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INFORMATION REPORT
ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE
P.O. Box 3650 Washington, D.C. 20007 January, February, March, 1977 Vol. 26, No. 1
ROSTROPOVICH BENEFIT CONCERT
FOR ANIMALS
On March 28th, the world's greatest cellist Mstislav
Rostropovich, will play Bach, Brahms, Rachmininoff, and
Prokofiev for the benefit of Monitor, Inc., a coalition of conserva-
tion and humane groups concerned with the protection of marine
mammals and endangered species. The concert will take place at
8:30 P.M. in the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
The twenty-two member organizations of Monitor include the
Animal Welfare Institute, Friends of the Earth, Defenders of
Wildlife, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, Humane Society of the
United States, Fund for Animals, and the Society for Animal Pro-
tective Legislation. Representatives of the groups meet weekly to
take positions on the permit requests under the 1973
Endangered Species Act and the 1972 Marine Mammal
Protection Act and to join in actions benefitting the animals
covered by these federal laws.
The benefit performance is presented under the patronage of
H.R.H. The Prince of Denmark, Sir Peter Scott, Liv Ullman,
Jason Robards, and Brigitte Bardot.
Tickets for the concert range from fifteen to fifty dollars, the
latter including an invitation to a reception following the concert
in the Atrium.
Tickets may be obtained by phoning Instant Charge:
202-466-8500 or writing to:
Monitor, Inc. Animal Welfare Institute
Suite 931 or P.O. Box 3650
1346 Connecticut Avenue Washington, D.C. 20007
Washington, D.C. 20036
RESEARCH AWARDS TOTALLING $16,000
OFFERED FOR SUCCESSFUL SUBSTITUTES
FOR LABORATORY ANIMALS
An international contest for scientists whose research is of
immediate benefit to animals was recently announced by the
Director of the Felix Wankel and Ernst Hutzenlaub Awards for
Animal Protection. The two awards of 20,000 German marks
each will be made for original research work. Emphasis is being
placed on two major fields: development of alternatives to
laboratory animals, and of less cramped quarters for animals in
intensive husbandry systems. For details write:
Felix Wankel and Ernst Hutzenlaub Research Awards
Att: H.J. Weichert, Director
Ortlindestrasse 6/VIII
D-8000 Munich 81
Federal Republic of Germany
NEW EDITION OF HUMANE BIOLOGY PROJECTS
High school biology teachers have kept up a demand for the
AWI manual Humane Biology Projects since it was first published
in 1968. It has gone through eight printings.
The new edition, now in press, includes numerous original
projects and chapters including You as the Guardian of Nature
and You as the Subject of Study. The latter, by F. Barbara
Orlans, Ph.D., first appeared in The American Biology Teacher.
Other authors who have contributed to the 1977 edition of
Humane Biology Projects include Vagn Flyger, Ph.D., Professor
of Wildlife Biology, University of Maryland; Karl Niklas, Ph.D.,
Associate Curator of Paleo Botany, The New York Botanical
Gardens; Dewey M. Caron, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Entomology, University of Maryland, and Kenneth M. Nagler,
Chief of Space Operations, Support Division, NOAA. 1
Teachers who wish to order a free copy may write to the AWI
at the address on the letterhead. Others may order copies at
$1.00 each (cost price).
COSTA RICA'S PRESIDENT RECEIVES
SCHWEITZER AWARD
The Albert Schweitzer Medal of the Animal Welfare Institute
was presented to Daniel Oduber-Quiros, President of the
Republic of Costa Rica, on February ninth at the annual meeting
of the AW1. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, who was the 1958
medalist, made a stirring presentation. President Jimmy Carter
telephoned President Oduber during the ceremony to extend his
good wishes. Over five hundred people, including important
government officials, attended the meeting in the Senate Office
Building and heard of the magnificent network of national parks
which Oduber is largely responsible for creating. It is hoped the
Costa Rican example will serve as a model for other nations. In
accepting the award, Oduber said, Costa Rica firmly and
emphatically rejects the view that preservation of the natural
environment is a concern of the privileged and wealthy nations,
and a luxury which poor and developing nations cannot afford.
We are a developing nation, and yet we see the preservation and
protection of the natural environment as vital to our country....
We need no violence against people or nature in order to develop
our country and defeat poverty. On the contrary, respect for
protection of the environment is as essential to our policy for
development as it is inherent to our philosophy.
Senator Humphrey expressed the basic philosophy of the
animal welfare movement when he commented on a famous
quotation of Schweitzer's: 'No one may shut his eyes and think
that the pain which is therefore invisible to him is nonexistent.' In
other words, man is not an island unto himself. Your pain is my
pain; mine is yours. The pain that human creatures suffer, other
human creatures also suffer, and the pain that animals suffer
tends to poison the entire human environment.
President Oduber has not limited his effort to the grand design
of the national parks but also gave thought to individual animals
captive in the San Jose Zoo and has arranged for them to move
to spacious country quarters where they will be seen in near
natural surroundings.
The full text of Senator Humphrey's and President Oduber's
speeches follow:
Remarks of Senator Humphrey
First, may I explain to our associates here, to our very
distinguished and honored guests, that the President of the
Republic of Costa Rica left the room only because he is taking a
call from the President of the United States, and I'm sure you
think that's an appropriate reason for a timely exit. I'll save a lot of
the nicer things I was going to say about him until he gets back. In
the meantime, he is hearing some very nice things from someone
who is very important, the President of the United States, Mr.
Carter.
Let me just say how happy I am to participate in this ceremony.
My old and distinguished friend, the dean of the diplomatic corps,
the Ambassador of Nicaragua, Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, is here
with us today. We love him very much. The Ambassador who
represents the great country of Costa Rica, Mr. Silva, the Ambas-
sador Designate to the Organization of American States, Senator
McGee, the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
Affairs, Mr. Todman . .. Mr. President, we welcome you back. We
understand.
President Oduber, my good friend, and he is a personal
friend, I was recalling in the brief moments that we had just before
this public gathering, the first time that we had the opportunity to
meet. It was in his very beautiful home in Costa Rica a little
paradise unto itself, the whole country, and his home a very
lovely place. I have looked forward to this day again to greet you
and welcome you. How wonderful it is to have you here in the
United States. You're welcome any day, any time, the only thing I
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