'*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

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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

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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. No seri assault presently being launched against ous-minded person holds romantic illu- Nature, Nature's beings, and Narure's sions about our small movement leading fragile life-support system. a misguided nation to the Promised Land, Our movement responds only to those but we must begin to present a compelling abuses of animals which are directly before case for ottrer creatures within a broader us and in that we profoundly erq for the widespread poisoning of our earth insidi life-afrrming framework - a framework which is comprehensible to a society that ously erodes the most basic of rights - legally and morally views non-humans as the right of all species to exist in their little more than chattel. natural state. Of course, there is massive We now refer to ourselves as an animal suffering in laboratories and on farms rights movement and numerous which requires our urgent attention, but philosophical treatises have been pub' Anirnalines is talking about a holocaust lished on the principle of inherent rights, abeady well underway in which species but the reality for other beings remains upon species are being devastated beyond essentially unchanged: animals have virtu- repair. Humankind has usurped their lands, ally no rights or standing in law and only contaminated their water and food chain, the barest protection from the most hein- slaughtered them in the name of benevo- ous of acts. This is not surprising given lent managem€nt, and systematically de- that members of our own species are still stroyed Nature's precious ecological bal- struggling for basic rights throughout the ance. Is it not the responsibility of an ani- world, even though the general concept mal protection/righa movement to ad- of human rights has been evolving since dress these basic survival issues? r,:i:i,il.li0,r.iiaij.lt' ::,ll l.'i:iill:,a9ll:,iilill :i!l

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;trqrir%rs1;r?r r'''i6ll:i6lll iiall:iiirll l:irJlilierrr:l€rrl,:itl i!kit:li4]t":lart:iiall ature is talking to us but we are €;::'lAla:idl not listening, and as a result her many warning signs have l.9i,lldg,a,l,, i:ildti:l&ll,:ig]riiiit largely gone unheeded. Humankind con- iA:i:ralllll,:li191,,r! tinues to go about its merry way, busily ii::rlislr iilgl, :i6ll::lil engaged in more "important" endeavors, r::,rr::19rr':1Crr,r:iiliilr:: seemingly unconcerned about our trou- rriir: i 91r,.,&t,rr. r,i6rr:, bled earth. Even within our movement, ll iioll:i19r,,i&ll::iiiu l::ialill,rlglri.,iaAr':ia:'

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interwoven pattern amongst all the natural irralli rri*::ril!rlr:: elements of this world, and if we cannot communicate the critical interrelationship between all beings and the earth which sustains life, then we are left with only isolated threads. The general public must come to understand that their fate is inter- locked with all the life forms who share this earth, for we are all nourished by Na- ture's bounty and ultimately subject to her laws. The magical harmony of Nature is indivisible, and if we irreparably destroy any part of her symmetry we destroy all of it. Spinoza spoke ofthe oneness ofour uni- .:.:::::t:t;: :: A:a:'|.:li:: tltl verse three centuries ago, and his words .liiiiialll::iailildtll:ii

take on additional meaning at this point 9t'::l:li':iiilirai::rriri .ar*:'iollriiioll:':iall it in history Our movement has a powerful story to tell, but it need not be a grim l,A]r:ri[]tr. rl4ir:'riUj message full of sacrifice and gloom, as there is boundless joy and satisfaction to be derived from living in concert with Na- ,uri,lll;ii9;,,i!:l,l:tl :t,'.iii:rl:ii1lll.,i:.il.i3 ture's wisdom and splendor. We have a na- tion full of people who are desperately seeking some semblance of balance in their lives, and Nature is the supreme teacher of harmony. In replenishing what ill'i19:,::i., iiil'll:.itr we as a species have taken from Nature, jlr:aS we also replenish ourselves, for Nature in- :lr.:ti;illrrir variably returns what she receives. To further these ideals and those expres- sed in previous issues of Anim.alines, Animalines has become a publication of i:t:..r,i1tl,,rt.ic,' :l

the Center for the Respect of Life and En- .ll',i11.;lli.iiallr.ii:ll. rl ' :i:ili, j:;:ii:r), :,ill vironment, which was created by The bl,,it,i:,::ti:rrl.:.',,,1 Humane Society of the United States to expand the work we have begun. The Center is committed to move beyond the fragmented approach that has charac-

terized our movement's history for over a .rr:ii:!,rr,:iigrrr,iriirrli.ill century and to begin painting a broader portrait which conveys the devastation we .lll:ii1.!,1-111;ii19,,.i3 are inflicting on our earttr, other creatures and ourselves not in negative terms, but through outreach- efforts designed to create an inviolable circle of life.

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t'all1986 lll:lilrrra:lit::iillll :rrri;llrliii THE }TGAN SOCIETY eatirlg oo. ancl litirrg .o. The Killing of Mother ) Our .It ART DINGLE EARTH ETRSTI .'1r / ' r,H/t" r,.til :' ou may know that the automobile "resource" were no longer needed, we pr industry is the largest single man- would find a reduction in needed farm- ufacturing and processing con- lands of about 5O%. That could mean more annually That's ten times the amount of cern in the US., but did you know that the wetlands, hardwoods, and prairies. the same product from human sources. meat industry is a close second? American Modern animal production is also waste- Much of it is good fertilizer; unfortunately meat interests use over one-third of the ful in terms of energy consumption and only about half of it is used so. The rest Continental U.S. for their business, and are return. The best animal enterprise returns ends up in lakes, ponds, rivers, groundwat- rapidly spreading their destructive prac- only about 35".4 of the fossil fuel energy ers, oceans; i.e., the same places human tices throughout Central and South investment in the form of food energy, wastes go, but generally without sewage America. The meat industry may be the while the poorest of the five major plant treatment. I'd bet that one-half to two- single greatest enemy to ecologists, yet it crops returns 328%! Considering all the thirds of fish kills in U.S. waters are caused is also probably the easiest to overcome. problems associated with burning fossil by agricultural runoff, mostly from feed- How? Change your diet. fuels, e.g., acid rain, greenhouse effect, lots. Before you die-hard meat-eaters grum- these figures speak for themselves. 2) Industrial Pollutants: The modem ani- ble about how "everything dies to feed 2) Land Abuse: What about range-fed mal industries require enormous amounts something else," listen. I won't talk about animals? Three problems come to mind: of fossil fuels, metals, rubber, etc., to carry animal rights, personal health or interna- removal and/or destruction of indigenious on. Thucking interests, furm equipment tional economics. But I will ask that you species, overgrazing, and abuse of water manufacturers and utility companies are stop buying commercial animal products sources. Most of you know about these greatly and sometimes entirely dependent for the following ecological reasons: issues, so I won't dwell on them. Suffice it upon the animal industry. to say that before livestock move in, native 3) Chemical Pollutants: It would take Domesticated Animal, Production predators and large herbivores are de- quite a list to enumerate the chemical pol- is Ecologically Inefficient stroyed by settlers. Then cattle destroy the lutants associated with the animal industry. and Destructive flora, turning prairies into scrub-lands and From the pesticides sprayed to control 1) Land Use: The most efficient known semiarid places into deserts. As the land "weeds" on range and pasture, to the feed- methods of human food procurement are dries, deeper wells are dug, dams built for additives, hormones, antibiotics, and pre- hunting and gathering, and Mayan agricul- irrigation, and goats may eventually be servatives pumped into the animals, the ture, neither of which is much practiced brought in to finish what the cattle have list would be endless. today; certainly not in the Americas or left. Livestock grazing is contributing to 4) T'be least obvious pollutive aspect is Western Europe, where flesh-eating con- the accelerating spread of the Sahara De- the mental pollution resulting from an ar- sumers have destroyed entire continents sert. The U.S. beef industry is beingblamed tificial food system that alienates humans to support one of the most inefficient food for the deforestation of Central and South from other animals by placing them en- systems imaginable. America. In this country the tale is nearly tirely at our disposal, enslaving and con- Nearly all the meat Americans eat was as grim: from Big Bend to Bismark, Kansas suming them by the billions annually. This fed, when it was an animal, a diet of proces- City to Reno, the land will never be the attitude carries over to our relationships sed foods. Even "grass fed" beefis usually same. with all life forms: plants, waters, our fattened for weeks or months (called A few years ago, I stood in west Texas Mother Earth, and each other. "finishing") on grains before slaughter watching tumbleweeds. The land seemed I don't believe our present situation (on Much of this food (3O to 8O% ) is usable empty, yet a few miles away was one of the brink of rapid ecological, or immediate by humans; e.9., corn! soybeans, oats, bar' the biggest feedlots in the world. Suddenly nuclear, disaster) will improve throug h a ley. The ratio of protein input to protein in the dry wind I heard the cries of wolves, dramatic social or political event. The fu- output in food animal production varies buffalo, golden eagles, pumas, prairie dogs, ture is ensured only by those persons will- tuom 4 to I (in milk and eggs) up to 25 burrowing owls, ferrets, foxes and a ing to make that individual revolution (to to I in beef. Combining these figures with thousand flowers thatwent unnoticed. The paraphrase Frost) and live as if the future ones given above, we see a loss of humanly demise of all this can be directly related were already here. Right nov4 you can stop usable protein of up to 760/o. to cattle and sheep interests, and other a destructive woddwide industry by refus- If we cut out the "middle-man" in this animal industries. ing to buy its unncessary products. food chain, huge areas that are now monocultures of grains and legumes could Domestlcated Animal Productlon Tbis article is reprinted. from tbe Majt be freed for "re-naturalizatioo." Presently, Is A Maior Source of Pollution 1986 issue of EartbFirst!, anenuirontnm- over half of all our tilled and harvested 1) Animal Wastes: In the U.S. alone, thre tal journal publisbed at PO. Box 5871, land is used for animal feed crops. If this are over two billion tons of animal wastes Ttrcsoq AZ 85703 / 602) 622-1371. l'age 6 l"all 1986 The Arimak'r0oice i i,, o.o as if rrattrre mattered IH tt I How to Survive in I America the Poisoned

