U.S. His background has prepared him well cuse to remove horses from the range so more when we work together," he said. spond to animal for his present duties. Dantzler points to the Federal Humane privately owned cattle could graze on the public cruelty problems Dantzler became associated with The Slaughter Act of 1958 as being a major achieve­ lands. A three day court trial resulted in The When asked if he thinks his job may become throughout the Humane Society in 1962 as a kennel worker for ment. "That single piece of legislation has af­ Humane Society's favor. Dantzler's careful obsolete someday, he responded, "I dream of U.S. the Boulder, CO, society, then an affiliate of fected the welfare of more animals than most background investigative activities and expert the day when no more animal abuse exists, but HSUS. After serving as Boulder's shelter man­ people can imagine," he said. With less than testimony once again helped the animals. realistically I know elimination of one abuse ager, he became director of the HSUS's Utah half of the states having humane slaughter legis­ Nevertheless, Dantzler is always cognizant brings but a single victory. To continue progress state branch which became part of The HSUS lation, Dantzler has dedicated himself to the that his efforts are dependent on help he re­ we must work toward one victory and then Rocky Mountain Region. He was then trans­ task of testifying before state legislatures work­ ceives from other humanitarians. "Folks report­ another." Frantz Dantzler is willing to provide ferred to The HSUS West Coast Regional Office ing on slaughter laws. "The most important ing abuses to me help greatly in discovering the hard labor for many more future victories for to serve as director. In 1975 The HSUS brought criterion in making testimony effective is the areas which need attention. They also help in animals. D him to the headquarters office in Washington, presentation of viable data. collecting data for testimony I'm called on to D. C., to direct the expanded regional program "Traditionally, the attitude has been that since and investigative activities. animals are going to be slaughtered anyway, "I've been trained to do this job and, frankly, why provide them with good housing condi­ there is no other challenge I'd rather have," said tions, humane handling and transportation. Dantzler. Talking candidly about his goals and The HSUS is effecting a radical change in this hopes, Dantzler said he believes successes are thinking," said Dantzler. achieved when persistent and organized efforts are professionally applied toward correcting Dantzler pointed to livestock transportation and eliminating abuses to animals. "I am in­ as an area where humanitarians can be optimis­ creasingly optimistic. There are many areas of tic about future developments. To date there are animal abuse which have existed for many years no laws regarding the shipment of horses. that are now being halted by legal and legisla­ However, in the last session of Congress a mea­ tive action. That's progress. sure to eliminate the cruel sea transporting of "Unfortunately we sometimes don't have the horses to Europe was introduced and passed in resources necessary to attack all the problems the House of Representatives. Though it failed which come to our attention. Therefore, as a to pass the Senate before they adjourned, the national organization we have to respond selec­ fact it was introduced in Congress at all is a sign of increased concern. "The introduction of such tively to those issues involving large numbers of F. L. Dantzler confer! animals or having broad implications for animal legislation fifteen years ago would have been with Cherokee count) welfare throughout the country." considered impossible by many people. It (Kansas) Attorne) would have been very difficult to get a spon­ Oliver Lynch an< midwest representa Dantzler has established three criteria he sor," said Dantzler. tive, Ann Gonnerman tries to follow: the case should have national or re­ Dantzler plans to continue to sensitize the during a recent raid 01 public by constantly discovering and collecting a Kansas puppy mil gional status; the problem should include large num­ operation. The oper bers of animals; and, a determination as to whether or facts pertaining to animal abuse. By making the ator was charged wit] not a local organization is able and willing to assist public aware of animal abuse and following up cruelty and animal The HSUS in attacking a problem in its own area of with legal action, Dantzler believes animal were impounded. jurisdiction. cruelty and suffering will be reduced.

9 8 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 oils or waxes. The crude oil soaks through the feathers causing the plummage to lose its qual­ THE REIGN OF DOGS AND CATS ities of insulation and buoyancy. Birds which are severely contaminated with oil may rapidly New Animal Control Report Tells it Like it is-And Like it Should Be succumb to the effects of oil contamination." The shorelines and waters of Pennsylvania, The International City Management Associa­ New Jersey, and Delaware were affected by the International tion recently issued a major technical report on City Management spill occurring south of Philadelphia Interna­ Management municipal animal control programs. The 20 page Association Information··· tional Airport. Species brought into the cleaning report distributed to 3,800 subscribing munici­ center included ruddy duck, Canada goose, Service pal executives in more than 1,700 cities and • whistling swan, herring gull, lesser scaup, mal­ counties was written by Guy Hodge, HSUS Di­ lard, red-breasted merganser, black duck, and a rector of Research and Data Services. hybrid goose. Two hundred sixty-two birds The report "The Reign of Dogs And Cats; Or, were treated at the cleaning center. Hodge an­ The reign of dogs and cats; Contemporary Concepts of Animal Control" fo­ ticipates a 15-25% survival rate which he said is or, contemporary concepts of animal control cused upon contemporary concepts of animal good considering the freezing temperatures, icy control with special emphasis being placed conditions and species handled. Normal sur­ ' THE JIEI'QRT upon citation systems, sterilization programs kf A Gr..ANcE, vival rate under ideal conditions is approxi­ The C(}llflQ/ ~bmo~.t~h,~:aptda1!y d"~~ ' , lind .;Jiti, in -an urban cnvinMm~ut l$ and licensing. The report provides a com­ Disaster Relief Program un~~;~f 1he m<~l wlde·$fli\!Ji.l !JII•bl.-m~ mately 40%. , faci11J!: munk1p~ltl

Pen. c~tW<~utK>~ ~vny ytat. The HSUS Disaster Relief Program continues stress. They were then tube fed a hydrating so­ Pttt:·r~npng. dftimah !.o:'iilt~r nallh Fmm ~'lln1ilitWts. Clithins l.!!t~r an<.! ;•m,hlint control problems. "The serious animal control b«:edh1g ,r,~und.\ fvt flk~. NadtQ~ :md to aid animals. Guy R. Hodge, Director of Re­ lution and placed in heated pens. Afterwards, ral~. Mlimal r~ol~ and 111!ne ~~~ute 11. problems currently confronting municipal gov­ lf!;:ljrlf$:11lihtit)11j)tubttnl search and Data Services, assisted in the organi­ they were washed in a series of detergent baths, Thh r~f)l)f( JisoJ!.:U'j; m.::h1'd~ t!w a11~ ernments will only be efficiently addressed available hJ lu.;-ll)W~llun~m~ tr, help zation and administration of the bird rescue op­ rinsed, and dried. ;..'Oitttol ttw~ problcml>. l;l;u~t,l on J)r!\· gnlfft.l MhutJy jl) effc.:! ill Ylt11VII> through a commitment to a complete animal eration in Wilmington, Delaware. The Olympic jtuilldt::tlnrn. the rt1wrt ~\)rtTh tln n•r;ua,:!na1 11rr.utg~m~n11. ft· cies are provided with the funding, equipment, leaked 133,000 gallons of oil into the Delaware tlilllCII18, ~U!1~ Will State and federal wildlife biologists used pro­ lk:- tlf ~r~nll mt~N~11«mau~t!ltl~ personnel, and legislative mechanisms required river when the ship's hull ruptured during the pane cannons and other dispersal equipment to to combat irresponsible pet ownership. No one final week of December. More than 10,000 birds "herd" the healthy birds into protected areas Please turn page • can say with certainty that the programs out- were threatened by the light crude oil. lined in this report will resolve community ani­ The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service charged by mal control problems. However, they do offer the government with the management of water­ some hope for minimizing the impact of the pet fowl designated Hodge as volunteer coordinator ------population problem. and assigned him joint responsibility along with Through an agreement with The HSUS, the the Coast Guard and Fish and Wildlife person­ MOVING? International City Management Association is nel to operate the bird cleaning center. making copies of this document available to During the week following the disaster, If you are planning to move, or have moved, please complete humane societies for $2.00. Special discount Hodge worked 124 hours. Immediately, he this coupon and send it to HSUS. Tape or paste your old rates are available for purchases of 15 or more began to provide instruction regarding proper magazine label in the box below. Print your new address on the copies. Societies must forward their orders on bird cleaning procedures prescribed by the In­ lines below. Thanks! official letterhead stationery to: The Humane ternational Bird Rescue Research Center. Hodge Society of the United States, MIS Reports, 2100 was assisted by Ms. Patricia Peterson, Manag­ L St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. 0 ing Director of the Delaware SPCA, in collecting According to Lynn .A ADDRESS------Greenwalt, Directo: the specialized supplies and equipment re­ U.S. Fish and WildliJ CITY ______STATE ______ZIP ______quired for the treatment and rehabilitation of Service, guidance W< the oiled birds. provided "on oile bird treatment throug In explaining the basis for the treatment pro­ daily communicatio cedures, Hodge noted: "A bird is a highly with Coast Guard an specialized organism whose ability to survive is Humane Society reprt sentatives at the trea dependent upon an incredibly intricate balance ment center." HSU PASTE OR TAPE OLD LABEL HERE between weight, shape, and feather structure. staffer Guy Hodg Oil affects a bird's feather structure by disrupt­ (right) was appointe coordinator of t11 ing individual feathers and destroying natural center.

