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Serial - HSUS News 1989-93 (indiv. artcls)

Swim Champ Helps Dolphins; Fish Boycott Helps Whales; Scout Exercise Protested; New Videos; Cassettes, Anyone?; In Memoriam: Bernard M. Webber, James C. Shaw

Slow Dancing In All The Wrong Places, Edward S. Duvin

Serial - HSUS News 1989-93 (indiv. artcls)

No abstract provided.

Regions Review

Serial - HSUS News 1989-93 (indiv. artcls)

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Animal Welfare Act, Ann Church

Serial - HSUS News 1989-93 (indiv. artcls)

What is the Animal Welfare Act? How does it work? Who does it protect?

In this, the first of two articles, we will examine the content of the Act, its history, and its intent. In the Spring issue of the News, part two will evaluate the Act in action through case histories from our files.

A Sense Of Where You Are

Serial - HSUS News 1989-93 (indiv. artcls)

In October, HSUS President John A. Hoyt made the following comments at the HSUS annual conference introductory to the reports of individual departments on the activities of 1988.

Following Your Conscience In The Classroom: An Interview With Jenifer Graham

Serial - HSUS News 1989-93 (indiv. artcls)

Jenifer attended the 1988 HSUS annual conference in October to participate in a workshop on alternatives to dissection and receive a special award. At that time, Dr. Randall Lockwood, HSUS director of higher education programs, had an opportunity to talk to Jenifer about the events of the past months.

Hsus News Volume 34, Number 01

HSUS News 1989-92

No abstract provided.

Bunk Attendance Of Feedlot Cattle Monitored With Radio Frequency Technology, D. J. Gibb, T. A. Mcalllister, C. Huisma, R. D. Wiedmeier

Management and Monitoring of Farm Animals Collection

Bunk attendance of 72 feedlot cattle (412 ± 23.6 kg) was monitored for 86 d using radio frequency technology. Late morning and late afternoon were confirmed as primary ad libitum feeding periods. The system detected differences (P < 0.005) in feeding behaviour in response to level of feeding and frequency of meals.

Comprehension Of "Absence" By An African Grey Parrot: Learning With Respect To Questions Of Same/Different, Irene M. Pepperberg

Sentience Collection

An African Grey parrot, Alex, learned to report on the absence or presence of similarity and difference between two objects. Alex was shown pairs of objects that were (a) totally dissimilar, (b) identical, or (c) similar or different with respect to one of three attributes (color, shape, or material). In the first two cases, he responded to the respective queries of "What's same?" or "What's different?" with the vocalization "none," and in the third case he responded with the appropriate category label ("color," "shape," or "mah-mah" [matter]). His accuracy was 80.9% to 83.9% for pairs of familiar objects not used …

Initial Test Of A Farrowing Crate With Inward-Sloping Sides, D. Fraser, P. A. Phillips, B. K. Thompson

Housing and Confinement of Farm Animals Collection

A farrowing crate was designed with sides spaced well apart (1150 mm) at the sow's standing height but angled inward near the floor to restrict the sow's lying area and to prevent the sow from dropping suddenly onto one side. Survival and body-weight data were collected for 20 farrowings in the prototype crate and for 18-20 farrowings in each of 3 other crate types. No significant differences were found in stillbirth rate, other deaths to 14 days, or average piglet weight gains, but gains were somewhat more variable in one of the conventional designs which interfered with the piglets' access …

Glro Fall 1988

Great Lakes Regional Office

• HSUS helps crush national pit-bull ring
• Control pesky critters humanely
• W. Virginia Humane Society ends cruelty by closing shelter
• Legislative Issues

Gsro Fall 1988

Gulf States Regional Office

• HSUS investigates shelter starvations
• Arkansans for Animals organized
• Violence begets violence--cockfight scene of gang rape
• Livestock abuse continues in Texas auction barns
• HSUS speaks out against rodeo events
• University of Texas violates care standards for animals
• Cockfighting protested
• Oklahoma Shelter Bill fails
• Educators' Association organized
• Director's Comment (Bill Meade)
• Around the Region

