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- >Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:51:27 -8
- >Subject: Proposed Herring Gold Rush in Gloucester Could Threaten Fish Sto
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- >PROPOSED HERRING GOLD RUSH IN GLOUCESTER
- > COULD THREATEN FISH STOCKS
- >
- >
- >WHAT: Gloucester Fishery Commission Meeting - Discussion of
- >herring expansion plants
- >
- >WHO: Gloucester Fishery Commission, Gloucester Initiatives,
- >Greenpeace
- >
- >
- >WHEN: Thursday, April 10 - 7:00PM
- >
- >WHERE: Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester, Massachusetts
- >
- >
- >GLOUCESTER, MA - The Gloucester Fisheries Commission is holding
- >their monthly meeting during which they will discuss the proposed
- >$10 million herring and mackerel processing plant on the state fish
- >pier and the former incinerator vessel that is being retrofitted to
- >become a factory trawler to fish on the East Coast. A business
- >group called the Gloucester Herring Corporation wants to build the
- >50,000 square foot plant and put into operation, at minimum, a 369
- >foot factory trawler to catch and process the herring. A Dutch
- >fishing company called Parlevliet & Van Der Plas would fund the
- >venture. Last December Greenpeace blocked a Parlevliet & Van Der
- >Plas trawler, the Helen Mary, in the English Channel while it was
- >fishing for herring roe. The Greenpeace protest was sparked
- >because the European Union reduced fishing in that region by 50% as
- >a means of saving the stocks.
- >
- >
- >Greenpeace and other local groups will attend the meeting to
- >address the concerns of the fishermen in Gloucester and throughout
- >New England and to alert residents to the negative environmental
- >effects that this type of fishing will have on ensuring the healthy
- >biomass of the Northwest Atlantic waters. "The presence of this
- >factory trawler, with an 11,000 HP engine, invites similar vessels
- >looking for a fishery," said Niaz Dorry, Greenpeace Fisheries
- >Campaigner. "The North Pacific factory trawl fleet is already on
- >the record expressing interest."
- >
- > Even with a healthy stock, many fishermen and others in the
- >fishing communities experienced the negative impact of the factory
- >trawl fleet on many fish stocks including herring, haddock, and
- >cod in the 1960s and 1970s. Not only did the factory trawlers
- >play a major role in the overfishing of commercial stocks, their
- >presence played havoc on Georges Bank's ecosystem. Currently,
- >there is no federal fishery management plan for herring. There
- >are some efforts to use the current preliminary management plans
- >as a platform on which to build a federal plan, but the Atlantic
- >States Marine Fisheries Commission is only just starting this
- >process.
- >
- >The plant, which would be the biggest of its kind in New England,
- >would pack and freeze more than 20,000 tons of herring each year
- >and ship it overseas, according to Frank Elliott, owner of a
- >Gloucester shipping company and president of Gloucester Herring
- >Corp. Approval of this project would mark the return of factory
- >trawling to New England waters. The project is currently backed by
- >Gloucester Mayor Bruce Tobey and Vito Colomo of the towns
- >fisheries commission.
- >
- >Greenpeace and other concerned groups are demanding that this
- >almost completed factory trawler and other factory trawlers be
- >stopped from entering the Northwest Atlantic waters. The fishing
- >communities and the fish stock have suffered enough.
- >
- >FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- >Niaz Dorry - Greenpeace Fisheries Campaigner (508)283-5893
- >Terri Johnson - Greenpeace Press Officer, Washington, DC
- >(202)319-2542
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-
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:33:35 +0800 (SST)
- >From: vadivu <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Man cannot do with nature as he pleases
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- >Daily News - Features Section (Sri Lankan newspaper)
- Saturday 12, April 1997
- Man cannot do with nature as he pleases
- By Peter Montague
-
-
- I would like to be wrong about this. I hope I am. But it seems to me
- there's a pattern of perpetual trouble ahead. It's avoidable, but only
- with major effort.
-
- It seems as if the entire `developed' world is depending on rapid
- industrial innovation to pull its chestnuts out of the fire. The People
- who run the permanent government (they're not elected) seem stuck on the
- idea that tremendous growth will be required to solve the problems of
- poverty, well-being, and pollution within the US and throughout the
- world.
-
- Even the Brundtland Commission - the prestigious group that coined
- the phrase `sustainable development' back in 1987 - argued that the
- world's total economic activity would have to increase five-fold to 10-
- fold to lift all humans out of poverty. The need for growth has become
- an axiom of modern industrial/economic/political life.
-
- A corollary to this axiom says that rapid technical innovation is
- the way to achieve growth. Therefore `sustainable development' requires
- rapid growth, which in turn requires rapid technical innovation,
- according to the people who think of themselves as managing the planet.
