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,:, ffit ; :*ii:::ri,.!$i,i+aJffii!!' A hurnpback whale rnakes a sounding dive, lifting its tail out of the water. I[o Vote For Whales 'Whale Reprinted frorn The Report r pub- Commissioners' time. lf a stalemate develops and Japan Iished quarterly by the Wha1e Protection receives no quota, a showdown to invoke sanctions by Fund/Center for Environrnental Education. the U. S. is likely to follow. Restrictions of Japan's access to our 200-mile fishery conseruation zone and an em- ln a style which surprised even the most seasoned U. imports of her fishery products would re- participants, the Special Meeting of the lnternational bargo of S. sult as permitted by the Pelly and Packwood/Magnuson Whaling Commission (lWC) ended inconclusively after Amendments to the Fishdry Conservation and Manage- less than eight hours of actual meeting time. Not even ment Act of 1976. one vote was cast. There have already been some indications that the The special meeting, held March 23-24 in Brighton, U. Departments Commerce and State may begin England, was scheduled at last July's annual meeting at S. of proceedings of Japan's objection the request of the government of Japan for the explicit certification because which is a violation of international agreement. Certif ica- purpose of reconsidering data which might allow a not because of whales quota of sperm whales for Japan's coastal whaling oper- tion is under consideration only growing friction with Japan ations. Under the Schedule accepted at the 1981 meet- but also because of trade regarding U. S. The threat of f ishery restrictions ing for the 1982-83 whaling season, no quotawas set for exports. may give the Departments of Commerce and State two the rapidly declining stock of sperm whales in the North- very effective negotiating tools in opening up Japanese west Pacific. Given the unwillingness of the IWC to push for a vote trade barriers. is by many observers that, faced with the pros- at the special meeting, the issue of a quota on Northwest It felt pect loss lucrative U. S. fishing grounds, Pacific sperm whales will again confront the IWC at the of of access to its anach- upcoming 34th annual meeting scheduled for July 1982. the Japanese may finally opt for shutting down ronistic Japan will thus have another chance to get a quota on * this stoek. This issue alone coulcl eonstlrne rnost of the IMHALEI \MATCHING: See Page 3 No Yeal This Meal VEAL PRODUCTION: In brief, newborn calves, taken frorn their rnothers at birth, are placed in a veal confinernent center -- a narrow sta1l, closed to seal off all 1ight, including the touch of another ca1f, and are reared on a liquid diet deficient in iron and Iaced with life - supporting stirnulants and antibiotics to keep their flesh the tender pale white so highly p.ized by the veal con- surner. In the Srnithsonian magazine, David Nevin wrote: I'He will live out his allotted 16 weeks of lif e in darknes s, aknost rnotionles s in a cage the size of a coffin, and he wilL never have turned or stretched or touched another calf or had a bit of roughage, and when he The Shame in Susser corrres out for slaughter on untried legs, he rnay fall down. And you rnay say, well, he On March the New 29, Jersey State SPCA had food and shelter and has known nothing was notified that a rnutilated rnonth-old calf else and who knows what a calf wants any- had been ,forced to walk across an auction way? But stand before the cages of this floor on severed hind legs that were rniss- veal confinernent house and present a ing hind feet; its ears had also been cut off knuckle - - and the little calf will thrust out close head. to its After singling the calf out its head and suck your knuckle with instinct of a srnall herd of other calves, it was des- so desperate you wi}l have your answer. " troyed by a state trooper at the SPCAts re- In recent rnonths, Burger King quest, the Cor- and upon the condition that the calfts poration has added a sandwich carcass veal to its would be retained by the buyer , rnenu, and is now the target of countless who had bought the calf for a litt1e rnore hurnane and anirnal rights organizations than s ix dollar s. Shortly across the nation -- working together in a afterwards, the state SPCA filed Burger King Boycott charges of cruelty anirnals with hopes of pressur- to against both ing Burger King into rernoving this cruelly- Jaegerts Livestock Auction Market in Sus- obtained flesh frorn its present rnenu. A1- sex and the livestock hauler, who hadtrans- though Burger King clairns to not use these ported the anirnal (also a licensed dealer). Both specially-fed