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Carole Lewis Baskin of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida - news articles, USDA reports, violations, complaints
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UPDATE: I'm adding new material to the top. I added some keywords to original article. Original article May 1, 2009. I've known Carole since maybe 2001. I learned of Joe after I met Carole.
2018 and 2019 USDA inventory of animals. Animals are missing. Did they die? Were they sold?
Pg 2 of 2018 report. 66 animals. 2019 report shows only 51. 15 are missing in one year. The missing are as follows, 7 tigers, 3 cougars, 1 AG, 2 serval, 1 lion and 1 Canadian lynx. 22% of her animals went missing in one year.
Tigers 8 -7
Puma/mountain lion/cougar 3 -3
Abyssinian genet 0 -1
Serval 10 -2
Lion 1 -1
Canadian lynx 1 -1
Pg 2 of 2019 report. 51 animals. 15 are missing.
This site has done a fantastic investigation into Carole Baskin and Big Cat Rescue. Carole Baskin and/or her volunteers do threaten to kill anyone who dares say anything negative about the organization. I got the same when I stated they were not rehabbing bobcat kittens legally or properly. The attacks were worse when I stated there was no reason to feed live ex pets to the big cats who would never be released. Ex pets aren't even a main part of wild big cat diets. If you've watching the disgusting videos the ex pet bunnies and rabbits walk up to the big cat like it's their friend. Then the big cat slowly tortures them to death.
https://www.bcrwatch.com/abuse.html original website is gone but check out the web archive
http://web.archive.org/web/20200404094909/https://www.bcrwatch.com/
Here are some pages and files from BCR Watch.
BCR Watch main page. Exposing lies, fraud and controversy
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OScuPv7ElILAxrYdASsfckLr--xtRA4O/view?usp=sharing
BCR Watch. Cats bought and sold.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1344p5dYKvPFzjI0RiiqncPpOpJOJcn5x/view?usp=sharing
BCR Watch. Inventory sheets.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14bszxxXsdsT51tGJxE_d5VbdIuvn4GaF/view?usp=sharing
BCR Watch. Finances.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wbl1wC3S9UHpiRLVfeq2NziZpE7ljk83/view?usp=sharing
BCR Watch. The Makings of a Roadside Zoo.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QgZYz2FZkNmOZJRtvBo0s_TuqYIqfy0e/view?usp=sharing
BCR Watch. Jack Don Lewis.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gkqZNHkkkkjgJ77ECWhufcggjua8zqeR/view?usp=sharing
This doesn't mean much but Carole has an account on ancestry. She listed Don dead in Tampa, Florida in 1997. She knows he died in Tampa in 1997? He died at home? This was her ancestry account 11 months ago. This is before the documentary was released.
Carole in her book teaches how to steal kittens from their mothers. Yes, she misspelled her own name in her own website. This came from Wildlife on Easy Street website. I have saved copies of her old websites.
"Free Spirits in Captive Cats by Carole Staris Lewis, is 100 pages of useful information on the care of exotic cats in captivity."
"we would
recommend that the kittens be pulled as
soon as their eyes open, which again, is
usually around ten days. Most cats are not
going to let you waltz in and carry out her
offspring, even if she is temporarily
distracted. There is no substitute for good
planning and this should have been
thought of before she ever conceived. We
have a trap door on the back of the den
box and a drop door on the front entrance
to the den. While the mother is out eating
or getting a drink, we shut her out of the
den and then open the trap door on back
to get to the cubs. We usually take the
kittens at night, when we feed, so that it is
not obvious to the mother that something
is up. If you wash your clothing in a
different detergent before taking the kits,
then it will not be obvious to the Dam that
you were the one who raided her nest.
This could be important in your continued
relationship with her."
Some background info on Don and Carole. Don's father was John Henry "Jack" Lewis. He married Myrtle Dewey and had three children, Glen Thomas Lewis 1934-2011, Patricia Grace Lewis 1935-2012, and Donald Jack Lewis 1938-1997. Myrtle Dewey Lewis divorced her husband is 1940. Her husband John Lewis died of tuberculosis back at his hometown in Indiana in 1944. He supported the family and family up until he died. I don't know if he made provisions for her after his death. He knew he was dying.
