A n i m a l W r i t e
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The
official ANIMAL RIGHTS ONLINE newsletter
Established
1997
Editor ~ JJswans@aol.com
Issue # 05/30/04
Publisher ~ Susan
Roghair - EnglandGal@aol.com
Journalists ~ Greg Lawson -
ParkStRanger@aol.com
~ Michelle Rivera -
MichelleRivera1@aol.com
THE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE:
1 ~ Goal: The Most Effective Activism for Animal Liberation
2 ~ Bush Administration Endorses Federal Animal Fighting Legislation
3 ~ OECD Accepts Non-animal Experiments
4 ~ Volunteer Job Opportunity
5 ~ Like The Perfect Formula, It All Adds Up
6 ~ Detroit Zoo Closes Elephant
Exhibit
7 ~ Cheap Flesh
8 ~ Memorable Quote
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Goal: The Most Effective Activism
for Animal Liberation
By Joyce Friedman - klinjoy@aol.com
"When is the next protest?" "Is there going
to be a protest?"
"Ask Joyce; she'll know."
Over the past five years, these questions would flow regularly into my email
inbox or voicemail, or from activists passing by my table at vegetarian
restaurants. I was the protest queen of sorts. As northeast campaign
coordinator for a national animal rights organization, I organized and attended
dozens in New York City. Along with many extremely dedicated volunteers, I put
great amounts of time and effort, and the organization put forth large amounts
of money, into these endeavors -- the famous Ringling Brothers protests, for
example.
When a circus enters our city, animal advocates feel deep sadness for the
enslaved animals, and intense anger at the exploiters. The first and strongest
urge most of us have is to go out in front of the circus arena, shout at anyone
who will listen about the cruelty and injustice, make sure the circus owners
hear us, show video footage of what really goes on, and try to ensure that
audience members never return again. Laudable actions, right? We are speaking
out for these poor animals and not remaining silent. Yes, laudable intentions,
but are these actions effective?
Every dedicated animal activist should be continually exploring what the most
effective strategies are to achieve our goals. A crucial preliminary step is to
define what our goals are. This process sounds easy enough, but in fact can be
a difficult one, clouded by the intense emotions we feel about the horrific
animal suffering we know occurs every moment of every day. After years as a
protest organizer, I recently started reflecting on how effective the circus
protests, for example, really are in reaching my goal-for circuses to stop
using animals. Period.
I used to measure the success of protests by such things as the number of
thumbs up we got from passing motorists, the number of people who said they
will not return next year, and, most satisfyingly, the number of people who
actually ripped up their tickets right on the spot after they saw our video and
spoke to us. This was exciting! However, I realize now that even if, for
example, 30 people honked their approval, four families promised never to
return, two families ripped up their tickets, and hundreds more saw a few
seconds of video footage who may tell others, this sadly does not have an iota
of an effect on the continuation of Ringling Brothers' exploitation. There are
still enough audience members to fill arenas and Ringling Brothers continues
their shows in Madison Square Garden and nationally. To educate enough people
to reduce the tens of thousands across the country who willingly attend the
circus will take decades, if we can do it at all. Unless consumer-oriented
campaigns are able to successfully target and influence hundreds of thousands
of consumers, if not millions, to change their buying habits, targeted
industries will not change because they still have enough consumers to profit
from.
A perfect example of this dilemma is the campaign against Macy's in which
extremely dedicated activists regularly and creatively protested outside the
famous New York department store to convince customers to boycott Macy's until
they stop selling fur. Stacks of petition signatures were gathered from
passersby and meetings were attempted with Macy's president. A few years later,
Macy's continues to sell fur, still citing large enough customer demand.
Despite the periodic media coverage and the number of passersby influenced,
there just wasn't a large enough consumer base reached to have an effective
boycott.
This type of analysis led me to realize that we have to do something different
or we will be protesting for the next 40 years outside such exploiters as Ringling
Brothers and Macy's, and elephants, tigers, minks, foxes and other sentient
beings will continue to be bred, captured, enslaved, tortured and killed. Upon
much reflection and assessment, and from discussions with others who were also
questioning and reflecting, I realized that while education is a crucial part
of the road to animal liberation, it is simply not enough. The momentary
release we get from chanting in solidarity on a street corner and educating an
unfortunately tiny portion of the "mainstream" is simply not the most
effective way of reaching our goal, if our goal is to really stop animal abuse.
If a few thumbs-up is what we want and nothing more, then let's continue to
protest.
Getting Political
And so I came to find political action. I got involved with a New York-based
political action committee (PAC) called the League of Humane Voters (LOHV).
