World’s Wildlife Population Dropped By More Than Half In 40 Years, WWF
Report Says
By Kukil Bora@KukilBora on September 30 2014 6:20 AM
Wildlife
During the period of in 40 years, populations of mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians and fish around the world dropped 52 percent. Reuters
Wildlife population across the planet halved between 1970 and 2010, raising
concerns over the global loss of species, according to a new report from the
World Wildlife Fund, or WWF. In addition to the steep decline in wildlife
populations, the report also highlighted various warning signs about the overall
health of the planet.
Over a period of 40 years, populations of mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians and fish around the world dropped 52 percent, while the amount of
carbon in the Earth’s atmosphere rose to levels not seen in more than a million
years, according to the WWF report. And while these developments have altered
the planet's climate and destabilized ecosystems, more than 60 percent of the
essential “services” provided by nature are also seen to be in decline.
“We're gradually destroying our planet’s ability to support our way of
life,” Carter Roberts, president and CEO of WWF, said in a statement. “But we
already have the knowledge and tools to avoid the worst predictions. We all live
on a finite planet and its time we started acting within those limits.”
According to WWF, the report is based on trends in three major areas,
including populations of more than 10,000 vertebrate species; human activities
such as consumption of goods and greenhouse gas emissions; and existing
biocapacity, which denotes the amount of natural resources available to produce
food and freshwater, and sequester carbon -- the process of capturing and
storing of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
“There is a lot of data in this report and it can seem very overwhelming
and complex,” Jon Hoekstra, chief scientist at WWF, said in the statement.
“What’s not complicated are the clear trends we’re seeing -- 39 percent of
terrestrial wildlife gone, 39 percent of marine wildlife gone, 76 percent of
freshwater wildlife gone – all in the past 40 years.”
The report revealed that while high-income countries showed a 10 percent
increase in biodiversity, middle-income and low-income countries suffered a
decline of 18 percent and 58 percent, respectively. Among all the world's
regions, Latin American countries showed the biggest decline in biodiversity,
with species populations falling by 83 percent.
The report also put forth recommendations to help save the planet. WWF
suggests people should focus more on smarter food and energy production, while
being responsible about consuming resources “at the personal, corporate and
government levels.”
“We need leadership for change. Sitting on the bench waiting for someone
else to make the first move doesn’t work,” Marco Lambertini, director general at
WWF International, said in a statement. “Heads of state need to start thinking
globally; businesses and consumers need to stop behaving as if we live in a
limitless world.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/worlds-wildlife-population-dropped-more-half-40-years-wwf-report-says-1696873
Living Planet Report 2014 . .
The Living Planet Report is the world's leading, science-based analysis on
the health of our planet and the impact of human activity. Knowing we only have
one planet, WWF believes that humanity can make better choices that translate
into clear benefits for ecology, society and the economy today and in the long
term.
This latest edition of the Living Planet Report is not for the
faint-hearted. One key point that jumps out is that the Living Planet Index
(LPI), which measures more than 10,000 representative populations of mammals,
birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, has declined by 52 per cent since 1970.
Put another way, in less than two human generations, population sizes of
vertebrate species have dropped by half. These are the living forms that
constitute the fabric of the ecosystems which sustain life on Earth – and the
barometer of what we are doing to our own planet, our only home. We ignore their
decline at our peril.
We are using nature’s gifts as if we had more than just one Earth at our
disposal. By taking more from our ecosystems and natural processes than can be
replenished, we are jeopardizing our very future. Nature conservation and
sustainable development go hand-in-hand. They are not only about preserving
biodiversity and wild places, but just as much about safeguarding the future of
humanity – our well-being, economy, food security and social stability – indeed,
our very survival.
In a world where so many people live in poverty, it may appear as though
protecting nature is a luxury. But it is quite the opposite. For many of the
world’s poorest people, it is a lifeline. Importantly though, we are all in this
together. We all need nutritious food, fresh water and clean air – wherever in
the world we live.
