At 02:18 PM 10/19/1998 -0500, you wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Liath Mactire [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 2:10 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: RE: importing dung
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>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > > Dayus.
>> > >
>> > > P.S. If you find any bear dung, I would be interested in
>> some to keep the
>> > > local tom cat out of my dust bin!
>> >
>> > I'd be interested to know the importation/exportation rules
>> on dung. My guess
>> > is a lid
>> > would work the best.
>> > --
>> > Ian Howard, Ph.D.
>> >
>> On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Earls, JP wrote:
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>> > Aren't import regulations on "lids" even more stringent
>> than those on
>> > dung? ;-)
>>
>> > J. P. Earls, OSB
>>
>> The real issue here is just what are the ethical considerations of
>> importing bear dung? At least from a bioregional perspective
>> wouldn't you
>> think that the home grown bear dung would be preferable to
>> exotic imports.
>> Besides...think of the joy of carrying a little bucket
>> through the forest
>> gathering bear dung in the autumn. No doubt a really fine
>> experience if
>> you can avoid meeting the primary source.
>>
>> Liath
>> A tisket a tasket, I've bear dung in my basket. Not to be
>> confused with
>> panther poop.
>>
>This should put to rest the perennial question of whether bears, in the woods,
>do doodoo or don't. Wild pigs? Well, that's another vexation...
>JP
Ya but you can tell what is in season by what is in the scats - not of cats
but of bears. The leaning tower of bear feces left here last fall only
chased away the nice Jehovahs Witnesses. The deer don't mind bear scats. The
best thing to do is pick the apples before they do and take your compost in
town to your mom's garden.
john
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