A BOOK REVIEW

"Not since Racbel Carsonb Silent Spring Regenstein stuns us with: "The amount bas abook so sbockingly documented tbe of toxic wastes produced in the U.S. each cbemical uarfare tbat tbis nation's gou- yearumounts to over 6O0 pounds for every envnent and industry giants baue uaged man, woman, and child and 9O percent on its ottm people." Anderson of these deadly wastes are- disposed of im- -Jack propedy." They're inflicted upon us by the chemical industry through the food we eat, nd so was written a review on the water we drink and the air we breathe. the most important environmen- A United States government study has is documented with more than 113O foot- tal book of the present decade: shou,n that 35 million Americans are risk- notes, directing you the potential victim Hou to Suriue in America tbe Poisoned. ing their health because of air pollution, of this widespread contamination- how by Lewis Regenstein. and scientists estimate that "suchpollution together, and nou, we can survive -the an- And it's new and improved. may be causing some 2OO,OOO deaths a nihilation chemical poisons pose on our Even the title's new It went from yeaL" wildlife, our environment, our born and America the Poisoned to a more aplty ti Hout to Suraiae in America tbe unborn children and our very lives. tled Hou to Surriue in America tbe Poisoned documents America's war This is the one book that can make the Poisoned. With a chapter on nuclear test- against itself through herbicides, pes- difference. In the written words of author ing and radiation experimentation, and ticides and other lethal toxic chemicals, Les Whitten in review of Hou to Su-ntiue more "How To's'l Hou to Suruiue in not limited to currently-legal carcinogens, in America tbe Poisoned, "lf ever a book America tbe Poisoned should be on yours but also to such deadly toxins as DDI can stir anger into action, this is it." It is and every American's bookshelf. which was banned in the U.S. during 1972 time to act. For the sake of your life and A resident ofJackson Township, NewJer- because ofits cancer-causing potential, but the lives of your children. And their chil- sey, never thought knowing how to survive is still manufactured in the U.S. and ex- dren ... toxic chemical disposal meant much to ported abroad where it returns into the him until his 9-year-old daughter died of American diet on imported food crops. Copies oyf How to Survive in America cancer. It was discovered later that his BIJI Hott to Suraiue in America tbe the Poisoned can be obtained by sending drinking water had been contaminated Poisoned isrr:ot just an expos6 on this toxic fi8.95 to The Animals' \bice, Po. Box with lethal mercury and cadmium from a disaster. With a title for witness, the book 43O5, Cbico, CA 95927. secret chemical dumpsite near his home. In 198O, Eckhardt Beck, Assistant Ad- ministrator for the U.S. Environmental Pro- tection Agency, stated: "Our ground waters In oueigbing tbe fate of tbe Earth anQ utitlt it, are threatened by ruinous contamination ... this will become the environmental hor- our otDn fatg ue stand before a, mystery, and in ror story of the 8O's ... the most grievous error in judgment we zrs a nation have ever tarnpering u)ith tbe Eartlt ue tarnper uith a mystery. made-" It has been estimated, due to our use We are in deep ignorancg our ignornnce sbould and contact with cancer-causing chemi cals, that one out of every four or 56 dispose us to tDondet our tDonder sbould make us million Americans can expect- to get cancer. The- disease kills I,OOO Americans bumble, our bumility sbould inspire us to reaerence every day; it is second only to heart dis- ease; and the death toll is rising. and caution, and ourrpaerence and caution sbould The contaminants that cruelly take the lives of cancer victims are almost inescap- lead us to act uithout delay to utithdraut tbe tbreat able and Hou., to Suraiue in America tbe Poisoned uncovers the ways in which we, tue nou pose to tbe Eartb and to ourselues. sometimes unknowingly, are exposed to them from the toxic lindane in pet flea Scbell, Tbe Fate collars- and floor wax, to dioxin, the most of tbe Earth tordc chemical known. -Jonatban

The Animals'10oice F'all 1986 Page -/ }T

califonria nra,r.{s Breaking the Shell On Egg City LOS ANGELES Toni Hopman, president article, Marjorie Mclntyre wrote the of Animal Allies,- is in good company. Her editor. "The 2,OOO tons of manure," she organization, which claims some 2,0OO Los writes, "which has piled up beneath the Angeles-area members, has joined the wire mesh cages and the health hazard United Farm W'orkers (UFW) union's created, when the cleanup crew went on boycott against Egg City in Moorpark; their strike because of wage cuts, are not the action being endorsed by national animal only things that stink. Egg City's inhumane welfare /rights organizations. Animal Allies strench reaches high Heaven." has formed an alliance with Cesar Chavez's As in most factory-farmed egg ranches, UF1V in an effort to bolster the union's call Egg Ciry chickens live in cages 16"x18", for a boycott against Egg City. and with five birds to a cage, this means The UFW has been striking Egg CitY 6Vz"x9" of floor space per bird. The wire since May 1986, and Egg City filed for pro- mesh cages induce blood blisters, tonic with the exception that Egg Cify is thc tection from creditors under Chapter 11 immobility, foot lesions, caged layer largest so-called farm of its kind and makes of the Federal Bankruptcy Act. The strike fatigue or skeletal weakness and feather it the most desirable target of a boycott. began after Egg City officials cut average loss. When egg production decreases, Egg To make matters worse for Egg Ciry a wages by $2 an hour and instituted new City forces its hens to molt, building the number of small and medium-sized cus' two giants the work rules aimed at sffeamlining produc- birds up for another laying cycle. It starves tomers, along with - tion at the Moorpark plant which produces its birds up to 12 days, providing only Ralphs Grocery Co. chain of supermarkets nearly 6O million dozen eggs annually and water and no lights. This induced stress and McDonald's fast-food outlets - havc is the largest operation of its kind in the causes up to 2O0 birds to die in each house stopped buying Egg City's products. world. per day (there are 38 hen houses with For further information about the Egg P() Tbe Los Angeles Times, in its Valley Edi- 60,000 to 9O,O0O birds in a house). City Boycott, write Animal Allies at tion, explained some of Animal Allies con- What happens at Egg City happens in Box 35053, Los Angeles, CA 9O035 or calt cerns: "First off, you have to remember chicken/egg "farms" around the wodd, (213) 936-5166. that chickens produce more than eggs. They produce manure, lots of it. And, when the cleanup crews at the world's largest chicken ranch are short-handed because of a strike, there's trouble in Egg City. Each chicken expels about one-fourth pound of manure a day, which, with Egg City's 3 million chickens, means 375 tons." Since the strike began, about 2,O00 tons of man- ure has piled up beneath the wire mesh cages, creating an odor Problem. In a response to tlr,e Los Angeles Times

