Alleged cover-ups call into question the Post-tsunami ability of USDA, Fish & Wildlife Service to enforce pro-animal laws (pages 12-13) anti-rabies drive Promoting peace for pigs shifts gears to STANWOOD, Washington– – Harold Gonyou of the Prairie The very name of the Pigs Peace sanctuary Swine Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, seems to express an impossible dream. Canada, in late January 2005 told the sterilization Founder Judy Woods, 50, admits Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg about that. She works small, on 34 acres, but progress toward improving factory-farmed COLOMBO, Sri Lanka––Fear that dreams big, understanding that her first pigs’ quality of life. a rabies panic might fuel a dog massacre sub- mission is not rescue but education. Saving “We’ve been looking at how sows sided in coastal Sri Lanka as January 2005 the lives of the 100-odd resident animals fit in different sizes of stalls,” Gonyou said, rolled into February, allowing the emergency enables her to teach appreciation of their according to Farmscape Online, published vaccination drive initiated on December 31, species. Most common domestic species are by Saskatchewan Pork and the Manitoba 2004 by volunteer disaster relief coordinator represented, but the emphasis is on pigs–– Pork Council. Robert Blumberg to roll over into a mobile ster- though Woods is also quick to introduce and “Right now we’re looking at the ilization campaign. discuss the virtues of chickens, turkeys, incidence that the sow is lying on her side, “Sterilization is becoming a crucial dogs, horses, goats, and feral cats, among and whether or not her udder then protrudes issue, with many animals coming into heat Sri Lankan tsunami survivor with her pup. many others who often as not wander up and into the next stall,” Gonyou explained. soon and, especially on the east coast, crowd- (Robert Blumberg) compete for her attention. “That exposes it to trampling by the sow ed into refugee camps,” Blumberg said. “ANIMAL PEOPLE was our first Pigs are by nature a peaceable lot, next door, so we think that is perhaps an “The vaccination campaign put sponsor, only days after the waves struck, content to eat garbage and sleep in mud on indicator that we can use in terms of a stall 12,000 red ‘I’ve been vaccinated’ collars out making it possible to quickly field initial warm days. But few pigs enjoy much peace. being wide enough. We’re finding that the into the field to calm any hysteria over rabies assessment, vaccination, and treatment teams,” Globally, 864 million pigs per larger sows are protruding into the next stall, that could have led to mass killings, and Blumberg acknowledged. Blumberg also year are killed for human consumption, 133 very often 80-90% of the time, so we have allowed us to observe first-hand the conditions thanked the Best Friends Animal Society, million of them in the U.S. Most are raised to look at expanding the size of the stall.” for the animals after the December 26 tsuna- Noah’s Wish, Marchig Animal Welfare Trust, in stress-inducing close confinement. Animal advocates have been mi,” Blumberg explained. “We are now going and the Association of Veterinarians for pointing this out since the late Ruth back to a number of those initial areas and Animal Rights for substantial contributions. Harrison published Animal Machines i n doing the saturation vaccinating necessary to While the vaccinations were done 1964, at least. ensure having done the 70-75% required for primarily by the private veterinary firm Pets V (continued on page 6) effective rabies prevention. (continued on page 21)
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March 2005 Volume XIV, #2
At Pigs Peace. (Kim Bartlett) Why hunting can’t save African wildlife NAIROBI––Used to fighting heavi- monise wildlife policies and laws, and + ly armed Somali poachers who strike Tsavo strengthen cross-border enforcement.” + National Park from the northeast, Kenya That could be taken as either an Wildlife Service wardens found themselves endorsement of reintroducing hunting to under fire from a different direction near Lake Kenya, which could complicate identifying Jipe on January 21 when they ordered a bat- poachers from a distance, since their weapons tered blue Toyota pickup truck to stop. and possession of carcasses would no longer Hauling two eland carcasses, the be giveaways, or of persuading Tanzania to truck appeared to be engaged in routine bush close a booming hunting industry which is meat trafficking. Bush meat traffickers rarely actively promoted by USAid. risk their lives in shootouts. They tend to try While contemplating the meaning of bribery first, then pay a small fine and perhaps the Tanzanian incursion, the Kenya Wildlife spend a few days in jail. Service also faced the necessity of bringing to But this time the wardens’ vehicle justice one of their own, alleged renegade was quickly disabled by a .404 slug from an ranger Hassan Diba Konsicha. elephant gun. The wardens shot back. “He was denied bail and remanded “Two middle-aged poachers died on in custody after denying that he had been the spot. Three made a hasty escape through involved in any illicit activity when he was the scrubland, leaving their bloody cargo and detained at the Lewa Ranch on January 18,” a shotgun behind,” Kenya Wildlife Service Agence France Presse reported. “Konsicha, deputy director for wildlife security Peter who was with an apparent group of poachers, Leitoro told Edward Indakwa and Evelyne was arrested on the ranch after a firefight with Ogutu of the East African Standard. KWS rangers and police, during which anoth- The dead poachers were identified as er unidentified KWS ranger, also suspected of Rescued sloth bear at Wildlife SOS sanctuary near Agra, India. Bear rescue season is Tanzanians. Tanzania, like Kenya, has abun- illegal hunting, was killed.” busier than ever for Wildlife SOS and the Animals Asia Foundation, saving the sloth bears dant wildlife––or recently did. Hunting there Lewa Ranch, a private wildlife of India from traffickers and moon bears of China from bile farms. (See page 18.) is legal. In all of Africa, only South Africa breeding facility that works with the Kenya has a bigger hunting industry than Tanzania, Wildlife Service, had lost at least 10 white now that land invasions have occupied many rhinos to poachers since mid-2003. After Fox hunters vow to “keep buggering on” of the biggest Zimbabwean hunting ranches. Konsicha was arrested, six white rhinos from L O N D O N ––A reported 300,000 foxes were killed,” Lyons continued, “most Why, Indakwa and Ogutu asked, Lewa Ranch were trucked to nearby Meru people rode to hounds on February 20, a shot within the law. But there were four ‘acci- would Tanzanians shoot wildlife in Kenya? National Park, whose rhinos were extirpated record number for one day of fox hunting in dents,’ and one stag was killed in the West “Tanzania has stiffer penalties,” by poaching in 1989. Mukora, the sole sur- Britain, on the first hunting date after tradi- Country,” Lyons added. returned Leitoro. “They interpret poaching as vivor of a raid that killed five of the last six tional fox hunting was ostensibly banned. Other sources reported that 270 an economic crime, and put poachers away for Meru white rhinos, was evacuated in 1990 but But the most publicized estimates of hunts were active. 15 to 20 years. Here, poachers face maybe six returned to Meru in 2001, followed by nine hunter numbers may have been much too high. “After a largely law-abiding start to months, with the option of a fine.” other white rhinos who were moved from Lake Twenty-four hours after Daniel Foggo, Karyn the ban, some hunts are expected to defy the Added Kenya Wildlife Service Nakuru National Park in 2003. Miller and Tony Freinberg of the pro-hunting ban away from the media scrutiny,” reported director Julius Kipng’etich, “We must har- (continued on page 16) Daily Telegraph put the number of hunts in Charles Clover and Catriona Davies of T h e the field at 184, the most widely cited esti- Daily Telegraph, “particularly in areas where mate was 270. The discrepancy might have police have expressed unwillingness to waste resulted from small hunting clubs holding time following them. Other hunts are plan- combined hunts, so as to boost the turnout. ning to exploit loopholes in the law, such as The Scotsman political correspon- the use of falconry, for which the number of dent Jamie Lyons observed “little discernible hounds who may flush out prey species is not difference” between traditional hounding and limited by the Hunting Act. “flushing foxes out of a wood [with not more “Some hunt supporters are planning than two dogs] and shooting them, before to defy the police to arrest them for illegal their scent is left as a trail for the hounds,” as events, such as mouse hunts,” Clover and those who ride to hounds now must do in Davies added, “which they think will make order to hunt legally. the law look absurd.” “The Countryside Alliance said 91 (continued on page 8) (Has color separation page.)
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February 2005 Since the rain ended, for now, the hard-working Dear Partner, County street crews put up an emergency County road . . . and our staff and I built a connector to that new road . . . by hand. During our record-breaking rain . . . where it poured for two weeks straight . . . the river came alive at our But now we have to hire a contractor to make our pri- Supershelter. vate road wider and permanent, strong enough for the 60-foot long trailer trucks to make dog and cat food deliveries to us. But what made it a devastating flood for us was that it followed the big fire we had a few months ago! We also have to build a rock retaining wall . . . like a jetty at the ocean . . . to prevent the collapse of the 12-foot Those mountains all around our Supershelter are burned cliff left behind by the storm, and to stop the new river from away. And where the fire raged out of control for days, the doing even more damage in the future. huge mountain range all around us burned too. Besides sending your much-needed support for our res- So without vegetation to hold in the water, runoff from cued animals this month, please include an extra emerg e n c y the mountains made new streams. gift to help us rebuild our roads . . . and open them to the food delivery trucks.
For the animals,
+ Leo Grillo, founder + D.E.L.T.A. Rescue P.O. Box 9, Dept. AP Glendale, CA 91209
B r o k e n r o a d , t h a t w a s 1 2 f e e t h i g h e r b e f o r e t h e We’re sitting on the headwater to the Santa Clara river. This magnificent river dumps into the ocean at Oxnard, 100 miles later. It is the last wild river in Southern California.
When the river came alive during the storms, it changed course in the mountains because of all the new burned out pathways.
It actually split . . . to come out of the mountains on BOTH sides of our Supershelter.
We were ready for the big river to cut us off. Staff bunks in for overnight stays, and we have emergency food for them. But during the peak of the storms, the new river that formed was so powerful that it destroyed the County street . . . dropping it 12 feet from where it stood.
And it also tore away our roads leading to that county street, and an acre of our land is now riverbed too! Our animals are safe . . . w e sit on a mountain-top. But getting to and from our shelter is the problem. (Has color separation page.) ANIM AL PEOP LE, March 2005 - 3 Editorial The missing link in murder Voting Republican by a two-to-one margin in each election of this decade, October on three counts of murder. The sentence was affirmed on February 15. Alexander, Frankfort, Indiana, will never be mistaken for a bastion of bleeding-heart liberalism. The then owner of the Santos Linguini Factory in San Leandro, in June 2000 turned on a surveil- phrase “animal rights” has appeared in the hometown newspaper, the Frankfort Times, on lance camera, then killed USDA meat inspectors Jean Hillary, 56, and Tom Quadros, 52, only three occasions since 1997, according to an electronic search––and has never been used along with California state meat inspector Bill Shaline, 57. Alexander also shot at California in a positive context. meat inspector Earl Willis, 54, who escaped. Yet no one in Frankfort seemed even mildly surprised on December 21, 2004, when • Lisa Montgomery, 36, of Melvern, Kansas, on December 17, 2004 was charged Clinton Superior Court Judge Kathy Smith jailed convicted dog shooter William Pierce, 55, with strangling Bobbie Jo Stinnett, 23, of Skidmore, Kansas, who was within days of giving for nine months. Pierce on Halloween 2004 shot his own Basset hound puppy. The police birth. Montgomery confessed, police said, to killing Stinnett the preceding day in order to cut said Pierce did it because the puppy defecated on the floor. Pierce said he did it because the from her womb and kidnap her unborn daughter––who survived. Both women were rat terrier pup was barking. Either way, Pierce then wrapped the wounded puppy in plastic and tossed breeders. Montgomery’s crime was doing to Stinnett what puppy millers routinely do to bitch- him into a trash can. es who may die in labor, to save and sell their whelps. “Studies show that a person who tortures an animal is likely to hurt a human being. • Game rancher Mark Scott-Crossley, 37, on January 24, 2005 went to trial in We want to make sure we get a handle on this,” said Judge Smith. Phalaborwa, South Africa, for allegedly ordering two employees to beat, tie, kick, and Following his jail time, Pierce is to serve 21 months on probation, during which he threaten former employee Nelson Chisale, 41. Afterward they allegedly tossed Chisale alive must refrain from all contact with alcohol, pets, firearms, and three persons including his to the lions at the nearby Mokwalo White Lion Project. The lions finished him off. Hardly estranged wife. anyone admits to hunting big cats with live bait, but cases often surface, including the recent The most remarkable aspect of the case, from the ANIMAL PEOPLE perspective, plea bargain convictions of Jack Shealy, 44, and Richard Scholle, 57, of Ochopee, Florida, is that neither Frankfort Times reporter Janis Thornton nor any authors of letters-to-the-editor for staking out a live goat on June 16, 2004 to lure a Florida panther. A third defendant, Jan seemed to find either the sentencing or Judge Smith’s comments at all unusual. Jacobson, 61, videotaped the attack, and faces trial in March 2005. The panther escaped the Pierce was convicted of a felony. In 1992, when ANIMAL PEOPLE debuted, just ambush. The goat, though badly injured, survived. a handful of states permitted felony convictions in cruelty cases, and no person convicted of • On February 1, 2005, the Connecticut Supreme Court indefinitely stayed the cruelty to an animal had served more than a few days of jail time within decades, if ever. The scheduled execution by lethal injection of Michael Bruce Ross, 45, for killing eight young concept that cruelty to animals frequently precedes violence to people, though long known to women in 1981-1984. Ross apparently threw his first victim off a cliff, then strangled seven criminologists, was just beginning to gain currency with law enforcement and the judiciary. more, including two 14-year-old friends he raped and killed in front of each other. Ross also We now hear of similar sentences and judicial lectures to convicted animal abusers attacked at least three other women. Incredibly, he was fined only $500 for unlawful restraint several times per week. We picked the Pierce case to cite almost by random draw. and release after being caught with a 15-year-old he had tied up and gagged. Raised on his The outcome of the Pierce case demonstrates remarkable progress in achieving soci- parents’ egg farm in Brooklyn, Connecticut, Ross choked spent hens as a routine chore. He etal recognition of the association between criminal abuse of animals and criminally harming later worked for an egg farm in Licking, Ohio. humans. Much less progress has been made toward achieving broad recognition that the com- • Claude Dallas, 54, on February 6, 2005 was released from the Idaho Correctional mission of illegal acts does not define the link. Institution in Orofino. Dallas, a trapper, in 1981 shot Idaho Department of Fish & Game offi- The inhibition most relevant to the commission of a violent crime, against either ani- cers Bill Pogue and Conley Elms, after they found two poached bobcat pelts in his tent. mals or people, is not the inhibition against breaking a law, but rather the inhibition against Wounding Pogue and Elms with a handgun, Dallas then used a.22 rifle to dispatch them like harming a sentient fellow being, especially one who struggles and protests. trapped animals, with point-blank head shots. If inhibition against lawbreaking really had any strong role in preventing violent crime, the most dangerous members of society might include litterbugs, shoplifters, and sig- Blaming the victims feeds denial nificant numbers of people who drive cars. To be sure, people who drive too fast, drive drunk, and run stop signs kill nearly Of the seven alleged and convicted murderers, only the hunter Chai Soua Vang and twice as many Americans each year as all murderers combined, but their most frequent vic- the trapper Dallas had any history of lawbreaking involving animals before killing humans. tims are themselves, and neither driving habits nor histories of petty crimes against property But their offenses were legally defined as crimes against property: trespassing plus unautho- have any predictive value in suggesting who might commit assault, rape, arson, or murder. rized possession of the remains of animals who belonged to the state, on behalf of the public. At least seven of the most publicized recent murder cases demonstrate what the link Accordingly, neither mass media nor animal advocates have made much of the role really is, even though none of the alleged and/or convicted killers had previous histories of that routine cruelty to animals appears to have played in both teaching the killers their methods criminally injuring animals: and conditioning them to transgress normal inhibitions against killing. • Just before Halloween 2004, Canadian Press obtained a report produced for the The very idea that widely practiced and broadly accepted forms of cruelty to animals Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Health Canada, which confirmed longstanding suspicion might be a precursor to violence against humans tends to make most people uncomfortable. that alleged serial killer Robert Pickton, 54, of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, may have Robert Pickton, for example, was just the sort of small-scale, self-reliant “Old fed the remains of as many as 60 women to pigs who were later slaughtered for human con- MacDonald” farmer whose image factory agribusiness hides behind. Environmental groups sumption. DNA testing has identified teeth and bone fragments from 22 women who have dedicated to fighting urban sprawl and maintaining “green space” subsidize the operations of been named in murder indictments against Pickton. Pickton apparently pulverized the women many farmers whose operations resemble his. People who eat pork like to imagine that their with a wood chipper––essentially the same method that many factory farmers use to “recycle” pigs lived like Pickton’s––and are much less disturbed that pigs are routinely tricked into can- into feed their dead livestock and still living “spent” hens, except that the machine used to kill nibalism, like cattle and poultry, than at the possibility that they themselves might have been + poultry is called a “live macerator.” tricked into eating an animal who once ate a human. + • On November 21, 2004, Chai Soua Vang, 36, of Minneapolis, allegedly mas- Some, shocked that a farmer whose whole life was raising animals for slaughter sacred six fellow deer hunters and wounded two others, after Vang was told to leave private killed people too, have offered in defense of Pickton that most of his alleged victims were property in Sawyer County, Minnesota. Vang in April 2001 was fined $328 for possessing 93 prostitutes and drug addicts, likening his serial killing to the routine agricultural destruction of more wild-caught fish than the legal limit; on Christmas Eve 2001 was jailed for allegedly predators and crop-raiding nuisance wildlife. threatening his wife with a handgun; and in April 2002 failed to pay a $244 fine for hunting In a backward sort of way, that is just the point: raising animals for meat is all about on posted land. In the interim police visited his home five times to investigate complaints killing. As PETA puts it, “Meat is murder.” about domestic disturbances and alleged theft. Chai Soua Vang has pleaded innocent to mur- Relatively few farmers progress to homicide, but the distance from killing pigs, der charges, contending that the shootings were self-defense. coyotes, deer, raccoons, and so forth to killing humans is markedly less than the distance to • In Oakland, California, an Alameda County Superior Court jury on December 14, murder from not killing anyone. 