-
- Obviously, this view creates an imperative to deploy new
- technologies - an imperative that is particularly visible, these days,
- in the fields of genetic engineering and materials science. (Materials
- science is the systematic effort to create materials that nature never
- made, from which to construct next year's automobiles, airplanes,
- rockets, medical machinery, sky scrapers, foodstuffs, space stations,
- pesticides, communications and entertainment platforms, armaments and so
- on.)
-
- It seems worth mentioning that, in the recent past, mad dashes
- toward new technologies have usually created serious trouble:
- ** Our oil-based civilisation seemed like it was giving us a
- wonderful life until it started warming the planet: in 1995-96 the
- world's community of meteorologists reached consensus that our devotion
- to petroleum has ominous implications for the kind of world we will
- leave to our children.
-
- ** For 50 years, new uses of mercury proved to be very productive in
- scientific instrument, silent light switches, latex paints, pesticides,
- and more. But now we find that the mercury content of the world's
- atmosphere has nearly doubled and consequently the fish in most of our
- fresh waters have become poisonous from a build-up of toxic mercury in
- their tissues.
-
- ** Lead is a superb pesticide, gasoline additive, paint supplement,
- and glaze for pottery, but now we find that, millions - literally
- millions - of children in the US and aboard are having their
- intellectual capacity permanently diminished by lead poisoning.
-
- ** The invention of DDT made it possible to control malaria-bearing
- mosquitoes without understanding anything about the life-cycle of the
- mosquitoes - so easy that we forgot how to employ knowledge of mosquito
- ecology to control malaria, relying instead on the heavy hand of DDT.
- Now that the side-effects of DDT have become apparent - disrupting the
- hormones of wildlife and contaminating humans on a global scale - DDT is
- being phased out and malaria (the number one Killer, worldwide) is
- resurgent. Other infectious diseases are spreading as well, because of
- environmental dislocations caused by human technologies.
-
- ** Learning how to `fix" nitrogen from the atmosphere was a
- marvellous innovation, leading to artificial fertilisers, increased per-
- acre agricultural yields, and green lawns. But now `environmental
- disruption caused by a planetary overload of nitrogen is emerging as a
- new global concern' (William K Stevens, `Too Much of a Good Thing Makes
- Benign Nitrogen a Triple Threat',`New York Times', 10/12/96) - a triple
- threat, warming the Earth, contributing to the destruction of the ozone
- layer, and diminishing valuable biodiversity.
-
- ** Nuclear energy was sold to taxpayers with the promise of
- electricity `too cheap to meter' and nuclear weapons so horrific that
- they would make war unthinkable. Nuclear electricity turned out to be
- expensive, and today war is hardly unthinkable. Furthermore, in late
- 1996, the US Secretary of Energy declared, `The arms race is over. Our
- struggle now is to get rid of this sea of plutonium.`The world's
- several-hundred-ton stockpile of plutonium (a substance described by its
- discoverer, Glenn Seaborg, as `fiendishly toxic') has created what the
- `New York Times' calls `one of the most intractable problems of the
- post-Cold-War era'.
-
- This list could readily be extended, but the point is probably
- clear.
-
- Now, driven by the perceived need for rapid innovation to promote
- economic growth, we find that `We are in the midst of a second
- industrial revolution, one in which new high-tech materials are entering
- the workplace at an almost overwhelming rate,'says Tai Chan, programme
- manger of occupational health and safety research for General Motors. Of
- course, after they enter the workplace, high-tech material enter
- commerce and eventually enter the general environment.
-
- A recent article in `Environmental Health Perspectives'(a US
- government scientific journal) says, `Seeking an elusive combination of
- high strength and light weight has driven engineers to develop a
- staggering variety of new fibers and particles.'And:`Unfortunately, many
- of the most desirable manmade fibers have many of the least desirable
- health-related characteristics.'
-
- And: `Typically composed of various combinations of ceramics,
- polymers, and metals, these composites can pose a health risk to workers
- who inhale fibers and particulate, and may present health hazards as
- serous as those of asbestos.' And: `In fact,... researchers don't have a
- good understanding of the mechanisms that may contribute to the toxicity
- of ultrafine materials.' In other words, here we go again.
-
- Carroll Pursell, a technology historian at Case Western Reserve
- University, says, `Technology should be about the exercise of prudence.
- But economic considerations usually push new developments forward.'
-
- This is certainly the case with genetic engineering. The genetic
- engineering industry hit its stride in 1995-96 when US regulators (Food
- and Drug Administration, and Environmental Protection Agency) approved
- the commercialisation of half a dozen new genetically engineered crop
- species, which are now being dispersed into the environment by farmers
- on a large scale. Soon these species will be sold abroad.