calves (90 percent of all veal- charges carry penalties of up to six ers are reared confinernent), rnonths jail in their pro- in and 1,000 doliars in fines. rnotion of veal consurnption It is unfortunate, however, is certain to that this one increase the dernand for, and production of, particular incident is not an isolated case. ALL veal. Arnericans kill and consurne approxirnately You are encouraged to join the nationwide 150 rnillion livestock anirnals year, every boycott of Burger King products until veal and anti-cruelty laws seldorn protect thern is rernoved frorn its rnenu. In the past four against the tortures of confinernent rearing, rnonths, consurnption of veal at Burger King castration, transportationr, auction houses has dropped frorn 11 percent to 6 percent and eventually the slaughterhouse, wherein -- and advertisernents for been two rnillion head of cattle veal have are stil1 slaught- elirninated to date. ered by the rrshackle and hoistrr rnethod. A fund has been designed to help defray the legal expenses needed to win justice for this rnutilated ca1f. Contributions, even one Your views should also be addressed t<: doIlar, rnay be rnailed to the Calf Fund at the Burger King Corporation at 7360 The Anirnalsr Voice, P.O. Box 217, McAfee, Kendall Drive, Miarni, Florida 33152. New Jersey 07428. Page 2 OOWHALE WATCHING: &remr#re .,, witnessing the miraeulous," ffiMetro, Boston Herald
v, 14 - -'i wL;.s \, *.:Lr. .$d'r*;k6"!&*;ffie.;" \J 14 3 ffi,,:ffi;M l.a A breaching hurnpback whale breaches near ".4 the Dolphin III; falling onto its back. - - Leaving frorn MacMillan Wharf, the Dol- I'Arnerica the Poisoned, I' by respected phin Fleet boats will take you out to sea for lenvironrnentalist Lewis Regenstein, is the a four-hour experience with the living wild shocking story of what the Environrnental whale. Your $IZ ticket contributes to the Protection Agency has called the trrnost operation of the rnodern boats and alsc helps grievous error in judgrnent we as a nation to fund on-going and crucial studies .11 ow have ever rnade. I' It docurnents, for the being conducted by the scientists oie board first tirne, how toxic substances are liter- the Dolphin Fleet for a better understanding ally killing and disabling rnillions of Arner- of whales and thei,r environrnent. icans, as well as contarninating our envir- As Marc Wile of PM Magazine ,lescribed onrnent, and killing our wildlife. his whale watch: t'An interesting and unique The results of our contact with cancer- lesson in co - existence. rr And The New r'A causing chernicals are now apparent: one Haven Register wrote: hurnpback whale out of four Arnericans can expect to get rose slowly, slowly, straight up out of the cancer. This rneans that of the Arnericans spray and foarn, its huge body twisting in now alive, over 56 rnillion will contract the the air suspended against the sky for disease, which kil1s over 1, 000 of us every only a rno:'nent, the creature crashed back d"y. into the sea. t' The arnount of toxic wastes produced in The cover photo on this newsletter, as the U. S. each year arnounts to over 600 well as the one above, was taken during pounds for every rrran, wornan and child -- one of the Dolphin's Whale Watches by one and only 10% is properly disposed of. We of our directors. are now sowing the seeds for future epide- The Dolphin Fleet leaves twice daily rnics of cancer, deforrned children and every day frorn MacMillan Pier in Pro- Love Canals. vincetown, Mass. If youlve ever wondereC This hard-hitting expose pul1s no punches about experiencing a close encounter with a in narning those in governrnent and industry gentle giant, be sure to give the Dolphin who are responsible for this tragedy and tr'leet a call. Yourll never regret it. eloquently docurnents how this public health disaster of un p r e c ed ented proportions DOLPHIN FLEET BOATS threatens not only this generation, but sail twice a day from future ones as we11. MacMillan Pier, Provincetown. Lewis Regensteinrs ilArnerica Poi- the For reservations and information soned I' is available frorn The Fund for call (617) 487-1900 Anirnals at 1765 P Street, Washington, D.C. 20036 for $t6. gS ( includes postage and Off-Season: 255-3857 handling ). Available for Charter
