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A monthly Magazine edited and published by Maria Lopes - January 2007 Dear Friends, Thanks to you all for helping to keep this magazine going for 5 years.
For the Animals Maria Lopes
Dogs buried alive in ARGENTINA Source:MentayFlor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4dHBqkymus Please send letters to the following addresses (sample letters in English and Spanish). It is very urgent! privada@presidencia.gov.ar,sprivgob@gba.gov.ar,dpca@gba.gov.ar, secsami@ssmun.gob.gba.gov.ar,clegg2@senado-ba.gov.ar, presihcs@senado-ba.gov.ar,secgralpriv2@sg.gba.gov.ar, fsola@senado-ba.gov.ar,embargen@Kasnet.com, embargentina@argentina-canada.net, embajadaargentina@prodigy.net.mx,argentina@un.int, feeeuu@mrecic.gov.ar,embajada@portalargentino.net, efran@mrecic.gov.ar,efranpol@noos.fr, ambasciataargentina@hotmail.com,enoru@online.no, eport@mrecic.gov.ar,blj@atina.ar,embarg@embarg.org.br, embarpy@pla.net.py,embajador@embargentina.cl,ebolv@mrecic.gov.ar, info@trenque-lauquen.com.ar,condeltl@cetl.com.ar,administracion- tl@jusbuenosaires.gov.ar,abpuig@condeltl.com.ar, jsperez@condeltl.com.ar,lbangelini@condeltl.com.ar, mvcrespo@condeltl.com.ar, rivgob@gba.gov.ar,info@turismo.gov.ar;dpca@gba.gov.ar, prensa@ms.gba.gov.ar,prensa@casaprov.gba.gov.ar,dariocobello@yahoo.com.ar, easla@gob.gba.gov.ar,secsami@ssmun.gob.gba.gov.ar, dgranados@hcdiputados-ba.gov.ar,hamaruco@senado-ba.gov.ar, dgurzi@hcdiputados-ba.gov.ar,ilaso@hcdiputados-ba.gov.ar, jlinares@hcdiputados-ba.gov.ar,mluques@hcdiputados-ba.gov.ar, info@launion.com.ar,cartas@diariohoy.net,telenoche@telenoche.com.ar, telefenoticias@telefe.com,cartasalpais@clarin.com, redaccion@lanacion.com.ar,americanoticias@america2.com.ar, lectores@larazon.com.ar,diario@elpopular.com.ar, info@ecosdebuenosares.com.ar, recuadro@continental.com.ar, info@laopinion.com.ar, municipios@telam.com.ar, judicial@dyn.com.ar,infogral@noticiasargentinas.com Mr. Mayor of Trenque Lauquen Juan Carlos Font We have received the appalling images of the treatment that your town is giving to homeless dogs shown at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4dHBqkymus This event shows an absolute lack of respect towards society in general and the international community as well, we are shocked and horrified at the cruelty and pain inflected on defenceless and sentient beings as non-human animals are. We are aware that "your" method to control pet overpopulation is absolutely contradictory with what it is mandated in your National Law # 14346 for the Protection of Animals and it is also opposed to the World Health Organization Standards that state the only highly recommended method to control pet overpopulation is massive spay/neuter programs sustained in time. Your actions, Mayor Font, clearly show the ineptitude of your administration to solve this problem in an ethic and efficient way. It also shows the unsafe conditions for potential tourists by not even enforcing your own laws. To sum up, Mr Font, we urge you to implement a serious pet overpopulation control program which respects life and the right to live it above all. Otherwise we will choose other destinations for our holidays, and encourage others to do likewise. We are forwarding this message to all our contacts and to Argentine embassies all over the world. Name and Surname: Country: ----------------------------------- Sr. Intendente de Trenque Lauquen Dn. Juan Carlos Font Han llegado a nosotros las devastadoras imágenes el tramiento que su comuna da a los perros sin hogar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4dHBqkymus Este sistema muestra una total falta de respeto hacia la sociedad de su pais y hacia la comunidad internacional toda, que se ve sacudida con las imagenes de tales aberrantes y crueles actos hacia seres indenfensos y sintientes como son los animales no humanos. Estamos al tanto que este método de control poblacional de mascotas está reñido con vuestra Ley Nacional 14.346 de Protección Animal además de ser contrapuesto con las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud que especifíca que el único método para paliar esto son las castraciones masivas y sostenidas en el tiempo. Su accionar, Indentente Font, muestra a las claras la ineptitud de su administración para resolver de manera eficiente y etico un problema de vieja data. También pone de manifiesto la inseguridad para los potenciales turistas ya que desde su pais se propaga una imagen de falta de respeto hacia las leyes. Por lo expuesto le exigimos señor Font que ponga en marcha un programa serio de control poblacional donde prime la vida y el derecho a la misma caso contrario elegiremos otros destinos para vacacionar y recomendaremos a nuestros contactos que hagan lo mismo. PD: Estamos enviando copia de la presente a vuestras autoridades