Mail to: MOVING, The Humane Society of the United States Tl1e Humane Society News • Spring 1977 11 2100 L Street, N.W. Wa110himdon. D.C. 20037 where they wouldn't come into contact with the Wildlife Service's Office of Migratory Bird Man­ ANIMALS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: THRESHOLD OF oil. Hodge assisted the Delaware Audubon So­ agement: "The activities of The Humane Society ciety in establishing and operating a volunteer of the United States during the months follow­ ANEW ERA? field rescue operation. ing the Chesapeake Bay spill were a significant I wish to synthesize and record the content of a ing a golden pyramid of knowledge, for which HSUS staffer Guy Hodge, an amateur or­ factor in the Service's decision to further develop friendly and open discussion with Drs. Aronson and animals are "sacrificed". Although agreeing nithologist, is among the first to study and a program to minimize oil spill damage to Nicholson at the American Museum of Natural His­ there was too much data and not enough syn­ document behavior of oiled birds. His wildlife populations and their habitats." Last tory where research on sexual behavior of cats has thesis and integration of available information background research has shown the behavior of summer the Pollution Response Plan of the Fish recently evoked much publicity. (which often caused needless repetition of ex­ oiled birds follows predictable patterns. When and Wildlife Service was revised with HSUS They felt the public was over reacting in dis­ periments), Dr. Aronson held firm to his belief coming into contact with oil a bird will usually providing substantial input. covering that such research is conducted at a in "knowledge for knowledge's sake". museum of natural history and not instead, for abandon all other acti_vities and attempt to re­ The Humane Society of the United States' Perhaps this need to acquire knowledge re­ move oil from their feathers by preening. As Disaster Relief Program is on perpetual alert to example, at a medical school. They also felt the flects a maladaptive pathology of the curious they become weighted by oil, chilled by the wa­ assist animals threatened not only by catas­ public had been mislead and misinformed about mind: a mind whose acquisition of knowledge Tht ter, and exhausted, they will approach the trophies caused by human activities such as oil certain experiments which were never actually reflects a deep rooted existential insecurity seek­ shore, continue to swim, and preen in shallow spills, but also natural disasters such as hur­ conducted on the cats (such as blinding them). ing comfort in being able to understand and Instibttt water. Soon they reach land in order to rest and ricanes and earthquakes. The 1976 Disaster Re­ And, it was also their contention the lay public predict the interplay of natural cosmic forces. So sun themselves in an attempt to generate body lief Program's year end report shows HSUS had cannot possibly understand the correlative sig­ often, as here, the universe is over-simplified in fortht heat. Birds seek cover among tall grasses, rocks, been on the scene of the Teton Dam flood, and nificance of basic research, such as Dr. Aron­ the retreat from the real world into the labora­ or debris. Finally, they may travel inland along oil spills occurring in the Chesapeake Bay, son's cat studies, in relation to solving human tory world. Sbtdyoj problems. An investigator may not, nor anyone for that creeks or inlets seeking fresh water. Quantico Creek and the D~laware River. HSUS Hodge has also determined that feeding pro­ was mobilized and prepared to respond to more Dr. Aronson firmly believed his research on matter, ever apply the data generated from cer­ Anima] grams can also be used to attract birds into safe than a dozen additional disasters and provided cats would have some relevance to man al­ tain experiments. How difficult it may some day Problem! areas away from the oil. In addition, the feed consultation to local humane societies and civil though he admitted much basic research, hav­ be to accept the possibility that one's life-time helps to fuel an oiled bird' s metabolism and re­ defense agencies regarding these calamities. ing no foreseeable relevance to man, claims to and the lives of countless animals have been store the body heat which had been lost to the The Humane Society of the United States re­ have relevance simply in order to secure gover­ purposelessly sacrificed for the golden pyramid surrounding cold. sponds to major disasters by sending expert ment funds. I for one, wishing to study wolves of knowledge. It is surely a false god if such HSUS feels the federal and state response to staff members to the scene to assist animals. As for sheer enjoyment and for wolves' sake, knowledge is never utilized for the welfare of would in a grant proposal to the National Insti­ this oil spill was substantially improved over noted when HSUS President John A. Hoyt an­ man or other animals. A researcher may be so tutes of Health, have to justify such a study by out of contact with worldly crises and priorities past efforts such as the Chesapeake Bay spill of nounced the esta~lishment of the Disaster Relief February, 1976. During the months following Program last year, "successful implementation fabricating some relevance to man. This is one in the rarefield, over-simplified, and sometimes A REPORT BY the Chesapeake spill, staffers Guy Hodge and of all aspects of this program will require a sig­ negative aspect of the politics of grantsmanship. illusory reality of scientific reductionism that the DR. MICHAEL fO) Phil Steward met with officials of the U.S. Coast nificant financial commitment. Anyone in­ Why can't a person study cats or wolves for "why" question may be unanswerable. their own sake? Is it valid to argue that research DIRECTOR, ISAP Guard, the Fish and Wildlife Service, American terested in providing aid to animals during di­ Should we blindly and uncritically accept the ~hould be re~evant to man exclusively if society virtue of acquiring knowledge, of building the Petroleum Institute, the President's Council on sasters is invited to send a contribution to The Environment Quality, and the Environmental Humane Society of the United States c/o Disas­ is paying for the research (via taxes, etc.)? golden pyramid, by sacrificing animal lives or Protection Agency. ter Relief Program. D Questions concerning the relevance of basic causing them to suffer without clearly foresee­ According to an official of the Fish and research to human problems and the rights of able benefits to life? To store knowledge with the researcher to decide which and how many the hope or belief it may be of use someday is a animals may be sacrificed or made to suffer in rationalization and an existential cop-out. Anal­ Secretary of Agriculture to fulfill his mandatory the quest of knowledge were central to our ex­ ternative approach is surely needed, where the Dept. of Agriculture Sued by duty under the statute and to promulgate the change. expenditure of financial resources, trained per­ regulations with utmost speed. These scientists agreed there is a hierarchy of sonnel, and animal lives are more efficiently and HSUS For Failure to Obey Law According to Senator Lowell Weicker who relevance; some experiments clearly having no effectively modulated. Often, upon close co-sponsored the amendments, "the new Ani­ obvious direct relevance to man. But it is dif­ scrutiny, we may not really need to know what mal Welfare Act amendments insure an effec­ ficult to draw the line, between what is, and we think we want to know. There is no end to In February, The Humane Society of the tive means of ending the inhumane abuses in­ more importantly they argue, between what the quest for knowledge. The quest should be United States sued the Department of Agricul­ volved with animal transportation. An equally may, at some unforeseeable future date, be of focused and repeatedly refocused in terms of ture because they have failed to obey a law re­ important problem that is addressed through relevance to man. ultimate goals and potential values to society. A quiring them to create and implement animal the law is the dehumanizing practice of animal Because of this difficulty, they believe it is jus­ broad based review board could be of immense and commerce regulations. fighting. While many states do outlaw this out­ tifiable to take animal lives or to cause their suf­ value here to the investigator and to govern­ According to the Animal Welfare Act rageous sport, it continues to grow and as this fering for the sake of knowledge which may be ment agencies distributing funds. amendments signed into law on April 22, 1976, sport becomes increasingly interstate in nature of use to future generations, if not of immediate To be sure, many breakthroughs have been Agriculture had 9 months to create and to put the need of federal legislation to halt this prac­ value today. It cannot be predicted, they con­ made by sheer coincidence or by the integration into effect regulations concerning the conditions tice became apparent." tend, what findings will be of use to man some of a vital bit of information gathered years be­ under which animals are transported in in­ By this action The Humane Society seeks to day. fore. Science must develop and improve its terstate commerce by railroads, airlines, trucks; have the Department of Agriculture comply To me this is a wholly humanocentric view tools to potentiate coincidence and integration. etc. with the intent of Congress and the wishes of and an illusory belief in the value of construct- The enormous waste of time, money, lives, and The suit simply asks the court to compel the the American people. D Please turn to page 18

