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LUBBOCK (AP) — A Texas Tech
researcher Wednesday called the ac
tions of an animal rights group that
vandalized and destroyed equipment
at his lab “senseless and ridiculous.”
Five cats used in sleep research
were taken from the lab of Dr. John
Orem, a physiology professor, dur
ing a break-in Monday night. Docu
ments were stolen and equipment
was vandalized. University officials
Wednesday placed a cost estimate of
the damage at $70,000, not includ
ing the value of the cats.
The break-in was the first in
Texas by the “underground liber-
ationist” Animal Liberation Front,
according to a group called People
for the Ethical Treatment of Ani
mals.
Ingrid Newkirk, national director
of Washington-based PETA, said
ALF developed in the early 1980s
and believes it now has at least 100
members in the United States.
“They go into places where they
suspect abuse and take the pictures
and get the records and the informa
tion that researchers and those
working on these projects try to
hide, ” Newkirk said.
Orem has spent 12 years studying
breathing in sleep, which helps him
understand sleep apnea and Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome. In both dis
orders, breathing fails in sleep.
Texas Tech University Health Sci
ence Center researchers discovered
the break-in Tuesday morning and
found spray-painted messages on
the walls that indicated ALF was re
sponsible, according to a statement
released Wednesday by university
president Robert Lawless.
“We most sincerely urge conscien
tious behavior on the part of those
responsible for this incident and we
warn that the Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center will not tol
erate such incidents on our campus,”
Lawless said.
The animal
statement issued by t
that Orem uses innu
rights groups, in
mrr m i
PETA, charged
mane research
methods, such as bolting the,
heads into steel clamps.
“This is all sensational nonsej
Orem said. “The technkjuesk;
are standard neurological
dures that are done under ane
sia. There is nothing gruesome
spicable, wasteful or barbaric/
it.”
“They’ve acted and it's i
senseless and ridiculous."
Dwindling number of police officers
causes delayed arrival at crime scenes
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of police officers
patrolling city streets has dwindled to the point where
officers sometimes get to the scene of a crime long after
it is committed, some policemen said.
Less than 489 police officers patrol 600 square miles
of Houston streets, neighborhoods and business dis
tricts 16 hours per day.
Days off, sick time and vacation causes that number
to shrink, leaving some substations with fewer than 20
patrol officers on some shifts.
According to a June 1 report, the Houston Police De
partment had 1,468 patrol officers to answer initial calls
for service, patrol the streets and respond to emergen
cies. That number is split among three shifts at more
than 10 substations and other locations.
In addition, the number of officers in FiddOjl
tions Command — which includes patrol, traffic a:
cident and other functions — had dropped fronrlM
in November 1986 to 2,333 on May 1, 1989, the J
said.
Mark Clark, president of the Houston PoliceOM
Association, said rising crime statistics and theinJ
in response time indicate the criminal element
aware of the manpower shortage.
“They (the criminals) watch television and rcadB
papers,” Clark said. In addition, criminals arerB
prone to use violence because they realize officers:!!
inadequate backup, he said.
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Leadership
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Texas community colleges and tech
nical institutes that want to hire mi
norities. The data bank was com
piled by the A&M Public Policy
Resource Laboratory.
Dr. Gonzalo Garcia, coordinator
of the development of the data bank,
said the project’s goals were divided
into two parts — Year One and Year
Two.
Year One was the research and
development phase of the project,
Garcia said. A number of surveys
were conducted with the chief exec
utive officers of the community col
leges and technical institutes in
Texas, trying to find out what the
barriers were to minority leadership
and what minorities need in order to
become more effective leaders.
Year Two is the program itself,
which begins at A&M with the three-
week institute and endsnext summer
with a similar institute.
“There is no Year Three planned
under the current funding,” Garcia
said. “It’s only a two-year grant.
so far from the participants, my gut
feeling is that it has been successful,”
he said. “We certainly have stimu
lated a lot of interest and activity.
The participants are interested and
motivated.”
“I
It’s an effort to recruit and get more minorities in key
leadership positions.”
— Dr. Laverne Young,
project manager
We’re hoping we can get some con
tinued funding somewhere. There’s
a potential for three years, but we’d
have to reapply. That depends on
the outcome of the program.”
Garcia said the participants in the
program so far have been enthusias
tic about it.
“From the feedback we’ve gotten
The shortage of minorities, spe
cifically blacks and Hispanics, in
leadership positions in educational
institutions is a large one, Garcia
said. And though that shortage may
be reversed in the future, he said it
will be a slow change.
“There are too many barriers out
there that need to be moved before
we can see a major turnaround 3
said. “I’m referring to sexualbfl
sexual stereotypes, institutional’||
riers and attitude barriers on i|
part of employers.”
He said until there is a massinl
titude change, the shortage ofa
nority leaders will continue.
