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contents volume 43 number 4 Responding to the Challenges of Dog Ownership

N THIS COLUMN I USUALLY 1998, through December 31, 1998, we are speak to you of issues and pro­ offering The Humane Society of the United grams of far-reaching import and States Complete Guide to Dog Care at a spe­ I global scope, and I often engage cial price: $17.00 including shipping and you in discussions that explore the handling (see the inside back cover). This realm of the philosophical and ideological. represents a significant discount from the 2 The Editor's Eye But today the matter at hand is both suggested retail price of $24.95 and our Regular readers of the HSUS News will notice significant closer to home and more immediately usual price to HSUS members of $19.95 changes in this issue. practical: caring for dogs. Specifically, I plus $3.00 shipping and handling. Leners wish to bring your attention to our new This is a book of which we at The HSUS 3 book, The Humane Society of the United are understandably proud. But we aren't We are taken to task for publishing graphic photographs States Complete Guide to Dog Care, and alone in that assessment of its merits. and praised for providing addresses. ask you to take advantage of the gift­ Roger A. Caras, president of the giving season and a very special offer to American Society for the Prevention of Spotlight make this important book available to Cruelty to Animals, says, "Loving con­ 4 Notes, comments, and miscellany from The HSUS. friends and family cern for your pet is evident on every page This book goes directly to the heart of of The Humane Society of the United States 7 Up Front our charitable purpose-the protection Complete Guide to Dog Care. It is the bible Snow Geese in Peril? 7 of animals-by empowering dog owners for dog owners-clear, concise, indispen­ Check Out Our Library! 8 and potential dog owners to respond hu­ sable." Once you've had an opportunity Opening More Homes manely to the challenges of dog owner­ to read The Humane Society of the United to Companion Animals 8 ship and to develop a lifelong partner­ States Complete Guide to Dog Care, we be­ Summer Success in South Africa 9 ship with their dogs. lieve you'll agree. The Year of the Irish Proposal 10 The Humane Society of the United States I urge you to give copies of the book Complete Guide to Dog Care is an impres­ as gifts this holiday season. As an HSUS To the Rescue sive collaboration between a talented member, you will be directly assisting If you've ever risked life and limb-or ever thought about writer, Marion S. Lane, and HSUS staff The HSUS in the performance of our 12 doing so-to rescue a dog or cat on a roadway, you'll want to from many disciplines. Our approach mission. read Marion S. Lane's advice to all potential good Samaritans. is unique. Unlike other "complete" dog More important, however, is the help books, ours does not tell the reader you will give to others. I believe that Forum: The Last Gasps of the Fur Trade about the breeding of dogs, for we are every one of us knows someone-friend, Former White House speechwriter Matthew Scully blows away fur acutely aware of the misery caused by ca­ neighbor, or relative-who could benefit 16 industry apologists and interviews anti-fur designer Oleg Cassini. nine overpopulation. It doesn't include a from the caring advice in this book. And chapter describing dog breeds and breed our canine companions will benefit most HSUS in Action: Florida Wildfires characteristics. Instead our book pro­ of all. HSUS Southeast Regional staff report on the plight of Florida's vides a wealth of information on how to Thank you, and have a happy holiday 24 animal victims. choose the right dog (from the perspec­ tives of both dog and owner), how to live Investing with Care happily with a dog, and how to solve The growing trend toward socially responsible investing has problems along the way 26 implications for the animal protection advocate. Because we believe this book belongs in the hands of every dog owner and any­ On the cover: one who is considering sharing a home Oleg Cassini is pictured with Done Deal and another of his many rescued animals. with a dog, I am announcing a special of­ Photograph by Carol Cornwell fer to HSUS members. From October 1, Paul G. Irwin, President

HSUSNews Fall 1998 1 OFFICERS A FREE WEEKLY

SECRETARY Amy Freeman Lee; ELECTRONIC PRESIDENT, CEO Paul G. Irwin TREASURER, CFO . G. Thomas Waite III An Activist in the Making and sickened by the photos that were ALERT presented to me. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE HSUS When I saw the photos of blud­ News for providing the names and ABOUT THE HOSE OF YOU WHO a leopard coat. Mr. Cassini's timing geoned cats in your Spring 1998 issue addresses of people I can write to on are regular readers of the couldn't be better, for The HSUS has ["One Deadly Night at Noah's Ark"], I behalf of so many causes for the good HOTTEST HSUS News will notice just launched Fur-Free 2000™, our quickly became sick and threw your of animals and the planet. It makes T significant changes in international campaign to drive a publication in the garbage. I am dedi­ me feel like I'm doing something on a ANIMAL this issue. stake in the heart of the fur industry, cated to the cause of animal welfare, larger scale-and that really matters We've opened our pages to ac­ once and for all. but I refuse to be forced to be a wit­ ISSUES to me. If there are other ways to pre­ complished writers from outside If you've ever risked life and ness to every sickening event that vent suffering, I would like to know The HSUS in an effort to bring you a limb-or ever thought about doing happens across the world. what a low budget person could con­ The Humane Society wider range of views and voices on so-to rescue a dog or cat on a road­ I ask you to please give people tribute! • of the United States timely issues. Matthew Scully was a way, you'll want to read Marion S. encouragement, success stories, and Kimberly D. Farrar speechwriter in the Bush White Lane's advice to all potential good above all else, education. The animal • creates and distributes Phoenix, AZ House and is a literary editor of the Samaritans on page 12. Coauthor of welfare movement is an uphill battle, • HUMANEiines National Review-an unusual back­ The Humane Society of the United and I have always looked to your You sound like a potential member of r~ll'~·~ ground indeed for a fervent animal States Complete Guide to Dog Care publication to inform, inspire, and ..• ~ so you can MAKE A the HSUS Action Alert Team! Any -· protection advocate. Writing in our (see the inside back cover) and an give guidance. DIFFERENCE instantly! current member of The HSUS (with first Forum, on page 16, Matthew award-winning editor and writer Lynne Slightom an annual membership contribution of ~::~~~~~~~ Each issue includes deftly blows away the media's fur in­ on dog-related subjects, Marion San Rafael, CA dustry apologists, who are whistling urges safety first and suggests that $10 or more) can join, free of charge. ,Ill~ names, addresses, You'll receive our quarterly publication 1 in the wind when they claim, "Fur is the Samaritan's most valuable piece I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE 11111111 phone and fax numbers, Animal Activist Alert. Each issue is back!" Matthew also learns from of equipment may be the car phone. Noahs Ark story I had an extremely filled with information on how you 1111111111 and e-mail addresses, Oleg Cassini how the legendary We've made other changes, too. hard time reading this article. I feel IIIII can make a difference for animals, right making your efforts on fashion designer is making amends Because we want to give you an op­ for the cats who suffered and for the from home. Write Animal Activist Alert, .,~1111111111111 for his decision in the 1960s to put portunity to comment on the News, cats who must have been scared behalf of animals both The Humane Society of the United First Lady jacqueline Kennedy in you'll see letters to the editor ap­ watching their feline friends be beat­ States, 2100 L St., NW, Washington, efficient AND effective. pearing regularly We also want to en to death by coldhearted "hu­ DC 20037. You can also access our speak to you, editor to reader (we're mans." To the people who believe electronic newsletter, HUMANElines doing that right here), and learn "Boys will be boys," I say, "Boys will ([email protected]), for even more about you and what you want be mass murderers, too." At least 50 more timely information.-Ed. from the HSUS News. percent of mass murderers admit to To accomplish these goals, we've animal abuse. This fact should soften To subscribe, asked our new art director, Paula peoples cold hearts when it comes to send an e-mail to Jaworski, to redesign the News in­ animal abuse, but, unfortunately, it side and out. One glance at the is­ doesn't. My deepest sympathy goes to [email protected] sue's front cover of Oleg Cassini, [Noahs Ark owners] David and Laura with your name however, may have already tele­ Sykes, and also to anyone who has and e-mail address. graphed those intentions. EDITOR lost a companion animal to the sense­ After seventeen years as editor of Deborah]. Salem less acts of humans. My heart is with COPY EDITOR the HSUS News, I've been chal­ Sally Lindfors you. ASSISTANT EDITOR lenged-and rewarded-in putting Brooke Sabin Kerri LaShelle EDITORIAL AsSISTANT this issue together. HSUS President Vicky George via e-mail Paul G. Irwin, Senior Vice President ART DIRECTOR Paula Jaworski Wayne Pacelle, and I are eager to PRODUCfiON MANAGER Terri Watson hear what you think of it. Write us GRAPHIC DESIGNER We welcome letters from HSUS News Diane Snell One Sickened, One Touched at the HSUS address at right, or you readers and will publish as many as we The Humane Society of the United States Washington, DC 20037 can e-mail me at [email protected]. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF HSUS can in upcoming issues. We reserve the for many years now. INSTANT ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT Paula]aworski (left) and right to edit letters for publication. Send CAN HELP ANIMALS! GET IT NOW! Deborah]. Salem consider The one thing that I loved about to EditOJ; HSUS News, The Humane photographs to appear in the AM""F-- your publication is that I could learn Society of the United States, 2100 L St., newly redesigned HSUS News. Deborah]. Salem, Editor about animals and animal welfare is­ Nw, Washington, DC 2003 7, or e-mail YISIT THE HSrS sues without being disgusted, upset, [email protected]. '\YEB SITE AT \nvw.hsus.org.

