HS NEWS Volume 27, Number 04

President\u27s Perspective: A reformation in the making (John A. Hoyt) Brains discuss pain What a neighborhood New stamp debuts Are cats smarter than dogs? : No, but neither are dogs smarter than cats. It\u27s all in how you look at intelligence and at each animal\u27s unique qualities. (Julie Rovner) The impossible achieved: the IWC votes for a total ban on commercial whaling (Patricia Forkan) The HSUS co-publishes new Schweitzer book Constructing a temporary ark: zoos and private landowners have designed a new program to breed endangered species on former game ranches (Sue Pressman) The Everglades deer massacre ... and its aftermath (John W. Grandy) HSUS at White House Opposing FTC threats No progress on S. 1043 Bill to help laboratory animals withstands House test Trap hearings cancelled Wild horse maneuvers Ban-ished Battle over Back Bay Predator control offensive Institute enjoys productive summer NAAHE expands services to educators Texas races nixed Puppy-mill protest LA laws pass Conference on exotics No to rodeo for Dough Community studies completed Trap Ban bill fails Flash Chicago battle Fighting force Dogfighters sentenced In-fighting Death Tank ban Great Swamp protest HSUS cries fowl New area office opened Vet Clinic rulings reported Vagueness challenge rejected HSUS challenges government Hunting policy SPECIAL SECTION: LABORATORY ANIMALS Releasing pets for research: opposition mounts to pound seizure How you can protect pets from research Twenty years of effort -- and failure -- at America\u27s regional primate centers (Dr. Andrew Rowan) The HSUS supports mobilization against primate centers The saga of the Silver Spring monkeys: Taub conviction upheld Taub NIH grant stopped Animal experimentation: how necessary -- and how moral? (Dr. M.W. Fox