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The Animals'\)oice Page I t'all1986 Forum'86: ALF Terrorism: API's Hords A Gathering of Leaders lil,H:

SACRAMENTO A strategy session for and how they are returned to the wild and SACRAMENTO Attorney General John leaders of the -humafle movement was a leisurely 16-mile cocktail cruise down Van De Kamp's- office has officially sponsored by the Animal Protection Insti- the Sacramento River on the Delta Queen. apologized - under threat of lawsuit - tute (API) October 17-19. The three-day The Forum'86 was informative andwell- to California animal rights activists and ad- eveot was held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, planned. And the banquet was a blast. As mitted it erred in its'Annual Report to the attended by 30o-plus activists, and was ti- one conference participant noted, "The California Legislature" inJuly when it said tled "Tirking the Great Animal Crusades workshops are great and the slide shows demonstrations by activists were "spon- Over the Top Forum '85." and films make them all the more interest- sored" by the Animal Liberation Front A variety of- workshops and presenta- ing, but what makes this conference tick (ALF), a clandestine animal rights libera- tions filled the day on Saturday with speak- isn't what happens up there," motioning tion organization. ers including Dr. Bernard Rollin, professor to the podium, "it's what happens in the After tlreats of lawsuits by animal rights at Colorado State University and author of corners ... who's meeting whom." activists, including a Sacramento mother Animal Rigbts and Human Morality, Well, I for one, met a lot of neat and and San Francisco veterinarian, the Attor- George Clements of the Association for interesting people, and cutting through all ney General's office has sent letters of apol- the Protection of Furbearing Animals, de- the rhetoric, I'm proud to be a part of this ogy to the activists admitting the mistake. monstrated traps and showed the six-mi- movement. I also want to thank API for G.W Clemons, director of the Division nute fllm, Time to Care, Other speakers one fun and factual weekend. of Law Enforcement, signed under Van De included England's Allan Thornton and his _ LAM Kamp's name a letter stating, in part: "I updated report on the slaughter of pilot apologize for this error and for any prob- whales in the Faroe Islands, Ted Friend, lems which it may have caused you." noted animal behaviorist from Texas A&M, The report said the ALE, which has liber- discussing alternate methods being de- ated animals abused in research labs, was veloped to lessen the stress on farm ani- connected to an April 1985 demonstration mals, and Hal.ward Universiry's Steve at the University of California, Davis Pri- Sapontzis and Ontario's John Livingston, mate Center, and that it was one of the author of One Cosmic Moment arrd Tbe three most active terrorist organizations Fallacy of Wildlife Conseruation. in the state. The Awards Banquet followed a hosted The demonstrations at Davis, however, cocktail reception and included, among were organized by Animal Rights Direction the awards ceremonies, a vegetarian din- Action Coalition (ARDAC), a Sacramento/ ner, dancing, an anti-viyisection play San Francisco coalition of activists con- and Virginia Handley of The Fund for Ani-- cerned about "institutionalized animal mals even sang a song to top offthe night's cruelty and abuse," said Dr. Elliot Katz, a celebrationsl San Francisco veterinarian who partici- Sunday morning featured conference pated in ARDAC demonstrations that day, speakers Lewis Regenstein and his slide in his letter to Van De Kamp. presentation that coincided with the re- Katz added that he did not "consider lease of his updated book, Hottt to Suraiue myself a part of organized or unorganized in America tbe Poisoned, and Luke Dom- crime ," and demanded a public withdrawal mer of the Committee to Abolish Sport of the Attofney General's statements Hunting gave a very humorous and yet pro- branding animal rights activists as ter- found look into the wodd of so-called hunt- rorists. He said he would file suit if the ing conservationists. Donna Ewing of the Attorney General did not "amend" his state- Illinois Hooved Society presented an infor- ments. mative report and film on the racetrack A similar letter was mailed to the Attor- subject before lunch broke. ney General from LaVonne Bishop, a Sac- After lunch the Legislative Workshop ramento mother and one of those arrested with Syndee Brinkman of the National Al- at the UC Davis protest. Activists said later liance for Animal Legislation focused on they felt the "Report" was designed to "de- effective gtassroots lobbying, and Alterna- fame" their character and that of the animal tives in Animal Use in Education Workshop rights moYement. followed. The rest of the a-fternoon was Thking the Great K^tz Bishop indicated they are not ^fld spent taking the APl-sponsored tours: A Crusades Over entirely pleased with the Attorney Gen- nature tour to the Davis Raptor Rehabilita- eral's response and may still file for de- tion Center to view 20 species of birds The Top claratory relief.

TfteAlimats'{oice F'alI 1986 lragra 9 cally assaulted the group, attempted to strangle one activist, shoved and threw hot Activists File Suit; coffee on activists and news media and grabbed photographers' cameras. The suit, filed in Yolo County Superior Court, names the Regents of the University Thtget: UC Davis of California as defendants, in addition to UC Davis Department of Animal Physiol- ogy chairman John Horowitz, teaching as- CRESCENZO VELLUCCT, JR. sistant Kathleen Backus and 30 students. The suit accuses the Regents, Horowitz, Backus and the students with assault and battery alleging activists were "threatened" and defendants were guilty of "violently pushing, shoving, strangling plainti.ffs, by tossing hot coffee ...(and) using force and violence." In another cause of action, the com- plaint charges the university "negligently and carelessly failed to supervise and di- rect its agents, students and employees, or to enforce pertinent rules and regula- tions." The activists are asking for general, exemplary andpunitive damages of no less than $10O,OO0 from Horowitz, Backus and the students and general damages from the University. Activists named as plaintiffs include La- racy, Crescenzo Vellucci, Martin Gorda, Doris Kight and Lauren Tirriel veilucci Jr California Independent News

As u.te go to press, the multiple mis- demeanor cbarges against tbe actiuists baue been dropped, but tbe actiuists' filOO,OOO lausuit against UC Daais bas not

Just Your Type -! Have a personal computer? A r modem, too, perhaps? Then you can I send your newsletter: let your com- puter talk to our typesetting com- Surprised students look upon photographer/acttvtst Cres Vellucci after he puter, the same one that delivers the entered a baslc physiology class at CSU, Sacramento. type for The Animals' rJoice. The qpography is done by the publisher of The Animals' lioice because she DAVIS Animal rights activists claim- Defense Fund (ALDF)Joyce Tischler, who operates the typesetting computer ing they- believed their liveswere in- danger wrote the complaint for the five activists, that delivers the type for The An! have filed a S1OO,O00 suit against stu- said it is the first case of its kind in the mals' rJoice. For more information, -dents and a professor who physically at- nation. contact Laura Moretti, The Animals' tacked them when they tried to ask ques- The incident occurred May 23, l9A5 \0oice, P.O. Box 4305, Chico, CA tions at a University of California, Davis when activists and members of the news 95927 or call (916) 342-rD9t. rt physiology class. media entered the UC Davis lab, where can't be any more expensive. And in The Regents of the University of Califor- students were experimenting on dogs a round about sort ofway, it keeps nia are also named as defendants in the suit. from a local animal shelter. The Animals'$oice in business, too. Executive director of the Animal Legal Students and teaching personnel physi

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Violence Erupts at "7L" Club Seeks Donations for Massive DirectAction Elephant Woes