2 HSUS News Fall1998 HSUS News Fall1998 3 The State at the Door spo ALTHOUGH MUCH MEDIA However, a return to state control could imperil these popula­ attention has focused on the tions. Before the ESA made killing wolves illegal, Minnesota legal troubles of the wolves hunters, trappers, and state "predator control" agents killed A Tree Grows in of Yellowstone National Park, a about 250 wolves a year-out of the remaining 450-700 more serious threat to the life wolves in the lower forty-eight states. Little has changed in Washington and health of wolves in the up­ Minnesota since then. The state legislature is already exerting ON JUNE 3 REP SONNY CALLAHAN per Midwest may be brewing. intense pressure on the Minnesota Department of Natural of Alabama joined Fawzi Al-Sultan, pres­ In June Secretary of the Resources to plan seasons for hunting and trapping wolves if ident of the International Fund for Interior Bruce Babbitt an­ ESA protection is lifted. Agriculture Development (IFAD), and nounced that the U.S. Fish Hatred of the wolf runs deep. Even with ESA protection, Jan A. Hartke, Esq., executive direc­ and Wildlife Service would wolves have been illegally shot, trapped, and deliberately run tor of EarthVoice, for a tree-plant­ propose to remove the gray over with snowmobiles. In Yellowstone an American Farm ing ceremony on Capitol Hill in wolf population that occu­ Bureau lawsuit provoked a federal court to order the removal of Washington, D.C. The event symbolized pies Minnesota, Wisconsin, all the park's reintroduced wolves. This order is being appealed, the shared promise to improve the and Michigan from the list but such extreme anti-wolf actions show that the future of the of animals protected by the gray wolf is not secure in Yellowstone, the Midwest, or any­ lives of the rural poor throughout the Hatred of the gray wolf runs Endangered Species Act where else in the lower forty-eight states. world in ways that are self-sustaining deep in the upper Midwest. (ESA). Responsibility for Please write the Honorable Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the and respectful of animals and Earth. Even with ESA protection, managing the wolves would Interior, 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC 20240, and tell him Representative Callahan serves as wolves have been illegally return to the states in which that the gray wolf still needs the protection of the ESA. Yielding chairman of the Foreign Operations shot and trapped. Appropriations Subcommittee in the the wolves live. responsibility for wolf conservation to the hunters and trappers This sounds like good news for the wolves, for it recognizes that dominate state wildlife management will cause the needless "I love living on my land and House of Representatives. He plays a key that gray wolf populations in the upper Midwest have grown and cruel deaths of hundreds of wolves and will reverse the sharing it with the wildlife," Trust Us leadership role in funding global devel­ opment and environmental institutions. and spread steadily since first receiving ESA protection in 1974. gains that wolf populations have made under ESA protection. says Tina Bandick (below) of THE HSUS WILDLIFE LAND TRUST IFAD has taken a leading role in ad­ her I ,280-acre desert property announced in May that Tina Bandick of Road dressing desertification, a process of ero­ (above). Ms. Bandick's is the Forks, New Mexico, had agreed to preserve sion that affects one billion people A Better Way largest conservation easement her 1,280-acre desert property as a wildlife worldwide and threatens vast numbers yet negotiated through the sanctuary Ms. Bandick's is the largest conser­ THIS SPRING THE HSUS AND THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF of animal species with extinction. HSUS Wildlife Land Trust. vation easement negotiated through the Trust Natural Resources (MDNR) embarked on a new nonlethal approach to to date. managing urban Canada geese in the Detroit metropolitan area. HSUS The Trust is dedicated to the protection of members and volunteers were trained in techniques to assist landown­ wildlife through the creation of wildlife sanc­ ers with problems related to geese. Graduates of the training program T}"Ust staff work with private land own­ returned to their communities to help educate neighbors about ways to their land, or rights to their alleviate problems with Canada geese and to foster respect for all wild "frust for its permanent protection. neighbors. living on my land and sharing it In previous years Michigan trapped urban geese and sent them to };w:ifJ:i.ith<~wildlite,'' explained Ms. Bandick. "But slaughter. The HSUS began working with MDNR to find humane alterna­ I have come to realize that re­ tives. The new program averts divisiveness in the community of the land requires an over the issue of killing geese and instead brings neighbors to­ >UJmg;plpcgQ!:JIDilliltmc:nt, one that should include gether to address conflicts over how to handle local populations i:'tflei't11~bt:ection of wildlife. That is why I was of geese. find the Wildlife Land Trust. With The new program includes the collection of goose eggs in As part of the effort land is now a dedicated wildlife areas designated by MDNR. Working under a permit from the to stabilize goose U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, teams of HSUS volunteers locate populations in Bandick granted the Trust a conserva­ goose nests and remove incubated eggs at early stages of their densely inhabited tion easement, a legal agreement that prohibits development. The eggs are replaced with plastic eggs that are areas (above), harmful uses of the land. All conservation removed after the nesting period has ended. The removal of HSUS Great Lakes easements granted to the Trust prohibit com­ eggs from nests in areas densely inhabited by geese will help to Regional Program mercial and recreational hunting and trapping. stabilize populations over time. Teams also collect data that Coordinator Michele "By donating a conservation easement to MDNR can use to better understand the habits of the geese. Childs, right, and the Wildlife Land Trust, Ms. Bandick created a The program's present and future success relies on this com­ HSUS member Lisa sanctuary where animals can thrive without mitted HSUS volunteer corps. "This program has been a won­ Cotter place a plastic fear of hunting, trapping, or poisoning," said Rep. Sonny Callahan, left; Fawzi derful experience for us," said Belle Isle Park naturalist Suzan egg in a goose nest Executive Director John F Kullberg, Ed.D. Al-Sultan, middle; and jan A. Hartke, Esq., Campbell. "The HSUS volunteers are helping us humanely (left) in Michigan. "We are as impressed with her generous act as plant a Chinese chestnut tree on manage our geese so that we may protect the biological integri­ we are with the awesome beauty of her land." Capitol Hill. ty of the park We couldn't have done it without them."

T-JSUS News Fall1998 5 spo ron Irwin~s New Role PAUL G. IRWIN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF executive officer of The HSUS, was elected Intern Ian Spiegel president of the World Society for the (above) shows Protection of Animals (WSPA) in june. Mr. Maryland school­ Irwin, whose term will end in june 2000, suc­ children (above and Snow Geese in Peril? ceeds Hans Peter Haering of Switzerland. below) how to play Agency proposal could lead to massive killing Mr. Irwin was elected a vice president of safely with dogs. WSPA in 1996 and has served on its Executive Committee for the past ten years. He will work F THE PLANS OF SEVERAL STATE closely with WSPA chief executive Andrew The HSUS's Leslie Sinclair, I wildlife agencies and the U.S. Fish Dickson and WSPA's seventy-person staff. D.V.M., at podium; letter and Wildlife Service (FWS) are im­ WSPA, headquartered in London, compris­ carriers; and others kick off plemented, up to three-quarters of the es more than three hundred animal protection National Dog Bite Prevention midcontinent population of the lesser organizations representing seventy countries. Week in Washington, D.C. snow goose will be killed by sport Its U.S. office is in Boston. hunters during the next few years. For the past several years, WSPA and International treaty law has already Humane Society International have collaborat­ Is It Sinking In? been amended, and proposals call for ed on a number of international animal protec­ lifting historic protections of migratory tion projects in Central and South America. MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ARE BITTEN AND INJURED BY DOGS waterfowl and for encouraging hunters As one of the major supporters of WSPA each year in the United States-as many as twenty children suffer fatal to kill all the geese they can. The scale since its founding in 1981, The HSUS can take injuries. With the U.S. Postal Service, The HSUS cosponsors National of destruction would exceed any seen great pride in Mr. Irwin's presidency of this Dog Bite Prevention Week every june to try to reduce the number of since the nineteenth century, when prestigious international body dog bite victims. This year The HSUS also sponsored a master's thesis market hunting to supply urban cen­ project by an intern from the johns Hopkins School of Public Health ters with meat decimated many wildlife and Hygiene. populations. Intern Ian Spiegel recognized that although many programs and This population of geese breeds in videotapes have been developed to teach children about how to act the Canadian arctic and winters in the safely around dogs, little is known about whether children really un­ United States. The geese used to rely on Lesser snow geese display courting behavior and (inset) fill the skies during derstand this advice and are able to use it when most needed. To find the extensive salt marshes of the Texas out, Mr. Spiegel designed a pilot program on dog bite prevention their winter migration. The FWS's plan could threaten up to three-quarters and Louisiana Gulf coasts for winter of the midcontinent population of the lesser snow goose. aimed specifically at children in the second through fourth grades. sustenance, but the destruction of these Using a pre- and post-program evaluation, he was able to show that and other wetland habitats has forced Kent MacKay, international program ly grazed areas, grazing pressure will dog bite prevention education can make primary school children more the geese to switch to agricultural waste director of the Animal Protection be reduced where it is now occurring. knowledgeable about dog behavior and body language and can teach grain to survive. The abundance of Institute. We found an ecosystem This will eliminate the need for indis­ them ways to avoid situations in which they may be bitten or injured by a rice, soybeans, and wheat left over changed in terms of plant structure but criminate slaughter by sport hunters dog. While more work is necessary to determine whether such education from fall harvests in wintering habitats neither imperiled nor destroyed-to thousands of miles away As the new president ofWSPA, Paul G. actually changes a childs behavior when he or she encounters a dangerous and along migratory routes has allowed the contrary, it is vibrantly alive. Clearly, supporters of the FWS plan Irwin, left, will be working closely with dog, the results of this study are encouraging and support the inclusion of the goose population to increase. In August the FWS prepared a draft are motivated more by the prospect of Andrew Dickson and his staff dog bite prevention programs in public and private school systems. Scientists, waterfowl hunting or­ environmental assessment of the plan increasing hunting license sales and ganizations, and state wildlife agencies to decimate this population. The plan shoring up declining hunter numbers now claim that snow geese are destroy­ proposes extending the snow· goose than by the desire to protect Canadian Hail the Safe Haven ing the arctic and subarctic habitats hunting season so that the birds can be habitat. where they breed. A study committee killed along the entire stretch of their Let the FWS know you don't sup­ ANIMAL SHELTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROVIDE SAFE HAVEN TO MILLIONS concluded that damage is occurring at spring migratory route. It proposes lift­ port its plan. Write the Honorable of lost pets every year, but they also provide other services to their communities, in­ specific sites along the western shore of ing the historic prohibition on the use Donald J. Barry, Assistant Secretary for cluding controlling stray animals, rescuing injured animals, and offering homeless cats, Canadas Hudson Bay and james Bay of electronic calls and baiting to lure as Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Rm. 3156, dogs, and other animals for adoption into loving, responsible, and permanent homes. and recommended that U.S. recreation­ many geese as possible to hunters' U.S. Department of the Interior, 18th November l-7, 1998, marks the third annual National Animal Shelter Appreciation al hunters be enlisted to reduce the guns. It will almost certainly allow for and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC Week, an event sponsored by The HSUS to recognize the nation's animal shelters. This population to 1.5 million from its cur­ unlimited killing of geese and may 20240. year The HSUS is highlighting the important work performed by animal control offi­ rent 4-6 million. even permit the use of live decoys to For more information about how cers. These individuals are on the front line of animal-related problems and are often In july HSUS staff traveled to lure the wary birds from the sky you can help to stop the proposed the first ones to help animals and people in need. Churchill, Manitoba, accompanied by Geese who breed and feed in heavi­ slaughter, check out The HSUS's Web Animal shelters and animal control officers need the sup­ The animal control Vernon Thomas, Ph.D., University of ly grazed areas do not reproduce so site (www.hsus.org) or contact The HSUS port of their communities. To learn about many ways you officer is often a com­ Guelph zoology professor and snow successfully as those who move to new at our Washington address.-Susan can help, visit your local animal shelter or contact The HSUS. munity's unsung hero. goose researcher, and naturalist Barry areas. Since fewer geese hatch in heavi- Hagood, HSUS wildlife issues specialist