Things look so worrying that it may seem difficult to feel positive about
the future. Difficult, certainly, but not impossible – because it is in
ourselves, who have caused the problem, that we can find the solution. Now we
must work to ensure that the upcoming generation can seize the opportunity that
we have so far failed to grasp, to close this destructive chapter in our
history, and build a future where people can live and prosper in harmony with
nature.
We are all connected – and collectively, we have the potential to create
the solutions that will safeguard the future of this, our one and only planet.
/ ©: WWF / ESA
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We need leadership for change. Sitting on the bench waiting for someone
else to make the first move doesn’t work. Heads of state need to start thinking
globally; businesses and consumers need to stop behaving as if we live in a
limitless world.
Marco Lambertini, Director General, WWF International . .
Living planet report partners
Zoological Society of London Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of
London (ZSL) is an international scientific, conservation, and educational
organization. Its mission is to achieve and promote the worldwide conservation
of animals and their habitats.
Global Footprint Network (GFN) The GFN promotes a sustainable economy by
advancing the Ecological Footprint, a tool that makes sustainability measurable.
Together with its partners, the Network coordinates research, develops
methodological standards, and provides decision makers with robust resource
accounts to help the human economy operate within the Earth’s ecological limits.
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platform connecting diverse communities interested in sustainability,
equitability and efficiency of water use.
SEE VIDEO;
Half of Global Wildlife Lost, says new WWF Report
World Wildlife Fund issues 10th edition of “The Living Planet Report”, a
science-based assessment of the planet’s health
Date September 30, 2014
Media Contact
Brendan Rohr
202-495-4621
brendan.rohr@wwfus.org
In This Press Release
Carter Roberts
Keya Chatterjee
Jon Hoekstra
Between 1970 and 2010 populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,
and fish around the globe dropped 52 percent, says the 2014 Living Planet Report
released today by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This biodiversity loss occurs
disproportionately in low-income countries—and correlates with the increasing
resource use of high-income countries.
In addition to the precipitous decline in wildlife populations the report’s
data point to other warning signs about the overall health of the planet. The
amount of carbon in our atmosphere has risen to levels not seen in more than a
million years, triggering climate change that is already destabilizing
ecosystems. High concentrations of reactive nitrogen are degrading lands, rivers
and oceans. Stress on already scarce water supplies is increasing. And more than
60 percent of the essential “services” provided by nature, from our forests to
our seas, are in decline.
"We're gradually destroying our planet’s ability to support our way of
life,” said Carter Roberts, president and CEO of WWF. “But we already have the
knowledge and tools to avoid the worst predictions. We all live on a finite
planet and its time we started acting within those limits.”
The Living Planet Report, WWF’s biennial flagship publication, measures
trends in three major areas:
• populations of more than ten thousand vertebrate species;
• human ecological footprint, a measure of consumption of goods, greenhouse
gas emissions; and
• existing biocapacity, the amount of natural resources for producing food,
freshwater, and sequestering carbon.
“There is a lot of data in this report and it can seem very overwhelming
and complex,” said Jon Hoekstra, chief scientist at WWF. “What’s not complicated
are the clear trends we’re seeing -- 39 percent of terrestrial wildlife gone, 39
percent of marine wildlife gone, 76 percent of freshwater wildlife gone – all in
the past 40 years.”
The report says that the majority of high-income countries are increasingly
consuming more per person than the planet can accommodate; maintaining per
capita ecological footprints greater than the amount of biocapacity available
per person. People in middle- and low-income countries have seen little increase
in their per capita footprints over the same time period.
While high-income countries show a 10 percent increase in biodiversity, the
rest of the world is seeing dramatic declines. Middle-income countries show 18
percent declines, and low-income countries show 58 percent declines. Latin
America shows the biggest decline in biodiversity, with species populations
falling by 83 percent.
