BIZARRE BAZAAR
BY LOIS NEVILLE
DEALER SOLD PET DOGS FOR HUMAN FOOD
Ervin Stebane of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, dealt in dogs and cats he bought from
"Bunchers." He made a nice little profit selling the slaughtered
dogs as exotic meat to Orientals to whom dog meat was part of their native
cuisine. The other animals he sold to laboratories for medical experimentation.
He was doing all right on his Circle S Ranch just outside of Kaukauna, Wisconsin,
until
Last Chance for Animals came along.
Last Chance for Animals has been notorious for years. They were the ones
who used to break into animal medical research labs at night, free the animals
and take them to vets for repair of their wounds. They got arrested so many
times that for several years they went underground. When they emerged, it
was to make a video film of the inside of a medical lab. It was jail again,
but SUPPRESS distributed the film to small PBS stations. It wasn't terribly
popular; too horrifying, so Last Chance for Animals embarked on another
crusade: Catching Class B animal vendors on film. They caught Ervin Stebane
in the act-this time with a regular TV studio camera crew to film the action
as witnesses. They caught him killing and butchering somebody's large black
and white dog for somebody else's dinner. They ruined his day, ruined his
business. He lost his license.
The Bunchers have an even more profitable business than the Class B dealers
who sell to animal research labs because Bunchers get their animals for
free. They just pick them up here and there, on the street or from unlocked
cars or from the free Animal ads in the newspaper. Then they sell them to
licensed Class B animal vendors for a nice profit. Apparently they don't
even bother to remove the dog licenses, as one of Stebane's waiting sacrifices
had local dog tags with the owner's name on them.
Chris DeRose, recently out of jail where he was sentenced for intruding
on the privacy of the medical lab in order to make that film, took on the
action at the Circle S Ranch. It wasn't that cheap and easy. To make a court
case, the LCA had to wire a licensed private detective, audio tape those
who came to buy dog meat, videotape Stebane's operation, travel from California
to Wisconsin in order to cover the case, not to mention the cost of the
concealed video camera.
"The money just keeps going out and going out," says DeRose. Want
to help out? Send money.
I am proud of DeRose, pleased that I wrote to him the last time he was in
jail. This time it's the criminal who goes to jail, not the person who revealed
the crime. LCA has caught several of these Class B animal vendors. They
hope to catch more. They hope the state will stop licensing them to sell
our pets and "free to a good home" animals to horrifying medical
laboratories or for meat for someone's table.
Want to see the film that caused Mr. Stebane's downfall? Watch for it on
USA cable network in September, or, for a $50 donation, you can have it
for your own. Want to see the animal lab film which sent DeRose to jail
for trespass? Contact SUPPRESS.
Want to learn how to spot "Bunchers" on their rounds? LCA's free
"Pet Theft Action Pack" will help.
Contacts:
Last Chance for Animals, 18653 Ventura Blvd., suite 356,
Tarzana, CA 91356. SUPPRESS, 740 E. Colorado Blvd., #205, Pasadena, CA 91101
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MYSTERIES
The Mysterious, Sudden Death of Vincent Foster
E WAS INVOLVED IN UNCOVERING the May scandal of corruption in the White
House Travel Bureau, which caused the firing of all members of that bureau.
He was a childhood friend of President Clinton, described by Clinton as
his "Rock of Gibraltar," someone Clinton could lean on. He was
a close friend of Hillary Clinton, a member of her law firm, recently named
"Lawyer of the Year" in Arkansas. He was chief deputy of the White
House Counsel's Office. He had a happy home life and recently had proudly
shown his children through the White House. He was a responsible person,
who had been a winner all his life, and this was the day when the new White
House had a big win: the nomination of US. District Judge Luis Freeh and
hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominee Ruth Ginsburg.
His last recorded words were a smiling "I'll see you later" at
1 p.m. Tuesday, July 20th. Presumably, immediately thereafter, though unacquainted
with the Washington area, he found his way to an obscure Civil War Memorial
Park in Virginia, sat down, put a gun to his mouth, and killed himself.
Three hours later an anonymous call alerted the police, who found the body.
He left no suicide note for his family.
Does this scenario make sense to you? It doesn't to me. As a fiction story,
no editor would accept it. As fact, it is not acceptable either. As I recall
so many assassinations, from Black activists in the '40s to Martin Luther
King, Jr., from the Kennedy brothers to the attempted assassination of Ronald
Reagan (and how different his pronouncements were before and after that
event and how different his mental condition as well!). These have made
me a cynic about such events.
Found dead at a Civil War memorial? I cannot help recalling the macabre
sense of humor of the CIA: the spy plane labeled 007, the humorous names
they give to their various enterprises. Was the area where Vincent Foster
Jr.'s body found also symbolic? Was his death a warning to President Clinton?
I don't know what further investigation will uncover about the death of
Vincent Foster. Will we be told of these investigations or will the story
merely disappear from the media, a one-day wonder which will always remain
a mystery?
Will Clinton speak up? No. But I have my suspicions.
The Aspirin Mystery
IF YOU GIVE YOUR CHILDREN or teenagers St. Joseph's Aspirin for Children
or Effervescent Aspirina, you may be putting them at risk of a serious neurological
disease called Reyes Syndrome.
Dr. David Wolfe, Director of Public Citizens Health Research Group in Washington,
D.C., says, "Hundreds of American children are dead and hundreds more
are severely brain-damaged because of aspirin-caused Reyes Syndrome."
Mystery: This fact was known to Plough Corporation, maker of St. Joseph's
Aspirin in 1981. Why were there no warnings on the package or bottle until
1986? Why are we all so trusting that we do not read instructions or warnings
on across-the-counter medical products? Why have doctors urged adults to
use an aspirin a day to prevent heart problems when the instructions say
clearly that adults should not take this product for more than 10 consecutive
days? The list of things for which St. Joseph should not be used is a long
one; flu, chicken pox, arthritis in children, fever after 3 days/ No persons
with asthma should use it.
The ACLU News reports that ACLU is suing Plough for conducting a big campaign
in the Latino community while instructions are not in Spanish. Plough declares
it doesn't have to.
Perhaps we don't really have to take St. Joseph's aspirin. But whatever
you substitute, beware! Read the label!?
The Moon Mystery.
IF YOU LOVE A MYSTERY, you should be fascinated by this one: Why is the
moon radioactive? Why is one spot far "hotter" than the rest?
Why is the moon's surface covered with glass? The Apollo astronauts described
it as a "glassy glaze." These and other strange facts about the
moon disclosed in the Book of Lists #2 make it even more mysterious than
it was before the Apollo astronauts trod upon it. However, if you were in
New Mexico when stores were selling souvenirs of the first atomic test,
pieces of pretty pale green glass made from radioactive fused sand, you'd
start thinking deep thoughts about this! Add those "flying saucers"
which suddenly huddled around earth after that first atomic test and you'll
find yourself with a mystery so hot you'll be tempted to drop the whole
thing like a hot potato!