Page 3 Pressure from the animal rights budgets of these donation-sup- ("Lethal Dose 50% Mortality"J. movement has at last produced ported charities, they are actu- To avoid lawsuits concerning concrete and positive response ally giving more generously than product safety, the corporations hom some of the institutions that the multi-million dollar corpo- use this test to determine how support vivisection. The general rations whose grants, while much poison they can put in your public is already in favor of al- gratefully received, are only petty soap, detergent, air freshener, etc., ternatives to the use of animals cash compared to their annual ond get away with it. Massive in toxicology testing-the main profits and advertising budgets. doses of the test substance are type of screening for cosmetics Besides the on-going programs of force-fed to a group of animals and household products as well goups like the Lord Dowding until half of them die. t as drugs. Fund, FRAME, AFAAR and the Imagine someone jamming a \ Glamour [Dec. 1981, page 59) Humane Research Trust, there are tube down your throat. As you surveyed its readers (who consti- the following new develop- struggle helplessly, household $ tute a major market for cosmet- ments: products are forced down the tube ics) and found that 84% of those o An international humane into your stomach. You scream E who responded opposed the use consortium has made a grant of and writhe as this chemical as- of animals for cosmetics testing. $176,000 to Dr. Joseph Leighton sault on your body produces in- 63% said they did not want ani- at the Medical College of Penn- tense pain, conr,rrlsions, paralysis s. mals used for medical research, sylvania to develop an alterna- and finally death. Originally, this s and 66% are "willing to wait an tive to the Draize test. More than was one of the procedures of the additional 5 years for a break- 50% of this grant was donated by Spanish Inquisition. through drug that would save s t the American Anti-Vivisection The Coalition to Stop the LD 50 prevent human lives in order to Society. Poisoning Tests (234 Fifth Ave., testing on animals." Public s sym- o The New England Anti- New York, NY 10001) has been pathy for animal welfare could, Vivisection Society awarded established. Like the Draize Co- if aroused, accomplish what the $1oo,ooo to Dr, William H.J. alition, it is supported by over a € E AV movement has been seeking Douglas at Tufts University hundred U.S. humane groups, for over 100 yearsl According to School of Medicine to develop a including the American Anti- MD {Oct. 1981), a magazine dis- tissue culture alternative to the Vivisection Society. $ tributed to 170,000 physicians, Draize test, using human corneal What You Can Do Now the animal rights movement has tissues donated for research but The National Toxicology Pro- earned the right to be taken "very not suitable for transplants. t seriously indeed." gram was established with your o The Millennium Guild re- taxes to "develop realistic alter- cently sponsored a workshop in natives" to The New Breakthroughs animal testing. Ac- Washington, D.C. on "New Ap- tually, it promotes painful tests o Johns Hopkins Center for proaches to Toxicology Method- on animals. Write to Secretary Alternatives to Animal Testing ology" to alert scientists to new, Richard S. Schweiker, Dept. of was established September 21., non-violent methods of research. Health and Human Services, 200 1981 through a $f million gant o The Consumer Products Independence Ave., S.W, Wash- from the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Safety Commission's Executive ington, D.C.20201.. Ask that all Ed>. Fragrance Association. (Note - Director has given an official of the $o+ million of the NTP's ood Johns Hopkins University still statement to the Coalition to Stop annual funds be used to develop .sta vivisects,) Draize Rabbit Blinding Tests, and validate non-animal testing t{ ^' o Dr. Brian Issell of Bristol- promising that the Commission systems. Alternatives will be safer ff;? Myers tests anti-cancer drugs on will accept "equivalent data" to and cheaper for people and will H.;< q human tumor cultures. Bristol- the Draize test as evidence of spare millions of animals, many .q Myers announced (November 16, product safety. Thus, no corpo- of them almost certainly stolen E'5 rI o.llH \ 1981) efforts to reduce its animal rotion can say that it must use pets. testing (but not eliminate it). The the Draize if specific alternatives Urge your senators and con- g company is also contributing have been shown to exist. gresspersons to support legisla- 3{ t $zoo,ooo to |ohns Hopkins for All of this is good news-BUT tion to promote alternatives and or No alternatives in pharmaceuticals -l tr ttld ts{ -the few corporations that have prohibit outmoded forms of ani- .9,0 Si testing, and $f OO,OO0 to the Brit- made token grants have not mal testing. This Society's llo)Itd ish organization FRAME (Fund stopped vivisecting. "broadsheet," F{ H@ )i s The insti- Therc Ought to be d': tstr for the Replacement of Animals tutions that received grants are a Lew, details the issue with a B in Medical Research). 