Tom Regan in SF Furs, 272 Post Lrd Thursday Fur Leafletting at Robert's Near Union Square, I P.M
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'*i;,',' $ publislrer's tr0o, eV tlrree cents Wb're back by popular demand! organizations signed up with a check. So !",,.ary,it'strue.Andyoushourd ffiffi'ffi':H" l:l#ffi:'ff-tr':""i1 here's another issue gone to bed, and guess !\ who's paying for it? I don't mind, mind l\u:r',nrm:,1*,.I:'#,H.Tll'.iffi:fffi [,-]L'[:[TI'i,r; you, but The Animals'r0oice won't survive idea. Then, nature being what it is long on that arrangement (perhaps me, ters! I thought I could save a little bit of an - money, awhole lot of time, and write every unpredictable I stumbled onto a... well, either). So... well, please, if you can, if you one of you in this column and tell you let's say, a gold- mine of sorts. My father will, subscribe to The furimals' rloice. "THANKS!" Thanks for your support and opened a typesettingbusiness in Chico and You've already admitted its value in net- encouragement and ideas. Thanks for the handed me the reins, excuse me, I mean, working, its potentid effectiveness in un- effort alone to write us here with your the steering wheel. I couldn't afiord not i$ing the California movement. Isn't that I? $15.OO? F compliments on a neat little magazine. But to attempt it, noq could worth rF I must empbaslze, its looks may have been Well, there was a catch, of course. LAM I - created here, but its content is you. So There's always a catch, isn't there? The (And to think I used to chastize Doug 4 thanks for putting The Animals'rCoice on catch is that the phone bill has gone up a Moss for hitting people up for money all i z your mailing list. What's that they say, your bit since the inception of The Animals' the time! Will I ever live this dovrn?) rJoice. a news is our news? Yeah, that's it. Your news The postage to send all those copies is our news. Your direction is our direction. of the magazine to every organization in o Now, here's where it doesn't seem fair, the state of California, as well as a few J I know If The Animals' $oice is ot your abroad, cut a little bit into the pocketbook, its? too. And, then, course, of course, of F mailing list, why shouldn't you be on of say is some- course (only Ed Duvin appreciate & Good question. All I can that will times ... life isn't... well ... life isn't fair (you that), there's the printing cost. The print- i probably hate that one as much as I do). ing cost is the big one. A real big one, I kt me explain. considering, of course, I don't have any I= 'When I left. Tbe Animals'Agenda back money, any money to speak o( arynay. F in May 1985, I thought it would be great And tbatlwhy we asked forsrzbsc,ribers r if California had its own Agea da I thouglrt (the coupon's on the backpage of this and 4 that, perhaps, with neady a third of the every issue). In all that mail we received, x animal welfare / rights-related I'll be honest with you, only a dozen U wodd's o staff & stuff table of contents Publisher/Flditor lettem Page 3 The readers'forum laura A. Moretti to9ard alliance ... !0ith eloquence Page 4 E:cecrrtioe Dirzclor Ed Duvin's Circle of Life Rick Sorenson eating ... and lioing ... as if nafunz mattered Page 6 Nerns/Notes FIitott Art Dingle on the livestock issue and a book review Carol Burnett{anice Warner caliSrnia neris and abroad Page I l-egislati0e Flitors What's happening in the animal rights/welfare movement Virginia Handley more ne$s and notes and note$ortlrf Page 12 Rose Lernberg the california calendar ... a0hal, rihcn, $hetra Page 14 The Animls' r0oie, tbe 6lifmh. conn$tion our local scene who's doing what and when (ISSN 0889-6712) is pubtished quartedy byThe - Animals' Voice, Inc., a non-profit, tu-exempt Califomia corpomtion, in Chico, California legislation ... an update Page l6 All corespondence should be mailed to PO. Curent legislative status and scenario BG 4105, Chico, CA 95927, addreffid to ap- propriat€ department. The viffi expresed a storf ... about us . .. Page l8 herein do not neces{ily reflect the opinions of The Animals' voice, Inc., or its staf The fiction writer's forum Page 2 t'all 1986 Thc Arimaldl0oice letters TIre Arrirrrals' \)oice: "flerer Here!', Accept our compliments on your first Bravo! What a fine lirst issue starting You are to be congratulated on the initial issue - of The Animals'{oice. It is an excel- with that most moying cover picture. You issue ofTheAnimals'\Joice, as itwas excep- lent publication. We wish you nothing but are to be commended for following tional in every