Thanks in part to your letters, an ex-Ashtabula Farm Bureau president has been charged with 49 counts of cruelty to animals for allegedly allowing his dairy cattle to experience slow and agonizing deaths. Urge Virginia Authorities to Seek Justice for Snared Beaver On April 19, a resident of Richmond, Virginia called RIR to report a snared beaver suffering in a pond near her home. Several months ago, Walla Walla county prosecutor James Nagle was presented with undercover footage and more than 20 affidavits from employees of an IBP, Inc., slaughterhouse in Wallula,Washington, attesting to inhumane slaughter at the plant. Recently we learned that some people concerned about animals have received questionnaires or surveys from a company identifying itself as Strategic One in which they are asked, among other things, to state whether they support PETA or other animal protection organizations. On March 17, a woman rescued a young injured raccoon from a golf course at the Westin-Innisbrook Resort in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Reports indicate that the raccoon had been beaten severely approximately five days earlier.
Bars Barry Herbeck, the Wisconsin man who, in July 1998, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing animals, will soon be arguing his case before the parole board. Halt Massive Florida Primate Testing Facility Douglas Industries Inc., a division of Schering-Plough, reportedly hopes to make Hendry County, Florida, home to the nation's largest primate breeding and contract research facility. Urge Congress to Stop Funding Smoking Experiments on Animals PETA has submitted written testimony to Congress urging that no federal funds be used for tobacco or nicotine experiments on animals, and now we need your help to ensure that specific language is included in the 2002 Appropriations bill. WXTB disc jockey Todd Clem, a.k.a.