6 I-ISUS News Fall1998 I-ISUS News Fall1998 7 In housing units where pets are not up front allowed, many landlords have well­ established residents who want to have pets, and it is not uncommon for resi­ Check Out Our Library! dents to keep pets despite "no-pet" policies. As one manager told The Models, videos prove popular alternatives to dissection HSUS, "Even if I don't allow pets, I've still got them." Nonetheless, residents N 1995 THE HSUS BEGAN crayfish, earthworm, fetal pig, frog, alternative assignment are often forced to find other housing I lending educational videos, grasshopper, human, perch, pigeon, rat, seemed to enjoy this pro­ for their pets or face eviction. CD-ROMs, three-dimension- shark, sheep, and starfish. gram and scored at the class, or Landlords and housing managers al models, and charts to help A number of companies have donat­ above the class, average on the final ex­ have legitimate concerns about allow­ students who oppose dissection ed materials, with a total retail value of am," observed a teacher. ing companion animals in their units. complete their classwork and to more than $7,000, to the program. Are­ To learn more about our Alternatives An informal survey conducted by The encourage the adoption of such cent grant will allow us to substantially Loan Program, contact The HSUS, HSUS revealed that landlords are most alternatives to dissection in class­ increase our inventory and help us reach Animal Research Issues, 2100 L St., NW, worried about damage, odor, waste dis­ posal, noise, and fleas. However, they '1 rooms. Since then The HSUS has more students and educators. Many bor­ Washington, DC 20037; 301-258-2042; ':> loaned three hundred alternative rowers have given financial support to or [email protected]. A current list recognize that pet policies have a big impact on rentals. "Anytime we allow Paul G. Irwin, in front of team helicopter, and john W. Grandy, Ph.D., right, teaching aids to dozens of students, the program. of available materials is on the HSUS help to administer immunocontraceptive vaccine to an elephant. teachers, and parep.ts fro.m thirty-one Each year The HSUS counsels hun­ Web site at www.hsus.org/ari.html­ pets, we open up our market by at least states and three countries. We have dreds of students on how they can best ]onathan Baicombe, Ph.D., associate director 40 percent," say landlords. also introduced our Alternatives Loan voice their opposition to dissection and for education, Animal Research Issues The HSUS is committed to ensuring Summer Success in South Africa Program at several science teacher con­ express to teachers and administrators a that responsible pet owners are not de­ ferences each year. preference for alternatives. Combined The HSUSs National Association for nied the companionship of pet family Immunocontraception slows elephant population growth For students at the middle school with a new dissection campaign informa­ Humane and Environmental Education members in rental housing. To help through college level, the program cur­ tion packet and videotape and our re­ has published a booklet offering alterna­ open doors for these prospective resi­ rently has available more than one cently launched e-mail discussion group, tives to classroom chick-hatching proj­ dents, The HSUS has published Putting N 1996 THE HSUS SIGNED A FAR­ Groebler, chief veterinarian for Kruger hundred alternatives to the the Inter-Campus Animal Advocacy ects. Although popular with many Out the Welcome Mat for Pet-Owning I reaching agreement with the South National Park. Other team members use of animals for dissection Network (I-CAAN), the Alternatives elementary school teachers, Tenants, a brochure to show landlords African government's National Parks included Richard A. Fayrer-Hosken, andlor invasive live-animal Loan Program is helping to hasten the these projects often produce unin­ and housing managers how they can Board to provide a $1 million grant over B.V.Sc., Ph.D., of the University of exercises. Videos like the transition toward more animal-friendly tended suffering. For the Birds! benefit from a "pets-welcome" policy five years to support its spectacular parks Georgia, who used ultrasound to deter­ Cat Anatomy Instructional classrooms. "Thank you so much for al­ Activities to Replace Chick Hatching Our publication Pets in Housing system and the progressive management mine the elephants' reproductive status. Videotape Series and hi-tech lowing me to. use these materials. You in the K-6 Classroom provides fun, Guidelines, adapted from the Hawaiian policies it has adopted. We are achieving In all, the team has provided immuno­ CD-ROMs---including The Digi­ helped me save the life of a cat, and I am easy-to-use lesson plans with Humane Societys guidelines, contains stunning results in this exciting program. contraception to twenty-four ele­ tal Frog, Dissection Works, and The eternally grateful. You even helped to clearly outlined objectives, skills, useful tips to help residents, landlords, The HSUS grant supports and pro­ phants, not only preventing pregnancies Ultimate Human Body-provide open my teacher's eyes to the possibility and procedures. To order, send and pets live together successfully motes the experimental immunocontra­ but also gaining information that will be exhaustive reviews of anatomy In all, the of switching over to a nondissection cur­ a $3.00 check or money order to NAHEE, To promote responsible pet owners ception of elephants in Kruger useful in limiting population growth in program offers alternatives geared to the riculum," wrote one student. "The sev­ PO. Box 362, East Haddam, CT 06423- as responsible residents, HSUS staff National Park as a way of humanely lim­ small confined herds. study of fourteen species---cat, clam, enth graders who chose to use this 0362. (Add state tax if applicable.) members have been attending annual iting population expansion, supports The HSUS also visited Addo meetings of apartment associations to habitat acquisition and management in Elephant Park and Titsikama Coastal present the case for allowing pets in national parks, and promotes the devel­ Park to review land conservation pro­ rental housing. At meetings of the opment of a comprehensive ecotourism grams for which we have pledged sup­ Opening More Homes National Apartment Association and program by South Africa's national parks port. Addo is a small but growing park to Companion Animals Texas Apartment Association, thou­ and HSUS members. near Port Elizabeth. Its 260 elephants are sands of managers and landlords have In july an HSUS team led by reproducing at an accelerating rate be­ HSUS helps landlords see pet owners as good tenants been eager to learn about creating bet­ President Paul G. Irwin and Senior Vice cause of the availability of new habitat. ter housing solutions for pets. Pamela President of Wildlife Programs john W Our PZP vaccine may prove to be a valu­ Weiss, director of business develop­ Grandy, Ph.D., and directed by HSUS im­ able tool for reducing the reproductive MNG WITH A COMPANION ANIMAL owners who cannot find rental housing ment for aiiapartments.com, an on-line munocontraception consultant jay F rate of this population. L has many benefits, but, unfortunate­ that will accept them. resource that lists millions of apart­ Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., replaced or attached The HSUS has also pledged sup­ ly, some landlords and managers Lisa Boegl, outreach program supervisor ments in thousands of cities, plans to radio collars and administered the im­ port for expanding and maintaining of rental housing reject applicants who for the Peninsula Humane Society in San include HSUS material on the compa­ munocontraceptive vaccine porcine zona Titsikama's beautiful Otter Trail, an have pets. Almost half of all renters in the Mateo, California, says that the demand for ny's Web site. "This will be an excellent pellucida (PZP) to eleven elephants. example of a site that has the potential to United States have pets as family members, rentals in San Mateo is so high that many opportunity to broaden the scope and Although many African elephants remain attract ecotourists from throughout the and it is likely that number would be even landlords who would otherwise be willing reach of this vital information to the seriously endangered, immunocontra­ world. greater were it not for "no-pet" policies. to allow pets find it easier to rent to resi­ on-line community," Ms. Weiss says. ception may provide a humane way of The HSUS team also met with Ian People surrendering their companion ani­ dents without pets, mistakenly believing The HSUS is committed to promot­ limiting elephant populations in smaller Player, D.M.S., to discuss his decades of Pet owners in "no-pets" housing may mals to shelters across the country often that doing so eliminates a potential prob­ ing responsible pet ownership, improv­ reserves where elephants' increasing work in the KwaZulu-Natal region and have to find other housing for their pets cite landlord problems or a pending move lem. Ms. Boegl sees the high number of ani­ ing landlords' opinions and policies on numbers can lead to problems between pledged our continuing support to the or face eviction-a tragedy for the pet as the reason for their decision, and The mals brought by their owners to her shelter pets, and showing animal shelters how elephants and neighboring farmers. chief executive and director of South owner, the animal, and the community.. HSUS frequently hears from distraught pet as a direct effect of the tight housing market. to do the same. The research effort was led by Douw Africa's national parks, Mavuso Msimang. I