-
- For the first three billion years of life on earth, genes could only
- be shared among species that were similar enough to mate and reproduce.
- There was no way dog genes could get into cats, or corn genes into
- wheat. The gene pool of the mating species limited the genetic
- information that any species could contain. Natural genetic variations
- have always occurred, and those that promote survival may endure and
- eventually cause a species to evolve, but the process up until now has
- been glacially slow.
-
- What's new about genetic engineering is that it allows genes to be
- shared among completely unrelated species. And quickly. Genes from a
- trout can be put into a tomato, for example, to give the tomato some
- desirable characteristic that only the trout used to have. Species
- created in this way are called `transgenic species' or `living modified
- organisms' (LMOs). Now, literally, for $68 any microbiology graduate
- student can purchase a gene splicing kit and start transplanting tobacco
- genes into mosquitoes, or shark genes into lady bugs to see what will
- happen.
-
- In 1996, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) published a book
- urging caution as transgenic species are released into the environment.
- The book basically asks, `What will it mean to have a steady stream of
- animal and microbial genes entering the gene pools of plants in wild
- ecosystems?' Based on principles of ecology (principles derived from
- observing the way nature works) UCS warns of the following scenarios:
-
- ** Gene flow, in which new genes from insect-, disease-, or
- herbicide-resistant species flow to wild plant relatives and weeds,
- causing agricultural and ecological havoc unless effective controls are
- available and affordable:
-
- ** Harms to non-target species arising, for example, from new gene
- products with toxic qualities being ingested by birds and other feeders
- in the regions where LMOs are cultivated:
-
- **Cascading effects on an ecosystem triggered by the introduction of
- LMOs, such as pests developing resistance to Bt in transgenic plants of
- being diverted to other food sources:
-
- ** Loss of biological diversity arising when LMOs displace other
- species, a particularly acute problem in Third World nations that
- possess great crop diversity but lack the infrastructure and expertise
- to prevent losses.
-
- Yes indeed, here we go again.
-
- We must ask, why do we create such similar problems again and again?
- Why do we never seem to learn?
-
- 1) Most fundamentally because we believe we are the master species,
- and that the rest of creation exists for our benefit. We are free to do
- with it as we please. This completely wrong ideas, this suicidal
- fantasy, is explored with wit and wisdom in Daniel Quinn's philosophical
- novel, `Ishmael'(Bantam, 1995). As Quinn sees it, either we will get rid
- of this deep-seated idea, or this idea will get rid of us.
-
- 2) Because we have set up our rules so that the people who
- perpetrate new technological mistakes profit from them in the short
- term, leaving the long-term costs to be borne by others.
-
- What could do differently? We could put the burden of proof on those
- who want to deploy new technologies, similar to the way we put the
- burden of proof on people who want to sell new pharmaceutical drugs.
-
- An elegant, conservative scheme for shifting the burden of proof has
- been proposed by economist Robert Costanza. He calls it the
- `precautionary polluter pays principle'. Basically, it would require
- technical innovators to post a performance bond up front, to cover the
- worst-case costs of what they're about to unleash on the world. Would it
- slow the pace of technical innovation? Surely it would. Do we need such
- a slowing? Only if we desire a future for humans. -(Third World Network
- Features)
-
- Peter Montague is director of the Environmental Research Foundation
- in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. This article first appeared in `Rachel's
- Environment & Health Weekly,' of which he is editor.
-
-
-
-
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:33:05 +0800 (SST)
- >From: vadivu <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: (HK) Hunter turned birdwatcher
- Message-ID: <199704120633.OAA12042@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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-
- >Hong Kong Standard, 12 Apr 97
-
- Feature article
- Bird's-eye view
- By Priscilla Cheung
-
-
- ORNITHOLOGIST Wang Tian-hou admits he loved hunting birds.
-
- ``The kids in my neighbourhood and I used to roam around the forest
- shooting down birds with a Y-bow,'' Mr Wang, who hails from Shanghai,
- says.
-
- ``If we got six or seven birds, we'd be sad.
-
- ``We wanted at least 20 or 30 birds _ now that's a victory.''
-
- But now Mr Wang, a keen birdwatcher and a training officer at the
- World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong (WWF), hunts down birds in quite
- a different way.
-
- ``The idea of birdwatching is similar to hunting. Instead of a gun,
- you take a camera, binoculars or even a telescope and try to ``shoot''
- a bird,'' Mr Wang says.
-
- ``The effect is quite different _ it's just as exciting but you don't
- kill the species.''