90,f3 q) not themselves opposed to vivi- persuasive message to the unin- .! FE oo o Rockefeller University has section. possibly, the cor- formed public. Write for free >Hdd \ Quite g e, begun its onm alternatives re- porate giants feel they have copies. ll< l/ .Os H! search, partly through a grant of satisfied their obligation to the Ask your local radio and TV $750,000 from Revlon. Estee public and will do no more. Do stations to expose the horrors of s.E-: H o'Fq Lauder has pledged $250,000 for not resume buying their goods the LD50 test. If you need more -C.iO. alternatives studies. until these companies have truly information, contact us or the F-{ E.-N '., o 9co Animal weltare groups are also stopped their torture of animals. Coalition. Remember, your let- ^-,r#g paying for scientific research to The focus on the Draize has ters to the Editors of newspapers produce alternatives to vivisec- accomplished much. Now an- ore read, and can influence mil- tion. Considering the meagre other test is under fire-the LD 50 lions of people.
Fage 4 servation Society, to interfere with the It's Noteworthy aaa Japanese slaughter of dolphins on IkiIsland, The \Morld Society for the Protection of Mayor Katsornoto, head of the Iki Island Anirnals has announced the success of its Fisheries Cooperative, and other repre - fight to stop the proposed cornrnercial senatives of the Nagasaki Prefecture Corn- slaughter of penguins in Argentina; a killing rnittee, agreed to have no rnore rrrass kiII - which would have taken the lives of 48, 000 ings of dolphins in return for Watsonrs birds by clubbi*g -- their skins rnade into prornise not to take the Sea Shepherd (his Iuxury gloves. *>i<>i< Senators trfleicker and ship ) to lki. PauI Watson has recently Bentsen have introduced in the Senate a caused the shut - down of pirate whalers cornpanion bill to a House bill which will using non-passive tactics, and is also one restrict the steel-jawed leghold trap. You of those responsible in recent years for are encouraged to write to your own sena- spraying indelible dye onto the white coats tors and representatives, asking thern to of Canadian baby seals, rendering their * >k >k join as co-sponsors of this legislation. The pelts worthless to sealers. After Senate bill is S ZZ39 and the House bill is learning of the tortures inflicted on labor- HR 374. >krF>r ilWoIf for National Marnrna1il atory anirnals in the nalrre of science, India is sti11 being undertaken by The Fund for enacted an irnport ban on its rhesus rnon- Anirnals. If you would like to see the wolf keys. But Bangladesh is urging U. S. aid designated as our national rnarnrnal, write in their projected export of 70,000 wild to Doris Dixon at ZB4l Colony Road, Ann rnonkeys for scientific research. Letters Arbor, Michigan 48104 for petitions and of your protest should be sent to the W-hite additional inforrnation. *)i
Page 5 hunt them. Whether by farmers or huni ers, the net effect is yet another thre* ened species being exploited instead o restored. The Endangered Species Act iself , basis of the listing and protection of 751 van ishing species in this country and abroad. by Toby Cooper this year must be reauthorized by Con- gress. At this writing, the Watt regime has p*uuorNr RoNALD Rpacex did not denning and 1080. Where the law is spe- not disclosed what it will seek in the way I campaign against wildlife and the cific and protective (for example, the of changes in the act. But officials have environment. Neither did he promise the Endangered Species Act or CITES), the made no bones about their hope of pull- American people that endangered wild- administration strives to drive an opening ing the rug out from under Defenders' life would be commercially exptoited, that wedge for exploitation. recent court victory on bobcat protec- portions of the national wildlife refuge The administration's treatment of kan- tion, reported by Ginger Merchant else- system would become "suqplus federal garoos is a good example of the way it is where in these pages. If Watt and com- lands," or that environmental agencies opting for exploitation. Back in 194 the pany are unsuccessful in the attempt to would be dismantled. But developments United States listed two kangaroo species delist the bobcat from CITES, they will are proving that wildlife is definitely on as threatened and halted importation of undoubtedly seek parallel changes through the administration's agenda, and the pat- their hides. The two species in question legislation. tern of decisions