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KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST AS WRITTENPART 2: UPDATES / SEPT - DEC 2007Victories * Setbacks * Progress For Animalshttp://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/PART 2: KC UPDATES / SEPT - DEC 2007 10. New York Medical College Drops Live Dog Lab! 11. Washington University Medical School Ends Pig Lab 12. Nine New Medical Schools To Teach Without Animals 13. Victory For

Wildlife Caught In Bush-Style Politics 14. Who Dumped Huntingdon Life Sciences Lately? 15. Bebe Bans Fur? Not For Awhile... 16. 1/10/08 Trial For Sergeant Who Let Dog Die In Patrol Car 17. Stu Is Spared, But NOT Free Or Exonerated 18. Spain: Bird Hunts With Glue Ruled Illegal 19. Mercy’s Killer Behind Bars For Four YearsPART 1: KC UPDATES / SEPT - DEC 2007I DID NOT GET PART 1, Please send it to me: kinshipcircle 1. Japan Scraps Plan To Hunt Humpback Whales 2. Lawsuit Against Los Angeles County Animal Control Dept. 3. “Chimp Haven Is Home Act” Passes Congress 4. Pet

Safety & Protection Act Passes As Part Of Farm Bill 5. Shark Busts Superbowl Of Rodeo, The National Finals 6. You Got The Pet-Killing Dogcatcher Canned 7. New Laws And Hope After Puerto Rico “Pet Massacre” 8. Vick Sentenced To 23 Months For Dogfighting 9. Vick’s Dogs...You Helped Save Their Lives==============================================================================================================================10. New York Medical College Drops Live Dog Lab!DATE: 11/26/07SOURCE: http://www.pcrm.org/dogs/EDITED FOR LENGTHNew York Medical College (NYMC) announced it will replace its live dog lab for its first-year physiology course with non-animal alternatives. Now there are only 10 medical schools left with cruel live animal labs: The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine University of Minnesota Medical School University of Mississippi School of Medicine University of Tennessee College of Medicine

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthKINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:4/20/06: Dinosaurs: Big Med Schools With Animal Labs http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1489 & seriesfirst=true===============================================================11. Washington University Medical School Ends Pig LabDATE: 11/26/07SOURCE: http://www.pcrm.org/PCRM confirmed Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis -- ranked no. 4 among U.S. medical schools -- has

discontinued its use of live pigs in a student cardiovascular lab...=============================================================== 12. Nine New Medical Schools To Teach Without AnimalsDATE: 11/26/07SOURCE: http://www.pcrm.org/newsletter/nov07/med_school.htmlEDITED FOR LENGTHNine new medical schools being established around the country to address the need for more physicians will not use dogs or other live animals to teach basic concepts in anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, or surgery, PCRM has recently learned. That news confirms a trend in U.S. medical education: Today, more than 90 percent of medical schools in the United States have

eliminated live animal laboratories from their curricula. Only 10 medical schools (of 126) continue to use live animals to teach students.KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:Letter Library / ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letters_by_category.asp?CategoryID=7Fact Sheets: ANIMAL RESEARCH http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/#3Columns & Articles: ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION http://www.kinshipcircle.org/columns_articles/topic_experimentation.html================================================================13. Victory For Wildlife Caught In Bush-Style PoliticsDATE: 11/26/07 FROM: dhartigSOURCE: http://news./EDITED FOR LENGTHBy H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer, WASHINGTON -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reversed seven rulings that denied endangered species increased protection, after an investigation found the actions were tainted by political pressure from a former senior Interior Department official.In a letter to Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W. Va., the agency acknowledged the actions had been "inappropriately influenced" and

"revising the seven identified decisions is supported by scientific evidence and the proper legal standards." The reversal affects the protection for species including white-tailed prairie dog, Preble's meadow jumping mouse and Canada lynx.The rulings came under scrutiny after Julie MacDonald, then a deputy assistant secretary overseeing Fish and Wildlife Service, pressured wildfire agency scientists to alter their findings about endangered species and leaked information about species decisions to industry officials...KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:LETTER LIBRARY / Wild Animals http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letters_by_category.asp?CategoryID=8================================================================14. Who Dumped Huntingdon Life Sciences Lately?DATE: 12/20/07, 11/20/07, 10/1/97, 9/20/07 FROM: Close HLS, closehls * Decimus Jones, animallibpress1press EDITED FOR LENGTH12/20/07: Once again HLS finds itself with few, if any, friends in the financial world. The following are companies who in the last few weeks have dumped Life Sciences Research stock (LSRI is the name HLS trades stock under): Transamerica Investment, Frontier Capital, SAC Capital, AXA, Wachovia, Alternative Investment Partners & Rathbone Brothers. 11/20/07: The North American Animal Liberation Press Office learned that Wachovia has

sold all their shares involving the notorious animal testing company Huntingdon Life Sciences. 10/1/07: Fullerton, CA -- Paul Moravek, owner and vice-president of Moravek Biochemicals, supplier of radioactive chemicals to Huntingdon Life Sciences, stated that his company has decided to cease doing business with the notorious contract animal testing company... http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques_home.htm 9/20/07: BNP Paribas, Huntingdon's (former) largest shareholder, sold all shares in HLS... "BNP Paribas does not hold any stock in the US company, Life Sciences Research, or any of its affiliates, on its own account...”KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:Bear Witness - Inside Huntingdon Life