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This is the family view of Don's tree. Click to see larger. This is so people can keep the people straight. Don's two siblings are both dead as are his parents.
Carole Baskin has had four husbands that we know of, i.e. Jones, Michael Murdock, Don Lewis and Howard Baskin. She has one daughter, Jamie.
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This is Carole's family. This is so people can keep people straight. In Carole's own tree she doesn't mention her first husband Jones. Her father is dead. Her brother has the same name as her father. Her brother worked for the Hillsborough County Florida Sheriff department. So did another member of the Stairs family. Click to see larger.
Carole's current husband is Howard Gene Baskin born 1950. I searched all Florida bar associations. I don't see that he passed the bar or was ever a lawyer in Florida. He allegedly went to law school in Florida.
His parents were Herman Baskin 1917-1974. He was a butcher and died of coronary heart disease. His mother was Allene Jane Braw Baskin 1924-1976. His two siblings are Harriet b. 1954 and Richard "Rick" b.1953. His paternal grandparents were Samuel Baskin 1885 - 1966 and Rebecca Libou Baskin 1885-1953 from Poland. His great grandparents were Chaim and Minnie Kasovitch Basin from Poland. Howard's maternal grandparents were Benjamin Braw 1898-1956 and Hattye Lorber 1899 - 1947. Howard Baskin graduated from Jewish studies in 1967. His ancestors were Russian Jews fleeing violence and oppression in Russia.
Pic is from Poughkeepsie High School 1966, sophomore.
Below is Joe Exotic's family tree. He is Joseph "Joe" Allen Schreibvogel aka Maldonado-Passage..
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August 30, 2018 Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, pg W12 "BigCatRescue's Keeper Tour doesn't come cheap but the 67-acre animal sanctuary calls it the 'most exclusive behind the scenes experience you can find in the animal world that is respectful to the animals and safe for the guests.' "It's unlikely there's another place where you can see such a variety of exotic cats at one time."
This video came out right after Carole said I lied about the animals being bred there by her. This video shows she's a liar. Since then Carole has tried to say that was Don's idea and something she did long ago in the past. It wasn't that long ago.
Carole Baskin and declawing, defanging. Carole wrote this about declawing in her free online book which is still available. I am posting a snippet here under the fair use of copyright act to talk about Carole's poor treatment of big cats. Because this woman didn't even graduate from high school she did not realize that filing down the fangs of big cats exposing the inner part of the teeth would cause severe pain, infections and lead to extractions. She also recommended declawing big cats on all four which causes disability. The USDA outlawed the declawing of big cats with USDA permits in 2005.
"CLIPPING THE NAILS AND DECLAWING
We have scars and scratches from our fingertips to our elbows and people always assume that it is
from dealing with our big cats, but the truth of the matter is that almost all of these wounds are inflicted
by cubs under six weeks of age. I have even had people ask if I had been in a wreck recently, during
kitten season, due to the condition of my arms and although it is not entirely preventable you can
minimize your exposure by taking a few minutes to clip their claws regularly. In thirteen years of
clipping claws, I have clipped literally thousands of them and only on three occasions have I hit the little
blood vessel that everyone uses as the excuse for why they don't clip claws. I don't want to hurt a
kitten anymore than you, but if I am going to be able to do my job of raising, bathing and medicating
this kitten, then I need to be able to handle him without dropping him.
There is a product available from your Veterinarian called Soft Paws. It is a little gelatin cap that can be
temporarily attached to your kitten's nails. They come in bright neon colors so that you can see at a
glance that they are still on. We used them once on an ailing Margay who needed daily handling during
his recovery. They worked for a short while and are good for such situations, but they are not the long
term answer for the exotic cat.
If you start early enough and do it often enough, it is no big deal for you or the cat. If you got a late start
or can't manage the cat then we would suggest that one person muzzle and hold the cub and the other
clip. There are a variety of clippers on the market, but I have found that the easiest to handle are
human nail clippers. Finger nail clippers for small cats and Toe nail clippers for larger cats.
