Sparrow Downs Dominos; Sparrow Downed

[Gouda]

Metaphor, or Omen, in here too...<br><br>*****<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"Sparrow shot for downing record-breaking domino display"</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Posted: 1340 GMT (2140 HKT) <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/16/sparrow.domino.ap/index.html">edition.cnn.com/2005/WORL...index.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- The Dutch animal protection agency said Tuesday it is investigating the shooting death of a sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes during an attempt to set a world record.<br><br>The ill-fated bird flew into an exposition center, threatening to derail a world record Monday, before it was chased into a corner and shot by an exterminator with an air rifle.<br><br>The bird was a common house sparrow -- a species placed on the national endangered list last year.<br><br>"Under Dutch law, you need a permit to kill this kind of bird, and a permit can only be granted when there's a danger to public health or a crop," agency spokesman Niels Dorland said.<br><br>"That was not the case. I might add, is it really necessary to kill a bird that knocked over a few dominoes for a game?"<br><br>Dorland said the agency plans to submit the case to national prosecutors. The incident came as the national birdwatchers association was preparing a campaign to draw attention to the rapidly declining number of sparrows in the country.<br><br>The Endemol production company, which organized the Domino Day event, defended the killing. The organizers wanted to break their own Guinness World Record of 3,992,397 dominoes set last year by toppling a chain of 4,321,000 blocks.<br><br>Around 200,000 dominoes were left to go, and the bird knocked down 23,000 of them.<br><br>Endemol spokesman Jeroen van Waardenberg said organizers made a "split-second" decision to shoot down the bird.<br><br>"That bird was flying around and knocking over a lot of dominoes. More than 100 people from 12 countries had worked for more than a month setting them up," he said.<br><br>He said organizers had believed the building was fully sealed against birds and mice. The company is considering some kind of memorial or mention for the dead bird during the television broadcast Friday, he added.<br><br>But Dorland said shooting the sparrow to ensure the success of the program was an overreaction.<br><br>"I think they were awfully fast to pull out a rifle," he said. "If a person started knocking over a few dominoes they wouldn't shoot him would they?"<br><br>A Dutch website called Geenstijl offered a $1,200 reward for anybody who knocks over the dominoes ahead of time to avenge the bird.<br><br>Hans Peeters, director of the Netherlands Bird Protection agency, called the killing "ridiculous."<br><br>He said rapid urbanization in the Netherlands was threatening the species.<br><br>"There were more than 2 million breeding pairs in the Netherlands 20 years ago," he said. "Now there's a half a million to a million at most. We hope this can be a call to action."<br><br>Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[vondardenelle]

everyone is edge, and, clearly, the dutch are not taking any chances. <p></p><i></i>

[banned]

Did Jesus say that he keeps track of every sparrow that falls?<br><br>Nice job, Jehovah. Maybe it's time you retired, eh? <p></p><i></i>

[slimmouse]

<br><br> Metaphorical indeed Gouda ;<br><br> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Nijmegen - Last night Louis Seveke, 41, a very well known political activist and secret service watcher, was killed with two shots in the center of the city of Nijmegen, in the eastern part of The Netherlands. ''Indications are that this is a political murder" journalist Gerard Legebeke said, interviewed on Dutch national radio early this morning. Legebeke is an investigating journalist of renown who lives in Nijmegen, and has known the killed political activist for years. <br><br>The question 'Who profits?' - until further information is available - again only points in one direction: the specialists with a license to kill.* The police spokeswoman confirmed his death and said "technical investigation is still going on". Louis Seveke during the past twenty years had become the nightmare of illegal police, secret services and many covert neocon government activities. <br><br>Seveke also specialized in the growing 'false flag' behaviour of the super secret groups in Holland's shady services world which is helping to orchestrate the US-made 'War of Terror'. Those by the taxpayers paid 'spooks' are not defending the human rights of the 16 million Dutch, but only the profitability of the economical system and the Dutch government's place as #5 on the list of richest countries, and #6 as the world weapons exporter. Legal and illegal.*</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br><br> More.........;<br> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3826">www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/...sp?ID=3826</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>