BERKELEY/LOS ANGELES Seventy-one except that in at least two cases they 1 - - - Actress Lindsay Wagner and her fan club animal rights activists were arrested - in- were considered "organizers" by police. have joined the Sacramento-based Per- cluding 44 in Berkeley where police brut- Before arrests, Berkeley demonstrators forming Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in I protesters played ally assaulted several - Oc- sounds ofpuppies dying at City of a fundraising program to benefit an or- tobet 22 in the largest demonstrations Hope when their mother a subject of phaned African elephant. Temporarily since April aimed at getting the University research which prevented -her from nurs- known as number "71," the 6oo-pound, 3- of California to change the way in which ing could not help them. At both sites, year-old female elephant is now living at uses animals research. activists- exhibited photos kittens it in of muti- the PAWS shelter in Galt, south of Sac- The simultaneous actions organized lated at UCIA. by Animal Rights Direct Action- Coalition Organizers charged Gardner has failed (ARDAC) in Berkeley and Last Chance for to favorably respond to any of the six Animals in Los Angeles took place at points the coalition has proposed. UC Berkeley and UCLA, -and included de- In a letter to UC President David P Gard- monstrators "invading" the main research ner, Dr. Elliot M. l(ttz, a veterinarian and building at Berkeley, and, at UCI.A, chain- president of In Defense of Animals, said ing themselves to the doors of the major the university's research history is "fraught research facility. with irresponsibility and negligence ... call- While the protests were orderly at ousness and indifference associated with UCIA, state police at Berkeley guarding well-documented instances of animal the entrance to the office of UC- President cruelty and abuse." David Gardner first shoved, then beat UC Berkeley was eventually fined and abused demonstrators.- S12,O0O, and. state funds for construction More than tOO demonstrators at Ber- were withheld for rqreated violations of keley surprised police earlier in the day the federal Animal Welfare Act. ramento. A goal of S2O,OOO has been set when they entered the Life Sciences Build- Katz also revealed the existence of re- to provide for the animal's immediate ing, where much of the research at Ber- cently released photographs of kittens needs. keley takes place. Police tried to stop the mutilated in UCI"A. laboratories ttre re- A check for $1,500 was presented to marchers, but gave up when the numbers sult of a long, undercover operation- by PA1J7'S from Wagner's fan club to pay for overwhelmed them. Demonstrators spent activists which show "ongoing sloppi the elephant's flight from Florida to San about half an hour in the building distribut- ness and -animal abuse." Francisco in August. Wagner's fan club was ing flyers about research animal abuse. The protests come at a time when many assigned "71" as its official mascot, accord- However, the activists were met by a activists already face jail as a result ofear- ing to Kathy Bartells, the fan club presi- dozen or more armed police at Gardner's lier arrests. In fact, five activists will serve dent. office a few minutes lateq and were pre- five days December I for UC Davis civil 7l's mother was shot to death in Zim- vented from even reaching the front doors disobedience, one is scheduled to be sen- babwe two and a half years ago during a t of the state building. tenced to October 27 in [.os Angeles systematic government cull. Arthur 'When iail Jones the crowd pressed forward to and another will be going to jail in Palo of Florida rescued 7l arld scores of other t enter police lunged at activists, hitting Alto in early November. And, more than baby elephants and flew them to his 8OO- some with billy clubs and others with fists. three dozen other activists have trials be. acre ranch outsid€ of Ocala, Florida. Several activists later produced evidence ginning in November. In Florida all the elephants thrived ex- of bruises, cut lips and twisted wrists and Cres Vellucci cept 71, who because she was small and arms. C a I iforni a Indep- endent Neu s frail, could not keep up with the herd. tast Eventually, police arrested 4l de- summer 71 received special care from the monstrators for trespassing, and three University of Florida's School of Yeterinary others for trespassing and interfering with (NOTE: Tbe autboq an independent ac- Medicine, where Dr. George Kollias, for- an officer (resisting arrest). tiuist ubo is West Coast Director for Tirans merly of the University of California, Davis, Unlike the 41, those three were booked Species Unlimited, taas one of tbose as- concluded that 7l could not thrive in the at the campus police station and held until saulted bjt police utben be offered legal herd without a mother to care for her. they posted $15OO bail each, an extraordi- aduice to tbose risking affest at UC Ber- Because no mother was available, 71 was nary amount according to observers. kelqt. He and anotber uere released from moved to the PAWS California facility, The three apparently did nothing more, jail only after In Defense ofAnimals' Pres. where she receives constant care, a special and even less, than other demonstrators ident Elliot Katz posted $1500 bail.) diet and her own play area. All donations to the 71 Club are tax-de. ductible. For more information call the shelter at (2O9) 745-2605.

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Animal Shelter Anti,Fur Bumperstickers Letters Needed Needs Donations "It takes 4O dumb animals to make one On animal research: Students United Pro- coat, but only one to wear it." Join the testing Research on Sentient Subiects Butte County Humane Society The growing battle against the cruelty of furs. (SUPPRISS) urges letters to KCET TV (BCHS) Chico be constructing a in will The two-color bumpersticker can be ob- Channel 28, Attn. Ellen Geiger, National new animal shelter in 19a7. The present tained from Pet-Pourri for only 45e.To Productions, 44Ol Sunset Blvd., Los shelter is overcrowded, outdated and lies order by mail, send 754 (includingpostage Angeles, CA9OO27 to encourage the show- in the path of residential development. The and handling) to Pet-Pourri, 2r3O ingof Hidden Crirzes onpublic television. BCHS, a full-service humane society serv- lafayette Street, Santa Clara, CA 95O50. Be and annu- ing Butte surrounding counties, sure to include your name and address and 2,OOO In ally cares for more than animals. number of bumperstickers you want. January, the BCHS will also begin shelter- Environmental ing stray animals for the City of Chico. Negotiations are also progressing for the Petition Drive Directions same arrangement for Butte County ani- Now in its l0th yeal Enuironmental Nationwide, it is estimated that IOO,OOO mals with the goal of all sheltered animals Directions continues to provide the only dogs are killed or infured annually by fal- in one location. Costs for the new shelter weekly, half-hour, interview-format radio are estimated at $2OO,0O0. Donations can ling or being thrown out of the back of trucks. Though many states have ordi- series covering the entire range of be senr to BCHS, 2160 Humbolt Road, problems facing earth's ecosystem. nances requiring dogs travelling in trucks the Chico, CA 95928. Tune in. Outlets for fall 1986: KPWR to be restrained, California has no such - Power 106 FM, Sunday, 6:3O Los law In a joint effort by the Tirolumne a.m. Angeles; KIDE, Monday, 1O:OO a.m. For County Humane Society and theTuolumne Tirrck Ordinance further information about Enuironmental County Kennel Club, petitions are being The Sacramento SPCA has started a peti Directions, PO Uts sent to humane societies and kennel clubs write Box 35473, tion drive for an ordinance to ban dogs Angeles, CA 9OO35 or call ( 2 13) 5 59 -9t6O. statewide asking State Senator John from the back ofpick-up trucks. The prop- Garamendi of Walnut Grove to sponsor a osed ordinance has already been proposed bill requiring all dogs travelling in the back to the Sacramento City Council, and meet- of pick-up trucks to be restrained. While ings with members of the Sacramento many localities have passed their own ordi Help Wanted Counry Board of Supervisors are now nances to this respect, most find enforce- The West Coast Regional Office of the under way. Counties in California that have ment difficult due to lack of support from Humane Society of the United States passed similar ordinances include Marin, the state. For more information or to ob- (HSUS) is seeking information about how Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Fran- tain petitions, contact the Tuolumne animal-control programs are conducted cisco and Contra Costa. California cities County Humane Society at P.O. Box 446, on Indian reservations. Contact HSUS at with a ban on dogs in the back of open Sonora, CA 95 370 or call ( 2O9) 532-8827. 1713J St., Suite 211, Sacramento,CA95al4. pick-up trucks include Antioch, Cupertino and San Francisco. Anyone in the Sac- ramento area who would like to help col- lect signatures on petitions, may call the SPCA at (916) 383-PETS. ',ffiN youe ilourt l I [|AI/E a frcmT ftd, MY BABYI,, Cruelty,Free Cosmetics Nationallyr Beauty without Cruelty, 175 W f2th St., New York, NY 10O11, wants names of stores in your town or city which sell cruelty-free cosmetics for their com- passionate shoppers guide. In Northern California: Cruelry-free cosmetics and household products can be purchased from: Sacramento Health Food Co-Op, Sac- ramento, Cordova Nutrition Cente! Ran- cho Cordova, Elliott's Health Foods, Sac- ramento/Fair oaks, Davis co-op, Davis (tagged), Sherry Holte, Orangevale (916) 988-8252 for Fani Products (cosmetics), Chico Natural Foods, Chico, Bread and Bet- teq Chico. In Southern California: Velvet (manufacturer), PO. Box 5459, Beverly Hills, CA 9o21o. In the Bay Area: pet Sup- ply Shop, Peninsula Humane Society, San Mateo.