12 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 13 Congratulations to Charlene Drennon, Director of Mr. Inman was formerly the Director of interested in HSUS's West Coast Regional Office. Governor Jerry HSUS's Great Lakes Office. Inman's transfer humane education, Mr. Dommers Brown has just appointed Mrs. Drennon to serve on will allow John Dommers, Director of The reports that the newly formed New Norma Terris Humane Education Center in California's Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. England Humane Educators Association As the Board's only representative from an ani­ East Haddam, CT to resume his educational be meeting on April 1st at the American neutering, and various facets mal welfare organization, Mrs. Drennon is responsibilities. The New England Office Humane Education Society headquarters in of animal care were exhibited. volunteering her own personal time to this will no longer be housed at the Norma Terris Boston. New Englanders who are interested Mr. Scott recommends tha:: worthwhile position. The Board serves to rep­ Center. The new address is: Culbro Build­ in attending may contact Mr. Dommers other societies consider using resent the interests of the public toward ing, Suite 213, 630 Oakwood Avenue, West at the Norma Terris Center (203) 434-8666. state fairs as a platform to reach the better animal care. The Board accredits vet­ Hartford, CT 06110. public. The HSUS has several free flyers erinary and health technician schools, licenses In the recent past, Mr. Dommers has Douglas Scott, Director of HSUS's for distribution at such events. See page 18 veterninarians, administers the Veterinary investigated a so-called "Great Hamster Gulf States Office reports a significant for a description of Easter Pets flyer. More Medical Practices Act of California, and Race" in the Greater Hartford area. Sponsored ruling in a recent cruelty case. In late 1976 than 180 individuals recently attended suspends and revokes veterinary licenses by a pet food company and a discount chain, a man in Fort Worth, Texas poured gasoline the Animal Control Personnel after hearings. Drennon's appointment is the race was held in four different over a cat and set it on fire. The judge Development Program held at Texas for four years. shopping centers. It was a cold, blustery gave the man the maximum penalty under A&M University. HSUS Board winter day with temperatures averaging Texas law, a $2,000 fine plus one year member Amanda Blake and John A. Hoyt, President of The in the high teens. Yet, many participants in jail. In addition, the judge remarked staffers John Dommers, ·: _: ., HSUS has just announced the appoint- still brought their hamsters in unprotected to the press that he wished there had Douglas Scott, and Bernie Weller· • . ' ment of John Inman, Jr. as cages. The animals were treated like "wind been a stiffer penalty. were featured speakers. D .. · _:: the Regional Director up" toys and thoroughly exploited for the During the recent Texas State Fair held of HSUS's New sales promotion effort. According to Dommers, in Dallas, the city Animal Control Service "I contacted the pet food company and England ran an exhibit with the theme of "Pet Care" Office. received a promise that such events would which attracted a lot of attention. More than :not-be held again." 1,000,000 visitors saw the exhibit which included a mock up of a veterinarian's surgery room (courtesy of the Dallas County V Medical Association). Pet owner responsibility, states in the United States are facing eviction for owning a fleet be urged to require by law that their goal be zero THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES RESOLUTIONS pet; and mortality and injury rate; and be it ADOPTED BY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OCTOBER 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. Whereas, "No Pets Allowed" clauses in standard leases FURTHER RESOLVED, that until such a law can be passed, are often arbitrary and unnecessary; and regulations be immediately promulgated requiring the use Whereas, in many cases these pets, having been well of the best gear available now known to reduce porpoise 1978 many areas untouched; therefore be it trained, do not violate any of the sanitary codes or rules mortality; and be it TRAPPING .•I. RESOLVED, that additional legislation and additional regu­ wherever they may live; and FURTHER RESOLVED, that an international observer pro­ Whereas, wildlife population control, when necessary, can lations under existing law are needed to provide sound Whereas, many of these pet owners, being unable to meet gram be initiated for monitoring purposes; and be it . in most cases be accomplished by methods which do not protection for animals in laboratories including: high legal fees, are forced to part with their pets, and being FURTHER RESOLVED, that all HSUS members and con­ cause pain and suffering to animals; and Whereas, the use 1. Promulgation of .final regulations to provide unwilling to send them to pounds and ultimate death, stituents be urged to boycott all tuna products until near of pain producing trapping devices and subsequent space for laboratory dogs either by housing them abandon them increasing the multitude of unwanted pets in zero mortality of porpoise and dolphins is achieved; and be methods of killing trapped animals constitutes extreme permanently in roomy pens of kennel-runways or by the streets; therefore, be it it cruelty to animals and has a desensitizing effect on youth; releasing them daily from cages; RESOLVED, that the above practices be condemned and FURTHER RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the therefore be it 2. Enactment of a bill providing for establishment that The Humane Society of the United States attempt to United States make every effort to publicize this tragedy RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States of a commission on humane treatment of animals establish as a practical and legal matter that the restric­ and call upon the general public to participate in this actively support federal legislation and appropriate state including subpoena power, with a view to developing tions on pets in housing be limited to cases and situations boycott. legislation toward the end of abolishing all cruel trapping further legislation to prevent, to the greatest extent where such possession does in fact constitute a substantial devices; and be it possible, tests which cause pain or fear to the ani­ nuisance (such as excessive barking and health hazards WHALES RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States mals involved; and such as biting and proven violation of existing sanitary IX. 3. Appropriation of funds for research and de­ codes). expand efforts to educate the public as to the suffering Whereas, whales have been overexploited by commercial E involved in the trapping of animals; and be .it velopment of substitutes for laboratory animals spe­ cifically aimed at ending or greatly reducing the use whalers for many years, resulting in the extinction of sev­ FURTHER RESOLVED, that the American Veterinary Medi- eral species; and cal Association be urged to take a clear position in opposi­ of painful LD50 tests of potentially toxic substances, VI. EDUCATION the "writhing test" for analgesics, and other routine Whereas, the slaughtered whales are converted into chick­ tion to the continued use of the steel jaw/leg hold trap at en feed, fertilizer, soap, lipstick, shoe polish, mink food, the earliest opportunity. tests which cause animals pain or distress; and be it Whereas, humane education remains a high priority objec­ FURTHER RESOLVED, that the public be made more aware and lubricating oil, all products for which there are cheap, s tive of The Humane Society of the United States; and plentiful substitutes; and of the enormous number of animals being used in biomedi­ Whereas, considerable effort and expense have gone into Whereas, the explosive harpoon is an extremely cruel and II. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT cal research and testing; and be it the production of high quality humane education programs FURTHER RESOLVED, that granting procedures by govern­ inhumane method of killing; therefore, be it and materials; therefore, be it RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States Whereas, state and federal wildlife management agencies ment agencies for animal experimentation be reevaluated RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States establishing standards for ethical and humane considera­ continue its support of the ten year moratorium on all 0 have historically served a narrow based constituency of reaffirm its strong commitment to the development and commercial whaling; and be it tion. hunters, trappers, and fishermen; and distribution of humane education materials and teaching FURTHER RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the Whereas, this problem has its origin in the hunter-game aids and the preparation of humane education programs. United States and its nationwide constituency reaffirm their commission-game department fraternity which too fre­ (B) BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH support of the boycott of all nations that are continuing the quently denies participation to the general public with re­ slaughter of whales. gard to policies and programs affecting wildlife; and VII. SHIPPING OF HORSES L Whereas, many government programs are being discon­ Whereas, a significant portion of the funding of wildlife management programs through hunter license fees and tinued because of the economic crisis; and Whereas, it is clear that the shipment of horses by surface X. CHILDREN'S BOOKS excise taxes on sporting arms serves to perpetuate state Whereas, many expensive tax-supported experimentation transportation from the United States to Europe en route to and federal wildlife agencies' involvement with the com­ projects cause unnecessary animal suffering but do not slaughterhouses there involved extreme cruelty and suffer­ Whereas, books are an important tool in teaching children mercial and recreational exploitation of wildlife; therefore, benefit mankind; therefore, be it ing; and to be aware of the world around them; and U RESOLVED, that all agencies be urged to re-examine all be it Whereas, there is pending federal legislation to ban this Whereas, the majority of books now available present RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States animal experimentation projects and eliminate such exper­ practice; and faulty or inadequate views of animals and their environ­ encourage the expansion of alternative methods of funding iments as those carried on at the Museum of Natural His­ Whereas, this cruel practice has already been outlawed by ment; therefore, be it wildlife management programs from general appropria­ tory in New York City or any others which do not signifi­ the Canadian government; and RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States tions, taxes upon non-hunting goods and through the sale cantly benefit the health and welfare of people and other Whereas, efforts by The Humane Society of the United encourage the publishing industry to publish more worth­ T of wildlife conservation stamps; and be it animals. States to have the federal government agencies prohibit while children's books by presenting a prestigious award FURTHER RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the this practice have failed making it evident that federal periodically to recognize outstanding books that promote United States seek and encourage the appointment of legislation is the only avenue open; therefore, be it the humane ethic and increase awareness of animals and humanitarians, environmentalists, and other qualified per­ IV. MOURNING DOVES RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States the environment. sons to positions on state fish and game commissions and support federal legislation similar to that introduced in the I similar regulatory bodies; and be it Whereas, mourning doves are classed as songbirds in last session of Congress by Senator Harrison Williams of FURTHER RESOLVED, that in recognition of the interests of nineteen states and Canada and as such are given com­ New Jersey, which would ban this outrageous and unjusti­ XI. IN-FLIGHT ANIMAL SAFETY the millions of people whose primary concern in wildlife plete protection; and fiable practice. goes beyond that of hunting and killing it, the federal and Whereas, a recent national (Department of Interior) com­ Whereas, all manifests of National Airlines indicate in bold state fish and wildlife services be encouraged to establish posite study of the literature pertaining to the nesting lettering the presence of live animals on board and their 0 vigorous non-game wildlife management protection pro­ habits of mourning doves shows that from zero to 21.9% of precise location; and grams. the birds are nesting in September depending on the cyclic VIII. BOYCOTT-TUNA/PORPOISE Whereas, this serves to alert the flight crew and others variations of weather, change of habitat, etc., and to be responsible for the flights that emergency action might be expected in any wildlife species; and Whereas, three to five million porpoise and dolphins have necessary in the event of delays or other unforeseen condi­ Ill. (A) BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Whereas, The Humane Society of the United States does died in tuna fishermen's nets since the early 1960's; and tions; therefore, be it not condone any sport hunting including that for mourning j Whereas, new data regarding population levels of these RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States Whereas, many examples of mistreatment of laboratory doves, particularly any which would involve the secondary animals shows that they are depleted; and hereby commends National Airlines for its policy of noting N animals have been brought to public attention by recent starvation of fledglings in the nest; therefore, be it Whereas, the method of catch in the purse seine net Live Animals on Board on the manifest form. We are confi­ books and articles; and RESOLVED, that The Humane Society of the United States causes extreme suffering; and dent this procedure will help to promote and more Whereas, increasing attention is being focused on alterna­ communicate this statement of opposition to the Fish and Whereas, certain new fishing techniques reduce the por­ adequately insure the comfort and safety of animals being tives to laboratory animals which can, in some cases, Wildlife Service. poise and dolphin kill substantially; therefore, be it transported by aircraft. We trust that this exemplary deci­ eliminate and, in other cases, reduce the use of test ani­ RESOLVED, that the United States tuna industry comply sion will result in all other airlines adopting a similar pro­ s mals; and with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and immediately cedure. The Humane Society of the United States wel­ Whereas, existing federal legislation setting minimum v. PETS IN HOUSING move toward zero mortality and serious injury rate of por­ comes the opportunity to work in cooperation with National standards for the care, housing and treatment of experi­ poise and dolphins; and be it Airlines in further insuring the comfort and safety of ani­ mental animals has substantially reduced abuses but left Whereas, thousands of pet owners all over the cities and FURTHER RESOLVED, that all other nations with a tuna mals being shipped by air. D Poison Ban Approaches to Sterilization A Review of Spay and Neuter Programs and Clinics Still in Force by Phyllis Wright, HSUS Animal Control Specialist The ban on the use of poisons on Federal lands originally established by former President Nixon is still in force. Humanitarians had some " ... It is the policy of the Society to . . . encour­ nervous moments during the final days of the age the establishment of low cost spaying and neuter­ Ford Administration when it was learned Presi­ ing programs . ... "(HSUS Statements of Policy) Animals are not toys! dent Ford was considering lifting the ban.

