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The
official ANIMAL RIGHTS ONLINE newsletter
Publisher ~ EnglandGal@aol.com
Issue # 03/07/01
Editor ~ JJswans@aol.com
Journalists ~ Park StRanger@aol.com
~
MicheleARivera@aol.com
~ SavingLife@aol.com
THE SIX ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE:
1 ~ Mountains of Misery: Hoof-and-Mouth
Disease Resurfaces in Europe
by Professor Steve
Best
2 ~ Manatees In Trouble
3 ~ Annual Seal Slaughter
4 ~ Genesis Award Winners
5 ~ Rescue Me
6 ~ Quote To Remember
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Mountains of Misery:
Hoof-and-Mouth Disease Resurfaces in Europe
by Professor Steve Best - sbest1@elp.rr.com
In
late February 2001, while still reeling from the devastating effects of mad cow
disease, the British beef industry was walloped again. This time it was hit by
a new wave a hoof-and-mouth disease, a sickness not seen in Britain since 1967
when the nation slaughtered nearly half a million animals.
Although, so far, more animals were killed during the last epidemic, the
current outbreak is more widespread geographically. Fearing an uncontrollable
contagion, Britain has become like a sealed compound. The European Union
has placed severe restrictions on livestock movement; the United States, Japan,
and other countries have banned livestock products from numerous European
countries; and nations such as Russia, Spain, France, Germany, and Belgium are
destroying animals imported from Britain.
A virus first identified in 1897 causes hoof-and-mouth disease. In a
global marketplace, it is indeterminate and perhaps impossible to identify the
origins of the disease. Although the British government blames Southern nations
for the outbreak, others argue that the current epidemic originated
in Northern England and spread rapidly throughout farms in Britain and several
European countries. To date, some 50,000 animals have been slaughtered to
prevent further migration of the disease. Mountains of burning carcasses light
up the night skies in a grisly conflagration, with no end in sight. As evidence
of the levels such “preventative measures” can reach, in 1997 Thailand culled
3.6 million pigs from a herd of 11 million. The orgy of killing includes
animals that are non-infected and healthy, but are suspect. Since testing
individual animals simply is not economical or efficient, the policy is to
shoot first and ask questions later.
Hoof-and-mouth is a highly contagious viral disease that can be spread through
shoes, clothing, birds, infected feed and soil, the air (traveling up to 200
miles), and even automobiles. Typically, in wild herbivores like bison, deer,
and antelope, and in cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, pigs, goats, and
sheep, the disease causes fever, loss of appetite, and painful blisters on the
hoofs and in the mouth. Although the disease can kill very young or old
animals, it is non-fatal to those in median years. Farmers, agriculture
industries, and veterinarians cull entire herds not to practice euthanasia --
the effects of the disease are likened to a bad cold -- but rather to protect
profits: animals that eat less, lose weight, become lame, and produce less milk
have diminished market value. Framed as nothing but commodities and resources,
“sick” animals accordingly are slaughtered in staggering numbers. Vaccinations
are available, but the industry finds them unreliable and not cost-effective,
so the market and profit imperatives dictate a holocaust.
Although not fatal to most animals, hoof-and-mouth disease can have deadly
effects on agriculture economies. Consequently, extraordinary measures have
been taken throughout Europe to protect the further spread of the
disease. Hundreds of farms are under restrictions. Sporting events such
as horseracing, hunting, fishing, and rugby games have been halted to minimize
human traffic. Schools are being temporarily shut down; many national parks,
zoos, and hiking trails are closed; and trips to the countryside are being
prohibited. Farmers are not allowing visitors to their farms and are rarely leaving
their own property. In the Land of Lysol, people have to disinfect their feet
at airports, and even cars are being treated. Britain may postpone national
elections to keep human feet from trampling around
promiscuously, and Ireland has canceled celebration plans for St. Patrick's
Day.
Thus, a siege mentality has developed in Europe. As with mad cow disease, there
is a huge paranoia surrounding hoof-and-mouth disease. Countries like Germany
are checking to make sure no meat from Britain enters their land.
