Summer 2002
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NABR's Misinformation Cripples Animal Welfare and Scientific Integrity By Christopher J. Heyde According to the US government's primary animal protection law an estimated 25 million birds, rats and mice being experimented on each year in US research facilities are no longer considered "animals." In 1970, Congress amended the Animal Welfare Act... more...
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New Book by Whaler Exposes Cheating In a bombshell dropped on the eve of the IWC meeting in Shimonoseki, Japan, a longtime coastal whaler wrote a book called the "Rise and Fall of Japan's Coastal Whaling." The book exposes systematic and rampant cheating by whaling companies, the tendency of Fisheries Agency's inspectors... more...
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Australia Serves up Increased Kangaroo Exports Conservation groups are ready to mount a legal challenge to the Australian government's announcement that its national kangaroo quota would leap to 7 million, an increase of more than one and a half million animals. Australia has been exporting kangaroo meat for over 40 years,... more...
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Environmental Crime - the Globe's Second Largest Illegal Enterprise? The earth is full of criminals, some of whom act alone, some of whom act in an organized fashion, teaming with villainous, nefarious characters. The drug trade looms as the largest illicit industry on earth with two groups of profiteers vying for second place: those who peddle... more...
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Japan Stymied on Home Turf: IWC2002 By Ben White The combative tenor of the 54th annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was set the day before the opening gavel struck on Monday, May 20 in the whaling city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Just off the bullet train from Tokyo, I was met by a... more...
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Koalas Must be Protected Taree Bo Bo was rehabilitated by the Koala Preservation Society in New South Wales, Australia and released to the wild. (Koala Preservation Society of NSW Inc.) In April, The Financial Times newspaper reported that the future of koalas is the... more...
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The Killing Fields of Loliondo By Meitamei Ole Dapash, The Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition Is this what you call civilization? Killing innocent animals? Well, nature will have to judge you by your actions. —Kailol Ole Pere, Olosira Lukunya/Loliondo resident Cheetah are among... more...
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AWI's Pig Husbandry Program Sets a National Standard A modest collaboration that began in 1997 between the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and one family farmer has, in 2002, become a national program with nearly 200 farmers adhering to AWI's Humane On-Farm Pig Husbandry Standards. Although the standards were developed to preserve the welfare... more...
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Jose Lutzenburger, a man of Principle and Wisdom Dr. Lutzenberger is considered widely to be the father of Brazil's Environmental Movement. (Fundação Gaia) Dr. Jose Lutzenberger, environmental hero, family farm advocate, and opponent of multinational trade agreements, died on May 14, 2002 at 75. Dr. Lutzenberger,... more...
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Corral the Coral Trade Beneath ocean surfaces across the globe lives a vibrant world of coral reef ecosystems, perhaps the most colorful, biologically diverse wildlife areas in the world. The reefs are home to thousands of tropical fish, invertebrates, and other species.... more...
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Elephants Still Under the Gun Elephant herds are led by a matriarch who governs the females. They mourn family members' deaths when ivory bandits kill them for their tusks. Born Free Foundation By Adam M. Roberts Elephant carcasses once again unceremoniously litter Kenya's... more...
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Farm Animal Issues Considering Cruel Chicken Confinement In May, Yale University convened a unique conference examining "The Chicken: Its Biological, Social, Cultural, and Industrial History From Neolithic Middens to McNuggets." The raising of chickens for eggs or meat by... more...
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Take a Bite out of the Toothfish Trade Since AWI first reported on the serious conservation implications of the international trade in Patagonian Toothfish last winter, a concerted global effort has taken hold to curtail the commercialization of this fish, often marketed under the name, "Chilean Sea Bass." It is... more...
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Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals Edited by Viktor and Annie Reinhardt Animal Welfare Institute, Ninth Edition, 2002 ISBN: 0-938414-02-X; 114 pages AWI has completed publication of a new edition of Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals to promote the... more...
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WildOrphans By Adam M. Roberts Photographs and Text by Gerry Ellis Welcome Books 2002 ISBN: 0-941807-58-4; 136 pages; $24.95 Natumi, Icholta, Ilingwesi, Nyiro, Lolokwe, Salama, Laikipia, and Edie—eight orphaned baby elephants... more...
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15,500,000 Laying Hens at Stake On April 22, 2002, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director Christopher Jones proposed revocation of Buckeye Egg Farm's (BEF) 15 wastewater permits. The permits allow BEF to operate legally 125 facilities at four locations, which confine a total of 15,500,000 laying... more...