La!'snrJtmartheEil$lerPan6nwlthuninlenuonal Within hours The HSUS wrote a detailed let­ cruamu.li'scruetlocalllfababychltll:,duck,or tabbltandgl~eltloayoullgstaruatny.U"scruetto buy~~~ animal that YD11 aren't prepared lc care for. ter to Ford outlining the reasons why he should trseruettoahndon!fallllllanlmaJsafterllleEASTER GLDWIIaswomotl. More times than she can remember, Phyllis sential to the community's other pet welfare E~ry year baby tbkk$, ducks, anll rabblts apre­ not lift the ban. In his concluding remarks in sentJngeverysllalhtcflh!ltalnbowet~lluplnthehanlla cfyoungsterson Eastu rMm\ng. &rna oftbose Wright, HSUS Animal Control Specialist, has needs. JOU1111$ll!tS, !OO'fi)UfiV\ltiUIQW&IIYbl!ltQt,SIJUIBn the letter HSUS President John Hoyt said, "It the!llalfomtl!eublbyantma!~;ol)theryonnll$l:ers sr~onloselntoresthtlheUnytreatutes.anll parenb said "Surplus pet breeding can be prevented As indicated earlier, spay and neuter clinics arelcrudtuleedantlearefllrtl!!lm.lntlteend,many would be a tragic mistake to leave as your legacy of those young animals die trom IIB!nteltltonalln· juries, otllllelllloutl! abandonmenthtln«l ne!lh. through legislation, education and steriliza­ maintain facilities and staff to perform the WOllds,:&nd!IOhlh:, Somestatu-prolllbltthesaltlnfleutltansbb~fly to the animals and wildlife of America a renewal chlcb,6ud!s,atllltabbltslnorllertllprevenltrutlly, tion." The last item, sterilization, can be realized surgeries. In San Mateo County, CA, the Penin­ !Miblilta~ llatkUre!lwh!!n ~nmnl$ ktlep o~ alld leave flva ntUe sr~aWfe$b!lllQtlwende!I!J9Bnl~lf of all the cruelties and horrors attendant on tl!eshopp!ngcenlwparklli!IIOI, through a local spay and neuter program or sula Humane Society, a private non-profit or­ Salmonella Is a l'llal danger to ymrng$1tr$tno. Manyol!he$8ba!lyentmaliwllli!Qf:lll'fillf1.. these poisoning programs." Remember-a slldl&d toy anima! 1$ cuddly, ~ute, clinic. ganization, operates a shelter along with a spay nevnneedsfedlll!llli"VIIlllrlnaryure,anddolllln't nrtVtUsaasa. At the same time, The HSUS sent an Action UsevourtQmmrmlmnse.'rreventE~!ercruelty. and neuter clinic. In 1975 the staff had to Alert mailing to more than 3,000 members ask­ What Are They? euthanize almost half of the 40,000 animals ing them to write Ford. Spay and neuter programs and clinics are op­ which the shelter handled. The clinic was estab­ The swift action by humanitarians turned the erations which sponsor surgery, the best lished three years ago. After the first year of tide and saved coyotes, eagles, and countless method of sterilization to date. operation, the total number of animals handled numbers of other wild creatures from a certain Spay and neuter programs consist of private dropped 397, according to Shelter Superinten­ death. 0 veterinarians doing the surgical procedures in dent Lane Plunkett. their own offices for animals referred from pri­ The Department of Animal Regulation in Los ISAP cont. vate and municipal shelters at reduced fees. Angeles operates, perhaps, the most well President Hoyt Appointed Clinics are either sponsored by government known city sponsored clinic. Robert I. Rush, needless suffering of animals can be reduced. body or private shelters. Each has its own vet­ general manager of the city's animal regulation to Govt. Advisory Committee Economic considerations are as relative to the erinarians and buildings. department, evaluates the declines in animal John Knebel, Former Secretary of Agriculture times as are ethical considerations. And both are Since the mid-nineteen fifties, The Animal impoundment and animal destruction as direct appointed HSUS President John Hoyt to serve in a state of change. Some question if we can Welfare League of Arlington, VA, has had a evidence that the public reduced fee spay and on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Ser­ afford or even justify the "luxury" of pure ver­ mandatory spay and neuter program with the neuter clinic program is accomplishing its pur­ vice Consumer Advisory Committee. In his let­ sus applied research considering the ecological cooperation of local veterinarians who spay or pose. He cites impressive statistical variances in ter of invitation to President Hoyt, Secretary and socio-political crises of the world today. neuter every animal adopted from the shelter at the numbers of animals impounded and de­ Knebel said, "With your background and ex­ Priorities are shifting as are ethical considera­ a greatly reduced basic fee. Similar programs stroyed in 1970-71, starting date of the clinic perience, I believe that you can provide a valu­ tions, not only as political and social realities, exist at Alexandria Animal Welfare League, VA, program from the fiscal year ending in June, able service to this Department. I am particu­ but at the personal level also. The unqualified and Montgomery County Humane Society, 1976. larly pleased to -be able to appoint you as a right of the scientist to do what he chooses with MD. William R. Meade, Executive Director in In 1970-71, 144,530 animals were impounded member of this committee .... I am confident animals is being questioned by both scientists Arlington, believes the program has curbed the in the city's animal shelters. At the end of 1976's that you will contribute substantially to our con­ and non-scientists alike. numbers of surplus animals being born, many fiscal year, 29,025 less animals were processed tinuing efforts to assure proper protection for I believe the narrow ethical framework of of which end up in his shelter. He said the in shelter facilities. A total of 110,835 animals the American consumer." many biomedical scientists, their regard for number of unwanted litters of animals being were destroyed in 1970-71 versus 27,632 less APHIS is charged with conducting programs animals, and justification for their use needs turned in had dropped substantially. The de­ animals destroyed last year. to protect livestock and poultry health; to pro­ broadening. Ideally, it should be a world view cline is approximately 1,000 dogs per year. tect American agriculture against plant pests and an ethical framework which also embraces A similar program is in operation in San Di­ Should You Establish a Spay and and diseases, as well as noxious weeds; to as­ non-human life. It should include a reverence ego, CA. The program is available to all pet Neuter Program or Clinic? sure the humane treatment of certain classes of for all live and a mature, responsible compas­ owners in San Diego County. Residents are re­ Before your community attempts to establish animals; and to assure that meat and poultry sion. This applies not only to biomedical science ferred via the three county shelters to veteri­ a program or clinic, it is most important to know food products are wholesome, safe for human but to many other forms of human activity and narians who have voluntarily signed contracts the facts and to identify your objectives. consumption, and truthfully labeled. President endeavor. Surely one of the greatest immediate with the county. The contract provides for are­ The first step is to document the problem by Hoyt's role on the committee will be one of benefits to society would be for biomedical sci­ duced fee. County officials feel the use of estab­ collecting data on the number of animals han­ speaking out for consumers and animals to aid ence to lead the way in this re-humanization lished veterinary facilities for the service has dled by private organizations and municipal the decision making process within APHIS. process of broadening man's world view and his given the public confidence that the program is animal control agencies for the past three year President Hoyt's appointment is for two framework of ethical responsibilities towards all in professional hands. Also, it encourages a con­ period. Information should be broken down years. 0 creatures great and small. 0 tinued relationship and followup which is es- into dogs-puppies under four months and Please turn page

18 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 19 cats-kittens under four months. It is also nec­ on cost of existing program and proposals essary to know if owned animals or stray ani­ should be available for each member with sup­ mals are your problem. port material from existing clinics available. The next step is to seriously consider the Theodore J. Sarich, MS, MBA, a volunteer re­ costs incurred in either a private or publicly search coordinator for Citizens for Low-Cost funded program of animal control during the Spay and Neuter Clinics in Foster City, CA,

WHAT Municipal Shelter Operations Education DOES Personnel Salaries $ ___ School Programs $ ___ Equipment and Supplies Films and Pamphlets ANIMAL Utilities Dog Obedience Classes CONTROL Maintenance Sterilization Subsidies COST Sanitation IN Dead Animal Pickup Licensing and other related costs YOUR Sewage Treatment Budget of private organizations providing TOWN? Rabies Control related community services Rabies Innoculation Clinics (humane socities) Biting Animal Investigations Use this guide Livestock Damage TOTAL COST OF COMMUNITY to find out Bite Case Hospital Treatment ANIMAL CONTROL

