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Index of Subjects --0015174befcca6044a04b0b05bb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, Several years ago Zoe Lucas gave a good presentation to the Blomidon Nat.Soc. about the dangers of balloons to seals on Sable Island, where the seals think they're jellyfish and try to eat them. We had a similar and even more disturbing presentation on how Loggerhead turtles do the same thing. I seem to recall that some of the balloons were traced to origins in Ontario and the USA, and when the perpetrators were shown autopsy pictures of starving seals and turtles with balloons in their stomachs they stopped releasing them. So indeed it's an educational issue, and those people may still have images available which can be used as educational resources. Richard On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>wrote: > On 11/1/2011 12:37 PM, Lynne Perry wrote: > >> I think it makes sense for us to be more vocal about these balloons. We >> need to show the damage these balloons do, so it can be stopped. Show >> pictures of whales, birds and other animals adversely affected. It is an >> educational issue, methinks. I think most people do not want to do harm >> to the earth, or its creatures or vegetation. >> > > * we saw a lot of these along Lake Ontario when we did the lakeshore in > 1994 - http://pinicola.ca/books.htm#**APTW<http://pinicola.ca/books.htm#APTW>- and I wonder if the frequency has changed. The interesting thing is that > the release of a balloon is the same action as littering, but one supposes > that those who release them don't think of it that way. > > And then there's the deeper question of the character of the mentality of > those who throw beverage containers and other refuse along roadsides. I > find it very difficult to imagine what they must be "thinking" as they > throw trash out of a moving vehicle (but, of course, I can't imagine > purchasing most of these beverages, so perhaps the disposal method is only > a consequence of the purchase). I imagine that even those who distribute > Tim Hortons cups along the roads don't do so with the thought that they're > providing food for slugs and snails. > > fred. > ==============================**================ > >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ------------ >> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:00:17 -0700 >> From: paulrita2001@yahoo.com >> Subject: [NatureNS] Ballons >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Hi >> Today I picked up an ugly blue ballon on the trail near here >> compliments of Coldwell Bankers. >> I immediately emailed them explaining my disgust that they would >> litter the country side in this manner. >> I hope everyone who picks up a ballon with a name on it will do the same. >> A bank in MA, USA promised to stop using ballons in their promotions >> when I found one in Keji and mailed it of to them. >> Enjoy the fall >> Paul >> >> > > -- > > fred schueler > ------------------------------**------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.**blogspot.com/<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/ > ------------------------------**------------------------------ > ------------------------------**------------------------------ > > -- ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0015174befcca6044a04b0b05bb5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<div><br></div><div>Several years ago Zoe Lucas gave a good presentation= to the Blomidon Nat.Soc. about the dangers of balloons to seals on Sable I= sland, where the seals think they're jellyfish and try to eat them. We = had a similar and even more disturbing presentation on how Loggerhead turtl= es do the same thing. I seem to recall that some of the balloons were trace= d to origins in Ontario and the USA, and when the perpetrators were shown a= utopsy pictures of starving seals and turtles with balloons in their stomac= hs they stopped releasing them. So indeed it's an educational issue, an= d those people may still have images available which can be used as educati= onal resources.</div> <div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 1= , 2011 at 3:00 PM, Frederick W. Schueler <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"m= ailto:bckcdb@istar.ca">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote= class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli= d;padding-left:1ex;"> On 11/1/2011 12:37 PM, Lynne Perry wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I think it makes sense for us to be more vocal about these balloons. We<br> need to show the damage these balloons do, so it can be stopped. Show<br> pictures of whales, birds and other animals adversely affected. It is an<br= > educational issue, methinks. =A0I think most people do not want to do harm<= br> to the earth, or its creatures or vegetation.<br> </blockquote> <br> * we saw a lot of these along Lake Ontario when we did the lakeshore in 199= 4 - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/books.htm#APTW" target=3D"_blank">http://= pinicola.ca/books.htm#<u></u>APTW</a> - and I wonder if the frequency has c= hanged. The interesting thing is that the release of a balloon is the same = action as littering, but one supposes that those who release them don't= think of it that way.<br> <br> And then there's the deeper question of the character of the mentality = of those who throw beverage containers and other refuse along roadsides. I = find it very difficult to imagine what they must be "thinking" as= they throw trash out of a moving vehicle (but, of course, I can't imag= ine purchasing most of these beverages, so perhaps the disposal method is o= nly a consequence of the purchase). I imagine that even those who distribut= e Tim Hortons cups along the roads don't do so with the thought that th= ey're providing food for slugs and snails.<br> <br> fred.<br>