If you gently squeeze the paw the nails will extend and you will see that they are hook shaped and
have a dark blood vessel extending along the top edge to about half way down. Just clip the tip of the
nail off below this line and you and the cat will feel no pain. I just take the very tips off, which means
that I have to do it more frequently, but as with most things, I'd rather play it safe than sorry. Unless
your kitten is inbred and polydactal, it will have four nails on each rear paw and five nails on each front
paw, with the fifth one being in a thumb position and usually the hardest to clip and the first one to snag
you. In the unlikely event that you should hit a blood vessel you should have on hand a product such
as Quick Stop which is a powder you dip the nail into to stop the bleeding. I have a bottle of the stuff,
but have never used it as the three times I did hit blood, there was only a drop and then it stopped on
it's own.
I raised purebred domestic cats for over ten years and would never have even considered declawing
but I do recommend declawing the exotic cat because of it's size, temperament and reputation. When
the procedure is done by a qualified Veterinarian and done before the kitten is twelve weeks old they
never even seem to notice that anything was done. We try to have ours declawed, front and back at six
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weeks because they are still very light on their feet. They are declawed in the morning and come home
around four in the afternoon. They usually are starving when they get home, they eat and then nap the
rest of the day away. The next morning they will be shaking their paws trying to get rid of the bandages,
which we carefully clip off. If you take the bandages off yourself, be very careful when clipping as cats
have very loose skin and it may be doubled over in places and you may cut skin that you weren't
expecting to be there.
As soon as the bandages are off the kitten may begin furiously licking and chewing at his paws, but
watch for a moment before getting too excited. Only once has a cub made it's feet bleed from this
grooming and usually once they have the stickiness off their feet they are off and running like nothing
ever happened. We had a cougar that insisted on chewing her toes until they bled and a little bitter
apple was sufficient to stop her behavior. Cougars seem to have a lower pain threshold and will act like
you are killing them when you give routine vaccinations that no other cat can seem to feel.
When you have bottle raised a kitten to be gentle and sweet it may be very tempting to reason that
since the cub does not extend his claws in play with you that it is unnecessary to declaw but failure to
do so while he is young and light, may cause him much more pain when it becomes a necessity later in
life. Failure to see to this most necessary procedure when he was young could later even cost him his
life in an emergency situation. Cats, like children, put everything they find in their mouths and often
something gets stuck, usually across the roof of their mouth, and sometimes in the throat. When your
90 pound Leopard is choking to death, it's going to take all the courage and love you can muster to
stick your hand down his throat and dislodge whatever it is, without having to figure a way past 18
deadly weapons that are all going to be fixed on you. Cats cannot reason, when they are in distress,
that you have never hurt them and that you are trying to help. They are instead, terrified and striking
out at anything that comes near them and you won't be much help to the cat if you are bleeding to
death.
Don' t fool yourself by saying "Well my little Bobcat is no bigger than a housecat, so how dangerous
could he ever be?" My worst and deepest scars are from my sweetest bobcats, under emergency
conditions and they were even declawed. Any cat, Ocelots especially, delight in wrapping themselves
around the anatomy of their "prey" and rabbit kicking with their back feet. When they do this to each
other, in play, no harm is done, but when they wrap around your arm and do the same thing, you will be
bleeding from your wrist to your elbow. There is always the possibility of escape and recapture can be
nearly impossible if the cat has claws, not to mention the fact that a clawed cat is much more likely to
effect an escape than a declawed one. You may reason that in the event of an escape, your cat will
need his claws to survive, but if this is a tame cat, claws or not, it will not be able to survive and if it did
manage to kill anything for food it would be your neighbors cats and dogs, which is going to bring the
whole community down on you and your cats. We have even seen people threaten to sue us because
they came on our property and alleged that one of our cats scratched them. The suit was dropped
when it was proved that the cat had no claws for over a year prior to the incident.
We were boarding a four year old White Tiger who appeared to have been severely inbred and crippled
in the hips. When the weather would turn cold or wet she would claw at her tail, presumably because it
tingled like a foot fallen asleep. She rips the skin open in one slash and then require ten days of
antibiotics and frequent spraying of her tail. Treating her is also compounded by the fact that we have
to watch out for all those big claws. Because she was not declawed as an infant, she will never be able
to run and play with our own Tigers.