“High-income countries use five times the ecological resources of
low-income countries, but low income countries are suffering the greatest
ecosystem losses,” said Keya Chatterjee, WWF’s senior director of footprint. “In
effect, wealthy nations are outsourcing resource depletion.”
The report underscores that the declining trends are not inevitable. To
achieve globally sustainable development, each country’s per capita ecological
footprint must be less than the per capita biocapacity available on the planet,
while maintaining a decent standard of living.
At the conclusion of the report, WWF recommends the following
actions:
1. Accelerate shift to smarter food and energy production
2. Reduce ecological footprint through responsible consumption at the
personal, corporate and government levels
3. Value natural capital as a cornerstone of policy and development
decisions
WWF In The News World’s Wildlife Population Dropped By More Than Half In 40
Years, WWF Report SaysSeptember 30, 2014 – International Business Times WWF: The
Earth Has Lost Half Its Wildlife Since 1970September 30, 2014 – VOX Half the
World's Wildlife Gone Over Last 40 Years September 30, 2014 – CBS News Too busy
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energy
CYANIDE POISONING, ELEPHANTS - ZIMBABWE (02): (HWANGE NATIONAL PARK)
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A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail
is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org>
Date: Sun 29 Sep 2013 Source: IOL (Independent Online, South Africa)
[edited] <http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/zim-elephant-deaths-soar-1.1584080#.Uk2IP4ZLOrh>
While African heads of state made measured long-range commitments to
intensify anti-wildlife poaching measures at a UN summit in New York this week
[23-29 Sep 2013], conservation authorities in Zimbabwe were continuing to count
the cost of what could be the single worst poaching incident on the continent in
living memory.
By yesterday [28 Sep 2013], 91 elephant carcasses had been found in
Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, victims of cyanide added to salt licks at
watering holes inside the reserve.
Meanwhile, reports have indicated the poison has led to widespread
devastation of the ecosystems in the area, with large, though at this stage
untallied, numbers of other wildlife including lions, zebras, wildebeest,
hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, and several species of birds also included in the
list of victims. Especially vulnerable have been vultures feeding from elephant
carcasses.
"This is the worst ecological disaster we have seen, and the fallout is
going to be massive," said Johnny Rodrigues, Chairman of the Zimbabwe
Conservation Task Force.
"Watering holes and the ground are contaminated, and the entire wildlife
food chain is threatened."
"Already predators and vultures and other birdlife species are dying from
the chain reaction or secondary poisoning, and a lot more animals are going to
suffer and die."
Conservationists believe the final tally -- which has steadily risen after
the discovery of some 40 carcasses in August [2013] -- could climb to 3 figures
before the poisons introduced into the watering holes lose their toxicity.
Hwange covers an area of 14 650 sq km [5656 sq mi] and is Africa's 3rd
largest wildlife sanctuary. The Zimbabwe Wildlife Authority employs just 50
rangers to protect the park where earlier this year [2013] it was reported the
last southern white rhino at Hwange had been poached.
Hwange received no mention at this week's [23-29 Sep 2013] UN-hosted
deliberations in New York, where Gabon's President Ali Bongo called for the
appointment of a UN rapporteur on wildlife crime, a call supported by the UK and
Germany among others.
Somewhat more proactive were the Zimbabwean prosecutorial authorities,
arresting 8 suspected poachers since August [2013] in connection with the
cyanide outrage, and securing confessions from at least 2 suspects that
elephants had been targeted for their ivory in poisoning the watering
holes.
This week [23-29 Sep 2013], 3 of the suspects were convicted in the Hwange
Regional Court. 2 were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and an order for the
restitution of USD 600 000 (R 5.9 million) to the Parks and Wildlife Management
Authority of Zimbabwe. The 3rd was handed down a 16-year sentence with labour,
and an order for restitution in the value of USD 200 000 [about R 2
million].
