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De:
Luiz Meira <luizmeira@aleph.com.br>
Data: Sáb Mar 13, 1999 3:13
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Assunto: [gen-ocidio] Wild greens destroy GE experimental crops in NZ
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> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:44:11
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> From: Mark Eden <Poo@TradesHall.org.NZ
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> Wild greens destroy GE experimental crops in New Zealand
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> Christchurch, New Zealand
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> In the early hours of Thursday 11th March, a dozen people jumped the fence
> at the Crop and Food Research Centre at Lincoln, just outside of
> Christchurch.
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> Within minutes an experimental genetically modified potato crop was
> destroyed and a $200,000 research project was ruined. The experiment
> involved mixing the genes of potatoes with genetic material from toads and
> silkworms to make the potatoes rot resistant.
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> The timing was perfect. Opposition to genetically modified food has been
> growing and the debate about Genetically modified food was one of the
> major political issues this week, with even the Prime Minister suddenly
> announcing she was in favour of labelling GM food the day after the
> government called labelling "costly and unworkable".
>
> Considering that this was the first major act of sabotage by environmental
> activists in this country for as long as most people can remember, the
> reaction to it was quite good. The most common reaction by environmental
> group leaders was an attitude of cautious support or "understanding" of
> the sabotage.
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> Most of the media were quick to use the word "eco-terrorism" to describe
> the nonviolent act of uprooting some potatoes.
>
> The sabotage was claimed by a group called the Wild Greens who are the
> direct action youth branch of the green party.
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> Meanwhile security has been stepped up at Ruakura Agricultural Research
> Station (The biggest vivisection lab in the southern hemisphere) where
> genetically modified cows are being bred, and at other crop research labs
> around the country.
>
> Mark PO Box 6387, Wellington, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
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