Thailand is so intent on preventative measures that they have imposed a 2-year
jail sentence on anyone caught carrying a meat sandwich from Britain. In
a replay of mad cow disease, countries are once again banning British beef in
particular, and European beef in general.
The beef industry is teetering. Jean-Luc Meriaux, head of the European Union’s
meat trading association, said that the migration of hoof-and-mouth disease to
mainland Europe would be “an absolute disaster” for the meat industry, even
more catastrophic than mad cow disease. The economic
impact would reach far beyond the meat and dairy industries themselves to
effect related industries such as tourism and trucking. Just like carnivorous
consumers, modern economies are addicted to violence and the mass slaughter of
animals.
Despite government admonitions to remain calm, consumers have raided meat
counters and Britain has limited meat stocks and rising meat prices. Sadly, in
the popular mind, meat shortages have been confused with food shortages and
people feel a deprivation rather than opportunity to shift to a healthier, more
humane, and ecologically sustainable diet. The impression of food scarcity has
been exacerbated by constant media images of empty meat counters and
disappointed customers. The same mentality is replayed in the context of mad
cow disease, as Europeans have switched to chicken, fish, and horsemeat, and
have even taken to raiding zoos for consumable flesh.
Television news images show the spectacle of farmers mourning, but the
crocodile tears are shed over falling profits rather than lost lives. The
funeral pyres of animals mildly ill or even suspect of sickness vividly
dramatize the fact that farming is an industry governed by crass profit
imperatives. Millions can be burned,
while millions more are born; in the eyes of the industry, each animal is a
replaceable commodity not an individual. This does not mitigate the fact,
however that European farmers are being hit incredibly hard, as thousands go
into bankruptcy and many commit suicide.
In Britain, for example, farm incomes have plummeted by more than
two-thirds in the last five years. Still, one has to wonder if farmers really
are better off burning mountains of bodies rather than marketing animals that
produce less milk and are underweight.
After an onslaught of falling prices, mad cow disease, swine fever, and
hoof-and-mouth disease, British farmer Oliver Edwards laments: “Every way we
turn, everything we do – it’s all bad luck.” Bad luck? More like madness.
More like the systemic and unavoidable consequences of an insane industrial
farming system premised upon obscene destruction of life and the earth.
Combine the capitalist profit imperative, a factory farm system of agriculture,
and a global marketplace bustling with human and animal traffic, and you get a
crisis situation where infectious diseases breed rapidly, spread throughout the
entire planet, and debacles in one country affect every other country. In the
current global economy, an animal can be bred in Britain, fattened in France,
slaughtered in Spain, and eaten in Ecuador. The pathways of disease,
consequently, are difficult if not impossible to trace. Nor is there any
guarantee that after hundreds of thousands of animals are massacred in the
current crisis further outbreaks will not be lurking right around the corner.
While the alleged necessity of the culling of tens of thousands of animals is
hotly debated, the fact remains that billions of animals are unnecessarily
slaughtered to satisfy ignorant and gluttonous cravings for flesh. The
inexorable logic of profit and competition demands that animals be raised under
intensive confinement in mass quantities using massive amounts of chemicals to
minimize the spread of disease and maximize the size and weight of animals.
Trucking cattle and pigs long distances may make meat cheaper, but it also is a
highly effective way to spread the hoof and mouth virus.
All this killing and trouble -- shooting, burning, burying, disinfecting -- for
the sake of consuming flesh. Clearly the only way out of the numerous debacles
of the global meat and dairy industries is not to enact absurd stopgap,
reformist measures like using thermometers to check for safe cooking
temperatures, wiping feet in disinfectant trays, or testing animals for signs
of disease before slaughter. Rather, society must banish the entire system of
mechanized killing, and shift to a local, organic, plant-based food system.
