A n i m
a l W r i t e s © sm
The
official ANIMAL RIGHTS ONLINE newsletter
Publisher ~ EnglandGal@aol.com
Issue #
11/29/00
Editor ~ JJswans@aol.com
Journalists ~ Park StRanger@aol.com
~
MicheleARivera@aol.com
~ SavingLife@aol.com
THE SEVEN ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE:
1 ~ Coke Withdraws Major Rodeo Sponsorship
2 ~ Book Review - When Elephants Weep: The
Emotional Lives of Animals
by Steve Best -
sbest1@elp.rr.com
3 ~ Shooting Ourselves In The Foot: The
Sanitizing of Violence in Our
Society by Frank L. Hoffman
- flh@all-creatures.org
4 ~ Don't Let Donna's Memory Fade
5 ~ Southeast Regional Compassion for Animals Action
Symposium
6 ~ Womb by Diana Moreton -
tapster@mindspring.com
7 ~ Quote To Remember
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Coke Withdraws Major Rodeo
Sponsorship
Following talks between soft drink giant
Coca-Cola and SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness), as well as other
animal advocates over a period of weeks, Coke today [November 16] announced
that it has severed ties with the world's largest rodeo organization, the
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).
In a letter dated today, addressed to Steve Hindi of SHARK, and Eric Mills of
Action for Animals, Coke states:
"While our products may be available at some arenas where rodeos may take
place, we are no longer a corporate sponsor of rodeos or any affiliated
organizations, including the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
(PRCA)."
A Coke representative announced the decision after viewing a
documentary by French public television station ARTE. ARTE and SHARK
worked together in October to obtain video footage of three PRCA stock
contractors abusing animals and violating even the PRCA's loose humane
regulations. ARTE's subsequent documentary was aired to over 33 million
viewers in Europe.
Coke went out of its way to identify PRCA as an organization with which it no
longer associates. This is a huge development, which will send shock
waves through the corporate world. Coke's withdrawal poses a major public
relations blow to the rodeo industry, as well as a financial loss. SHARK
will reveal its next step in the campaign to end rodeo cruelty within a couple
weeks.
On behalf of SHARK, I want to extend gratitude to Coca-Cola for its compassionate
decision. Also deserving of gratitude and recognition for enabling this
wonderful development is Simon Billiness, Senior Analyst for Trillium Asset
Management Corporation, and Animal People Editor Merritt Clifton.
Mr. Clifton facilitated communication between Mr. Billiness and me. Mr.
Billiness then sparked talks between Coke and SHARK. Coke's withdrawal
from rodeos came about as a result of dialogue as opposed to demonstrations,
based on building mutual respect and trust.
Dr. Peggy Larson also gave invaluable assistance, giving a veterinary point of
view to Coke regarding the inherent cruelty to animals at the hands of the
rodeo industry.
Coke's withdrawal is especially impressive given the reluctance of even some
"humane" organizations to deal with the issue of rodeos, and the
outright refusal of governmental agencies such as the Illinois Department of
Agriculture to prosecute rodeo animal abuse.
Please give Coca-Cola a quick call to express your appreciation by calling
404-676-2121 during eastern business hours.
SHARK also encourages letters of appreciation to the following people:
Merritt Clifton, Editor, Animal People anmlpepl@whidbey.com
(Mr. Clifton can also forward your appreciation to Simon Billiness)
Uwe Muller, producer of the ARTE documentary exposing rodeos
Dr. Peggy Larson < Meowvet@aol.com>
Source: Steve
Hindi - SHARK
shindi@sharkonline.org
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Book Review
by Steve Best - sbest1@elp.rr.com
When Elephants
Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
By Jeffrey Masson and Susan McCarthy
Delacorte Press, 1995
"It is plain that the law against the slaughtering of animals is
founded rather
on vain superstition and womanish pity than on sound reason. The
rational
quest of what is useful to us further teaches us the necessity of
associ-
ating ourselves with our fellow-men, but not with beasts, or things,
whose
nature is different from our own ... for their nature is not like ours,
and their
emotions are natural different from human emotions." Benedict
Spinoza, a
17th century philosopher
The modern tradition of animal rights got underway in England during the
nineteenth century. Against those who denied animals moral status because they
allegedly lacked rationality and language, philosopher Jeremy Bentham replied:
"The question is not, Can they reason nor, Can they talk? but, Can they
suffer?" By displacing the terms of debate, emphasizing that animals are
sentient beings that experience pain just as human beings do, Bentham and
others (like Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation [1977]) concluded that
it is wrong to harm or kill animals.