2004 recommended the death penalty for Stuart Alexander, 43, after convicting him in Michael Bruce Ross was a latter-day John-boy, superficially straight out of T h e Waltons, helping to maintain “green space” on the edge of suburbs full of sprawling lawns SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES: www.animalpeoplenews.org and shade trees. Even his victims were all young women of sterling repute. Key articles now available en Español et en Français! 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Yet, like a “puncture-proof” tire that reseals itself after a leak, the human capacity The editors prefer to receive queries in advance of article submissions; unsolicit- for distancing and denial allows society to expel and punish murderers without having to ed manuscripts will be considered for use, but will not be returned unless accompanied by acknowledge that they are the ultimate products of layer upon layer of acculturation to killing a stamped, self-addressed envelope of suitable size. We do not publish fiction or poetry. animals without a twinge of conscience. 4 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2005 FoA asks feds to explain bird hit list LETTERS Friends of Animals has grassquit had been sighted in the submitted the following comments dunes of South Point Park, south of to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Miami, Florida. Belgrade zoo in response to the Draft List of Bird Upon examining the I am a concerned citizen Species to Which the Migratory Federal Register notice, it is clear asking for guidance on how to help Bird Treaty Act Does Not Apply, as that the bird of interest is the mute the animals who reside at the published in the Federal Register on swan. At least a third of the text Belgrade city zoo. Built in 1936, January 4, 2005. space is taken up in discussion of on six hectares of rocky fortress, Congress passed the this one species, among 113 birds this privately operated zoo is among Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act listed for exemption. the oldest in Europe. It is located in (MBTA) on December 8, 2004. The Service’s hastily- the Belgrade city center, on city The MBTA has protected many drawn list suggests that the concern property. It has approximately birds, including the 113 species is every non-native bird, but this 2.000 animals of about 200 species. proposed for removal, since 1918, pretense of neutrality is incongruent Many big animals are in very small ––Wolf yet the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service with the documentation. Clifton cages. Many animals look dis- took less than a month to compile To avoid unintended con- tressed. They often show signs of the list of birds to be removed. sequences, the Service must go “stereotypic behavior,” such as pac- Praise for editorial “Prioritizing Controversy surround the through the entire list and provide ing, head-bobbing, neck-twisting, native or non-native status of many justification for the inclusion of bar-biting and sucking, copropha- animal & human suffering” species listed by the Service, yet each individual species, conducting gia, over-grooming, and self-muti- the Service provides no case-by- an exhaustive search of existing lit- lation. Many animals have been Good for Kim Bartlett for would benefit humans. case scientific justification. erature and consulting with ornith- born who are not in the zoo, includ- taking an uncompromising stand on Speciesists will say “Yes, For example, naturalist ologists to assure that no naturally ing tigers, bears, and a hippo. behalf of animals in her remarks we should have concern for ani- William Bartram referred to a bird occurring species are included. What has become of them? quoted in the ANIMAL PEOPLE mals, but it should be less than that who could have been the king vul- ––Priscilla Feral, President ––Jelena Zaric January/February editorial “Prior- for human beings.” Apart from the ture (Sarcoramphus papa) b e i n g Friends of Animals Belgrade, Serbia itizing animal & human suffering.” lack of any good reason for this rec- sighted in Florida in the late 18th 777 Post Road ; web ANIMAL P E OPLE, March 2005 - 7 Wolf reintroduction wins twice in federal court Other wildlife cases ALBUQUERQUE, PORTLAND to kill problem animals as wolf numbers Eagle River, who with pilot David Haeg, 38, U.S. District Judge Barry Ted ––February 1, 2005 was a good day for increase,” wrote Michael Milstein of the of Soldotna was charged with violating the M o s k o w i t z ruled on January 19, 2005 in wolves, at least in court. Portland O r e g o n i a n . “Wolf hunting could rules for killing wolves in March 2004. San Diego that the Honolulu-based K i n g In Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. eventually be allowed to keep wolves from “Zellers will spend 12 days in jail, Diamond II became a fishing vessel under District Judge Christina Armijo dismissed an killing too many elk, deer or other prey.” pay a $1,000 fine and pay restitution of U.S. law when it collected 32 tons of shark effort to force the removal of Mexican gray For now, wolves wandering into $4,500. His state hunting, trapping and guiding fins from 26 swordfish and tuna fishing wolves from southwestern New Mexico and Oregon should receive a warmer official wel- privileges also have been suspended until July, boats between June and August 2002. The southeastern Arizona. The wolves were rein- come than the three who are known to have and he was placed on five years’ probation,” prosecution is the first under the five-year- troduced to the region in 1998. The New visited since 1999. “One was removed, anoth- summarized Pemberton. old U.S. anti-shark finning law. Tai Loong Mexico Cattle Growers Association, Coalition er killed by a car and the third illegally shot,” By comparison, Mark Luttrell, 46, Hong Marine Products Ltd., of Hong Kong, of Arizona/New Mexico Counties for Stable recalled Milstein. of Seward, on February 15 was fined $3,000 boat owner Tran & Yu Inc., and captain Economic Growth, and co-plaintiffs held that with additional fines of $2,250 suspended, Chien Tan Nguyen face up to $620,000 in the reintroduction––debated for more than a Still hated in Alaska sentenced to 90 days in jail, all suspended, fines for alleged possession of shark fins decade––was done with insufficient study. Friends of Animals, however, was put on probation for 36 months, and ordered without the bodies of the sharks, which Ruling for a coaltion headed by not successful on either January 27 or to pay $488 in damages to a trapper whose 30 have little sale value. The King Diamond II Defenders of Wildlife, U.S. District Judge February 1 in repeated attempts to persuade traps set for wolves, coyotes, wolverines, operators allegedly paid $300,000 for the Robert E. Jones of Portland, Oregon mean- Anchorage Superior Court Judge Sharon and weasels Luttrell found and removed in fins, with an estimated retail value of while reversed an April 2003 ruling by the Gleason to suspend aerial killing of wolves at mid-January. All of the traps were recovered $775,000. They retrieved and sold the fins U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that the gray least until May 16, when an FoA lawsuit chal- and returned to the trapper. after posting bond for that amount. wolves of the continental U.S. form three sepa- lenging the killing is to go to trial. Gleason District Judge David Rice of rate populations, and are endangered only in also refused to grant FoA a preliminary injunc- Feared in Europe Havre, Montana, on February 12, 2005 the west. tion against the wolf-strafing in 2003. A roadkilled wolf found on January rejected claims by three ex-game ranchers Pushed by George W. Bush adminis- The Alaska Board of Game has 12 in Castelli Romani National Park, Italy, that Initiative 143, approved by voters in tration political appointees, and supported by authorized hunters to shoot 610 wolves from was the first seen near Rome in 70 years. November 2000, was an illegal “taking” of many organizations representing hunters and aircraft this year, in addition to the estimated Amid public excitement, farmers blamed the their property because in banning game ranchers, the Fish & Wildlife Service position 1,500 who will be killed by trappers, from a seven-month-old wolf for livestock losses. farming, it put them out of business. “The left intact federal protection of the “experi- population of 8,000 to 11,000. The purpose of More than 30 years of effort to state does not owe compensation for injury mental, non-essential” population of about the aerial killing is to make more moose and restore wolves to Europe have begun to suc- to the value of a business that exists only 825 wolves who are descended from several caribou available to human hunters. ceed, but anti-wolf hostility lingers. because the Legislature has allowed it,” Rice packs reintroduced to the Yellowstone Wolf researcher Gordon Haber, a Wolves have recovered most rapidly wrote. Rice pointed out that the ex-game National Park region in 1995. longtime FoA consultant, pointed out in a in the former Communist nations, where the farmers are “free to make other economical- However, the 2,500 wolves of February 8 e-mail to news media that “In a human population density is less and sport ly viable use of their property.” Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and the January 21, 2005 Associated Press story by hunting has long been restricted by prohibi- Michigan upper peninsula were exposed to Mary Pemberton of Anchorage, Alaska tions on private possession of firearms. Norwegian wolves, some of whom may have more aggressive predator control under the Department of Fish & Game spokesperson Bulgaria, claiming national popula- crossed over from Sweden. Swedish environ- Fish & Wildlife Service edict. The edict also Cathy Harms was quoted as saying that tions of 2,230 wolves, 27,000 golden jackals, ment minister Lena Sommerstad protested to virtually precluded reintroducing wolves to Fortymile region aerial hunting permittees and 36,500 foxes, authorized a one-day preda- her Norwegian counterpart, Knut Arild northern New England and upstate New York, would not be allowed to track wolves via the tor hunt on February 19. At least 28 wolves Hareide, who called killing “only” five a longtime goal of groups including the Maine radio collars some of them are wearing.” were killed during the regular hunting season, wolves a compromise. Wolf Coalition and Restore the North Woods. Nonetheless, Haber observed, “aer- which ended on January 31. “The wolf is vermin and should be Taking note of Jones’ ruling, the ial wolf hunting permits were issued to Paul The European Union Environmental taken out,” said Center Party program com- Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on Zaczkowski, Rick Swisher, and Marty Webb, Commission meanwhile called upon Finland to mittee chair Lars Peder Brekk. But a poll February 11 adopted a long-awaited wolf rein- who for many years have been the Alaska halt a wolf hunt that was expected to kill about commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund troduction policy which allows wolves who Department of Fish & Game’s primary con- 15 of the estimated 150 Finn wolves. found that 54% of Norwegians opposed killing arrive on their own legs to stay, sets a popula- tract pilots for state wolf radio collaring and Swedish officials were elated that 10 the wolves. tion target of at least eight breeding pairs, and radio tracking activities in the Fortymile area.” of the 13 Scandinavian wolf packs known to Norway also authorized hunters to asks the state legislature to fund compensation Earlier, the Alaska Department of have raised cubs in 2004 lived in Sweden, but kill up to 51 of the estimated 250 lynx left in for ranchers who lose livestock to wolves. Fish & Game agreed to a plea bargain settle- were dismayed when neighboring Norway the nation, a third fewer than the official “Ranchers would get added freedom ment of charges against Tony Zellers, 41, of allowed hunters to kill five of just 20 national population target. 8 - ANIMAL P E OPLE, March 2005 (from page 1) Animal advocates get Fox hunters vow to “keep buggering on” Order of British Empire Members of the League Against law is very clear. You can’t chase wild mam- The League Against Cruel Sports, Wildlife veterinarian Bill Jordan Cruel Sports and other anti-hunting organiza- mals with a pack of dogs, whether the wild for instance, is reportedly escalating a cam- is to receive the Order of the British Empire tions monitored about 100 of the hunts. mammal is a fox or a deer. If people do so, paign against trophy hunting. AnimalAid is on April 27, Buckingham Palace announced Allegedly illegal fox hunting was reportedly and pretend they’re not, it’s going to become campaigning against captive bird shoots. on January 1. Jordan debuted in wildlife videotaped at six hunts. Police confirmed that very clear. You can’t hunt accidentally.” “However,” wrote Rich Cookson of medicine as consulting vet for the C h e s t e r four hunting incidents were under investiga- Nigel Yeo, public order spokesman The Independent, “while seeking the hunting Zoo, then extended his skills in Iran 1964- tion, plus one case of alleged trespassing by for the Association of Chief Police Officers, ban united the animal welfare lobby, cam- 1970, and in South Africa for three years hunt members and a case of a hunter allegedly told Brigitte Dusseau of Agence France-Presse paigns against shooting are likely to divide it. after that. Jordan went on to found the assaulting a protester at the East End Hunt, that enforcing the ban would be “of a lower Two of the organizations with the most money wildlife department at the Royal SPCA, near Ashford. priority set against everything else that is and public support, the International Fund for authored the wildlife care manual Care For “Wiltshire police said they had required of police forces,” but hedged by Animal Welfare and the Royal SPCA – are The Wild (1982), and in 1982 founded the arrested four men discovered at around 4:00 adding that if civil disobedience by hunters unequivocally against such a campaign.” international animal aid charity Care For a.m. with four dogs and the carcass of a hare,” degenerated into public disorder, policing Confirmed IFAW spokesperson Gill The Wild. Also author of an influential cri- reported Owen Bowcott of The Guardian. hunts would become “a significant priority, Sanders, “We have no plans to campaign tique of zoos, The Last Great Wild Beast “The suspects, who were arrested under the because it is difficult to think of a higher prior- against shooting.” Show (1990), Jordan was a founding mem- new law but freed on bail, were not connected ity for police forces than public safety.” Added David Bowles, head of cam- ber of the British Zoological Veterinary to an organized hunt.” The Countryside Alliance, the lead- paigns for the RSPCA, “Snaring is a problem S o c i e t y , and a longtime director of the Hunt Saboteurs Association member ing pro-hunting organization in Britain, con- from an animal welfare point of view,” but Captive Animals Protection Society. Jaine Wild claimed that a van carrying mem- tended that the hunting ban was passed, over “The RSPCA has no plans whatsoever to do Jordan left CAPS in 2000 and left Care For bers en route to monitor the Crawley & opposition from the House of Lords, through any work on hunting or fishing. It would be The Wild in 2001, going on to found the Horsham Hunt in West Sussex was forced off an illegal use of the 1949 Parliament Act. silly for us to open up a whole new area,” Bill Jordan Wildlife Defence Fund. the road. “We’ve had our van rammed by a On February 16, however, a three- Bowles told Cookson, “when there is no public Jordan is at least the third promi- 4x4,” Wild told Mark Townsend, Anushka judge panel of the Court of Appeal headed by and political support for it.” nent animal advocate to receive Buckingham Asthana, and David Smith of The Observer. Chief Justice Lord Woolf dismissed that argu- Palace recognition in recent years. Animals “It’s totally smashed at the back,” Wild con- ment. Hunt supporters pledged to appeal next The last days Asia Foundation founder Jill Robinson tinued. “We were rammed down the slope and to the European Court of Human Rights. On February 17, the last day of legal received the Order of the British Empire in thought we were going to be pushed into a traditional fox hunting, the South Durham 1998, while Dogs Trust chair C l a r i s s a telegraph pole.” Political positioning Hunt reportedly spent much of the morning Baldwin received it in 2003. Wrote Bowcott, “Police confirmed Hunters are also preparing to push unsuccessfully hounding a fox who lives on they were investigating the incident and would more pro-hunting candidates in the next the grounds of Labour Party prime minister placed British hunters, but the Irish Masters of also be discussing with the hunt an ‘unneces- national election, reported Jonathan Brown of Tony Blair’s rural estate. South Durham Hunt Foxhounds warned its 41 member clubs in sarily provocative incident’ in which a dead The Independent. Hunters