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S.O.S. Needs Help Bonding With Nature Information Lines The California Fish and Game Commission Jim Swan, Ph.D., Box 367,I[ill Valley, CA Agricultural Council of America (8OO) has approved an open hunting season on 94941 is "collecting case histories of 424-4445; Conservation and Renewable squirrels from September 1986 until people who have had special experiences Energy Inquiry and Referral Service (8OO) January l, 1987 in the San Bernardino of bonding with nature. I am interested in 523-2929; Consumer Product Safety Mountains, and a group ofSan Bernardino learning how people feel they have be- Commission (8oo) 638-2772; EPA Small citizens has formed Save Our Squirrels come aware of their connection to nature Business Ombudsman (8OO) 368-5888; (S.O.S.) in an effort to stop it. To protest being so essential to life, and if a specific EPA Supertund/RcRA Hotline (8OO) 424- the so-called hunt, write to Harold Cribbs, place has had any influence in the bonding 9346; EPA Toxic Substances Control Act Executive Secretary, California Fish and process." Hotline (8oo) 424-9055; EPA Pesticides Game Commission, 1416 Ninth St., Box Service Center Hotline (8OO) 858-7378; 944209, Sacramento, CA 94244-2090. EPA National Pesticide Information PAWS Gallery Clearinghouse (8OO) 858-7378; Federal Commission (8O0) The Performing Animal Welfare Society Energy Regulatory Health (PAVS) has opened an office and art gal- 424-52O\ HHS National Product Testing List Clearinghouse (8OO) lery in downtown Sacramento. The office Information 336- (API) has 4797; Natiottal Response Center of the The Animal Protection Institute is in the Capitol Plaza Building, lO25 Ninth Using Department of Thansportation (reports on published a listing of "Who's St., Suite 225.The phone number is (916) (8oo) 424-8802. Animals, and Who's Not" in reference to 441-3041. The gallery features the pen and oil spills) companies. The product manufacturing ink drawings ofJanJellins. More than 350 list contains 2O7 compaoies and can be domestic and exotic animals are rep- obtained by writing API, 5894 South Land resented, including neady every breed of Park Drive, PO Box 22rO5, Sacramento, dog and cat. Wildlife and domestic animal Mountain Lions T:Shirt cA95822. works are available in ll"xl4" and some Protect California Mountain Lions T-shirt wildlife works are available irt 18"x24'! - has a lovely drawing of two cats to accompany words. $10.6O plus $l.OO Between the Species postage and handling from the Mountain Betueen tbe Species (BTS) is a quarterly Lion Coalition, PO Box 1896, Sacramento, humanities iournal and is subtitled A cA948O9 / (916) 442-2666. lountal of Etbics. It is co-edited by John Stockwell, of the Schweitzer Institute of Berkeley, Professor Steve Sapontzis, ofthe Department of Philosophy at California Computer Environmental State University, Halr/ard, and Professor Networks George Abbe, of the Department ofEnglish Pet Aid Booklet at the State University of New York. The Sacramento SPCA has published a 19- Econet General interest environmental Subscriptions are 612 annually, S3 for page Pet Aid Booklet, which is available networking- system, as well as host carrier single issues. Make checks payable to for S1, including postage. The book is for smaller systems. Free one-month trial Behaeen tbe Species and send to BTS, PO written in simple terms and is filled with from Christian Stalberg, The Farallones Box 254, Berkeley, CA947Ol. handy first aid information. For a copy, mail Institute, 1529O Coleman Valley Road, your dollar to SSPCA, 6201 Florin-Perkins Occidental, CA 95465 / (7O7) 874-3060; r Road, Sacramento, CA Energy Network Energy activists t: 95828. - ! communicating on matters of mutual interest. Brian Williams, 123OO Morro i{ The California Cat Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 / (8O5) 546- i: I notes &, notra'riortlrrf 2649; General interest Peninsula Humane (PHS) has Etli,roriet i Society - For an accurate relay ofyour infor- approached Neiman-Marcus in regards to bulletin board. David L. Salahi, 90 : Streamwood, lwine, CA / (714) 7 - l mation, please include area codes 92714 31 I its new "line" of cats specifically, its uitb pbone numbers, street addres- "California Spangled -Cat," which it's 6439 f$ access. ses, suite and floor numbers, etc. If advertising as a "completely new breed of , feline" (as there "Tell tbe in tbe i you prefer more detailed. descrip- American Domestic if man utandering about I tions of your projects, campaigns, aren't enough already). The cat is spotted park tonigbt tbat tbe monql tbat funded and comes a colors, ad mone)) I needs, etc., please urite a brief in variety of their tbe balf-ualt bouse and tbe that claims, and is delivered to you personally. kept the mental healtb clinic doors open paragrapb, 4)peun'itten, double- Yay. If you order an animal through their ds nou) being used to make rats spaced, uitb all of tbe necessary in- 1986 Christmas Book, you can get one for scbizopbrenic. Tell the old lady ubo lost (utbat, utbere, uhen and formation $1400. PHS suggests if you'd like to tell ber eyeglasses subsidy tbat tbe monqt is uby) and mail to: Janice Warnet; Richard Marcus of Neiman-Marcus how being used to blind pigeons. Tben tell ME Netas Editor; The Animals' \bice, P o. you feel about their advertisement, write tuby tbose ubo use lnonEl to barrn, not Box 4305, Cbico, C4 95927. him, c/o President of the Board, Neiman. belp, can still get an audience in tbis Marcus, 16 Main Street, Dallas, TX 752O1. society." - Raymond Abers, Pb.D TheAdmals'rloice tsall19S6 Page 13 r l. jr 1. ;,, '): ll :r tlre califonlia calenclar i. ij li !l :::i Boutique Sale Open flouse November 8: For information contact the November 22.23 t The Performing Animal Sacramento SPCA, 620f Florin-Perkins Welfare Society will have an open house Road, Sacramento, CA 95828. at its shelter in Galt from noon to 4 p.m. both days. The shelter is at 11435 Sim- merhorn Road in Galt (14 miles south of Sacramento off Highway 99). A dozen SARA Seminar #7 former performing animals are housed at the shelter, which is operated by Pat Derby, November 15: Animal Allies is presenting a former Holllurood animal trainer who a Sociery Against Animal Research Abuse now w,orks to prevent abuse of animals in Seminar entitled "Toxicology Testing Using entertainment. The shelter phone number Animals: A Disgrace and Farce." The semi- is (2o9) 745-2606. Action Lines are usually 2 4-hour nar features speakers Ned Bu1'ukmihci, recorded messages concerning VMD, president and co-founder of the As- animal rights/welfare issues and ti sociation of Veterinarians for Animal events, produced weekly. atl Rights, and Toni Hopman, founder and :i Thanksgiving Dinner i: president of Animal Allies. The seminar is being held at NBC Studios, 3OO0 l$fl November 23: People for the EthicalTteat- In the Bay Area: :ji Alameda Avenue, Burbank, Rehearsal Hall ment of Animals will have its third annual Animal Rights Action Line j. #5 at a cost of $3.0O. For further informa- Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner in Sac- (4r5) 474-4202 tion, call Animal Allies at (213) !i 936-5166 ramento. The dinner will be held at the or write PO Box 35063, Los Angeles Eagle's Hall, llf 2 15th St. No-host cocktails 90035. will begin at 5 p.m. with dinner scheduled Animal Switchboard from 5-8 p.m. Live music and entertain- (4r5) 885-2679 ment will be featured, and there will be a (directory) drawing for prizes. For information call Wild Wisdom (916) 487-7382. Animal Abuse Hodine November 19: Poet/environmentalist (4r5) 924-4586 speaks on "Wild Wisdom," part of the Vir- (see their ad in this issue) iditas Lecture Series on spritiual values and 'at rl contemporary issues. First Congregational Thanksgiving Dinner ::1 Church of Berkeley, 2345 CharrringWay, November 27: lt vegetarian Thanksgiving $5. For information call (415) 449-1261. In Southern CA dinner with the East Bay Vegetarian Soci- ery. call John (415) 526-5346 for informa- Vegetarian / Vegan Hodine tion. (2r3) 82o-t559 (potlucks, lectures, etc.)