This necessity is becoming increasingly clear, and the inherent fallacies of
factory farming are ever more debated (the German Government, for example, has
appointed an Agriculture Minister from the Green Party who advocates the end of
factory farming in her country). Yet the desperate measures and risks Europeans
have taken to continue consuming meat shows not only how irrational the
lifestyle is, but also how hard the habit and addiction to meat eating will be
to break. Animal rights activists and
vegetarians need to seize to the fullest advantage the current twofold crisis
of mad cow disease and hoof-and-mouth outbreak to demonstrate the inherent
illogic, inhumanity, and destructiveness of the global system of meat and dairy
industries. Let us turn tragedy into opportunity.
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Manatees In Trouble
from - tapster@mindspring.com
TAKE ACTION! Help Stop Watercraft-Related
Manatee Deaths and Injuries in Brevard County
FWC Public Meeting, March 7, 4:00 p.m.*
Melbourne, FL
*Meeting begins, but come as soon as you can
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC) will hold a series
(2 in Brevard) of public meetings to present their recommendations to change
the manatee protection boat speed zones in Brevard County. The first meeting is on March 7 at 4:00 p.m.
at the Brevard County Commission Chamber in Melbourne (Viera). If you
can’t make it at 4:00, please come as soon as you can make it. You don't
have to worry about staying for the whole meeting. You can write your comments
and go. All you need to do is get on record supporting stronger manatee
protection boat speed zones in Brevard County or you can also make comments on
specific areas in the county.
The FWCC needs to see a strong show of support at each of the upcoming meetings
for the rulemaking process to continue. We desperately need EVERYONE who
cares about the future survival of manatees to come to this meeting, and the
next three meetings, and show support for strong, science-based and effective
manatee protection. Even if you choose not to speak at the meeting, your
presence will let the FWCC know that Brevard County residents demand better
protection for manatees NOW. Participating in these meetings is the most
significant direct action you can take to reduce watercraft-related manatee
deaths and injuries in Brevard County and around Florida. We will send
out additional notices, as soon as the other meeting dates are set.
Issue Summary:
Manatees are not being adequately protected (as required by law) from boat
traffic in Brevard County and many other places around the State, and the
threat is increasing. This prompted the legal action taken by Save the
Manatee Club and a coalition of other environmental groups against the
FWCC. FWCC is the state agency responsible for protecting manatees and
establishing manatee zones. In trying to reach a settlement for the
litigation, the FWC agreed to move forward and substantially address
boat speed zones in Brevard County first, then in other identified areas around
Florida. The FWCC has only recently taken over the manatee programs and
they must see the overwhelming public support for Manatees that exists, for
them to continue to move forward with new protection measures. This is
our best chance to make a huge difference for manatees, and what happens at the
Brevard Meetings will set the stage for what will happen in other counties.
Don’t miss this critical opportunity to make a real substantial difference for
Manatees!
Brevard County Manatee Facts:
Brevard County is the most critical county for manatees in Florida and warrants
the adoption of strong science-based manatee protection boat speed zones.
Brevard County is the hub of the East Coast manatee population, with both a
large year round and migratory manatee population present throughout the
year. Brevard County has the largest spring and winter aggregations
documented in the state. In March of 1999, 790 manatees were documented
in Brevard County, that's more than 1/2 of the minimum estimated East Coast
manatee population (synoptic survey 1/01). Nearly all manatees on the
East Coast use Brevard's waters at some time during the year.
Unfortunately, Brevard County leads all other counties in total and
watercraft-related manatee deaths. Approximately 19% (775) of the all
manatee mortality and 19% (184) of the watercraft-related manatee mortalities
in Florida were recovered from Brevard County waters from 1974-2000.
Watercraft-related mortality accounts for 33% of all mortalities recovered from
Brevard County where a cause of death could be identified. The average
yearly watercraft-related mortality during the ten year period from 1991 to
2000 (10.3 per year) is nearly double what it was ten years previously from
1981-1990 (5.5 per year). Many other manatees are hit and scarred so
frequently by watercraft, that scientists can identify individual manatees by
their scar patterns. The average identified manatee in Brevard's waters
bears scars from 5 distinct boat strikes (multiple prop scars count as 1 scar
feature) or marine debris entanglements. Some manatees have as many as 16 scar
features.
