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Posted on 05/02/2003 9:28:21 AM PDT by WKB
Ananova:
Germany has introduced new laws making it illegal to kill ants and appointed 85 ant protection officers to protect the insects.
Homeowners and gardeners who attempt to destroy an anthill or underground nest will face hefty fines if caught.
They must now apply for a permit from their local forestry office to have the ants carefully moved to local woods.
"People with an ant hill in their garden must under no circumstances resort to the use of poison," said senior ant protection officer Dieter Kraemer.
"This is a violation of federal nature protection laws and punishable with hefty fines."
He added that ants were highly valued by German foresters for eating insects which attack trees.
A high ant population can prevent costly and environmentally unfriendly woodland spraying aimed at pests such as the Nun moth which attacks pines and other conifers.
TOPICS: Extended News; Germany; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: animalrights; eussr; green; holdmuhbeer; turass
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To: WKB
I plan to soon grab a beer, go to a beautiful island, and use my crystal ball television to watch the world go mad.
To: WKB
THis reminds me of a pesticide radio ad from a few years ago. It was about the joys of killing fire ants. I think it was Amdro. Peta went nuts.
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:15:19 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(rant away, it's what I expect anyway)
To: WKB
"They're probably looking at me and saying, 'why, she wouldn't harm a fly'..."
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To: Ursus arctos horribilis
Leave it to the Germans, to pass a law to protect ants, after passing a law to exterminate, Jews, gays, and other undesirables as so deemed by the state. No "law" was ever passed like that.
There is something deep and dark in the minds of the Germanic people in that country.
Apparently not any darker than what is in your own German hating mind.
To: Old Professer
They must now apply for a permit from their local forestry office to have the ants carefully moved to local woods.
Just how would this be done!!
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:18:06 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If you ain't the lead dog the view never changes!)
To: WKB
To: Charles Martel
The dreaded "Bullet Ant" - shown actual size (!!) Depending on the size and resolution of your monitor of course. That thing's huge to me :).
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:24:54 AM PDT
by
vollmond
(The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Democrat Nine that day ...)
To: WKB
To: WKB
"People with an ant hill in their garden must under no circumstances resort to the use of poison," said senior ant protection officer Dieter Kraemer. I guess that pouring gasoline all over a mound and lighting the sucker up would upset poor Dieter.
I think that the German people have a real problem. They seem to be easily victimized by the latest fad, and then go about doing whatever that fad calls for with great industriousness, no matter how stupid or immoral it may be. First, its kill the Jews and other "subhumans," then its be kind to animals (they let dogs in restaurants, for crying out loud), and now it is protection of ANTS. I mean, ants are only the most numerous species on earth. I would think that WE should be the ones protected from THEM. Quick, get those Iraqi oilwells a-pumpin' - we need more gasoline! Dieter, do you have a match?
To: LibWhacker
Are these the ant police?
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:38:03 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If you ain't the lead dog the view never changes!)
To: WKB
"People with an ant hill in their garden must under no circumstances resort to the use of poison," said senior ant protection officer Dieter Kraemer. I imagine what the surviving concentration camp guards must be thinking one of two things: 1) The world is really going to Hell in a handbasket or 2) Good thing those idiots weren't around 60 years ago...
To: spodefly
LOL! I was going to post the same thing. No other insect in the U.S. is as evil as the fire ant. Let the forestry workers try to relocate a fire ant colony! That would be funny to watch!
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:41:40 AM PDT
by
doc30
To: Moose4
Well, it is from Ananova...
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:41:51 AM PDT
by
k2blader
(Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right. - John Donne)
To: WKB
LOL, I guess . . . I don't know. Found it searching Google for "giant ants."
To: k2blader
Well, it is from Ananova
Dosen't she play tennis?
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:43:37 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If you ain't the lead dog the view never changes!)
To: Charles Martel
The dreaded "Bullet Ant" - shown actual size (!!) How do you know how big my monitor is? What if I've got my 'puter hooked up to my home theater with its 10 foot wide projection screen? Aiiieeeee! That ant's as big as a small dog!
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:45:45 AM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
(France is a country located between Andorra and Luxembourg, and is of less consequence than either.)
To: Ancesthntr
senior ant protection officer Dieter Kraemer What a job title!
To: WKB
Enemy of the German state! When anteaters are outlawed, only outlaws will have anteaters.
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:48:11 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Paranoia is when you realize that tin foil hats just focus the mind control beams.)
To: Ancesthntr
From the German Handbook on Death:
OK to KILL: Jews, Communists,Gypsies, Dwarfs, Cripples,The Insane, POW's, Women, Children, Non- Christians..........
Verbotten to Kill: Ants
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posted on
05/02/2003 10:51:20 AM PDT
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus, Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
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