Animal rights PACs work to get laws passed to make animal exploitation illegal.
Isn't that what we want? Political action is direct, assertive and meaningful
-- we go after the abusers and say ";you cannot hurt animals anymore; it is
illegal!" We force industries via laws to stop unjust acts. Will it take
awhile? Yes. Is it worth it? Darn right it is!
The purpose of LOHV is to mobilize public concern for animals through the
democratic political process. We campaign for the election of candidates for
public office who will work to enact animal rights legislation. We assist them
in a variety of ways, such as sending mailings to their constituents, volunteering
for their election campaign, and running ads and issuing supportive press
releases. We ask the candidates to make a public statement acknowledging our
support of their candidacy and their support for humane legislation and
specific issues.
If the candidates are elected, we then lobby them on the bills they agreed to
support while they were running for office. It is really quite simple: they
recognize that they need us -- we helped them get elected and may do so again
-- so they want to help with what we ask for. That's how politics works --
let's have it work for the animals.
It is noteworthy that the National Rifle Association has fewer supporters than
do animal protection organizations yet are much better organized and
politically influential. There is no longer an excuse for animal rightists to
not be the same. Recognizing that animal exploitation is not just a moral
issue, LOHV intends to make animal rights a mainstream political issue by
building support among citizens, activists, political parties, candidates and
elected representatives. We consistently work to grow our database of
animal-sympathetic voters through outreach and education. We are not just
passing legislation; we are growing a grassroots political movement for animals
which can increasingly influence lawmakers. Long-term planning for long-lasting
results.
Some of the bills being worked on by LOHV will ban canned hunts (recreational
shooting of confined animals), ban force-feeding of ducks for foie gras, give
local governments the power to ban wildlife trapping, extend the felony cruelty
law to include wildlife, and ban some forms of the use of animals in
entertainment (with a goal of eventually banning all forms).
I like the LOHV approach in that it takes on winnable issues. For example, it
is strategic to first work against the production of foie gras before an
attempt to ban the raising of chickens for their flesh. Yes, we'd like to
outlaw the killing of all animals for food. But we all know this cannot happen
immediately. However, most individuals will agree the production of foie gras,
not a staple in most people's diets, is cruel once they learn about it; then
they will become a humane voter on this issue. It is strategic to bridge the
gap between animal rights and more mainstream sentiments by starting with more
winnable, less "extreme" issues; grow the number of supporters and
then move on to larger issues. Just as in consumer boycott campaigns, we have
to reach out to large numbers of people but the difference here is we are
trying to reach those who agree with us (i.e. are animal friendly to some
extent), not try to convert those who do not agree (such as fur store
customers). The former is a more realistic task.
An excellent book on creating strategic, winnable, grassroots campaigns,
growing your organization as well as a grassroots movement, is a book that LOHV
has come to consider its "bible" -- Organizing for Social Change;
Midwest Academy Manual for Activists by Kimberly Bobo, et al. We learned from
this book how crucial it is to create a campaign strategy by choosing
appropriate short- and long-term goals, analyzing who your targets are (that
is, those who can give you what you want, such as a politician whose support
you want on a bill), figure out who your allies and opponents are, and being
aware of organizational considerations.
Many activists have fears and often animosity about politics. Many of us
believe politicians are dishonest, corrupt, and uncaring. Others don't trust or
even understand politics. I felt all of the above and more. I am now
comfortable in the world of politics, although I am still learning something
new each day. I have found politicians who truly do want to stop animal abuse,
but even if most don't in their hearts, that is not important. What is
important to them is votes. So we approach them when they need us; we offer
them help, and in return they, once elected, help us.
Since I joined LOHV in late 2003 I have had extremely positive and rewarding
meetings with several local politicians whom we have endorsed and who want to
introduce and support animal rights legislation and even help us to lobby their
fellow politicians.
So who should get involved in political action for animals?
* You who no longer attend protests because you doubt their value but feel
guilty that you aren't being an advocate.
* You who attend protests but want to do more.
* You who feel burned out from traditional techniques.
* You who are aware of animal suffering but haven't been spreading the message.
* All animal activists!
For more information on animals in circuses, visit www.circuses.com. To learn
more about political activism, volunteering, or financially supporting LOHV,
see www.humanevoters.org or contact Joyce at klinjoy@aol.com or (718) 807-6748.
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Bush Administration Endorses
Federal Animal Fighting Legislation
From: MediaRelations@hsus.org
The Humane Society of the United States Praises Strong
Position
WASHINGTON (May 27, 2004)– Federal legislation that would increase penalties
for violations of animal fighting laws received a significant boost this week
with the endorsement of the Bush Administration.
