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[waldorf]

Hi Halil, that wouldn't be George Bush, would it ? Amazing resemblance !

[halil]

Hi Halil, that wouldn't be George Bush, would it ? Amazing resemblance !

Hi waldorf ,

don't you think they look like Turkish Troopes in Karpasia ( 1974)

[Oracle]

You are a sick disgusting invading bunch of Neanderthals we have to endure ...

Karpas donkey protection plan ‘a bad joke’

By Simon Bahceli

A PROTOCOL supposedly aimed at protecting wild donkeys in the Karpas peninsula was branded “a bad joke” by environmentalists yesterday.

The document, signed between the north’s ‘economy and tourism ministry’ and the Turkish Cypriot Hunters Federation earlier this week, says it will ensure that the approximately 700 wild donkeys roaming in the Karpas peninsula will be fed, watered and given shelter.

However, head of the north’s Green Action Group Dogan Sahir told the Cyprus Mail yesterday the protocol would do “little or nothing” to protect the donkeys.

“When there are so many environmentalist and other interest groups here in Cyprus, why would the government give the authority for the protection of donkeys to hunters?” Sahir said yesterday. He added that the only reason for the signing was that the ‘economy and tourism minister’ Erdogan Sanlidag and the head of the Hunters Federation Nilhan Tayfunlu were “political friends”. Both are members of the junior coalition party the Freedom and Reform Party (ORP).

The plight of the Karpas donkeys, once branded “the only true Cypriots” by Archbishop Makarios, was highlighted last spring when it was discovered that several had been shot. It is believed they were killed either by reckless hunters or farmers upset at damage done to crops by the donkeys. It is also believed that many more may have died during this year’s drought.

Sahir believes the wild donkeys will only get proper protection when a national park is established in the peninsula. He says the authorities in the north have been talking about doing so since 1977, but have recently expressed greater interest in pushing the project forward. However, it is still yet to happen.

“It’s not just about the donkeys, but about the birds, the turtles, the flora and fauna, the climate. Everything has to be taken together,” he said, adding: “I believe it will happen; they say it’s in the process of being set up.”

Meanwhile, the Hunters Federation says protection of the donkeys will, for the moment, fall under its remit. Its head Nilhan Tayfunlu told the press his organisation would plant fields of animal feed for the donkeys, and drill wells and fit them with wind-powered water pumps to bring water to the surface. Tayfunlu says he will also oversee a census to establish how many wild donkeys there are, as well as organising a publicity campaign to inform the public and local farmers about how not to harm the donkeys. It will also employ nine rangers to patrol the area looking after the herds.

Sahir, however, maintains that the Hunters’ Federation does not have skills or know-how to carry out a census or any of the works assigned to them by the ‘ministry’.

“Work like this needs a scientific basis,” he insisted.

He also called on the authorities and the hunters to explain where the funds for the donkey project would come from and how they would be spent.

“The hunters have in the past been given funds for the breeding of game. How the money was spent was never properly ascertained,” he said.

[Get Real!]

Hi Halil, that wouldn't be George Bush, would it ? Amazing resemblance !

Hi waldorf ,

don't you think they look like Turkish Troopes in Karpasia ( 1974)

Yes, it looks like the Anatolian mechanized brigade...

[Oracle]

OK! . .. Jokes aside folks, because we all accept the Turks are a disgusting sick and retarded society in general ... but I have a soft spot for the Cypriot Donkey and the Turk (TCs) should not be allowed to get away with murdering the Karpas specimens and then retreat to Anatolia unscathed.

Vermin backward Turks!

Leave our Donkeys alone!

[halil]

[waldorf]

So the Iraqis did have WMD after all

[DT.]

So the Iraqis did have WMD after all

Walking Millitary Donkeys