is decidedly negative. exist in Australia in relatively large num- Early in January a group of western For example: bers, deriving their threatened status from senators wrote to the White House coun- o l,ast November, the Interior Department international commerce, habitat shrink- sel, Edwin Meese III, asking him to re- announced that denning-the killing of age, droughts, and lack of protection at quest that the Presidenr cancel the 1972 coyote pups in their dens-would resume; home. Keeping the Americanmarket open Nixon executive order against predator that 12 of the 26 rules restricting use of would mean the slaughter of over 2 mil- poisons. "We believe that having Execu- M44 sodium cyanide capsules would be lion of the animals annually. tive Order 11643 rescinded would have relaxed, modified, or junked; and that the The Australian government, acting for little impact on the livestock industry in Environmental Protection Agency was commercial traders, urged our govern- the short term," they said, "but in the being called on to authorize new 1080 ment to drop the ban, offering in return interest of preserving administrative research permits. to place limits on the killing. The Carter flexibility-and reducing controversy- . In December, EPA Administrator Anne administration considered acceding to this this order should be dealt with expedi- Gorsuch announced formal adjudicatory proposal but did not do so. Last June, tiously." They further implied that a quick hearings to consider re-registration of however, Secretary Watt lifted the trade decision would allow the dust to sertle Compound 1080 under pesticide laws, for ban, even though the two species remain well before the coming elections. Meese both operational and experimental use in on the list of threatened species. The got the job done. With no public inputs or federal coyote-killing. department argued, in effect, that it was a visible scientific inquiry, President Reagan o In January, Secretary of the [nterior good "deal" to accept Australia's offer, showed that if anybody wanted to use James Watt called on member nations of since it would bring limited protection to 1080 on America's public lands, it was the Convention on International Trade in the kangaroos in their home country for OKwithhim. Endangered Species (CITES) to drop pro- the first time. A recent Harris poll showed that Amer- tection of bobcats, a move directed at Defenders of Wildlife sued the depart- icans overwhelmingly support hard-won negating Defenders' court-won standards ment in an effort to reinstate the ban, environmental reforms. The Reagan ad- for bobcat protection under CITES. Also arguing that its lifting violates the intent ministration is seriously misreading the in January, President Reagan revoked of the Endangered Species Act. ESA public's expectations for wildlife; it needs Executive Order 11643, thus obliterating doesn't contemplate "deals," we said. to hear so from all of us. in one stroke the decade-old policy bar- Unfortunately the judges, apparently im- ring 1080, strychnine, thallium, and simi- pressed by the sizable though biologically Write: lar deadly wildlife poisons from use on insecure kangaroo populations, ruled the our public lands. The action put heavy deal legal. Now American imports will President Ronald Reagan pressure on Administrator Gorsuch to resume, and the roos may be "managed" re-register the poisons for legal use. indefinitely at the threatened level. The VIhite House The Reagan administration appears to A rather similar deal was struck in Washington, D. C. 20500 be operating on the theory that conserva- January when the Fish and Wildlife Serv- tion of any resource is unnecessary unless ice, under pressure from safari hunters, Secretary Watt proven Jarnes otherwise. Secretary Watt's pre- downgraded the leopard in 19 southern Departrnent dictable response on resource extraction African nations from endangered to threat- of the Interior issues is to open the door for industry and ened status. Although the United Srates Washington, D. C. '20240 consumptive users. On wildlife policy, continues to bar commercial trade, Amer- the administration's decisions take a unique ican hunters will now be allowed to bring This article was published twist. Where the law is broad, such as the home leopard trophies. Interior officials archaic 193[ statute that authorizes pred- argued that African farmers, who tradi- by Defenders of Wildlife ator control, they favor the two most tionally have persecuted leopards. will and is being distributed by destructive control methods known: value the leopards if Americans pay to The Anirnalsr Voice.