claimed one victory members said they had pursued “Tony’s fox” early February that British hunters should be fox was thrown to the hounds.” of note in the last election, defeating former off and on for five years. discouraged, lest landowners become intoler- Objecting to “gratuitous, spiteful Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Dan Norris, Member of Parliament ant of increased numbers of riders, dogs, and killing of foxes,” which she said she had seen Jackie Ballard, who went on to become direc- for Wansdyke, was pelted with eggs and said horses. Not mentioned was the likelihood that while monitoring the Bicester Hunt in tor general of the Royal SPCA. a female aide was punched as they arrived in the presence of British hunters riding over Oxfordshire, Protect Our Wild Animals mem- Rumor has it that Blair will call a Badminton for a TV appearance. Irish turf might rally Irish nationalism behind ber Penny Little told listeners to the BBC-1 national election in May. A recent BBC poll The ban on hounding mammals also growing Irish opposition to hunting for the ani- program Breakfast with Frost that, “If the suggested that hunting will not actually be a applies to coursing, a spectator event in which mals’ sake. hunting fraternity go out into the field and vote-changing issue in most of Britain, as the captive hares are released from cages to be Captain Ian Farquhar, master of the commit offences and attempt to run circles ban was favored by 47% of the respondents, pursued by dogs. The Waterloo Cup, the most 300-year-old Duke of Beaufort’s hunt in around this law, there is only one develop- and opposed by just 26%. Earlier polls prominent coursing meet each year since 1836, Gloucestershire, noted for frequent participa- ment that can occur, and that is a tightening of showed up to 70% of respondents favoring a was held on the last weekend before the hunt tion by members of the Royal family, report- the law. It will not be repealed because they ban on fox hunting, but the phrasing of the ban took effect. Future editions may be held in edly told supporters that Winston Churchill have behaved in a thuggish and cruel manner,” question rather than any actual loss of support France or Ireland, the organizers hinted. once said, “We must keep buggering on,” to Little promised. appeared to account for the difference. The 20-member Pau-Hunt of France, uphold British traditions. Said rural affairs minister Alun Many fox hunting opponents have founded by British expatriates in 1840, is “I intend to keep buggering on,” Michael on BBC Radio 4, “Reality is that the already moved on to other issues. reportedly preparing to accept an influx of dis- Farquhar concluded. Garments & the Gorilla Foundation SAN MATEO, California– – my nipples all the time. You are proba- Former Gorilla Foundation employees bly bored with my nipples. You need to Nancy Alperin, 47, and Kendra Keller, see new nipples. I will turn my back so CHAMP 48, both of San Francisco, on February Kendra can show you her nipples.” 15, 2005 sued the foundation in San Todd Roberts, a partner in the Mateo County Superior Court for alleged law firm that represents the Gorilla wrongful dismissal and gender discrimi- Foundation, told Yollin that, “Based on nation, claiming damages of $719,830 our review of the factual allegations and and $366,192, respectively. characterizations in the complaint, we Alperin and Keller in January deny those allegations.” 2005 gave the California Department of Continued Yollin, “The suit Fair Employment and Housing “identical says the two women, who never did reasons for why they were fired: ‘I undress, also worked unpaid overtime refused to expose my breast to perform and faced unsanitary conditions, includ- “People following the day-by-day progress of acts of bestiality with one of the gorillas,’ ing gorilla urine stored in the refrigerator animal relief work in Sri Lanka may have seen pictures said San Francisco Chronicle staff writer where they kept their lunches, rodents in of a vet holding a stick-like device to vaccinate from a Patricia Yollin. the food preparation area, and exposed distance. They are not jabbing the dogs,” Robert “The lawsuit goes into more wires. They notified the California Blumberg explained, “but using an ‘auto-vaccinator,’ detail,” Yollin added. “One example: Department of Industrial Relations, for which Dr. Gamaika of Pets V Care won an award. ‘In at least two incidents in mid-to-late Division of Occupational Safety and You just touch the end of the stick to a dog––no jab - June 2004, Patterson intensely pressured Health, which conducted an inspection bing––while the dog is eating a bit of bait food, snap Keller to expose herself to Koko while last August 5 and issued $300 in fines for the release, and the vaccine is injected with minimal they were working outside where other violations that have since been corrected. stress to the animal. In market areas where the govern - employees could potentially view The two women were fired August 6.” ment has vaccinated every year, some dogs actually Keller’s naked body.’” Alperin had worked at the come when they see the auto-vaccinator, since they The suit alleges that Patterson Gorilla Foundation for three months; know that for a minimal price they will get a treat. All said on one occasion, “Koko, you see Keller for four months. the Pets V Care mobile units carry these devices, and because of the gentle nature of the device, we can vac - cinate for rabies, then reload with a shot of Ivermectin Groundbreaking Books for mange.” on Religion & Animal Rights by Norm Phelps THE DOMINION OF LOVE: Animal Rights According to the Bible (Lantern Books, $15) THE GREAT COMPASSION: Buddhism & Animal Rights (Lantern Books, $16) Available from www.lanternbooks.com and Amazon.Com worldwide If you know someone else who might like to read ANIMAL PEOPLE, please ask us to send a free sample. ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2005 - 9 Fund for Animals 10 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2005 United Egg Producers are Human/animal abuse link cases Tequilla Fields, 34, and Lachan Russell, 29, were sued for false advertising on February 15, 2005 jailed without bond in Pittsburgh, TAKOMA PARK, Maryland– – C o m p a s s - Pennsylvania, facing charges of criminal homicide, arson, and ion Over Killing on February 15, 2005 sued Giant Food reckless endangerment for setting a dog on fire at about 2:15 Inc. of Landover, Maryland, Lehman’s Egg Service a.m. on July 11, 1990. Tied to their house, the dog ran onto the Inc. of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and Brookville porch, igniting the house and killing Fields’ children, Montelle Supermarket of Washington, D.C., alleging that their Thornhill, 2, and Charita Thornhill, 3. Wrote Joe Mandak use of an “Animal Care Certified” logo introduced in of Associated Press, “The children’s great-grandmother, who 2002 by United Egg Producers is false advertising. has since died, doused the dog with water, police said. The Under the United Egg Producers guidelines, dog, Fay Lou, then ran inside the house and was found dead Compassion Over Killing points out, farmers may under Montelle’s bed. Their uncle, Andre Robinson, then 15, “Confine birds in cages so small they can’t even spread tried to save the children but couldn’t find them in the thick their wings, slice off parts of their beaks without smoke. He jumped from a third-floor window to save himself, painkiller, and starve them [to induce a new egg-laying police said.” Police commander Maurita Bryant said the case USDA closes C.C. Baird was cracked by re-interviewing about 20 witnesses, after which cycle by so-called ‘forced molt’] to the point where they ST. LOUIS– – C . C . fine if they are caught handling Fields and Russell each gave statements blaming the other. have lost up to 30 percent of their body weight.” and Patsy Baird, of Williford, animals in the next five years. Summit County Judge Brenda Burnham Unruh on United Egg Producers spokesperson Mitch Arkansas, longtime suppliers of As part of the deal, the Bairds February 17, 2005 sentenced Daniel Fikes, 57, of Norton, Head told Gretchen Parker of Associated Press that random-source dogs and cats to neither admitted nor denied the about 80% of all U.S. egg farmers meet the standards. Ohio, to serve three years in prison for shooting four of his wife’s seven cats last October in front of his eight-year-old laboratories, have paid a record allegations.” The Better Business Bureau National Adver- penalty of $262,700 to the Frankel said that tising Review Board in May 2004 upheld a November grandson, 16-year-old son, and a 17-year-old nephew. Fikes, once locally notorious for his menagerie of bears, lions, tigers, USDA for breaking “practically about 90 dogs and 120 cats res- 2003 ruling by a lower panel that the “Animal Care every regulation and standard cued from the Baird kennels wolves, and a leopard, served four years in prison after he and Certified” logo is misleading and should either be applicable to dogs and cats,” were up for adoption. his wife Nancy were convicted in 1991 of promoting prostitution dropped or be significantly altered. In August 2004 the USDA attorney Colleen Carroll In August 2003 feder- and related drug offenses. Fikes had prior convictions “dating BBB asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to told Todd Frankel of the St. al and state investigators turned investigate the alleged deceptive labeling. back to the late 1960s for robbery, rape and drug trafficking,” wrote Akron Beacon-Journal staff writer Phil Trexler. Louis P o s t - D i s p a t c h on Febru- over to rescue groups about 125 Compassion Over Killing filed the logo case ary 1, 2005, three days after dogs seized from the Bairds. 12 days after Worcester County district judge Patrick UARC wins civil rights settlement the settlement was finalized. Many were believed to be lost Hayman dismissed a misdemeanor cruelty charge The Bairds’ daughters or stolen pets. brought against Purdue Farms Inc. based on a Utah Animal Rights Coalition members Aaron Lee Jeannette and Patricia reportedly Last Chance for Ani- Compassion Over Killing undercover video of condi- and Peter Tucker in early February 2005 received from S a l t also worked in the business. mals called the USDA action a tions at a now closed Purdue slaughterhouse in Showell. Lake County $500 each, $500 for UARC, and $10,000 in legal Wrote Frankel, “The victory, after an eight-year “The tape showed chickens flapping after fees and court costs, in settlement of a lawsuit alleging that their agreement between the USDA campaign against the Bairds, their throats were slit and piles of live chickens being civil rights were violated when sheriff’s deputy Sherida Holgate and the Bairds calls for the fine, “but Carroll said her office’s shoved and thrown down a processing line,” wrote told them on December 7 that they could not protest within a plus the permanent loss of the investigation did not rely on the Parker. District attorney Joel Todd told Judge Hayman block of a public concert hall. The settlement allowed UARC to family’s four animal breeding group’s work and she never that he did not want to prosecute the case, which he amend the case to challenge an ordinance requiring a permit and and dealer licenses and the viewed the videos” that LCA believed should not have been filed. 30-day notice to demonstrate on public property. threat of an additional $250,000 sent her, Frankel wrote. Events March 5: Music fundraiser for Judy’s Ark, Pearsall, Texas. Info: 830-334-4500. March 7: National Capitol Hill No More Homeless Pets Day for Wild Horses. Info: 866- Conference 983-3456; Please make the most generous gift you can to help ANIMAL PEOPLE shine the bright light on cruelty and greed! Your generous gift of $25, $50, $100, $500 or more helps to build a world where caring counts. Please send your check to: COURT CALENDAR ANIMAL PEOPLE P.O.Box 960 Clinton, WA 98236 (Donations are tax-deductible.) ANIMAL PEOP LE, March 2005 - 11 Court of Human Rights rules for “McLibel” duo Australian court calendar STRASBURG, France––The European said after the European Court verdict, “only the Court of Human Rights on February 14, 2005 ruled rich and famous have been able to defend them- Live transport Record sentence that British vegetarian activists David Morris, 50, selves against libel writs. Now ordinary people can PERTH––The West Australia M E L B O U R N E – – M a t t h e w and Helen Steel, 39, were improperly denied gov- participate much more effectively in public debate Supreme Court on January 27 ordered Paul Gardeniers, 30, of Croydon, on ernment legal aid and were convicted of libel under without the fear that they will be bankrupted for West Australia Department of Local February 4 received a six-month jail an unjust law in the “McLibel” trial. doing so. This case is a milestone for free speech.” Government & Regional Development term for killing his cat with a shovel. The seven-judge European Court panel The case was already widely regarded as director general Cheryl Gwilliam to Gardeniers told Royal SPCA inspectors dismissed the 1997 “guilty” verdict, held that the one of the biggest corporate public relations deba- explain to the court why her office failed that he had previously killed another cat. verdict violated Articles 6 and 10 of the European cles of all time, for the global scrutiny and criticism to act upon a complaint filed by Animals The sentence, RSPCA spokespersons Human Rights Convention, and awarded Morris it brought McDonald’s. McDonald’s reportedly Australia in June 2004, alleging that said, was the stiffest ever given in and Steel damages of $25,934 and $19,451, respec- spent £10 million to prosecute Morris and Steel, live sheep shipments to the Middle East Australia for cruelty to an animal. tively. who raised £40,000 for their defense. violate animal welfare laws. Animals Gardeniers “was jailed for As members of a defunct organization Britain was given 90 days to appeal the Australia contends that the failure to three months for attacks on his four- called London Greenpeace, Morris and Steel in European Court ruling. respond is in itself a violation of the week-old daughter, which left her with 1986 distributed flyers, which they did not author, “Apart from paying the damages, the gov- Animals Welfare Act of 2002. three fractures to her left leg, a broken alleging that McDonald’s Restaurants sell unhealthy ernment will have to open the legal aid purse strings left arm and bruising to her arms, hands, food, produced by means which cause animal suf- to impecunious defendants sued by multinational Whaling legs and buttocks” during the first four fering and contribute to starvation and deforestation corporations or wealthy individuals in complex SYDNEY––Australian federal weeks of her life in 1997,” wrote Kelvin in economically disadvantaged parts of the world. cases,” if the verdict stands, wrote London environment minister Ian Campbell on Healey of the Melbourne Herald-Sun. Sued by McDonald’s in 1990, other Guardian legal correspondent Clare Dyer. January 26 told Federal Court Justice “Since his 1998 jail term,” defendants dropped out when denied legal aid, but “At present, “ Dyer explained, “defama- James Alsop that his government will Healey added, “Gardeniers has amassed Morris, then marginally employed, and Steel, who tion is excluded from the scope of legal aid. not support an attempt initiated by convictions for recklessly causing was between jobs, elected to defend themselves. Funding can be granted in exceptional cases, but the Humane Society International to prose- injury, making threats to kill, and The trial lasted for 313 days, over parts conditions are so tight that only one defamation cute the Japanese whaling firm Kyodo assaulting police,” prior to the cruelty of four years. The court found that the pamphlet case has been funded in the five years since the law Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. for its part in conviction. Also on February 4, allegations about animal abuse were sustained, was amended. killing about 440 minke whales per year Gardeniers drew four months in jail for along with allegations about exploiting children and “The unanimous ruling from Strasbourg inside the Antarctic Territory claimed by breaching parole by punching a police paying low wages, but not some other claims, and will also prompt a re-examination of the libel laws,” Australia as part of its territorial waters. officer on December 19, 2004. The ordered Morris and Steel to pay McDonald’s Dyer continued, “which many believe are too tech- HSI spokesperson Nicola police officer intervened as Gardeniers £60,000 in damages. The amount was cut to nical and complex and too heavily weighted in Beynon said her organization would beat a 50-year-old man. Two days £40,000 on appeal in 1999. favour of claimants. The judgment could exert a nonetheless pursue the case. HSI is the before Gardeniers was sentenced, Morris and Steel then appealed to the downward pressure on libel awards,” Dyer predict- international arm of the Humane Society Healey said, he threatened to kill European Court, represented by solicitor Mark ed, “obliging judges to consider for the first time of the U.S. Healey and a Herald-Sun photographer. Stephens Keir Starmer QC. “Until now,” Starmer the defendant’s means in fixing damages.” More events Calif., & Calif. Vet. Medical Assn. Info: 949-366-1056; ® < w w w . a n i m a l c a r e c o n f e r - ence.org>. MADDIE’S FUND TO GIVE (continued on page 11) April 6: Paws for Laugh- t e r comedy fundraiser for MOBILE, ALABAMA, $4.6 MILLION PetAbuse.com, Escondido, Calif. Info: The Watchdog monitors fundraising, spending, and The political activity in the name of animal and habitat pro t e c - tion—both pro and con. His empty bowl stands for all the bowls left empty when some Watchdog take more than they need. Alleged cover-ups of Animal Welfare Act violations at two universities and USDA-APHIS call into question the ability of the agency to enforce the law LAFAYETTE, Louisiana; RENO, Moore continued. “Fakier claims NIRC offi- otherwise, Mullen wrote. enforcing the Animal Welfare Act,” explained Nevada––Complaints of cover-ups and admin- cials forced her to resign in February of 2004. • In October 2002, 38 pregnant Botelho in a written statement. “This includes istrative retaliation have flushed into the open Her letter of termination cited poor judgment, ewes died when left without food or water over inspecting zoos, circuses, other animal allegations of extensive Animal Welfare Act failure to follow proper chain of command, a three-day weekend. exhibitors, commercial-scale dog and cat violations at the New Iberia Research Center at failure to comply with counseling, threatening • The university allegedly illegally breeders, wild and exotic animal dealers, and the University of Louisiana and the University the security of the center, and insubordination buried rather than incinerating the carcasses of interstate transporters. “ of Nevada College of Agriculture, Biotech- as her reasons for termination.” bio-engineered experimental sheep with livers Botelho said he had been