SMC's Position:
It is the position of Save the Manatee Club that the existing manatee zones in
Brevard County are horribly insufficient to protect manatees from existing boat
traffic, much less the increasing levels of human activity in manatee
habitat. Save the Manatee Club has prepared recommendations, based on the
latest scientific data, that will give manatees the protection they need from
boat traffic Brevard County. Save the Manatee Club's recommendations
include expansion and strengthening the existing boat speed zones in the Banana
and Indian Rivers, the Canaveral Barge Canal and Sykes Creek, new boat speed
zones in Turnbull Basin, the Eau Gallie River, and Newfound Harbor, and new
shoreline buffers throughout the Indian River and along causeways.
If you have any questions, want more information,
or even if you need to arrange a ride or don't want to arrive alone please call
me at 321-385-9060 or e-mail Sandra Clinger, SMC's East Coast Regional
Coordinator at sandysmc@cfl.rr.com and she will do everything she can to
help. We can’t do it without you -- thanks for all your past help and
support.
What You
Can Do!
Attend the public meeting series, beginning on March 7th, 4:00 PM, in Brevard
County Commission Chamber, Building C at the Brevard County Government Complex
in Viera. You don't have to worry about staying for the whole
meeting. You can write your comments and go. All you need to do is get
on record supporting stronger manatee protection boat speed zones in Brevard
County or you can also make comments on specific areas in Brevard County.
Wear a blue shirt, arrive early and pick up your badge identifying you as
supporting manatee protection (we will meet at across the street from the
Government Complex in the School Board parking lot at 3:15).
Contact SMC and reserve your seat on the bus to travel to upcoming FWCC
Commission meetings on this issue.
Tell the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission representatives that the present
manatee zones are not sufficient to protect manatees in Brevard County, and
that they should immediately adopt comprehensive boat speed zones to protect
manatees based on the scientific data to the fullest extent
of their authority.
Tell the FWCC representatives that you support the proposed recommendations to
strengthen existing boat speed zones as the minimum acceptable, but they should
adopt continuous slow-speed shoreline buffers throughout Brevard, and that you
do not support any of the proposals to weaken the existing zones.
Ask the Commission to request budget appropriations to increase the number of
on-water law enforcement officers in Brevard County to enforce these zones
including functional equipment necessary to carry out their jobs.
If you absolutely cannot attend then please call, write, fax, or email Governor
Bush, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Brevard County’s
legislative delegation, and your U.S. Congress members:
Governor Jeb Bush
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL
32399-0001
Phone: (850)
488-4441
Fax: (850)
487-0801
E-mail:
jeb@myflorida.com
Mr. David K. Meehan,
Chairman
Florida Fish &
Wildlife Conservation Commission
620 S. Meridian Street
Tallahassee,
FL 32399-1600
Phone: (850) 487-3796 (FWCC Executive Director)
Fax: (850) 488-6988
E-mail: gfcmail@gfc.state.fl.us
You can also call the Florida Senate President's Office at (850) 487-5229 and
the Florida State Representative Clerk's Office at (850) 488-1157. To
find out the name of your U.S. senator and representative, call 1-800-688-9889
or access the information online at: http://scorecard.lcv.org
Upcoming Public Meetings:
The FWCC will be holding other public meetings in Florida regarding the boat
speed zone rules in Brevard County. Tentative meetings are scheduled for March
and April in Florida as follows:
March 29 and 30 in Tallahassee
April 30 or May 7 in Brevard County
May 23-25 in Palm Beach Gardens
Please check back at the SMC Web site periodically for more updated information
or call Sandra Clinger, East Central Florida Regional Coordinator, at (321)
385-9060 for further information. You can also e-mail Sandra at
sandysmc@cfl.rr.com
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Annual Seal Slaughter
Animal's Voice Online has just updated its
feature editorial and presents an in-depth overview of this year's baby seal
hunt (along with a history of sealing and complete with what you can do this
year to stop the slaughter).