The argument for sentience is indeed a strong basis for the notion of animal
rights, and draws an important correlation between animals and human
beings. But an even stronger case can
be made that underlines more important similarities between human beings and
animals, one based on our shared emotional complexity. This case is presented
in clear and compelling terms in the new book by Jeffrey Masson and Susan
McCarthy, When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals, perhaps the
first work to seriously explore this topic.
The book documents how animals experience not only crude emotions like fear,
but far more subtle and complex emotions such as love, grief, pride, shame,
joy, and loneliness. For many of us with pets, this fact should come as no
surprise, for we can see on a daily basis how our dogs and cats react to us
with varied moods and expressions (I have poster on my kitchen wall that asks,
"How Does Your Cat Feel Today?" and depicts dozens of different faces
and attitudes, all of which he seems to possess on any given day).
Yet the scientific community has denied what ordinary experience confirms,
largely because they fear being "anthropomorphic," a scientific sin
which attributes human emotions to nonhuman life forms, presuming to know how
they feel or think without any basis for judgment. Thus, the scientist would
not
say my cat experiences joy when I come home from a trip (or perhaps resentment
might be more accurate), but rather that he "moves in a rapid manner,
emitting loud cries." A monkey never gets "angry," rather he
"exhibits aggression."
Scientists also deny emotional complexity to animals by offering reductionistic
evolutionary explanations of their behavior. A bird, for example, sings only to
attract its mate, and not because its happy or likes to sing, hearing the
beauty of its own voice. Such descriptions transform animals from living beings
into mere machines.
I'm sure sometimes we do commit the anthropomorphic fallacy, wrongly
attributing thoughts and feelings to animals that they may not have. Honestly,
when I say my cat is "jealous" of another cat that might be visiting,
I don't really know what he feels and he may not feel anything in
particular. But, as the authors argue, just because animal emotions are
difficult to interpret does not mean they aren't there; just because animals
don't frame their thoughts and feelings in human language doesn't mean they
don't have them.
In response to the skeptic's claim that we can't know for sure if animals
really have feelings, because they have no "language," one can
respond that the same is true for human beings. How can I really know that
other people feel grief, joy, or even experience pain if I them? They can
indeed express thoughts and emotions to me in language, but how do I know their
language describes a true state? In animals, no different than human beings,
all we really have to go on is their behavioral expression and what we can
infer from that based on our own experience. In the case of animals that can
use sign language, however, we do have a bona fide use of language that is
directly revealing.
The scientific denial of complex animal emotions is an anti-scientific dogma;
there have been no serious scientific studies of animal emotions because no
scientist is willing to do them. Over 150 years ago, Darwin wrote The Expression
of the Emotions in Man and Animals, but his lead has not been followed.
And it is obvious why, for if animals have more thought and feeling than
scientists allow, their experimental work on animals becomes morally
problematic, if not wrong. As the film Project X dramatized, for example,
monkeys confined in cages experience deep anguish, pain, and loneliness, yet
their lives are sacrificed in the sacred name of experimental science, which
often is nothing but a euphemism for cruelty and brings no valid results except
to boost the careers of men and women in white coats.
When Elephants Weep provides hundreds of examples to refute scientific
reductionism. We meet chimps and apes with a sign vocabulary of over 100 words,
communicating in a creative way not only with human beings, but with members of
their own species. We encounter Alex the parrot who knows the names of over 50
objects, 7 colors, and 5 shapes, along with Michael the gorilla who loves
Pavorotti and refuses to go outside when he is on TV. The title of the book
stems from one of the more remarkable examples of animal emotions, the Indian
elephant which sheds tears of pain when injured, or tears of grief when a
family member is killed. Amazingly, elephants seem to have a concept of death
and enact long burial rituals.
If animals can experience a range of emotions similar to human beings, they are
not significantly different from us and we cannot escape our moral obligations
to treat them with kindness, love, and respect. When Elephants Weep is an
important work that all animal lovers should read, providing much ammunition in
our fight against complacent carnivores and speciesists who think the world is
ours to destroy.
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This review originally appeared in "Life Giving Choices", the
newsletter of the Vegetarian Society of El Paso (VSEP).
