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Just to liven up a Monday morning:
Protestors show solidarity with a snail
A group of conservationists protesting at plans for a West Coast coal mine climbed a mountain yesterday to show solidarity with a giant carnivorous snail, which they say will be driven to extinction by the project.
Fifteen members of the Save Happy Valley Coalition climbed 1000m to the Mt Augustus ridgeline, north-east of Westport, the last remaining habitat of powelliphanta augustus.
State-owned company Solid Energy, which wants to mine the ridge, has applied to the Department of Conservation for permission to move 100 of the snails by hand - and the rest by heavy machinery, such as bulldozers. (emphasis mine)
There are just 500 snails left on the 4ha area.
Erm, exactly HOW giant are these snails that they require bulldozers to shift them?!
Protestors show solidarity with a snail
A group of conservationists protesting at plans for a West Coast coal mine climbed a mountain yesterday to show solidarity with a giant carnivorous snail, which they say will be driven to extinction by the project.
Fifteen members of the Save Happy Valley Coalition climbed 1000m to the Mt Augustus ridgeline, north-east of Westport, the last remaining habitat of powelliphanta augustus.
State-owned company Solid Energy, which wants to mine the ridge, has applied to the Department of Conservation for permission to move 100 of the snails by hand - and the rest by heavy machinery, such as bulldozers. (emphasis mine)
There are just 500 snails left on the 4ha area.
Erm, exactly HOW giant are these snails that they require bulldozers to shift them?!