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Sustainable
eNews |
July 2003 |
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IWMC
World Conservation Trust |
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IWC offended by
Extremism
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The IWC has rightly and unanimously condemned the
publication ECO, where names such as WWF, IFAW, HSUS, EIA, EII, Greenpeace
appear, for publishing offensive and racist material about Caribbean
nations and Japan. All signatories to ECO were requested to apologize to
the IWC and ordered not to publish anymore during the IWC55, to the risk of
losing their accreditation. ECO's animal rights backers can relax in the
knowledge that it is they who will be calling the shots in the future,
following the passing of the Berlin Initiative on Monday.
If the accusations are recycled at subsequent IWC meetings, ECO will be
able to tell the Commission to take a hike or risk losing its Conservation
Committee funding. That is what happens when you hand over power to
unaccountable extremists.
Don't expect to see any apologies on the web sites or other fundraising
material of the animal rights groups. And don't expect to learn that the
foundations bankrolling the campaigners have any feelings of remorse
either. Extremism has no conscience. 
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