Steve Best is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the
University of Texas, El Paso. He is Vice-President of the Vegetarian Society of
El Paso, a long time vegan and animal rights activist, and author of numerous
books and articles in the areas of social theory, postmodernism, and cultural
studies. Some of his writings are posted at http://utminers.utep.edu/best/
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Shooting Ourselves In The Foot:
The Sanitizing of Violence in
Our Society
by Frank L. Hoffman - flh@all-creatures.org
©1998-2000 - The Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation
Throughout the ages, we have accepted killing,
violence, and violent behavior as just being a part of life - it's time we
change!
Violent Role Models:
Elizabeth - Queen of England
People want to look to their world leaders as role models for themselves.
They want to do the same things that their leaders do. As a result, these
leaders take upon themselves a very serious moral responsibility, for in a very
real way they hold the souls of others in their hands. This is even more
to the point with Queen Elizabeth, because she is also the "Keeper of the
Faith".
On 19 November 2000, Reuters, the "Sunday Mirror", and the
"Sunday People" all reported how Britain's 74 year old Queen
Elizabeth wrung the neck of a wounded pheasant. Her spokesperson said
that she did this as an act of mercy to put the injured bird out of its
agony. But was it really an act of mercy? Let's look at some of the
facts:
* The hunt took place on a royal estate in Norfolk, eastern England.
* The hunt was sanctioned by the royal family.
* The royal family participated in the hunt.
* Approximately 200 pheasants were raised solely for the purpose of being
hunted on this estate.
* Queen Elizabeth wrung the neck of this pheasant with her bare hands while
watching Prince Philip and guests shoot the helpless birds.
I personally can see no way that this act of premeditated killing, or any
aspect of the event (the wringing of the pheasant's neck) could be classified
as merciful. The hardness of Queen Elizabeth's heart is evidenced by the
fact that she could sit or stand by while her husband and his friends brutally
shot and killed these birds, and then be able to wring the neck of this
particular pheasant with her own hands.
As a reigning monarch, she could have set an example of compassionate living,
but she chose to do otherwise. She chose to support cruelty and violence
in our world society. As the Keeper of the Faith, she is to present the
message of peace offered by the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, but she chose to
do just the opposite.
In 1776 an Anglican priest, Dr. Humphrey Primatt, wrote, "A Dissertation
on the Duty of Mercy and the Sin to Brute Animals." In it he said,
"We may pretend to what religion we please, but cruelty is atheism.
We may boast of Christianity; but cruelty is infidelity. We may trust in
our orthodoxy; but cruelty is the worst of heresies." If I apply
this Anglican priest's definition to the acts of Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Philip, I come to the conclusion that they are atheistic, heretical infidels.
I heard one woman respond to this news report, "We must have a very cruel
God to allow such things to take place." Her remark reminded me of
what Nathan said to another "keeper of the faith", King David, in
reference to his affair with Bathsheba, "...because of this deed you have
given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme..." (2 Samuel 12:14
NASV). In this case, Queen Elizabeth's action caused even a believer to
doubt and question God's intent (a form of blaspheming). Or as Paul wrote
to the Romans in 2:24, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles
because of you." So much for Elizabeth being "the Keeper of the
Faith".
It's time that we stop shooting ourselves in the foot. It's time we stop
sanitizing violence in our society under the guise of "sport".
It's time we call it what it really is, Legalized Premeditated Murder.
www.all-creatures.org
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Don't Let Donna's Memory Fade
ANNIVERSARY
OF GRUESOME CHIMPANZEE DEATH AT COULSTON FDN.
PROMPTS CRITICISM OF USDA, CALL FOR FEDERAL CHARGES
Courtesy of Eric Kleiman and Suzanne Roy, IDA
Washington, DC (November 9, 2000) Today is the one-year anniversary of
the death of Donna, the 36-year-old ex-Air Force chimpanzee who died a gruesome
and excruciatingly painful death at The Coulston Foundation (TCF) on November
9, 1999, In Defense of Animals (IDA) announced. IDA is marking this
tragic date by demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture file formal
charges against the New Mexico-based primate testing lab for multiple
violations of the Animal Welfare Act that the agency has admitted it uncovered
during an official investigation that ended on May 26.
"One year has passed since Donna's gruesome, tragic death, and the USDA
still has taken no action against Coulston for the abominable negligence that
killed her," IDA program director Suzanne Roy said. "Although
nothing can bring Donna back, or erase the excruciating pain that she
needlessly suffered, we demand that some measure of justice be served."