-
- Mr Wang now works at the WWF centre on the Mai Po Nature Reserve and
- persuades people to drop their guns and start protecting our birds and
- the environment.
-
- ``We let people understand that the habitats of the birds are being
- threatened, and that is threatening our bird population in Hong
- Kong.''
-
- Mr Wang started working for the Hong Kong WWF two years ago after
- studying biology, ornithology and environmental sciences in Shanghai
- and Brisbane, Australia.
-
- He began his career as a bird expert by default _ his adviser in
- Shanghai was a bird expert and he was coerced into writing a thesis on
- birds.
-
- ``There are so many unsolved mysteries,'' he says.
-
- For example, nobody quite knows how birds choose their stops in the
- migration routes, or how they sustain the tedious sojourn that could
- last for days.
-
- Mr Wang lives in Mai Po in near solitude.
-
- ``It doesn't bother me. I'm so close to nature. On one side I can see
- the buildings (in Shenzhen) and on the other side, I can see the
- ponds, the hills, the birds and marshes _ it's so peaceful.''
-
- Living in the rural land is a homecoming of sorts to Mr Wang _ he grew
- up in his grandmother's house in the countryside near Shanghai until
- he moved to Shanghai at the age of seven.
-
- ``It was the most free time in my life _ she used to encourage us to
- run around, fish and even shoot the birds.
-
- ``There's always a best time in a person's life, and (the days in the
- village) were mine.''
-
- Mr Wang now runs about 10 training programs for visiting
- conservationists and government officials from the Asia Pacific region
- and the mainland.
-
- ``Many people think that wetlands are wastelands. But they come here,
- see Mai Po, and come to understand that the wetlands are one of
- China's most important resources.'' Many former trainees have returned
- to their provinces and set up reserves and education centres, Mr Wang
- says.
-
- ``Hunting is still a serious problem (on the mainland). That's why we
- try to co-ordinate with people from China to learn about loving
- birds,'' he says.
-
- Mr Wang will participate in this weekend's Big Bird Race, a WWF fund
- raiser. WWF hopes to raise $2.5 million.
-
- Mr Wang will lead a group of mainland birdwatchers on a trip around
- Hong Kong taking pictures of as many bird species as possible.
-
- Mr Wang's team identified 167 species out of the 400-odd species in
- Hong Kong last year. The team placed sixth among a dozen teams.
-
- After the race, Mr Wang will go to Shanghai and Shandong and trace the
- birds' migration patterns.
-
- ``Birds are our friends. They never harm people . . . I don't know why
- people harm them.''
-
- WWF organises frequent Mai Po boardwalk visits. It is also
- recruiting volunteers to work at the nature reserve. Call the reserve
- at 2471 6206.
-
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:33:42 +0800 (SST)
- >From: vadivu <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: (MY) Register pets
- Message-ID: <199704120633.OAA12219@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg>
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-
- >The Straits Times, 12 Apr 97
- Malaysia File
-
-
- REGISTER PETS: To reduce road accidents caused by stray
- animals, Malacca's veterinary services department will, from next
- year,impose fines of M$1,000 per animal on livestock owners who
- fail to register their animals.
-
- State rural develop-
- ment and agriculture committee chairman Datuk Noordin Yaani
- said the Livestock Registration Bill, was being drafted. -- NST.
-
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:33:48 +0800 (SST)
- >From: vadivu <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: (MY) Documentary on life underwater
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-
- >The Star (11-Apr-97) Uncovering life underwater
- By Ng Wai Meng
-
-
- WARISAN Samudera which
- explores exotic islands and seas in Malaysia, taking viewers on
- an enlightening journey beneath the waters, made its debut on
- Astro's Ria channel on March 13.
-
- The high-budget documentary, an all-Malaysian
- production by Novista Communications, also zooms in on our country's
- marine plants and creatures.
-
- The series covers a host of intriguing subjects
- ranging from awesome hunting techniques of unusual marine plants
- and animals to their extraordinary mating and feeding habits.
- "Warisan"is
- presented in five segments - "Fakta Samudera", "Siar Samudera",
- "Rahsia Samudera", "Adat Samudera" and "Nota Samudera".
- In each episode, "Fakta" introduces a unique marine lifeform,
- "Siar" explores a specific dive or marine location, "Rahsia"
- "unravels some of the ocean's sea secrets, "Adat" discusses
- some dos and don'ts about the sea and "Nota" highlights some
- important facts about underwater life.
-
- The programme will showcase some rare footage
- - be sure to look out for sharks queuing up to be cleaned by a
- fish known as the cleaner wrasse, the deadly crown-of-thorns starfish
- spawning on the coral reef, close-ups of turtles mating in the
- surf, the vicious lionfish stalking its prey at night and the
- octopus changing shapes and colour to communicate with its mate.
