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    axis of Eel-vil [Indy: How British eels could be helping Putin in his war with Ukraine] Archived Message

    Posted by sinister burt on March 9, 2023, 8:24 pm

    I'm against it if that's actually what's happening (I mean the flogging of conservation eels, not the supposed war funding), but it just seems like another example of the idiotic propaganda either way - it's got everything, Russia, China, eels...

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/defra-eels-russia-china-ukraine-b2297459.html

    "Wildlife groups are calling for Britain to ban the transportation of eels to Russian conservation projects because of fears they are being sold on to China for food.

    The alarm was sounded after a consignment of half a million eels were moved to Kaliningrad. Charities have said that the profits Russia has made from these sales could be funding the Ukraine war.

    Multi-member organisation Wildlife and Countryside Link (WCL), which represents the RSPCA, CPRE and the Marine Conservation Society, has called for action from Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs).

    Conservation has been required with the European eel population falling by 90 per cent in the past four decades despite hundreds of millions of baby, or glass, eels arriving each year."

    etc

    To treat with the seriousness it probably deserves (Eels up inside ya (can you see Elsie boy? etc)):


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