In a letter sent to Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT), Agriculture Secretary Ann
Veneman, speaking on behalf of the Bush Administration, expresses her support
for the enactment of S. 736, the Federal Animal Fighting Prohibition
Enforcement Act. Senators John Ensign (R-NV), Wayne Allard (R-CO), and Maria
Cantwell (D-WA) introduced the legislation in March 2003. The bill has 51
cosponsors. It would amend the Animal Welfare Act by establishing felony
penalties for animal fighting violations (covering dogfighting and cockfighting)
and banning interstate and foreign commerce in the sharp metal implements –
knives and gaffs – that cockfighters strap to birds’ legs.
A companion bill introduced in the House of Representatives, H.R. 1532, has 196
cosponsors. Earlier this month, Representatives Mark Green (R-WI) and Elton
Gallegly (R-CA) introduced H.R. 4264, which would accomplish the same goals by
amending Title 18 of the U.S. Criminal Code and has been referred to the House
Judiciary Committee.
In addition to the Bush Administration endorsement, the legislation has the
support of 158 local police and sheriffs departments across the country, 55
animal control and humane groups, the American Veterinary Medical Association,
and the National Chicken Council.
“We believe that tougher penalties and prosecution will help to deter illegal
movement of birds as well as the inhumane practice of cockfighting itself,”
wrote Secretary Veneman in the May 24, 2004 letter to Senator Bennett, who
chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies.
In the letter, Veneman describes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s efforts
to enforce the current Animal Welfare Act prohibition on interstate and foreign
shipments of animals for the purpose of fighting. That prohibition, enacted by
Congress as part of the 2002 Farm Bill, went into effect in May 2003. Veneman
writes that USDA has worked with “other Federal, State, and local authorities
to conduct investigations and enforce the AWA’s animal fighting provisions.”
“Together with the provisions in the Farm Bill, S. 736 further enhances the
ability to prosecute those charged with animal-fighting violations. We are
committed to enforcing the AWA to the fullest extent of the law,” Veneman
explains.
“The bill would also enhance USDA’s ability to safeguard the health of U.S.
poultry against deadly diseases, such as exotic Newcastle disease and avian
influenza,” Veneman indicates. Fighting birds were “implicated in the
introduction and spread of exotic Newcastle disease in California in 2002-2003,
which cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $200 million to eradicate, and cost the U.S.
poultry industry many millions more in lost export market,” she states.
“The Humane Society of the United States is grateful to the Bush Administration
for recognizing the need to have felony level penalties for dogfighting and
cockfighting,” said Wayne Pacelle, HSUS chief executive officer – designate.
“Animal fighting is a barbaric and gruesome practice that deserves no safe
harbor in the United States. We hope the administration’s strong endorsement
will help push the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act over the finish
line before Congress adjourns at the end of the year.”
Dogfighting is banned in all 50 states and cockfighting is banned in 48 states.
Only Louisiana and parts of New Mexico allow legalized cockfighting.
The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest animal
protection organization with more than eight million members and constituents.
The HSUS is a mainstream voice for animals, with active programs in companion
animals and equine protection, wildlife and habitat protection, animals in
research and farm animals and sustainable agriculture. The HSUS protects all
animals through legislation, litigation, investigation, education, advocacy and
fieldwork. The non-profit organization, which is celebrating its 50th
anniversary in 2004, is based in Washington, DC and has 10 regional offices
across the country. On the web at www.hsus.org.
Media Contact: Rachel Querry (301) 258-8255
E-mail: rquerry@hsus.org
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OECD Accepts Non-animal Experiments
http://www.bfr.bund.de/
BfR Press release of 2004-05-25
Around the world animals will now have to suffer less in
the name of safety for humans!
For the first time OECD has accepted four toxicological test methods involving
no animal experiments.
In May 2004 the International Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) accepted the first four toxicological test methods involving
no animal experiments into the OECD Test Guidelines Programme. The BfR Centre
for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments (ZEBET)
played a major role in the development and validation of these methods.
According to Professor Horst Spielmann, Director of ZEBET; BfR has made an
important contribution to replacing the officially prescribed animal
experiments with methods that do not require the use of animals.
Two of the new alternatives to animal experiments determine whether and, if so,
to what degree a substance has a corrosive effect on the skin. The two other
methods determine the uptake of foreign substances through the skin and the
phototoxic properties of substances. Instead of rabbits, biotechnologically
manufactured human skin models are used to test for corrosive properties. The
uptake of substances by the skin is tested using human skin samples and skin
samples from slaughter animals or using biotechnologically manufactured human
skin models. In the phototoxicity test cell cultures are used instead of
experimental animals.
