No charges against criminal egg thieves in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:

In April 2020, nature lovers had observed two people collecting a whole basket full of eggs in a black-headed gull colony on Molf- lake (Rendsburg-Eckernförde district).

The police, who were called immediately, were there quickly and caught the two men in the act.

The photo shows the two egg thieves in action,

a sign at the Molf- lake, that says:
“Landscape protection area
Driving on the lake with any watercraft is prohibited.
Likewise, swimming to the seagull islands in an area of 50 meters from the islands”

and a black-headed gull from our archive.

The main perpetrator freely admitted that he had illegally stolen gull eggs from the bird colony for years in order to eat them.
Nevertheless, the public prosecutor’s office has now closed the case – because of “lack of public interest” (!!!)

Local conservationists have been looking for the egg thieves for a long time, and endangered black-headed gulls and lapwing breed in the colony – reason enough actually to accuse the repeat offenders of poaching.
The procedure has now been handed over to the responsible district administration.

We hope that the perpetrators have not yet got completely off the hook of the judiciary, because the case was handed over to the district administration for punishment as an administrative offense, and it is to be hoped that a hefty fine will be imposed there, at least.

https://www.facebook.com/Komitee.CABS

And I mean…There is only one explanation: the authorities got something from the eggs.
Maybe there is no public interest in the gull eggs, but for the eggs of the authorities… an active one!

My best regards to all, Venus

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A series of newly-published studies based on a National Geographic expedition to Mount Everest in 2019 provides a shocking picture of how human activity is impacting the highest point from sea level on Earth.

One of the studies even found microplastics just below the summit, at 8,440 meters (approximately 27,690 feet).

„Mt. Everest is somewhere I have always considered remote and pristine,“ University of Plymouth scientist and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Imogen Napper, who was the lead author on the plastics study, told EcoWatch in an email.
„To know we are polluting near the top of the tallest mountain on earth is a real eye-opener – we need to protect and care for our planet.“

Microplastics at the Top of the World

Napper’s study, published in the journal One Earth Friday, found microplastics in every snow sample taken from Mount Everest. The findings join a growing body of research showing the extent of microplastic pollution in even the most remote corners of the planet.

„These are the highest microplastics currently ever discovered,“ Napper told EcoWatch. „Although it sounds exciting, this means that microplastics have been discovered from the depths of the ocean all the way to the highest mountain on earth.“

There has been growing awareness in recent years of the buildup of trash on Mount Everest left behind by tourists and climbers.

In 2019, the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau said it removed 9.3 tons of waste, and China closed its Everest base camp to tourists to prevent more pollution.

Some media outlets have even begun to refer to the mountain as the „world’s highest garbage dump.“

This picture was taken on May 23, 2010, shows a Nepalese sherpa collecting garbage, left by climbers, at an altitude of 8,000 meters during the Everest clean-up expedition at Mount Everest.  (Photo credit should read NAMGYAL SHERPA/AFP/Getty Images)

However, Napper’s study is the first to focus on the accumulation of microplastics on the mountain specifically. Microplastics are plastics less than five millimeters in length that typically slough off of larger plastics as they degrade. Their small size means they are easily ingested by animals by mistake and are also extremely difficult to clean up.

Napper’s team found more microplastics collected near the base camp, where climbers tend to congregate.

But they still found five microfibers at the mountain’s „balcony,“ the highest point they studied. Those fibers numbered one clear acrylic fiber, one red polyester fiber, and three blue polyester fibers.

In general, many of the microplastics found on Everest were fibers that could have been brought by climbers.

„There are a lot of promising developments in the industry at the moment. We need to keep up the momentum, and ensure that athletic gear is tested and evaluated before use,“ Napper told EcoWatch.

„Solutions need to deliver a positive account, not create a future issue.“ Napper said.

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/12/07/the-worlds-highest-garbage-dump-everest/

And I mean… In 2018 alone, China has already collected more than eight tons of garbage from Mount Everest, including more than two tons of human excrement. 30 climbers had laboriously picked up the garbage.

Tibet and Nepal in view of the growing mountains of rubbish are tightening the obligations for tourists

Since 2015, mountaineers in Tibet have had to collect at least eight kilos of rubbish on their way to the summit.
If they come back empty-handed, they have to pay $ 100 per kilogram.

Similar rules also apply in Nepal. There is even a fine of up to $ 4,000.

But if one takes into account that a climb to Mount Everest – according to the magazine “Der Spiegel” – costs up to 100,000 dollars, the fines of a few hundred or thousand dollars are peanuts.

Therefore many accept the penalties instead.

And buy the right to litter and destroy the highest point on earth at 8,848 meters with their abandoned tents, broken climbing equipment, empty oxygen bottles, and their feces.