8 HSUS News Fall1998 HSUSNews Fall1998 9 tries including Indonesia,Japan, Korea, up front Norway, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and

even some Caribbean and Latin J< American countries. Mr. Canny's initial The Year of the Irish Proposal suggestion was to limit quotas to Japan ,. and Norway, but he has since been ad­ t~~1;Iilc'i~6~tOJi,~~~~hv~'ti"2>:';.i:•· IWC ponders de facto resumption of commercial whaling vised that doing so would not be con­ Asset~ , ;. .. . . I,ndi~,::1~~~~te7)Va§!iillgton .... · ·. · sistent with international legal and ju­ Trust Corpus 12/31/95 ·•·. Btot,ike: llo!lpifal fur.AitiUJal~; L6ndon; Englanq risprudential principles. Principal Additions: HOSE WHO STUDY THE mercial whaling. This year~ new IWC C.oll.l1ty 'Yic!Qo~ Socil>ti ft,irthe Prevention of C~neJty. to Animals, Fortunately, the Irish proposal has Gain on Sale ofSecurities · ·county \Vieldow; .Ireland Thistory of the International Whaling chairman, Michael Canny of Ireland, is Dublin S~?ietyfot th~ ).>rey~q.tioq. of Cru~ltyto Animals, Dublin, Ireland so far failed to garner the 75-percent Commission (IWC) since its pushing for the IWC to allow a re­ .El~utliera AniniaJ Rescue Association, Inc., Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts support required for passage. Many founding in 1946 may be surprised to sumption of commercial whaling. This 1996 Income from Investments--.-Net Ferne. ,;Wiriial Simctuaty, Somerset, England point to Mr. Canny's failure to explain Other Flien.ds of;Dogs, Calcutta; India learn that the commercial whaling Irish pmpqsal would permit commer­ Tiie Fur :Bearers, Vaneouwr, CMada how adequate enforcement of commer­ Less: Distribution of 1995 Income moratorium never became fully effec­ cial whaling within a country's two­ · Qree~ Animal Welfar.e Fund, Loq.clon, England cial whaling would take place. Even Balance 12/31/96 .G~ :MlniaJs in Need, Inc:, Barrigada, Guam tive (see the Spring 1998 HSUS News). hundred-mile coastal zone in return with the present ban on commercial Hellenic,Aniinal)Velfare Society, Athens, Greece Shortly after the IWC~ moratorium on for the creatian of a "whale sanctuary" Represented by .Humane•SAnimal Rights, Jric., Clarks Su1.!).1flit, Pennsylvania began "scientific whaling" programs. A Although Mr. Canny calls the Irish Accrued Interest IQsh Seal Si!nctuary, ;Dublinjlreland · · Species that have been protected for few years later, Iceland halted its scien­ proposal an effort to establish a global Investment Secuii.ties~at .BbokValue Lake; Qity ~imaisiJelter, Lak.e City, Flo !ida many years, such as the Brydes whale, Ligue F!;llll~ajse des Droit~ de.l'Animal, Paris, France tific whaling program in response to an sanctuary, it is in fact a reauthorization Other have been found in Japanese markets. ·National &giliri~ Defence League, Carlisle, England international boycott of Icelandic fish of commercial whaling. Clothed in lan­ Total Trust Assets 12/31/96 National Huill~tq.e Education Society, Leesburg, Virginia Some of the illegal whale meat is un­ products. Norway ceased scientific guage he hopes is acceptable to the in­ Nortlic So~;iety ,.gailtst Painful Experiments on Animals, Hiigersten, .Sweden doubtedly coming from Norway, where l'eace RiVer Wtldlife Center, Pui1ta Gorda, Florid~ whaling briefly, only ~ resume com­ ternational public, Mr. Canny's argu­ STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBUR&EMENTS illegal shipments of whale meat have • PeliqB.ll.M~tq.c~ )lird San~turu;y; t;arasota, Flolida mercial whaling in earnest in 1993. ment is that any area outside the two­ J'eg~le'~ I/lspensary for Sick A!limals, ~hropshire, England been intercepted at airports. Japan ·Receipts Since 1993 Norway has increased hundred-mile zones where whaling was .Scici~tyfor the Protection of AnimaJsAbmad, London; England claims that it has stockpiles of whale 1996 Income-from Investments-Net SR(4\.liong 1\ong, \VIlcll C~al, Hqng I\opg . . its self-allotted kill quota each year. In authorized wauld constitute a "de facto SP(]A of Southe.rn Southdale, Republic of. South Africa meat dating from before the moratori­ N!!ti~O:a1Qoll.l1cil A£ri~a; the first year, Norwegian whalers global sanctuary." Dishqrse~eqts. . .. (q.ow: 0pe~~;tUng I;JSNatioq.aLcouncil of SJ.>CAs, Alberton, Republic o£ um, but it has refused to quantify those : ~

Safety First Experts point out that you obviously cannot help an animal if you be­ come injured yourself in the process. Would-be rescuers as well as ani­ mals have been hit and even killed by oncoming traffic. Neither do you want to endanger other motorists by your actions. So, begin by following the same safe driving procedures that you would in any other emergency situation. Look in your rearview mirror before braking, signal your inten­ tions, pull your car completely off the road, turn off the ignition, set the parking brake, and put on your hazard lights. If you have emergency flares, prepare to use them. Next, consider the safety of the animal. A strange, frightened, and possibly sick or injured animal may behave unpredictably A sudden move on your part, even the opening of your car door, may spook him, causing him to bolt-possibly right onto the highway Resis't the impulse to rush to the rescue. Instead, take a moment to size up the situation. If the animal looks or acts threatening, or if for any reason you feel uneasy about the situation, remain in your car. If you have a phone in your car, call the local animal care and control agency and report the situation. Leave your phone or beeper number with the dispatcher and try to get an estimate of how long it may take someone to respond. If possible, stay on the scene to keep an eye on the dog or cat until help arrives. While you are waiting, you can step out of your car and help restrain the animal by creating a barrier (such as a piece of cardboard propped against your car) or using a carrier, leash, piece of cloth, or length of rope to keep the animal from leaving the area; signal approaching vehicles to slow down if you cannot confine him; or divert traffic around him if he appears to be injured and is still on the roadway According to Leslie Sinclair, DVM., HSUS director of Companion Animal Care, "It may be possible to lure a dog into your car with food, close the door, and wait for help. Do this only if you are certain someone will come to get the dog very soon. In most cases it is not a good idea to attempt to drive some­ where with a strange dog unrestrained in your car; he may become fran­ tic or aggressive once you're in the car with him. Cats may do the same, as well as lodge themselves under the car seat, from which extracting them can be dangerous." These recommendations also apply when you travel farther afield. "Look for a safe place to stop," advises jerry Cheske, spokesman for the American Automobile Association (AM), an organization that has been offering guidelines for safe travel for almost one hundred years. 'Then call the local police to find out what the correct procedure is for that par-

ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAELS. MAYDAK HSUS News Fall1998 13 been on the increase around the country in or have taken him to a veterinary hospital a badly injured straydog to animal control, every year. Ms. Armstrong stresses, "It's un­ recalls her decision to stop for the injured the past few years. This was the fate of ]o for treatm~nt." You usually can place a free only to learn that the agency is unable to reasonable to think that because an animal and pregnant mixed breed she later named READY roREscuE Shusmith, a good Samaritan from Harpers "found" ad in your local newspaper. Keep a provide expensive surgery to treat the dog's is a stray, the veterinarian should pay for Bridget. "I knew I couldn't leave her there. Ferry, West Virginia, who was bitten by a copy of the ad to prove your good inten­ injuries and, to relieve him from his suffer­ treatment. Anyone who is committed to She'd been hit by a car and had a broken kitten she was trying to rescue from the tions should any question arise later. To ing, euthanizes him instead. A cat with rel­ trying to save injured stray animals should shoulder and some other injulies. She was roadway of a bridge over the Potomac check on any relevant laws in your state, atively minor injuries may be kept for only discuss these issues in advance with the lying in the roadway, unable to stand. I've River. Not only did the kitten wriggle out county, or town, contact your local animal the mandated stray holding period and had Bridget for five years now, and she's a of her grasp and disappear from view, bpt control agency, humane society, or SPCA. } then euthanized. Virtually all animal con­ great dog. I have no regrets." she found herself battling her insurance Florida's Alachua County, for example, re­ trol facilities have severe budgetary or Experts point out that you If you're uncertain about whether or ,I company to cover the cost of a series of ex­ quires finders, by ordinance, to surrender space limitations and must make painful obviously cannot help an not to assist or keep an animal you see pensive rabies injections. A man in East strays to animal control. decisions on how best to allocate their in­ alongside the highway, here's a final word Lyme, Connecticut, had a similar experi­ Good Samaritans who have never lost a adequate resources. animal if you become injured of advice from Ms. Armstrong: "First, think ence in 1996. He was bitten while attempt­ cherished companion animal may con­ Rescuers who take an injured animal to yourself in the process. of what you would want the finder of your ing to rescue a cat who appeared, because clude that the owner of the found dog or a private veterinary hospital for treatment animal to do if he happened to find him in­ of hind-limb paralysis, to have been hit by cat callously abandoned l).im or, at the very sometimes are shocked and indignant to jured and his collar missing. You'd want a car. The cat escaped, but later was cap­ least, neglected to keep him safely confined discover that the veterina1ian, once told vetelinarian. Fortunately, some states have him to take your pet to a veterinarian, and tured and found to be infected with rabies. at home. Ms. Armstrong suggests another the animal was found along the road, does laws that allow the vetelina1ian to collect you'd want him to try to find you. At the "Rahid animals may be either unafraid of possibility: "Accidents can happen to any­ not offer to treat the animal free of charge. from a fund for treating unowned injured same time, be reasonable about how much traffic or so paralyied that they cannot one. The dog could have slipped his leash F. A. Ackerman, DVM., a veterinarian in animals who have been presented to them you can afford to do for that animal if no avoid it," cautions Dr. Sinclair. You cannot on a walk, the cat could have raced out the New York City, explains to those who bring by animal control or a good Samaritan." owner shows up. Are you willing to add be too careful when contemplating an ani­ door that a ~:hild or pet-sitter left un­ in an injured stray that they must be will­ him to your household? And will you be mal rescue. Pet First Aid, a joint publication latched, and poof! the animal is out, runs ing to assume responsibility for the animal The Golden Rule willing to return him to his original home of The HSUS and the American Red Cross, blocks away, is hit by a car, and taken for before he can begin treatment. "We found Despite the many risks involved in being a ifthe owner turns up after you've started to contains explicit instructions for approach­ treatment--and the frantic owner is look­ out the hard way how many people simply good Samaritan, there is nothing quite like form an attachment?" Thinking these is­ ing and handling injured dogs and cats ing everywhere for a beloved pet!" Don't abandon an animal once costs begin to the satisfaction of stepping forward to help sues through in advance may stand you in If you know in your heart that you're a (particularly your own animals) as well as assume you are dealing with an irresponsi­ mount. They leave the bill unpaid, and we an animal in distress. Saving a life often good stead the next time you see that rescuer, why not equip yourself to do for reading their body language to help ble owner. are left with a dog or cat we cannot legally brings with it a sense of profound responsi­ wrenching sight at the side of a road. •!• the best possible job? Here are some avoid being bitten (see sidebar). Many times, of course, the dog or cat adopt out or euthanize except in the case bility for that life. Charlotte Bennett, a West Malian 5. Lane is the coauthor of The Humane things to have in your car at all times. you find along the highway will turn out to of very se1ious injury." Good care is not Virginian who rescued and subsequently Society of the United States Complete Guide • Phone Finders and Keepers be unowned, unwanted, and unclaimed. cheap, and many vetelinarians may have adopted a small dog from the same bridge to Dog Care and senior editor of ASPCA Animal • Phone numbers of local animal Let's suppose that after assessing the situa­ Even so, according to Ms. Armstrong, "the many Samaritans in their waiting rooms where ]o Shusmith tried to rescue a kitten, Watch. control, a shelter, and a twenty­ tion, you judge that you can safely capture person finding the stray dog or cat does four-hour emergency veterinary the dog or cat. Speak calmly to reassure not automatically become the owner or clinic him, make sure he can see you at all times keeper-as in 'finders keepers'-until he • Cat carrier or cardboard box as you approach, and perhaps entice him has satisfied certain state ancl!or local re­ • Collars "'and strong leashes for dogs says, to come to you by offering a strong­ quirements." In some areas this means reg­ Santa • Heavy blanket smelling food such as canned tuna or dried istering the animal with local animal con­ • Water bowls and water liver-which you wisely cany in your car trol. In others it may mean posting signs • Strong-smelling foods, such as for just such a moment (see sidebar). Let's around the neighborhood or advertising '' Fur-Free Holiday!" canned tuna or dried liver assume that your effor~s are successful. the animal in the paper. "In almost every • Animal first-aid kit (described in Now what? state," Ms. Armstrong points out, "the ani­ Celebrate compassion this season-send your friends and relatives this festive card Pet First Aid, available from The If your cmly interest has been to remove mal is not 'owned' by the finder until the bearing the greeting "Have a Fur-Free Holiday." In a design created exclusively for HSUS for $I0.95 plus $3.00 the dog or cat from harm's way, your next holding period for strays (as specified by The HSUS by fashion designer Oleg Cassini, Santa shows off his new fur-free coat shipping and handling) IUDve is straightforward enough. Whether state or local laws) has expired and the so everyone can see that you don't need fur to be stylish, warm, and cozy. or not he is injured, and whether he ap­ finder has made an attempt to reunite the Help us all make the world fur free! Quantities are limited, so order your cards today! pears to be a stray or to be owned (is wear­ animal with his original owner ancl!or ·------~-- ticular jurisdiction." Another suggestion ing an identification tag or flea collar, has has taken steps-obtaining vaccinations, Please send me __ packs of Fur-Free Holiday cards (ten cards and envelopes per pack). from AAA is to make sure you report to au­ recently been groomed), he should be re­ license, collar and identification tag, regis­ thorities precisely where the animal is. "Say ported to the local animal control agency: tration-to prove he is now the owner." I enclose $10.00 per pack (includes shipping and handling) for a total of$ * 'one mile north of Livingston on Highway But what if you find yourself forming an (Perhaps it goes without saying that if the Method of payment: 101' or 'between markers 65 and 66 on the immediate attachment to this animal, as animal had had a collar and identification 0 Check (payable to The HSUS) 0 Visa 0 MasterCard 0 Discover New York State Thruway:'" many rescuers do? Having snatched him tag, all of this trouble would have been Account#______Expiration.______The possibility of spooking a frightened from the jaws of death, can you keep him? avoided to begin with.) Signature,______Daytime phone # ______animal is only one reason to use caution in "If a person finds a companion animal, '\\ approaching him. Should you succeed in injured or not," says Martha Armstrong, The High Cost of Caring Name getting close enough to capture him, you HSUS vice president, Companion Animals, It can come as a surprise to some good stand a good chance of being scratched or "most states require-and The HSUS Samaritans, once they have taken the ini­ j Address bitten. Even a small animal can inflict a strongly recommends-that the finder call tiative, time, and trouble to rescue a dog or City______-,- ______State Zip. ______painful wound, and if you are bitten by a local animal control and abide by its poli­ cat along the highway, that the rest of the Mail this coupon "~til payment to Fur-Free Holiday Carel. The HSUS, 2100 L St., NW, Washington. DC 20037. cat or dog whose vaccination status is un­ cies. Even if you plan to keep the animal in pet tare community may not necessarily known, you will be advised to undergo the event no owner is found, animal con­ rush forward to do what the Samaritan sees We ship UPS: please pi'Dvide yom' sLreeL address. Allow 4-6 wecl\s for delivery. *Residents of these states should add the applicable sales k'l': CA (7.25%). CT (6%), DC (5.75%). FL (6%).1L (6.25%), MD (5%). NJ (6%). NY (7%), OH (5%). VT (5%). preventive treatment for rabies, which has trol should be notified that you have him as its part. For instance, rescuers may take