Craft Boutique SUPRESS Action Line (818) 798-33OO December 1.23: The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) will have its Christ- San Diego PETA mas cra-fts boutique open Monday through (619) Friday from 1O a.m. to 6 p.m. at the PAWS 94o-145O office in Sacramento. The office is in the Cetacean Conference Capitol Plaza Building, 1025 Ninth St., PETA/WARN Srite 226. Featured will be handcrafted November 21,23 : The American Cetacean (619) 94o-145o items, jams, baked goods Society will once again be hosting an out- and other and T:shirts. (9f6) standing conference entitled "The Wodd's wildlife Call the office at 441-3041 for details. Whales; the Whales'World" in Monterey Nationally This should be "THE" whale event of the year. The conference program will include Animal Rights Hodine top experts in the field of cetacean re- (2t2) 552-61Ot search and conservation discussing X,rnfls Boutique (federal legislation) human/cetacean interactions, cetaceans December 5 & 6: A Cfuistmas Boutique in the wild, and a host of topics involving is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Dec. Ifyou know about an organization sponsoring an animal rights/welfare whale biology and ecology. A pelagic trip 5 & 6 by the Peninsula Humane Society action line, please send the name ofthe is also planned for Monterey Bay. For (PHS). Contributions are welcome! Con- organization and the action line phone further information contact the American tact PHS 12 by writing Airpoft Blvd., San number toTheAninrals'\)oice, P.O. Box Cetacean Society, National Headquarters, Mateo, CA 94401 or by calling (41 ) 573- 43O5, Chico, CA95927. PO Box 2639,}an Pablo, CA 9O731. 3720.

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Fur Demonstration Hidden Crimes December 13: The annual fur demonstra- Ongoing: A film produced by Students Bay Area tion at Union Square, San Francisco, noon. United Protesting Research on Sentient In Defense of Animals The Fund for Animals Christmas Party fol- Subjects (SUPPRESS), entitled Hidden S lows at their office in Fort Mason Center, Crimes, is shown every Wednesday at 7 Meets monthly at San Francisco (415) 474-4o2o. p.m., 4O7O lffest Third Street, [.os Angeles several locations (near Normandie). For further information around San Francisco about Hidden Crirnes, write SUPPRESS, U (4r5) 924-4454 750 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 6, Pasadena, (in Corte Madera) cA 91101 or call (818) 584-0446. Nso,see ad for the film in this issue. Support Group for P Animal Activists in Whale Watching the Eastbay Still time: Whale watching expeditions Marilyn(415) 52r-4885 can be planned by writing The Ocean So- ciety, Fort Mason Center, Building E, San P Francisco, CA 94123 or by calling (415) Feminists for AR 441 -lLO6. Subscribe to Wbaleuatcber, t}re Meets twice monthly Journal of the American Cetecean Society, Malti (415) 547-7251 Christmas Party for whale watching trips, etc., PO. Box Ellen (415) 533-4t89 December 13 : The Performing AnimalVel- 2539, San Pedro, CA 90731, or cafl (213) o fare Society have its annual Christmas 54a-6279. The t$(rhale Center in Oakland will Animal Rights party for the animals at its shelter in Galt, will take you out for daily excursions to see blues, humpbacks, and grays. Write The Connection 11435 Simmerhom Road, from noon to 4 p.m. The animals will be treated to Christ- Whale Center 2t3929 PiedmontAve., Oak- R Meets the Znd/4th mas presents of food, and a decorated land, CA 94611 or call (4r5) 554-6621. Tuesday each month Christmas tree. For more information call (415) the shelter at (2O9) 745-2606. 530-6043 Fur Leafletting T Animal Action SG Every Saturday: Keep up the year long Tom Regan in SF Furs, 272 Post lrd Thursday fur leafletting at Robert's near Union Square, I p.m. Calllro *(415) month January 16.18, 1987: Tom Regan will be each 585-9658. (4r5) appearing in the Bay Area eady inJanuary 342-3523 1987 in connection with the official West Coast premiere of his new film, We Are All Animal Advocates Noab, as a ioint benefit for Betueen tbe G Workshop Species and the Culture and Animals REPORT through the Peninsula Foundation. The benefit will be part of a conference, The Humane Community, Humane Society ANIMAL ABUSE sponsored by the Schweitzer Center. Recent break-ins and undercovef ac- 2nd Wednesday Watch Tlre Aninrals'rCoice for further infor- R tivities at university and research centers each month mation and write for a preliminary confer- have brought to light graphic evidence (4t5) 34o-8r29 ence brochure to: Schweitzer Centeq San of gross negligence and irresponsibility Francisco Bay Institute, P.O. Box 254,Ber- in the use ofanimals in research and class- (4r5) demonstrations. We believe we The Fund for'Animals keley, CA 947o1 526-5346. room o shouldn't baue to rely on break-ins to Last Saturday leam about illegal or unethical treatment of each month of animals. That's why we're inviting PETS Workshop those who work with the animals in (4t5) 474-4o2o February 1987: The West Coast Regional schools, laboratories and research cen- U Office of the Humane Society of the United ters to report any procedures or condi- States (HSUS) will host a three-day HSUS tions involving animals that you feel may Professional Education and Tiaining Ser- be wrong, inappropriate, redundant, North. CA wasteful or cruel. vice (PETS) seminar in Sacramento. The P Pet Loss SG PETS program is tailored specifically to the Animal Abuse Hotline 1st and 3rd Tiresday needs of executive directors andlor man- non-profit or governmen- (4Ls) 924-4s86 each month agers ofprivate tal animal care and control facilities. For (9t6) 456-0240 In Defense of Animals more information, please contact the HSUS 2l Tamlal Vista Blvd. S at l7l3 J Street, Suite 211, Sacramento, CA Corte Madera, CA 94925 95814 or call (916) 447-3295.