Toxoplasmosis gondii (Cat Scratch Fever) is not transmitted via a cat scratch, despite the name,
however your Veterinarian will be much more at ease with your cats if he or she only has to watch out
for a mouth full of teeth. The reasons for declawing are endless and the excuses for not doing so are
not justified.
There are at least two methods of declawing and the first, crushing the claw, we do not recommend as
the claw can grow back and you will have to re- do the procedure. The second sounds more cruel, in
that the first digit of the toe is removed along with the claw, but it only has to be done once and then it
is soon forgotten. This is necessary as the cats claws are retractable into that first digit, with the
exception of the Cheetah and unless things change dramatically, no one reading this is going to be in
possession of this wonderful, nearly extinct creature. (Incidentally, back in 1964 a pair of Cheetahs
could be purchased for $5,000.00 and now even at $55,000.00 per pair, they cannot be found) For
fourteen days after the surgery your Veterinarian will prescribe a broad spectrum antibiotic such as
Amoxicillan to prevent infection. Most Veterinarians use a special skin glue, rather than stitches to seal
the paws and only once have we found this ineffective, due to a bad bottle of "glue". Keep the kitten's
play area exceptionally clean during this time.
Post operative toilet training opinions are varied and your choice will depend on your cat. Some people
switch over to newspaper in the litter box so that the gravel does not irritate the paws until they are fully
healed. The reasoning is that the cat will refuse to use the box if it hurts his feet and your litter box
training will have been in vain. I expect that this may work for domestic cats, but have found that with
exotics it usually results in shredded newspaper from one end of the house to the other and the cat
then associates defecating with anything made of paper. Since we are in a paper intensive business
and have maps, contracts, books and all manner of paper related items about the house, this is an
association that we do not wish to encourage. We continue to leave litter in the box and have not had
any bad side effects arise.
We have found that it is not safe to house clawed exotic cats with declawed exotic cats because even
play fighting can result in nasty wounds to the declawed animal. When two cats have their claws and
are raised together they learn how hard is too hard, but when you begin mixing claws and no claws, all
of the rules are different and someone is going to be hurt. We've been told countless times that it is
okay to breed a clawed feline to a declawed one, but we have found that the declawed cat will often
suffer a nasty cut, and because we love our cats and know how quickly a small cut can turn into a life
or death matter, we do not subscribe to this practice.
We do not believe in removing the canine teeth; not the baby teeth nor the permanent ones. We made
the mistake of having the baby teeth filed down at the same time as the declawing. This is a procedure
that just takes the very tip off the extremely sharp fangs. Our reasoning was, that it is easier to train
and discipline a kitten who does not have those needle like enamels sunk into some portion of our
anatomy. The adult teeth are not nearly so sharp and by the time the permanent teeth come in, the cat
has learned not to use them on people. The results were heartbreaking and very difficult recognize.
We had brought in a large number of kittens, all at once, from two fur farms to save their little lives.
Naturally, they all come in sick and stressed and this adds to all of the problems normally associated
with bottle rearing. When they were finally stabilized enough to vaccinate and declaw, we had their
teeth filed. For the next five months this group was constantly on medication for one ailment or another.
All of their ailments reached life threatening proportions, even for otherwise inconsequential attacks.
We were all baffled. It seemed like the kittens had no immune system and yet they did not test positive
for Feline Leukemia Virus or Feline Infectious Peritonitis or any other immune deficiency. One of the
kits had grey teeth canine teeth and we took him in to our Veterinarian to have them removed. He had
been very ill and had quit eating unless we cut his food into tiny pieces and hand fed him. We feared
that he would not even survive the surgery, but we prayed and left the rest to God and our Veterinarian.
As soon as he came home from having the rotten teeth extracted, he took an immediate turn for the
better. That was the last time he was ever sick. Within two days of seeing his dramatic recovery we
took all of the cubs and kittens back to the Veterinarian and had their tipped teeth removed. All of them
were completely better within two days and none of them has been sick again to this day. For the first
seven months of their lives they were knocking at death's door and the last five months of that was due
to something stupid that we had done. Except for the one kit, none of the others showed any sign of
the teeth being compromised by the filing. The Veterinarian said that they were decayed when she
pulled them out, but it was not apparent by just looking in the mouth."
