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> Whilst most of us went off to have a good old knees up, some auld lang
> syne and some real traditional values.

>Malcolm wrote in message
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>
>> Whilst most of us went off to have a good old knees up, some auld lang
>> syne and some real traditional values.
>
>Which undoubtably includes gorging on a real traditional meal
>of parts of dead animals - animals raised using many millions of
>hectares of what was once natural habitat, both UK and abroad.

>Since 1945 in the UK we have lost 95% of flower meadows,
>50% of ancient woodlands, 40% of heathlands, 50% of wet
>lands & 224,000 km of hedgerows all due to animal farming.
>..
>http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/101.html
>
>Mr. CONservasionist.
>
>British wildlife in steep decline as man-made activities take their toll
>
>By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
>Published: 01 January 2008
>
>Several of Britains best-known animal species, ranging from the
>hedgehog to the harbour seal, are now suffering declines that require
>serious conservation action, according to a comprehensive report
>on the status of British mammals.
>
>The report, from the Mammals Trust UK, which is funded by the
>Peoples Trust for Endangered Species, identifies an assortment of
>factors including climate change, the spread of infectious diseases,
>agricultural and forestry practices, and not least, human activity, as
>combining to place ever increasing pressure on already fragile wildlife
>populations.
>
>The result is that declines are accelerating in animals once considered
>common, such as the hedgehog, as well as those which are already
>scarce or localised, such as the Scottish wildcat.
>..
>The lengthening list of environmental problems is increasingly hitting
>mammals, say the reports authors, David Macdonald and Dawn
>Burnham from the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the
>University of Oxford. The roll call of environmental topicality seems
>more strident in 2007 than ever before, and wild mammals are touched
>by every topic on the list, they say.
>
>How are agri-environment schemes to deliver food, biodiversity and
>rural livelihoods, how is society to balance its respect for individuals
>and humaneness with its desire to use, manage and develop, how is
>this nation to provide its evermore urban citizens with contact with
>nature that is increasingly recognised as important for their well-being
>and health?
>...
>http://environment.independent.co.uk/nature/article3298381.ece
>
>Go vegan.

> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:00:38 -0000, pearl
> wrote:
>
> >Malcolm wrote in message
news:m4bkn3dr00s5egm8cvl3p6josbpm7j04eu@4ax.com...
> >
> >> Whilst most of us went off to have a good old knees up, some auld lang
> >> syne and some real traditional values.
> >
> >Which undoubtably includes gorging on a real traditional meal
> >of parts of dead animals - animals raised using many millions of
> >hectares of what was once natural habitat, both UK and abroad.
>
> >Since 1945 in the UK we have lost 95% of flower meadows,
> >50% of ancient woodlands, 40% of heathlands, 50% of wet
> >lands & 224,000 km of hedgerows all due to animal farming.
> >..
> >http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/101.html
> >
> >Mr. CONservasionist.
> >
> >British wildlife in steep decline as man-made activities take their toll
> >
> >By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
> >Published: 01 January 2008
> >
> >Several of Britains best-known animal species, ranging from the
> >hedgehog to the harbour seal, are now suffering declines that require
> >serious conservation action, according to a comprehensive report
> >on the status of British mammals.
> >
> >The report, from the Mammals Trust UK, which is funded by the
> >Peoples Trust for Endangered Species, identifies an assortment of
> >factors including climate change, the spread of infectious diseases,
> >agricultural and forestry practices, and not least, human activity, as
> >combining to place ever increasing pressure on already fragile wildlife
> >populations.
> >
> >The result is that declines are accelerating in animals once considered
> >common, such as the hedgehog, as well as those which are already
> >scarce or localised, such as the Scottish wildcat.
> >..
> >The lengthening list of environmental problems is increasingly hitting
> >mammals, say the reports authors, David Macdonald and Dawn
> >Burnham from the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the
> >University of Oxford. The roll call of environmental topicality seems
> >more strident in 2007 than ever before, and wild mammals are touched
> >by every topic on the list, they say.
> >
> >How are agri-environment schemes to deliver food, biodiversity and
> >rural livelihoods, how is society to balance its respect for individuals
> >and humaneness with its desire to use, manage and develop, how is
> >this nation to provide its evermore urban citizens with contact with
> >nature that is increasingly recognised as important for their well-being
> >and health?
> >...
> >http://environment.independent.co.uk/nature/article3298381.ece
> >
> >Go vegan.
>
>
> What I find so hard to believe is that some people just dont care! If
> not for themselves youd have thought their kids future would be of
> some concern.

> It says a lot for allowing just anybody to breed!