The Canadian commercial seal hunt is now by far the largest hunt for marine
mammals in the world. This spring, harp and hooded seals will be clubbed, shot,
and left to die in stockpiles because there are so few markets. Although experts believe the seal population
can only withstand the "removal" of 257,000 harp seals, this year's
kill quota has been set to 275,000 (with an additional quota of 10,000 hooded
seals).
For more information, please
visit
Canada Seal
Slaughter
http://www.animalsvoice.com/PAGES/cover_story.html
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Genesis Award Winners
contributed by tmchin@yahoo.com
LOS
ANGELES -- Feb. 27, 2001 -- "Chicken Run," "Dateline NBC,"
"Family Law," "Popular," "Politically Incorrect With
Bill Maher," "CNN & TIME," "The Wild Thornberries"
and Cathy Guisewite¹s "Cathy" are among the 20 winners of the
Fifteenth Annual Genesis Awards, an international distinction that recognizes
members of the major news and entertainment media for spotlighting animal
issues with courage, creativity and integrity.
Individuals from the major media -- film, television and print -- will be
honored and on-hand to accept the awards at the star-studded, televised
ceremony at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday, March 10.
Hosts Judd Nelson and Charlotte Ross will be joined by celebrity presenters
Catherine Bell, Linda Blair, Jamie Cromwell, Tim Curry, Valerie Harper, Tippi
Hedren, Frances Fisher, Bill Goldberg, Wendie Malick, Taylor Momsen and Kelly,
the canine star of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," Kevin
Nealon, Alan Rachins, Doris Roberts, Susan Sullivan and Dennis Weaver at the
Fifteenth Annual Genesis Awards, a black-tie gala honoring outstanding
individuals in the major news and entertainment
media for spotlighting animal issues with courage, creativity and integrity.
The taped-for-television event will celebrate its 11th year on air.
The winners of the Fifteenth Annual Genesis Awards honoring outstanding
works in 2000 are:
Feature Film:
"Chicken Run" (DreamWorks Pictures), for a creative and empathetic
insight into chicken farming from the chickens' point of view.
Television Network Newsmagazine:
"Dateline NBC," for two powerful, sobering exposés -- on puppy mills
and on broadtail fur, revealing its cruel and barbaric production. Reporter
Chris Hansen will accept his Genesis Award in person.
Television Dramatic Series:
"Family Law" (CBS), for a timely and controversial story featuring a
custody battle for a chimpanzee, exploring the arguments against keeping
primates as companion animals.
Television Comedy Series:
"Popular" (The WB), for a script questioning the eating of cows and
the wearing of leather.
Television Talk Show:
"Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" (ABC), for fearlessly
dissecting the arguments of those who defend hunting, declaring that the
animals' right to live supersedes a dying child's wish to kill.
Television Commercial:
Land Rover, for a humanely inspired commercial, promoting a vehicle while also
creating a touching moment of compassion for a rain-soaked dog.
Cable Documentary:
"Investigative Reports" (A&E), for a disturbing look at the
perils facing the buffalo of Yellowstone National Park. Host Bill Kurtis will
accept his Genesis Award in person.
Cable Newsmagazine:
"CNN & TIME" (CNN), for exposing the dark side of greyhound
racing.
Cable Documentary Series:
"Earth Rescue" (Outdoor Life Network), for a shocking overview of
elephants in circuses, exposing the cruel capture, transport, training methods
and unnatural lifestyles they endure.
PBS Documentary:
"Nature," for an unprecedented look at the history of elephants held
captive for human curiosity and entertainment.
PBS Series:
"ITN World News," for a graphic, heart-wrenching series exposing some
of the worst cases of animal torture around the world.
News Series:
KING-TV (Seattle), for a groundbreaking, seven-part series revealing the
unimaginable suffering of cows as they are turned into steaks and burgers at
the IBP slaughterhouse in Washington State.
