AR-News: (UK) 'Dire threat' posed by bushmeat

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Jan 27 2004


Steve Dube, The Western Mail
 
THE threats to Welsh farming were outlined in the European Parliament last 
week as Euro-MPs backed a petition by 1.9 million people calling for tighter 
controls over the illegal trade in bushmeat.
Wales Euro-MPs Eurig Wyn and Glenys Kinnock were among those supporting a 
report by Irish Party of European Socialists Group vice-president Proinsias de 
Rossa calling on the EC to strengthen existing legislation to halt the market in 
meat from wild animals including gorillas, monkeys, elephants and antelopes.
Demand in the West has rocketed, bringing with it a dramatically increased 
risk of importing infectious animal diseases and potentially fatal human 
infections such as ebola and hepatitis.




full story:
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/1000farming/content_objectid=13860616_
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"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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