ic) ; Suspectin; pher might. well. have: ‘written, hat the things you | eat eat.” is fed, especially i in‘a world of globalized trade. * Rummage: around in‘your local big box. grocery .”. store and you will find products from Fiji to the Fra-., ser Valiey: and almost every: place i in between. farm and discovered that the farm. workers were fat-. matter. and: carcasses... Before YOU, dismiss this incident with the conten- ‘tions that: you don’t eat catfish and this is something : that could only happen to fish farming i in far-flung. third world backwaters, consider an item from the . . New Zealand Star of 29.December 2004 that sug- gests Bird flu may be spread by using chicken dung" _ as feed in fish farms. This nauseating and dangerous - “practice. ‘is. now; routine ‘in’ Asia, reports | the Star’s Ss Michael McCarthy. »Decrease.the cost of feed and you increase se profit. - “All over Asia,. and especially i in China, fish farmers are dumping chicken shit into their fish ponds. The “ right dose of poo |] leads to.an explosion in plankton, » . the favoured feed of tilapia and catfish. - Birdlife International, the world’s leading bird consérvation organization, believes the practice of ~ fattening fish on bird feces | may lead to a situation . similar. to the ‘Mad Cow disease outbreak i in Great ~ Britain. “You remember B BSE or Mad Cow, the delightful. . ‘disease that turns the victim’s brain into something | |) like the consistency ‘of oatmeal over the course of a = ‘. protracted, particularly painful period of dying. ‘And, that’s not the only problem with this fish. ~ fattening feces fiasco: scientific concern extends to J the possibility that HSNI may also be spread as a oe result of feeding fish this way... - . ‘-}.’You know -H5N1, or bird flu, ‘the virus busily an ie mutating | like crazy in an attempt to more efficiently _ = jump from. fowl to: folks: and ‘cause a ‘global. pan- wards of 200 million people once it gets legs. : -Thank God. our locally located fish farm multi=. vs ‘nationals don’t: engage in the foul practice ‘of feed~ 7 ing fowl to fish. But wait.. last year the. Raincoast Conservation . Society learned from rendering plants and US Court - ~ documents that, chicken parts, including blood, car- cassés, and feathers are ingredients in farmed salm- ~ on feed that has been used on this coast. - The use of bird bits i in fish feed is surprisingly J © common. “Ts Scotch consumers ; dodging Scottish farmed salmon after one of many contamination scandals _ discovered that farmed salmon from New Zealand -[ was likely to-have been fed ground poultry feath-". ers. Two of the country’s. largest companies, New, ~ Zealand King Salmon and Sanford, both use. feath- ~ ermeal, a byproduct of chicken processed for hu-— |) man: consumption. by. heat-treatment. and hydroly- ie ‘zation. ~ ‘The: Kiwi companies’ sa ‘say feathermeal. is ‘safe, - of course, but anyone who has read anything at all - about the British experience with Mad Cow disease: |: will know that feeding cattle sheep or other flesh of their-cousins is a dangerous act, and feeding birds » to fish is likely to be too. - Speaking of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopa- ; thy, an article entitled “Prions Get Fishy,” pub- ‘lished in the journal Nature last. year stated that: ' “Fish, like sheep, elk and humans, could suffer a. version of ‘mad cow disease’,.or BSE, preliminary . evidence suggests. The results might help to reveal “how the disease jumps from species to species”. As a result of the Mad Cow crisis, a ban on any: 7 mammalian meat and bone meal from farm animals - being fed to fish has been in place in Britain since "1996, cutting ‘a theoretical route of BSE infection - ” on fish farms but the risk is still there. 4 . Still, the world’s largest salmon farming compa- _ny, Nutreco, has conducted trials in Australia using “meat, meat and bone, blood, feather, poultry meals } and rendered animal products i in farmed salmon di- ets. Pesticides, hormones, food colouring and PCBs ‘and now ground up feathers - mmmm, mmmm onnd Pou are what: you eat,” * wrote Arthur Scho: on - penhauer.: Had he been a nutritionist, the- ‘amous 19th: century: ‘German’ philoso- g “This bit of wisdom, fortified with’an understand- oh ing of the fundamental mechanics of the food chain, | suggests that we. need to be. vigilant ¢ about what food |: i With this in mind; arecent newspaper story from : ‘Malaysia, where | a team ‘of: government. inspectors, mething | fishy,. aided .a local: catfish . tening their:ikan ‘atin, or silver catfish, with: fecal . ” The’ farm ‘owner and. workers at. the. offending | 4 farm’ openly. admitted to feeding the fish dead pigs. : op oo“owas.told the fish are exported elsewhere. but »: ‘ So m sure they are.sold locally too,” department di- Kitimat outshot Terrace 13-7. in the period, which was’a bumpy one that saw each team take . Six two-minute penalties for a range of infractions, ~ but mostly roughing, slashing and interference.” The second period belonged to the Demons. who came out