I apologise for the off topic post, but I just couldn't resist showing how low some people will go to destroy the penguin.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/061206/2/11osw.html <Quote> Thursday December 7, 06:30 AM Vandals attack fairy penguin nests Vandals are thought to be responsible for attacking a nesting haven for fairy penguins in Sydney. Two penguins' eggs were smashed and a number of the nesting boxes destroyed on the harbour foreshore at Manly, The Daily Telegraph reports. The parent penguins, who were in the middle of the breeding season, have not been seen since the attack was reported to the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) early last week. The DEC has fought to boost numbers in the Manly colony, recently introducing five little penguins from a booming colony in Pittwater. The Little penguins in the colony, also known as fairy penguins, are only 30 cm tall and weigh just one kg when fully grown. They are the world's smallest penguins. The DEC has investigating into the destruction of the penguin eggs. Anyone caught damaging eggs in a threatened population is facing a $220,000 fine. </Quote> Peter _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