"We demand that the USDA enforce the law and file federal charges
immediately," Roy continued. "We will not allow Donna's death
to be in vain, or allow Coulston and the USDA to get away with sweeping her
egregious death under the rug."
USDA Western Regional Director Robert Gibbens, DVM, the official directly
responsible for enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act at Coulston, flatly
stated in a June 22, 2000 sworn affidavit that the agency
"anticipates" filing a formal complaint against Coulston based on
evidence uncovered during the USDA's investigation of Donna's death. USDA
launched the investigation after IDA made public the details of her death.
Four months after Dr. Gibbens filed the affidavit, the USDA has apparently
backtracked from that sworn statement. In an October 31 letter of
response to four members of Congress inquiring about the case, Agriculture
Secretary Dan Glickman stated vaguely that the agency's findings were currently
under "review," and that it would take "appropriate enforcement
actions" if their "findings warrant it." The USDA took
over six weeks to write back to the members, despite repeated requests by the
Congressional offices for a response.
"The USDA continues to fiddle while Rome burns," said Roy, noting
that yet another chimpanzee - ten-year-old Ray - has died at Coulston under
extremely questionable circumstances, including an apparent failure to provide
veterinary care despite his being ill for days. "How many more will
die before the USDA acts appropriate[ly] on the evidence of negligence it has
had for over five months?"
Donna died from a massive infection after carrying a large dead fetus she had
carried in her womb for as long as two months. She was literally rotting
from the inside out when Coulston veterinarians performed a belated C-section,
removing one liter of pus from her abdomen and observing the partially
decomposed fetus's skull through the ruptured wall of her uterus. Even
then, TCF apparently did not give permission to euthanize her, allowing Donna
instead to awaken from the nightmarish surgery in horrific condition. She
died the next day.
Donna was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force's space research program, and was
"divested" to TCF by the Air Force in 1998. Captured from the
wilds of Africa at the tender age of 3, she spent the rest of her life
incarcerated at Holloman Air Force Base in the New Mexico desert. There
she was subjected to invasive procedures and tests of drugs before being turned
into a "breeding machine," with at least 14 babies born in 26 years
(in the wild, chimpanzees normally breed at most once every 6 years).
According to the Air Force's behavioral profile, Donna was an "excellent
mother" who enjoyed grooming humans and chimpanzees. According to
Coulston nursery head Patty Cooper, Donna was a good teacher to her fellow
chimpanzees, "sweet, probably one of my closest friends," and got
along with everyone, human and nonhuman.
Coulston's website and promotional materials display a photo of Donna cradling
one of her 14 babies, Spudnut. Coulston also shows a human baby and
mother with the quote "This [human] mother and child owe a lot to this
[chimpanzee] mother and child."
"This sweet, gentle and nurturing chimpanzee died an excruciatingly
painful and gruesome death caused directly by Coulston's egregious
negligence," stated Roy. "Is that the Air Force's way of honoring one
of its veterans by dumping her at a lab with the worst animal care record in
history? Is that Coulston's way of showing gratitude for Donna's
'sacrifice' in the name of Coulston 'science?'"
"We don't know which is worse: Coulston's actions, or the USDA's
inaction," said Roy. "Dr. Gibbens' sworn affidavit speaks
volumes about what the USDA found during its investigation and its inaction
since that time. Indeed, the USDA's failure thus far to act in this
matter makes a mockery of its oversight authority and responsibility for
research labs."
"What has happened to the USDA that, for years, has worked diligently to
enforce the Animal Welfare Act at Coulston?" Roy asked. "Why
has it failed to act for over five months on the serious evidence of negligence
that the agency itself uncovered? Has the USDA simply given up, despite
its admirable and unprecedented record of upholding the law at TCF? Is it
caving to political pressure from the National Institutes of Health, which
continues to support the lab despite its unprecedented record of legal
violations and negligent chimpanzee deaths?"
"IDA will not rest until Donna receives some measure of justice," Roy
concluded. "We owe it to her, to Ray, to all of the chimpanzees who
have died from Coulston's gross negligence, and, perhaps most importantly, to
the survivors whose very lives remain at grave risk while imprisoned in this
abysmal lab."
A memoriam for Donna, including her picture, is located at
http://www.idausa.org.