respect. continued success in your work on behalf through. Very well done. I appreciate the Your superb blending of essays, fiction, of the animals. fact that you will concentrate all your legislative updates and an abundance of - Catblt Smitb coverage on state actions. Of course, you networking information provided a much- M anaging Edito4 Mainstream must occasionally "detour" and focus on needed voice for the California movement. Animal I Protection Institute things like the Silver Spring monkeys s/ace There is a critical need for more communi- there are many state actions on federal mat- cation and cooperation among the diverse I \*/hat a fabulous looking mag ... I'm ters. groups in our state, andTheAnimals'\Joice proud of you. It looks great and it's a great - Gretcben Wyler has opened the door. idea. When you told me about it before, I Vice Cbairperson Thanks for leading the way! expected something more newsletter-ish. Tbe Fund.for Animals Edraard S. Duuin I should have known better. It even has - Animalines that good ol' Moretti humor that disap- I like the idea of your publication! As peared from AGENDAs pages when you the Editor of a quarterly newsletter did. for Best ofluck to you! young people, Elsas Ecbo, I need to know Doug Moss Cindy Traisi what is going on on a wide variety of - - Publisber ani Tbe Fund for Animals mal topics, especially endangered species. Tbe Animals'Agenda I try to make our publication one that not only informs the kids we reach, but also LETTERS gives them something they can individu- WELCOME ally DO on behalf of animals, every issue. The Aninnls' \bice uelcomes letters A friend I would appreciate receiving The Animals' from readers. Tbqt sbould be of rCoice. Thank you ... and keep up the good typeuritten, double-spacee and the family work! addressed to letters. Sborter letters I(aren O. Jobnston baue a greater cbance of being pub- Tell me once again - Education Director lisbed, and tbe Editor reser-t)es tbe bou my dog Tbe ElsaWild Animal Appeat rigbt to edit for space allotaances. is just an animal Elsa Clubs of America and can't really be a friend. Explain to me again bou.t animals can't tbink or feel, and be's only by my side beca use of babit Tell me one more time bou be uould be a friend to anJ)one tt-tbo fed bim, because be bas no concept of loue or loyaltlt Tell me bou I atn naiue to still belieae be understands me. I And utbile you dq i consider ul4t, if rubat you say is tnte be is mucb better companJ) tban you! A 1986 Raphrel Marie Ttmbull The Arimals"\0oice t'all 1986 Page 3 ffiti Roman times and is deeply embedded in our systems of theology, moral philosophy and jurisprudence. [f humans are still not honoring the intrinsic worth of their own species, the salient question becomes how do we achieve recognition for the rights of other beings? It is a sad testament to the present state of human affairs that the inherent rights of other beings are not recognized solely by virtue of their existence, for in a more just and rational wodd, it would not be neces- sary to link respect for life and environ- ment with human self-interest. Given the current reality, however, if humankind is ever to embrace our concerns in sufficient numbers to produce fundamental change, it will be as part of a larger recognition that human interests are best served by safeguarding all the animate and inanimate elements which comprise the integrity of of ife our earth. It is imperative that we blend our con- cern for other beings with the natural wodd, as the earth we all share and depend on for our very existence is the bridge which connects animal rights with en- ED DUVIN ANIMALINES lightened self-interest. There_ are those ,**'#rt#i*ffi*.--d,'HT"r /-l examined our movem€nt's vis-a- to op.iut. in a vacuum, but the universal L lvis the larger context of respect lawJ of Nature which govern the life pro- for life and environment, and the enthusias- cess of this earth depend upon an intricate tic response has prompted us to ampliry series of interconnections interconnec- our views on this subiect. It is heartening tions that humankind is mindlessly- sever- so many are coming to understand that ing at an alarming rate. Reasoriable people reverence for life and environment is not can di-ffer as to ttre degree of irreparable an ethereal concept which detracts from damage that has akeady been done to the our central focus on other beings, but rep- ecological system, but no thoughtful per- resents the heart and soul of any move- son can remain oblivious to the relentless ment that purports to a.ffirm life.