UARC News and Events >> 22 May 06

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Hi Everyone,

Here is some news of the goings on in the Utah Animal Rights Coalition. In This E-Mail:

  * Calendar of Events
  * In the News

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### CALENDAR OF EVENTS ###
  ( UARC lists other groups' events in our calendar as a service to the community, for solidarity with others fighting for animal liberation.  PETA, VFS, ARM and Ching Farm are not affiliated with UARC. )

Monday, 22nd
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- 7:00 PM - UARC Steering meeting at The Bridge (512 W. 200 S.).  All are welcome.

Saturday, 27th
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- 12:00 NOON - Ching Sanctuary cooking class @ Jordan Landing Wild Oats re "South of the Border"


### IN THE NEWS ###

Tuesday
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* Aviary's missing eagle is found ? in Idaho
  http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635207854,00.html
Tracy Aviary's prized bald eagle, which had been missing for two weeks, was found Monday morning ? 230 miles away in Ririe, Idaho.
  "I'm surprised it got this far north. That's quite a hop and a skip," said Jim Porter, an animal control officer in Idaho Falls. "I would have assumed that it would have been found 10, 20, 30 miles from home. I didn't think it would come here because you've got to cross a mountain range." ...

* Utah wildlife budget faces cut in fed aid
  http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635207758,00.html
Add another possible category to the endangered list: federal funding to help the wildlife agencies in Utah and other states protect rare animals. ...


Friday
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* Update: S.L. police shoot, kill pit bull
  http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3843173
Salt Lake City police SWAT officers helping to serve a search warrant early Friday shot and killed a pit bull that was reportedly about to attack them.
  The dog came from the same area in the home at 148 W. Westwood Ave. (1980 South) where a suspect was hiding.
  Police recovered firearms and narcotics. ...

* 2 dogs spray-painted in face
  Both were in fenced yards when hit with utility-orange spray
  http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635208795,00.html
Two dogs along the Wasatch Front have been sprayed in the face with orange paint this spring, and apparently, the spraying was deliberate, the Humane Society of Utah said Thursday. ...


Saturday
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* Plan for horse patrols at Pioneer Park trotted out
  http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635208944,00.html
  Saxton sees many benefits; mayor calls idea 'absurd'
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson wants to spend $4.7 million to spruce up Pioneer Park. City Councilwoman Nancy Saxton thinks she could do it with a couple of horses.
  If Saxton's proposal comes to fruition, Pioneer Park could join the ranks of New York City's Central Park, Washington, D.C., and Canada ? it could be patrolled by horse-mounted police. ...


Sunday
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* Stacked deck: Wildlife amendment is legal, but misguided
  http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_3847140
The courts say it's legal, but that doesn't make it right.
  In 1998, the Utah Legislature proposed and the voters passed Proposition 5, an amendment to the state's constitution. It says that initiatives placed on the ballot to affect hunting and fishing must be approved by two-thirds of the people voting. ...

* Zoos are not natural
  http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_3847135
I was sad when I read the article, "Escapee wolf turns Hogle into a zoo," and learned that Hogle Zoo supports live capture and cages beautiful animals.
  Zoos can more accurately be described as "collections" of interesting "specimens" than actual havens or simulated habitats (real homes). Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to interfere with animals and keep them in captivity where they are bored, cramped, lonely, deprived of all control over their lives and far from their natural homes.
  Animals belong in the wild, not in captivity. ...

* Dogs sprayed in face with paint in Sandy, Centerville
  http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3845704
  Stake Center Locating: Owner of dog hit in eyes says manager 'acted like it was no big deal'
In separate incidents, two dogs have been sprayed in the face with orange paint, the Humane Society of Utah said.
  Owners said their dogs were in fenced yards at the time. ...


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That's it for this week.  Thanks for reading!