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...town of Harderwijk with his wife and three-month-old baby. "He was not given to jokes or eccentricities," says Caroline Hoogendijk, a director of the Dutch Veganism Association who worked closely with Van der Graaf. Wien van den Brink, head of a farmer's activist group from nearby Putten op de Veluwe and a candidate on Fortuyn's list, was left unimpressed in his frequent dealings with Van der Graaf. "You had the impression that he lived in his own world and didn't expect anyone outside it to understand him," he says. "His biggest thrill must have been...
Business is pitching in too. Wild Birds Unlimited, a chain that sells birdseed, feeders, binoculars and other birding gear, has joined with the National Wildlife Federation to sponsor a Habitat Stewards program that teaches people how to turn their backyards into wildlife refuges. N.W.F. president Mark Van Putten notes that birders are one of the biggest groups in his membership. "They are only beginning to be mobilized," he says. "They could be a real force...
...English] 1. to place 2. to apply for putain n. [French] whore, hooker poutine n. [French Canadian] fries covered with gravy and melted cheese curds putten v. [Dutch] to draw putina n. [Russian] fishing season putan n. [Albanian] 1. hornless 2. whore
...ignores its own charter provision that allows actions that protect natural resources. The "enemy" of wildlife and the environment is not free global trade; it is poorly crafted trade policies that sell short the protections in which all citizens of the world have a stake. MARK VAN PUTTEN, President National Wildlife Federation Vienna...
...cruel calculus of the wild, "remove" could mean "kill." If the judge's decision survives appeals, the next time the helicopters appear, the rifles may be loaded not with nets but with bullets. "This is a defining issue of right and wrong," says National Wildlife Federation president Mark Van Putten. "It would be morally wrong to exterminate them a second time...