Page 6 A Staughter In ldaho
Children participated in the slaughter. In early 1982, The Fund for Anirnals filed charges of cruelty to anirnals against the farrners, and as a result of their suit, opened the way to prosecutions for cruelty in future rabbit hunts. The Fund succeeded r' in getting "bunny baseball ( see photo ) rrTheir blood flows brightly, the rivers banned, and in banning children frorn taking in Mud Lake, Idaho.rr Patty Adjarnine wrote part in the hunt. An editorial appearing in those words in reference to the recent jack- the Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune, fo1- rabbit slaughter in Mud Lake, Idaho, which lowing the court fight, expressed this vital took the lives of 64,000 rabbits. Using snow point of view: ilMeanwhile, rnobiles and horses, sorne 600 Idaho farrn- the frantic farrners are nat- ers herded the hares toward the slaughter- urally going to try to defend thernselves, ing pen, where they were clubbed, kicked Continued on Page 8 and crushed to death beneath the heels of rnen, wornen and even children (sorne under g the age of ten). When the drives were over rnany of the live anlrnals lay kicking in their death throes on the blood - spattered snow. A few that escaped, dragged broken legs behind thern. The jackrabbits are believed to be the destroyers of sorne $5 rnili. worth of crops. But, bio1ogically, the rabbit population peaks about every 10 years before subsid- ing again, and slaughters such as the one at Mud Lake, only postpone the population peak and prolong the destructive phase of the rabbits. Anirnal rights organizations are working for the enactrnent of alterna- tives to solve the problern hurnanely. Bunny t'basebal1 I' evidenced in photos.
Page 7 A Slaughter In Idaho
Children participated in the slaughter. In early 1982, The Fund for Anirnals filed charges of cruelty to ani.rnals against the farrners, and as a result of their suit, opened the way to prosecutions for cruelty in future rabbit hunts. The Fund succeeded in getting "bunny baseball " ( see photo ) rrTheir blood flows brightly, the rivers banned, and in banning children frorn taking in Mud Lake, Idaho.'r Patty Adjarnine wrote part in the hunt. An editorial appearing in those words in reference to the recent jack- the Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune, fo1- rabbit slaughter in Mud Lake, Idaho, which lowing the court fight, expressed this vital took the lives of 64,000 rabbits. Using snow point of view: ilMeanwhile, rnobiles and horses, sorne 600 Idaho farrn- the frantic farrners are nat- ers herded the hares toward the slaughter- uraIly going to try to defend thernselves, ing pen, where they were clubbed, kicked Continued on Page B and crushed to death beneath the heels of rnen, wornen and even children (sorne under g the age of ten). When the drives were over many of the live anlrnals lay kicking in their death throes on the blood - spattered snow. A few that escaped, dragged broken legs behind thern. The jackrabbits are believed to be the destroyers of sorne $5 rniti. worth of crops. But, bio1ogically, the rabbit population peaks about every 10 years before subsid- ing again, and slaughters such as the one at Mud Lake, only postpone the population peak and prolong the destructive phase of the rabbits. Anirnal rights organizations are working for the enactrnent of alterna- tives to solve the problern hurnanely. Bunny t'baseballr' evidenced in photos.
