March 2008, Canada with much restraint set its annual seal cull quota to 275.000.in a further oh so humane move, they told the men with clubs that they were required to make sure the animals were dead before skinning them. as long as the seal blinked, it was still alive..
someone has actually calculated the amount of oil that could be gleaned - pressed? - from a Tyrannosaurus Rex. allowing that an average T-Rex weighs 6000kg of which 18% is carbon, the benefit would be 1100kg which translates to 11 barrels of oil (US$1540 today). a steal..
time to change the coat of arms?
Australia's red centre now hosts 1 million camels, 5 million donkeys, 23 million pigs, cane toads, and rabbits.. lots of rabbits.
in Haiti, mothers have been mixing mud with oil and sugar to feed their children. 2 months after this was drawn, the price of mudcakes has risen to US$5 each..