Zimbabwe's political responses have been less pertinent, however, with
Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF blaming Western sanctions for the poaching crisis.
Claiming it had conducted a week-long investigation into the cyanide poisoning,
government mouthpiece the Zimbabwe Herald said last week it attributed the
elephant killing to "the West's illegal economic sanctions that affected
Zimbabwe's once-vibrant wildlife management system."
Conservation authorities have pointed out that cyanide is a highly
controlled substance, and virtually unobtainable. The single exception lies in
the mining sector. In recent years, several gold mining concessions in the
Hwange region have been handed out -- nearly all of them to Chinese
interests.
While investigators of the Hwange atrocity have not connected the provision
of the cyanide to mining operators in the area, circumstantial corroboration is
lent to the suspicion by organic chemist and toxicologist Gerhard Verdoorn.
According to Verdoorn, the Chinese "colonisation of parts of Africa" has led to
a situation where a "very large quantity of unregistered and uncontrolled
Chinese pesticides and other toxins enter Africa without any control."
Verdoorn says the use of poisons in poaching goes back some years, and that
in the past 2 years [2011-2012] he has received several reports of mass
poisonings of wildlife in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, but has been under
pressure from investigative authorities to "keep a lid on the information" in
the light of ongoing investigations.
Ivory trafficking has become one of the world's most lucrative criminal
industries, with an estimated value of USD 7-10 billion a year, nonprofit
advocacy groups say.
Since 1980, the estimated population of African elephants has fallen from
1.2 million to less than 420 000. In 2012 alone, 35 000 elephants were
slaughtered, data show.
Ivory seizures data indicates that most ivory smuggled from Africa goes to
China, according to Tom Milliken, an expert from world wildlife monitoring
network Traffic. Bulawayo's Milliken, who runs the Elephant Trade Information
System (ETIS), has tracked the illegal flow of ivory from Africa for the past 22
years.
"In every analysis that we've done since 2004, illegal trade in ivory has
been escalating. The last time we did a major assessment, in 2009, it was
escalating at a rate faster and greater than we had seen previously. Looking at
large-scale ivory seizures in 2011, it's going off the charts. There were just
13 seizures that generated over 23 tons of ivory," he said.
On Thursday [26 Sep 2013] in New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a
new global effort to protect Africa's wild elephants from poaching, part of a
personal crusade. "Unless the killing stops, African forest elephants are
expected to be extinct within 10 years," Clinton said. "I can't even grasp what
a great disaster this is ecologically, but also for anyone who shares this
planet to lose a magnificent creature like the African forest elephant seems
like such a rebuke to our own values," she said.
[Byline: Simon Bloch]
-- Communicated by: ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts
[Cyanide poisoning occurs when an animal is exposed to a compound that
produces cyanide ions when dissolved in water. The cyanide ion halts cellular
respiration by inhibiting an enzyme in the mitochondria called cytochrome c
oxidase.
Gold cyanidation (also known as the cyanide process or the
MacArthur-Forrest process) is a metallurgical technique for extracting gold from
low-grade ore by converting the gold to a water soluble coordination complex. It
is the most commonly used process for gold extraction. [A coordination complex
or metal complex, consists of an atom or ion (usually metallic), and a
surrounding array of bound molecules or anions, that are in turn known as
ligands or complexing agents. (Wikipedia). - Mod.JW]
In South Africa, poachers have also used a toxic compound, aldicarb, to
kill large mammals see <http://www.health24.com/Lifestyle/Pet-Health/News/Temik-killer-on-the-loose-20120721>.