> Malcolm wrote in message
> news:m4bkn3dr00s5egm8cvl3p6josbpm7j04eu@4ax.com...
>
>> Whilst most of us went off to have a good old knees up, some auld lang
>> syne and some real traditional values.
>
> Which undoubtably includes gorging on a real traditional meal
> of parts of dead animals - animals raised using many millions of
> hectares of what was once natural habitat, both UK and abroad.
>

>Adenoid Hynkel . wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:00:38 -0000, pearl
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Malcolm wrote in message
news:m4bkn3dr00s5egm8cvl3p6josbpm7j04eu@4ax.com...
>> >
>> >> Whilst most of us went off to have a good old knees up, some auld lang
>> >> syne and some real traditional values.
>> >
>> >Which undoubtably includes gorging on a real traditional meal
>> >of parts of dead animals - animals raised using many millions of
>> >hectares of what was once natural habitat, both UK and abroad.
>>
>> >Since 1945 in the UK we have lost 95% of flower meadows,
>> >50% of ancient woodlands, 40% of heathlands, 50% of wet
>> >lands & 224,000 km of hedgerows all due to animal farming.
>> >..
>> >http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/101.html
>> >
>> >Mr. CONservasionist.
>> >
>> >British wildlife in steep decline as man-made activities take their toll
>> >
>> >By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
>> >Published: 01 January 2008
>> >
>> >Several of Britains best-known animal species, ranging from the
>> >hedgehog to the harbour seal, are now suffering declines that require
>> >serious conservation action, according to a comprehensive report
>> >on the status of British mammals.
>> >
>> >The report, from the Mammals Trust UK, which is funded by the
>> >Peoples Trust for Endangered Species, identifies an assortment of
>> >factors including climate change, the spread of infectious diseases,
>> >agricultural and forestry practices, and not least, human activity, as
>> >combining to place ever increasing pressure on already fragile wildlife
>> >populations.
>> >
>> >The result is that declines are accelerating in animals once considered
>> >common, such as the hedgehog, as well as those which are already
>> >scarce or localised, such as the Scottish wildcat.
>> >..
>> >The lengthening list of environmental problems is increasingly hitting
>> >mammals, say the reports authors, David Macdonald and Dawn
>> >Burnham from the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the
>> >University of Oxford. The roll call of environmental topicality seems
>> >more strident in 2007 than ever before, and wild mammals are touched
>> >by every topic on the list, they say.
>> >
>> >How are agri-environment schemes to deliver food, biodiversity and
>> >rural livelihoods, how is society to balance its respect for individuals
>> >and humaneness with its desire to use, manage and develop, how is
>> >this nation to provide its evermore urban citizens with contact with
>> >nature that is increasingly recognised as important for their well-being
>> >and health?
>> >...
>> >http://environment.independent.co.uk/nature/article3298381.ece
>> >
>> >Go vegan.
>>
>>
>> What I find so hard to believe is that some people just dont care! If
>> not for themselves youd have thought their kids future would be of
>> some concern.
>
>The combination of fat with sugar or fat with salt seems to
>have a very particular neurochemical effect on the brain,
>Ann Kelley, a professor at the University of Wisconsin
>(search) who co-authored the unpublished study, said on
>the Fox News Channel. What that does is release certain
>chemicals that are similar to drugs, like heroin and morphine.
> ..
>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93031,00.html
>
>The Longest River: Denial
>
>Denial is a hallmark of someone who is engaging in this
>addiction pattern but has not accepted that his or her
>behavior is out of control. This denial is a psychological
>defense mechanism that enables a person to continue to
>engage in a behavior in spite of relatively obvious negative
>consequences on his or her life. Its a way to protect
>oneself from seeing or feeling things that are unpleasant.
>
>[..] denial permits one to distort reality, a very powerful
>psychological defense; it can have devastating consequences
>on our lives, and the ability to disregard such negative
>consequences while continuing the behavior is a hallmark of
>denial.
>...
>http://www.addictionrecov.org/paradigm/P PR SP00/cont greenfield.htm

>> It says a lot for allowing just anybody to breed!
>
>Now, now. :)
>
>
>Wishing you a great year.

>
> pearl wrote in message
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> > Malcolm wrote in message
> > news:m4bkn3dr00s5egm8cvl3p6josbpm7j04eu@4ax.com...
> >
> >> Whilst most of us went off to have a good old knees up, some auld lang
> >> syne and some real traditional values.
> >
> > Which undoubtably includes gorging on a real traditional meal
> > of parts of dead animals - animals raised using many millions of
> > hectares of what was once natural habitat, both UK and abroad.
> >
>
> too right, tear down the cities immediately and kick the inhabitants out to
> be hunter gatherers and fruitarians

> should be a fun january

>
>pearl wrote in message
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>> Malcolm wrote in message
>> news:m4bkn3dr00s5egm8cvl3p6josbpm7j04eu@4ax.com...
>>
>>> Whilst most of us went off to have a good old knees up, some auld lang
>>> syne and some real traditional values.
>>
>> Which undoubtably includes gorging on a real traditional meal
>> of parts of dead animals - animals raised using many millions of
>> hectares of what was once natural habitat, both UK and abroad.
>>
>
>too right, tear down the cities immediately and kick the inhabitants out to
>be hunter gatherers and fruitarians
>
>should be a fun january
>