Fw: * Hog Waste Risks * Ethical Hunting? * Shark Mutilations *

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>* Hog Waste Risks * Ethical Hunting? * Shark Mutilations *

>Wednesday, October 27, 1999

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>1. Post-Hurricane Floyd Hog Waste Plan Is Seen as Risky

>2. Fair Game? The Ethical Debate About Hunting.

>3. Blue Sharks Are Threatened by Fin Amputations

>4. Plan Would Relieve Congestion on Bay Area's Sunol Grade

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>1. POST-HURRICANE NC EMERGENCY PLAN IS RISKY BUSINESS

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>Flooding from hurricanes Dennis and Floyd has devastated eastern

>North Carolina. But the state's emergency plan for hog farm waste is

>not about to make things better.

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>http://www.edf.org/pubs/newsreleases/1999/oct/b_floyd.html

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>2. HAS HUNTING ANIMALS BECOME MORE ETHICAL?

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>Is there such a thing as " ethical hunting " ? A growing number of

>outdoor sportsmen (and, increasingly, women) say there is. A new E

>Magazine feature explores the issue.

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>http://www.edf.org/pubs/emagazine/1999/fairgame.html

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>3. BLUE SHARK MUTILATIONS CONTINUE IN THE PACIFIC

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>Blue sharks caught by tuna and swordfish boats in the Pacific are

>regularly de-finned, and their mutilated carcasses are tossed back

>into the water. This practice must stop, says EDF.

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>http://www.edf.org/pubs/newsreleases/1999/oct/c_shark.html

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>4. CUTTING CONGESTION ON THE BAY AREA'S SUNOL GRADE

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>A plan proposed by the Environmental Defense Fund would make commutes

>faster through the Bay Area's most notoriously congested corridor --

>the Sunol Grade.

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>http://www.edf.org/pubs/EDF-Letter/1999/Sep/t_Sunol.html

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>5. EDF SUGGESTIONS FOR A GREEN HALLOWEEN

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>With the spooky season almost here, trick-or-treaters and treat

>givers can take a number of simple steps to add green to the

>orange-and-black holiday.

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>http://www.edf.org/pubs/newsreleases/1999/oct/a_halloween.html

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