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Zimbabwe can be seen at <http://healthmap.org/r/8Fl->. Hwange
National Park can be located on the map at <http://chandrashekharasandprints.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/hwangenationalpark.jpg>-
Mod.PMB
Joseph Dudley comments: Aldicarb, a carbamate insecticide that is extremely
toxic to mammals, has been widely used by wildlife poachers in South Africa for
many years for poisonng rhinos and other wildlife species. It is also used in
South Africa by burglars to poison sentry dogs, and to poison rats and stray
dogs. Although banned in South Africa, it is still readily available in Zimbabwe
& Mozambique, and large quantities are smuggled into South Africa for
illegal sale there. http://www.rhinoconservation.org/2012/03/27/south-africa-poison-seized-from-game-farmer-suspected-of-rhino-crimes/
http://www.health24.com/Lifestyle/Pet-Health/News/Temik-killer-on-the-loose-20120721
Background http://www.epa.gov/oppt/aegl/pubs/aldicarb_proposed_ornl_jun2009c.pdf
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S1019-91282011000400009&script=sci_arttext
Criminals in South Africa wishing to gain access to a property where dogs
are present typically insert aldicarb granules into cheap meat baits, such as
sausages or polony, to kill the resident dog(s). Pieces of bait are
clandestinely thrown over property fences for the dogs to consume, with
criminals gaining access to the property once the dogs have been eliminated. The
use of a ldicarb to poison animals is, however, not only restricted to South
Africa, with reports indicating large-scale intentional malicious poisoning of
dogs and other species from the USA and Spain. It has also been reported that
aldicarb is illegally used as a household rodenticide in Brazil and the
Caribbean Islands and that humans are sometimes poisoned.
Photo of poisoned elephant carcasses: <http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2013/09/07/1226713/876856-elephants-cyanide.jpg>
- Mod.JW]
[see also: Cyanide poisoning, elephants - Zimbabwe 20130908.1930015]
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Report challenges state pollutant de-listing effort in Texas City
Premature To Remove Texas City From The Air Pollution Watch List
By Elena Craft, PhD | Bio | Published: May 13, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
TCEQ Proposes Removal of Two Pollutants from the Texas City APWL
Area--Benzene and Hydrogen Sulfide
Thursday, September 18, 2014
*** Risk behaviors in a rural community with a known point-source exposure
to chronic wasting disease
Saturday, September 20, 2014
*** North Carolina Captive cervid licenses and permits Senate Bill 744
Singeltary Submission
Description The proposed changes to 15A NACA 10H .0301 would allow the
Commission to issue new captivity licenses and permits for the purpose of
holding cervids in captivity and allow certified herd owners to sell or transfer
cervids to any licensed facility. Also, mandatory testing for CWD will be raised
from all cervids that die at age 6 months or older to all cervids that die at
age 12 months or older.
Rule Text Click here
North Carolina Captive cervid licenses and permits Senate Bill 744
Singeltary Submission
*** p.s. please add this to my submission, very important
information...
Saturday, February 04, 2012
*** Wisconsin 16 age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
Approximately 4,200 fawns, defined as deer under 1 year of age, were
sampled from the eradication zone over the last year. The majority of fawns
sampled were between the ages of 5 to 9 months, though some were as young as 1
month.
*** Two of the six fawns with CWD detected were 5 to 6 months old.
All six of the positive fawns were taken from the core area of the CWD
eradication zone where the highest numbers of positive deer have been
identified.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
*** Wisconsin 16 age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
*** Conclusion. CWD prions (as inferred by prion seeding activity by
RT-QuIC) are shed in urine of infected deer as early as 6 months post
inoculation and throughout the subsequent disease course. Further studies are in
progress refining the real-time urinary prion assay sensitivity and we are
examining more closely the excretion time frame, magnitude, and sample variables
in relationship to inoculation route and prionemia in naturally and
experimentally CWD-infected cervids.
SNIP...SEE FULL TEXT ;
Saturday, September 20, 2014
*** North Carolina Captive cervid licenses and permits Senate Bill 744
Singeltary Submission
Thursday, July 03, 2014
*** How Chronic Wasting Disease is affecting deer population and what’s the
risk to humans and pets?
