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  • Chinese eat up Zimbabwe’s endangered wildlife

    04/12/2012 10:30:28 AM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 23 replies
    globalpost.com ^ | April 12, 2012 | Erin Conway-Smith
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Chinese workers in Zimbabwe are buying up the local wildlife for dinner, feasting on endangered tortoises, pythons, leopards — and even village dogs. Viewed as prestigious dishes, they would be expensive to serve at banquets back in China. But in Zimbabwe they are relatively cheap. Worse yet, in this cash-strapped country there’s a lack of resources to thwart the appetite for endangered game, conservation groups say. China is investing significantly in mining, agriculture and construction, and its companies bring along thousands of workers. Where there are Chinese in Africa, illegal trade in rare animals inevitably increases,...
  • Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained: SDPD

    03/16/2012 2:15:33 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    www.nbcsandiego.com ^ | 16 March 2012 | By Sarah Grieco
    SDPD said he was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something A co-founder for Invisible Children was detained in Pacific Beach Thursday for being drunk in public and masturbating, according to San Diego Police Department. Jason Russell, 33, was allegedly found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something, according to Lt. Andra Brown. He was detained at the intersection of Ingraham Street and Riviera Road. Brown said Russell was acting very strange. Police said they received several calls yesterday at 11:30 a.m. of a man in various stages of...