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#124611 03/08/04 05:25 PM
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i live in the epi center for West Nile Virus in US- (the first cases of humans contracting it were less than 1 mile from my home at the time..

NYC has made a real effort to curb the disease. (as i recall, it was the vets at the NYZoological Society that first identified the virus, (with the help of CDC). several of the birds in captivity contracted the disease, since several of NYZS aviaries are large 'cages' made with fine mesh, so the birds have 'an outdoor' environment.
(the zoo doen't really 'collect' most species of water fowl, it just make really friendly environments, and attracts native birds to nest --some become year round residents!) the same is true for the peacocks.. they have the whole zoo as there 'cage'. out side the zoo is mostly concrete and traffic, the pea cocks and hens are not attracted to it. (once in while a pea cock or pea hen will decide to 'take up residence' in the area for the lions.. its always a bad idea!)



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once in while a pea cock ... will decide to 'take up residence' in the area for the lions.. its always a bad idea!

A pea cock getting in bed with a lion is certainly a "bad idea!", de Troy, but it would provide an interesting study in contrasts.




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Do you think the carrot and stick method is the best in this situation Bingley?

The threat of a fine carries little weight to a person who has no money. Unless jail time is tacked onto that, then maybe. But then, how cruel would a government be if they jailed the poorest among them.

It's a bad situation all round, that's for sure.

I can see that offering incentives might work though. That is something that a poor person can benefit from at least.

I remember reading about a fly epidemic when I was young. I don't remember the specifics (I was young quite a while ago ) but I remember that the government offered kids a penny for every fly they brought in. I seem to recall that it helped a lot.


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Dear Bingley: Instead of hiring 70K nurses, the gov't
might do well to copy US Depression device, the Civilian
Conservation Corps: pay pennies to poor young men under
intelligent supervision to systematically clean up the
environment.


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