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Tuesday, July 01, 2014
*** CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD TSE PRION DISEASE, GAME FARMS, AND
POTENTIAL RISK FACTORS THERE FROM ***
=============================================================================
North America Game Farms
slaughtering cattle, or killing deer ?
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
SOUTH BEND DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, vs. RUSSELL G. BELLAR, Defendant.
___________________________
Cause No.: 3:04cr00068-AS South Bend, Indiana January 4, 2005 9:30 a.m.
TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT OF JURY TRIAL (TESTIMONY OF: RONNIE DUNN AND RUSTY CAMP)
BEFORE THE HONORABLE ALLEN SHARP
snip...
Ronnie Dunn Cross Examination
Q. Mr. Dunn, at one point I believe you told the federal agents that Mr.
Bellar told you that this was a private deer farm and shooting deer on that farm
was like slaughtering cattle; is that correct?
A. I don't know if I used the word "slaughter," but it was, yeah, like
that.
Q. You don't know if that was your word, "slaughtering cattle"?
A. I don't know that.
Q. Well, did he give you the idea of killing cattle?
A. Yes, it was the same principle.
snip...
see full text ;
BUCK FEVER
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE Prion Disease North America
2014
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE Prion Disease have now been
discovered in a wide verity of species across North America. typical C-BSE,
atypical L-type BASE BSE, atypical H-type BSE, atypical H-G BSE, of the bovine,
typical and atypical Scrapie strains, in sheep and goats, with atypical Nor-98
Scrapie spreading coast to coast in about 5 years. Chronic Wasting Disease CWD
in cervid is slowly spreading without any stopping it in Canada and the USA and
now has mutated into many different strains. Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
TME outbreaks. These Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE Prion Disease
have been silently mutating and spreading in different species in North America
for decades.
The USDA, FDA, et al have assured us of a robust Triple BSE TSE prion
Firewall, of which we now know without a doubt, that it was nothing but ink on
paper. Since the 1997 mad cow feed ban in the USA, literally tons and tons of
banned mad cow feed has been put out into commerce, never to return, as late as
December of 2013, serious, serious breaches in the FDA mad cow feed ban have
been documented. The 2004 enhanced BSE surveillance program was so flawed, that
one of the top TSE prion Scientist for the CDC, Dr. Paul Brown stated ; Brown,
who is preparing a scientific paper based on the latest two mad cow cases to
estimate the maximum number of infected cows that occurred in the United States,
said he has "absolutely no confidence in USDA tests before one year ago" because
of the agency's reluctance to retest the Texas cow that initially tested
positive.
see ;
The BSE surveillance and testing have also been proven to be flawed, and
the GAO and OIG have both raised serious question as to just how flawed it has
been (see GAO and OIG reports). North America has more documented TSE prion
disease, in different documented species (excluding the Zoo BSE animals in the
EU), then any other place on the Globe. This does not include the very
likelihood that TSE prion disease in the domestic feline and canine have been
exposed to high doses of the TSE prion disease vid pet food. To date, it’s still
legal to include deer from cwd zone into pet food or deer food. Specified Risk
Material i.e. SRM bans still being breach, as recently as just last month.
nvCJD or what they now call vCJD, another case documented in Texas last
month, with very little information being released to the public on about this
case? with still the same line of thought from federal officials, ‘it can’t
happen here’, so another vCJD blamed on travel of a foreign animal disease from
another country, while ignoring all the BSE TSE Prion risk factors we have here
in the USA and Canada, and the time that this victim and others, do spend in the
USA, and exposed to these risk factors, apparently do not count in any way with
regard to risk factor. a flawed process of risk assessment.