14 HSUSNews Fa111993 HSUSNews FaU 1998 15 By Matthew Scully

T IS HARD ENOUGH READING THE DETAILS involved in trapping or raising animals for the fur in­ dustry Even more difficult to bear is the recent flurry of magazine articles, industry "fact sheets," and such­ ,...... ,...... ,...... ,.like aimed at allaying public concerns about the ani­ mals and proving that "Fur is back!" Listen, for example, to one Dr, Robert most makes you want to curl up in one of all the other creatures in question is to "ex­ Politics of Fur: "The fur clad white woman Speth of something called the National these little nests yourself Just what the in­ ploit" them To find fault with the industry fetishizes the fear of a masculine loss of Animal Interest Alliance, a group devoted dustry's own "shortcomings" might be we is "irresponsible," By contrast, to introduce power and authority" The anti-fur to debunking the "false rumors and mis­ never learn, never mind that Dr, Speth has unconsciousness to 30 million such ani­ cause, Ms, Emberley told the New York leading propaganda" put about by the fur, supposedly just returned from a round of mals (last year's worldwide total) is a mark Times last October, "had its moment and industry's critics, On the group's Web site on-site inspections, Fur farms offer many of compassion, ecological awareness, and did sort of spend itself , Many con­ (wwwnaiaonline,org), Dr, Speth is identi­ other amenities, too, he continues, "The indeed democratic duty: "When you go sumers feel that it is effectively an issue of fied as president-elect of the Society for carcasses of mink are rendered into feeds shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving," consumer rights," Veterinary Medical Ethics, so it would for other farm animals, and by-products of Dr, Speth urges-writing just before "Fur­ Offhand, it would be hard to think of seem he is in a good position to set us all those animals may ultimately be used to Free Friday" last year-"think about all the any collection of human beings less inde­ straight as to the facts, feed the mink, completing nature's natural wonderful opportunities you have to shop pendent than the stylists, designers, fash­ The anti-fur crowd, he begins, is intent scheme of recycling," and purchase as you wish, [Fur] is a ion writers, and salon managers who make on "the destruction of the fur industry" So there are very sound and responsi­ choice we must all make for ourselves," up the fashion industry Their professions But "it is clear that the truth takes a back ble environmental reasons for fur farm­ are based upon following the herd in seat to zealotry Having recently visited ing, too, and we all want to protect the N CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, search of the latest trends, But with the several mink farms and studied the fur in­ environment Even in their final mo­ I America has a new pro-choice move­ Times piece came the official go-ahead, a dustry, there is little doubt in my mind ments the farmers' furry charges have it ment, this one issuing from the of­ validation, and at last a marketing theme that the criminal actions and dishonesty good: "[T]he introduction of uncon­ fices of the fur industry as it seeks to beyond mere profit and self-indulgence, that characterize anti-fur activists dwarf sciousness with the use of agents such as prove that fur is back in style, "The fur in­ The industry was trying to turn its very un­ any shortcomings of the fur industry nitrogen or carbon monoxide is far more dustry," declares the Fur Information fashionability into a fashion selling point Contrary to exaggerated complaints of the humane than any death that would occur Council of America (FICA) on Wearing fur was an act of daring, the em­ anti-fur extremists, today's domestic mink in the wild," It is the industry's critics, Dr, its Web site (wwwfurorg), "believes powered victim rising up against the live a life of luxury compared to their Speth concludes, who lack compassion: that the decision to wear fur is a matter of zealots, The inevitable backlash had come, cousins in the wild, They live in clean, "Exploiting the deaths of mink when they individual choice, Freedom of choice is Vogue followed up in October with a comfortable cages with nesting boxes, gen­ are harvested, animal rights activists one of the fundamental rights on which sixteen-page spread featuring snuggly erally in the company of one or more of make wildly irresponsible claims of tor­ this country was founded, It is up to the warm enchantresses wrapped in fur Then their siblings, They are protected from dis­ ture and cruelty" individual to decide what he or she will or Elle, then Harper's Bazaar, then an Actors in ease by immunization and receive an Many euphemisms have been found not wear," This isn't just about fashion Associated Press (AP) story breathlessly re­ Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar the fur drama abundant supply of food," for death and suffering, human and ani­ anymore; we're talking constitutional lib­ porting "the fashion world's return to the touted fur last fall. Naomi Campbell include Karl Lagerfeld (whose fur This certainly comes as a relief Let's mal, but surely "introduction of uncon­ erties here, And it's certainly not about bygone days of glamour and elegance," seems to have renounced her former vest, top, was in his spring/summer just hope the animals aren't being spoiled sciousness" is a prizewinner, But the really anything so crass as money Fur is about Even a few models featured in those 'Tel­ anti-fur stance; (above) she models a 1998 collection for Fendi) and julia by all this pampering, "Luxurious," "clean," notable thing about this report by Dr, personal identity, gender equality, and rather-go-naked-than-wear-fur" ads back mohair dress and fur coat for Fendi's Ember ley, author of The Cultural "comfortable," "in the company of sib­ Speth is that little flip of the word "exploit­ feminine self-assertion, as Julia Emberley in the early nineties had undergone a con­ fall/winter 1998 collection. "[F]ur has Politics of Fur. lings," "protected," "abundant food"-it al- ing," To defend the mink and the fox and theorizes in her recent book, The Cultural version, notably Naomi Campbell, who an image problem," says Fur World.

16 USUS News Fall1998 liS liS ;\Jpws Fall 1998 17 Designer Todd Oldham (jar ewer and fewer people have the least interest in trapping left) has sworn off fur, as have legendary designers animals either for sport or profit. How many teenagers across Geoffrey Beene (middle) and Calvin Klein. modern America dream of a career in trapping?

appeared on a Milan catwalk graced by a IKE FUR FARMERS, "RANCHERS," The price has "rebounded" from $8 in the peculiar angle is there a downside: The Fendi sable. Models Veronica Webb and L and merchants, trappers have all early nineties amid a general slump in do­ "ranch" defense has rendered them a dis­ Yasmeen Ghauri also continued to wear sorts of trade groups and Web sites mestic retail fur sales. reputable minority within their own trade, fur, along with actresses Sharon Stone, devoted to rebutting criticism and trying to So the trappers have looked to foreign conceding, in effect, that trapping animals Madonna, and Joan Rivers, though on the preserve some semblance of respectability markets. An estimated two million animals for profit is indefensible. anti-fur side we've still got the pick The National Trappers Association (NTA), are trapped and killed annually in the This explains a lot of things, for exam­ of the litter with Cindy Crawford, Kim for instance, carries on its Web site a little United States, not counting incidental ple the prickly and overblown view trap­ Basinger, Tyra Banks, and Elle Macpherson. item more revealing than any of the broad catch like squirrels, hawks, cats, clogs. Of pers have of themselves, evident in the Among designers unswayed by anti-fur economic statistics. It is a eulogy to a man that GNC-let's call it our gross national NTA's credo: We, the Trappers of North appeals are Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, named Charles R. Dobbins of Canton, catch-60 to 70 percent is exported. But America, prompted by a feeling of profound Oscar de la Renta, Donatella Versace, and Ohio, who at age seventy-two had laid his there is trouble abroad, too. At last count, respect and gratitude toward the many valiant Jean-Paul Gaultier. Those swearing off fur last trap. Known as "The Father of Modern eighty-eight countries had enacted bans on Fur TJ·appers who have gone before us, whose include Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene, Calvin Trapping" and author of nine books on the the steel-jaw leghold trap. The fifteen courageous deeds and exploits will forever Klein, Todd Oldham, and Oleg Cassini subject, his passing in September 1997 in­ member-nations of the European Union embellish the pages of our Nation's history.. (see page 23). spired many fond memories: "Charlie was took it a step further, banning imports of It also explains why the industry, on the Lately; too, the fur industry has come more than the Father of Modern Trapping. fur pelts from any countries still using the chic, haute cou.ture end of things, adamant­ up with another tack, a divide-and-rule ar­ He was a Master of the Art of Trapping. trap. Only by a frenzied lobbying cam­ ly resists the use of labels on fur products gument to the effect that some animal advo­ Charlie wrote the book and set a standard paign were U.S., Canadian, and Russian telling buyers whether the "fur resource" cates also oppose testing methods formed­ on the adjustment of leg hold traps. trappers able to avert this catastrophe,* was trapped or farmed (never mind that ical research, even as we all stand to gain Yes, Charlie will be missed by old trappers gaining a compromise brokered by the consumer rights theme of its current ad from cures for AIDS and other diseases. as well as young trappers, but, Charlie Clinton administration under which trap­ campaign). And it explains the touchiness Ergo: What a bunch of hypocrites they all would have wanted the sport to live on .... pers pledged a gradual transition away of designers themselves, the famed Karl are, and let's just buy our furs, make our He has passed the torch and it is up to the from the leghold method. But that's a small Lagerfelcl in particular, who will brook no The ugly truth behind fur: A coyote own choices, and forget all that hysterical rest of us to keep the sport alive. The fami­ victory right there. When have they ever questions about how the fur was obtained, caught in a steel-jaw leghold trap propaganda about animals and cages and ly has requested that a memorial fund be before deferred to public opinion? All who obta,inecl it, or how it felt to be the re­ has ripped most of the bark from a steel-jaw traps. That's what they're here for established to fight anti-trapping issues those years devoted by Mr. Dobbins to giv­ source. nearby tree limb in a desperate­ anyway-our use. It's all a part of nature's through the Fur Takers of America and the Stellar ing the world a better steel-jaw trap, and it lncleecl the fur industry might be called and futile-attempt to escape. opponents of fur wondrous scheme, sound ecology; too, and . National Trappers Association." turns out the world doesn't even want it. an economic alliance between two oppo­ include (clock­ besides (the FICA reminds us) gals just Now, trying hard here to contain our Meanwhile, voters in Massachusetts, site but equally repugnant subcultures. On wise from above) "love the way it makes them feell" grief, note the subtext: The trappers need Arizona, and Colorado have approved state the one hand there are the trappers and fur supermodels Curiously; although the industry insists money They need money because their referendums banning the leghold trap. farmers with their storied traditions and Cindy Crawford, its decline since the mid-eighties has noth­ "sport" is dying-so quickly they already Californians will vote on a similar initiative dead-serious attachment to a Way of Life. Tyra Banks, and ing to do with the moral campaign against depend on the hunting lobby for most of this November, Proposition 4, and with On the other hand we have the beautiful Elle Macpherson; fur (in a run of bad luck, furriers faced their political support. Fewer and fewer 733,000 signatures putting it on the ballot, people with their renowned sophistication, and 1998 "general economic distress," a decade's people have the least interest in trapping the signs are good. The most alarming de­ delicate sensibility, and attention to detail Academy Award worth of unseasonably "warm weather," animals either for sport or profit. How velopment for the trappers, however, is (all except a few little details), too busy be­ winner Kim etc.), we now learn the Fur Revival is a many teenagers across modern America their ostracism within the fur industry it­ ing creative and brilliant and famous to be Basinger. backlash against that very campaign. dream of a career in trapping? Trapping has self With polls showing three of four pestered with rude questions about bloody Consumers are rising up en masse to fallen out of favor because the campaign Americans opposed to commercial trap­ animals and cramped cages and gnawed­ assert their freedom of choice, against fur is succeeding. ping, the industry's chief line of defense is off paws. Worlds apart, as alien to one an­ unashamed, victims no more. There is Two generations ago, when Mr. to note that 80 or so percent of furs are other as Milan, Italy, to Canton, Ohio­ something mighty suspicious about the Dobbins began his career, there were some farm- and "ranch"-raised, hence disposed Vogue to the Fu.r Rancher-they have in whole thing. It has the ring of desperation, half million commercial and recreational of in a more "humane" and enlightened common the same brazen arrogance: The A trapper collects his grisly catch. of people trying to convince themselves trappers in America. By the mid-eighties fashion. A smart move, PR-wise. How same self-enclosed worldview that what Two generations ago there were the number was down to 300,000. Today more than the rest of us. comforting to think of the little varmints they do is praiseworthy, noble, of supreme some 500,000 commercial and There are three angles to the issue: the there are just 150,000, the survivors sus­ frisking and capering about the ranch, importance, worth any sacrifice. recreational trappers in America. fur trade, from trapping to farming; the tained more by that sentimentality appar­ blissfully unaware of the mercifully quick But the whole alliance depends upon Today there are just 150,000. fashion industry; and the global economic ent above than by any long-term financial fate awaiting them. Only from the trappers' their never crossing paths, and those few picture. Production. Supply Demand. Let's incentive. A fox pelt worth $80 in Ohio in *The UniLecl States, Canada, and Russia supply details never getting out. Milan must never begin with the trappers. the late seventies now fetches about $16. nearly all Lhe wild-caught fur to Lhe world nwri1c1. be seen in the company of Canton, the

