Vegan News 4.29.13

By Published On: 29 April 2013Last Updated: 17 January 2017

US hunter allowed to import rhino 'trophy,' Malta's controversial bird hunting season, opposition to Tennessee 'ag-gag' bill grows, Princeton University animal research.

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Hunter Allowed to Import Rhino Trophy into U.S. for First Time in 33 Years. “David K. Reinke, president and CEO of a laserjet printer parts wholesaler called Liberty Parts Team and a big donor to Republican political candidates, shot his black rhino in Namibia back in 2009. According to a 2010 report from Businessweek, he paid a total of $215,000 for the hunt. This appears to include a $175,000 contribution to the Namibian government’s Game Products Trust Fund, which helps to support wildlife conservation and management efforts. An organization called Conservation Force, headed by lawyer John Jackson, spent the past four years arguing that Reinke should be allowed to import the trophy from his hunt back into the U.S. Conservation Force holds the position that ‘that hunters and anglers are an indispensable and essential force for wildlife conservation,’ and has also argued for the right to import hunting trophies from polar bears, Canadian wood bison and straight-horned markhor, among other endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) granted that license in March.”

Malta calls in army to control controversial hunting season. “The Maltese government has had to draft in its armed forces to help police the country’s controversial spring hunting season. At this time of year thousands of migrating birds use Malta as a stopover point on their route from Africa to breeding grounds in Europe. Limited hunting is allowed but conservationists monitoring the migration have reported widespread illegalities.”

Celebrities join opposition to Tennessee animal abuse bill. “Nashville singer Emmylou Harris penned a letter to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Friday asking him to veto the bill that would require anyone recording or taking photos of livestock abuse to turn images over to law enforcement within 48 hours. Harris wrote that the bill would ‘paralyze the efforts of those concerned about the treatment of animals to collect evidence of a pattern of routine cruelty.’”

Animal rights activist protest Princeton University primate laboratory. “Irene Simmons once visited Nassau Street for lunch every day since she retired from the U.S. Navy last year, as a civilian software programmer. But when a whistle-blower published photos of laboratory primates subjected to harsh conditions at Princeton University’s Developmental Neuromechanics and Communication Lab, the Hopewell Township resident couldn’t stomach her usual routine. ‘I can’t bear to drive through this area, sit outside and enjoy myself knowing that animals are being tortured,’ Simmons said.”

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