AR-News: (UK) Action on Great Apes welcomed

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Tuesday 20 January 2004
Two leading animal welfare groups have voiced their support for a European 
Parliament resolution on the illegal bushmeat trade. The European Association of 
Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare 
collected 1.9m signatures in support of an EU bushmeat strategy programme, which led 
to the action. 

Proinsias De Rossa, Irish MEP, who drafted the Petitions Committee Report and 
resolution called the Parliament’s move “a major demonstration of 
participative democracy”. 


full story:

http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/index.php?news=1657



"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein

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Male meat-eaters have a 50% chance of dying of a heart attack. Vegetarian men 
have a 4% risk. US vegetarians have cholesterol levels 14% lower than 
meat-eaters; vegans (those who don't consume meat or dairy products) have levels 35% 
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