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Entries Tagged as 'animals'

“We Will Not Experiment With Peoples’ Lives”

July 29th, 2011 · No Comments

… says Premier and Minister for Reconstruction Anna Bligh. 29/07/2011 – Anna Bligh said containing the Hendra virus is too important to allow political manoeuvring to influence the Government’s position; she said ‘there is a lot that we do not know about the Hendra disease but all the evidence we have points to the risk [...]

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Tags: animals · energy · pollution

Batty … Just Like Easter Islanders?

July 25th, 2011 · No Comments

The media in Australia is promoting the culling of bats, a crucial part of the living organism that is our environment. On Easter Island, the ‘leaders’ on having difficulties with over population, food shortages eventually ending in cannibalism, decided they needed more stone carvings facing the sea to please the gods and alleviate the break-down [...]

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Australia – Beautiful One Day, Japanese the Next?

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Australians overwhelmingly want whaling to cease. However, Japanese whalers complained to the Australian government and the Rudd Government send the Australian Federal Police to raid the Steve Irwin – Sea Shepherd for taking part in anti-whaling practices. Now if the AFP are acting on behalf of the Japanese inside Australian waters, then fine … but [...]

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Tags: animals · asia · australia · politics

Humans deadly to other species

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

New study of mammals’ shows large animals have been pushed to globe’s farthest reaches. Peter Calamai Science Reporter, Toronto Star The expansion of humanity that began with European colonization has exacted a far deadlier toll than previously realized on the world’s other large land mammals, a new study has found. Only one-fifth of the Earth’s [...]

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Tags: animals