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Hs News Volume 23, Issue 02

HSUS News 1978

• HSUS attacks animal slave market
• Harp Seal killing pointless and obscene
• Animal testing will not solve human safety problems (Dr. Michael Fox)
• National humane leader dies
• A.S.P.C.A. adopts barbiturate for euthanasia: drops use of decompression chamber
• Setting the pace for humane education (John J. Dommers & Kathy Savesky)
• Animal Rights & Human Ethics: 1978 Annual Conference
• Dr. Andrew Rowan to join ISAP staff
• HSUS to develop audio-visual library in memory of Nellie Russell Kingsland
• Update: Institute for the Study of Animal Problems
• HSUS helps strengthen anti-cruelty laws
• Sales ban on turtles reviewed
• HSUS comments on federal animal programs
• Coyote "study" …

Shelter Sense Volume 01, Number 01

ShelterSense 1978-92

• Utah drivers must assist injured animals
• Birth control for pigeons
• The new animal control officer (Mel L. Morse)
• Two groups teaching their communities
• Are you an RPO [Responsible Pet Ownership Council]
• Women in animal control--Interview with Betty Denny Smith (Charlene Drennon)
• CETA benefits those who prepare
• Animal control workshop
• New shelter going up? (William R. Meade, III)
• Shelter Sense reproducible -- Unwanted
• Setting goals and getting to them (Phyllis Wright)
• Pilot spay/neuter program launched

Oil-Soaked Birds Saved

Close Up Reports

HSUS participates in historic bird rescue

(No. 43) -- Veal Calves And Factory Farming, Humane Information Services, Inc.

Report to Humanitarians

• Veal calves and factory farming
• Is T-61 a humane substitute for Sodium pentobarbital?
• Use of T-61 increasing
• Nitrogen flushing for "euthanasia"

Hsus Fights Cruelty In Pounds

Close Up Reports

The following report will tell you of some of the conditions HSUS investigators have found in dog pounds across the country, how HSUS is working to improve them, and how you can help.

Hsus Fights Cruelty In Pounds

Close Up Reports

Unlike privately owned animal shelters, the pound was not instituted for the benefit of the animals.

Museum Victory For Animal Rights, Henry Spira

Commentaries and Editorials

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Quantitative Analyses Of The Ontogeny Of Predatory Behaviour In Coyotes, Canis Latrans, Louis E. Vincent, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Four infant coyotes (Canis latrans) were studied in order to describe quantitatively the development of predatory behaviour. Our results indicated that prior play and agonistic experience had virtually no effect on later predatory success. Also, there was no relationship between an individual's social rank and its prey-killing ability. Latency to kill was shortened when animals were tested in, pair and hunger level was not related to latency to kill. The results are discussed with respect to current 'functionalist' theories of play behaviour and Leyhausen's concept of the relative hierarchy of moods. The practice theory of play should be reconsidered in …

Rmro Winter 1978

Rocky Mountain Regional Office

• HSUS opens Rocky Mountain Regional Office
• Utah observes Humane Education Week
• HSUS Conference highlights
• Pressman visits Colorado Zoos
• HSUS introduces new logo
• Coffee and ...
• Comment (Donald W. Cashen)

Wcro Winter 1978

West Coast Regional Office

• Animal shelter charged with cruelty to animals -- HSUS called to do study
• Thousands of acres for cattle -- none for the Tule Elk?
• HSUS wants new pet shop law enforced
• Life shouldn't end this way!
• Bullfight exemption should be removed
• In the Northwest
• Seattle collects over $100,000 for spay clinic
• HSUS workshops
• HSUS speaker at Third Annual CEEA Convention
• Attempts made to get California initiatives on '78 ballot

Hs News Volume 23, Issue 01

HSUS News 1978

• How humane is your society? (Charles F. Herrmann and Phyllis Wright)
• R.J. Chenoweth dies--HSUS founder, Chairman Emeritus
• The Ohio story: a million votes against the steel jaw trap--a beginning (Margaret Morrison)
• First municipal shelter accredited
• The cage bird trade (Greta Nilsson)
• Huron Valley Humane Society accredited
• Wanted: more help for non-game
• 1977 Annual Conference: a photo review
• Mel L. Morse -- Special Krutch Medal recipient
• Roger A. Caras -- Joseph Wood Krutch medalist
• Pain and profit: the story of the steel jaw trap (Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., New Jersey)
• A Special Awareness Report: Suffering--the hidden cost of factory farming …

(No. 42) -- How To Increase Shelter Adoptions, Humane Information Services, Inc.