18 l-ISUS News Fall1998 J-ISUS News Fall1998 19 footlights shining on Designer and Model the two men then dispose of the carcasses but never on Producer. The moment they and put the pelts on wire stretchers for two are brought back together in the public weeks." Like trapping, fur farming is in eclipse, its dwindling mind, as in simple pictures showing the What courage it takes to rap and fork animals caught in traps and cages, the al­ to death small uncomprehending creatures numbers subsisting on the scraps of a once broad and liance begins to unravel. The consumer who have spent the night in hopeless sees the connection. In time, the entire in­ struggle. Imagine how they feel as he lucrative domestic market. dustry is done for. Listen to an admiring approaches with the fork. This is the AP profile of one Peter Leggett and son, forbidden detail, the connection we are producers out in the field gathering the de­ not allowed to make. Mr. Lagerfeld, meet signers' material: "Leggett and son Ron are Mr. Leggett. perhaps the most industrious fox trappers farms they are kept in small, barren, con­ creatures that creepeth on fur ranches are in Maryland .... If they find a fox, they kill ANCH" WAS AN INSPIRED tiguous cages with no physical enrichment sent forth into Dr. Speth's "natural cycle of the animal with a hard rap on the head us­ R touch as the industry began dis­ other than a wooden nest box when whelp­ life"-the fur to be skinned, the carcasses ing a wooden-handled pole with a metal owning the trappers in favor of ing. They live in a largely static social envi­ to be ground into feed for the cows and the fork at the end. The catch is put in the more "humane" alternatives. A. ]. Niman ronment determined haphazardly. They lambs, the cows and the lambs in turn to truck, and it's off to another trap. At the fur and D. M. Broom of the University of have no opportunity to adjust distance or be ground into feed for the mink and fox. shed, they string each animal up by its Cambridge give us a glimpse of life on the take shelter from aversive stimuli, such as Across the industry introduction of uncon­ hind legs for skinning, a job they perform ranch for the 30 million or so fox, mink, the presence of humans or other foxes." sciousness is variously administered by in about three minutes. Clad in white, dis­ chinchillas, beaver, rabbits, and other crea­ A typical cage is 30 by 18 inches, made gassing, clubbing, poisoning, strangula­ posable coveralls to protect their clothes, tures being prepared for delivery: "On fox of galvanized steel mesh allowing feces to tion, neck-breaking with or without the aid fall through. Nest boxes are made of wood, of tongs, or by a state-of-the-art method and the kits and cubs separated from their known as "anal electrocution." mothers at eight weeks. There is infanti­ There are 415 facilities for mink in the cide, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and a United States,.harvesting some 2.6 million USUS Launches Fur-Free 2000'" level of cannibalism and self-mutilation pelts, employing (directly or indirectly) unknown in the wild. In winter, when about 100,000 people, and accounting for HIS FALL THE HSUS IS STEPPING UP ITS DECADE­ 1998 ballot initiative in California. Proposition 4 would ban there is any heat at all, temperatures are set 10 percent of worldwide mink-farm pro­ long effort to educate the public about the cruelty of the use of cruel and indiscriminate body-gripping traps includ­ T to stay at 30 degrees (with no way of keep­ duction. Forty of them also raise fox. Some the fur industry by launching the Fur-Free 2000 cam­ ing the dreaded steel-jaw leghold trap. The measure bans the ing warm by physical activity), just high 75 farms raise fox exclusively A mere paign. Addressing the inhumane practices of trapping and of sale of fur from any fur-bearing animal caught with a body­ enough to keep the stock alive but low decade ago, the fur market sustained over raising animals in cages for their fur, as well as the increased gripping trap. enough to promote the desired quality of 1,000 farms. It is the same story: Like trap­ use of fur trim and the roles of department stores and fashion Celebrities have jumped on the Fur-Free 2000 bandwag­ coat. The animals' nourishment consists of ping, fur farming is in eclipse, its dwin­ designers, Fur-Free 2000 seeks to foster a more compassionate on-including television talk show host Bill Maher, cartoonist water suckled from plastic nipples on met­ dling numbers subsisting on the scraps of a consumer and increase the number of people celebrating a Berkeley Breathed, and actors Angela Basset, Betty White, jack al pipes and, in the case of mink, that recy­ once broad and lucrative domestic market. fur-free holiday Lemmon, and Diane Keaton. cled-carcass gruel so memorably described Resuscitated by foreign markets, it is The HSUS and many of our supporters have sent letters to What can you do? by Dr. Speth. running out of those, too, as witness not Macy's and Nordstrom, two leading department stores, asking Ill Don't buy or wear clothing made of, lined with, or trimmed These are creatures made by their only declining sales but, on the political them not to sell fur or fur-trimmed apparel. The HSUS has with fur; don't buy fur or fur-trimmed decorations or toys. Designer to roam and play and forage and front, a remarkable bill submitted to the urged Macy's to declare its annual · Ill Make sure any faux fur trim on apparel really is synthetic tunnel and swim. Yet far from denying the British House of Commons last March. The Thanksgiving Day parade fur free material. When animal fur is sheared and dyed, it can appear details, their keepers actually cite these language is worth quoting in full: Be it en­ Even Santa Wants and has asked all parade sponsors to be synthetic. It can even fool salespeople. smaller cages as a point of pride, an ambi­ acted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, not to use fur on their floats. IIIII Explain to your family and friends that even a small piece of aFur-Free tious consolidation in the business reflect­ by and with the advice and consent of the Lords (Designer Oleg Cassini has offered trim comes from an animal who suffered and died. ing innovation and higher productivity Spiritual and Temporal, and by the Commons, Bollday fur-free fashions to parade float par­ Ill Don't shop at stores that sell fur or items lined or trimmed Typical is eighty-one-year-old ] ohn in the present Parliament assembled, and by Oh,for life on the "ranch"! A caged ticipants.) HSUS staff will hand out with fur. Tell the store manager and the company president Huggans of Connor, Montana, profiled in authority of the same: It shall be an offense for fox's anxiety is palpable (top); tiny Fur-Free Holiday buttons to parade that you will not shop there if the store continues to sell fur. the winter 1997 Fur Rancher: "Caging was any person to keep or knowingly cause or per­ barren cages, not natural territories, senseless ami spectators. In November and Ill Celebrate a fur-free holiday and urge others to do the same. are the homes of ranched foxes l'I'UliiLl't'tlllllcliL larger [in the 1940s] than it is today Cages mit to be kept for the production of fur any umllmppingnf December, HSUS ads in New York Contact The HSUS (Fur-Free 2000 Campaign, 2100 L St., NW, (middle); a rancher unceremoniously

