Deanna- sounds like the friend's boss was in deNile :-(
-Ben >From: "Deanna Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Zoos (was: Re: omg, VOMIT jellybeans??) >Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:06:29 -0600 > >A friend of mine works at a species survival center and zoo in Louisiana. >Specifically, she works with the birds. This summer, when West Nile Virus >became an issue, she was forced to watch almost their entire chick flock >die >really excruciating deaths because: >a. The boss refused to believe it was West Nile >b. When the boss finally admitted it was West Nile, he refused to authorize >the vaccine for the uninfected ones because "it costs too much." >c. He wouldn't pay for euthanizing the sick ones because "it costs too >much." > >My friend had to go over his head to his boss to finally get permission to >euthanize the sick birds. (Apparently, natural death from west nile is >truly >horrific.) > >Now, remember, this is a conservation place. Their sole purpose is to >increase the world's supply of several species. But, it wasn't worth the >money to bother to vaccinate. Hmmmm.... Nope. Nothing wrong with our zoo >system. (By the way, the same thing happened with the flamingos at the >affiliated zoo.) > >-d > > >Deanna Schneider >Interactive Media Developer >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