inspecting nology, and Natural Resources. including human genetic material. AWA-regulated facilities in southwest Florida A parallel complaint filed against the RENO SCANDAL • A herd of purebred Angus cattle since 2000. Doing “nearly 1000 inspections” USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection University of Nevada at Reno execu- used from 2000 to 2002 in a breeding experi- altogether, Botelho claimed to have “uncov- Service by Eastern Regional Animal Care tive vice president and provost John Frederick ment allegedly became severely malnourished ered over 200 persons operating without a Office inspector Richard Botelho calls into on February 9 announced that the university at the university’s S-bar-S ranch near Fernley. USDA license, some for many years.” question the ability of USDA-APHIS to has asked the Nevada Division of Investigation They recovered after they were transferred to Botelho said he had received a 14- enforce the Animal Welfare Act against high- to look into the claim of three graduate stu- another University of Nevada facility, the day unpaid suspension for alleged improper profile institutions. dents that their experiments were sabotaged in Main Station Farm, and were placed in the conduct, after complaining about the actions USDA-APHIS spokesperson Darby apparent acts of retaliation against their care of then-graduate student J.P. Tanner. or inactions of his supervisor and the director Holladay on February 14 confirmed that the employer, animal nutrition professor Hussein Returned to the S-bar-S ranch, they declined of the USDA-APHIS Eastern Regional Animal New Iberia Research Center is under investiga- S. Hussein. Hussein, the university’s 2002 again. Some of the bulls have sold at auction Care Office. tion. “Holladay would not confirm that the professor-of-the-year, in August 2004 report- for as little as a third of the price paid for The office management “does not investigation stemmed from allegations made ed a string of alleged violations of the Animal healthy Angus bulls, Mullen reported. support their inspectors,” Botelho claimed, by a former employee,” wrote Marsha Sills of Welfare Act and other federal statutes to the • A herd of 11 boars used in skin “but supports high-profile licensees when the Lafayette Daily Advertiser, “but a lawsuit USDA. Hussein shared his complaints with cancer research allegedly suffered from dehy- complaints are initiated against inspectors… filed earlier this month by [former research the Reno Gazette-Journal. dration and neglect of veterinary care from There is a complaint procedure for licensees, center coordinator] Narriman Fakier alleges “On January 28, Hussein filed a May to November in 2004. “On November 4,” but none for inspectors, who often learn of she was fired for blowing the whistle on ani- written complaint with the Washoe County Mullen wrote, “the day after a reporter ques- complaints during an internal investigation or mal cruelty and violations of the Animal Sheriff’s Office, claiming that late-night tioned College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, suspension.” Welfare Act. intruders were contaminating experiments in and Natural Resources dean David Thawley Botelho charged, among many alle- “The lawsuit, filed against the state, his lab,” wrote Jeff DeLong of the G a z e t t e - about the pigs’ welfare, an on-demand water- gations, that “Potentially dangerous animals the Board of Supervisors of the University of J o u r n a l . “At different times, the sheriff’s ing system and other improvements were are being exhibited to the public without direct Louisiana, and the university, claims wrong- office, Reno Police Department, state installed in the building housing the animals. control of a handler, or sufficient distance or a ful termination, retaliatory discharge, viola- Attorney General’s Office, and UNR police Thawley said the timing was coincidental.” barrier between the animals and the public. tion of First Amendment rights and violation have taken complaints on the matter. The FBI Thawley was appointed dean of the “The eastern regional office allows of whistleblower statutes,” Sills summarized. also became briefly involved, investigating college in 1998, coinciding with the first of licensees with a history of repeat noncompli- The New Iberia Research Center the possibility dangerous microbes involved in the alleged problems. ance to operate,” Botelho said, and even houses about 6,000 monkeys and 400 chim- some laboratory experiments might pose a Summarized Associated Press on “paid consultation fees to a licensee to consult panzees, used in research by pharmaceutical homeland security threat.” December 31, 2004, “After the allegations with a facility which had a history of repeat firms and the National Institutes of Health. The Gazette-Journal began reporting surfaced, Thawley reduced Hussein’s evalua- noncompliance.” “One of Fakier’s concerns involved about the alleged Animal Welfare Act viola- tion ratings, which effectively reduced a pay “USDA licenses are rarely revoked + an employee who deliberately burned the tions in September 2004. increase. Hussein then filed a complaint with and nearly always renewed,” Botelho asserted, + hands of several chimpanzees with a lighter Between December 27 and Dec- a Faculty Senate grievance committee. The “even when facilities have a history of multi- and threw a bucket of scalding water on anoth- ember 29, 2004 the Gazette-Journal published panel sided with Hussein, but University of ple repeat violations.” er,” wrote Jeff Moore of the Daily Iberian. a nine-part expose of Hussein’s charges by Nevada at Reno president John Lilley over- A PETA online fact sheet about the “Fakier also claims several monkeys housed in Frank X. Mullen Jr., with investigative help turned the committee’s recommendation.” Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary in Punta Gorda, outdoor cages died after suffering ‘severe and follow-up by other reporters. Among the Florida, states that since 1991 the USDA “has physical damage,’ from exposure to cold most serious complaints: USDA INSIDE CASE cited Octagon numerous times for failure to weather during the winter of 2002.” • From 1998 until mid-2004, the As the University of Louisiana and provide veterinary care to suffering and dying Fakier contends that darting chim- university allegedly supplied a USDA Wildlife University of Nevada cases smouldered, animals, failure to provide environmental panzees to anesthetize them while they were Services trapper with animal carcasses, used USDA-APHIS animal care inspector Richard enhancement to self-mutilating primates, still in group housing constituted a violation of to bait coyotes into ambush on university prop- Botelho Jr, on January 4, 2005 alleged “multi- filthy enclosures, failure to provide shelter the Animal Welfare Act. As chimps screamed erty near a housing development. Wildlife ple violations of federal regulations and law, from the elements, and failure to provide and ran helter-skelter, Fakier charged, Services state director Mark Jensen and Reno gross mismanagement, and waste of funds” at nutritional, wholesome food and clean water.” employees would use hoses to attempt to cor- office supervisor Jack Spencer Jr. denied that the USDA-APHIS Eastern Regional Animal On September 13, 2001, the fact ner those they wanted to dart. coyotes were either baited or shot at the site, Care Office in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a sheet states, “PETA filed a complaint with the “When Fakier voiced her concerns to but photographs taken in 2003 by former “whistleblower” complaint filed with the U.S. Office of Inspector General after learning from New Iberia Research Center officials, they Sparks resident Matt Highison, 21, and docu- Office of Special Counsel. a whistleblower that the USDA had assigned a were ignored, according to the lawsuit,” ments obtained by the Gazette-Journal showed “Animal Care is responsible for (continued on page 13) ANIMAL PEOPLE thanks you for your generous support Honoring the parable of the widow's mite––in which a poor woman gives but one coin to charity, yet that is all she possesses–– Nathan Winograd we do not list our donors by how much they give, but we greatly appreciate large gifts that help us do more for animals. 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Bush adminis- budget to fulfill its duties, especially within the U.S. Fish & Wildlife who retired in 2002 after 20 years reintroduce hatchery-bred Gila top- tration protected 58 species per year. in protecting endangered species. Service,” charged the Union of with the Fish & Wildlife Service, minnows had succeeded through About 20% of the respon- The Union of Concerned Concerned Scientists and Public told reporters that she personally had 2003, and the spikedace has never dents reported having been “directed Scientists and PEER said they had Employees for Environmental “been ordered to change findings on been reintroduced successfully. to inappropriately exclude or alter received copies of memos from Fish Responsibility on February 9, 2005. biological opinions.” technical information from a scien- & Wildlife Service superiors warn- The Union of Concerned Stefferud studied four Following orders tific document,” said the Union of ing employees against responding to Scientists and PEER cited findings endangered fish, the spikedace, Among respondents to the Concerned Scientists and PEER. the survey, even from home. from an anonymous survey of “more loach minnow, Gila topminnow, Union of Concerned Scientists and Fifty-six percent of all Fish & Wildlife Service than 1,400 Fish & Wildlife Service and razorback sucker, who are PEER survey whose work involves respondents, about 19% of the Fish spokesperson Mitch Snow told Bryn biologists, ecologists, botanists and involved in disputes over water determining if species are in jeop- & Wildlife Service scientific staff, Nelson of Newsday that on February other science professionals,” of rights in the U.S. southwest. ardy, 44% reported that they “have were aware of cases where “com- 2 the agency issued a memo stating whom 414 (29.4%) responded. “Political pressures influ- been directed, for non-scientific rea- mercial interests have inappropriate- that “the only surveys [staff] are Nineteen percent reported ence the outcome of almost all sons, to refrain from making find- ly induced the reversal or withdraw- authorized to respond to during duty having “been directed by Fish & cases,” Stefferud said. “As a scien- ings that are protective of species.” al of scientific conclusions or deci- hours or using Government equip- Wildlife Service decision makers to tist, I would probably say you really Even if the only scientists sions through political intervention.” ment are ones that have been autho- provide incomplete, inaccurate or can’t trust the science coming out of who returned the survey form were Seventy percent of the rized by the Service, the Depart- misleading information to the public, the agency.” those with complaints, the finding responding scientists and 89% of ment, or other Federal agencies.” media, or elected officials.” The George W. Bush indicates that about one Fish & those of managerial rank reported “There’s nothing inappro- administration favors hatchery Wildlife Service scientist in seven knowing of cases “where Depar- Self-censorship priate with people higher up in the breeding as a means of rebuilding has felt such pressure. tment of Interior political appointees The Union of Concerned chain of command supervising the endangered fish populations, instead The current Bush adminis- have injected themselves into Scientists and PEER survey of Fish work of those below them, and of stringently protecting habitat, tration has given Endangered Ecological Services determinations.” & Wildlife Service scientific staff where necessary, editing that work,” awaiting natural recovery. The Species Act protection to just 25 This would be from about was released one day before the responded Interior Department offi- hatchery approach is reportedly suc- species in the past three years, all of a quarter to a third of the Fish & journal S c i e n c e published findings cial Hugh Vickery to a question ceeding in Lake Mead and Lake them as obliged by court order. The Wildlife Service scientific staff. about scientific self-censorship in “A majority of respon- response to public controversy, col- Can USDA-APHIS enforce the law? (from page 12) dents cited interventions by mem- lected by University of Michigan bers of Congress and local office- researcher Joanna Kempner and co- new inspector to Octagon, allegedly with instructions End Animal Exploitation cofounder Michael Budkie, of holders,” the study authors wrote. authors from Brown University and not to cite the facility for Animal Welfare Act violations, Milford, Ohio, a longtime critic of USDA-APHIS. More than 75% of the sci- the University of Pennsylvania. to justify an increased budget by erroneously demon- Budkie in an online essay entitled “The entists agreed that the Fish & Though not directly exam- strating on paper that the USDA is bringing problem Corruption of the USDA” described similar allegations Wildlife Service is not “acting effec- ining the specific issues examined in facilities into compliance…Newly assigned USDA raised in 1992, 1995 and 1996 audits by the Office of tively to maintain or enhance species the survey of Fish & Wildlife inspector Richard Botelho Jr. found no noncompliance the Inspector General, public statements by former and their habitats,” to avoid possible Service scientists, the Kempner during five inspections between September 27, 2000 USDA employee Marshall Smith, who inspected breed- Endangered Species Act listing. study shed light on the tendency of and June 6, 2001, including inspections conducted in ing kennels in Arkansas and Missouri, and statements Just over two-thirds con- scientists to practice self-censorship response to complaints of dead and dying lions reported by Isis Johnson-Brown, DVM, another former USDA- sidered the Fish & Wildlife Service rather than risk public controversy. by Florida Fish & Game and complaints from zoo visi- APHIS employee, who inspected laboratories including ineffective in directing recovery of Kempner et al interviewed tors about wounded and sick animals.” the Oregon Primate Center in Portland. listed species. “More than two- 41 scientists engaged in a variety of The USDA did cite Octagon in October 2001 “My own supervisors were unsupportive of my thirds of staff scientists (71%) and potentially controversial studies. “for failure to have a responsible person available to efforts to simply enforce the bare minimum standards in half of scientist managers (51%) did Half felt constrained by formal lim- conduct an animal welfare inspection,” and in April the Code of Federal Regulations,” Johnson-Brown + not ‘trust Fish & Wildlife Service its, such as the ban on federal fund- + 2002 “for failure to maintain the structural strength of charged. “As Oregon’s only inspector, I was responsi- decision makers to make decisions ing of most embryonic stem cell enclosures in a manner that would protect the animals ble for the oversight of over 120 facilities throughout the that will protect species and habi- research using human tissue, but from injury and contain” them. state,” Johnson-Brown said. “I barely had time to visit tats,’” the Union of Concerned even more said they were affected The PETA fact sheet leaves open the possibili- each facility as required, which for some facilities was Scientists and PEER said. by such issues as how science is ty that Botelho himself was the whistleblower who dis- no more than once every three years. If that wasn’t Although 83% of the seen by the public, who influence closed the instructions he purportedly worked under. enough,” she added, “I soon found out that my own respondents said they felt free to government research funding. Botelho received some support from Society to supervisors were working against me at every turn.” share scientific findings with fellow Fear of opposition to ani- scientists, 42% said they could not mal testing was especially pervasive, Join the No More Homeless Pets Forum voice to the public “concerns about Kempner found. Wrote Kempner of Join us to spend a week with some of the leaders of this lifesaving movement. They will share an inside the biological needs of species and one interviewee, “All of a sudden view of their thoughts and work and answer your questions about topics near and dear to their hearts. habitats without fear of retaliation.” he said, ‘How do I know you’re not Coming topics–– Thirty percent felt that from an animal rights group collect- such expressions of concern are dan- ing information to storm the place?’” February 28 – March 4: Dangerous Dogs? gerous even within the Fish & The Kempner study was Are there dangerous breeds and what should be done about it? Karen Green from Best Friends, Wildlife Service. funded by the Greenwall Found- Kim Bartlett from Animal People, Holly Bukes of Pit Bull Rescue Central, and Jill Buckley, Esq. from Half of the respondents ation, which supports studies of bio- the ASPCA, will offer insights. described morale within the Fish & ethics, and the Robert Wood March 7-11: Taking Good Care of Pets and the Earth Wildlife Service science depart- Johnson Foundation, a major spon- What can be done when coyotes are going after pets? What if deer are eating your landscaped ments as poor to extremely poor, sor of health research. plants? Environmental and animal advocate Sally Mackler of Humane USA will answer questions about how to be kind to the earth and wildlife while also helping homeless animals. Refuge chief fined for saving species March 14-18: Pocket Pets TUCSON––Criminally charged on February 14, 2005 for relocat- Rats, guinea pigs, sugar gliders and other small creatures sometimes need rescue, too. But would ing 400 tadpoles in 2003 to preserve a population of threatened Chiricahua you know how to help them? Small exotic animal specialist Dr. Mark Burgess of Southwest Animal leopard frogs, former Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge manager Hospital helps us look out for the little guys. Wayne Shifflett agreed in mid-February 2005 to pay a $3,500 fine. Shifflett March 21-25: "Why do they do that?" Cultural differences in the way we relate to animals had a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service permit to move the tadpoles, whose for- Merritt Clifton of Animal People has traveled widely and visited humane groups around the world and mer habitat on a nearby ranch was drying up, but did not have a permit from across the US. He will answer your questions about different cultures. Arizona Game & Fish to take the tadpoles from private land. Arizona Game & Fish earlier refused to allow a university researcher to move the tadpoles. March 28-April 1: Adoption ads that really work “Shifflett saved the species from complete elimination on the Elizabeth Doyle of Best Friends will share her writing tips and years of experience about what works refuge. The frogs are now thriving in ponds, tanks, and a breeding facility and what