home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!glasgow!dam
- From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
- Newsgroups: alt.activism.d
- Subject: Re: Greenpeace KILLS baby seals
- Message-ID: <C1IDB9.IsL@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 10:33:08 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.003643.9234@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
- Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.
- Lines: 16
-
- bdellert@nic.gac.edu writes:
-
- >In the past month, 3 people have told me that Greenpeace sprayed baby seals
- >with a dye, so trappers wouldn't kill them (their fur became useless). But it
- >turned out the dye was toxic and killed the baby seals.
-
- >**What the HELL!** Is their any truth to this, or any idea where the story
- >started? Are there any references to it in the media?
-
- I've heard this story a few times, the first about 2-3 years ago, with nothing
- to back it up. I suspect the source of the story is the trappers themselves
- for obvious reasons.
-
- Dave
-
- --
-