On
April 15, the Central Daily News reported that the pfiesteria
piscicida had attacked Hong Kong and affected twenty-two
of the twenty-six fish farms along the coast, causing the
death of fifteen hundred tons of fish. The damage was estimated
at two hundred and forty million Hong Kong dollars. However,
according to Reuters, some of the dead fish had appeared
in the marketplace for sale in Hong Kong and some neighboring
cities and towns in Mainland China.
Many
people may remember that years ago in Kaoshiung and Pingtung
region, Southern Formosa, Sishese shells became poisonous
because of the water being contaminated by pfiesteria piscicida
which caused those who ate the poisonous shells to die.
Now the United States and Hong Kong are under attack by
pfiesteria piscicida, and the speed at which the infestation
is spreading over such a large area has rarely been seen
in years.
In
the past two or three years, many animal diseases have occurred:
for example, the recent mad cow disease in Europe and America,
the foot-and-mouth disease of pigs in Formosa last year,
pseudorabies of hog herds in Indiana, USA last year, and
the bird flu of poultry in Hong Kong. Last October, the
United States was affected by the poisonous pfiesteria piscicida
and countless cows, pigs, chickens, and fish either died
or were killed. We would like to appeal to people in the
world to observe a vegetarian diet for environmental protection
and for your own health!
Vegetarian
Era