doesn't. Send in your pet adoption blurbs and Elizabeth will show you how to rewrite them. for which taxpayers had already spent $100,000,” said Public Employees for April 4-8: Getting stuff donated Environmental Responsibilty spokesperson Chas Offutt. How can you get businesses to donate stuff? Claire Ives of Best Friends will give her top tips and The first manager of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, answer your questions on how to get things donated, everything from pet beds to medications. designated in 1985, Shifflett was a 38-year Fish & Wildlife Service staffer. April 11-15: Understanding Feline Leukemia and FIV Suspended from the $94,360-a-year-job in January 2004, he retired in May. Julie Levy, DVM of the University of Florida will answer your questions about how these diseases are spread, the accuracy of tests, and the prognosis for cats who test positive. To join, visit the Best Friends website: www.bestfriends.org/nmhp/forum.html OR send a blank e-mail message to: [email protected] Best Friends Animal Society Phone: 435-644-2001 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bestfriends.org 14 - ANIMAL P E OPLE, March 2005 Paul Siegel Canine distemper resurges in unvaccinated inner city pit bulls, Rotts Law enforcement C H I C A G O ––Canine distemper, a Lednicky found that 65% of the dogs entering Chicago S u n - T i m e s columnist Carol Marin disease related to human measles, appears to the Chicago city shelter had apparently never that the shelter staff were not properly clean- Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa be making a comeback in U.S. inner cities, been vaccinated against either distemper or ing the facilities, and were hosing cages with- County, Arizona, on January 18 reassigned spreading among unlicensed, unvaccinated pit rabies. Nationally, about 70% of all dogs are out taking the dogs out. four deputies and four civilian investigators to bull terriers and Rottweilers, warn members believed to have had both vaccinations. “Proutsos denied dogs were mis- handle animal abuse cases fulltime, and of a task force appointed to investigate out- Most of the infected Chicago dogs treated under her watch. She also denied that authorized the county Animal Cruelty Prevent- breaks in the Chicago area. were pit bulls, Rottweilers, and their mixes, she was forced out, even though her title ion Unit to immediately arrest and jail sus- “In the last year, epidemics of the Dygas confirmed. “They had been owned and change sounds like a demotion. Proutsos is pects. Arpaio put former Phoenix mayor disease have been reported in Los Angeles, then released on the street. They never saw a now an assistant commissioner overseeing Thelda Williams in charge of the unit. Phoenix, Atlanta, Dallas, Miami and Wash- veterinarian before,” he told Gorner. “When nutrition programs for the city’s Department of Arpaio also disbanded the Maricopa County ington state. Distemper last year killed at least they were brought here, they were in bad con- Aging. Her salary has not changed,” wrote SWAT team, in favor of a part-time SWAT 120 dogs and halted adoptions in Chicago area dition. They didn’t have proper nutrition. Sun-Times city hall reporter Fran Spielman. unit, and told critics that prosecuting animal shelters,” recounted Chicago Tribune science Their immune system was not prepared to Proutsos responded to three A N I - abuse brings better crime prevention for the writer Peter Gorner on February 6. fight any kind of contagious disease.” MAL PEOPLE inquiries about why she money than having a SWAT team. “Before effective vaccines were Dygas said that while the distemper changed jobs and whether she wished to Arpaio’s web site describes a no-kill developed, half of all litters—50% of all pup- epidemic waned in October 2004, the shelter remain in the animal control field with four animal shelter he opened in 1999 in a former pies in the U.S.—died from distemper,” said is “still receiving animals jail, to house animals seized from suspects in Ronald D. Schultz, chair of pathobiological straight from the street who are cruelty cases. The shelter “also houses the sciences at the University of Wisconsin/ sick with active distemper.” pets of individuals who check into domestic Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. Chicago animal con- violence shelters that do not accept pets,” the Puppyhood inoculation conveys life- trol chief Nikki Proutsos, 39, site says. “Detention officer staff and sen- long immunity, but testing by Chicago resigned in January 2005 after tenced female inmates care for the animals. Department of Animal Care & Control chief four volunteers complained to The shelter is air-conditioned. Some critics veterinarian Marek Dygas and Loyola the city government and have said that it is inhumane to put dogs and University director of molecular virology John cats in air-conditioned quarters when inmates don’t have air-conditioning. A good answer HSUS forming shelter trade association came from one of the inmates assigned to care (Kim Bartlett) for the dogs. When asked if she was resentful WASHINGTON D.C.–– structure are similar to the initial goals about not having air-conditioning, she ges- Humane Society of the U.S. president of the American Humane Association, Birders, cat people team in tured to some of the dogs and said, “They Wayne Pacelle on February 7 invited formed in 1877. The AHA soon California “Project Bay Cat” didn’t do anything wrong, I did.” + 45 “leaders in the animal welfare restructured because transportation and Gerald Barnhart, director of the + industry” to attend a March 5 meeting communications of that era were not FOSTER CITY, California––Project Bay Cat on Division of Fish, Wildlife, & Marine at HSUS headquarters in Washington conducive to operating on the national February 1 announced that it had achieved 77% sterilization R e s o u r c e s for the New York State Depart- D.C. to “be a part of forming a federa- level as a membership organization. of the estimated 170 feral cats living along the scenic Bay ment of Environmental Conservation, tion of local humane societies. The The Society of Animal Wel- Trail during 2004, and had socialized and adopted out 31 promised P E T A in October 2002 that mem- purpose,” Pacelle said, would include fare Administrators and the National cats and kitters, reducing the cat population to 130. bers of his staff would stop telling callers to “Identifying best practices and promot- Animal Control Association, founded “Working together in a precedent-setting partner- kill animals by cruel and illegal means. A ing standards, influencing public poli- in 1970 and 1978, respectively, have ship, the Homeless Cat Network, Sequoia Audubon Society, DEC officer had advised a caller from Long cy,” and “influencing corporate poli- succeeded as membership organiza- and Foster City municipal government joined forces to Island to drown feral cats. On January 11, cies and practices.” tions, but each represents only part of humanely address the feral cat population,” said Project Bay 2005, a PETA undercover investigator who The federation “will be fund- the animal sheltering community. Cat representative Cimeron Morrisey. called the DEC office Syracuse was told by ed initially by membership fees and in- Pacelle sent the invitations to “The Foster City shoreline is an integral part of the DEC agent Shawn J. Dussault how to drown, kind contributions,” Pacelle added. the organizational meeting a week Pacific Flyway,” a major migratory bird route,” Morrisey strangle, and shoot “nuisance” species, “While HSUS has played a role in after consolidating some of the field continued. The Bay Trail also wanders through artificial including cats. The 15-minute taped conversa- developing the concept, the trade offices that have assisted local humane marshes that are attracting growing year-round bird popula- tion was posted to the PETA web site. PETA association will not be an adjunct of societies since the 1970s. Former tions, and the endangered California clapper rail inhabits the called for Barnhart and Dussault to resign. HSUS,” Pacelle said. “It will be gov- Great Lakes regional director Sandy area surrounding the north end of the trail. Interrupted on February 7 by erned by its members, and it will serve Rowland and three employees were More than 15 years of bitter politics and some- Monmouth County SPCA law enforcement the members it attracts.” laid off, 28 years after Rowland times lawsuits over efforts to protect clapper rails by killing chief Victor Amato while allegedly choking The announced purpose and opened the Great Lakes office. feral cats and foxes preceded the formation of Project Bay and beating his estranged wife’s Yorkshire ter- Cat, which came together , Morrissey said, when local ani- rier, one Angel Baez of North Middletown, Civil Abolitionist ends print edition mal advocates began talking to each other instead of pushing New Jersey, turned on Amato instead, wield- Bina Robinson, 81, has Ruesch’s international anti-vivisection the agendas of national organizations. ing a pair of “escrima sticks,” a martial arts ended the Civil Abolitionist newsletter, organization,” explains the Civitas “We are collaborating in this project for the protec- weapon. What Baez did not know is that after 15 years, due to falling circula- web site, NJARA PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION SHUTS HALL OF FAME TO CUT LOSSES COLORADO SPRINGS––Facing a conspiracy to distribute steroids, possession of Kusek reported on January 27 that what they witness. Those with hearts and cash flow crunch, the Professional Rodeo human growth hormone, and misbranding the PRCA might restructure the National brains are not likely to return. Cowboys Association in January 2005 drugs with intent to defraud. The trial is to Finals Rodeo to encourage “big-money dra- “With practically empty arenas at so changed commissioners, closed the Pro Rodeo begin in March 2005. matic finishes,” in hopes of selling the rights many rodeos, the phony cowboys are addicted Hall of Fame & Museum of the American Jury selection began on February 15, to broadcast the NFR to CBS, which already to sponsorship money,” Hindi continued. Cowboy, located near the PRCA national head 2005 for another trial involving Ellerman as broadcasts the tour finales. “A few years ago the PRCA lost an office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Valente’s counsel, a $3.8 million civil suit The PRCA is a nonprofit association important sponsor, Coca-Cola,” Hindi reportedly may alter the formats of several brought against former Oakland Raiders line- (not a charity), that claims nearly 10,000 indi- reminded, “after SHARK showed a corporate major events to attract more TV money. backer Bill Romanowski by former teammate vidual members and sanctions nearly 700 official video footage of rodeo animal abuse. New PRCA commissioner Troy Marcus Williams. Williams, a tight end, con- mostly amateur rodeos per year. Coke still allows individual bottlers to sponsor Ellerman told Jeff Wolf of the Las Vegas tends his football career was ended by brain “For at least the last few years of rodeos, but now the PRCA is stuck with Review-Journal that the Hall of Fame roped in damage suffered when Romanowski hit him in Hatchell’s tenure,” Kusek wrote, “efforts crumbs instead of the whole loaf. The PRCA from 40,000 to 50,000 visitors in 2004, but a practice field altercation driven by “steroid were made to create a separate entity that tried a deal with Dr. Pepper. That deal fizzled, lost more than $300,000. Ellerman hoped to rage.” Valente has been called as a witness. would be devoted to the professional elements again after SHARK talked to the company. reopen it for the summer tourist season. Unanimously elected to a four-year of the PRCA.” “Now Campbell Soup subsidiary Ellerman reportedly saved the PRCA term as PRCA commissioner, Ellerman suc- Assessed SHARK founder Steve Pace Foods is sponsoring the PRCA as well as $500,000 by moving the ProRodeo Tour win- ceeded Stephen Hatchell, the PRCA commis- Hindi, “The long, hard slide to reality began steer roper Cash Meyers. Steer roping is the ter series finale from the Orleans Arena in cen- sioner since 1998. Hatchell resigned in when SHARK exposed animal abuse at PRCA most abusive event in rodeo, with the highest tral Las Vegas to a site outside the city. Wrote December 2004. rodeos. Relatively few diehard fans buy the death and injury rate,” Hindi charged, en Wolf, “The events in Las Vegas at best half- “Hatchell created the ProRodeo Tour tickets. Most attendees are ignorant of what route in the SHARK video display truck to filled the Orleans Arena,” as occurred at the [in 2000], that provided nearly $2 million in they will see. Some are shocked, some are hand-deliver video of steer roping to the original venue, the MGM Grand Garden. added prize money for the sport’s top competi- disgusted, and some ar/e just plain bored with Campbell head office in Camden, New Jersey. An attorney based in Sacramento, tors and stock contractors,” wrote Joe Kusek California, Ellerman is a former rodeo com- of the Billings Gazette. “He also created the petitor. Added to the PRCA board in 1995, he Xtreme Bulls Tour, when ESPN wanted a bull Campbell is into more than had served as board chair since 1999. riding tour to televise. Under his leadership, + How much time Ellerman will have TV time for the PRCA increased from 46 + for the PCRA is unclear. Ellerman represents hours in 1998 to nearly 300 hours last year.” James J. Valente, vice president of Bay Area But “The PRCA lost more than Lab Cooperative. Noted for supplying training $500,000 on its National Finals Rodeo cover- supplements to professional athletes, the com- age last year,” Kusek continued. “The PRCA pany is better known as BALCO. Four purchases air time on ESPN and ESPN2 and BALCO employees including Valente were tries to recoup the money through advertising.” “Campbell indicted by a federal grand jury in February Ellerman admitted that the PRCA soup is 2004 on charges including money-laundering, lost money in each year of Hatchell’s tenure. Oh so bad!” 13 killed, 350 injured in Indian bull A L A N G A N A L L U R ––At least 13 many of the competitors are in a similar state.” people were killed and more than 350 injured Either three or four men were report- during the third weekend in January 2005 at edly killed at Alanganallur, where more than traditional “Jallikattu” bullfights and bullrun- 200 were injured, 50 seriously. Two men ning events held around Tamil Nadu state, were killed, and 64 were injured, three of India, to celebrate Pongal, a Hindu holiday. them seriously, at Seeravayal. The fates of “Jallikattu is held at temples,” the bulls were not reported. explained Justin Huggler of the London Legal actions separately filed by the I n d e p e n d e n t . “At the most famous, at Visakha SPCA and PETA apparently discour- Alanganallur, the spectacle began with young aged similar events in Andrha Pradesh and men competing to grab a gold chain tied Assam, respectively. The Campbell Soup Company through its subsidiary, Pace Foods, maker around horns of the first bull. Bullfights, bull runs, and ritual of Pace Picante and Salsas, subsidizes the Professional Rodeo Cowboy “After that, 500 bulls were released abandonment of bull calves as temple offer- Association and individually sponsors steer roper Cash Meyers. into the crowd, as at Pamplona,” in the most ings, a leading Visakha SPCA concern, all famous Spanish bullrunning event. “But in serve to dispose of surplus bulls born as result How brutal is steer roping? Nine dead or badly injured steers were dragged Pamplona the crowd runs,” Huggler contin- of milk production. out of the ring last November at the Steer Roping Finals in Amarillo, Texas. ued. “In Tamil Nadu they compete with each India and the U.S. produce almost other to try to bring the bulls under control. the same amount of milk per year, but India Campbell claims everything it does is “Mmm, mmm, good!” “Unlike in Spanish bullfighting, the births 35 million calves to get that volume, Tell Campbell that their sponsorship of rodeo animal abuse is “Oh so bad,” bulls are not killed. It would be unacceptable while the U.S. births only nine million. The and that you will not buy Campbell products until their ties with rodeo are for the competitors to kill or try to inflict difference is partly because U.S. cows are broken: wounds on them. But this has not prevented about three times as productive, on average, animal rights activists from objecting as there and partly because U.S. dairy farmers make Mr. Doug Conant And please contribute to SHARK to help us end the cruelty of rodeos, hunting, bullfighting and other violence against our nonhuman friends. SHARK www.GREY2KUSA.org PO Box 28 Geneva, IL 60134 16 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2005 Why hunting can’t save African wildlife (from page one) Pro-hunting Kenyan landowners understands that Germany has already donated argue that a legal hunting industry would five million euros to both South Africa and increase the value of wildlife, encouraging Mozambique for infrastructure developments, stronger wildlife law enforcement. Proceeds but flatly refused to bankroll the Zimbabwean from hunting would help to hire wardens, who side,” the report continued. The World Bank, would be well enough paid to discourage cor- European Union, and nonprofit conservation ruption. Using that argument, with support groups are withholding funds from Zimbabwe from USAid, Safari Club International, and until the Mugabe regime removes squatters the African Wildlife Foundation, the pro-hunt- from Gonarezhou National Park, the I n d e p - ing faction sneaked a hunting reauthorization e n d e n t added, citing anonymous “well- bill through Parliament in 2004, vetoed on the placed” sources. Gonarezhou was to be a key last day of the year by President Emilio Mwai part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Kibaki. The pro-hunters vowed to return with “The Independent understands that a renewed effort, and have. government has resettled about 750 families But Kenya has enforced a shoot-to- on 11,000 hectares inside Gonarezhou,” the Cape buffalo––among the “Big Five” African hunted species. (Elissa Free) kill policy in the past against elephant and report concluded. seeking to lure the trophy hunters who no game-scouting for poachers, especially if they rhino poachers, who are often guerillas linked Hunting ranches promise quicker longer brave Zimbabwe, Namibia may have run out of money for hiring local help. to the Al Qaida and Hamas militias. cash returns to politicians than protecting wild been most aggressive. Now third behind For example, Arcadia University Kenya has historically been much habitat––and readers of the government-run South Africa and Tanzania in hunting revenue, professors Gail W. Hearn, a biologist, and more tolerant of indigenous poachers and Harare Herald might have judged from Namibia won permission from the Convention Wayne A. Morra, an economist, founded the wildlife traffickers. Some of the wealthiest reports published on January 18 and February on International Trade in Endangered