People are wondering where is Kenneth Wayne Farr born May 2, 1969 who drove Don's van full of Don's guns and ammo to his, Kenneth's house the night before Don went missing. The guns were allegedly a gift from Carole. Later Carole put real estate in Kenneth's name.
Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Far has been in and out of prison, jail for having, using, selling drugs. I confirmed the name and birth date. His ex wife also confirmed all of this.
ORIGINAL: May 2009. I've known Carole Baskin since about 2002. I first encountered her when I saw pics of her with orphaned wild bobcat kittens which she was supposed to raise and release back to the wild. I'd stated that she should not be playing with the bobcats and her cages didn't meet minimum standards. The spacing between the bars is too far apart. It's dangerous for the animal and people. I was also against Carole Baskin feeding live ex pet rabbits and rats to the cats. One, the cats were never going to be released. They don't need to learn to hunt, hunt. Two, they would never encounter a pet rabbit or pet rat in the wild. It doesn't help them learn to hunt. Carole and her volunteers fed ex pets to the cats because they clearly enjoyed watching the cats torture the ex pets until they died. I have pics and video of this but won't post it because it's too disgusting. When I said this Carole and her friends viciously attacked me.
Below are some newspaper articles which prove that Carole Baskin has been breeding animals, ripping babies from their mothers, selling them, encouraging big cats as pets, helping people get big cats and the necessary permits to keep them, selling encounters with big cats, pics with big cats, tours of big cats, spend the night with a big cat. The clips came from public newspapers. You can find them here at http://www.newspapers.com. I've tagged the articles online so you can just search her name, Big Cat Sanctuary, Wildlife on Easy Street, phone number 813 920 4130 to find them.
September 11, 1998 USDA cites BCS for AWA violations after an employee is mauled. How did Carole get away with this? She does what all the other groups who violate the AWA do, threaten to sue the hell out of the USDA. USDA backs down as they have no money to fight lawsuits. That's how the Wildlife Waystation did okay all those years even after multiple violations and complaints.
1997. Carole Lewis again always trying to show the big cats with baby bottles to look cute so people will want to see and then buy them.
December 1997 while interviewed about her missing husband she happily gives a tour of her large collection of cats even putting one on a chain and taking it for a walk.
September 1997 are her husband went missing. She took interviews standing in front of Don's "junk."
December 13, 1996, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida. "Wildlife on Easy Street. Have your picture taking with Tiger, Panther, Ocelot (All Endanger Species)."
1996 The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, Nov 13, 1996, pg 18. "Eye of the tiger. Jeff Bushnell, a volunteer with Wildlife on Easy Street in Citrus Park, tries to turn Aurora's attention to a class of second-graders at Miles Elementary in north Tampa. The visit by the tiger, two ocelots and other animals were part of a class project on rainforests."
1996, "Miles Elementary. Animals at school: Second-graders at the school at 317 E. 124th Ave. will be visited by a Bengal tiger, two ocelots and other rain forest animals from Wildlife on Easy Street Friday at 9 a.m. as part of their lesson on rain forests."
1996. Child is too close to the big cat.
August 7, 1996, Times. "Two roaming cougars back in cages. State officials are considering citing the owners of Wildlife on Easy Street for escapes."
August 6, 1996, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida. "Pair of cougars recaptured after escaping refuge." "Summary: A pair of cougars escaped from Wildlife on Easy Street, a controversial Hillsborough wildlife refuge. Both were recaptured."
1996 "Animal Refuse: A Citrus Park animal refuge came under fire from an international wildlife group last week. The World Society for the Protection of Animals said that Wildlfie on Easy Street, where more than 100 felines and other animals live on 40 acres, didn't take proper safety precautions and kept the animals in improper conditions. Owners Don and Carole Lewis disputed the report."
March 3, 1996 The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida
Carole selling big cats to the public as pets.
1999 "It smells of exploitation the moment you walk in." "Regional director for the world society for the protection of animals discussing Wildlife on Easy Street in northwest Hillsborough County.