strong and Hewitson quickly re- stored the lead with what turned out to be the winning goal, a turn-around shot in the crease that ° gave Carlsen no chance. The assist went to. Chris Vilness, playing a. fast-skating, hard-hitting game on the wing where he looked to be enjoying himself. _ Only eight seconds later, off the face off, Dan- iel Mayer made it 4-2, one-timing a perfect cross ice pass from Rob Lafferty into the net. Two minutes later, a pushing match at the benches between Demons winger Dave Venman and the Kings’ Andy McCleary got a little more serious and the two dropped their Bloves for a . Spirited scrap. The refs pulled Venman off McCleary when. he went down’and the crowd reared. ' dominate and the physical play continued to esca- late. With River King Jones in the penalty box for tripping, Terry Whelan made Terrace pay with a nice power-play goal with eight minutes remain- ing in-the period, assisted by Nick Markowski and Daniel Mayer. . ; ; Rich Clair earned a 10-minute misconduct as he gave referee Paul Millar his version of what had happened. A scrap between Lafferty and Nate McNamara. that had been brewing since the two tussled ‘in _ Terrace finally erupted with 4.34 left in the pe- Geared up for the G ames Local athletes ready to take on the north’ s best | By MARGARET SPEIRS ©. TWENTY- ONE local athletes will’ challenge. themselves =... in various sports and one new event at the Northern B.C. - Winter Games starting tomorrow in 100 Mile House. :. And, if past performance is any ‘indication, they should. F fill the bus with medals for the return trip. : ; “Qut of the athletes we sent to the last Games, close to * 70 per cent medalled,” says Carol Wall, regional director for | _ the’ Games. that doesn’t usually happen. for the trip. same time and the distance, says Wall. zanes will narticinate at the Games ~ When the.game resumed, Kitimat continued to | House, the Smithers Steelheads were just. ¢ one - This time the alpine skiers take to the slopes, ‘something _ “Alpine’skiing is one sport added,.which is fairly rare just because alot of host cities do not have a ski hill close by,” she says. Five alpine skiers from here. will join their coach Terrace is also sending five taekwondo athletes, three j ju-. venile curlers and seven skaters. The number of athletes is low because of several provincial games taking place at the Athletes and their coaches will board the bus at 2 a.m. tomorrow morning for the. 16-hour journey, and arrive at 6 p.m. They return early next Monday morning: Over 100 athletes from the Kitimat-Stikine zone will compete this year. About 1,000 athletes from eight northern -. THE RIVER KINGS* celebrate after scoring” one. 3 of two goals in. “Kitimat an. 21. 1 Unfortunately tl the 3 Kings. couldn't Keep t their heads qs above « _ water to net another victory against ther number-one rivals and will have to be happy with their! lone victory to the club last November. os =. ~e. RIVER KINGS WEBSITE PHOTO ; at sinking feeling, again The River t Kings crumble under the Demons’ power in Kitimat THE MUCH anticipated final game of the season. between .the -River. Kings and the Ice:-Demons wild. Demons outshot Terrace 16-6 in the period? Terrace staged a bit of a rally in the third peri- od, outshooting the Demons 12 -7, but most were of the mild shoot- in variety and gave Moran little * trouble. . Three and a half minutes into the period, with Kitimat again on the power play, Danny Ennis - a presence for the Demons. all night - scored a nice goal with a hard wrist shot that Carlsen has yet to see. Assists went to Mildenberger and Mar- kowski. Just after the Demons’ Whelan. and Kings’ 7 Rich Clair were ejected after a double headlock | ‘wrestling match, Vilness finished the scoring with a nice wrister from the left circle that fooled Carl- son high with 1.58 left in the game. co King’s Phil Morrison earned a gross miscon- duct with a minute left. Playoff positions? ‘The Demons’ win saw them change places with the River Kings: Kitimat moved to second with 25 points, one ahead of Terrace as of Jan 23. And with a two-game. sweep of «100 Mile point adrift of the River Kings. But the Demons have finished their season | while Terrace and Smithers each had two left last: weekend. . ’ Houston was confirmed league champions asa "result of the Terrace loss. The River Kings are: ‘guaranteed | at “least - fourth: . | ‘And the Steelheads took on Mackenzie Moose. in n their final games knowing two wins. would like-" ~ ly sew up second place. riod after the two pushed and shoved. Lafferty _ again emerged the clear winner as the crowd went | It looks like the battle for playoff position is Boing down to the final buzzer. [Sports Menu I February 4 . The. CJHL’ play- offs start with the fourth place regular * season team hosting _ number-one Hous- . ton. The overall second-place team visits the third-place squad. . ry February 9to12 . . The 50th Ladies \ | Valentine’s Bon- . . spiel curls at 7 p.m. Thursday for local teams. Out-of-town teams curl starting Friday. 638-7283 ne