Maro Fall 1988

Mid-Atlantic Regional Office

• Revised regulations for New Jersey pet shops
• Art exhibit to benefit The HSUS
• Director's Comment (Nina Austenberg)
• Justin McCarthy formally charged in Animals Farm Home case
• Big turnout for regional workshops
• Legislative Update
• HSUS honors Bennett Mazur
• Draize protest

Mwro Fall 1988

Midwest Regional Office

• HSUS continues to fight puppy-mill abuse
• Maddox speaks in four states
• Legislative Issues
• Giving shelther in Olathe -- HSUS lends a helping hand
• Director's Comment (Wendell Maddox)

Ncro Fall 1988

North Central Regional Office

• Hundreds gather to protest trapping
• Legislative news is both good and bad
• HSUS trapping case reports document incidents
• National Anti-Fur Campaign
• NCRO called in to assist with deer problems in Illinois
• Update on wild horse cruelty case in North Dakota
• Director's Comment (Frantz Dantzler)
• Promote humane education in your child's school

Sero Fall 1988

Southeast Regional Office

• Wonder Zoo's wanderings blaze trail of cruelty
• Costly defeat for Florida pet owners
• Four states consider Dangerous-Dog Laws
• Student's convictions inspire state bill
• Halting the horrors of animal sacrifices
• Cockfighters busted
• Around the Region

Hs News Volume 33, Number 04

HSUS News 1979-88

• Responding to your response (John A. Hoyt)
• Teacher of the Year announced
• Center garners endorsements
• Dunda's days of pain: elephant's treatment in San Diego stirs controversy
• The HSUS launches "The Shame of Fur" campaign: celebrities, fashion models help in media efforts
• Research Whaling continues: animal protectionists plot strategy to outwit whaling nations
• Throwing a lifeline to dolphins: can a new lawsuit stop the slaughter?
• Santeria: alive and well in the U.S.A. : HSUS begins a crackdown on a bloody cult (Sandra Erickson)
• Is animal sacrifice legal?
• 1987 Annual Report
• A rebuttal to Dr. Robert White (and Reader's Digest)
• The man …

Variation In Piglet Weights: Weight Gains In The First Days After Birth And Their Relationship With Later Performance, B. K. Thompson, D. Fraser

Ontogeny Collection

Piglets from 42 litters of Yorkshire sows were weighed 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, and 14 d after farrowing in order to explore the highly variable weight gains during the first 2 wk after birth. All litters were adjusted to 10-12 piglets by fostering. Litters differed greatly in average gain per piglet during the first 3 d after farrowing, with litter means ranging from 5 to 227 g d‒1 per piglet for the 3-d period. Gains during days 0-3 tended to be somewhat lower if the sow had a high body temperature during these days, but the …

Use Of Water By Piglets In The First Days After Birth, David Fraser, P. A. Phillips, B. K. Thompson, W. B. Peeters

Ontogeny Collection

Use of drinking water was determined for 51 litters of piglets by weighing and refilling a water dispenser each day for the first 4 d after farrowing. Measures of spillage, evaporation, and piglet drinking behavior indicated that most disappearance of water represented actual drinking by the piglets. Water use varied greatly among litters with an average of 46 g d^‒1 per piglet over the 4 d, and a range of negligible use to about 200 g d^‒1. Water use, especially on day 2, was correlated negatively with the average weight gain of the litter during the first …

Wcro Summer 1988

West Coast Regional Office

• How much is that doggie in the window?
• It's time to speak out against fur
• Around the Region
• California Judge rejects proposed mountain-lion hunt
• WCRO joins fight to stop sport hunting of Tule Elk
• Legislative Update
• Director's Comment (Char Drennon)

Hs News Volume 33, Number 03

HSUS News 1979-88

• Getting the facts straight--Part II (John A. Hoyt)
• A timely reminder
• Dr. Grandy joins NADCAC
• In memorium
• Olympic concerns
• Torturers sentenced
• Hunting in the classroom?
• Center convenes conference
• Winning court battles for wildlife: The HSUS hails refuge, transport, and fur seal decisions
• Making a more humane choice: The HSUS focuses on selected farm animal products
• Road shows spotlight deer, "nuisance" species: The HSUS brings experts together to solve wildlife problems
• Protecting animals around the world: IUCN grapples with conservation and animal-welfare issues
• Rocky Mountain bust: fighting dogs seized in Colorado
• Killing with kindness (Dr. Randall Lockwood and Barbara Cassidy)
• Home …