My best regards to all, Venus

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Grubhub Orders For Meat Alternatives Have Skyrocketed 463% In 2020

Grubhub’s annual ‘Year In Food’ report also shows the popularity of vegan-friendly products have increased by 13%

Grubhub Orders For Meat Alternatives Have Skyrocketed 463% In 2020 (plantbasednews.org)

Orders for meat alternatives have skyrocketed by 463 percent in 2020, according to Grubhub.

The figures come from the American delivery site’s annual Year In Food report, which ‘details the top trends of 2020’.

‘Most vegan-friendly State’

It also found that popularity for vegan-friendly products spiked by 13 percent, a slower increase than the year before where they were up by 27 percent. 

The most popular vegan orders were tofu spring rolls, which were 263 percent more popular this year than last, plant-based burgers which were 251 percent more popular, as well as Black Bean Tacos, Vegan chocolate cake, and Vegan ramen.

New York was listed as the most vegan-friendly state, followed by California, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Illinois. 

Vegan orders

In the UK, vegan delivery orders have also skyrocketed over the last year. 

Deliveroo recently announced its plant-based orders had spiked a staggering 115 percent from 2019 to 2020. 

In a statement sent to Plant Based News, commercial manager and vegan category lead at Deliveroo Elena Devis said: “It’s fantastic to see that Deliveroo customers are embracing the growing choices of vegan dishes available on the platform. 

“Year on year we’ve seen huge growth in demand for plant-based food. And it is our goal as a company to be the go-to platform for healthy and vegan options.”

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COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

(1) COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley | Globalnews.ca

Health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.

In a media release Sunday night, Fraser Health said eight people at the farm had tested positive, and that it was screening employees and contact tracing.

READ MORE: Culled minks with COVID-19 mutation rise from their graves in Denmark

Affected staff were self-isolating, it said.

The health authority did not identify the community or the farm.

A spokesperson for the health authority said “the information bulletin is all we have to share at this time,” when asked for more specific information.

The farm has been ordered to stop transporting animals, products and goods from the farm under the BC Animal Health Act, Fraser Health added.

WorkSafeBC is contacting other mink farms to discuss requirements under their COVID-19 safety plans, it said.

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So we learn something useful that is deliberately kept secret in school.

Regards and good night, Venus

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PROGRESS! 🙌
Rome has banned horse-drawn carriages from city streets!
Horses forced to pull heavy carriages through traffic can get injured easily and die from exhaustion. They don’t belong on busy streets.
Horse-drawn carriages must be banned everywhere!

Rome, Italy- September 1, 2017: Carriage with a horse in Rome street at Italy

Horses will no longer be forced to negotiate busy roads while hauling heavy loads for human amusement in Rome, which has banned horse-drawn carriage rides from its streets.

In the future, they will only be allowed to drive in selected parks.
In addition, there will be a weather rule in the future to protect the animals.
The animals have to take breaks and finish work after seven hours.

Commenting on the ban, Rome’s mayor, Virginia Raggi, said, “You will never again see tired horses on the streets of the city during the hottest hours of the summer months because we have expressly forbidden it.”

Rome joins other cities that have already banned horse-drawn carriage rides from the streets, such as Oxford, Barcelona, New Delhi, and Tel Aviv.

And cities such as London, Paris, and Toronto no longer issue licenses for horse-drawn tourist carriages.

On Mallorca, however, dozens of exhausted horses are still forced to pull carriages laden with tourists through the busy streets.

Please urge the mayors of Alcúdia, Palma, and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar to ban horse-drawn carriages and switch to using electric tourist vehicles instead:

Please sign the Petition: https://secure.peta.org.uk/page/30696/action/1

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/12/06/rome-ciaobotticelle/

And I mean…The animal protection party “Progreso en Verde” has collected more than 120,000 signatures on the online portal change.org for the demand that carriages in the Mallorca metropolis should no longer be pulled by horses.

“After many years of struggle, everything is still the same today as it was before, “criticized Guillermo Amengual, chairman of the Animal Welfare Party

“Every year we have to watch the horses tire on the asphalt, and nobody does anything about it. And the few regulations that exist are simply ignored by the coachmen without any consequences for them.”
The animal rights activist also recalled that in 2016 two horses were killed after they collided with cars.

In Germany, it is not much different for carriage horses than in Mallorca. Even in Germany, carriage horses have no special legal protection because there is no corresponding statutory regulation.

Only minimum requirements are formulated, which are intended to serve the local official veterinarians as an orientation aid during controls.
The result: Only 4 to 8 checks take place annually so that not even every company is examined once a year.

What we have achieved so far is that from 30 degrees Celsius in the shade no more horse-drawn carriages will drive in the future.

That applies only to Berlin!
Horse-drawn carriages are now banned in the capital, but only in the Brandenburg Gate. A general ban in Berlin has not yet been enforced.

My best regards to all, Venus

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