News Feature:
KARE-TV (Minneapolis), for revealing the horrible, underlying cruelty to horses
in the production of Premarin.
Reality Programming:
"Wild Rescues" (Animal Planet), for a series of powerful segments
spot-lighting animals in peril, and those people whose valiant efforts save
them.
Children's Programming:
"Nick News With Linda Ellerbee." (Nickelodeon), for introducing
information on a myriad of animal issues, presented in a format easily embraced
by children.
Children's Programming - Animated:
"The Wild Thornberrys" (Nickelodeon), for a sterling season of
inspired and clever episodes nurturing a sense of compassion and
responsibility.
Cartoonist:
"Cathy," for challenging the fur industry's hype with style and wit,
and for promoting the adoption of older dogs from shelters. Cathy Guisewite
will accept her Genesis Award in person.
Print Periodical:
The Atlantic Monthly, for "From the Leash to the Laboratory," which
unmasks the trade involving the theft of dogs for sale to laboratories.
Special Awards Ark Trust International Award:
Daily Express (United Kingdom), for "Terrible Despair of Animals Cut Up in
Name of Research," a two-part exposé on xenotransplantation horrors.
Brigitte Bardot International Award:
(ARTE), for a segment airing in France and Germany that shines the media
spotlight on the shocking abuse of U.S. rodeo animals.
Winners are selected from material released in 2000. Entries are submitted by
those in the news and entertainment industry or by "peoples choice,"
with finalists voted upon by the 17-member Genesis Awards Committee.
Since its inception in 1986, the Genesis Awards has become the nations premier
animal issues "consciousness-raiser" and the award is the only major
news and entertainment media distinction concerning animal issues.
The Fifteenth Annual Genesis Awards will be taped for television in front of an
anticipated audience of more than 1,000. The TV special will air on Animal
Planet on Saturday, May 12, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. (PT) and 9 p.m. and midnight
(ET), and on Sunday, May 13, at 10 a.m. (PT) and 1 p.m. (ET).
Wyler and Robert Halmi Sr. are the executive producers and Paul Flattery is the
producer of the special. Event Patron is Hallmark Entertainment. Event
Benefactor is Culinary Revolution. Sponsors are PETsMART Charities and
ARKCLUB.NET, a division of Mudix Group Japan.
WHEN: Saturday, March 10
5:00 p.m. No-host
Cocktails
6:30 p.m. Gourmet Vegan
Dinner
7:30 p.m. Welcome and
Introductions
8:00 p.m. Awards
Presentation and TV special taping
WHERE: The Beverly Hilton/International Ballroom
9876 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, Calif.
General admission ticket prices are $200, priority seating tickets are $350.
For ticket and table information, call (818) 501-2275 (2ARK).
Media Contact:
Phillip J. Nawroth
Public Information Manager
The Ark Trust
(818) 501-2275
genesis@arktrust.org
www.arktrust.org
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Rescue Me
by Terri Onorato
contributed by Aubrey Hamilton - anh@bellatlantic.net
Rescue me not only with your hands but with your heart as well.
I will respond to you.
Rescue me not out of pity but out of love.
I will love you back.
Rescue me not with self-righteousness but with compassion.
I will learn what you teach.
Rescue me not because of my past but because of my future
I will relax and enjoy.
Rescue me not simply to save me but to give me a new life.
I will appreciate your gift.
Rescue me not only with a firm hand but with tolerance and patience.
I will please you.
Rescue me not only because of who I am but who I'm to become.
I will grow and mature.
Rescue me not to revere yourself to others but because you want me.
I will never let you down.
Rescue me not with a hidden agenda but with a desire to teach me to trust.
I will be loyal and true.
Rescue me not to be chained or to fight but to be your companion.
I will stand by your side.
Rescue me not to replace one you've lost but to soothe your spirit.
I will cherish you.
Rescue me not to be your pet but to be your friend.
I will give you my undying love.
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Quote
To Remember
"The Utopians feel that slaughtering our
fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the
finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
~ Thomas More (1478-1535)
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