NEWS> Animals for Sale
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:08:48 -0500 (EST)
There are various issues regarding the sale of animals that are matters of
controversy. Some very recent news stories involving the sale of animals
highlight some of the issues concerning the sale of animals that may be of
interest to those who teach children about animals or who are concerned
themselves about these issues.
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Sale of pound animals under fire
Sacramento Bee, CA - 51 minutes ago
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/6127161p-7082812c.html>
Sale of pound animals under fire
The county's policy on unwanted pets for research is targeted.
By Robert D. Dvila -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 a.m. PST Sunday, February 16, 2003
Fourteen years after losing at the polls, animal-rights advocates are
launching a new campaign to stop Sacramento County's controversial
practice of selling impounded cats and dogs for medical teaching and research.
In a letter to county supervisors, the Association of Veterinarians for
Animal Rights accused the Department of Animal Care and Regulation of
failing to monitor the welfare of creatures sold under the "pound seizure"
policy. Sutter Medical Center of Sacramento and the University of
California, Davis, buy the animals under agreements signed with the county
in 1986.
An AVAR official called on the county to stop selling impounded animals
for scientific testing and training. The group also supports a statewide
ban on the practice proposed by state Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West
Hollywood.
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"Selling unwanted pets does not show a sincere concern for the well-being
of Sacramento's animals," AVAR national director Teri Barnato said. "It
does not show concern for animals by veterinarians who should be
alleviating the overpopulation of unwanted animals rather than taking
advantage of it."
Sutter and UC Davis officials said they meet reporting and humane-care
provisions of the agreements and defended their use of pound animals. But
the program has received poor county oversight, and administrators plan to
recommend next month that the Board of Supervisors update the 17-year-old
contracts.
The hearing is expected to reignite debate over the emotionally charged
issue of selling unwanted cats and dogs for science, which the county
reportedly has done for UC Davis since the 1960s. Officials emphasize that
animals are sold only if they are determined to be ineligible for adoption
-- and slated for euthanization -- because they fail temperament testing.
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U.S. Probes Selling of Research Pigs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 7, 2003
<http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hspigs073120133
feb07,0,7900990.story?coll=ny-health-headlines>
Washington - Federal officials say they are concerned that pigs that were
supposed to be destroyed after a genetic engineering study may have
entered the nation's food supply, but said they did not believe they posed
a health risk.
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether scientists at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign violated regulations
requiring them to destroy all pigs involved in the research.
The university may have sent 386 of the animals to a livestock dealer who
in turn may have sent them to slaughter, the FDA said Wednesday.
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Man who doomed greyhounds to medical experiments ordered to pay $110,000
Associated Press
Published Feb. 7, 2003
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3639985.html>
HUDSON, Wis. -- A former greyhound kennel owner has been ordered to pay
more than $110,000 in fines and restitution for sending hundreds of
retired racing dogs to their deaths in medical experiments, a prosecutor
said Friday.
Daniel Shonka, 50, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted Thursday of one
count of felony theft and one count of misdemeanor theft after pleading no
contest to the charges in a plea bargain, Assistant Attorney General Gary
Freyberg said.
He was sentenced to two years in prison on the felony charge but that
sentence was stayed and he was placed on four years probation, Freyberg
said. Shonka was sentenced to nine months in jail on the misdemeanor
conviction, which must begin within the next 60 days, the prosecutor said.
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Published Saturday, January 25, 2003
Activists, Farmers Address The Treatment of Chickens
By LOUISE CHU
The Associated Press
<http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?Site=LL&Date=20030125&Category=
NEWS&ArtNo=301250396&Ref=AR&Profile=1001&SectionCat=BUSINESS>
ATLANTA -- In the debate over poultry processing, producers and animal
rights activists can agree on one thing: Consumers don't want to know the
gruesome details.
As millions of Americans sit down for dinner each night, no one wants to
think about the waste-filled sheds, crammed cages and electric stun baths
that were part of the chicken's life before it became a delicious
drumstick, nugget or wing.
That's the conclusion the Farm Marketing Institute shared with poultry
industry professionals at this week's International Poultry Exposition,
which ended Friday at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Animal right activists agree, and that's why People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals is publicizing the most common form of chicken
slaughter: a stun bath designed to knock the birds out, then the animals
throats are slit and they are dumped into scalding water.
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Rodeo is among biggest
By Elizabeth Allen
Express-News Business Writer
Web Posted : 02/02/2003 12:00 AM
<http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=938233>
Along with the new will come the traditions. Women will still race their
horses at breakneck speeds in tight turns around barrels. Clowns will
still jump into the barrels after leading angry bulls away from fallen
cowboys. Youths will still shampoo and blow dry their heifers, hoping to
fluff them in just the right places and perfect their lines.
They'll still stand behind their friends, slipping their arms around them
to help hold 30-pound turkeys by their legs while white-coated judges
inspect the birds. Some will cry as the animals they've fed and cared for
are sold, put on the trucks and carried off to slaughter. And then they'll
take their earnings, buy another one and do it again.
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Article Last Updated:
Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 3:29:55 PM MST
Free puppies' a recipe for misery
By JAMES HARRISON/The Daily Journal
<http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/Stories/
0,1413,91%257E3089%257E1096835,00.html>
Selling or giving animals away in front of a public place is prohibited
under section 4156 of the city's municipal code, notes Robyn Bullard,
president of the Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County.
Not only is it illegal, she adds it's a source of suffering for the
animals.
Bullard recalls one encounter two weeks ago with a man, his two kids and a
cardboard box full of shivering puppies in front of Wal-Mart. The man had
his children giving the puppies away while he was in the store shopping.
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When the man finally came out and stood next to his children, Bullard went
up to him.
"I spoke with the father and asked if he cares who takes the puppies, and
he said: No. We just want to get rid of them.'"
That, says Bullard, is part of the problem.
At the Society's no-kill shelter in Redwood Valley, those interested in
adopting a pet are carefully screened to make sure they'll provide a
permanent and loving home. A list is maintained of those known to have
neglected or mistreated animals, and they're banned from ever adopting.
In contrast, by giving the puppies away without knowing anything about the
individuals walking off with them, the man in front of Wal-Mart was
placing them at risk for abandonment, abuse or worse.
Many people who impulsively get an animal while shopping for something.
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As we have just passed Valentine's Day, I must hasten to add that not all
selling of animals is bad:
Story last updated at 1:14 p.m. on Friday, February 14, 2003
On Valentine's Day, you can buy love
by Heather McCoy
Oak Rdiger staff
<http://www.oakridger.com/stories/021403/new_0214030005.html>
While many people will be seeing lots of pink and red on Valentine's Day,
local florists and businesses have also been seeing a lot of green as
sales of flowers, candies, cards and stuffed animals have increased this
week.
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David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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