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| 11:19 UK time, Thursday, 4 January 2007
This is in response to Dan Damon's program that aired here on KWMU in St. Louis, MO, USA on 4 Jan, re. polar bears... Thanks for the interesting bit of information that there are more polar bears now than 50 years ago. Did not know that. Having googled around a little on the subject, I don't agree that this fact implies that the current concern for the species is unfounded. Polar bear populations were impacted in the 50s and 60s by hunting. An international agreement relieved that pressure, and their numbers rebounded. Yet today a new threat to their survival has been identified. If it has been established that their population is again waning, even though it is still higher than it was, why should we wait until the situation is critical? John, Imperial Missouri
Regarding Ashley, the girl whose parents gave her a hysterectomy and are giving her estrogen to stunt her growth. For about a year autistic girls have undergone the same ghastly procedure. Autistic boys have been chemically castrated with lupron and given estrogen to stunt their growth. Just more quackery in the name of a "cure." But we're autistic, less than human, and don't make the news. Jerod Poore, Saint Regis, Montana
Why do you give the Senlis Council airtime? They have a very clear agenda and their "facts" exist only to support them. USAID is building roads, rehabilitating irrigation and a whole bunch of activties in the south of Afghanistan. When are you going to question the Senlis Council's agenda and their "facts"" rather than run their agenda as one of your stories and then challenge donors and aid workers about what they really ARE doing. Sarah
Also, lots of good souls build schools in Africa. Why does Oprah's have to cost so much? How will it be any better? ...and could your correspondent possibly have sounded more star struck? Sarah Jackson
Can you post the web-site for the Student art outlet that you talked about on Tuesday, Jan.2, 2007. I can't find it under "stuart". Thanks. Here it .
