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April 2009 “Entertainment” Gone Dangerously Wrong Paws Down! To Amazing Animal Productions and Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Lodge for putting children in harm’s way. During a live animal performance at Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Lodge, a 2-year-old girl was bitten on her face, neck, and elsewhere on her body when an animal handler brought a wolf hybrid on stage. The child was taken to a hospital, treated, and released. The wolf was killed. Regardless of how often a wild animal may have performed in public, there are no guarantees that their natural instincts or a bad reaction to stress won’t take hold. We only have to look at what happened to Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy to see that trained wild animals are not 100% predictable. These tragic events—for both the humans and animals—underscore what NHES has always known: wild animals belong in the wild and not in entertainment productions. Take Action: Send a polite letter to the owners of Amazing Animal Productions and Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Lodge letting them know that endangering the public, especially our children, is not acceptable. And of course, subjecting wild animals to life on the stage is not in the animal’s best interest either. Sidney Yost, Owner Amazing Animal Productions 2065 West College Ave. # 2002 San Bernadino, CA 92407-4642 Telephone: 800-977-2841 Fax: 310-388-0476 Email: info@amazinganimalproductions.com Joseph Hook, Keith and Susan Wolick, Owners Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Lodge IL Rte. #178 Utica, IL 61373 Telephone: 866-399-3866 Email: info@grandbearlodge.com Source: www.topix.com/county/bureau-il/2009/04/utica-wolf-attacks-girl-during-show www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=378375 # Pigs Lose in Trauma Training Course Paws Down! To North Dakota for using live pigs in trauma training courses. State University According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), as recently as April 27, 2009, North Dakota State University (NDSU) used live pigs in its trauma training course. Students anesthetized, cut open, and practiced medical emergency procedures on the pigs before killing them. NHES opposes cruelty in all its forms and anxiously awaits the day that animals will no longer be subjected to the pain and suffering associated with biomedical and all other research testing. PCRM states that, “more than 90 percent of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses nationwide are taught using only human-based simulators.” The American of Surgeons, the ATLS oversight body, has approved non-animal models like the TraumaMan System, SimMan, and cadavers for these courses; yet, a handful of institutions like NDSU continue to use live pigs in its trauma training. College Take Action! Please Contact Joseph A. Chapman, Ph.D., President of North Dakota State University, and politely ask him to end animal use in the institution’s ATLS courses. Joseph A. Chapman, Ph.D.
President
North Dakota State University
Old Main 102, NDSU Dept. 1000
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Phone: 701-231-7211
E-mail: Joseph.Chapman@ndsu.edu Source: www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/04/17/news/state/182714.txt http://support.pcrm.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=30681.0&autologin=true # |