Species the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program in and most influential Kenyans have been 7 that trophy hunting is booming, if they did in November 2004 to auction the rights to 1997 to protect the wildlife of the Gran among the most flagrant offenders. The fami- not know the current exchange rates. shoot five endangered black rhinos per year, Caldera de Luba, an ancient volcanic crater in ly of first Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta, Parks and Wildlife Management expected to fetch $200,000 U.S. per head, and Equatorial Guinea. The Bioko region was for example, reputedly expanded their fortune Authority director general Morris Mutsambiwa is soon to auction 18 hunting concessions on noted for relatively abundant populations of enormously during the 1970s by selling ivory projected in the first article that trophy hunting state land, the most it has offered ever. drills and red colubus monkeys. stolen from the national stockpiles. would bring $5.8 million in U.S. dollars to The rhino auction will be watched Hearn and Morra “encountered few Countless other Kenyan politicians Zimbabwe during 2005, and blamed shortfalls especially closely in KwaZulu-Natal, South traces of hunting in the last six years,” recount- know that bushmeat poachers, traffickers, on hunting promoters trying to evade taxation. Africa, where Ezemvelo Nature Reserve ed Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Andrew vendors, and their families vote. They might Parks and Wildlife Management wildlife chief in February 2005 called for pub- Maykuth on January 15, 2005, but on their not economically benefit from operating hunt- Authority public relations manager Edward lic hearings on introducing rhino hunting. winter 2005 trip “found signs of a shooting ing ranches, but are people for whom legal Mbewe said in the second article that Zimbab- But Namibian minister of environ- spree” and only two-thirds as many monkeys hunting would provide invaluable cover. we collected $12 billion from hunters in 2004. ment and tourism Philemon Malima in of all six resident species as a year ago. Indeed, data published in 2004 by If Zimbabwean currency was worth February 2005 warned the general meeting of “The hunting appeared to have the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust demon- as much against the U.S. dollar on February 7 the Namibia Professional Hunters Association occurred since May,” continued Maykuth, strates that authorizing “cropping” of ranched as on January 18, actual Zimbabwean hunting that populations of African lions, buffalo, and who accompanied Hearn and Morra, “when wildlife in 1990 has already provided cover for revenues for 2004 were about $2 million U.S., black-faced impala are struggling. the Bioko program laid off 12 forest monitors, poaching that has reduced the Kenyan wildlife about a third as much as Mutsambiwa hoped to The U.S.-based Goldman Found- leaving the caldera unguarded.” inventory by up to 60%. Anti-snaring patrols take in for 2005. In the interim, however, the ation has recently funded agencies called In an earlier report Maykuth men- fielded by the Sheldrick Trust and Youth for Zimbabwean dollar crashed from 6,057 per Integrated Rural Development & Nature tioned that “Hearn turned over responsibility Conservation removed nearly 15,000 snares U.S. dollar to 11,500 per U.S. dollar, so $12 Conservation and the Human Animal Conserv- for the forest monitors to Conservation from Kenyan national parks in 2004 alone. billion in Zimbabwean money came to barely ancy Conflict Compensation Scheme to pay International. But CI was unable to raise funds Sheldrick Wildlife Trust director more than $1 million U.S. villagers in the Caprivi and Kuene regions of for the forest guards and said it preferred to Daphne Sheldrick estimates that poachers kill Namibia for losses and injuries suffered as focus on encouraging Equatorial Guinea to as many as 300,000 animals per year in Tsavo Cultural exchange result of wildlife. Similar to the Defenders of protect its own forests.” Conservation Inter- National Park alone, whose animal population Zimbabwean trophy hunting rev- Wildlife practice of compensating ranchers in national in the most recent fiscal year for at any given time is about 800,000. Most of enues in 2004 included $12,000 from Virginia the Yellowstone region for losses of livestock which IRS Form 990 is available had $59 mil- the snared animals are small species such as taxpayers, Louis Hansen of the Norfolk to wolves and grizzly bears, the Goldman- lion in cash and securities reserves, plus $261 dik dik antelope and rock hyrax, but poachers Virginian-Pilot disclosed on February 2. backed schemes have already paid several million in grants receivable. also killed at least 150 elephants and 33 black Virginia Department of Game & dozen claims resulting from depredations by rhinos in 2004, Sheldrick recently told Luke Inland Fisheries board chair Daniel L. Hoffler, lions, buffalo, elephants, and crocodiles. Ebola Mulunda of the East African Standard. Storm department director William L. Woodfin Jr., If rich conservation groups will not Stanley of The Nation saw snares used to kill and deputies Michael Caison and Terry Motivation fund on-the-ground protection of endangered three giraffes and a cheetah during a day spent Bradberry “acknowledged that they spent at Zambia, slower to pursue hunters monkeys, it is possible that fear of gruesomely with a desnaring team in Tsavo. least $12,000 in taxpayer money on luggage, who used to go to Zimbabwe, has been trying and inevitably fatal Ebola virus will eventually equipment and clothing for their 17-day trip” to catch up by allocating land rights in official instill avoidance of bushmeat––but the combi- Hybrid lions to Zimbabwe in September 2004, Hansen Game Management Areas to foreigners with nation of hunting pressure, habitat loss, and National parks throughout Africa are wrote. “The men initially had sought to have the capital to develop hunting concessions. disease, including Ebola, could meanwhile under similar siege. The 5,200-square-mile the state pay for the [entire] safari, but that This has occasioned concern from Zambia exterminate many of the rarest species. Odzala-Kokoua national park in the Congo request was turned down. Hoffler,” a devel- Wildlife Authority managing director Hapenga Wildlife Conservation Society Republic is defended by just 30 rangers, oper, “said he personally spent more than Kabeta and Zambia Land Alliance coordinator researchers Pierre Rouquet, William Karesh, Agence France-Press reported on February 3. $40,000 to fund the trip,” Hansen added. Henry Muchina, reported Nomusa Maunga of and nine co-authors reported in the February They made 30 arrests in 2004, seizing 37 sets Hoffler pledged that the $12,000 the Lusaka Post on February 15. 2005 edition of the journal E m e r g i n g of elephant tusks and 20 firearms. Twenty would be refunded to the state treasury. “This is causing conflict,” Kabeta Infectious Diseases that all recent Ebola out- thousand elephants roamed the park a decade Whistleblower complaints about the said. “It’s a tragedy for our future, because breaks among humans in Gabon and the ago. How many remain is anyone’s guess. safari prompted State Internal Auditor Merritt wildlife is our last heritage.” Republic of Congo resulted from handling A decade ago African conservation- L. Cogswell to audit spending by several of the Added Muchina, “We need to come infected wild animal carcasses. ists dreamed of creating international “peace men involved for the third time in three years. up with a policy which looks at the interested “The paper provides definitive proof parks” along national frontiers, which would A November 2002 audit “rebuked Woodfin for parties to benefit both the poor and the rich.” that Ebola moves from wildlife to humans combine the functions of no-man’s-land and costly and questionable purchases including That is the perennial crux of the through the consumption or handling of bush- tourist magnets. The prototype was to be the high-end shotguns,” Hansen wrote. African wildlife management problem. meat,” summarized John Delaney of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, linking A second audit a year later found Because the rich have often preached conser- Wildlife Conservation Society in a posting to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. that Caison “used state equipment for his pri- vation while exploiting wildlife, the poor tend the ProMed electronic bulletin board main- But that was before 2000, when the vate catering business and was paid to cater to grab what they can, when they can, before tained by the Society for Infectious Diseases. shaky Robert Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe several agency events,” Hansen summarized. someone stronger makes off with it. “Specifically, the researchers found sought to prop itself up by encouraging land- “The report also found that Caison violated a Thus a mob fought over the remains that Ebola infections in wild animals such as less “war veterans” to invade farms. state policy against carrying alcohol in govern- of a roadkilled hippopotamus on February 22, gorillas, chimpanzees, and occasionally duik- The Zimbabwe Independent, pub- ment vehicles, which could have resulted in 2005, near Kenyatta University in Nairobi. ers, a diminutive antelope species, cross the lished in defiance of Mugabe regime efforts to dismissal. Instead,” in an outcome echoing When police organized a line for those who human/wildlife divide through hunters taking suppress dissent, reported on February 4 that Zimbabwean wildlife management practices, wished to take meat, half of those who joined either sick animals or carcasses for meat. “Donors are withholding funds for the Great Caison was promoted from captain to major the line and waited reportedly got none. Hunters then spread the disease to families and Limpopo Transfrontier Park until Zimbabwe one year after the report was issued.” In such an atmosphere, the work of hospital workers,” Delaney explained. restores the rule of law.“ The Independent Among the many African nations conservationists can amount to little more than ––Merritt Clifton YES! I’M AN Please enter my subscription for: ____ One year (10 issues.) Enclosed is $24. ____ Two years (20 issues.) Enclosed is $38. ANIMAL PERSON! ____ Three years (30 issues.) 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D E L H I ––“There is no one left to “After 1992 rules were in place to notably white tigers, but the practice is dis- raise hell with,” People for Animals founder disallow hybridization, and we are certain that couraged by the American Zoo Association. and former Indian minister of state for animal no cross-breeding has taken place since welfare lamented to ANIMAL PEOPLE o n 2002,’” said a Central Zoo Authority Deer disaster February 15, after disclosures raised questions spokesperson. The flaps over breeding occurred as to whether anyone is looking out for The Central Zoo Authority claimed simultaneously with a furor over the deaths of wildlife within the present Indian government. that in recent years the number of purebred five deer at the Thiruvanathapatam Zoo in The most humiliating disclosure, Asiatic lions in captivity has risen from 81 to Kerala state during the last six days of January, had anyone been paying attention, was that 131. But Indian zoos still have more than 300 in connection with sterilization surgery. the Convention on International Trade in hybrid lions to feed, who will be allowed to Zoo director C.S. Yelakki reported Endangered Species on December 22 recom- live out their lives, zoo officials insisted. to the Central Zoo Authority that two spotted mended that “all Parties [to the United Indeed, the hybrid lions are often deer “jumped out of their old enclosure out of Nations-brokered treaty] suspend commercial among the most popular animals at Indian provocation, and later died owing to exhaus- trade in specimens of CITIES-listed species zoos, looking as regal as a lion is supposed to tion,” largely confirming the earlier explana- with Gambia and India until further notice.” look, and adapting as easily to captivity as tion to The Hindu by a zoo veterinarian that Seen at Keoladeo, 1n 1997. (Kim Bartlett) The suspension came because any, even if they are not inbred enough to suit “The herd became panicky and ran helter-skel- Gambia and India failed to submit legislative conservationist demands that zoo lions be ter as we started firing the tranquilizer gun. birds,” allegedly due to water diversions for plans for strengthening CITES enforcement. either distinctively Asiatic or African. The two deaths were owing to shock.” human use during an ongoing drought. The humiliation might have been Overlooked in the furor was the like- In addition, Yelakki said, “Three “The Sariska tiger sanctuary does acute because the CITES logo was designed in lihood that the hybrid lions, not the purebreds, sambar deer died a day after the operation was not have a single tiger left,” Mrs. Gandhi con- India and India has three times chaired the probably most resemble the lost wild popula- carried out.” tinued, “as they are all poached, and now CITES standing committee. tion who until recent times roamed the Middle Yelakki denied that a fourth sambar Ranthambor is approaching that level. But hardly anyone in India knew East and Central Asia. This was the greater “died following a fight between two males “The government has not released about the suspension, Times of India c o r r e - portion of lion habitat, though probably never who had just come out of anaesthesia and were money [for animal welfare] for over two spondent Chandrika Mago disclosed on as densely occupied by lions as the more con- disoriented,” as The Hindu recounted. Yelakki years,” Mrs. Gandhi added. “I went to February 18. genial parts of Africa. called the mortality, among herds of 75 spot- Chennai,” where the Animal Welfare Board “Even seniors in the environment ted deer and 110 sambar “very minimum.” of India is headquartered, “and found 1,585 ministry have just heard of the decision,” Breeding albinos Perhaps it was, beside the deaths of files thrown into a room unopened, all of Mago wrote. “They hope CITES will relax its Eager to attract international support three out of seven moose who were netgunned which pertained to money to be given for stance in a month or so.” by building a reputation for preserving endan- the preceding week for the Colorado Division Animal Birth Control hospitals, ambulances, gered species, the Central Zoo Authority was of Wildlife by Quicksilver Air Inc. Quicksil- maintainance, training, and so forth. I Hybrid lions embarrassed in early January 2005 when ver’s previous mortality rate in airborne net- opened 1, 200, finished their procedures, sort- One of the Indian agencies responsi- Surojit Mahalanobis of the Times of India pub- gunning of ungulates was reportedly 3%, ed and computerised them, and then asked for ble for CITES compliance, the Central Zoo lished findings of an internal audit showing a comparable to the Thiruvanathapatam Zoo the monies to be released. The minister has Authority, was preoccupied as 2005 opened 26% decrease in the endangered species popu- deer mortality––but the zoo deer were penned, now objected and put them back on hold.” with defending itself against conservationist lation of Indian zoos between April 1, 2003, while the moose deaths occurred in deep snow Some Animal Welfare Board of criticism for having allowed endangered and March 31, 2004. The 163 recognized and rugged mountains, and still generated India grants for Animal Birth Control pro- Asiatic lions to hybridize with African lions. Indian “major zoos” and 113 “mini-zoos” and controversy for weeks. grams and other work have been paid, other “Angry letters from non-government “deer parks” began the audit period with The Colorado Division of Wildlife sources told ANIMAL PEOPLE, but there is organizations, animal rights activists, and 31,101 animals, including 9,168 members of had hoped to introduce the moose to other general agreement that the cash flow is slower even various High Commissions are demand- endangered species, but finished with 29,195 potentially hospitable parts of the state, to and more uncertain than during the five years ing clarification of how uncontrolled and animals, only 6,771 of them endangered. The expand the huntable population. Mrs. Gandhi was animal welfare minister, unplanned breeding among captive lions led to non-endangered animal count increased during “The Thiruvanathapatnam zoo direc- under the former BJP government––although a condition where the main objective of con- the audit by 491. tor essentially said it was the fault of the deer her tenure included frequent conflicts with servation––to maintain a pure gene pool––has With those debacles in the headlines, that they died, as he is an expert,” fumed civil servants who allegedly delayed payments been lost,” summarized Bindu Shajan the Delhi Zoo disclosed just in time for Mrs. Gandhi. She filed a complaint to the to retaliate against her. Perappadan of The Hindu. Valentine’s Day reportage that as Bindu Central Zoo Authority about the incident but Mrs. Gandhi’s allegations about Shajan Perappadan put it, “To cater to the did not anticipate pursuing it further. Sariska and Ranthambore were supported Capital’s love for the exotic and fair, the zoo “The only thing I could achieve within days by Ranjeet S. Jamwal, Jaipur cor- by its own admission is busy these days manu- would be a ban on sterilizing deer in zoos,” respondent for The Statesman, of Kolkata. facturing albinos, purely for show. The ani- Mrs. Gandhi said. “A 15-day hunt by wildlife depart- mals are bred only for novelty value and the ment teams has found no direct signs of tiger high return they fetch in the zoo exchange No birds or tigers presence in Sariska National Park,” wrote market,” Perappadan continued. A member of the Indian parliament Jamwal. “The government carried out the hunt “While albinos have been exhibited aligned with the now-minority Bharatija Janata after neither tourists nor Sariska National Park and bred in Indian zoos for a while now, the Party, Mrs. Gandhi declared herself equally officials spotted tigers in the park since June Delhi zoo is set for expansion,” Perappadan frustrated about the failure of the present 2004. A just-concluded World Wildlife Fund disclosed, to include increasing the resident Congress Party government to enforce protec- inquiry also yielded no signs of tiger presence flock of albino peafowl and obtaining albino tion of wildlife habitat. in Sariska,” which is surrounded by illegal blackbucks and sambars. “The environment minister recently mining and agricultural encroachment. Aerial “Several zoos across the world have announced that all the villages that were ille- photographs indicate that the park has been albino crow, bison, and even sloth bears,” gally built within our sanctuaries will not only reduced to little more than a jagged “X” of Perappadan added, quoting an unnamed zoo be regularized, but will be served by paved habitat in two ravines bisected by roads