LGVN ARCHIVES - DECEMBER 2000

DECEMBER 2000

• CLIMATE TALKS HAVE SECOND CHANCE
• THAILAND KING PETITIONED TO STOP BARBARIC DOG AND CAT SLAUGHTERING
• IRISH BADGERS update

CLIMATE TALKS HAVE SECOND CHANCE.

After a disasterous ending to the Climate Talks last month it has been reported that President Clinton has now asked the European Union for a quick resumption of talks aimed at securing a deal on cutting global greenhouse gas emissions. At the Hague talks, The United States wanted some of the carbon dioxide absorbed by its forests to be set against its emission reduction target, but the European Union rejected this, since it would prove to have no significant effect. The talks were supposed to clear up the details before the final implementation and ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 framework treaty which called for major industrial nations to curb greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-2012. Clinton has proposed a conference at ministerial level should take place before Christmas, probably in Norway.

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THAILAND KING PETITIONED TO STOP BARBARIC DOG AND CAT SLAUGHTERING

Kim Cooling, a British animal compassionate has petitioned the King of Thailand to stop the slaughter of some 33,000 dogs, which are killed in the country's northeast every year for their meat and skins.
She presented 6,000 letters and petitions to sway King Bhumibol Adulyadej to stop the suffering and cruelty of the dog skin trade and to generally improve animal welfare in the country. Kim has described the cruel trade as barbaric. The animals are clubbed to death or have their throats slit before they are skinned. The Thailand dog trade is growing alarmingly. Their skins are also used in its leather industry. Now the government has begun to draft a bill that would prevent dogs and cats from being killed for their meat or skins. Dog meat is still openly consumed in the country's rural north-eastern provinces.

2003 UPDATE .... READ THE KIM COOLING STORY
Until now, Kim's groundbreaking work in Thailand has been rarely documented through the media. Looking-Glass and VeggieGlobal realigns this oversight and exclusively brings you the story of Kim Cooling, a true heroine of animal compassion. ...
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IRISH BADGERS update

It's still not too late to try and help save the lives of 10,000 badgers in Ireland.

In July we reported that IRELAND'S Department of Agriculture has recently given a commitment to farming interests to intensify it's badger-killing strategy in the coming year. Thousands of more badgers now face extermination for their UNPROVEN link to bovine TB (mycobacterium bovis) in cattle. September 1st, this year marked the start of the latest cull in which an estimated 10,000 badgers will be slaughtered. 75 extra 'dedicated' staff are to be appointed to do the job. To date, close on 30,000 animals have been legally killed by the Department.

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