-
- "Malaysians will be exposed to our rich
- marine heritage through "Warisan". I want to prove that ours
- is just as interesting as those of other countries' that we see
- in foreign documentaries," said Harun Rahman, the managing director
- of Novista.
-
- The stunning underwater visuals are works
- of Novista's team of skilful videographers, led by Harun, who
- also produces and directs "Warisan".
-
- Since the its establishment in 1992, the
- company has been producing documentaries for WWF (Malaysia), the
- Fisheries Department and other organisations.
-
- According to Harun, this is its first major
- project: "This is the first time we've had the chance to produce
- a series. We've already completed 13 episodes and the second season
- of "Warisan" is currently in the works."
-
- Harun, who holds a degree in film production,
- was trained for six years in the United States. "I've been diving
- for several years and I can't recall a time when I didn't have
- a camera with me whenever I dived.
-
- "I guess the underwater world is just too
- captivating for me to miss anything so I have to record everything
- I see."
-
- Novista's executive director, Chin Kek Mien (right),
- who shares the same fascination for the sea, is also part of the
- script-and-research team.
-
- An experienced diver himself, Chin explains
- that filming a documentary underwater is not an easy task. "We
- need a big budget. Sometimes we need a helicopter to fly our equipment
- when filming takes place in a remote area, which makes the production
- so expensive.
-
- "Also, it consumes a lot of time and effort
- because we sometimes end up waiting for hours in vain when our
- 'subjects don't turn up.' "
-
- "Another thing is," adds Harun, "constraints
- such as air, diving and safety requirements dictate that we can
- only be underwater for an hour at a time - if weather and sea
- conditions permit, that is."
-
- Looking for crew members was tough. "It's
- very difficult to find experienced underwater crew members. One
- must be well-trained in videography and diving. Plus, one has
- to be physically fit and used to a vigorous lifestyle, like Harun,"
- says Chin.
-
- Post-production work is equally challenging.
- It took the team more than two years of hard work and painstaking
- research to come up with the programme.
-
- Harun adds, "We constantly refer to our
- panel of consultants for verification.
-
- "At times they can't confirm some very rare
- species which we have captured on film so there is always the
- possibility that there are some (species) in Malaysia which are
- not found elsewhere."
-
- "Warisan" is
- not only about sea creatures and their habitats, it also aims
- at creating an awareness among Malaysians.
-
- "We also discuss important issues on conservation
- and protection as a reminder that our underwater heritage may
- be destroyed due to human ignorance," says Harun, who has been
- the president of the Malaysian Society of Marine Sciences for
- two years now.
-
- "Warisan" is
- narrated in Bahasa Malaysia by Ariffah Kamarul who also dives
- with the crew. There are plans to dub the series in English and
- other languages for the international market.
-
- Since "Warisan"is a world-class documentary
- (and may even put Malaysia on the map), it would be great if RTM
- would screen it for those who can't afford Astro.
-
- 'Warisan Samudera' is aired over the Ria
- channel on Wednesday (2.30pm), Thursday (10.30pm) and Friday (9pm).
-
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:37:17 -0400 (EDT)
- >From: Debbie Leahy <DLEAHY@delphi.com>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Donkey Basketball-Calls Needed
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- CALLS NEEDED TO PROTEST DONKEY BASKETBALL
-
- Rock Island High School in Illinois has a Bob Crosby donkey
- basketball game scheduled for Thursday, April 17. Two humane
- investigators just met with school officials in an attempt to have
- the activity canceled. The school, already plagued with controversy
- due to violent acts committed by students, has ignored all appeals
- and refuses to be influenced by "outsiders."
-
- Please call superintendent William Mitchell at 309/793-5906 and urge
- him to demonstrate to the students a lesson in responsibility and
- compassion by canceling this cruel "sport."
-
- Mention:
-
- Donkey ball has resulted in many injuries to both donkey and
- participants. Hooved animals combined with slippery floors, loud
- noises, unfamiliar surroundings, and unskilled riders who may hit and
- kick the animals creates a formula for disaster.
-
- Dozens of other schools have already responded to the public's
- concerns by discontinuing donkey ball--just recently Woodstock High
- School in Illinois and ten Minnesota schools.
-
- The donkeys spend much of their lives being shipped across the
- country in cramped, dreary trailers. To prevent accidents, food and
- water is often withheld prior to appearances.
