[lbo-talk] Another angle on the tsunami...

Mike Ballard swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au
Sat Jan 1 11:45:05 PST 2005


Thanks Michael! Human prisoners, if any, must have suffered a similar fate.

Best, Mike B)

From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Mike Ballard wrote:


> I had read a Reuters writer's story which claimed
that non-human animals
> had somehow gotten themselves to safety before the
tsunami hit.
> Apparently, this was not the case.

No, it was was the case:

URL: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1229-07.htm

Or at least we can say there's been several confirming reports (AP, Reuters) and none contradicting it.

There's also been at least one proffered explanation:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2111608/

The difference is that these reports all concern wild animals in game parks who were free to roam. The animals in the article posted here:


> http://www.hsiasia.org
>
> Tsunami Kills and Strands Tens of Thousands of
Animals

were domesticated and stuck:


> Most of the animals in the affected areas are
working and farm animals.

Michael

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