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The bills that passed .oo PA\M,lpeC Tbe C a liforni a Po li ti ca I Actioa Cotxmittee for Aninxals Endangered Species Bighorn Sheep Post Office Box 2354 San Francisco, AB Support AB CA94126 524 3117 Oppose (415) 885-2679 by Assembly Member Jim Costa by Assembly Member Richard Mounqioy Extends to July l, 19a6 the requirement Allows trophy hunting of the now fully What is PAWPAC?V'e re a unique organi- that state agencies consult with the Depart- protected Nelson bighorn sheep in the Old zation fegistered with the Secretary of State to help elect state candidates who ment of Fish and Game to determine if Dad and Marble Mountains in San Bemar- defend animals whether pets, wildlife projects would endangered or dino County until 1, 1993. also ieopardize January It or farm animals - against cruelry deple- threatened species or their habitat. requires the Fish and Game Department tion and exploitation.- to develop "management" plans for all bighorn sheep by management units. Why is PAW PAC unique? We are an Dog Licenses all-volunteer organization. We have NO paid staff and NO AB 1882 Support of8ce rent, so ALL re- Wildlife ceipts go to humane candidates and to by Assembly Member Peter Chacon raise money for their campaigns. Permits the issuance of three-year dog AB 3147 Neutral licenses to coincide with the three-year by Assembly Member Norman Waters Is PAV PAC affillated with a political party or other No. rabies vaccination, but allows dog owners Among other provisions, originally re- organlzation? How- evel many of us work with other organi- to choose one, two or three -year licenses. pealed the laws which forbid the pursuit zations which, because of their tax- of birds and mammals by motorized vehi- exempt status, cannot contribute money cles, set the season for killing furbearing to political campaigns. **N. mammals, and speci$ methods by which It doesn't matter whether a candidate q-l furbearing mammals may be killed. These is a Democrat or Republican as long are covered by Fish and Game Commission as he or she helps animals! - regulations, but we still didn't want them Who runs PAWPAC? Board :w deleted from the law AB 3147 was success- Our is com, posed fully amended to retain these prohibitions of animal activisrs, lobbyists, educators, lawyers, and other profession- in the law as well as in the regulations. als and citizens who recognize that to make California a better place for ani mals, we must be political. Collectively, Fish and Offshore Oil our Board members have a century of practical AB 4044 Support experience in politics and lob- Wildlife Fines bying for animals in Sacramento! by Assembly Member Sam Farr AB 2631 Support by Assembly Member Jim Costa Places strict liability on oil companies in How does PAW PAC work? Thousands most cases for damages resulting from of Californians have ioined together to Requires that fines for certain violations their oflshore oil operations. Countless donate over $5O,OOO to date for humane of fish and wildlife laws be placed in the candidates through PAW PAC. I(ze care- birds and marine life have suffered from Fish & Wildlife Pollution Cleanup & Abate- fully analyze over IOO state campaigns oil spills in the past. ment Account. Funds in excess of and concentfate our resources on the $5O0,0O0 in the Account shall be released close races where pro-animal candidates annually for preservation of plants, wildlife are opposed by those hostile to animals. We also prepare annual voting and fisheries. Wildlife & Natural the chart. which shows how each State Sen- Areas Bonds ator and Assembly Memtrer voted on bills SB 805 Support affecting animals. We provide thousands Animal Research by Senator Robert Presley of voting charts to the public and news AB 2404 No Position media free of charge. If you would like Originally provided for an $85,000,000 a voting chart showing how all 120 legis- by Assembly Member William Filante bond issue for the conservation of highly lators voted on key animal bills in 19t15 Originally made it a felony to steal labora- fare natural areas and certain critical and 1p86, please a^sk us for one and we'll tory animals or to burglarize or damage habitat. The Governor said that he would be happy to mail one to you. research facilities. LB 2104 was passed by approve no more than $2 billion in bonds Our election successes the Assembly after it was successfully for the November ballot, and this bill was not only help elect good candidates they also re- amended to make such actions a not placed on the Legislature's prioriry list. either mind all incumbents that- Californians misdemeanor or a felony, which is already It was then changed to appropriate care about animals and are watching the the present law It was completely changed $I,5OO,0O0 from the Environmental voting records of their representatives ... in the Senate to create a $4,O00,00 AIDS License Plate fund for acquisition and de- and are prepared to replace them if they Vaccine Research & Development Grant velopment of ecological reserves. This was do not Yote appropriately. Program. loweted to S1,0OO,0O0 by the Governor.

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Anti,Cruelty Endangered Species Animal Research SB 2330 Support T[x Check,Off SB 1405 Support by Senator Dan McCorquodale by Senator David Roberti AB 2754 Support Originally raised the penalty for mali- by Assembly Member Frank Vicencia Permitted qualified State Humane Officers ciously torturing, maimingorkilling a stray to accompany State Department of Health Makes donations through voluntary check- dog or cat so that it could be either a Services inspectors on inspections of (a) offs on the state income tax return, includ- felony or a misdemeanot but this change animal research facilities if six months had ing donations to the endangered species was defeated. SB 2330 now requires that elapsed since the last U.S. Department of program, deductible for state income tax abused animals belonging to persons con- Agriculture inspection, and (b) animal purposes. cruelty not be returned to their dealers if three months had elapsed since :fl..lJt the last USDA inspection. Passed by the legislature but veoted by the Governor.

Greenbelt Area Bonds SB 1717 Support oo. and those that failed by Senator Ken Maddy Provided for a S5O0,0O0,OOO bond issue for an agricultural, natural and park lands Animal Research Endangered Species conservation program. Since the Governor AB 3626 Support Thx Check,Off said he would sign no more than $2 billion by Assembly Member Bill Bradley in bond bills and this did not make the AB Oppose 540 Legislature's prioriry list, it died in Assem- Would have made it a crime to fail to pro- by Assembly Member Elihu Haris \$(rays Means vide for the humane care, treatment or use bly and without a vote being laws of research animals, or to subiect them to This rewrite of state income tax taken- would have repealed voluntary check'offs "pain which causes suffering," thus ban- donations, including those the en- ning certain types of experiments. AB for to dangered species program. Failed in Senate 3625 wx patterned after a policy at the Lost Animals Revenue and Tirxation Committee. University of Southern California. Failed in SB 2010 Support Assembly Wate! Parks and Wildlife Com- by Senatom Alan Robbins and mittee. David Roberti Required public shelters to provide own- ers of lost animals and those who flnd lost Mountain Lions animals with certain helpful information, AB 3889 Oppose and to maintain "lost and found" lists. Re- by Assembly Member Norman Waters quired a study ofthe feasibility ofestablish- ing a statewide communications system Required the Fish and Game Commission linking all public shelters for licensing and to manage mountain lions when depreda- lost and found services. Passed by the tion "cannot be controlled under the usual Legislature but vetoed by the Governor. depredation permit process." Failed in Se- nate Natural Resources and Wildlife Com- Mountain Lions mittee. Legislation prepared by PAWPAC and Tbe AB 947 Oppose Fund for Animals. by Assembly Member Norman Waters Condors Focused on requiring "management" of AB 2833 No Position mountain lions, but would also have loosened provisions by Assembly Member Lucy Killea for killing depredat- ing lions, bears and wild pigs. In effect, l, efore a u,olf u,as brougbt into Appropriated S1,5OO,O0O from the En- dropped by the author in Senate Natural vironmental License Plate Fund for Califor- Resources and Wildlife Committee. L)':;;:'f;:;;#':f:::'{r:#'; nia condor proiects. Authorized the Fish drau pictures of toolues. Tbe uolues in & Game Department to develop a Califor- tbe pictures all bad enormous fangs. Tbe nia condor preservation project including Spay/Neuter Thx Credit uolf uas brougbt in, and tbe person uitb habitat protection, field research, arrd a bim began speaking about uolues. Tbe AB Support controversial captive breeding and release 1628 children were anaed by tbe animaL Wben by Assembly Member Norman program. One million dollars would have Waters tbe uolf left, tbe teacber asked tbe cbil- gone to the San Diego and Los Angeles Allowed a limited state income tax credit dren to do another drauing. Tbe neut zoos for the captive breeding and release for spaying/neutering a dog or cat for drauings bad no large fangs. Tbey all bad program. Passed by the Legislature but vet- those with incomes under $25,OOO. Failed enonnous feet. Of Wolues and Men oed by the Governor. in Assembly Ways and Means Committee. - by Barry Lopez a stor^f

