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Index of Subjects --001636eef5c558f9f204a143bade Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The problem with dog faeces and dogs off the leash is a matter of quantity. Faeces: who wants to walk a trail lined with it...an exaggeration, I know, but on a well used trail one could almost connect the dots. Off the leash: how many times have you seen owners incessantly calling their dogs, "Here boy...come here!" and the dog never comes. Who's to differentiate between a well-trained dog and one that the owner just claims is well-trained? Not to mention that some owners think it hilarious or exciting when Rover chases a rabbit (hare) or chipmunk, etc. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 18 April 2011 22:01, Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: > On 4/18/2011 8:46 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > > I would not have dreamed of carrying dog >> droppings out of these woods. And I can not imagine why one would do so >> now. >> >> It is a good fertilizer and a good food resource for creatures so >> adapted. To carry a biological resource out of woodland and then dump it >> into a 'land-fill' is, in my view, a triple abomination. >> >> It robs woodland of a useful resource, burdens an expensive and >> unsustainable 'waste' disposal system and creates problems for future >> generations by filling 'leak-proof' landfills with decomposable organic >> materials below the zone of aerobic biological activity where they can >> not decompose and become part of .the nutrient cycle. >> >> Life depends upon closed nutrient cycles. Western so-called civilization >> seems determined to generate one-way flow of nutrients; soil to landfill >> or soil to sea. >> > > * it's nice to hear this said. Dog feces are one of the few ways in which, > in common practice, nutrients can be imported into natural habitats, and our > forests have generally been depleted of nutrients by logging - > http://pinicola.ca/limnutr.htm > > fred schueler > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition - > http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > --001636eef5c558f9f204a143bade Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The problem with dog faeces and dogs off the leash is a matter of quantity.= <div><br></div><div>Faeces: who wants to walk a trail lined with it...an ex= aggeration, I know, but on a well used trail one could almost connect the d= ots.</div> <div><br></div><div>Off the leash: how many times have you seen owners ince= ssantly calling their dogs, "Here boy...come here!" and the dog n= ever comes. Who's to differentiate between a well-trained dog and one t= hat the owner just claims is well-trained? Not to mention that some owners = think it hilarious or exciting when Rover chases a rabbit (hare) or chipmun= k, etc.</div> <div><br></div><div>Randy<br clear=3D"all">________________________________= _<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 18 April 2011 22:01, Frederick W. Sch= ueler <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca">bckcdb@istar= .ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar= gin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class=3D"im">On 4/18/2011 8:46 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:<b= r> <br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> =A0I would not have dreamed of carrying dog<br> droppings out of these woods. And I can not imagine why one would do so<br> now.<br> <br> It is a good fertilizer and a good food resource for creatures so<br> adapted. To carry a biological resource out of woodland and then dump it<br= > into a 'land-fill' is, in my view, a triple abomination.<br> <br> It robs woodland of a useful resource, burdens an expensive and<br> unsustainable 'waste' disposal system and creates problems for futu= re<br> generations by filling 'leak-proof' landfills with decomposable org= anic<br> materials below the zone of aerobic biological activity where they can<br> not decompose and become part of .the nutrient cycle.<br> <br> Life depends upon closed nutrient cycles. Western so-called civilization<br= > seems determined to generate one-way flow of nutrients; soil to landfill<br= > or soil to sea.<br> </blockquote> <br></div> * it's nice to hear this said. Dog feces are one of the few ways in whi= ch, in common practice, nutrients can be imported into natural habitats, an= d our forests have generally been depleted of nutrients by logging - <a hre= f=3D"http://pinicola.ca/limnutr.htm" target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/l= imnutr.htm</a><br> <br> fred schueler<br> ------------------------------------------------------------<br> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br> Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.= htm" target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm</a><br> now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition -<br> <a href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm" t= arget=3D"_blank">http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.= htm</a><br> Daily Paintings - <a href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/" ta= rget=3D"_blank">http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/</a><br> =A0 =A0RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0<br> =A0on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<br> =A0 (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at <a href=3D"http://istar.ca" target=3D"_bla= nk">istar.ca</a>> <a href=3D"htt