Reprinted from the same three year period. You must determine the made this projection: "Each net investment of February, 1974 Nation's total yearly operational budget cost of your $1.00 for low-cost spaying and neutering will, Cities, the magazine of community's animal control. The following over a ten year period, prevent the incurrence of the National League of guide should prove helpful. $9.79 in future animal control costs." Cities. How Do You Establish a Spay Data has shown that while there may be a & Neuter Program or Clinic? 10%-15% annual cost increase in animal pickup If the data on surplus animals in your shelters without a spay and neuter program or clinic, had increased 10% or more over the past 3 conversely there probably will be a 10%-15% An unconscious sick tiger was saved from cer­ years, you should seriously consider the estab­ annual cost decrease in animal pickup with the tain death by Sue Pressman, Director of Wildlife lishment of a clinic or program. It is imperative establishment of a spay and neuter clinic or pro­ Protection for The HSUS after it languished for As the News was going to press, it was learned The San Diego Zoo agreed to have facts from both public and private pro­ gram in the community. 23 days in a 4 X 6 foot crate in Haiti. ~ake the tiger. "F~eedom", as it was nicknamed by the press, will be plac The 5 year old Bengal tiger bought from a m the open-habitat section of the park. It'll be quite a change from t grams and clinics in various cities. Letters The HSUS has developed a list of spay and cramped crate above. should be written to at least ten areas asking for neuter programs and clinics. Many entries list Japanese travelling zoo was taken to Haiti by a the latest update on numbers of animals oper­ costs, restrictions, numbers of animals spayed promoter for a "fight to the death" with a karate ated on, death factor, and yearly budget ex­ or neutered and other pertinent information as champion. penses and revenue. available. It can be obtained for $1.00 per copy. The Animal Rescue Association in San Juan With all of the above data in hand, you should Also, an invaluable kit is available for $1.50 to asked HSUS to help the tiger. Within hours Sue then seek to educate the public, the taxpayers individuals and groups seriously considering Pressman was on a plane bound for Port-au- Please turn to page 30 who will have to support a proposed spay and the establishment of a spay and neuter program neuter clinic. A well prepared pamphlet outlin­ or clinic. It contains the following: "How to Es­ ing the objectives of the program and clinic and tablish Spay and Neuter Programs and Clinics"; the savings of tax dollars and animal lives "Free-Roaming Urban Pets"; "Spay Clinics: should be available for mailing. It should in­ Boon or Boondoggle?"; "Short Fuse on the Pet clude a response coupon where a person can list Population Bomb"; "Planned Parenthood For his name, address, and the elected official who Pets?"; and "Dog, America's Sacred Cow." represents his district. Both the kit and the list can be ordered from The When all the facts are prepared in a simple HSUS headquarters, 2100 L Street, N.W., and readable form and the public has responded Washington, D.C. 20037. 0 with support from the mailing mentioned above, then a meeting should take place with the officials responsible for the animal control program in your area. With the officials' support 'Round the Corner The place: beautiful Vacation Village in sunny on your side, a request may be made for a public That's right! The Humane Society's 1977 An­ San Diego, CA. The dates: Oct. 13-16, 1977. hearing where all members of the governing nual Conference is right around the corner. Don't forget. You'll be sorry. The Summer body should hear the proposal. All information Make plans now to attend. NEWS will carry a registration form. 0

20 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 21 requests them to take action. At this time it is ment of Agriculture urging it to take immediate ministrative law judge concluded that ther­ unknown whether or not the Department has prosecutorial or investigatory action under the moVlslon is an accurate scientific device and either the funds for the investigation/litigation new 1976 Amendments to the Animal Welfare could be accepted by the court as a diagnostic le,,Ompiled Uy The HSUS Legal Departmrnt, or if there is sufficient evidence to warrant a Act which prohibits the sponsoring of animals aid. Murdaugh S. Madden, formal complaint. moved in interstate or foreign commerce for roun General Counsel fighting purposes (the bulls were to be imported Interior Rejects Request Fouke Fur Saga Continues from Mexico). for Eagle Liquidation Fortunately, the promoter was arrested on up The Fouke Fur Company has applied for and , On November 8, 1976, the Fish and Wildlife has been granted a permit to 1mport 13,000 January 13th while conducting a press confer­ ence promoting the event in front of the Plaza Service of the United States Department of South African sealskins taken during the 1976 Interior denied a request from the Governor of Federal Court Upholds harvest. The government of South Africa has Hotel, and has been charged with promoting a Porpoise Quota fight between animals. Texas for blanket permission to kill Golden certified they were taken humanely and in ac­ Eagles in several Texas counties in order to al­ The United States Court of Appeals for the cordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Strip Mine Threatens Condor legedly protect livestock. In denying the re­ Ninth Circuit has affirmed a lower court deci­ Act. Monitor, of which HSUS is a member, quest, the Fish and Wildlife Service cited the sion upholding the government's authority to brought suit challenging the validity of the De­ A proposed phosphate and gypsum strip lack of both scientific justification and any "criti­ set a guota limiting the number of porpoise al­ partment of Commerce waiver of the mine in the Los Padres National Forest cal" economic hardship. They further noted that lowed killed in the course of tuna fisning opera­ moratorium on the importation of such skins threatens the already endangered California the public comment was overwhelmingly tions during 1976. Since the National Marine mandated by the Marine Mammal Protection Condor. Although a Bureau of Land Manage­ against the proposal and that the responses Fisheries Service had determined the tuna in­ Act, under which waiver the permit was issued. ment Environmental Impact Statement con­ from the public were "among the most vehe­ dustry had already ~xceeded the 1976 quota, the On December 22, 1976, a hearing was held in cluded such mining wou1d "adversely impact mently and bitterly critical comments ever Appeals Court decision halted any further "set­ Federal District Court on HSUS's request for a wildlife, particularly threatening the California received." ting on porpoise" for the remainder of 1976. Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to prevent Condor,' the mining company argues they are fn a further development, on January 8, 1977, the imminent importation of the seal furs not bound by certam federal procedures and New Humane Slaughter Bill an administrative law judge in the National from South Africa. Unfortunately, the suit regulations because they received preliminary Marine Fisheries Service set a quota of 96,000 as (along with the TRO) was dismissed for lack of approval to prospect prior to the National En­ Rep. George E. Brown (D-Cal.) has intro­ the allowable porpoise mortality for the 1977 standing. vironmental Policy Act of 1970 or the En­ duced a new bill, H.R. 1464, which would ex­ fishing season. Tne final decision on the 1977 HSUS's appeal has been filed in the United dangered Species Act of 1973. The question of pand present federal humane slaughter laws to quota, however, lies with the director of the States Court of Appeals for the District of Co­ whether to grant the permit is pending before mclucfe approximately 275 slaughter houses not NMFS, and until that final decision is issued, lumbia which has agreed to hear the case and the Secretary of the Interior. now covered. (See page 4.) Presently only estab­ NMFS itself is not allowing the resumption of render a judgment before the upcoming 1977 lishments selling meat to the government have tuna fishing. seal season. APHIS Continues to Hit to meet federal humane standards. However, on January 22, 1977, a federal court In addition, the proposed legislation would Animal Violators prohibit the importation of meat not in San Diego issued an order allowing U.S. tuna FWS Cracks Down fishermen to begin fishing again immediately, The United States Department of Agricul­ slaughtered in conformity with United States in spite of the pending NMFS action. The court on Cheating Hunters ture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Ser­ humane standards. The bill does provide an set a provisional mortality quota of 10,000 por­ Two Virginia hunters were fined $1,500 each vice (APHIS) carried its enforcement of the exemption for ritual slaughter associated with poises for this year. in U.S. Magistrate's Court for violations of the Horse Protection Act to Montgomery Alabama's religious practices. federal migratory waterfowl laws. The United Southern Championship Charity Horse Show. The HSUS urges you to write Rep. W. R. States Fish and Wildlife Service reported the Three Alabama horse trainers have been Poage to request that hearings be held. Write to: Utah Cockfighters fines were among the largest ever levied for charged with soring their respective horses in The Honorable W. R. Poage and Texas Dogfighters Raided such violations. Each hunter was fined $500 for violation of the Act. Because of APHIS' vigi­ Chairman, Subcommittee on Livestock and lance, two have pleaded guilty and were fined Grains On January 9, 1977, the Salt Lake County hunting with bait, $500 for using electronic call­ ers, and $500 for hunting without a federal by Federal Magistrates. The third trainer went 1301 Longworth House Office Building Sheriff's Department and the Humane Society to trial on December 14, 1976, and was Washington, D.C. 20515 of Utah conducted a raid on a cockfight. Offi­ waterfowl stamp. In addition, the two men re­ ceived 12 and 18 months' probation during acquitted. cers, secretly wired with transmitters, posed as In other action APHIS has charged two sepa­ New York to Teach Need spectators in order to gain admittance to the which neither may hunt or carry firearms within range of migratory waterfowl. rate animal dealers with using inadequate con­ For Spaying/Neutering fight. Once inside they contacted their back-up tainers and sloppy bookkeeping in the shipment support assisting the raid from helicopters. of animals, a violation of the Animal Welfare New York state recently amended Section 809 Over 100 persons were arrested, including six New York Ocean of their Education Law to require that public Bullfight Stopped Act. persons from Idaho who were arrested for Finally, the owner of a breeding laboratory schools include instruction in tne need for "con­ sponsoring cocks. HSUS took action in early January, 1977, to has been charged with failure to pay two years' trollinl7 the proliferation of animals" in the In a recent raid on a dogfight conducted by stop a bullfight planned to take place on ocean­ license fees due under the Act. school s humane education program. 0 Texas law enforcement officia1s in cooperation going barges anchored just beyond the three­ with federal agents, almost 200 persons were mile limit in the waters off New York City, the Wolf Victory At Press Time found to be in attendance, many from as far obvious purpose of the location being to cir­ New Medical Device Aids APHIS On February 15 a U.S. District Court away as California and Canada. cumvent state and federal laws. in Horse Soring Fight judge, Oliver Gasch, granted an injunc­ Both incidents were apparent violations of the HSUS sent extensive letters and legal A Lawton, Kentucky, horse trainer has been tion in favor of HSUS and other animal recently enacted Animal Welfare Act Amend­ memoranda to the Attorney General of New fined $200 after an examination of the horse he welfare groups protesting the killing of ments of 1976, which states: "It shall be unlaw­ York, urging him to prosecute the promoter was exhibiting at an Ohio horse fair showed it wolves in Alaska without an Environmen­ ful for any person to knowingly ... transport under the New York animal welfare laws which had been sored. Animal and Plant Health In­ ... in interstate or foreign commerce, any ... outlaw the promotion of and preparation for a spection Service (APHIS) inspectors examined tal Impact Statement. Sec'y of Interior animal for purposes of Iiaving the . . . animal bullfight. HSUS pointed out that "Bullfighting the horse with thermovision, a medical heat de­ Cecil Andrus immediately ordered a stop participate in an animal fighting venture." is an insult to tile sensibilities of any society tection device, which showed a hot spot in indi­ to any killing of wolves on federal lands. In connection with the Utah matter, The which calls itself civilized. It is not a sport but an cating inflammation on the front feet. The re­ HSUS members should let President Car­ HSUS is in contact with the United States De­ elaborate ritual of death: the bull is preordained sulting hearing was the first time thermovision ter know they are in agreement lest the partment of Agriculture in an effort to convince to die, the man is intended to live." test results were presented and admitted as evi­ them a violation of federal law did occur and HSUS also wrote the United States Depart- dence in an APHIS horse soring case. The ad- injunction be appealed.