Missed Point On P&G, Henry Spira

Commentaries and Editorials

Your article "Procter & Gamble's Testing on Animals: When Will It End?" (Newsline, March 1988) missed the point of our objection to the dumping on Procter & Gamble (P&G) by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It's not that P&G couldn't be doing more, or that we, as animal activists, shouldn't be pressuring all companies to do more. Rather, it's that there are so many corporations doing little or nothing to phase down and phase out lab animal use, that it defies common· sense to pick on the company that's been a pioneer in the development and implementation …

Hs News Volume 33, Number 02

HSUS News 1979-88

• Getting the facts straight (John A. Hoyt)
• Tragic roundup
• Film available
• Seafirst bucks stampede
• Photographer joins staff
• When children are concerned
• Increasing protections for marine mammals: victory, action, and a fight in the making
• Too many deer? : when deer and suburbanites collide, conflict follows
• Exotic-animal auctions: primates, birds, carnivores go to the highest bidder
• Nine to five dog (Ann Smalley)
• Horses suffer, too
• The ivory trade: death knell for Africa's elephants (Dr. Susan S. Lieberman)
• Spotlight on Congress
• Animal-patenting update
• Refuges: the next step
• Keep those letters coming
• Students take stand
• Dogfighting workshops
• Dangerous-dog laws
• Dog shootings
• Federation's services …

Save The Chimpanzee

Close Up Reports

Humankind's sibling species

Preference Tests Of Ramp Designs For Young Pigs, P. A. Phillips, B. K. Thompson, D. Fraser

Housing and Confinement of Farm Animals Collection

Preference experiments were used to identify features of ramp design that influence the voluntary use of ramps by young pigs. In seven experiments, groups of pigs, aged 7-8 wk, were given free access to four different ramps simultaneously. The animals' behavior was monitored to identify the amount of time spent on the ramps and the number of pigs that failed to use specific designs. Slope, in the range of 20-32° from the horizontal, had a major influence on the pigs' behavior, with the shallower slopes attracting more use than steep ones. Pigs preferred ramps with angle-iron cleats (cross-laid on the …

Inventing The Skin You Love To Test, Rick Weiss

Popular Press Items

No abstract provided.

Letter From Hoffmann - La Roche Inc. To Henry Spira

Letters and Correspondence

This letter is an invitation to share in the dissemination of this important activity within our laboratories. We will contact you by phone in the studies near future to confirm your potential input to the process. Research studies on the topic are of interest, but there are ample opportunities to publish such procedures. We will be interested in those procedures that have become part of your current practice with identifiable benefits relative to alternatives.

Wcro Winter 1988

West Coast Regional Office

• Humanitarians win big in California; Counties may ban steel-jaw leghold trap
• Law prohibiting spectators at cockfights challenged
• A Christmas story
• Director's Comment (Char Drennon)
• HSUS presses for further action in cat killings case
• Around the Region
• Training ongoing on West Coast
• Pigeon flap

Eavesdropping By Bats: The Influence Of Echolocation Call Design And Foraging Strategy, Jonathan Balcombe, M. Brock Fenton

Sentience Collection

We used playback presentations to free-flying bats of 3 species to assess the influence of echolocation call design and foraging strategy on the role of echolocation calls in communication. Near feeding sites over water, Myotis lucifugus and M. yumanensis responded positively only to echolocation calls of conspecifics. Near roosts, these bats did not respond before young of the year became volant, and after this responded to presentations of echolocation calls of similar and dissimilar design. At feeding sites Lasiurus borealis responded only to echolocation calls of conspecifics and particularly to "feeding buzzes". While Myotis, particularly subadults, appear to use the …

A New Invasiveness Scale: Its Role In Reducing Animal Distress, Kenneth J. Shapiro, Peter B. Field

Experimentation Collection

No abstract provided.