Report to Humanitarians

• Merchandising pet animals by shelters
• Iowa Euthanasia Symposium successful
• The campaign against trapping: promising or futile?
• Two approaches to trapping in the Federal Congress

Amnesty International Scandal, Henry Spira

Commentaries and Editorials

File also includes:

November 11, 1977

• Letter to the Editor from Michael E. Levin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, City University
• Spira response to Professor Levin
• Letter to the Editor from David Hawk, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
• Spira response to David Hawk

February 23, 1978

• Letter from Mrs. F. Blakiston, Secretary to the International Executive Committee for Amnesty International to Henry Spira

March 1, 1978

• Memorandum from Leonard Rack M.D. and Henry Spira to the International Executive Committee for Amnesty International

July 25, 1978

• Letter from Dick Oosting, Deputy Secretary General for Amnesty International, to Henry Spira

October 1978

• Letter …

Gsro Fall 1977

Gulf States Regional Office

• Letter from Douglas M. Scott, Director
• HSUS scores major "pound" victories
• Regional staff visits Arkansas
• HSUS seminars and conference set
• HSUS special recognition awards given
• North Texas University update
• Texas legislation
• Hoyt & Dommers to be at 1977 A&M workshop

Wcro Fall 1977

West Coast Regional Office

• Waste of life and tax dollars
• Bloodless bullfights in California
• Cockfighting -- a crackdown
• Crossbow Hunting proposal--killed
• Legislative Highlights
• Director's Desk
• Two approaches to control excess breeding
• Predator Control bill defeated
• You can fight trapping

Hs News Volume 22, Issue 03

HSUS News 1977

• A Review: On the Fifth Day: Animal Rights & Humane Ethics, edited by Richard Knowles Morris and Michael W. Fox (Patrick B. Parkes)
• The fight continues: a report from the '77 International Whaling Commission (Patricia Forkan)
• Willie the Whale
• Whale survival day is big hit in Capital
• President Carter's message to IWC
• Congressman McCloskey speaks out on whales and other issues
• Update: animals in transit now protected - no more orange crates
• Flood: HSUS Disaster Team aids victims in Johnstown, PA
• In Memoriam: Two friends of animals die
• Velma Johnston, protector of wild horses
• Loren Eiseley, anthropologist and writer
• Indianapolis …

(No. 41) -- Mechanized Cruelty, Humane Information Services, Inc.

Report to Humanitarians

• The poultry and egg industry (Frederick L. Thomsen)
• Maine passes good euthanasia law
• More about Greenland dog hangings

Hsus Spotlights Circus Cruelty

Close Up Reports

Who can deny the sense of excitement the young and the young-at-heart feel when the circus comes to town? The sounds, smells, and attractions create a fantasy world where everything is fun.

But is it all good clean fun? Evidence in recent years suggests quite the contrary. The worst problems seem to be with the smaller circuses. In the past year, The HSUS has assisted several local societies investigating cruelty to animals in traveling circuses, rescued elephants and lions abandoned by a circus, and signed three complaints against one of the largest of today's small big tops.

According to Frantz …

Hsus Spotlights Circus Cruelty

Close Up Reports

Society has sideshow operator arrested in three states

Nero Summer 1977

New England Regional Office

• ISAP Director visits region
• Samantha (the ferret) makes her debut as a first grade teacher
• New England educators organize
• Sunday bow-arrow hunt shot down by Governor
• National Association headquartered at Humane Education Center
• Pet & Wildlife Preservation
• Norma Terris, "The Godmother"
• Salute to Charlotte Griswold
• Regional Reports
• Director's Message (John W. Dommers)
• HSUS appoints new Regional Director (John W. Inman, Jr.)
• Student joins Humane Society for summer work term
• Welcome to Kathy Savesky
• New England Federation of Humane Societies Annual Meeting
• A proposal: the Tufts-New England School of Veterinary Medicine

Hs News Volume 22, Issue 02

HSUS News 1977

• Pets, people & problems (Senator Charles McC Mathias, Jr., Maryland)
• Humane education going strong on West Coast (Charlene Drennon)
• First three societies accredited by HSUS
• Hope for the coyote?
• "Run Rabbit Run": an eyewitness report by HSUS investigators
• HSUS receives award for disaster relief work
• Intern program at Norma Terris Center
• HSUS West Coast regional office booth popular at nature fair
• HSUS's John Dommers cries "foul" in donkey basketball editorial
• Weller assists local societies
• NY Humane Education workshop led by Dommers
• Annual Report: 1976 in Review
• San Francisco SPCA offers health insurance for pets of elderly
• Unhappiness is a hot …