22 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 23 THE ROGER CARAS NATURE Pointer Academy obedience school. A confused lenge and promptly sat down. SERIES puppy and frustrated owners seemed destined 4) "I hunt because of man's instinct." The logic Roger Caras, 12 volumes (Barre/Westover Books, for a parting of the ways. WHY of this pseudo-intellectual response is so $3.95 each) Fortunately a wise passerby, who seems a twisted that it must speak for itself. I can say no Roger Caras is one of America's foremost refugee from the Pogo comic strip, appears to more. naturalists and one of our most prolific and explain that puppies are puppies. After all it's 5) "I hunt for glory and status." Today I am a ? respected nature writers. In the Roger Caras only natural for a pup to chew shoes, soil man. Once upon a time this was rightly true, Nature Series this distinguished author carpets and upset food dishes. The only cure for DO but today it can only be seen as an anachronism explores the beauty and wonder of the natural this condition is patience, understanding and and a sad reflection on a society which awards • world. Published works in the projected twelve love. recognition to those who kill. volume series include Birds and Flight, Animal Hidden within this enjoyable story is a YOU 6) "I hunt for good competition." I'm still not Courtships, Animal Architecture, Creatures of the message regarding animal care and responsible sure whether the speaker was referring to com­ Night, The Venomous Animals, Vanishing Wildlife, pet ownership. If you have ever owned a puppy petition between fellow hunters or between The Boundary: Land and Sea, The Bizarre Animals, or are considering adoption, Some Swell Pup animal and hunter. If he meant the former, I Animal Children, and Protective Coloration and belongs on your reading list. HUNT? suggest joining a bowling league. If the latter, I Mimicry. suggest joining a therapy group. No true Although individual volumes average only 64 by James A. Cohen sportsman could consider modern hunting • pages, each book reflects Mr. Caras' deep "good competition" with the game. The hunter insight and sensitivity toward the natural is strictly on the offensive while the prey is world. Characteristics of Mr. Caras' special strictly on the defensive. I find the whole thing understanding of man's relationship with the offensive. animal world is a passage from The Bizarre 7) "I hunt for the feeling of independence-to do SOME SWELL PUP Animals: or Are You S~H.'~Ymt Want a Dog? things for myself." Freud would have had a 1•.<1 .:\{,wtia Smd,1J.. rrnd ~"\ frlllhm• J\fm.;;,,h, "The reptilian face is one that bothers us. First, Pulm~;: f,!, ~I fm1ria Smdnl. field-day with this response. Needless to say, there is the fixed stare. As animals that many of us find alternative means of expressing books communicate with our eyes and with an our independence. enormous number of facial expressions, we are "James Cohen was an undergraduate student of 8) "I hunt to keep wildlife populations down." Reviewed by disturbed by animals that have few mine. He went to India with me to study the Dahl While this may be an effect of hunting (in certain Guy R. Hodge communications, if any. A turtle doesn't smile, (jungle whistling dog). He's now in graduate school cases), I cannot convince myself that the a snake doesn't furrow its brow to register working on his masters degree in animal behavior. speaker was not rationalizing. concern, and its eyes don't blink. The fact that The following is a class experience James wanted to 9) "I hunt for the thrill of the kill." Now we're the snake tastes the air with its tongue is also share with all of us in the humane movement." starting to get some honest answers. I believe something that people find hard to take. The -Michael Fox the speaker really does get a thrill out of killing. slightly elevated position of the turtle's head THE HORSE OWNER'S VET BOOK ISAP Sick. when it is looking at something seems to make E. C. Straiton (J. B. Lippincott Company, $9.95) 10) "I hunt because I am fascinated by guns." it appear supercilious. We are, in fact, in This illustrated handbook of horse care is I recently sat in on an upper-level university This is probably very true of the speaker. A lot trouble when it comes to reptiles. They don't fit already in its fifth printing and is certain to course in Wildlife Biology where approximately of fine craftsmanship may go into the making of our co'ncepts of the way animals should look become a classic lay reference manual. As a ninety percent of the students were hunters. a gun, as many collectors and target-shooters and behave. In truth it is our attitude and not practicing veterinarian with 36 years of One evening the floor was opened up to the know. But is the speaker equally fascinated by their form that is bizarre. We have the experience Dr. Straiton is able to provide question: "Why do you hunt?" I would like to killing? intelligence to know better than to think that professional advice with regard to a variety of share the answers with you, together with some 11) "I definitely have a good, exciting feeling way." horse care problems including the treatment of personal commentary. when I kill something." Get this man off the The Roger Caras Nature Series is a delightful sores, injuries, allergies, and parasites. The 1) "I hunt for the aesthetic value." This remark streets! collection of books which is certain to enhance horse owner is given instruction in recognizing cropped up quite frequently. It was countered Now, you should be aware that this was not a the reader's appreciation of the world around diseases and deformities. Dr. Straiton is careful each time with the question, "Then why not liberal arts college where the subject of wildlife him. to prevent his book from becoming a home hike or take photographs?", at which point the ecology is of peripheral interest. This was a remedy course. The book is designed to remark was either withdrawn or another one specialized college of sciences and the class was SOME SWELL PUP acquaint the horse owner with basic equine substituted. comprised largely of students majoring in Maurice Sendak and Matthew Margolis (Farrar, problems so that they might develop a program 2) "I hunt for the taste of game." I have person­ wildlife biology. While many of our professional Straus and Giroux, $5.95) of preventive care. The owner is taught to ally ingested white-tail deer and Indian sambar wildlifers will come from classes such as this, it Some Swell Pup is a refreshingly humorous and recognize maladies so that he might seek deer, and must admit that they were some of is of course only fair to state that the individuals novel treatment of the delights and sorrows of veterinary assistance when problems begin to the best-tasting meat I've ever had. But I had quoted above may never attain professional owning a puppy. In storybook format the develop. The Horse Owner's Vet Book is mental indigestion for a week afterward. status. authors reveal the tale of two children who are sufficiently thorough to be used as a reference 3) "I hunt for the challenge of meeting wildlife on Let us pray. D unable to cope with their naturally manual for humane agents. For the horse owner its own territory." This is indeed a challenge, but rambunctious puppy. The dog is too young to ihe investment in this book will be amply when the speaker was asked why the encounter pass the entrance requirements for the West returned through healthy, happy horses. D must end with death, he failed to meet the chal-

