"human" rights for brainy animals

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:58:55 -0400 (AST)
From: Roger Davies <daisies@chebucto.ns.ca>
To: "David M. Wimberly" <ag487@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Even better, David, would be for the cetacian residents to form their own
Georges Bank Review Panel.  Then human types could come and make
submissions.  What would the humans say?  Imagine the interchanges that
would occur in this dialogue.

Roger Davies
Birch Cove, Kearney River

On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, David M. Wimberly wrote:

> I propose we here in the Maritimes should also give the cetacians
> (whales, dolphins and porporses) "human" rights status.  Then we should
> enter into a formal negociation process for the sharing of the resources
> of the seas, where they are the most intelligent permanent residents.
> 
> More immediately, the Georges Bank Review, for example, should have
> included formal hearings in a manner convenient and understandable to the
> cetacian residents of Georges Bank.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> David Wimberly


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