“We can teach these peoplea
terms of leadership and dffl
opment skills, make them mort||
fective in terms of communicaB
skills and make them develop J
assertiveness, but where the nag
change needs to take place isong
part of the institutions and (hew
pie who are hiring,” Garcia said ;
“There are little things well
doing to make the presidents!
chief executive officers of theseiuB
tutions more aware, but were |
Ihe ones who are going to behiiil
these people,” he said. “We can'll
ate positions.”
Bees
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the few people who have severe allergic reactions
to any type of bee stings, he said.
Texas Africanized Honey Bee committee was
organized in April 1987. Comprised of represen
tatives from various health and agriculture de
partments from around the state, the committee
was formed to determine what the AHB means
to the state of Texas, what needs to be done to
eliminate or minimize the negative impacts of its
arrival and if it is actually a threat, Thomas said.
The committee developed the Texas African
ized Honey Bee Management Plan, proposing
I specific recommendations for research, colony
management suggestions for beekeepers, public
education and public health.
“Information and education is where nearly all
of our effort has gone so far,” Thomas said. “We
want to advise beekeepers, the general public
and elected officials as to what to expect and
what to do.”
One of the committee’s primary goals is to
aquire a reseach laboratory.
“We need to have an ID lab,” Thomas said.
“We don’t have any way in this state of separating
between the Africanized honey bee and the do-
“I
Information and education is
where nearly all of our effort has
gone so far. We want to advise
beekeepers, the general public and
elected officials as to what to expect
and what to do.”
— Dr. John G. Thomas,
extension entomologist
to evolve through natural selection as it traveled
north throughout Latin America, Thomas said,
mestic honey bee. Right now, when we get a sus
pected (Africanized honey bee) sample, there is
one person in the U.S. that will identify it. There
is only one lab that will provide that service.”
The bee resulted from a honey bee breeding
program in the 1950s. Dr. W.F. Kerr, a German
geneticist, was trying to breed a bee capable of
surviving the tropical climate of Brazil. The new
vtrain of bees was released in 1957 to commercial
beekeepers in Brazil.
“Kerr was sucessful,” Thomas said. “He did
develop some honey bees that did out-perform
anything they had in Brazil. These were pro
vided to the commercial beekeepers of Brazil and
they simply overlooked the defensiveness and ag-
ressiveness of the bees because they were better
honey producers.”
After its original release, the AHB continued
The aggressive characteristics it developed in
clude excessive swarming and absconding (aban
donment of the hive when threatened), lack of
selectivity in choosing a nesting site and highly
defensive behavior. As a wild bee, the character
istic traits it exhibits are those which best ensured
its chances of survival, he said.
“Once in the wild, only the meanest bees survi
ved,” Thomas said. “The AHB of today is a much
meaner bee than Kerr’s bee.”
It is these character traits which make the bee
such a threat to the United States and the agricul
ture and honey industries.
“The Africanized honey bee is not a honey
producer,” Thomas said. “The European bee is a
much better honey producer than the African
bee, so there is no reason to replace the Euro
pean bees, even if the African bee didn’t have
these agressive traits.”
A larger threat to the economy is the competi
tion for resources the AHB will present to the
domestic honey bee, and the resulting reduction
in honey production and domestic honey bee
population.
“If in fact the African bees get into an area, be
cause of their tendency to swarm extensively and
heavily populate an area, the resources we’ve de
pended upon for European bees to make surplus
honey will most likely be overgrazed,” Thoifj
said, “because the African bee populates an at:
until the resources are totally used.”
Unmanaged, the AHB can reduce honeyplj
duction by 60 to 70 percent, the 1 exas Advixsj
We need to have an ID lab. We
don’t have any way in this state of
separating between the Africanized
honey bee and the domestic hone)
k ee ‘ — Dr. John G. Thomas
extension entomologisl
Committee on Africanized Honey Beessaidit
written report. The value of honey has rang
from $100 to $150 million annually in the l
and from $5.3 to $7.6 million in the state, the
port said. Texas could experience losses of$2
$4 million annually if the AHB colonizes'
state, the report said.
The loss in honey production also could
to a reduction in crop pollination by the dome:
honey bee, Thomas said. The estimated value;'
crops (vegetables, fruits and nuts) pollinated j
domestic bees is $800 million annually, he said ’
“One-third of the food we eat is the direct;!
suit of pollination by honey bees,” he said. "f|
every dollar’s worth of honey that beekeepf
sell, those crops requiring or benefitting as a|
rect result of honey bee pollination total $143.
The threats to crop pollination are far great
than any threat to the honey producers, he saic
The money requested from the state would
used for education and public relations, regi
tory and quarantine, and a research and idem
cation lab.
An emergency research fund of $100,000*
granted in May to get a “head start” on testim
the Rio Grande Valley, Thomas said, but
committee has not heard if their budget reqm
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