Hello
In response to the hundreds of you who wrote me about proposed Bill 37
http://www.leg.bc.ca/39th4th/votes/bills-list_hansard.htm that would make disease
reporting a punishable offense, I have set up a petition at
http://www.change.org/SalmonFlu
By working with change.org we have the opportunity to reach the world. Because not
everyone on earth is as attached to wild salmon as we are, I raised the human health
aspect of this that has been dangerously over-looked. So many people, particularly my
First Nation family and friends, are asking me about what these viruses are doing to
us. I don't know, but several nurses and doctors have taken me aside after lectures a
to share their concerns that influenza viruses are unpredictable and nasty. So I have
simply asked COSTCO and Safeway to label farm salmon with the viruses in them,
because the BC Government has chosen to make disease reporting punishable.
If Minister Don McRae gets his way and silences me and others, there is no way we
will ever know what viruses are spilling into BC waters. The epidemic in Clayoquot
has been quickly followed by announcements that the Ahlstrom site near Sechelt Inlet,
owned by Grieg and stocked with coho is being "quarantined" for a viral outbreak, as
well as, farms in the US. I have no idea how big this is going to get. I have no reason to
believe any of the reports that this is IHN, we have not seen a single test result, but
either way IHN is not good news.
Please donate to http://www.gofundme.com/SalmonDiseaseTestingFund if you want to
participate in the testing or in the legal fees depending which way this thing goes.
I am updating my blog frequently to keep people informed about the epidemics
alexandramorton.typepad.com
Please do everything you can to distribute the change.org petition. We clearly have no
impact on the BC government - but COSTCO and Safeway will.
Thank you,
alex morton
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THE SHINING EMPEROR
"The sun is sinking tis last light, my silken line is stretched real tight
The beast is heading for the sea, my moaning winch is haunting me
It breaks the surface all shining silver, the very sight just makes me shiver
It's finally over lying at my feet, my hammering heart pounds out a beat
I free the fly and wish the beast well, my racing heart I try to quell
Then I'm wide awake in the darkness of night, twas only a dream but it gave me a fright
I lay in the darkness till the morning's dawn, thinking of that silver beast and my old
winch's song"
Poppy-Spey Rod Pimp 21st Century
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