Subject: Endangered Turtles Succumbing To Pneumonia---
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:11:38 -0500
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State
of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
cc: Carol Browner browner.carol@epa.gov
Dear Mr. Helliker, I thought you might also be
interested in another article that Patricia Doyle <labgal_5@yahoo.com>
sent me entitled: Endangered
Turtles Succumbing To Pneumonia.
Source: WPLG Click10.com (Florida News) [edited]
<http://www.click10.com/mia/news/stories/news-20001220-063913.html>
Endangered Turtles Succumbing To Pneumonia - Vets And
Biologists Try To Save Turtles.
KEY LARGO, Fla., Updated 7:49 a.m. EST December 20, 2000
-- Pneumonia is threatening the already-endangered loggerhead turtle
population in the Florida Keys.
Veterinarians and marine biologists are working around
the clock to save the turtles.
In the last week, 45 of them have either died or become
critically ill.
Vets aren't sure what's causing the pneumonia, but they
say it could be a virus or toxins in the water, or even the recent cold
spells.
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ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
[ProMED-mail would appreciate any additional information
on this subject. It is possible
that the seagull die-off in Florida is related to the turtle die-off,
considering that they share the same geographic location (South Florida), feed
from the same sources and have similar environmental exposures. - Mod.PC]
Well Mr. Helliker, it has been said:
"You alone can do it, but you can't do it alone."
I know that is true - I am waiting for others to help me and/or to
simply allow me to safely and far more effectively solve pest problems using
only unregistered alternatives - I will continue, until we STOP POLLUTING OUR
EARTH WITH YOUR "REGISTERED" POISONS!!
Respectfully, Stephen
L. Tvedten
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