Feeling lazy? Feeling like you don't want to work today?
I've got just the solution for you:
Do like Monsanto and patent something that's already free.
Then, sue anyone who uses it, or might be using it,
and demand protection money from them lest you sue them again.

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It is becoming increasingly clear why Britain won't release the results of
tests for MRSA in Britain's pig herds.

Other countries have admitted that their pigs have PMWS, even their pork is
contaminated without their government having to resign or riots in the
streets.

Canada is a special case, they are in real trouble, with the US following
quickly on the same path.

It isn't the fact that their pigs have MRSA that is worrying the British
government.

After BSE, vCJD, PMWS, CSF, FMD, Avian Flu, Blue Tongue, Rabies and just
about everything else, everyone is used to the idea that this green and
pleasant land is a rat hole of animal and human disease presided over by mad
bad government veterinarians.

What worries them is the strain of MRSA. Once they admit that the pigs have
MRSA, everyone is going to ask questions.

How long has this been going on? Why did you keep the testing secret? etc.
will easily be batted away into the long grass.

Pat's Note: I knew Scotland had regained a world class journalist recently
and was waiting patiently for him to get on the case.

This is the one to watch. Whitehall will be really concerned to see this.
Their stance on Pirbright is ridiculous and Lydall is the man to expose
that.

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Whitewash39-on-foot-and-mouth.4070100.jp

'Whitewash' on foot and mouth payouts

Published Date: 10 May 2008

By ROSS LYDALL

THE government was yesterday accused of a "whitewash" after refusing to
compensate Scottish farmers who lost out because of a foot-and-mouth
outbreak at a state laboratory in England.

UK-wide restrictions placed on the movement of livestock after the outbreak
last year - which was traced to a government animal research laboratory in
Pirbright, Surrey - caused "significant economic hardship" among farmers
north of the Border, a report commissioned by the Prime Minister found
earlier this year.

Independent.co.uk
The great organic myths rebutted

Rob Johnston argued that organic foods are not as good as supporters
claim. His article sparked heated debate. Now Peter Melchett of the
Soil Association puts the case for their defence

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Fact one: Organic farming is good for the environment

Organic farming is not perfect; it was only developed 60 years ago,
and we still have much to learn. Over those years, organic research
has been starved of funding because most investment went first into...

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Animal welfare groups pledge to carry on fight to have wire traps made
illegal in Scotland

Government’s snare decision branded ‘a mockery of democracy’
Published: 08/05/2008

Scottish ministers were last night accused of making a “mockery of
democracy” by refusing to listen to public opinion and ban the use of
snares

Animal rights activists are furious that they are refusing to change
the law despite the fact that 7,182 out of 7,192 people who have
lobbied the Scottish Government on the issue since last May have
called for it.

Snares are commonly used by gamekeepers on estates across the north of
Scotland to catch foxes. They are thin wire nooses that silently
garrote the animals.

It is difficult to control what kind of animals are caught in snares
and it is not uncommon for cats and dogs to become trapped.

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In the battle of the birds, whose side are we really meant to be on?

Flourishing, protected populations of raptors are wreaking carnage on
Britain's songbirds - and ripping apart the RSPB

Simon Jenkins The Guardian, Friday May 9 2008 Article historyAbout
this articleClose This article appeared in the Guardian on Friday May
09 2008 on p36 of the Comment & debate section. It was last updated at
15:06 on May 09 2008. The best bit in the television series Planet
Earth had a snow leopard chasing a goat across the frozen Himalayan
wastes. Up hill and down they went, with the camera in dogged pursuit,
as the frantic goat leapt, dived, first escaped and then was run to
death. Hurrah at nature red in tooth and claw, the viewer was invited
to shout. Score one for the snow leopard and nought for the boring
goat.

The same moral unilateralism was on display this week in Worcester,
where there was only one show in town. A pair of peregrine falcons had
migrated from the cathedral to nest in neighbouring St Andrew's
steeple and hatch four chicks, giving new meaning to living "on a wing
and a prayer".

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gooby says:
cruel practice

i heard about something last night that in my opinion is totally out
of order, somebody recently caught a 8lb cod out of my local dock and
decided to take it home for the table , now there is nothing wrong
with that , what is wrong is that this person kept the fish alive
lying on the promenade, the fish was still gasping for breath over an
hour later thats when my friend who witnessed it left, so it could
have been alive for much longer . when my friend asked if it's being
kept for the table why not despatch it

the answer that came back was i want to keep it as fresh as possible.
this practise is cruel and sensless if a fish is to be kept please
despatch it STRAIGHT AWAY, not after you have made your next cast but
straight away , that was one of the first things i was taught when i
first started sea fishing and that's what i will do till the day i
can't fish anymore.

From the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, first published Wednesday 14th
May 1997.

THAT fishing is one of the most popular pastimes may be true, but when
actor Geoffrey Palmer tried to cast some light on the 'sport' in a new
TV series (LET, May 12) this is not true.

For whatever angling is, it is most certainly not a sport.

To be a sport, both sides must have an equal chance.

Some say boxing is cruel, but that is not so, for both contestants
enter the ring freely.

But anglers take advantage of harmless, innocent fish by every unfair
and cowardly means.

So 'pastime' I will agree, but 'sport' - never.

The angler tries to give a fish the impression he is being kind by
offering the fish a tempting morsel.

If the fish takes it, it gets a barbed hook in its mouth.

So, at best, an angler is a cowardly con-artist who has not the guts
to take up a real sport where the competion is equal and fair.

LEN RUSHTON, Bowland House, Larkhill, Blackburn.

Interesting to see the gnomes admit it's cruel and painful these days
and yet go on to completely disregard that fact. What makes a gnome
want to take up angling? Where's the fun in sitting on your fat arse
all day beside an oversize fish tank and throwing loaves of bread and
cans of sweetcorn in to the water. It's taken canned hunting for fun
to the extreme. Are anglers the laziest slobs in the world?

Is angling a cruel sport?
Fish have the same nerve endings as mammals and can feel pain, British
scientists have concluded.

Researchers injected bee venom into the lips of rainbow trout and the
fish reacted in the tests by rocking and rubbing their lips on gravel
and tank walls.

Dr Lynne Sneddon claims these behavioural changes are not reflexes but
signs that fish can feel discomfort, challenging previous thinking
that fish brains are not developed enough to experience pain.

Fish farms should now be regulated in adopting humane methods to
slaughter fish, an animal welfare group has responded.

Is fishing cruel?
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Scientists have just proved that fish feel pain.
Does this make fishing cruel? Do you think having a hook put through
their mouths is a horrid way of catching them?

Maybe you won't eat fish anymore?

Or perhaps you think it's not a problem, and that it's wrong to put
human feeliings in a fish's head?

I think fishing is very cruel. Just because fish can't show they are
experiencing agonising pain, doesn't mean it's ok to still stick a
hook through their mouths for fun.
Marie, 12, Boston

I think that it's horrible. How would you like to have a huge, sharp
hook stuck in YOUR mouth? It wouldn't be that pleasant.
Chantal, 12, Sevenoaks

I come from one of the fishing ports in Cornwall and our lives depend
on fishing, because people love to come down here and fish. We would
hardly be able to live down here if it wasn't for fishing.
Shona, 12, Cornwall