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1.
(US) Kalkaska man convicted of harassing other hunters 2.
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Black bears timid, according to expert 3.
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) SPCA plan taps area vets' services 4.
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) A fourth dog rescued from alleged mill dies 5.
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) HI: lawsuit filed in 6.
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Tame the dialogue on animal rights 7.
South
Korea
to toughen law to protect animals from abuse 8.
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Food industry backs animal welfare rules 9.
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) Agendas behind people who kill whales are suspect 10.
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Bull's Genes Could Speed Changes To Feed Millions Around the World
1.
(US) Kalkaska man convicted of harassing other hunters KALKASKA,
Mich. (AP) -- A Kalkaska hunter was convicted of violating a law intended to
keep animal rights advocates from harassing hunters. Virgil
Jason Deater, 81, of Kalkaska, was convicted by a jury Thursday on one count of
interfering with another person's hunt. He was acquitted of another count of the
same charge.
2.
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Black bears timid, according to expert The
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently planned
two Then last
week came news that a full
story: http://www.telegram.com/news/valley/bearb.html
3.
US
) SPCA plan taps area vets' services Owners
would get pet after spaying, neutering
4.
US
) A fourth dog rescued from alleged mill dies Another of
the nearly two dozen sickly dogs that
All but
one of the 19 survivors have been assigned to foster-care homes, said Barbara
Baugnon, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Humane Society. The other survivor remains
in an emergency veterinary clinic, where it is receiving care. 5.
US
) HI: lawsuit filed in
http://starbulletin.com/2002/06/28/news/index12.html Fishing
tests threaten turtles, suit says 3 groups
want the court to stop ongoing longline experiments By Diana
Leone dleone@starbulletin.com
Environmental
groups filed a lawsuit yesterday alleging that National
Marine Fisheries Service-approved longline fishing experiments now under
way will cause unacceptable harm to
endangered sea turtles. Under a
special permit issued in January, a small number of longliners The
lawsuit, filed by the Ocean Conservancy, the Turtle Island
Restoration Network and the Center for Biological Diversity, asks the
court to find the fisheries service
in violation of the Endangered Species Act and
related federal laws. "Our
position is that the turtles are already so close to extinction
that even this experiment is not permissible under the Endangered Species
Act," said Paul Achitoff, the Hawaii EarthJustice attorney handling
the case. Achitoff
said he will be asking the court to stop the experiments. No more
than 3,000 leatherback turtles remain in the Pacific, down from 100,000
about 20 years ago, said Brendan Cummings, an attorney with the Center for
Biological Diversity in
Scientists
say the rare creatures, which can get as large as a Volkswagen Bug, could go extinct in 10 years without more
protection. Sean
Martin, president of the Hawaii Longline Association, said it's
"not surprising" that environmental groups have again filed a
lawsuit that affects the longline fishing industry, which he said is "very
anxious to conduct experiments that will reduce interactions on all
protected species. "If
we are not allowed to conduct the experiments, the fishery would be
in jeopardy," Martin said. Longlining for swordfish by Hawaii-based vessels was banned by federal court order in April 2001, based on evidence that shallow-set hooks for swordfish are more likely to catch turtles than the deeper-set hooks for tuna. The
fishing experiments approved by the fisheries service test a variety of methods to prevent turtles from getting hooked by
longliners fishing for swordfish.
6.
(US)
Tame the dialogue on animal rights [Christian
Science Monitor op/ed -- seemingly written as though AR2002 already happened?] During a
recent trip to the supermarket, my eye was drawn to a fluorescent yellow sticker that someone had stuck to a
chicken. "Caution!" it read, "This package contains the
decomposing corpse of a small tortured animal."
How was I
to react? Perhaps grateful that someone had finally explained
to me what that lean juicy stuff labeled "chicken" actually is.
Or perhaps with such an overwhelming sense of shame at my intentions that I
would put it back on the shelf.
Instead, I
rolled my eyes, dropped it into the cart, and moved on. The
nation's largest annual conference on animal rights took place in full
story: http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0701/p08s03-coop.html
7.
South
Korea
to toughen law to protect animals from abuse The Korean
government is seeking to pass a law that would strengthen
the current animal protection act, in order to prevent inhumane treatment
of animals, officials said yesterday. "It may be nonsense that foreigners criticize Koreans eating habits in light of cultural relativism," said an official, citing overseas criticism of the custom of eating dog meat in Korea . "But slaughtering dogs in an inhumane way is a matter of serious concern." 8.
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Food industry backs animal welfare rules The latest
indication of this trend toward kinder, gentler treatment for cows, pigs and
chickens comes in a report from a joint committee of two trade organizations
representing supermarkets and chain restaurants across the
United States
. The Food Marketing Industry and the National Council of Chain Restaurants
report their new Farmed Animals Welfare Guidelines call for larger pens for cows
and pigs, better veterinary care for animals and cleaner coops for egg-laying
chickens. 9.
US
) Agendas behind people who kill whales are suspect [Anchorage
Daily News op/ed] A dead
whale is a dead whale. It doesn't care who killed it or why or for what reasons.
All it knows is that it is dead. Given
that, it has been more than a little disconcerting to listen to the political
spin that has come in the wake of a decision by the International Whaling
Commission to ban Alaska Natives from hunting bowhead whales. full
story: http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/1341006p-1459833c.html
10.
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Bull's Genes Could Speed Changes To Feed Millions Around the World On the day
he first opened his eyes in a birthing stall 50 miles west
of Washington, Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation was just another soggy,
wobbly calf hungry for mother's milk. That was before his good timing, great genes and eager handlers turned Elevation into a global breeding phenomenon with more than 80,000 daughters and at least 2.3 million granddaughters, making him the most influential bull ever born. |