271r. gloom tilted q,hen the)' I ffJ*i*'#.'*;.1Tff::$l:',X out into the early afternoon sun. Birds in high-topped trees greeted them with song, their shrill voices ringing throughout the crispness of a vast blue sky. Thylor stretched his arms over his head and closed his eyes to absorb the sun's warmth. Then he laughed off the irony "This is paradise," he said pla1,f,rlly, nudg- ingJoseph as he stepped past him and fol- lowed their trail to the Lander. Climbing aboard the vehicle, they were carried many miles, at high speed, across the continent in search ofnew discoveries. They passed beautifully-sculptured iock formations, commented on the shadows cast by billowing clouds, and paused along the journey when they were temporarily captivated by wild flowers growing in seemingly endless fields. The abundance ofbird species in every corner ofthe globe astounded them. They met \ /ith enormous flocks of small and large birds; followed, on foot, across mountainous terrain, the trails of wild goats and bighorn sheep. Standing on a hilltop overlooking a lush green valley, they watched in awe a herd of horses racing with the wind. But it was only the sea that drew them in. The froth of ocean spray, the rhlthm of gentle breaking waves, the cries of sea- birds along the rocky shore, captivated them in an endless silence ofwonderment and ioy Thylor sat upon a weather-worn rock and watched Joseph wander across the I sand before him, staring toward the hori- a zon where the sun was a few hours from touching the sea. The technology that pro- 3 tected them from the odors, the clearness q of sound, the ability to touch their environ- z ment, had finally begun to annoy him. Cra- z r dled in isolation, Thylor felt the resentment E and bitterness, the unyielding urge to re- move his clothing and gear, and seek refuge in the beauty and protection of the Earth. z 'Joseph?" he called, getting to his feet. Joseph turned around. nostrils, depriving him momentarily of his then to dance, to skip across the beach "I've got to know how she feels," he said, first breath of natural air. with Joseph trailing him. approachingJoseph on the beach. "I can't Joseph cautioned him to breathe slowly, "Fantastic!" he cried, an ocean wave go back to the ship without knowing how taking Thylor's forearm in a strong hand to greeting him as he dropped to hands and this feels," Joseph stood quietly while steady him. He suddenly laughed, amused knees in the sand, and filtered it through Thylor removed his belts, unfastened, un- with Thylor's expression, no longer his fingers. "This is iust incredible!"Joseph zipped the suit he was wearing, and step- alarmed. was standing nearby, amused and awed as ped out of it, in bare feet, to stand on the "It's cold?" Joseph asked, trying to get he watched Thylor transform from profes- sand. Thylor's attention, but it was to no avail. sionalism into delightful insanity. Thylor His senses were flooded with a magni-fi- Thylor was staring toward the horizon, his sprayed him with water, then with wet cation of sound, the abruptness of smell, eyes widened as a myriad of sensations hands, he touched his tongue and tasted the sharp, awakening sensation of touch; swam through his blood and swept over the bitterness of salt and seaweed. Like a his bared skin tickled from cool breezes, his nakedness, entering everypore. Moved little boy, he sat firmly on the oozing and the rich odor of salt penetrated his beyond words, he, too, began to laugh, ground and allowed one wave after

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another to roll over him, taking the sand hand, I'm not totally certain it would ever 'Yes," Thylor laughed. "Do you think I'd out from beneath him when the ocean happen again. We are far removed from the sacrifice you?" called it back again. mindset of apeople who killedforpersonal Joseph popped the flower into his Now Joseph was laughing. "I'm not as gain. But I also can't predict tomorrow," mouth, and chewed, his facial expression brave as you, Thylor. It has turned you into he sighed. "I don't know enough about reflecting the distaste he felt. a madman and one of us must remain sane today to feel confident in believing ck- Thylor laughed again. "They'll grov/ on enough to get us home." cumstances would never be such to re- you." "Ah," Thylor noted, this time seizing the create the tragedy." He propped onto an "Hmm, like a fungus?" belt fastener and releasing it fromJoseph's elbow to seeJoseph. "But I can't say good- 'At least they taste! Isn't it fantastic? Even waist. "And therein you err. This is home, bye, either." if you don't like them, you have a choice mind you. we've been insane until now" "Maybe the real tragedy is making the not to like them!" "That's a matter of professional opinion," wrong decision. Maybe not saying a word They were sitting in the shade of large Joseph told him, rising to his feet, to elude to Mother Ship, like the others before us trees. Thylor had his back pressed to the his seducer. Their relay ofwords and ges- evidently decided, would be a tragedy. trunk, facing Joseph. He'd eaten several tures were energetic and sportive. Ihylor's Maybe we'd be depriving our people of a flowers already, and was feeling rather con- effort to coaxJoseph into joininghis naked- paradise that could remain because of tented. "It doesn't take much to fiIl you," ness, his expefience of a wondrous envi- our people a paradise." - he said quietly, "and there are tens of ronment, led them into a jovial gambol 'You want- them to know:" thousands of them in one acre." along the shore of a living beach of ancient "Not necessarily. That's something we 'Yes, but can you live on them, that is rock and weathered driftwood. must decide together, and yet, I don't feel the question." Convulsing with laughter, Taylor finally comfortable having been given the power "Hell, no," Thylor grinned. "There are so overtook his entertained comrade, drag- to make that decision for my family, and many more things to eat and live on. But ging him into the wet sand, where he re- your family, and our family in kin." tf you like them, they're plentiful." moved the man's helmet without much Thylor stared away, across a green field They're plentiful. resistance, and delighted in his compan- of grasses. Beautiful, beautiful home. The They're plentiful. ion's reaction. burden was almost too much to bear, even Tbqt're plentiful. "Oh, dear God," Joseph gasped, the sky between them. "If we tell them, and if Like bison. turning round overhead, the amplitude of there's only a one percent chance that we And passenger pigeons. sound and smell enveloping him. "Oh, open the floodgates to a nation ofpeople And whales once were. God, Taylor," he nearly cried, laughing in even remotely different from the way we Thylor cupped his mouth with a trembl- spite of his joyous tears, "I've gone mad, are noq can you live with yoursel?" ing hand, but it was too late to halt his too!" And he struggled out fiom beneath "No." He was that certain. words. He could see that Joseph was star- Thylor to undress in the coolness of late "Nor I with me. The question is not ing at him, blankly, but he couldn't focus afternoon, to allow the Earth to awaken whether we tell them, but whether we're on his face because his eyes were rimmed his being to the true sense ofself, to knoq willing to take the risk of being wrong by with tears. Choking with the remorse he finally, that Earth was not iust Thylor's telling them." felt, he managed to utter an "I'm sorry" home, not just home for beast and bird, "But if we don't tell them," Joseph but it wasn't directed at Joseph. but his home, too. hlpothesized, "can you go to Mother Ship He was sorry. He belonged here. willingly? Canyou livewith yourself then?" Sorry for the painful realization that he Tbejt belonged here. "If I leave Earth, ifl say goodbye," Thylor was no more removed from a people two answered sadly, meeting Joseph's con- thousand years gone than he was from the cerned expression with his own, 'it v/ill nation he had emerged from. kill me." Sorry because suddenly he knew the an- l'g*+:irk::Tnr;r:Ii+ Joseph smiled at him. "Maybe we've swer to their nagging question: There had been, perhaps, the most relaxing mo- been wrong about us. Maybe we've as- would be no paradise for his people. ments they had encountered since their sumed all along that ourpeople could keep arrival on Earth. The sun was warming, but this place a paradise. If we make a decision Ltanh was.as crys*i clear rrom the shade was pleasing. They would have based on selfishness when the stakes I - sDace as it was from its surface. to go back to the ship soon, so these last are Earth herself then- what is the true I JS"n browns and blues and swirls few hours were spent in relative silence, nature of our kind- if not greed?" of white cloud masses. A perfect circle re- sharing a bondage no other human being Thylor forced a smile. "Sometimes you volving on an invisible axis, accompanied could imegine. are wiser than I." by the cratered moon reflecting brilliant But there was a decision to be made. Joseph grunted. "Having a question sunlight. "What are we going to do, Joseph?" doesn't make you wise," he reminded him. Thylor pressed his forehead to the win- Thylor asked, a sudden blanket ofgriefover- "It's having the answer." dow plate. And wept. coming him. For many, Earth was iust a passing planet, "rtr7hat do you want to do?" f ,rror handed Joseph a yenow the skeletal reminder of a selfish, short- Joseph's voice had drifted over to him. I flowel releasing it to him. "Taste sighted nation. For Thylor and Joseph, It was concerned, almost as if he had al- , rr. -rney grow among me grasses. Earth was more than what met the eye. ready contemplated Thylor's direction. I watched the bison this morning and they Earth was alive. "I don't think I know I'm afraid to tell were eating them. They seemed to like Without them. them there's life on Earth. I wouldn't want them." to be responsible for another tragedy like "Have you eaten one?"Joseph asked, not Writers of poery and fiction Are en- ttre one that came before us. On the other certain it wouldn't kill him. couraged to submit tnaterial.

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