24 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 25 A continuing series of articles by Dr. M. W. Fox covering selected topics of interest and practical value for people who work with, and whose lives are dedicated to the welfare of our animal kin . • an1ma by Guy R. Hodge, HSUS Director of Research and Data Services In our woods and fields, even in our homes tension of the neck and limbs. and gardens, plants provide a special beauty First aid treatment depends upon the type of and sense of nature. While plants add a touch of poison ingested. If possible, a veterinarian color and fragrance to our daily lives they also should be consulted before initiating emergency III Stereotyped Behaviors bored and needs a companion or play objects in inject an element of danger into the lives of our treatment. A majority of the cases of plant its enclosure. pets. More than 700 plants have been identified poisoning in animals are caused by the toxic Many of you have seen zoo animals pacing, In discussing stereotyped behavior in farm as producing physiologically active or toxic sub­ substance entering through the animal's diges­ circling to and fro in their cages. These are called animals Ruth Harrison, author of Animal Ma­ stances in sufficient amounts to cause harmful tive tract. If the animal has been observed con­ stereotyped behaviors. They develop when an chines, pointed out to me that several "experts" effects in animals. Poisonous plants produce a suming a poisonous plant it may be beneficial to animal or human being is frustrated, anxious, are now stating such animals are showing adap­ Foxgloves variety of toxic substances and cause animal induce immediate vomiting by administering a hyper-aroused, or understimulated in a sterile tation: in other words, it's ok. I might have been reactions ranging from mild nausea to death. strong salt solution consisting of six teaspoons cage or prison cell. Stereotyped movements are partly to blame for this because in earlier writ­ Certain animal species may have a peculiar vul­ of salt to a glass of water. As an alternative pre­ self-stimulating. They may afford a kind of sen­ ings I have theorized that stereotyped behaviors nerability to a potentially poisonous plant. scription you may use mustard mixed with sory escape from confinement. Sometimes they represent an animal's attempt to adapt. Based on More than 300,000 species and subspecies of water or several teaspoons of salt placed directly are self-comforting like an anxious or over­ this plausible theory, it is then convenient to plants have been identified by botanists. Rela­ on the back of the animal's tongue. To be effec­ aroused child or adult schizophrenic who be­ interpret that an animal showing abnormal tively few plants have been tested or studied for tive first aid treatment must be administered gins to rock to and fro and either sucks a thumb stereotyped movements has adapted to a given toxic properties. On the following page there is prior to absorption of the poison into the gas­ or "self-clings" with both arms wrapped around situation! a list of some of the common plants which may trointestinal tract. After vomiting has been in­ the body. Probably the most important test is to remove produce a toxic reaction in animals. There is a duced give the animal egg whites or milk. Stereotyped behavior indicates something is the animal from the situation in which it has difference of opinion among scientists with re­ It is imperative that a veterinarian be con­ wrong. The animal may want to escape to reach developed a maladaptive behavioral strategy. gard to the poisonous properties of individual sulted whenever an animal is suspected of hav­ a mate in an adjoining cage. It may be excited Then, if the symptoms disappear it would be plant species. The HSUS list is intended only as ing ingested a toxic substance. An animal which because it's near feeding time or it is simply logical to conclude the animal is no longer under a guide to plants which are generally identified exhibits any of the symptoms associated with Df!ffovt stress since its abnormal behavior is no longer Buttercups as having the capability for producing a toxic poisoning should be rushed to a veterinary manifested. reaction. clinic. If a veterinarian is unavailable, consult an Some caution is needed here though. Under If you are uncertain about the poisonous M.D. for assistance. It is helpful if you can iden­ intense excitement, conflict or anxiety, abnor­ properties of a particular plant, contact your tify the plant which your animal consumed. mal stereotyped actions may reappear: they veterinarian or agricultural extension service of­ Veterinary treatment will also be assisted if you seem to have their own autonomy. fice or consult Walter Muenscher's Poisonous can inform your veterinarian of the approximate A husband and wife team in Florida, the Pfeif­ Plants of the United States (Collier Books, 1975). quantity of poison consumed. Remember plant fers, are working to rehabilitate cage-raised In evaluating the toxic properties of plants poisoning is a medical emergency. First aid chimpanzees under semi-natural conditions. which you are considering for home or garden treatment is intended only to minimize the ef­ They noted one very disturbed chimp "regres­ do not rely upon the opinions of store clerks or fect of the poison and delay the onset of sing" when excited. He behaved as he used to hobby gardeners. Several so-termed "harm­ symptoms which would complicate veterinary when confined in a small cage. Since he was the less" plants may form toxic products when de­ treatment. To assure the successful and com­ oldest and most esteemed chimp in the colony, composed or they may produce a poisonous plete recovery of a poisoned pet, the animal younger chimps had started to copy some of his substance as a result of interaction with a mic­ should receive immediate veterinary treat­ Dumb bizarre idiosyncrasies such as self-clasping and roorganism such as fungi. Several plants cause ment. D Cf?lne rocking to and fro. Even though the old chimp HoLly poisoning only during certain seasons of the rarely displayed such abnormal behavior since year and other plants produce toxic agents only (Assistance in the preparation of this article was pro­ his freedom from confinement, his behavior during particular stages of development. vided by Louis E. Newman, D.V.M., Michigan State was triggered by his regression. This demon­ At least five distinct physiological reactions University and Bruce Kaplan, D.V.M., Louisville, strates stereotypes are indicative of stress and are caused by poisonous plants. Accordingly, Kentucky) constitute a class of behaviors which are the toxic properties of plants have been clas­ maladaptive compulsive actions. They can de­ sified as blood poisons, neurotic poisons, ) velop their own autonomy and may occur either neuromuscular poisons, muscular poisons, and when the animal is understimulated or over­ irritants. Symptoms of poisoning in animals in­ clude trembling, cramps, fever, panting, vomit­ A dog frustrated by cage confinement displays stimulated. D neurotic stereotyped circling. ing, diarrhea, hives, convulsions, and rigid ex- Please turn page JPLck-i L------"-rL~.~ The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 21 tlje-Pul COMMON POISONOUS PLANTS Plant Toxic Parts Plant Type Plant Toxic Parts Plant Type

Aconite roots, foliage, seeds garden flower Jack-in-the-pu Ipit entire plant esp. roots, leaves wildflower Apple seeds cultivated tree Jatropha seeds tree, shrub Arrowgrasses leaves marsh plants Jerusalem Cherry unripe fruit, foliage ornamental plant Atropa belladonna entire plant esp. seeds, roots garden herb Jimsonweed entire plant esp. seeds field plant Autumn Crocus entire plant garden flower Laburum seeds, pods, flowers ornamental plant Azaleas entire plant cultivated & wild shrub Lantana foliage house plant Baneberry berries, roots wildflower Larkspur young plants wildflower Bird-of-Paradise pods garden flower Laurels leaves shrub Black locust entire plant esp. bark, shoots tree Lily of the valley leaves, flowers garden & wildflower Bloodroot entire plant esp. stem, roots wildflower, herb Lupines seeds, pods shrub Box entire plant esp. leaves ornamental shrub Manchineel Tree sap, fruit tree Buckeye sprouts, nuts, seeds tree Matrimony vine leaves, shoots ornamental vine Buttercup entire plant esp. leaves wildflower, garden herb Mayapple unripe fruit, roots, foliage wildflower Caladium entire plant house plant Milk vetch entire plant wildflower Carolina jessamine flowers, leaves ornamental plant Mistletoe berries house plant Castor bean entire plant esp. beans house plant Monkshood entire plant esp. roots, seeds wildflower Chinaberry tree berries tree Moonseed fruit, roots vine Chockcherries leaves, cherries, pit wild shrub Morning glory seeds, roots wildflower Christmas berry leaves shrub Mountain mahogany leaves shrub Christmas Rose rootstock, leaves garden flower Mustards seeds wildflower Common privet leaves, berries ornamental shrub Narcissus bulbs garden flower Corn cockle seeds wildflower, weed Nicotiana leaves garden flower Cowbane entire plant esp. roots wildflower, herb Nightshade leaves, berries wildflower, vine Cow cockle seeds wildflower, weed Oaks shoots, leaves tree Cowslip entire plant esp. leaves, stem wildflower, herb Oleander leaves ornamental shrub Daffodil bulbs garden flower Philodendrons entire plant house plant Daphne bark, berries, leaves ornamental shrub Pokeweed roots, seeds, berries field plant Death Camas leaves, stems, seeds, flowers field herb Poinsettia leaves, stem, flowers house plant Delphinium (Larkspur) entire plant esp. sprouts wildflower Poison hemlock leaves, stem, fruit field plant Dumbcane entire plant house plant Potato shoots, sprouts garden plant Dutchman's breeches roots, foliage wild & garden flower Rattle box entire plant wildflower Elderberry leaves, bark, roots, buds tree Rhododendron leaves ornamental shrub Elephant's ear entire plant house plant Rhubarb leaves garden plant English Ivy entire plant esp. leaves, berries ornamental vine Rosary pea seeds house plant European Bittersweet entire plant esp. berries vine Skunk cabbage entire plant esp. roots, leaves marsh plant False Flax seeds wild herb Smartweeds sap wildflower False hellebore roots, leaves, seeds ornamental flower Snow-on-the-mountain sap field plant Fan weed seeds wildflower, herb Sorghum leaves grass Field peppergrass seeds wildflower, herb Star of Bethlehem entire plant wildflower Flax seed-pods wildflower, herb Velvet grass leaves grass Foxglove leaves wild & garden flower Wild black cherry leaves, pits tree Holly berries shrub Wild radish seeds wildflower Horsechestnut nuts, sprouts tree Wisteria pods, seeds ornamental plant Horse nettle entire plant esp. berries wildflower, herb Woody aster entire plant wildflower Hyacinth bulbs wild & house plant Yellow jessamine entire plant ornamental vine Iris leaves, roots wild & garden flower Yellow oleander entire plant esp. leaves garden plant Yellow pine flax entire plant esp. seed-pods wildflower Yew bark, leaves, seeds ornamental tree