nacionales, embajadas argentinas y los medios. Name and Surname Country -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VENEZUELA UPDATE - Reintroduction of bullfights at Margarita Island Source: International Movement Against Bullfights Unfortunately the bullfight scheduled for 29th December 2006 took place. Some local organizations made a demonstration against the bullfight. The bullring was almost empty. Since they want to perfom more bullfights specially for tourists and during the tourist season, please continue to send protest emails. You can find emails,etc in our website. English http://www.iwab.org/campaign.html French http://www.iwab.org/campaignsfre.html Italian http://www.iwab.org/campaignsita.html Portuguese http://www.iwab.org/campaignsfre.html Spanish http://www.iwab.org/campaignsspa.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S.A. Who's supporting Iditarod dog torture in 2007? Source: The Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org Please help the Iditarod dogs by sending protest emails to race supporters. These dogs are helpless victims of profoundly inhumane treatment and cannot speak for themselves. What happens to them during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, ruptured discs, viral diseases and pneumonia. For the dogs, the Iditarod is a bottomless pit of suffering. Throughout this eight to 16-day competition, Iditarod personnel encourage mushers to race diseased dogs. Instead of pulling sick dogs from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of antibiotics to keep them running. Veterinarians also work to help the mushers before the Iditarod begins. Although the dogs are often sick, veterinarians allow them to start the race anyway. One chief Iditarod veterinarian even published a musher/veterinary handbook advising mushers on how to avoid having prohibited substances detected in pre-race veterinary checks. Please speak for the dogs by sending Iditarod supporters protest emails. The 2007 Iditarod sponsors, musher sponsors, race promoters and business members are listed below. Emails are first given in a group and then individually under the sample letter. Email addresses with semi-colons in a group form can be found at http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm on the bottom of the page. ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR IDITAROD SUPPORTERS - for easy sending, copy and paste as a bunch into your "Blind Copy" box: jeff.immelt@corporate.ge.com, dan.janki@corporate.ge.com, greg.creed@tacobell.com, Jacques.espinasse@vivendi.com, maurie_perl@advancemags.com, John_Bellando@condenast.com, kklose@npr.org, investor_relations@hmco.com, editor@americanwaymag.com, tom.horton@aa.com, Christopher.Gay@cabelas.com, rod.ross@equilife.com, ken.hanna@csplc.com, csab.media@cs-americas.com, alan.w.bieler@marsh.com, invest@leggett.com, DanielJ.Sescleifer@energizer.com, conso@royal-canin.fr, info@royalcanin.us, contact.nl@masterfoods.com, contact.us@masterfoods.com, gpruitt@mcclatchy.com, ircontact@simon.com, jlowber@gci.com, roger_millay@discovery.com, james.moses@elderhostel.org, tmattia@na.ko.com, corpcsf@wellsfargo.com, newsroom@alaskaair.com, Shareholders.IM@pg.com, Mayor@ci.anchorage.ak.us, mayor@ci.wasilla.ak.us, karen.raskopf@blockbuster.com, tom.tiller@polarisind.com, mhrmarketing@mhrmail.com, ir.dcx@daimlerchrysler.com, manager@ci.nome.ak.us, programming@thirteen.org, stevecurwood@loe.org, dkravis@nutroproducts.com, jvenh@acehardware.com, gpn@unl.edu, teachersource@pbs.org, investor.relations@horizonlines.com, kroger.investors@kroger.com, gdonnelly@mortonarb.org, gtedesco@mortonarb.org, info@workman.com, vanmarterch@lilly.com, toronto@gartnerlee.com, investor.relations@akzonobel.com, fhees@alaskanbeer.com, orders@riverboatdiscovery.com, media@cruisewest.com, news@scholastic.com, skruse@hollandamerica.com, abuckelew@carnival.com, eileen_masio@timeinc.com, communications@girlscouts.org, pubaffmr@chevrontexaco.com, enterprise.comments@exxonmobil.com, info@penair.com, employment@providence.org, ssolomon@dixieline.com, public.relations@stihl.us, investor_relations@netapp.com, info@womenssportsfoundation.org, Investor.Relations@aa.com, tony@playrooment.com, press@echostar.com, ir-newyork@shell.com, tjacobs@dobson.net, hr1@amerigas.com, contact.privacy@mcd.com, customersupport@batteriesplus.com, cparrott@sportsmanswarehouse.com, ann.simanis@elderhostel.org, Chancellor@uaa.alaska.edu, info@akbushcompany.com, info@frontierflying.com, info@trapperscreek.com, contact@meierslakeroadhouse.com, info@talkeetnalodge.com, innkeeper@alaskafrontiergardens.com, rivercabins@doyon.com, HolyDogRanch@yahoo.com, information@maclarenlodge.com, fishing@gottafish-charters.com, qiviut@gci.net, sales@kaladi.com, traxak@alaska.com, gkatsion@kittelson.com, pat@northsloperestaurant.com, pilot01@eagle.ptialaska