The tests have now been prescribed on the international level by state
authorities for the purposes of safety at work and consumer protection in
conjunction with the use of new chemical substances. The alternative methods
replace stressful animal experiments for the testing of industrial chemicals,
cosmetic ingredients, plant protection products and medicinal products.
BfR has financed comprehensive biostatistical analyses, the results of which
were an important contributory factor to securing international acceptance (cf.
inter alia bgvv Press release 36/2001). In 2001 two OECD expert meetings were
held in Berlin. A staff member of BfR had been seconded to Paris and during
this time he was able to overcome the scientific reservations in the organs of
the OECD Member States about these new methods. Today, the methods are
officially recognised by the regulatory authorities in all OECD Member States.
This recognition is the precondition for success in terms of animal welfare of
a new safety toxicological test method involving no animal experiments. It has
now been met by the above four methods.
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Volunteer Job Opportunity
Animal Rights Online is looking for animal advocates that
are talented writers and have a desire to share their thoughts with our
readers. We need journalists and reporters that can submit articles on animal
rights, animal welfare, and vegetarian issues. These issues may cover a
personal topic that the writer is greatly concerned and knowledgeable about, or
a range of topics that are contemporary and newsworthy. Journalists and reporters
will sometimes be asked to cover specific issues. Each submitted article needs
to be under 1500 words, preferably under 1000 words. Deadlines are Friday of
each week. Contact JJswans@aol.com for more information.
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Like the Perfect Formula, It All Adds Up
Robert Cohen - notmilk@earthlink.net
http://www.notmilk.com
If you enjoy a vegetarian lifestyle, then the odds are
that one or more of your friends and family members think that your choice is a
poor one.
Yet, when one imagines the world one-thousand years from now, whether you
possess the imagination of an Asimov or an Einstein, one sees a vegetarian
world in which there is no longer justification for animal abuse of any sort.
Nor could there be reason of excuse for the taking of dignity from any human
animal.
"God's Nutritionist" was written for the vegetarian as a means of
substantiating his or her lifestyle. A plant based diet is healthier than the
standard American diet. Over one hundred quotations and references from
scientific journals convince the reader that a plant-based diet is the one
making most sense for the human body. Five hundred quotations from Ellen G. White
support the wisdom of that vegetarian lifestyle. Let her words inspire you. Let
the real science inspire your friends and family to join you in eating the
friendliest foods for the body and mind. To order or read about "God's
Nutritionist":
http://tinyurl.com/3hb3r
Today's New York Times (May 18, 2004) has front page stories of a suicide
bomber who killed Ezzedine Salim, President of the Iraqi governing council
while also reading that American Military Police received orders to strip and
abuse Iraqi citizens. In another section of the same newspaper, I read,
"An American soldier refers to an Iraqi prisoner as 'it.' A general speaks
not of 'Iraqi fighters' but of 'the enemy.' A weapons manufacturer doesn't talk
about people, but about 'targets.'" Language is used to dehumanize Iraqis
so that they can be abused and destroyed, and I wonder. This aggressiveness of
meat eaters. Of men who mark their territory just as predatory hunters mark
bushes and trees in their own territory. Is this characteristic behavior
necessary in my world?
I live in a culture gone mad. I read with pain the world's events in the New
York Times each day, and wonder how men who rule would do the things they do by
eating with compassion. Those who already eat a plant-based diet would shake
their heads in agreement with me. To eat clean food is to see things with
clarity. To eat easy to digest fuel for the body is to have clean blood. To eat
hard-to-digest meat, and mucus-forming dairy is to constipate the spiritual
judgment of man. I consider the men and women who rule. The politicians. The
decisions made by those who have their internal organs continuously clogged
with that internal fog caused by mucus. Mucus caused by histamines reacting to
allergenic proteins. With clarity, those who enact laws and make day-to-day
decisions would be better able to lead.
In the Ministry of Healing, Ellen White wrote on page 345:
"Governors, senators, representatives, judges, men who enact and
administer a nation's laws, men who hold in their hands the lives, the fair
fame, the possessions of their fellows, should be men of strict temperance.
Only thus can their minds be clear to discriminate between right and wrong.
Only thus can they possess firmness of principle, and wisdom to administer
justice and to show mercy. But how does the record stand?"
Instead, we live in a world and time in which there is no clarity of thought. A
world in which events seem to spin out of control on a world with no axis.