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She demonstrated to the methods and techniques for introducing and conduct­ ter improvement-painting, planting, decorat­ ings and quickly began to unravel the red tape group just how docile the tiger was and told ing humane education programs in your community. ing, etc.; nature trail development; building a involved in removing the tiger from the island them a "fight to the death" with this tiger would portable display for use at fairs, school lobbies, country. both be brutal and insane since the tiger would Libraries libraries, etc.; helping at fund raising events. Pressman met with frustration and anxiety be inclined to "lick its opponent". Keep in mind, many programs and activities Your library is an excellent place to promote until she made contact with Haitian President With the help of a U.S. film company on loca­ can tie in with merit badge requirements. Also, humane information and education materials. Jean Claude Duvalier. Conversing with him tion, Pressman had the tiger flown to St. Croix. don't forget about Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A., and With the help of the librarian, develop a list of through an interpreter via telephone, Pressman It was then released into a large cage where camp groups. Summer camps offer eager audi­ books and films with animal-related, humane told Duvalier the tiger would die unless it re­ Pressman could observe how the prolonged ences for humane education programs. ceived medical attention and was released from cramped confinement and deficient diet affected themes. Publish as a pamphlet for local distribu­ the confining cage. Shocked, the young Presi­ the animal. Leaving the tiger in the care of the tion. Do an adult and children's section. C. B. Radio Clubs Libraries welcome display material. Set up a dent released the tiger into her care. film company's animal veterinary staff, Citizens band radio operators are usually a display using some of your most recent publica­ The plight of the tiger was not over however. Pressman flew back to the States and is making helpful group of people. Truck drivers and tions. Use crafted animal items or quality While the tiger was at a nearby agricultural arrangements for the tiger's entry into a U.S. motorists often alert each other to free roaming photographs to attract attention. Some themes school, the promoter and a group of karate en­ zoo. animals on the highway. They also report in­ to consider: BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK; BE thusiasts kidnapped the tiger. After a frantic Sue Pressman told The News "this episode is jured animals to police or humane societies. KIND TO ANIMALS WORK (Careers); BLESS chase through Port-au-Prince, Sue met face to one of the most brutal situations I've ever had to Citizens band operators have C. B. Clubs THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN. face with the promoter and in no uncertain deal with." D which meet regularly at "Coffee Breaks" or "Jamborees." The members are often receptive Churches to raising funds for humane organizations. There is much room for joint programming Check with your local C. B. radio dealer for with churches, especially to promote a rever­ names of clubs and meeting places in your area. ence for life theme. This can be accomplished by Humane Society developing materials and programs for Sunday schools, church services, and special study Nature Centers & Zoos groups. Keep in mind the principles of ecology apply Topics such as "Do Animals Have Any equally to stray animals in the city as well as pet Sues Park Service Rights" (based on a discussion of Genesis and overpopulation. From disease to wildlife de­ the word "dominion"), and Dr. Albert struction, the problem with free-roaming To Stop Schweitzer's philosophy will generate much domestic pets should be included in the pro­ interest and response. gramming of nature centers and zoos. Also en­ Planned Killing dangered species study and wildlife care are ex­ Welcome Wagon cellent topics for nature center-zoo co-operative Of Wild Burros Contact your local welcome wagon officials to ventures. D distribute vital information about your animal Last month, HSUS, shelter program, pet adoptions, lost and found the American Horse services, reduced cost spay and neuter pro­ Protection Associa­ gram, and the times your shelter is open to the tion, and The Com­ public. mittee to Save The Grand Canyon Burros filed Park Service has not filed an Environmental Im­ Don't forget to list local licensing require­ suit in the U.S. District Court to stop the Na­ pact Statement on the effects of their planned ments and animal regulations. Also, if you sell tional Park Service from shooting all the wild slaughter. The HSUS has taken the position the pet I. D. tags as a fund raiser, place a order form burros in Grand Canyon National Park. Accord­ Park Service does not have enough information in the welcome wagon kit. ing to the Park Service, the burros are "exotic" to justify the killings. According to President animals who are not native to the area. Thus, John Hoyt, "The HSUS believes lesser control Scouts the Service has the authority to exterminate measures would solve the so-called burro Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies and Cub them. problem." Scout groups offer excellent possibilities to Apparently, the Park Service feels the burros Dr. Michael Fox, head of HSUS's Institute for promote humane education programs. are destroying the park's flora and provide too the Study of Animal Problems put it another Program and film presentations for such much competition for other wild creatures such way, "So burros are misfits," he said. "A good groups might include: pet care, and pet owner­ as the Big Horn Sheep. So, in order to purify the steward, recognizing their right to live, would ship responsibility; nature study-wildlife pro­ park's 1 million plus acres, the Service is going make them fit better where they are, and not tection; understanding misunderstood creatures to shoot approximately 2,500 feral burros. exterminate all of them." D such as the wolf, snake, spider, etc. The Society has based its suit on the fact the

30 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 31 The humane movement is one of compromise were marked mink. Nineteen crates contained Reflections on Resolutions and expediency. We may see ourselves working leopard skin coats rolled up inside of the mink. within a moral absolute but that is not how our The Department of Interior people tell me they Printed elsewhere in this issue of The Humane Society News are the Resolutions society or any other society works. We have to have dozens of such cases pending before the adopted by The HSUS membership at the 22nd Annual Conference held in Washington, give and take in the interest of accomplishing courts. The furriers will be fined a few dollars D.C., October 21-24, 1976. They are reflective of the concerns of those persons in atten­ our goals. and sent home while the world's endangered dance at that Conference. In no way, however, can conference resolutions reflect the full species continue to diminish. spectrum of issues being addressed by your societies. We can't keep up with the fur industry. That Conference Resolutions serve two major purposes: is the simple truth. They find tricks and stunts 1. A vehicle of communication by the members of The HSUS to its Board of Directors and ways of breaking the law in secret when and staff, and; they can't circumvent it faster than we can de­ 2. A communication from The HSUS to the general public or specific agencies of gov­ By Roger Caras tect their latest gimmicks. We are spinning ernment and society. around in place along with law enforcement ef­ The process for receiving, drafting, and adopting resolutions remains less than satisfac­ DARE WE Do we ever come to a point when we can forts while the fur industry devises new and tory. Generally, such resolutions as those adopted this year are not presented to the compromise no more? I think so. The fur indus­ more repellent stunts and fads every year. It is Resolutions Committee until the Conference convenes. Long and late hours are then spent THINK try is a case in point. hopeless. There are too many of them and they by committee members to refine and draft recommendations for consideration by the MINK? For years many of us did a "think mink" are too rich. They can afford to take too many membership on the final day of the Conference. As a result, there are many important thing. Many did not like mink farms and fox chances. The returns they ultimately get are that issues that do not get presented for consideration and deliberation. farms and the way the animals were kept and big. We should like to improve this process if at all possible. Consequently, if you would like killed. However, if people were buying farm­ I went to a meeting between conservationists to submit a proposed resolution on issues affecting animal welfare for consideration by the raised mink they weren't buying animals caught and a New York furrier group. A member repre­ membership at the next Annual Conference, you are encouraged to do so. Every resolution in leghold traps and weren't encouraging a senting the furriers arrived wearing a tigerskin received will be given careful consideration by the Program and Policy Committee of the trade in endangered species. Thinking mink was sports jacket. His sneering nearly brought Board of Directors and, finally, by the Resolutions Committee. Please address your sugges­ an appropriate compromise for us to make. Bet­ people to violence. There was no way to get tions to me personally. ter think mink than think leopard or think otter through to that man. We were maniacs in his It should be noted that Resolutions adopted in prior years are not generally readopted in or think seal. eyes, maniacs to be mocked. And as for the laws succeeding years. Thus, those Resolutions adopted at the 22nd Annual Conference are not But the compromise presupposed a modicum of the land, they were for the breaking. all inclusive of the Resolutions being acted upon by The HSUS. Important Resolutions from of morality on the part of the fur industry. We Personally, I no longer think mink. It is not as prior years include: had to assume they were people like us-simple if my wife wore mink. She was given a superb -Responsible Pet Ownership survivors who wanted to do the right thing. But mink jacket as a gift once and has never worn it, -Livestock Slaughtering and Production then it began to come out! not even once. We did try to think mink for -Shooting Preserves American fur industry leaders were not sell­ other people though for the reasons stated at -Animals in Science Education ing endangered species here any more since the the outset. No longer. I am thoroughly con­ -Dog and Cock Fighting law forbid it. However, they were engaged in an vinced the only way to get people to stop wear­ -Endangered Species international commodity market. A consortium ing the wrong furs is to get them to stop wear­ -Animals in Entertainment of 33 American fur companies was financing ing any furs at all. I know of no other way. And -Exotic Pets world-wide poaching operations. To get around as for the inevitable argument that jobs will be -Euthanasia individual national restrictions they were lost, well that is so. It is also true lots of jobs will -Pet Industry Regulation trans-shipping jaguar to South Africa and be lost when the drug traffic in this country -Animals in Motion Pictures leopard to South America. Whole shipments of d~ies up. When the drug epidemic has subsided -Zoos thousands of furs were over-flying the United lots of law enforcement people will have to look -Marine Mammals States for tanning in Canada. Only when engine for new jobs. You must forgive me if I equate In every way possible, your Board of Direc­ trouble brought one plane load of endangered the two. What the drug traffic is to the human tors and staff seek to fulfill the intent and objec­ species skins down in New York on its way to race the fur trade is to the animal kingdom. tives of the Resolutions adopted. Often this is a Toronto did we find out. All 33 companies Without ignoring even for an instant what the process that takes many years, and thus be­ pleaded guilty. There is evidence at least one or priorities would be if we had to equate the two, I comes a major programming activity of your so­ two of those companies are back in business. am for the end of the fur business. Happily we ciety. On other occasions, the objective is more Leopard, jaguar and cheetah coats sold in don't have to equate the two or ~hoose between readily achieved. In every instance it is our de­ Athens, Rome, Berlin, and Tokyo profit com­ them. We can hate and fight both the drug rack­ sire to carry out the will of The HSUS member­ panies in the United States. How is that differ­ ets and the fur industry. Workers in both fields ship in making your society an even more effec­ ent from importing the skins and selling them will have to develop new skills. D tive organization preventing cruelty and suffer­ John A. Hoyt here? ing to all animals. D I recently went with law enforcement officers of the Department of Interior when they in­ spected 42 crates at the Al Italia terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. The crates .______p

32 The Humane Society News • Spring 1977 Sue Pressman Rescues Dying Tiger, page 21

Greyhound 1 Racing, Inside Cover

The hidden cruelties of greyhound racing inside are exposed and discussed.

Klr-ID Crusade DEPARTMENTS To Save Porpoises, Letters 3 Page 2 . HSUS Junior Members Around the Regions 14 begin crusad~ to Legal Roundup 22 boycott tuna m schools. Book Reviews 24 Seal Slaughter Dr. Fox Column 26 Continues, Page 5 How To ... 27 HSUS Program Coordinator John Dommers Column 31 Patricia Forkan discusses seal clubbing problem Roger Caras Column 32 in detail. President's Perspective 33 Profile on HSUS Staffer Frantz Dantzler, Page s Dantzler describes his work, his goals for the humane movement and HSUS policies. Photo and Illustration Credits: Oil Spill, Page 11 Cover photo and pp. 1, 2, 10, 18: HSUS/Frantz Dantzler; p. 2: St. Petersburg Times; pp. 2, 11, 27: Ron Baker; p. 4: Cour­ HSUS's Disaster Relief tesy Congressman Brown's office; p. 6: Doug Brown; p. 7: Program swings into action Salisbury Post, NC; p. 9: Joy Palmer; p. 12: Cover design and in Delaware spill. p. 21: Don Christian; p. 26: Dr. M. Fox; p. 29: Mike Johnson; Back cover: Joe C. Long; p. 24: Courtesy Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

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