-
- --------------------------------------
- Illinois Animal Action
- P.O. Box 507
- Warrenville, IL 60555
- 630/393-2935
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 11:44:59 -0400
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- -- Howard F. Lyman
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 12:03:32 -0400
- >From: allen schubert <alathome@clark.net>
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: (US) Bug Zappers May Do More Harm
- Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970413120330.006e38d0@clark.net>
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- from AP Wire page:
- ------------------------------
- 04/12/1997 11:02 EST
-
- Bug Zappers May Do More Harm
-
- By JOHN D. McCLAIN
- Associated Press Writer
-
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spring has arrived and daylight savings time is here,
- so can
- the mosquitoes be far behind? For many Americans, it's time to get out the
- electric
- bug zapper.
-
- The continuous snap, crackle and pop coming from a zapper on a summer evening
- has convinced many homeowners the traps are effective in ridding porches and
- patios of marauding mosquitoes and no-see-ums.
-
- But wait, say some scientists who study insects. Too often, they believe,
- bug zappers
- not only are ineffective against biting bugs, but do more harm than good.
-
- For instance, a study by the University of Delaware at Newark analyzed 13,789
- insects zapped by electric traps and found only 31 -- less than one-fourth
- of 1
- percent -- were biting bugs ``seeking blood meals at the expense of
- homeowners.''
-
- Nearly half were non-biting aquatic insects such as caddis flies and
- midges that
- feed fish, frogs, birds and bats, the study found. And another 14 percent
- were insects
- that actually attack pests, such as wasps, ground beetles and ladybugs.
-
- ``The heavy toll on nontarget insects and the near absence of biting flies
- in catches
- suggest that electric insect traps are worthless for biting fly
- reduction,'' concluded
- Douglas W. Tallamy and Timothy B. Frick, who conducted the study.
-
- Tallamy, an entomologist, said insects have been described as the glue of the
- ecosystem.
-
- ``They are such an important component of the food chain that, if removed,
- the
- ecosystem would fall apart,'' he said in an interview. ``If you remove the
- source of
- food for birds and fish, you don't have birds and fish anymore. A number of
- mammals also depend on insects.''
-
- Sal DeYoreo, president of Flowtron Outdoor Products, a manufacturer of
- electric
- traps in Melrose, Mass., disputed the Delaware study.
-
- ``The findings and numbers in the study are inconsistent with those of the
- owners of
- the bug killers,'' he said.
-
- DeYoreo also contended that zappers ``are a safe alternative to chemical
- insecticides, which when sprayed, kill all in their path,'' including
- breeding sites. And
- insecticides have the added danger of affecting the bird food chain by
- poisoning
- insects, he said.
-
- The Delaware study estimated that about 1 million zappers are sold in the
- United
- States each year. The traps used in the project had been operating for an
- average of
- seven years.
-
- Through the 40 nights of the study, the seasonal mean catch per night was 445
- insects per trap.
-
- That means that if, in any given year, 4 million traps are used for 40
- nights during the
- summer, then 71,200,000,000 -- more than 71 billion nontarget insects -- are
- needlessly destroyed in the U.S. each year, the study concluded.
-
- Some entomologists say the study suggested that since so many predators and
- parasites were killed, the traps may actually be protecting mosquitoes and
- other
- pests.
-
- Electric traps typically use ultraviolet light to lure flying insects to
- an electrified metal
- grid, which Tallamy said does not attract mosquitoes and explains why so
- few were
- found in the traps.
-
- But he said one of the most important reasons for the traps' failure is that
- mosquitoes are far more attracted to the carbon dioxide exhaled by people.
-
- DeYoreo said newer, state-of-the-art traps use lures similar to cows'
- breath that are
- more attractive to biting bugs.
-
- But if you have a problem in killing insects, what's the alternative?
-
- ``I personally have no trouble using standard insect sprays,'' said
- Tallamy, the
- entomologist. ``Another thing is modifying your behavior, staying away
- from where
- mosquitoes are. Citronella works somewhat. Campfire smoke does too.''
-
- Tallamy and Frick, then a university student, conducted the study during
- the summer
- of 1994 in lowland, wooded areas near aquatic breeding habitats in suburban
- Newark, Del. Their findings were published in Entomological News by the
- American
- Entomological Society in Philadelphia.
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:33:56 -0400 (EDT)
- >From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Fwd: Protesters Roar at Lion Dinner
- Message-ID: <970412133355_-966455475@emout20.mail.aol.com>
-
- Just when you think you've heard it all...!!
-
- In a message dated 97-04-12 03:25:44 EDT, AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net writes:
-
- << Subj:Protesters Roar at Lion Dinner
- Date:97-04-12 03:25:44 EDT
- From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
-
- .c The Associated Press
-
- SAN DIEGO (AP) - A restaurant that held a South African-themed
- dinner featuring the king of the jungle as the main course drew
- protesters who waved placards that read, ``Lions belong in the
- wild, not on your plate.''
