LGVN ARCHIVES - APRIL 2000

APRIL 2000

• RARE ANIMALS TRADE BAN UNDER THREAT
• ANIMAL CRUELTY... road rage incident
• WORLD ENVIRONMENT ... floods continue
• OIL TANKER French coast disaster update....
• BIZARRE

RARE ANIMALS TRADE BAN UNDER THREAT

Over 150 countries have gathered in Nairobi this month for the 11th Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species. Controversial proposals by Norway, Cuba, Japan and South Africa are threatening scores of species as they call for the reintroduction of trade in meat, shells and ivory from animals such as minke and grey whales, hawksbill turtles, elephants, pangolins and parrots. Several leading conservation organizations are trying to block the proposal as they believe lifting of such bans will lead to an upsurge in poaching. Results from the convention on these issues will be expected at the end of this month.

LATEST: (20th April) The Nairobi conference has rejected proposals to lift global bans on the trade in whales and marine turtles, but it also voted down efforts to protect basking sharks from hunters and traders.

ANIMAL CRUELTY road rage incident...

A recent incident of road rage led to a small family dog being thrown under the wheels of passing traffic. Sara McBurnett, owner of the dog named ``Leo'', said the attack occurred after a minor bumper incident in heavy traffic in San Jose, California. The driver of the other car, stormed back and began ranting at Ms.McBurnett. When she opened her window to respond, he reached in, grabbed the small white dog by the collar, and threw it into three lanes of oncoming traffic... killing the dog.

Looking-Glass Say... Now, it appears even defenseless animals are the target of this particular breed of moronic human. Most road rage victims, threatened by such psychotic behavior won't report the incident in fear of reprise. A named system should be set up allowing victims to pass on license numbers and incidental information to the police anonymously. This collated information would help build up a profile of the driver whereby, if a persistent pattern emerges the authorities can survey these individuals and act accordingly.

OIL TANKER disaster of French coast update....

FURTHER oil spillage continues to pollute sea, coastline and destroy wildlife in Europe's worst environmental coastal disaster. The oil tanker which broke up and sank 70 km south of the French Brittany coast last Christmas is still releasing patches of oil four to five km (two to three miles) wide. The tanker Erika, chartered by French oil giant TotalFina, spilled around half its 25,000-tonne cargo of oil when it broke up in stormy seas. The resulting pollution devastated 400 km (250 miles) of coastline and has so far killed or maimed 300,000 sea birds.

Looking-Glass say: International regulations to raise standards in oil tanker build structures and their operations has been long overlooked.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT...floods continue

RECENT floods in Mozambique again highlight the increase in mass flood incidents world wide in the last 6 months. In Zimbabwe, Botswana and surrounding areas the rivers Limpopo and Save have turned into seas more than 100 miles wide. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes... many have drowned and are still dying from diseases propagated by the disaster.

In January 2000 at least 30,000 people died in floods and mud slides in the Northern coastal region of Venezuela.

BIZARRE... monthly oddities from around a mad planet

APPARENTLY the Antichrist already walks the Earth in the guise of a vegetarian philanthropist whose concern for human rights, the environment and animal welfare is a cover up for his real aim... the destruction of Christianity and "the death of God". So says Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, the archbishop of Bologana and leading contender to succeed the Pope...

ummm... yes Mr Biffi... well I suppose you won't be inviting the Looking-Glass team and other like minded associates round to the Vatican for a slap up veggie-burger and fries, and an after meal chat about the holocaust!

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