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Letter: Litter louts

Published 12 September 1998

From Michael Vnuk

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(29 August) talks about protests made to Yoplait that its discarded
yogurt containers were dangerous to skunks. The protesters focused on the wrong
word, “dangerous”. The key word is “discarded”.

Heaps of things are dangerous to wildlife, but if they don’t get into the
open, the problems do not arise. Skunk-friendly containers are fine, but what if
they cause problems for other animals? The simplest solution is to ensure that
people don’t discard yogurt containers (or anything else) where wildlife could
come across them.

Brisbane

Issue no. 2151 published 12 September 1998

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