Climate Change Kills Puppies apparently.
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Mods! Mods! Quick, ban him for a month so he can't hit 20k 
king RSPCA, even!
Jasandjules said:
Yep, I'm cancelling the RSPCA and WWF direct debits...... And I am indeed writing to them to say why.
Telegraph said:
Professor Sandy Trees, a specialist in Veterinary Parasitology at the University of Liverpool, said exotic diseases could become established in the UK as temperatures increase. He said the number of animals coming into the country has risen from around 5,000 every year to around 100,000 every year since 2000, when the Pet Travel Scheme lifted the need for pets from the EU, US, Canada, Australia and other countries to be quarantined.
So, is it climate change killing pets, or bloody thousands of foreign animals dragging home diseases and parasites?? Wish they'd make their feckin' minds up!King Herald said:
Jasandjules said:
Yep, I'm cancelling the RSPCA and WWF direct debits...... And I am indeed writing to them to say why.
Telegraph said:
Professor Sandy Trees, a specialist in Veterinary Parasitology at the University of Liverpool, said exotic diseases could become established in the UK as temperatures increase. He said the number of animals coming into the country has risen from around 5,000 every year to around 100,000 every year since 2000, when the Pet Travel Scheme lifted the need for pets from the EU, US, Canada, Australia and other countries to be quarantined.
So, is it climate change killing pets, or bloody thousands of foreign animals dragging home diseases and parasites?? Wish they'd make their feckin' minds up!
The environment changes, doesn't it? And there's this thing called evolution where the planet's inhabitants respond to change.
Sounds like the Masters Of The Universe don't like this uncertainty, and want to nail the planet's behaviour to mid-twentieth century climate?
Well, ignoring the very real possibility that the mid-20th century may not have been stable anyway, but part of a cyclical or chaotic change that just happens to be playing out over far too large a timescale for our silly little 100-year perspectives to comprehend, surely the best approach is to immerse the entire planet in a big pyrex beaker of formaldehyde and find a way of keeping the Sun's output completely consistent, regardless of orbital distance from the Sun.
That way, we could preserve the environment in just about exactly the way we want! (well, apart from quadrillions of gallons of formaldehyde, that is) - as long as evolution doesn't spit out some formaldehyde-eating giant catfish to take over the entire biosphere, of course.
Sounds like the Masters Of The Universe don't like this uncertainty, and want to nail the planet's behaviour to mid-twentieth century climate?
Well, ignoring the very real possibility that the mid-20th century may not have been stable anyway, but part of a cyclical or chaotic change that just happens to be playing out over far too large a timescale for our silly little 100-year perspectives to comprehend, surely the best approach is to immerse the entire planet in a big pyrex beaker of formaldehyde and find a way of keeping the Sun's output completely consistent, regardless of orbital distance from the Sun.
That way, we could preserve the environment in just about exactly the way we want! (well, apart from quadrillions of gallons of formaldehyde, that is) - as long as evolution doesn't spit out some formaldehyde-eating giant catfish to take over the entire biosphere, of course.
Jasandjules said:
Oh, remember, Global Warming is killing all the Bees (UK reports). But those pesky Germans have found that loads of farmers across the EU are using chemicals 100 times more potent than needed to kill bees..................
It's Ok they're not English bees, they're European hybrids - or something. English bees apparently don't do so well on the honey front so they've been relegated to the backwoods (bit like the red squirrel). Second thoughts now. Dogwatch said:
Jasandjules said:
Oh, remember, Global Warming is killing all the Bees (UK reports). But those pesky Germans have found that loads of farmers across the EU are using chemicals 100 times more potent than needed to kill bees..................
It's Ok they're not English bees, they're European hybrids - or something. English bees apparently don't do so well on the honey front so they've been relegated to the backwoods (bit like the red squirrel). Second thoughts now. Anyone here a squirrel eater?
And back on topic - climate change kills puppies, but giant catfish eat puppies too (and adult smaller dogs) but I don't hear calls for the abolishment of giant catfish.
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