- Sixty guests wearing tuxedos and formal dresses braved the wrath
- of about 150 protesters Tuesday to enter the Top O' the Cove
- restaurant in upscale La Jolla for its $100-a-plate dinner.
- ``We think it's really sad that something as magnificent as a
- lion should be reduced to just another dinner entree to a bunch of
- jaded elitists who have nothing better to spend 100 bucks on,'' San
- Diego Animal Advocates spokeswoman Linda Kelson said.
- The lion, which was raised in the Midwest for human consumption,
- was served during ``Le Big Smoke Dinner IX,'' one of the
- restaurant's special quarterly dinners. Lion meat reportedly tastes
- like sweet pork.
- The meal also featured six wines and courses of Kenyan haricots
- verts (green beans), wild baby greens with sunflower oil dressing,
- and alligator cake with violet mustard sauce. Guests were also
- offered three types of cigars.
- Restaurant owner Ron Zappardino said he doesn't understand why
- serving American-farm raised African lion meat has people upset. In
- the past, his restaurant has offered such exotic meats as ostrich,
- elk and venison.
- At least one protester was dressed in a lion costume and another
- raised a toy stuffed lion on a platter over his head like a waiter.
- As the protest grew, it drew honks of support from passing cars. >>
-
-
- ---------------------
- Forwarded message:
- >From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
- Date: 97-04-12 03:25:44 EDT
-
- <HTML><PRE><I>.c The Associated Press</I></PRE></HTML>
-
- SAN DIEGO (AP) - A restaurant that held a South African-themed
- dinner featuring the king of the jungle as the main course drew
- protesters who waved placards that read, ``Lions belong in the
- wild, not on your plate.''
- Sixty guests wearing tuxedos and formal dresses braved the wrath
- of about 150 protesters Tuesday to enter the Top O' the Cove
- restaurant in upscale La Jolla for its $100-a-plate dinner.
- ``We think it's really sad that something as magnificent as a
- lion should be reduced to just another dinner entree to a bunch of
- jaded elitists who have nothing better to spend 100 bucks on,'' San
- Diego Animal Advocates spokeswoman Linda Kelson said.
- The lion, which was raised in the Midwest for human consumption,
- was served during ``Le Big Smoke Dinner IX,'' one of the
- restaurant's special quarterly dinners. Lion meat reportedly tastes
- like sweet pork.
- The meal also featured six wines and courses of Kenyan haricots
- verts (green beans), wild baby greens with sunflower oil dressing,
- and alligator cake with violet mustard sauce. Guests were also
- offered three types of cigars.
- Restaurant owner Ron Zappardino said he doesn't understand why
- serving American-farm raised African lion meat has people upset. In
- the past, his restaurant has offered such exotic meats as ostrich,
- elk and venison.
- At least one protester was dressed in a lion costume and another
- raised a toy stuffed lion on a platter over his head like a waiter.
- As the protest grew, it drew honks of support from passing cars.
- AP-NY-04-09-97 0840EDT
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- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:44:22 -0400 (EDT)
- >From: LMANHEIM@aol.com
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Fwd: Sea World Of Florida Guests 'Wading' To Meet Dolphins
- Message-ID: <970412134420_-2071414056@emout05.mail.aol.com>
-
- More exploitation...
-
- In a message dated 97-04-12 07:37:43 EDT, AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net writes:
-
- << Subj:Sea World Of Florida Guests 'Wading' To Meet Dolphins
- Date:97-04-12 07:37:43 EDT
- From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
-
- New Interaction Program Unites Dolphins and
- Guests for Face-to-Face Experiences
- ORLANDO, Fla., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea World of Florida
- officially
- premieres its Dolphin Interaction Program (DIP) today to guests eager to
- join
- the "wading" list for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sea World's DIP
- takes
- animal interaction and thrills one step further, one notch deeper and
- wonderfully wetter, uniting dolphins and guests in a face-to-face encounter
- for the first time at the world's most popular marine life adventure park.
- Thrilling, hands-on interaction opportunities provide guests with an
- unforgettable experience within the world of the bottlenose dolphin.
- The two-hour program includes two main components: education and
- personal
- animal interaction. Eight guests meet early in the morning for an
- "underwater" educational presentation in Dolphin Cove, observing firsthand
- the
- characteristics of bottlenose dolphins. In this intimate and private
- setting,
- they learn the techniques employed by Sea World in the care and training of
- this unique creature of the ocean. Participants will be fitted with a
- wetsuit, slip on non-skid booties, limber up and wade into a 3-foot area in
- Whale & Dolphin Stadium where they take turns interacting with the animals
- under the supervision of an experienced animal trainer. Potential
- unforgettable interactions include touching, feeding and helping trainers
- communicate with the dolphins using hand signals.