.net, spikealaska@earthlink.net, info@inlettower.com, info@akdogtour.com, adventure@raspberryisland.com, chan@d.umn.edu, tma@d.umn.edu, allouiz@thepastyfactory.com, info@barker-ewing.com, ryoung@altitudetraining.com, sales@redcom.com, jbilitz@jjkeller.com, rodney.bolls@bglobal.us, trambars@trambars.com, info@princetontec.com, trophyglove@lisco.com, brewpub@rmisp.com, gsipe@cogentsolutionsgroup.com, info@outfitterharborsprings.com, info@ndindustries.com, mkrajews@volusia.k12.fl.us, sales@ursawagon.com, redmetal@charter.net, bellevillenews@yahoo.com, compfc@aol.com, admin@wtsda.com, hid@aelight.com, info@westernplows.com, sales@pjoperating.com, innkeeper@folkestone.com, hughesseafood@tds.net, ruby@arcocoffee.com, info@empirecanvasworks.com, Macgellan@mac.com, wiggys@wiggys.com, info@jupitersolutions.net, info@coloradocrossroadsbandb.com, terry@unitedrailroad.net, reservations@krabloonik.com, info@team-diel.de, info@globetrotter.de, sales@immunocorp.no, post@viascandinavia.no, info@kamik.com, post@brynje.no, post@noraid.no, anni@visees.no, info@alaskakayakacademy.com, leads@alaskavacationstore.com, spikealaska@earthlink.net, alaskansplendor@yahoo.com, fish@fish4salmon.com, mlitzen@kenai.net, info@outerlimitsalaska.com, info@talkeetnaair.com, wildart@davidtotten.com, info@alaskagrandview.com, t-wolf@alaskatimberwolftours.com, info@alaskanativearts.org, POlson@randomhouse.com SAMPLE LETTER: Dear Iditarod Supporter: I protest your organization's support of the Iditarod dog sled race. For the dogs, this barbaric event is a bottomless pit of suffering. What happens to them during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, ruptured discs, viral diseases and pneumonia. Please end your involvement in this cruel race. In the Iditarod, dogs are forced to run 1,150 miles, which is the approximate distance between Miami, Florida and New York City. USA Today sports columnist Jon Saraceno called the Iditarod "a travesty of grueling proportions" and "Ihurtadog." Fox sportscaster Jim Rome called it "I-killed-a-dog." Orlando Sentinel sports columnist George Diaz said the race is "a barbaric ritual" and "an illegal sweatshop for dogs." Please visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website http://www.helpsleddogs.org and be sure to read the quotes on http://www.helpsleddogs.org/remarks.htm . All the material on the site is true and verifiable. Throughout this eight to 16-day competition, Iditarod personnel encourage mushers to race diseased dogs. Instead of pulling sick dogs from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of antibiotics to keep them running. Veterinarians also work to help the mushers before the Iditarod begins. Although the dogs are often sick, veterinarians allow them to start the race anyway. One chief Iditarod veterinarian even published a musher/veterinary handbook advising mushers on how to avoid having prohibited substances detected in pre-race veterinary checks. At least 130 dogs have died in the Iditarod. No one knows how many dogs die after this tortuous ordeal or during training. On average, 52 percent of the dogs who start the race do not make it across the finish line. According to a report published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, of those who do cross, 81 percent have lung damage. A report published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine said that 61 percent of the dogs who finish the Iditarod have ulcers versus zero percent pre-race. Tom Classen, retired Air Force colonel and Alaskan resident for over 40 years, tells us that the dogs are beaten into submission: "They've had the hell beaten out of them." "You don't just whisper into their ears, 'OK, stand there until I tell you to run like the devil.' They understand one thing: a beating. These dogs are beaten into submission the same way elephants are trained for a circus. The mushers will deny it. And you know what? They are all lying." -USA Today, March 3, 2000 in Jon Saraceno's column. Mushers believe in "culling" or killing unwanted dogs, including puppies. Many dogs who are permanently disabled in the Iditarod, or who are unwanted for any reason, including those who have outlived their usefulness, are killed with a shot to the head, dragged or clubbed to death. "Dogs are clubbed with baseball bats and if they don't pull are dragged to death in harnesses....." wrote Alaskan Mike Cranford in an article for Alaska's Bush Blade Newspaper (March, 2000). Jon Saraceno wrote in his March 3, 2000 column in USA Today, "He [Colonel Tom Classen] confirmed dog beatings and far worse. Like starving dogs to maintain their most advantageous racing weight. Skinning them to make mittens. Or dragging them to their death." Please end your organization's association with this horrific race. Sincerely, ________________________________________ CALL/EMAIL TO URGE RELEASE OF MONKEY BEING HELD CAPTIVE AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CTR. Source: http://www.uchckillsmonkeys.com/ Our organization's (UConn Animal Rights Collective)efforts over the past year, with support from a plethora of national and international advocacy groups,were instrumental in the recent termination of the nonhuman primate research program at University of CT Health Center that culminated with the unfortunate transfer of a rhesus macaque named Mowgli to the University of Mississippi Medical Center under the care of Dr. Paul May. The primary investigator on the protocol at the UConn Health Center, Dr. David Waitzman, received extensive sanctioning from the UCHC Animal Care Committee and USDA for repeated, significant violations of Animal Welfare Act that culminated in the revocation of approval for the research that involved drilling holes into the skulls of rhesus macaques. You can read more about the issue here: By building alliances with a wide array of activists, advocates, medical professionals and researchers across the country as well the proprietors of several prominent animal sanctuaries, we have been able to secure consulting services, veterinary care, and funding to transport and provide a safe sanctuary home for Mowgli. Mowgli has experienced insurmountable grief and trauma. All three of his nonhuman primate companions at UCHC, the only persons like himself that he knows, have died or been euthanized while he, for years, watched and waited for his turn to come. Given that Mowgli has not yet been subjected to any invasive procedures, this is the perfect opportunity to provide him with the life he undoubtedly deserves. The pieces are all in place to provide a safe haven for Mowgli and we need your help to insure that the project comes to fruition. Please contact the administrators at the University of Mississippi Medical Center listed below via email and telephone and urge them, given the circumstances listed above, to agree to release Mowgli and participate with us in the relocation process. All email addresses: lfulton@animal.umsmed.edu,jehall@physiology.umsmed.edu, swarren@anatomy.umsmed.edu,jgarrett@dor.umsmed.edu, agrady@animal.umsmed.edu Dear Dr. Hall, Thank you for your time. In light of the recent misconduct uncovered at the University of Connecticut Health Center and the subsequent transfer of a young macaque named Mowgli to your facility, as a taxpayer and person who abhors cruelty, I am requesting that plans be made for Mowgli to be relocated to an accredited sanctuary immediately. This monkey has experienced insurmountable grief and trauma. All three of his nonhuman primate companions at UCHC, the only persons like himself that he knows, have died or been euthanized while he, for years, watched and waited for his turn to come. Given that Mowgli has not yet been subjected to any invasive procedures, this is the perfect opportunity to provide him with the life he undoubtedly deserves. I look forward to a positive resolution to this matter. Sincerely, Name City,Country --- Primary contact info: Dr. John Hall, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UMiss Med Ctr. jehall@physiology.umsmed.edu 601-984-1801 Additional contact info: Dr. Susan Warren- Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee swarren@anatomy.umsmed.edu 601-984-1671 Ms. Jean Garrett- Asst. Director, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee jgarrett@dor.umsmed.edu 601-815-5006 Dr. Andrew Grady-- Director, Lab Animal Facilities agrady@animal.umsmed.edu 601-984-1385 Dr. Linda Fulton-- Asst. Director, Lab Animal Facilities lfulton@animal.umsmed.edu 601-984-1385 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PETITIONS Mistreated Animals in South East Asia http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SouthEastAsiaAnimals/ Save Man's Best Friend from the Dog Meat Trade - Say YES to House Bill 2991 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/879609320?ltl=1169850928 Petition against bullfights France http://www.por-favor.org/EN/petition-pour-obtenir-abrogation-alinea-3.php?mode=signer Call for a boycott of all Tiriac businesses to protest the Balc wild boar hunt http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/800795825?ltl=1169851085 No to Animal Experimentation in Israel Cosmetic Industry http://www.petitiononline.com/0160107/petition.html Save the Grenada Dove From Extinction! http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/grenada?rk=C1LFtys1ofgIW Disclaimer: All items published in this magazine were received by us and we pass them on in good faith. We are not responsible for incorrect email addresses, errors, omissions etc. by the originators. INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLFIGHTS
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