sporadic CJD, along with new TSE prion disease in humans, of which the
young are dying, of which long duration of illness from onset of symptoms to
death have been documented, only to have a new name added to the pot of prion
disease i.e. sporadic GSS, sporadic FFI, and or VPSPR. I only ponder how a
familial type disease could be sporadic with no genetic link to any family
member? when the USA is the only documented Country in the world to have
documented two different cases of atypical H-type BSE, with one case being
called atypical H-G BSE with the G meaning Genetic, with new science now showing
that indeed atypical H-type BSE is very possible transmitted to cattle via oral
transmission (Prion2014). sporadic CJD and VPSPR have been rising in Canada,
USA, and the UK, with the same old excuse, better surveillance. You can only use
that excuse for so many years, for so many decades, until one must conclude that
CJD TSE prion cases are rising. a 48% incease in CJD in Canada is not just a
blip or a reason of better surveillance, it is a mathematical rise in numbers.
More and more we are seeing more humans exposed in various circumstance in the
Hospital, Medical, Surgical arenas to the TSE Prion disease, and at the same
time in North America, more and more humans are becoming exposed to the TSE
prion disease via consumption of the TSE prion via deer and elk, cattle, sheep
and goats, and for those that are exposed via or consumption, go on to further
expose many others via the iatrogenic modes of transmission of the TSE prion
disease i.e. friendly fire. I pondered this mode of transmission via the victims
of sporadic FFI, sporadic GSS, could this be a iatrogenic event from someone
sub-clinical with sFFI or sGSS ? what if?
Two decades have passed since Dr. Ironside first confirmed his first ten
nvCJD victims in 1995. Ten years later, 2005, we had Dr. Gambetti and his first
ten i.e. VPSPR in younger victims. now we know that indeed VPSPR is
transmissible. yet all these TSE prion disease and victims in the USA and Canada
are being pawned off as a spontaneous event, yet science has shown, the
spontaneous theory has never been proven in any natural case of TSE prion
disease, and scientist have warned, that they have now linked some sporadic CJD
cases to atypical BSE, to atypical Scrapie, and to CWD, yet we don’t here about
this in the public domain. We must make all human and animal TSE prion disease
reportable in every age group, in ever state and internationally, we must have a
serious re-evaluation and testing of the USA cattle herds, and we must ban
interstate movement of all cervids. Any voluntary effort to do any of this will
fail. Folks, we have let the industry run science far too long with regards to
the TSE prion disease. While the industry and their lobbyist continues to funnel
junk science to our decision policy makers, Rome burns. ...end
REFERENCES
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE Prion Disease North America
2014
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
MAD COW USDA TSE PRION COVER UP or JUST IGNORANCE, for the record AUGUST
2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Former Rancho Employees Charged With 11 Felonies processed meat from 101
condemned cattle, including 79 with “cancer eye''
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Calls for Briefing on Beef Recalled for Mad Cow
Potential Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
*** Because typical clinical signs of BSE cannot always be observed in
nonambulatory disabled cattle, and because evidence has indicated these cattle
are more likely to have BSE than apparently healthy cattle, FDA is designating
material from nonambulatory disabled cattle as prohibited cattle materials.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Rancho Dead Stock Cancer Downers Recall Explained FSIS March 20 2014
?
“As of March 20, 2014, FSIS has completed all checks (effectiveness checks
and disposition verification checks) for recalls 002-2014 and 013-2014 regarding
Rancho Feeding Corporation. FSIS has determined that based on the number of
successful checks (see Directive 8080.1, Attachment 1, Table 3) where businesses
were notified of the recall and removed affected products from commerce that the
recall activities were effective.”
