LIBERATE: Egg Labelling / Flying Fox Colony

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Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:34 PM

LIBERATE: Egg Labelling / Flying Fox Colony

 

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EGG LABELLING

 

Correct and accurate labelling of battery cage eggs

should now be in force through all supermarkets,

however we have found that not all cartons display the

words 'Cage Eggs' as they should.

 

National standards are that the words 'Cage Eggs'

must appear on the front panel of the carton. The

print should be at least 6mm in height.

 

We are intending to discuss this further with the

supermarkets and the egg suppliers, however to do this

we require a snapshot of the current status across

Australian supermarkets.

 

If you have the time and are willing to assist us

we would be most grateful if you could download a form

and complete the details of carton labelling at your

supermarket.

 

Note that the survey is to be completed ONLY for

cage eggs (not free range or barn laid) and needs to

be returned by 21/4/03 to:

Animals Australia, PO Box 1023, Collingwood VIC

3066.

 

Thank you for your help!

 

Depending on your operating system, you can

download the Word document in a Zip file:

http://www.animal-lib.org.au/misc/survey.zip

 

An hqx file:

http://www.animal-lib.org.au/misc/survey.hqx

 

Or from a webpage:

http://www.animal-lib.org.au/misc/survey.html

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HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL - Wildlife Action

Alert

Spectacled Flying Fox Colony Under Threat

May 9th Deadline

 

Douglas Shire Council in Mossman QLD has referred

a proposal under the Environment Protection and

Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to relocate in

excess of 4000 Spectacled Flying Foxes. It is

interesting to note that their application to move

the colony includes no planning to indicate where

the colony will end up. Widely publicised attempts to

move a flying fox colony from Melbourne Botanic

Gardens, an act which was never determined a

controlled action under EPBC and never properly

assessed by the Federal Government, has achieved

highly questionable conservation outcomes. It is

essential that in this case the Minister determines

this action a 'controlled action' in order to ensure

that there will be no significant impact on the

species. We urge you to comment on this latest

proposal to re-locate a large number of a vulnerable

species on the basis that their proximity causes

" distress to nearby residents " .

 

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee's

advice when listing this species noted that " Since the

mid-1980s, the population of the Spectacled Flying-fox

has decreased by almost 80 per cent. More alarmingly,

the population was recorded as having declined by 35

per cent over two years, between 1998 and 2000.

Significant threats continue, and losses due to human

activities are high. "

 

Please circulate this to anyone you think may have

comments to submit.

See Environment Australia's website for further

details of the proposal:

 

http://www.ea.gov.au/cgi-bin/epbc/epbc_ap.pl?name=show_document & document_id=9603\

& proposal_id=1013

 

Or if you have trouble opening the document try

through:

http://www.ea.gov.au/cgi-bin/epbc/epbc_ap.pl

 

The referral was lodged 10th April 2003, and the

public comment period is open for 30 days. Should you

require further information, don't hesitate to contact

HSI or Environment Australia.

Averil Bones

Wildlife Campaigner

Humane Society International

61-2-9973 1728

averil

 

Animal Liberation home page:

http://www.animal-lib.org.au

 

 

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