From: wheeler@SUPER.ORG (Ferrell S. Wheeler)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.animals
Subject: HARES; INTUBATION; ZOOS; FUR
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:24:45 GMT



>From the PETA Action Line - (301)770-8980 - 7/6/92:
 
The Irish Parliament refuses to act to end Hare Coursing, a bloody act in
which greyhounds are trained to literally tear apart wild- caught hares.
(Cats, birds and rabbits are killed by the dogs in training sessions.)
Parliament insists that coursing attracts tourists; and some members are
attempting to have it declared a National Sport. Please write to the
following individuals and let them know that you will not visit Ireland as
long as such barbaric events take place. Write to:
 
President Mary Robinson             Irish Tourist Board
Presidential Residence              757 Third Avenue
Phoenix Park                        New York, NY  10017
Dublin 8, Ireland
 
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The MetroHealth Medical Center continues to ignore pleas that the hospital
replace cats with effective, life-like mannequins during intubation
training.  Such a mannequin was presented to the administration by Network
for Ohio Animal Action but never used. (Intubation is the inserting of a
tube into the trachea for the administering of anesthesia, maintenance of an
airway.)  Fifteen to twenty nurses practice on one cat in each seminar, the
cat being killed after the session. There are 25 seminars each year. Letters
are needed which emphasize the following; British surgeons some of best in
the world, do not use animals to practice surgical procedures; animals
differ anatomically from humans; mannequins may be repeatedly intubated,
insuring proficiency; improper training on cats can be dangerous for future
patients; cats often suffer pain, trauma and discomfort, often awakening
during the procedure; many of the animals were former pets seized from
shelters and the demand for cats promotes theft. Please write the following:
 
Dr. Henry Manning, President        James M. Petro, President
MetroHealth Medical Center          Cuyahoga County Commissioners
2500 MetroHealth Drive              1219 Ontario Street, #453
Cleveland, OH  44109-1998           Cleveland, OH  44113-1684
 
Mayor Michael R. White
601 Lakeside Avenue, #227
Cleveland, OH  44114-1079
 
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In 1990, 60 Minutes revealed details of the sale of surplus zoo animals
(specifically: San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco Zoos) to animal
dealers, who in turn, sold the animal to breeding/canned hunt ranches. Voice
for Animals says it has discovered an astonishing number of San Antonio Zoo
board members who own ranches where exotics -- some of which have allegedly
come from zoos -- are killed. Please write to the San Antonio Zoo and ask
that all board members who are involved in such acts be dismissed, that all
animals sold in the last three years be located and their safety assured.
Write to:
 
San Antonio Zoo
3903 North St. Mary's St.
San Antonio, Texas
 
Also write to:  AAZPA (American Association of Zoological Parks and
Aquariums) and demand that strong action be taken against zoos that
overbreed in order to take advantage of the lucrative exotics market:
 
Robert O. Wagner
Executive Director
AAZPA
Ogelebay Park
Wheeling, WV  26003
 
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Celebrities and fur!  The following individuals are either lost in the past
or have hearts of stone considering the well-known realities of the fur
trade and animals suffering!
 
Bo Derek in Conquistador Magazine wearing an arctic fox with head still
attached:
 
Bo Derek
Bodare Ranch
3625 Roblar Avenue
Santa Ynez, CA  93460
 
Natalie Cole wore a full fur coat and fox stole to Grammy Awards:
 
Natalie Cole
4201-3/4 Cahuenga Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA  91602