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Minggu, 20 Maret 2011

Selasa, 27 April 2010

Dogs Are Still Banned From Restaurants

Laws which ban dogs from indoor and food preparation areas in food and beverage businesses will remain in place. This is the fact despite claims to the contrary by some. Only companion dogs, i.e., dogs for blind people will be allowed in "outdoor" dining areas, and then only with strict conditions. Dogs must be kept on a leash at all time. They must not be permitted to sit on chairs or tables.

The NSW Government has enacted laws for business owners to consider whether a blind person with a trained guide dog can enter an outdoor dining area. The new laws obviously apply to those cafes which have tables set up on the footpath, in malls for example. It is rare for restaurants per se to have outdoor eating areas, but some takeaway chains do have them. It is not unusual to see a dog in children's play and eating areas outside McDonald's in other states. Unless there is a complaint authorities rarely act. There definitely would be a complaint if a dog was wandering in a restaurant. Indeed, patrons would get up and leave.

A dog must pant, in some dogs because of breeding this is continuous, to send cooling air over glands on its tongue. The cooling air cools the body. In doing this a dogs tends to drool with saliva steadily dripping from its mouth. Laws prohibit dogs from food preparation areas because of the drooling. That is why there is no law banning cats.
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Sabtu, 20 Februari 2010

New Weapon to Fight Cane Toads

At last - a solution to Australia's can toad problem. Decades ago the pest was introduced from Hawaii to combat bugs that were attacking sugar cane, but instead of eating the target beetles the cane toads went about settling down here and have been destroying the native habitat ever since. Cane toads have recently reached Perth in Western Australia. Now they are established in every Australian state.

Everything has been tried to kill them from hitting them with sticks, gassing them with carbon dioxide, to freezing them. None of this has had any effect on their numbers. A way has now been found, however, of killing off the pests. Placing a few teaspoons of cat food next to ponds in the Northern Territory attracts meat eating ants. When the baby can toads appear from the pond they are eaten by the ants.

Most native creatures are affected by the poisonous toxin put out by can toads. Fortunately, the ants are fully resistant. All the toad eggs hatch at the same time, so if you activate the ants you win the battle. The ants kill 98 percent of baby toads in the first two minutes. Eighty percent of survivors die of inuries during the next day.

Already do-gooders are complaining, saying ants killing toads is inumane. One species killing another is as natural as it can get. What else can be done? Are we expected to give them a packed lunch and send them on they way?
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