- Cost is $125 per participant or $95 for Sea World of Florida
- annual pass
- members. The fee includes the two-hour Dolphin Interaction Program, a
- continental breakfast and same-day admission to Sea World of Florida.
- Participants may bring one observer for $39.95, which includes breakfast and
- park admission. Participants must be age 13 or older, and those under 18
- must
- be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
- For more information, consumers may call the Sea World Education
- Department at 407-363-2380.
- CO: Sea World of Florida
- ST: Florida
- IN: LEI
- SU: PDT >>
-
-
- ---------------------
- Forwarded message:
- >From:AOLNewsProfiles@aol.net
- Date: 97-04-12 07:37:43 EDT
-
- New Interaction Program Unites Dolphins and
- Guests for Face-to-Face Experiences
- ORLANDO, Fla., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea World of Florida
- officially
- premieres its Dolphin Interaction Program (DIP) today to guests eager to join
- the "wading" list for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sea World's DIP
- takes
- animal interaction and thrills one step further, one notch deeper and
- wonderfully wetter, uniting dolphins and guests in a face-to-face encounter
- for the first time at the world's most popular marine life adventure park.
- Thrilling, hands-on interaction opportunities provide guests with an
- unforgettable experience within the world of the bottlenose dolphin.
- The two-hour program includes two main components: education and
- personal
- animal interaction. Eight guests meet early in the morning for an
- "underwater" educational presentation in Dolphin Cove, observing firsthand
- the
- characteristics of bottlenose dolphins. In this intimate and private
- setting,
- they learn the techniques employed by Sea World in the care and training of
- this unique creature of the ocean. Participants will be fitted with a
- wetsuit, slip on non-skid booties, limber up and wade into a 3-foot area in
- Whale & Dolphin Stadium where they take turns interacting with the animals
- under the supervision of an experienced animal trainer. Potential
- unforgettable interactions include touching, feeding and helping trainers
- communicate with the dolphins using hand signals.
- Cost is $125 per participant or $95 for Sea World of Florida annual
- pass
- members. The fee includes the two-hour Dolphin Interaction Program, a
- continental breakfast and same-day admission to Sea World of Florida.
- Participants may bring one observer for $39.95, which includes breakfast and
- park admission. Participants must be age 13 or older, and those under 18
- must
- be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
- For more information, consumers may call the Sea World Education
- Department at 407-363-2380.
- CO: Sea World of Florida
- ST: Florida
- IN: LEI
- SU: PDT
-
- To edit your profile, go to keyword NewsProfiles.
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-
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 17:05:51 -0400 (EDT)
- >From: BHGazette@aol.com
- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: Japanese Embassy in Ontario
- Message-ID: <970412170550_-435632858@emout07.mail.aol.com>
-
- Anyone know if the Japanese Embassy in Ottawa is on Sussex or Essex street?
- Thanks,
- JD Jackson
- Bunny Huggers' Gazette
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 21:40:13 -0400
- >From: Vegetarian Resource Center <vrc@tiac.net>
- To: Veg-OH@Waste.Org
- Subject: Ohio Police Officer needs help
- Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970412214003.02051064@pop.tiac.net>
- Mime-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
-
- >From: EnglandGal@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 21:26:55 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Fwd: KILLING OF DUCKS
-
-
- ---------------------
- Forwarded message:
- Subj: KILLING OF DUCKS
- Date: 97-04-12 20:54:03 EDT
- >From: Pol63@aol.com
- To: EnglandGal@aol.com
-
- Dear EnglandGal,
- My name Is Richard Garinger, and I am a police officer in the Cuyahoga Falls
- Police Dept. LJBeane wrote you of my situation regarding the juvenile who ran
- over the ducks, I arrested, and is suing me. I just wanted to thank you and
- your readers for the support I have received. As of this letter we are still
- in litigation, however it does not appear that the city is going to settle
- the suit, and I will get my day in court. I commend you on informing people
- of the attrocities that occur to animals. I soon will be trying to change the
- laws to include wild animals in the cruelty to animal codes. The letters I
- have received in my support will be used to change that law so THANK YOU.
- Please pass along this letter to thank all who have writen. I encourage
- others to write to:
- Cuyahoga Falls Police Dept.
- 2310 2nd Street
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 44221,
- with letters in support of my actions, and changing the
- Cruelty to Animals Statute.
-
- Again thank you and your readers.
-
-
- Sincerely,
- Richard M. Garinger
- Pol63@aol.com
-
-
-
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