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Import of plant from USA
correction:subsitute "Brasier" for 2 instances of "Brewer"*
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... I'm not one to fly into mindless conniptions about sudden oak death, mitten crabs, invasive freshwater crayfish, grey squirrels, NZ flatworms, Dutch elm disease, scorpions on the Isle of Sheppey, and all of those: but I've been thinking about it for years -- as has Professor Brasier of Forest Research and Imperial College. He reckons "We don't move large numbers of animals around the world for disease reasons, and we shouldn't do it for plants either." That's a very strange claim to make, IMO. a) Why should anyone want to move large numbers of animals around the world anyway ? The main reasons why large numbers of animals aren't moved around the world is surely because of economics, practicality, and lack of demand. Certainly since the decline in zoos and circuses in Europe. So - b) Which particular species and breeds of animals is Professor Brasier suggesting are prevented from being moved around the world in large numbers for disease reasons? It's maybe worth bearing in mind that Professor Brewer*'s livelihood depends, among other things on convincing people of all these dangers. As professionals like himself are uniquely positioned to adjudicate on such matters should the need ever arise. .... Brasier, as I mentioned in another post, has just presented a paper on the subject at a DEFRA-backed RHS conference. He may be wrong; but that doesn't make the issue trivial, or liable to summary dismissal by minor verbal debating points. .... And so presumably in the interests of seriousness, and as an antidote to triviality it's thought preferable to make oblique references to " a paper", and cite vague Appeals to Authority by means of mentions of Professor Brasier, DEFRA, and the RHS, than it is to actually provide a link to the talk in question ? To wit - http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48617 Maybe Professor Brewer *, who you appear to find yourself in agreement with, made a "minor verbal debating point" there himself, in the paper he gave to the DEFRA backed RHS conference, with his reference there to our "not moving large numbers of animals around the world for disease reasons" ? michael adams .... -- Mike. |
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