Mammalian Dispersal And The Ontogeny Of Individual Behavioral Phenotypes, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Explanations of dispersal mechanisms in mammals that have stressed the importance of aggression by dominant (?) individuals as the immediate cause of the dispersal of less aggressive (more subordinate?) individuals are insufficient for explaining recent data collected on a variety of mammals. In fact, avoidance of social interaction at the time of dispersal is more characteristic of some species in which individuals emigrate. Studies that have investigated genetic correlates of dispersal in rodent populations that undergo regular cycles are few and have not provided any "causative" explanations. In various canids and rodents, behavioral interactions at the time of dispersal do …

(No. 40) -- The Humane Movement Should Be Ashamed, Humane Information Services, Inc.

Report to Humanitarians

• The humane movement should be ashamed
• Sled dogs in Greenland hanged by the neck and otherwise brutally treated
• Rodeos banned in St. Petersburg: some lessons for humanitartians
• Dolphin-killing tuna industry at it again!
• "Guard dogs" for individuals
• Humane Slaughter Bill progressing
• Answers to question about the effects of the Brown Bill, H.R. 1464, on Kosher Slaughtering Plants
• The need for more communication within the humane movement

Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing

Close Up Reports

The Humane Society of the United States has initiated a nationwide boycott of a tuna products until real progress is made in reducing the needless slaughter of porpoises in tuna nets.

In the Spring of 1976, HSUS first asked its members to refrain from buying tuna because of the high porpoise mortality and the tuna industry's unwillingness to adopt any research porpoise-saving procedures. Recently, HSUS Program Coordinator Patricia Forkan called for a nationwide boycott of tuna.

Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing

Close Up Reports

New House Bill OKs Dolphin Deaths; HSUS Continuing Battle in Senate

Special Report: Hsus Is A Voice For Animals In Nation's Capital

Special Reports

Power is the name of the game in Washington, D.C. Powerful voices representing every shade of opinion on nearly every subject are seeking constant attention from our lawmakers and civil servants. The Humane Society of the United States is likewise working and speaking for the millions of Americans who care about animals. HSUS is investigating federal agency animal management programs; testifying on Capitol Hill; providing expert advice to legislative committees and congressmen; taking legal action in federal courts; serving on advisory committees; and monitoring legislative, regulatory, and legal affairs having to do with animals.

The voice of The Humane Society …

Special Report: Hsus Is A Voice For Animals In Nation's Capital

Special Reports

Power is the name of the game in Washington, D.C. Powerful voices representing every shade of opinion on nearly every subject are seeking constant attention from our lawmakers and civil servants. The Humane Society of the United States is · likewise working and speaking for the millions of Americans who care about animals. HSUS is investigating federal agency animal management programs; testifying on Capitol Hill; providing expert advice to legislative committees and congressmen; taking legal action in federal courts; serving on advisory committees; and monitoring legislative, regulatory, and legal affairs having to do with animals.

Wcro Spring 1977

West Coast Regional Office

• Chino geese -- bureaucratic bungling!
• Help save California's Endangered Species Law
• Rodeo information sought
• The dogs won!
• Susanville Wild Horse Roundup
• Your HSUS membership is more important than ever
• Eric Sakach joins HSUS staff
• California societies first in nation
• Disaster in the West Coast Region
• California Whale Day -- huge success

Hs News Volume 22, Issue 01

HSUS News 1977

• Let's put Greyhound Racing out of the running!
• KIND begins crusade to save dolphins
• Humane treatment of animals--another piece in the puzzle (Representative George E. Brown, California)
• Seal slaughter continues, despite efforts of animal welfare groups
• Staffers on the go ...
• HSUS's Frantz Dantzler: a big man doing a big job
• The reign of dogs and cats: new animal control report tells it like it is--and like it should be
• Disaster relief program aids oil-soaked birds
• Dept. of Agriculture sued by HSUS for failure to obey law
• Animals in biomedical research: threshold of a new era? (Dr. Michael Fox)
• The …

(No. 39) -- Good News About Humane Slaughter, Humane Information Services, Inc.

Report to Humanitarians

• Good news about humane slaughter
• Vegetarianism and humanitarianism
• Use of live rabbits in greyhound training