20 HSUSNews Fall1998 HSUS News Fall1998 21 :r~ ust this once, look away from the profit margins and mirrors A Designer~s Evolution and catwalks and fashion glossies, and give a little thought to the animals. ONG, LONG AGO," An unapologetic animal recalls Oleg Cassini, "I lover, Mr. Cassini has did a coat for Jackie saved a number of retired Kennedy I suggested a Standardbred racehorses leopard coat to her. She from slaughter (including UT THE KEY RIGHT NOW IS will rebound." That was four and a half loved the idea because those kinds of My Perlagative, left, and B the economics of fur. Last year, years ago, and the economy has rebounded looks had not been seen for a long time. the hungry herd, below). 26.29 million mink and 4.45 beyond all expectations. The number of It was a success in the fashion world, an Rescued dogs-and even million fox were farmed worldwide U.S. millionaires has more than doubled instant success. But it had a horrendous a donkey-also share his (Scandinavia accounting for 55 and 72 since 1992. Taxpayers reporting incomes result in the world of leopards. The re­ home. "Anyone who is percent respectively). A lot of mink and of $200,000 or more have increased by sult was that about 250,000 leopards familiar with animals, and fox, except by comparison with produc­ 90 percent. Four million Americans have were killed worldwide." has many like I have, tion in 1988: 41.7 million mink and 5.6 hit the $100,000 annual income mark Known as "Secretary of Style" in the · knows that animals suffer," million fox. True, in-between production Right on schedule, in every luxury in­ Kennedy years, the eighty-five-year-old he observes. fell to an even lower 22.8 million total. dustry, Mr. Southwick's prediction has Mr. Cassini early next year will intro­ But its 7 million pelt rebound since 1993 come to pass-and then some. Retail sales duce an upscale collection of "fake fur" is still a third of its 21 million pelt col­ in luxury items have increased by 21 per­ jackets and coats under the tentative la­ lapse from 1988 to 1993. cent a year since 1995. Every last luxury bel, Evolutionary Fur. The collection, a The FICA trumpets a 1.6 percent rise industry, that is, except the makers of the joint venture between the famed design­ in sales last year. Yet even these gains are il­ classic "must-have" luxury item. Never has er and Monterey, Inc., the leading man­ lusory: The retail price of fur coats last year Supply been readier for Demand. Yet here ufacturer of imitation fur fabrics in the rose 1 percent, this a reflection of falling is the fur trade, even by its own manipulat­ United States (www.montereyinc.com), is worldwide production. That leaves a net ed numbers, even as it subsidizes designers a milestone in the fashion world. since the mid-1960s when de­ A fox lives life the way it was meant gain of .6 percent. The industry sold fewer to study fur cutting in Denmark because it's ''I'm very aware of what happens in signer Fred Gompertz created a to be lived-in the wild. goods at higher prices. a dying art here, and even as designers dis­ the fur business," Mr. Cassini explains. "I line of imitation calfskin, chee­ In the fur industry that's called a guise fur in less conspicuous trims and ac­ used to be [that way] myself, in a way, tah, tiger, and leopard under the comeback Outside the industry it's called cessories, posting an illusory gain of 1.6 when I didn't realize the tremendous Fur and Sports label. For a recession. It fell to the folks at Fur percent in new sales in 1997. damage it did. And then I began to read Malden Mills Apparel of World, the New York-based trade journal, Illustrative was the case of Chicago re­ some articles. I began to look at the pic­ Massachusetts, Mr. Gompertz to put a damper on the big revival. "Fur tailer Andriana Furs, which boasted $22 tures, to see the frightening cruelty in turned out a 1970s line of faux sales for the year failed to generate a full million in sales in 1996, $10 million in how they kill foxes, how they kill mink, lamb-, raccoon-, and coyote­ head of steam," it warned last March­ 1997, still maintains a Web site full of indig­ how they treat them in a special way so skin outerwear, popular items in their we have done just that. This vvill replace five months after the bold "reintroduc­ nant rebuttals to "fur myths" but, as of May the fur will augment, by keeping them in day, even in the salons of Madison fur, and replace it with imagination, tion" of fur in Vog~te and the New York 1998, was mostly busy with bankruptcy the cold. Avenue and Rodeo Drive. style, and elegance, and probably with a Times. "[T] he consumer isn't breaking proceedings. Somehow Andriana missed "Anyone who is familiar with ani­ More recently the alternative fur better price on top of all that." down any doors to buy a new fur, even if out on the revival. mals, and has many like I have, knows market has witnessed exponential Scheduled for debut at a February they have more money than usual because How much simpler a little honesty that animals suffer. Animals sense when growth through the success of such showing in Washington, D.C., the of a burgeoning economy" That same would be. They are selling a product they they're about to be killed. They have labels as Donna Salyers Fabulous new collection is, in Mr. Cassini's view, a month Fur World ventured an explana­ don't need to sell. There is beauty and the imagination to fear. They cry After Furs. As retail fur sales nationwide re­ "frontal attack" on the fur industry tion: "Let's face it, fur has an image prob­ quality in nonfur alternatives, as Mr. vivisection, [killing for fur] is the worst mained static during the last six years, "We're saying, 'All right, let's stop with lem. It's no longer the 'must-have' item in Cassini will soon demonstrate. There's thing. It shows the ugly side of human Salyers Fabulous Furs has seen sales the BS. You want a substitute? Very well, a woman's wardrobe, despite all the rheto­ money in fur alternatives, too-far more in nature-who for gain will do anything rise dramatically The alternative fur then here's a substitute, an elegant, styl­ ric to the contrary" the long tenn-as there always is when and camouflage it vvith lofty ideas and market has seen steady growth through­ ish substitute.' To translate this tautology: People aren't people use their creative energies. words." out the 1990s. "Somebody," he adds, "has to step buying furs because people aren't buying But if that's not incentive enough then The fur industry, Mr. Cassini be­ Missing until now, however, was a forward. The truth must come out. Until furs. To translate further: The money isn't forget the money Just this once, look away lieves, "will eventually die" as more al­ fashion Name, and indeed, as Mr. now there was no way to answer the ac­ there anymore. We, as an industry, are from the profit margins and mirrors and ternatives are developed and the profit Cassini points out, a better name for the cusation from the fur industry that there finished. catwalks and fashion glossies, and give a incentive shifts away from animal fur. product itself "I would not call them was no replacement. Fur is the most an­ Even on its ovin purely monetary little thought to the animals. The world is "It's just pure money The god of today is 'fake furs,"' he explains. "The very name cient part of the human culture, [from a terms, the industry has no other explana­ bigger than New York, Paris, and Milan, money; it probably has always been. 'fake fur' denotes a cheapness, a sec­ time] when humans had to protect tion available to it. "People forgo luxury full of strange and wonderful creatures, And today we're seeing the [industry's] ond-rate quality But we have used a themselves against the cold and they items during times of economic distress," and they are not doing "just fine." •!• last defense, the rearguard defense of very new technique. It's a technical mir­ had to kill to eat. But we are not at that explained industry analyst Rob Southwick Matthew Scully, a speech writer in the Bash people who just want to make money" acle that we have been able to recon­ stage anymore. We can choose a differ­ 5 to the Boston Globe in April 1994. "When administration and contlibuting editor to it "Fake fur," a term Mr. Cassini re­ struct furs and make them appear like ent way Evolution has permitted us to '"5 the economy rebounds, the fur business National Review, wlitcs from Herndon, Virginia jects, has been in the American market fur when in fact they are manmade, but look at new horizons." -Matthew Scully

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Go to the library Just as you can shop for products that have and look for articles on that company in busi­ that have been been produced without harming animals, you ness magazines and newspapers. Many animal can shop for investments in companies that do protection and environmental groups have produced without not harm animals. If you want to make your done a lot of the research for you. You can call investments more humane, there are several them and ask if they have guides for humane hanoi~ aninals, approaches available. For instance, the investing. Look also in animal and environ­ Cruelty-Free Investment News, operating out of mental protection magazines, newsletters, and y• can shop for Reston, Virginia, identifies three major types of Web sites. If you use the Internet to search for humane investors: those who boycott compa­ acceptable companies, try using keywords iwesbnents il nies that harm animals, those who actively such as "cruelty-free," "sustainable," "socially companies that do pursue stock in companies that make a posi­ responsible," and "environment," along with tive contribution toward animal welfare, and "investing." .t hn aninals. those who invest in companies that harm ani­ Does it take time to find humane mals and then vote on shareholder resolutions companies? to change company policies. Generally; these It can. 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Samantha Mullen, a mem­ distinction between testing by cosmetic com­ ber of Washington, D.C.s Animal F1iendly panies and testing by pharmaceutical compa­ Investment Club of the Capital Area, reports, nies. Some investors also take into account "Probably the least time-consuming route is to whether a company participates in habitat de­ invest in mutual funds whose holdings are struction or pollution. Some investors look at limited to specific industry sectors that have whether the company makes products such as nothing to do with animals. But you have to be cruel traps or guns used for hunting. Others careful. 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