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39 Animal Welfare Inst. Q. 1 (1990-1991)

handle is hein.animal/awiqu0039 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE QUARTERLY P.O. BOX 3650 WASHINGTON, DC 20007 SPRING 1990 VOL. 39 NO. 1 Victory for the Dolphins StarKist will not buy tuna caught on dolphins or from drift nets, two other companies announce similar decisions Nearly 20 years after enactment of the in response to questions from the press, Marine Mammal Protection Act, a major StarKist CEO, Keith A. Hauge, stated that goal of which was to achieve zero If a tuna boat does not have an ob- mortality and serious injury rate server on board, we will not buy of dolphins in the purse seine that tuna. U.S. tuna boats fishery, the world's larg- have 100% observer coy- est tuna canner an- erage. Foreign vessels nounced that it would have 30%. notbuy any tuna caught Sam LaBudde, in association with dol- who went undercover to phins. It will continue film the incidental kill- to refuse to buy fish ing of dolphins on a caught with gill or drift foreign purse seiner and nets. whose film is widely Within three months, bcredited with bnnging StarKist tuna will carry about favorable action, dolphin safe symbols on Apraised Heinz's action as the labels with the messagle, the first company to ban tuna No Harm to Dolphins. The H. caught at the expense of dol- J. Heinz Corporation, parent com- phins and asked Senator Biden if he pany of StarKist, staged a major press con- would consider legislation to close ourbor- ference, with the Chief Executive Officers ders to all tuna which is dolphin unsafe. of both companies making presentations The Senator responded affirmatively, say- and answering questions. ing that's what the law should be. Only hours after the press conference, In response to a question from the Co- the next two biggest tuna canners, Bumble pley News Service about implications for Bee and Chicken of the Sea, announced the U. S. fishing fleet, Dr. O'Reilly cited that they, too, would give up buying any figures of 1.8 million tons purchased, tuna caught in association with dolphins. 400,000 tons of which comes from the Senator Joseph Biden, author of The Eastemn Tropical Pacific, and 200,000 tons Dolphin Protection and Consumer Infor- are caught in association with dolphins. mation Act,praised the corporation's re- StarKist will facilitate financially the sponsible action ... before we even passed move which some boats will wish to make the law requiring it. (See page 14.) to the Eastern Pacific where stronger hy- Heinz CEO, Dr. Anthony J. F. O'Reilly, draulic equipment is necessary. Dolphin called it a momentous decision which had and tuna do not swim together in this ocean resonated in the halls of the corporation. area. He characterized it as a worldwide crusade StarKist is the only tuna company thatre- in which the corporation supports the ef- fuses to sell albacore tuna caught with gill forts of the United States and the United or drift nets. While awaiting tuna labeling Nations to end uie use of drift nets interna- tionally. mis summer, consumers can be assureu that StarKist albacore is dolphin safe. PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Federal Legislation Would Ban Steel Jaw Leghold Traps Congressman James Scheuer (D, NY) introduced legislation to end the use of steel jaw leghold traps April 24, 1990. In introducing his bill, H.R. 4604, he said: Mr. Speaker, today, I and more than 20 of my colleagues are introducing a bill to outlaw the use of the cruel and inhumane steel jaw leghold trap, a brutal device used by the U. S. fur-trapping industry. The steel jaw trap snaps closed on the limb of an animal as it steps into the trap. It does not kill it. It causes excruciating pain for hours or perhaps days until a hunter comes along and dispatches it or until it bleeds or starves to death. Sometimes the animal frees itself by gnawing off its own limb in desperation, despair, and panic. Mr. Speaker, the European Parliament is currently deliberating legislation that would ban imports of all fur and fur prod- ucts caught in countries that continue the use of the steel jaw leghold trap. I have met with these men and women. I have negoti- ated with them and discussed the matter with them. They are rational, thoughtful, enlightened, dedicated legislators. The Environment Committee of the European Parliament will consider amend- ments to the Regulation proposed by the European Commission to ban importation into the European Community of pelts and fur products from steel-jaw-trapped furs. The Commission's proposal, which lists certain species and includes reference to futbre international standards, would not go into effect until 1996 if adopted in its present form. However, many Members of the European Parliament are urging an earlier date. The Animal Welfare Institute recommends that steel-jaw-trapped furs be continued on page 15

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