Page 7 Idaho Rabbits The Lamb ,f Cod ... Continued frorn Page 7 During the week of Feb. 15, l9BZ, the (forrnerly futile or not. But their neighbors and cust- European Econornic Council the orners have a right to expect that the war Cornrnon Market), rnet to decide on a reso- on the pests be carried out with rninirnal lution which would ban the irnportation of cruelty. And society shouldntt perrnit both baby harp and hood seal products into adults to contribute to delinquency of rnin- the EEC nations. ors by taking thern to these sornetirnes too Canada Despite the vigorous opposition jovial anirnal killing circuses. It is one displayed at the EEC rneetings -- calling it thing for the farrners to grirnly carry out an insult should the ban be pas sed and what they believe to be an unpleasant but threatening sanctions on Gerrnany and Bri- necessary task. It is another to run these tain, the vote passed in favor of the ban -- drives as larks for children. That tends 160 to 10 ! to teach crr.relty to anirnals. r' The ban has not been finalized as it rnust The Fund for Anirnals is still urging you now be ratified by the Council of Ministers, to voice your opinion to the Governor John which consists of one representative frorn B. Evans of Idaho ( State Capitol, Bols e each European cor.rntry within the EEC, and B37ZAl, expressing your sentirnents on the is cornparable to our Executive Branch. barbarisrn he allowed in his state. The The International Fund for Anirnal We1- state of Idaho has also designed a nTask fare (IFAW), the organization spearheading Force" to investigate alternate rnethods of the carr.rpaign to save baby seals, is asking rabbit rernoval as a result of the legaI suit Arnericans to support the passage of the filed by The Fund against the farrners. 'ban by writing to the president of the Coun- Until these alternatives are ernployed, ciI of Ministers, Mr. Leo Tindernans -- 170 The Anirnals'Voice is urging you to join the Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, Belgiurn. nationwide boycott of Idaho products (like Write yo\rr letter today. The Council of potatoes). Frorn the slaughter of baby seals Ministers is expected to rneet again within in Canada to the bloody rnassacre of wild the next four rnonths. jackrabbits on the plains of Idaho, greed spurning brutality rnust not be allowed to flour ish. ACEI\DA Auuiluble The Anirnal Rights Network publishes a bi-rnonthly newsrnagazine entitled AGENDA; a journal of anirnal liberation devoted to fostering greater cooperation and unity within the anirnal liberation /rights/ welfare rnovernent. It is avaiLable to anyone for 75f a copy upon request.
I InEMBERsHTP APPLrcATtot{ I It has not been easy to convey to the I vest I believe animals have rights loo! Enclosed is my conlribuiion. I Eskirno rneaning of the Oriental | (check one) I rnind the r tr $1.00-CONTRIBUTING MEMBERSHIP r Bib1e. Thus the Larnb of ! Pleuse use my donation to further ihe cause of animal rights. : sirniles of the I n cs.oo-aNruuAl MEMBERSHTP I God had to be translated to kotik or I Please send me your newsletters and keep me posled on current animal I I issues. young seal. This anirnal, with its per- ! n ss.oo-lcrrvE MEMBERSHTP Please send me newsletiers, aciion alerts and a copy of your volunteer fect whiteness as it lies in its cradle of information sheet so thal I may actively participate in the animal rights ! movement. ! lce, its gentle, helpless nature, and its tr I cannot give a donation at this time bul I am interested in actively helping the animals. I pathetic innocent eyes, is probably as I apt a substitute, however, as nature Name.. I I offer s. Address I --Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell I ... 2ip...... I rnissionary to Labrador, 1,909 McALe, N.J, 07428 il; !