Word: cullings
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...left Canada seething at what it sees as sanctimonious grandstanding. At Wednesday's summit, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day said the decision "was based on people's feelings rather than hard facts," noting that Canada went to great lengths to ensure a humane, well-regulated and sustainable cull, and that it no longer allows the clubbing of baby seals while they still have their white coats. (See pictures of Canada...
...Still, a little more than a week after the WHO first swung into high alert, it's easy to wonder whether H1N1 might turn out to be much ado about not that much. Certainly the actions of some countries - like Egypt's impulsive move to cull some 300,000 pigs and China's apparent decision to preemptively quarantine hundreds of Mexican nationals - smack of panic. In the U.S., too, hundreds of schools have temporarily closed down because of suspected or confirmed swine flu cases, with Fort Worth, Texas, making the decision to shut down all city schools until...
...pardon the pun," says Brett Heffernan, a spokesman for the National Farmers' Federation. "But it's not likely to take over traditional cattle and lamb and everything else. There's still a long way to go for the industry to solidify itself." Animal-rights groups oppose kangaroo culling; the famously vegetarian Paul McCartney even jumped into the fray last year, speaking out against a controversial cull in Canberra. "Our organization does not encourage the eating of our national icon," says Karen Scott, vice-president of Wildcare Australia, a conservation group that rescues native animals...
...that may be the most commercially successful or popular. The rich history of the Advocate, rather than engendering a conflict between the old and the new, actually contributes to its ability to find groundbreaking work. The Advocate attracts a large quantity of submissions for each issue, allowing editors to cull pieces of the highest quality. “We’re not running around desperate for content. We can be selective and get things that are really good and really new,” says design board member Joseph B. Morcos ’12, contrasting the Advocate with...
...Advocate attracts a large quantity of submissions for each issue, allowing editors to cull pieces of the highest quality...