Thursday, March 20, 2014
JACK IN THE BOX NOW CAUGHT UP IN MASSIVE RANCHO DEAD STOCK DOWNER CANCER
COW RECALL
Thursday, March 6, 2014
TEXAS RECALL LIST MASSIVE FROM DEAD STOCK DOWNER CANCER COWS OFFAL from
Class I Recall 002-2014 and 013-2014 Health Risk: High Jan 13, 2014 and Feb 8,
2014 shipped to Texas, Florida, and Illinois UPDATE FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
BEEF, CANCER, PRIONS, AND OTHER DANGEROUS AND DEADLY PATHOGENS, APPARENTLY,
IT'S WHAT'S FOR DINNER
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Department of Justice Former Suppliers of Beef to National School Lunch
Program Settle Allegations of Improper Practices and Mistreating Cows
seems USDA NSLP et al thought that it would be alright, to feed our
children all across the USA, via the NSLP, DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS, the most high
risk cattle for mad cow type disease, and other dangerous pathogens, and they
did this for 4 years, that was documented, then hid what they did by having a
recall, one of the largest recalls ever, and they made this recall and masked
the reason for the recall due to animal abuse (I do not condone animal abuse),
not for the reason of the potential for these animals to have mad cow BSE type
disease (or other dangerous and deadly pathogens). these TSE prion disease can
lay dormant for 5, 10, 20 years, or longer, WHO WILL WATCH OUR CHILDREN FOR THE
NEXT 5 DECADES FOR CJD ???
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Westland/Hallmark: 2008 Beef Recall A Case Study by The Food Industry
Center January 2010 THE FLIM-FLAM REPORT
DID YOUR CHILD CONSUME SOME OF THESE DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS, THE MOST HIGH
RISK FOR MAD COW DISEASE ??? this recall was not for the welfare of the animals.
...tss
you can check and see here ; (link now dead, does not work...tss)
try this link ;
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Is your pizza topped with horrific animal cruelty?
vCJD can have an incubation period of over 30 years. ..TSS
USA 4TH CASE VCJD (aka nvCJD) HUMAN MAD COW, THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING BSE,
CWD, AND SCRAPIE TSE PRION DISEASE
Greetings DSHS, Dr. Fishcer, et al,
I know that most in the USA could care less about the CJD TSE prion disease
aka mad cow type disease. but there are some of us here that will never forget.
you can cover up what ever you want. we all know. I have seen it happen too
many times here in Texas with BSE TSE prion, either the typical or the atypical
strains, or with the feed, or, with cwd, or scrapie as that goes, but we are
still here, and we will never forget...
kind regards, terry
Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD) Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease
Branch Michael Fischer
Marilyn Felkner
512-776-7676
512-776-7676
Chronic Wasting Disease Zoonosis Control Branch Eric Fonken
512-776-2155
Lab tests have confirmed a diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
(CJD) in a patient who recently died in Texas. Variant CJD is a rare, fatal
brain disorder, first described in 1996 in the United Kingdom and associated
with beef consumption overseas.
This is the fourth case ever reported in the United States. In each of the
three previous cases, infection likely occurred outside the United States,
including the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. The history of this fourth
patient includes extensive travel to Europe and the Middle East, and infection
likely occurred outside the United States. The CDC and DSHS continue to
investigate the case.
There are no Texas public health concerns or threats associated with this
case.
CDC Confirmation Information:
CDC Fact Sheet:
Texas CJD Information:
Last updated June 02, 2014
CONFIRMED HUMAN BSE AKA MAD COW DISEASE vCJD TEXAS USA
CONFIRMED HUMAN BSE AKA MAD COW DISEASE vCJD TEXAS USA
Monday, June 02, 2014
*** Confirmed Variant CJD Case in Texas ***
SO, 4 months after the fact and still no word on this case. no information
what so ever.
the silence is deafening $$$
CONFIRMED HUMAN BSE AKA MAD COW DISEASE vCJD TEXAS USA
Monday, June 02, 2014
Confirmed Variant CJD Case in Texas
Monday, February 24, 2014
Sporadic Fatal Insomnia in an Adolescent ???
http://sporadicffi.blogspot.com/2014/02/sporadic-fatal-insomnia-in-adolescent.html
it’s all Man, and his lust for the almighty dollar, nothing else matters
$$$, over fishing, factory farming, pollution, clear cutting, build, build,
build, pour more concrete, we will pay for our own demise. ...TSS
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