heavi- official as hinting that the Delhi Zoo “might roads now and public buildings,” Mrs. Gandhi ly traveled by tourist vehicles. get lucky and have one of these animals stay- said. “I can’t do anything. Everywhere I look, Sariska claimed 15 to 20 tigers as ing over under an exchange program.” there is mining going on in sanctuaries. The recently as May 2004, and 25 to 28 in May U.S. zoos have also deliberately bred Keolodeo bird sanctuary in Bharatpur has no 2003. “Officials admit the number of tigers Bluebull at Sariska. (Kim Bartlett) albino animals for exhibition and sale, most may have been over-reported,” Jamwal said, Patent on hybrid human denied Moved their ACES The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on February 11, Animal Care Equipment 2005 rejected the 1997 application of New York Medical College & Services Inc., for 20 years the ANIMAL LEGAL & VETERINARY professor of cell biology and anatomy Stuart Newman for a patent leading distributor of animal rescue on a theoretical method of combining human embryonic cells with and handling equipment worldwide, MEDICAL CONSULTING SERVICES cells from a nonhuman primate to create a “chimera,” meaning an has moved from California to 4920-F Fox St., Denver, CO 80216; 303- Animal Shelter Services animal with traits of multiple species. The Patent & Trademark Assessment of Shelter and Field Service, Office ruled that the chimera would be too close genetically to a 296-9287; fax 303-298-8894; human being to be patented. This was as Newman hoped, since he COLUMBO, CHEN- was less than feared, and could be lage of Kariggiwela in the South son, though the fisheries and forest The season toll on nesting NAI, PHUKET––Concern for minimized by prompt removal of Province. Major funding for this departments were provided with sea turtles in recent years has varied marine life after the Indian Ocean objects which might batter portions project is provided by the Aber- funding for this five years ago. from 6,000 to more than 10,000. tsunami of December 26, 2004 cen- of reef apart, moving with tidal crombie & Kent Global Foundation. “Moreover, despite a clear tered on sea turtles and coral reefs. action, before they could become As part of this effort we are also pro- direction to post 10 armed police- Thailand Sea turtles, just beginning anchored by new coral growth. viding funds to a young widow with men from the Orissa State Armed Sea turtle nesting along their nesting season, and usually “We carried out four dif- two children who lost her fisherman Police at the three patrolling stations Thai beaches may be incompletely drowned by the thousands in trawler ferent surveys of the marine environ- husband to start a small business at the Gahirmatha marne sanctuary monitored this spring because of nets, appeared to be among the few ment [around Sri Lanka] and found selling devotional items at the and the mouths of the rivers Devi tsunami damage to the Wild Animal beneficiaries––other than fish––of low to minimum damage to the coral Tissamaharama Temple.” and Rusikulya, there is no perma- Rescue Foundation of Thailand’s the destruction of fishing fleets and reef, although the water is still very Apart from the need to nent police detachment. Wild Animal Rescue & Education beachfront development. murky,” Nature Conservancy scien- relieve human suffering, the argu- “A fortnight back, a group Centre at Baan Talae Nork in Thirty olive ridley sea tur- tist Sanjayan Muttulingam told ment for conservationists helping of fishers kidnapped two forest Ranong province. The 200 resident tles hatched on February 16 at Steve Connor, science editor of the fishers is that fishing will go on any- guards when they tried to seize animals fled to safety in the wooded Tanjung Beach on Kuala Lumpur, London Independent. way, and helping the fishers gives equipment from them for illegal portion of the site, WAR said in an Malaysia, for example, a tsunami- “The conditions were the conservationists a chance to pro- trawling inside the restricted zone electronic newsletter, “but the cen- struck resort area where sea turtles rough and there were items strewn mote less destructive methods than near the Gahirmatha marine sanctu- ter’s bungalows, kitchen, main hall, had not nested successfully in more over the reef, including pipes, might otherwise be practiced. ary. The forest guards had no police garden, and toilet were all than a decade. blocks of cement, and boat frag- escort,” the Deccan Herald said. destroyed. Staff and volunteers are But U.S. National Marine ments,” Muttulingam continued. Wildlife Society of Orissa India currently camping out in the WAR Fisheries Service coral reef expert “The coral showed only sea turtle project coordinator Reports from India mean- office, which is seven kilometers Tom Hourigan told Paul Recer of minimal signs of recent breakage, Biswajit Mohanty told the D e c c a n while confirmed that the tsunami has from the beach, and helping with Associated Press that reefs badly most notably at the Hikkaduwa H e r a l d that volunteers had already helped sea turtles, at least until the relief efforts,” the newsletter added, damaged by the regional El Nino Marine Sanctuary. In all, the live found 5,010 dead sea turtles this fishing fleet recovers and beachfront concluding that “With great regret, effect of 1997-1998 were likely to coral seemed to have fared year, including 1,500 near the touristic infrastructure is rebuilt. we have had to cancel our Sea Turtle have taken a further pounding. well––but unless we clean up the Madras Crocodile Bank Gahirmatha sanctuary. “It is very likely that the debris left behind, there will be fur- Trust volunteer J. Subramanean told tsunami would damage the coral and ther damage,” Muttulingam said. The Hindu in early February that some of the worst damage would Muttulingam worked with olive ridley sea turtle nestings along come from debris thrown up against Ravi Corea of the Sri Lanka Wildlife the beach he patrols between Besant the reefs,” Hourigan told Recer. Conservation Society. Nagar and Neelangarai rose from 17 “Some entire reef ecosys- “At the request of the in 2004 to 41 this year. tems could have been buried by sed- Department of Wildlife Conserv- “In the post-tsunami peri- iments flushed into shallow environ- ation of Sri Lanka,” e-mailed Corea, od, the number of dead turtles ments,” added coral reef division “we conducted underwater surveys reported is less compared to last chief Russel E. Brainard of the of the coral reefs of Hikkaduwa and year,” Crocodile Bank Trust educa- National Oceanographic and the Unawatuna, Mirissa, and tion officer Kundhavi Devi added. Atmospheric Administration. Polhena beaches. We also assessed Farther north, where the Environmental science the impact on terrestrial habitats in tsunami impact was lighter, and far associate professor Somchai Sakul- the Bundala and Yala National Parks more sea turtles have come ashore in thap of Phuket Rajabhat University and in the Kumana Bird Sanctuary. recent decades, “Fishing trawlers told Punnee Amornviputpanich of This effort was totally supported by continue to be the biggest culprits in The Nation that he found piles of The Nature Conservancy and by the making the Orissa coastline a grave- broken staghorn coral along the National Geographic Society.” yard for turtles,” the Deccan Herald beach after the tsunami, plus sea “We have raised funds to reported on February 11. cucumbers, gulper eels, and many provide new homes to the Depart- “None of the trawlers fol- other species not usually washed up ment of Wildlife Conservation staff low the government’s directive to from the coastal shelf. He predicted whose homes were destroyed,” use turtle exclusion devices,” the that the reefs off Phuket might take Corea added, then described an eco- Deccan Herald alleged. “The state 20 years to recover. logical conflict of interest: government has not been able to The first post-tsunami “We are providing new procure speedboats for patrolling coral reef damage assessments, boats, engines and fishing gear to a along the coast during the turtle sea- however, found that the damage small fishing community in the vil- 20 - ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2005 PHUKET, Thailand––As the Thayang e-mailed to ANIMAL PEOPLE o n Wrote Jim Pollard and Sucheera The Gomm allegations against the tsunami waves receded on December 26 and January 29 that “In fact, IFAW has supported Pinijparakarn of The Nation in Bangkok, Soi Dog Foundation distinctly contrasted with the size of the disaster became evident, Soi the relief efforts from the first week,” but did “Supporters say Wiek is being persecuted by evaluations by Humane Society International Dog Foundation volunteer John Dalley e- not reply to a direct question from ANIMAL the National Parks Department for pursuing director of Asian programs Sherry Grant and mailed to the International Fund for Animal PEOPLE as to just what work IFAW funded, the Safari World orangutan scandal, which Animals Asia Foundation founder Jill Welfare a plea for help on behalf of the ani- where, when, to what extent. received worldwide publicity during the Robinson, who spent several days helping the mals. No one responded. Dalley, Soi Dog CITES conference here last September. The Soi Dog Foundation relief effort earlier in founder Margot Park, and the other Soi Dog Busted case is extraordinary, given the department’s January. Both Grant and Robinson were volunteers took in as many human and animal lack of action against Safari World over what extensively quoted in the January/February But Wiek had other problems. As a refugees as they could, then tried again. has been called the biggest smuggling case 2005 edition of ANIMAL PEOPLE. Wildlife Friends press release recounted on ANIMAL PEOPLE wired relief ever of endangered primates.” Gomm received electronic support February 3, “Dutch-born wildlife activist funding on December 29. The Best Friends from one “Aaron M. Mazzrillo, Freelance Edwin Wiek was briefly jailed today after Animal Society sent aid the next day. Journalist, New York Times.” A N I M A L appearing in provincial court to face charges Boxing orangutans The IFAW response came at last on P E O P L E found that no one of that name or relating to the possession of wildlife without Safari World until August 2003 was February 16, from IFAW grants manager any similar name has had a byline in The New proper documents. Wiek, who runs the notorious for staging boxing matches between Laura Saliba. “Thank you for your interest in York Times at least since 1996, appears on the acclaimed Wildlife Friends Rescue Center, captive orangutans. The boxing matches were IFAW grants,” Saliba wrote. “Unfortunately, New York Times roster of staff and correspon- was charged early in August 2004 after a suspended coinciding with a nationwide crack- IFAW is currently not accepting unsolicited dents, or has ever had a byline anywhere that series of raids on his rescue center.” down on wildlife trafficking. grant requests. We receive a large number of turned up in repeated electronic searches of Wildlife Friends accused Thai offi- On November 22, 2003, Sawek worthwhile proposals, and we are only able online newspaper libraries. cials of “trying to stop Wiek’s involvement in Pinsinchai announced that a raid on Safari to fund a portion of those due to limited funds, “The Soi Dog Foundation has investigating the illegal cross-border trade in World by 200 police officers had discovered and the desire to be as effective as possible in always prided itself on the fact that all funds wildlife, in particular orangutans. 115 orangutans, of whom the park had per- the work we support. “ raised go directly to the animals,” Park said. “The Wildlife Friends Rescue Center mits to keep only 44. DNA testing found that As of the most recent IFAW filing of “We have no paid staff. Expenses, including houses over 150 protected wild animals,” the at least 12 orangutans could not be offspring of IRS Form 990, it had cash and securities for vehicles, fuel, our web site, etcetera, are press release said, “most of which have suf- any of the permitted orangutans, and were reserves of approximately $17.8 million. met by our volunteers themselves. We are a fered severe distress, are sick, or have physi- therefore probably smuggled into Thailand. IFAW representative Anand Raman- very young and small organization which has cal disabilities. Officials of the Department of After Indonesia and Malaysia sought athan meanwhile wrote in a January 1 web been catapulted into a huge amount of work National Parks, Wildlife and Plants said that to repatriate the orangutans, Safari World posting that “In the tourist destination of and publicity due to the tsunami. We are in for nineteen of these animals the documents claimed that 41 of them had died from pneu- Phuket, reports of abandoned dogs and dis- the process of finding an accounting firm to were not in order. Consequently, in July 2004 monia and were cremated. In August 2004 a placed livestock have been received and we help us produce proper reports, which we will some of the animals were confiscated and follow-up police raid found 36 of the “dead” are in touch with a local NGO (Soi Dog link to our website. All this takes time, espe- removed from the center with great force on orangutans hidden on the property. Foundation www.soidogfoundation.org) to cially since we are still so incredibly busy. We the order of Schwann Tunhikorn, director of In November 2004, 22 orangutans facilitate their animal rescue work.” have many visiting vets here at the moment the DNP Wildlife Conservation Office and believed to have come from Safari World Another IFAW representative, Mick and need to take advantage of that.” Thailand’s office of the Convention on turned up at Koh Kong Safari World, a similar McIntyre, briefly visited the Soi Dog Soi Dog Foundation balance sheets International Trade in Endangered Species. facility in Cambodia. “On November 10, the Foundation two weeks later, but did nothing, from 2003-2004 are in possession of A N I - Two of the animals were badly injured during Cambodian office for CITES sent a letter to Ly Dalley told ANIMAL PEOPLE, to facilitate MAL PEOPLE, and show no irregularities. their capture,” Wildlife Friends alleged. Yong Phat, owner of Safari World’s parent any of the Soi Dog animal rescue work. “In the past weeks, we have been “After hearing about the arrest of company, Koh Kong International Resort After the January/February 2005 edi- visited by the leaders of the World Society for Wiek,” the press release finished, “Major- Casino, inviting him to begin the application tion of ANIMAL PEOPLE exposed this and the Protection of Animals, HSI, the Animals General Sawek Pinsinchai, commander of the process,” reported Liam Cochrane of the Pnom other discrepancies between IFAW claims and Asia Foundation, and IFAW,” Park added. Thai Royal Forestry Police, sped to Petcha- Penh Post on December 22. The two Safari reports from the field, Edwin Wiek of the “These people have witnessed our work and buri provincial court and bailed Wiek out.” Worlds have different listed owners, but “con- Wildlife Friends Rescue Center in Amphoe [IFAW excepted] have pledged funding to us. servationists believe the same animal trainers WSPA in particular is keen to make Phuket an work in both parks,” Cochrane wrote. example to the rest of Thailand of how to Wiek was instrumental in bringing effectively manage a stray dog population. the case to global notice. “It is often said that out of every- thing bad, something good happens,” Park Electronic target continued. “In the case of the tsunami, we Quite apart from whatever IFAW have not only been able to alleviate the imme- and Wiek did or did not do, the Soi Dog diate suffering of animals here, and in the sur- Foundation ran into difficulties with the Dog rounding regions, but are in a position now to Rescue Center Samui, founded in 1999 by be far more effective in the future. German expatriate Brigitte Gomm. Located “In the past, the only feeding we outside the tsunami-stricken region, the Dog could do was through individual volunteers Rescue Center Samui in early January 2005 feeding at particular temples at their own began electronic fundraising in the name of expense,” Park said. “ We are now setting up assisting the Soi Dog Foundation, even a network of people including many Thais, though the Soi Dog Foundation has an interna- who will monitor animals, feed them, and tionally accessible PayPal account. report any sickness, injuries, or new arrivals Gomm and three staff members then to a central number for an immediate response. visited the Soi Dog Foundation on January 20, “We will also upgrade our clinic,” clashed with Dalley and Park, withheld at Park pledged, “including hiring our own Thai least 5,000 euros and some dog food they said vet and vet nurse. This will enable us to steril- they had intended to deliver, ripped Soi Dog ize and treat many more dogs and cats than in an e-mail to donors, and asked for donor before. New volunteers are coming forward. Gill Dalley of the Soi Dog Foundation lost her legs as result of an infection contracted during approval to transfer the funding to a new ani- We are very confident,” Park finished, “that an October 2004 dog rescue. Above, she inspects recently sterilized street dogs. mal rescue project on Koh Payam island. the condition of the stray animal population of “Too many stray dogs & cattle” roam the Andamans (from page Satyanarayan e-mailed on January 25, just after the Veterinarian Geeta Godson, of Port Blair, “had a which are all on our highly protected list!