Aristophanes wrote:
"You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible
voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner."
In Lysistrata, Aristophanes found a way to use a feminine tactic to force
Sparta and Athens to make peace. Place a copy of "God's Nutritionist"
on the night tables of those who make war. Help another to eat a plant based
diet for just a day. As digestion is made easier, clarity results. Become a
vegan for just one week is to be hit by a bolt of pure energy. Energy
containing universal wisdom.
The challenge is for us all to attain our destiny as members of a race of
humans who live healthy and peaceful lives. Lives free of cancers and heart and
bone disease. There is one place in this world in which the majority of society
eats a plant-based diet. That is the place where more people live to age 100
than anywhere else. That is the place where x-ray machines are rarely used, for
breast cancer and osteoporosis are rarely found. See: The Okinawa Plan by
Wilcox, Wilcox, and Suzuki.
Please order a copy of "God's Nutritionist" today:
http://tinyurl.com/3hb3r
By reading "God's Nutritionist" there comes an understanding of how
food makes the man. Of how human health and behavior are so closely related to
one another. About why as one treats one's own body with compassion, there is a
carry over to how one treats his or her fellow men and women.
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Detroit Zoo Closes Elephant Exhibit
http://www.savewildelephants.com/detroitzoo.asp
In May 2004, Michigan’s Detroit Zoo announced its
precedent-setting decision to permanently close its elephant exhibit and retire
two female Asian elephants, Winky and Wanda, to a sanctuary. The Detroit Zoo is
the first zoo to voluntarily close its elephant exhibit for ethical reasons and
theeighth U.S. zoo
to stop exhibiting elephants in recent years.
In a memorandum that explained the decision, Detroit Zoo Director Ron Kagan
stated, “Now we understand how much more is needed to be able to meet all the
physical and psychological needs of elephants in captivity, especially in a
cold climate.”
Both Winky, aged 51, and Wanda, aged 46, were captured in the wild as babies
and have been companions at the Detroit Zoo since 1994. Among the few lucky
captive elephants in North America to find retirement at a sanctuary, Winky and
Wanda will have the opportunity to lead lives similar to those of elephants in
the wild. Thanks to the Detroit Zoo’s humane decision, Winky and Wanda will
enjoy full, enriching years of retirement, roaming through hundreds of acres of
natural habitat in the company of many other elephants.
Under Director Ron Kagan, the Detroit Zoo has been a pioneer in animal welfare.
It is one of the few zoos that takes in rescued animals and publicly denounces
the mistreatment of animals in circuses. Please write to the director and thank
him for making the compassionate decision to close the zoo’s elephant exhibit:
Ron Kagan, Director
Detroit Zoological Institute
8450 W. Ten Mile Rd.
Royal Oak, MI 48068-0039
248-398-0900
248-398-0504 (fax)
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Cheap Flesh
By Janet Riddle - WantNoMeat@aol.com
The days of the chicken is full of torment
in neurotic behavior most time is spent
Within total darkness they fight to survive
each morning more won't be alive
But from all the disease none are well
so nightmarishly slow, this life of hell
Closed doors to the barn, flung open at last
finally fresh air, it all happened so fast
For the first time they see the sunlight
bewildered they panic with fright
Feathers fly all different ways
the fumes of excrement fill the rays
Time for loading slaughter day is near
crude these methods that cause pain and fear
Grabbed by their neck, legs or wings
broken bones and death this treatment brings
Literally thrown into a transport crate
kindness takes time and the men won't wait
The chickens have seen their last day
the truck is full and on its way
Without water they quickly exhaust
for cheap flesh, we demand the cost
The truck stops and they reach their final hour
in the corners they hopelessly cower
Flapping wings and petrified
from the men, they cannot hide
Backed up to the entrance door
they are not prepared for what is in store
These suffering souls grabbed out like trash
in the struggle bloody bodies clash
The men shove them down the ramps
where swollen feet are forced into conveyer clamps
Suspended upside down they look around
panicked, they hear the sickening sound
Men grab the heads and their neck is slit
but the jugular vein hardly ever is hit
It bleeds slowly when only knicked
attempting to hold in the blood, muscles constrict
They struggle this way both terrified and weak
while blood drops off their mutilated beak
Choking on blood, gasping for breath
with all their strength they fight this death
Kept alive by just pure will
down the processing line they continue still
With feathers turned red that once were white
the line seems endless with death in sight
Mortally injured, by wounds we made
her innocent life begins to fade
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Memorable Quote
"People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is
justification for continuing the practice. According to that logic,
we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people since
that has also been done since the earliest of time."
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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