Tourists warned not to touch monkeys in Asia...

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that Lucia...very interesting....researchers from America

conclude that monkeys in Asia are infected, tourists are at risk, and that

temples are partially responsible. However, aren't these the same

researchers who want to export them back to America for

Bio-terrorism-related dissection? And note the warning is to tourists and

not to Asians who eat macaque brains sold on skewers by street vendors - not

a mention of that trade! The Asia Post purports: we don't cover stories,

we uncover them. Well it seems to me this is part of cover UP.

 

 

 

If this newspaper was to have any credibility they would have found that the

researcher quoted in the article, Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, is connected with

the Primate Research Center described here

http://www.primatefreedom.com/centers/wash.html, where a vivisection

clearing house is run with thousands of primates being imprisoned, waiting

for certain death at the hands of these same researchers. So why would a

Christian researcher be promoting the idea that primates are evil and find

refuge in Buddhist/Hindu temples? Your guess is as good as mine, but I

guess this is just part of a global smear campaign where primates are once

again deemed to be demons and not worthy of consideration in regards to the

right to live as nature intended. And is it co-incidence that primates are

abducted from these same temples as mentioned in this article (look to

Swayambhunath Nepal for an example) and then sent back to America for

" research " ? Well, perhaps this journalistic propaganda works with Asians

living in Canada (where the Asian Post is located) but as Asians in Asia we

are smarter than that.

 

 

 

For those who want to write in protest of primates being held in captivity

and then dissected by western researchers, go here:

http://www.primatefreedom.com/centers/writewash.html

 

 

 

For everyone else, please note that animalNEPAL, a Pvt. Ltd. company

operating in Kathmandu Nepal, is opposed to all primate research not

directly related to helping primates live as nature intended, roaming free

in a forest or other natural habitat, and that research not directly related

to the well-being of primates is cruel and unusual punishment for these

unsuspecting and helpless victims of such research. This type of research

serves no humane purpose and should be stopped immediately.

 

 

 

Yours in the plight of all suffering beings,

 

Jiggy Gaton

 

Chair, animalNEPAL

 

 

 

http://www.animalnepal.org <http://www.animalnepal.org/>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:31 PM

aapn

Digest Number 1523

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are 3 messages in this issue.

 

 

 

Topics in this digest:

 

 

 

1. SAVING JEWEL THRUSHES

 

" Ghosh " <shubhobrotoghosh

 

2. Kandy Dogs

 

" Padma " <padmaeva

 

3. Tourists warned not to touch monkeys in Asia

 

" Linda J. Howard " <lindajhoward

 

 

 

 

 

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24 Aug 2005 07:24:48 -0000

 

" Ghosh " <shubhobrotoghosh

 

SAVING JEWEL THRUSHES

 

 

 

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2005/08/birdfair.html

 

Birdfair aims to save 'Jewel-thrush'

 

17-08-2005

 

 

 

One of the world's rarest and most spectacular birds is threatened with

extinction, but visitors to Britain's biggest bird event - the 17th annual

British Birdwatching Fair - will help save it.

 

 

 

The event is held at Rutland Water and hosted by the RSPB (BirdLife in the

UK) and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. It will raise

thousands of pounds to support BirdLife International's work to protect the

south-east Asian forest stronghold of the Gurney's Pitta - sometimes

referred to as the 'Jewel-thrush'.

 

 

 

The Gurney's Pitta Pitta gurneyi is a brilliantly coloured, but secretive

bird of the forest floor. Only known from peninsular Thailand and adjacent

southern Myanmar, it has a remarkable history. It was discovered in 1875,

fairly widely collected and reported in the 1910s and 1920s, but last seen

in 1936 - until its rediscovery in 1986 in southern Thailand, where around

20 pairs are now known to still exist.

 

 

 

In 2003, the ornithological world was stunned to hear the discovery of a

new, much larger population of the pitta in southern Tanintharyi Division

(Tenasserim), Myanmar. However, large areas of this Critically Endangered

species' habitat are in danger of being cleared.

 

 

 

This year's Birdfair project is titled Helping save Gurney's Pittas and

their forest home. Funds raised will be used to establish protected areas in

the lowland forests where the pitta occurs, as well as training and

employing conservation staff and assisting local wildlife NGOs in their

conservation work with the species.

 

 

 

" The Birdfair is a great day out for anyone interested in wildlife and the

countryside, but as well as enjoying themselves, everyone attending will be

helping to make a real difference to the future of one of the world's rarest

birds. " -Martin Davies, the RSPB, Birdfair Co-organiser

 

 

 

At this year's Birdfair there will be displays of wildlife paintings and

photographs, talks and displays from wildlife experts on birds and wildlife

all around the world, and celebrity quizzes. For children, who enter free,

there will be wildlife safaris, face painting and a host of exciting games

and activities.

 

 

 

Hundreds of exhibitors, including suppliers of optical equipment, clothing,

books, CDs, bird feeding equipment and a wide range of wildlife travel

companies and conservation groups will be present.

 

 

 

Visit the Birdfair site for further details and directions

 

 

 

 

 

See Also

 

 

 

Gurney's Pitta factsheet

 

 

 

Birdfair raises record funds for Peru project

 

 

 

World's largest 'Jewel-thrush' population found

 

 

 

Building a stronghold for Gurney's Pitta in

 

 

 

Gurney's Pitta rediscovered in Myanmar

 

 

 

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British Birdwatching Fair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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