––and they are carried January/February edition of ANIMAL PEOPLE went to press. maid who lived on Little Andaman,” Satyanarayan said, “and off,” probably to be sold for release at temples, if they survive “Even the dogs at the local shelter are severely emaciated and the waters miraculously left her hut standing when everything capture and transport. in need of urgent feeding.” else was destroyed. Whenever the boat leaves for Little The Thai supply of birds available for purchase at Heading the Wildlife SOS/Friendicoes SECA relief Andaman we put in flour, milk powder, rice and dal, and the team, whose members had crossed India diagonally from Agra maid with her son Raju cooks packets of it for the dogs. At and Delhi to help, Satyanarayan reached the Andamans after first the dogs were timid and required much coaxing, but now weeks of work in Tamil Nadu. we are feeding about 50 dogs daily. They wait for the boat to Asia for By mid-February, Satyanarayan reported, “We are dock and then follow Savitri and Raju to the hut for their meal. feeding 1,080 cattle which belong to 708 families. Initially, we “The most important thing to do now,” Satyanar- helped the villagers drive their cattle into the jungles in the ayan continued, “is to start an animal shelter and treatment Animals higher lands. But the unowned cattle depend entirely on us. center on Little Andaman, as the government may not be “Low-lying areas where paddy fields and dry paddy restarting one for months. It is impossible to take even a single straw are grown provided the main fodder for cattle. Since the animal to Port Blair, as the boat is over crowded with fleeing Symposium tsunami these areas have been submerged in sea water,” humans and there is only one boat per day. Satyanarayan explained. “Finding surviving animals is difficult as we walk or “Some places are still under six feet of water, even cycle through a narrow path in thick jungles, with numerous [email protected] after fifty days. As per the scientific reports, the sea level has mud- filled streams. There is absolute silence and damaged risen. The capacity of Port Blair to feed cattle is going to be houses, fallen trees, scattered utensils, broken TV sets, and permanently lower. Fearing this, farmers are selling their milk furniture litter the ground,” Satyanarayan wrote. “When we do cows, and we fear that the buyers are not always those who find a dog, his face tells his story and how much he is missing 22-24 will rear them. his people. Sometimes they follow us for several kilometers, “Our team on Little Andaman could not find more but then run back to where we saw them first.” June than 20 dogs there on the first day,” Satyanaryan recalled, Satyanaryan flew home on Valentine’s Day, after 45 “although there were plenty of pigs. Survivors reported that days in the field. the pigs ate decomposing human bodies, but not the dogs. “He will rest a couple of days and we will plan care- 2005 Dogs continued sitting next to the dead bodies of their people fully all the follow-up work and consolidate things,” and never touched a single body, a constable told one of our Friendicoes SECA shelter manager Geeta Seshamani told ANI- team. The constable himself buried more than 40 bodies, and MAL PEOPLE. “Our work at Andamans and Nicobar contin- the police depended on the positions of the dogs to locate the ues. The team is still there, and we are going to be there for bodies. Only after the bodies were burnt did the dogs leave to the long haul. Not only do we have an Animal Birth Control Singapore hide in the forests, or go to the relief camps in search of food.” program to start from scratch, but the poaching there is Satyanarayan organized feeding stations for the dogs appalling. Crocodile meat, deer meat––everything is openly that will be moved gradually to lead them to high ground. sold. Boats come from Thailand and birds are trapped––species www.acres.org.sg/asiaforanimals/ ANIMAL PEOP LE, March 2005 - 21 Anti-rabies drive shifts gears to sterilization (from page one) Making Kind Care, mobile surgical hospitals staffed by teams ing to rebuild this town. Vier Pfoten established and staffed mainly by students, the IFAW team from the Bali Street Dog Foundation in Indonesia a vet clinic, began vaccinating, and introduced a worked at a markedly slower pace. Choices: and the Humane Society International division of mass sterilization program.” Funded by WSPA and the Royal SPCA Everyday ways to enhance the Humane Society of the U.S. began doing ster- Later the Vier Pfoten team split into of Britain, the Kandy Association for Commun- your life through Earth and ilization at Arugam Bay in early February, where two teams, in order to begin field operations on ity Protection Through Animal Welfare also the threat of dog massacres loomed largest. the east coast in coordination with HSI, and a organized vaccination and sterilization efforts. animal-friendly living About 500 dogs had been sterilized by Japanese veterinary team arrived to help. KACPAW president Champa Fernando Valentine’s Day, Blumberg said. “Both HSI and Vier Pfoten are integrat- anticipated that “Two WSPA-funded mobile clin- by Ingrid Newkirk After 10 days at Arugam Bay the HSI ing local vets into their teams, and are teaching ics will begin operating in April 2005, on the St. Martin’s (175 Fifth Ave., team “moved to a nearby area on the east coast vet students to their techniques,” Blumberg said. east coast from Trinocmalee downward, and on New York, NY 10010), 2004. and continues to sterilize about 40 animals per “There has been some local confusion the south coast from Kalutara downward. These 464 pages, paperback. $13.95 day, both dogs and cats,” Blumberg recounted. over several aspects of these activities,” clinics will concentrate on sterilization, vaccina- ANIMAL PEOPLE funded the partic- Blumberg noted. “One is that the sterilizations tion, and awareness, and will run for two years. We were somewhat sur- ipation of veterinarians from several Animal and rabies vaccinations are being done at the KACPAW will manage the east coast mobile prised to read a book by the formida- Birth Control programs in India, who learned same time. This is the norm in most of the world, clinic and Bluepaw [another Sri Lankan animal ble president of PETA, and find it small-incision surgery and prevention of surgical but is apparently not customary in Sri Lanka. welfare organization] will manage the other one. light and chatty as a housewives’ tea site infections from the HSI vets. The HSI team There has also been concern,” Blumberg said, “These programs will be coordinated in party. Making Kind Choices w i l l leader, Eric Davis, DVM, formerly taught high- “about the same-day-release sterilization methods many areas with the government veterinary sur- appeal primarily to women, espe- volume, same-day-release sterilization technique used by HSI and Vier Pfoten. geons,” Fernando promised. “A national com- cially in the developed world. at the University of Tennessee veterinary school. “These are not ‘business-as-usual’ ster- mittee appointed by the minister of health is Unfortunately for animals, most “Vier Pfoten, of Austria,” whose sur- ilizations,” Blumberg explained. “They are done developing a plan to eradicate rabies [from Sri women in the Third World would gical team arrived a few days after the HSI team, with a high degree of asepsis. Special surgical Lanka] through humane methods. KACPAW will understand neither the lifestyle to “began operations in the town of Habaradua, techniques are used, including a small incision have at least 15 government vets from the Central which the advice is directed, nor the near Galle,” Blumberg said. “Austrians are help- with three layers of suturing, so that there are no Province trained very shortly. moral philosophy which underlies sutures exposed, with a fourth layer of Superglue “A rabies-free nation could mean, ide- the choices she suggests. The gulf ––not to add strength, but to seal the incision. ally, no more suffering of our dogs,” Fernando between the First and Third worlds is “There also is need to demonstrate that hoped. “Sri Lanka could become yet another never so wide as in the paradigm of field surgery can and should be done with the rabies-free island nation.” animal rights. same standards of asepsis as clinic conditions,” Newkirk gently points out Blumberg continued. “Long-acting antibiotics Veterinary casualties how, if we only take a little time to are given, as are analgesics for pain. Both HSI Sri Lanka Veterinary Association chief analyze our lifestyles, we will find and Vier Pfoten are welcoming observers, includ- executive Tissa Jayatileka Hony on February 1 that in almost all areas of human ing other vets and university students. announced a relief collection to assist the sur- activity there is egregious cruelty to “These methods have been used by the vivors of three veterinarians who were killed by animals. This occurs through both HSUS/HSI team, Vier Pfoten, and the Bali the tsunami, along with two vets who lost their habit and commercial convenience. Street Dog Project to do thousands and thousands clinics and one who lost a mobile unit. Her message is that when we educate of animals over the last several years. We hope Peradeniya University veterinary facul- ourselves to avoid lifestyle choices that people will come and see for themselves that ty Upul and Ramani Ariyaratne were killed along that perpetuate cruelty, we will these methods work, as it means that steriliza- with their two children at Balapitiya, while A.E. eventually compel commerce and tions can be done without the logistic complexi- Jayaweera and his son died at Kalkudah Beach, industry to introduce kinder methods. ties of kenneling,” Blumberg invited. along with 10 members of their extended family. Newkirk discusses hidden Jayaweera’s wife and eight-year-old daughter animal ingredients in cosmetics and WSPA & IFAW “escaped miraculously,” Hony said. ––M.C. household products, raising ecologi- The vaccination campaign was by mid- cally aware and animal-friendly chil- February wrapping up. Along with alm ost every art icle from dren, and dressing in style without “The World Society for the Protection back editions, the A NIMAL PEOPLE using animal products, among other of Animals has ended its vaccination drive near web site offers transl ations tips about adjusting one’s life in little ways to make this a better world for Galle,” having also vaccnated about 12,000 dogs of key item s into Fr ench & Spanish other species as well as ourselves. plus about 650 cats, according to WSPA director ...Lewyt Awa rd- Each chapter is followed general Peter Davies, “and is putting longer term winning heroic & compassionate ani- by a list of web sites for further read- programs into place. The International Fund for mal stories. .. ing or for related resources. Animal Welfare has completed several additional veter inary info l inks.. .handbooks for ––Beverley Pervan & Chris Mercer days of vaccination,” Blumberg said. 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Box 577 ~ Valley Ford ences between how gypsies and ground-breaking report into 360-579-2505 other Romanians handle their teams, CA 94972 ~ (707) 876.9276 the harm that isolation does 22 - ANIMAL P E OPLE, March 2005 ANIMAL OBITUARIES MEMORIALS B e a r , dog of Rockinghorse Ranch K o b y , 29, one of the first pair of Chobi, 15, remembered by Animal In memory of Lota, beaten in 1990 riding stable owner Dale Stone, of Big chimpanzees obtained by the North Carolina Refuge Kansai founder Elizabeth Oliver as her by Milwaukee zoo personnel to make her Baddeck, Nova Scotia; Tio, Great Pyranees Zoo, died of a heart attack on February 8 “public relations dog,” died on January 20, board a trailer bound for a circus operation. of Brian Cherry and Peg Klouda of Victor, while anesthetized for a physical exam. 2005. “Found as a starving pup on a rubbish After 36 years of service at the zoo, Montana; and B u b b a and S a v a n n a h, mas- Arriving at the zoo in 1978, moving to an out- heap, he symbolized the plight of homeless given away to the Hawthorn Corporation, tiffs of Marcela Egea of Belton, Missouri, all door exhibit in 1979, Koby sired nine off- animals and won the hearts of hundreds of forced to perform and suffer for strayed recently into traps near their homes spring, leaving a colony of 12 chimps. people,” Oliver said. Animal Refuge Kansai, another 14 years, she finally made and were killed. Tio, Bubba, and Savannah opened in 1990, is now the largest nonprofit it to sanctuary in November 2004. all could have been released but were shot humane society in Japan. Rest now sweet girl, the bullhooks are gone. instead. Cherry and Klouda have formed an D a p h n e , the female of a pair of ––Michael & Dianne Bahr organization, Trapping Information Offensive, hand-reared paradise sheldrake ducks who –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– in memory of Tio. Trapper Michael Kartman, greeted visitors at the wharf of the Tiritiri 39, who admitted killing Bubba and Matangi wildlife sanctuary in Whangaparaoa, Moostic, age 10, Savannah, was cited by Missouri Department New Zealand, was among 20 to 30 birds who our charming lady of Conservation agent Phil Needham for fail- were shot at the Gulf Harbour Country Club in cat, ambassador ing to label his traps with his name and address early February 2005, reportedly to “tidy up” for peace and close and for improper disposal of the remains of a the grounds before the mid-February New friend of Twany, our raccoon, two opossums, and a skunk. Zealand Open golf tournament, although club Saint Bernard dog, Kumba, 35, the first western low- dirctor Peter Wall later denied that this was the has left us on the land gorilla born at the Lincoln Park Zoo in reason. Public outrage over Daphne’s death day of the tsunami. Chicago, was euthanized on February 12 due threatened to upstage the tournament. Her She will always to acute kidney failure. mate was reportedly missing. stay in our hearts. ––Eleanor Moser UMAN BITUARIES H O –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Miriam Rothschild, 96, died on other in my presence, the ethics of zoology. I Katlyn Collman, 10, of Crothers- In memory of Oreo, the spunky Dalmatian January 20 in Northamptonshire, England, know several zoologists,” she added, “who ville, Indiana, on January 25 detoured into a who brightened our lives immensely. Lost to recalled by The Times of London as “Beatrix have admitted that they suffered from the fear rundown apartment house on her way home cancer 12-24-04. So loved and missed. Potter on amphetamines.” Like Potter, of being dubbed ‘unmanly,’ and struggled to from a convenience store to tell a resident that ––Elizabeth & Ed Kirkpatrick Rothschild performed dissections and vivisec- overcome their dislike of causing animals pain, his dog had been hit by a train. Unawares, she tion early in life, but became a strong animal or killing them.” saw a methadrine lab allegedly operated by advocate later in life. The daughter of banker Charles Hickman, 20, and two alleged co- Ernst Mayr, 100, died on February Charles Rothschild, who as a hobby identified conspirators. Her remains were found in a 3 in Bedford, Massachusetts, remembered as more than 500 flea species, Miriam Roths- stream five days later, hands bound behind her “the leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th child catalogued more than 30,000 flea species back. Hickman is charged with murder. Two century” by The New York Times, and “The between 1953 and 1973. Her uncle Lionel other men are charged as accomplices. Charles Darwin of the 20th century” by Walter Rothschild also encouraged her interest Reuters. An avid birder as a boy in Germany, Myrtle “Myrt” Starr, 62, died of in biology, collecting more than 2.3 million Mayr at age 19 “was about to leave for medical cancer on February 9 in Lompoc, California. butterflies, 300,000 bird skins, 300,000 birds’ school,” wrote Carol Kaesuk Yoon of T h e From 1984 to 1996 Starr ran the petting zoo at eggs, several pet cassowaries, and 144 giant –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– New York Times, “when he spotted a pair of the Alisal Ranch in Solvang. “We had sheep tortoises. Miriam Rothschild followed them In memory of Fluff, red-crested pochards, a species of duck who in the closets, baby pigs in the oven, we even into entomology, working with Nobel Prize- 15.5 years our farm coon. had not been seen in Europe for 77 years. had a bobcat and a hawk,” daughter Susan winning chemist Tadeus Reichstein to decode ––Katherine Day Though he took detailed notes, he could not Mailander told Hildy Medina of the Santa the relationship between insects’ consumption –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– get anyone to believe his sighting,” until he Barbara N e w s - P r e s s. “Everyone was always of toxins to deter predators and their protective In memory of a sweet natured horse, met Berlin Zoological Museum ornithologist bringing animals to us who needed a home.” coloration. She also became a leading expert Well Kept Secret, Erwin Stresemann, who invited Mayr to In early 2003 Starr found several hundred on parasitic flatworms. After a World War II and my all-time favorite cat, Georgie. become a weekend assistant. Completing a neglected horses on the land of an acquain- air raid destroyed her seven years’ worth of Ph.D. in natural history, Mayr collected––and tance, Buellton rancher Slick Gardner, while flatworm research, she broke codes for British ate––more than 3,000 birds between 1928 and looking for a foal whom Gardner had promised military intelligence, while housing 49 Jewish 1930, doing field research in New Guinea and to give her. Gardner was eventually convicted children who had escaped from Nazi Germany. the Solomon Islands as an employee of Lionel in one of the largest neglect cases ever, jailed Eventually she began to think about the ethics Walter Rothschild (see Miriam Rothschild for a year, and put on probation for five years. of her scientific work. “I was once taken obituary, above). This work inspired his theo- Starr cofounded an organization, Wildhorses + aback,” she wrote in her 1986 book Animals in Need, to help look after about 300 horses + retical exploration of how species come to be and Man, “by an unusually able assistant of differentiated. Mayr cofounded the Society for who were removed from the Gardner property. mine suddenly deciding to quit zoology. the Study of Evolution in 1946 and was first Apparently she had been given a live, instead Jerry Berard, 85, died on February editor of the journal E v o l u t i o n . Joining the of a dead mouse, to feed to a stoat. Not hav- 15 in Wausau, Wisconsin. A 30-year employ- Harvard faculty in 1953, he remained active in ing the courage to kill the mouse herself, she ee of Standard Oil, Berard upon retirement ––Laura Davis evolutionary study to the end of his life. He hurriedly pushed it into the cage. She watched became an animal control officer for the –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– was credited with identifying 24 bird species fascinated while the animal crouched terrified Humane Society of Marathon County, work- In memory of Moti, beloved companion of and more than 400 bird subspecies. in a corner, facing the tense, bright-eyed stoat ing in that capacity for 24 years. the Petzak family: Within the space preparing for the kill. To the girl’s consterna- Barbara Jo Petry, 57, better Gerd Kohl, 39, a seven-year keep- of six short winters you claimed my heart, tion she then experienced a violent orgasm… known as the mystery writer Barbara Burnett er at the Vienna Zoo in Austria, was impaled luminous pearl––sparkle on! Looking back at the first half of my life as a Smith, was killed by a car on February 19 near on the tusks of a four-year-old bull elephant ––Jamaka Petzak zoologist,” she continued, “I am particularly her home in Austin, Texas, while trying to named Abu on February 20, while giving the –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– impressed by one fact: none of my teachers, retrieve a newly adopted rescued Airedale elephant a shower. Kohl had raised Abu since In memory of Purr Box (12/3/87), lecturers, or professors, none of the directors from the street. Petry was known to friends for infancy. Founded in 1752, the Vienna Zoo Prometheus (3/21/81), Friendl (10/30/87), of laboratories were I worked, and none of my her love of her two cats, Naranja and Sinatra, last had a keeper fatality in 2002, when a 21- Lizzie (5/8/84), Boy Cat (12/26/85), co-workers, ever discussed with me, or each and her older rescued Airedale, Rafferty. year-old woman was killed by a jaguar. CLASSIFIEDS––50¢ a word! 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