More information can be found at
http://www.vivisectioninfo.org/vivcampaigns/AFchimpdeath.html
from In Defense of Animals
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Southeast Regional
Compassion for Animals Action Symposium
Saturday, February 24, 2001
Holiday Inn West,
Gainesville, Florida 7417 NW 8th Ave. (Newberry Rd.)
Sunday, Feb. 25
Optional Day to Play in Nature
Let's bring together Like-Minded people of the Southeastern Region of the USA
and find ways to work together on many of the issues we face. Raise your
awareness and take it back to your communities! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Hear experts on animal ethics, factory farming, wildlife, vegetarian nutrition,
etc.
Speakers (scheduled thus far):
* Don Barnes, Animal Protection Institute / San Antonio Voice for
Animals
* Gene Bauston, Farm Sanctuary
* Dawn Carr, PETA
* George Eisman, Assc. of Veg. Dietitians and Nutrition Educators
* David Hoch, Law Professor, Univ. of Fla.
* Suzanne Havala, M.S., R.D., Nutrition Consultant
* Holly Jensen, Florida Wildlife,
* Jim Mason, Author, "An Unnatural Order" and co-author
of "Animal Factories"
* Susan McCullom, Earthkind, Miami Chapter of EarthSave
* Wayne Pacelle, HSUS Lt.
* Sherry Schlueter, Broward County Sheriff's Dept. Animal Abuse
Unit
* Plus: Representatives from ARFF and Vegetarian Events.
Register early for best rates; space is limited.
Symposium information
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, February 24, 2001
Registration starts at 7am [there will also be early registration on Friday eve
from 4-9pm]
Breakfast: 7:30 - 8:30am, Speakers: 9:00 am to 10:00 pm.
Sunday, February 25, 2001
Day to Play in Nature
(Picnicking, canoeing, hiking, biking, swimming and snorkeling in the warm
springs of the Santa Fe river in North Central Florida). Minimal cost for these
activities. Time to socialize with your old and new friends from the symposium
REGISTRATION:
Postmarked before Jan 8, All day Saturday (full symposium with three
vegan meals) $55, Students $40. Full symposium with no meals $25, Students
$10.
Postmarked before Feb 7, All day Saturday (full symposium with three vegan meals)
$65, Students $45. Full symposium with no meals $35, Students $15.
Registrations after Feb. 7, All day Saturday (full symposium with no meals)
$40. Students $20. Meals not included.
MEAL PRICES:
Breakfast $8, Lunch $12, Dinner $14. ALL MEALS ARE VEGAN AND ORGANIC.
Individual meals can be ordered but need to be postmarked by Feb. 7th.
HOUSING:
Stay on site to take advantage of the special $67/night Holiday Inn Symposium
room rate (up to 4 people/room). For reservations call the Holiday Inn West,
Gainesville @ 1-800-551-8206 or 352-332-7500. Call Chas Chiodo @ 904-454-4341
for off site accommodations, including animal-friendly hotels
and camping options.
HOW DO I PAY?
Checks or money orders are accepted. Make payable to Vegetarian Events and mail
to:
Vegetarian Events, PO Box 1057, Alachua, Fl 32616.
Please note: A limited number of discounts for volunteers are available. No one
will be turned away.
Merchandise and literature will be available throughout the day.
Register early for best rates. For any questions contact: Chas @ 904-454-4341
or by email at chasmo@netcommander.com
Make checks or money order payable to Vegetarian Events and mail to: Vegetarian
Events, PO Box 1057, Alachua, Fl 32616.
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Please reserve:
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____ @ $40 for students
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____ @$10 for students
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____ @ $45 for students
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Womb
by Diana Moreton - tapster@mindspring.com
Take me back to a child's fresh heart
to find feelings of compassion again
before indoctrination commenced
before values mattered more than beliefs
Remember when colors of animals we drew
had primary feelings?
Culture taught us to scribble kindness out
we erased compassion to appease colloquial
fears
Abject horror brims in subconscious minds
God forbid we make the connection
what counterfeit Christianity taught us
would go up in smoke with the holy ghost
Religions create god in their own image
are Christians ready for a compassionate
Christ?
Friend of man and animal, from the beginning
in the womb, the manger, with the lowly ass
Moral psychic sensibility lies frozen
next to lamb chops, pork chops and ribs
you hope to feel again for animals some day
tend to no other species now but your own
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Quote To Remember
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your
face."
-- Ben Williams
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