Recommended Reading
August 2001
SC Point story about LABS
In its Summer 2001 issue, Point, which is South Carolina's only independent newspaper, finally told in detail the story of the "Baby Monkey Scandal."
In 1997, the company Laboratory Animal Breeders and Services (LABS) imported a series of shipments totalling around 1,400 monkeys from Indonesia.
The shipments included infant monkeys as young as 3-4 weeks old and also wild-caught monkeys falsely declared as captive-born.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service conducted an investigation of the legality of the shipments. The final results are not yet known. Civil litigation also resulted from the importations and dismissals of staff. Drs.
Patrick Mehlman and Alecia Lilly sued LABS for wrongful dismissal and were awarded over a million dollars by a Hampton County jury.
South Carolina's daily newspapers and wire services were aware of the story, but never gave it a single line. Even though LABS director David Taub was Mayor of Beaufort, the Beaufort Gazette completely ignored the story, as did the Charleston Post and Courier and the Associated Press wire service.
The story is posted on the Internet at:
www.scpronet.com/point/point/p04.html
If you do not have access to the Internet, but would like a copy, please contact IPPL Headquarters.
"Animal Equality"
All too often we find ourselves using language carelessly in regard to animals.
In her thought-provoking book Animal Equality, author Joan Dunayer shows how carelessly humans use such terms as "beast," and "brute," in regard to humans who act in a depraved manner. She also discusses use of
expressions such as "living things" and "it" in regard to animals, and suggests alternatives.
Animal Equality, which is sub-titled Liberation and Language, is available from www.amazon.com
It can also be ordered through your favorite bookseller.