Sciences http://www.kinshipcircle.org/columns_articles/hls05pg1.htmlLETTER LIBRARY / HLS-Related Letter Campaigns http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letters_by_category.asp?CategoryID=7FACT SHEET: Who Is Huntingdon Life Sciences? http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/WhoIsHuntingdonLifeScienc.pdf INSIDE/OUT: Diary Of Madness http://www.kinshipcircle.org/store/#books================================================================15. Bebe Bans Fur? Not For Awhile...DATE: 11/1/07SOURCE: http://sfist.com/2007/11/01/bebe_bans_fur.php Bebe Bans Fur -- San Francisco clothing retailer bebe has decided to drop real fuzzy-wuzzy fur from all of their designs come January, according to bebe CEO Gregory Scott. The company maintains a 3% fur-use in their lines as of now. Come next year, they will be proudly fur-free...Bebe Stops Buying Fur But Keeps Selling It! Following over a year of discussions with PETA, bebe plans to

continue selling rabbit fur following the company's recent announcement it will go "fur-free." The company has no plans to drop rabbit fur from its inventory for this fall and winter... We urge people to refuse to shop at bebe until it stops selling fur. KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:12/2/05: Fur Flies At bebe, Ann Taylor, Brooks Brothers http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter%5Flibrary/letter.asp?LetterID=1437 & seriesfirst=true================================================================16. 1/10/08 Trial For Sergeant Who Let Dog Die In Patrol CarDATE: 10/24/07SOURCE: http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/12040/AZ/US/#UPDATES EDITED FOR LENGTHChandler police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy will go on trial Jan. 10 for reckless animal abuse after he left his K-9 partner in a hot patrol car for more than 12 hours. Lovejoy has pleaded not guilty... Bandit, a Belgian Malinois, died on August 11, 2007. Lovejoy apparently forgot Bandit was in the vehicle... He found Bandit dead when he returned to the car later in the day... The high temperature in Phoenix on that day was 109 degrees. KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:9/30/07: Bandit Died Waiting In Officer’s Scorching Car http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1688 & seriesfirst=true================================================================17. Stu Is Spared, But NOT Free Or Exonerated DATE: 10/20/07FROM: Jeff de la Rosa, stu.911SOURCE: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view & friendID=107121886 & blogID=320755348EDITED FOR LENGTH“This photo was taken by a good friend who was instrumental in securing Stu's transfer from the [Los Angeles]

pound to Bobby Dorafshar's New Leash on Life. The attorney and I are preparing opening briefs and have just received some key evidence we hope will help us win. No date on the court hearing yet, but Stu is thriving with all good reports from his trainers...”Stu was impounded on Sept. 16, 2005 for an “attack” on a pet sitter who confronted him after he’d been injured... Though an Animal Services Hearing Examiner found him NOT DANGEROUS, Stu languished in Los Angeles Animal Services pound, gaining weight and losing his spirit until his very recent transfer to New Leash On Life. The case is not over, as Stu is still not with his dad, Jeff de la Rosa, but for now “he’s safe, sound and loved” and Jeff can visit him in this positive environment. MORE ABOUT STU AND JEFF’S NIGHTMARE: http://stu.911.googlepages.com/KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:SEPT. 2007 DIGEST: Unhappy Anniversary For Stu! Will He Ever Be Freed? (not yet available on line)8/12/07: My Dog Stu Unjustly Imprisoned Since 9/15/05 http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/relief/07-08-12.html#5 JUNE 2007 DIGEST: Saving Stu - Legally They Can Kill Him Any Day Now http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_06.html#anchor1================================================================18.

Spain: Bird Hunts With Glue Ruled IllegalDATE: 10/10/07FROM: mentayflorSOURCE: http://mediambient.gencat.net/eng//el_departament/sala_de_premsa/notes/NPCa_aenBarraca.jspDespite a 1986 ban under European law, the Valencian government still condones the tradition of parany. During this annual hunt for tordos (thrushes), killers coat tree branches in glue. When birds settle in the trees, their delicate feet adhere to the deadly limbs -- causing immense physical and psychological torment. As they struggle to escape, hunters tear them from the branches to fatally beat them with racket-like instruments. A Catalan government law that would have legitimized this “custom” was vetoed,

making bird hunts with glue forbidden again. KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:1/25/04: Heartless Slaughter Of Songbirds In Spain http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1090 & seriesfirst=true================================================================19. Mercy’s Killer Behind Bars For Four YearsDATE: 9/29/07SOURCE: http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/8126/TX/US/#UPDATESEDITED FOR LENGTHCASE: Pit bull doused with gasoline, set on fire / LOCATION: Dallas,

TXA 22-year-old Dallas man who tortured his dog by setting her on fire was sentenced Friday night to four years in prison for animal cruelty. Deshawn Brown stabbed his dog, poured an accelerant on her stomach and set her on fire in April 2006. Prosecutors say he was mad she wouldn't mate.Prosecutor David Alex had asked jurors to give Mr. Brown the maximum 10 years -- one year for each day she suffered before dying. Jonnie England, executive director of Operation Kindness, the shelter that cared for the pit bull mix they named Mercy, called the jury's sentence "insignificant.We're extremely disappointed," she said. "It's not enough, and it's not about revenge. It's about justice."KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:UPDATES / JUNE - SEPT 2007: Mercy's Killer Faces Bond

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