“We are running a gigantic experiment with humans and all other living things as the subject.”
Tom Blundell, chairman of Britain’s Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, on the potential hazards of chemicals in everyday products (The Guardian, London, 27 June)
“EU guidelines only allow crows to be shot if they pose a serious threat to citizens’ well-being.”
Volker Dumann of the Environment Office in Hamburg, on the crows that have started attacking joggers and pensioners in German parks (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 29 June)
“If they are forced to give birth they throw the children into latrines or abandon them to the hyenas.”…