"TAMPA An international wildlife group has found many of Florida's zoos and animal attractions lacking in safety, habitat and conservation efforts. Chimps throwing their feces at visitors. Elephants shaking their heads endlessly. Bears pacing the same small pattern over and over. Animals kept alone in stark cages. "Children don't see wild animals, they see crazy animals," said Neil Trent, regional director for the World Society for the Protection of Animals. At a news conference Tuesday, Trent's group delivered copies of a study done earlier this year of 21 zoos, attractions and roadside animal parks throughout Florida. Veterinarian and zoo inspector John Gripper visited the sites as a tourist and found only two businesses that would pass British zoo standards: Busch Gardens in Tampa and Jungle Larry's Zoological Park in Naples. Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa was not reviewed for the study, but Trent said it is accredited and has a good standing with a national zoo accreditation group. Sea World in Orlando received both positive and negative remarks, but Gripper concluded he did not spend enough time at the park to determine whether it would have passed the British standard. : Two Tampa Bay attractions that earned poor marks with Trent's group were Noell's Ark Chimp Farm in Tarpon Springs and Wildlife on Easy Street in the Citrus Park area of northwest Hillsborough County. Trent called Wildlife on Easy Street little more than an elaborate showroom for owners trying to sell bobcat and cougar kittens. "It smells of exploitation the moment you walk in," he said. Don and Carole Lewis keep more than 100 felines and other animals at their home on 40 acres off Sheldon Road near Gunn Highway. Although it is not regularly open to the public, visitors can tour the grounds by appointment on Saturdays. The protection society's report criticized the Lewis' for empty cages that lacked "environmental , enrichment," such as grasses and plants, and for having too many of the animals too close together, causing anxiety and stress. In addition, the report found safety lacking at Easy Street, so much that, "there is a very real risk of injury to the visiting public" and "a strong likelihood of an escape of a large cat into the neighborhood." Carole Lewis challenged the report's concerns about safety. She said the tiger fence is 9 feet tall, not 6, and that they are not making any profit from sales of non-endangered animals." Tampa Bay Times page 32
January 29, 1999, The Tampa Tribune, Tampe, Florida.
See the world's largest collection of big cats.
1999, "Wildlife on Easy Street. Sleep in rustic cabins amid the world's largest collection of exotic cats. Let the roars and purrs of 144 big cats lull you off to sleep at 12802 EasySt. Tampa 813 920 4130 www.WildlifeEasySt.com." She didn't call it a sanctuary. These tours, spend the night with big cats were used to sell big cats.
2004. "Wildlife Tours. Big Cat Rescue. Stand 3 feet from a 700 pound tiger! Spend the night at the world's largest exotic cat sanctuary. 12802 Easy Street, Tampa, FL 33625. 813 920-4130. www.BigCatRescue.org."
2005. Tribune. "Howard Baskin dangles a toy for Bailey, a bobat found a a weeks-old kitten in someone's yard. Apparently orphaned, she missed the maternal lessons in how to fend for herself." You are not allowed to play with animals being rehabbed under a wildlife rehabilitation permit which Carole has. Howard Baskin did this to look cute for the newspaper photographer. It encourages having wildlife as pets.
2008. "The Big Cat Fight. Carole Baskin would like to forget that she once bred exotic big cats and sold them as house pets. She would like everyone else to forget that her husband disappeared mysteriously 10 years ago,leaving her a rich woman.
She would rather than everyone thought of her the way she sees herself; a crusader for animal rights who believes no one should own a wild cat. Not a zoo. Not a sanctuary. Not even herself. But to many who live and breathe exotic animals, Baskin is a hypocrite.
They point out that her 40 acre Big Cat Rescue sanctuary in Hillsborough County has 137 tigers, lions, leopards, lynx and other big cats. Her own 'private collection' they call it.
They heckle her at state wildlife meetings. They picket her funraising Fur Balls. And they speculate on what happened to her late husband, Don Lewis, calling police with tips.
'Did you feed him to the tigers?' someone once asked Baskin at the grocery store. Her own stepdaughter wanted police to test the meat grinder at the sanctuary for her missing father's DNA.
Baskin says she has no idea what happened to Lewis and she had nothing to do with it. She is simply focused on her mission to outlaw private ownership of big cats and arrive at a day when there is no longer a need to shelter them. A day when Big Cat Rescue closes."
1997 from the Wildlife on Easy Street website.
1997 Carole wrote a book and made a video about keeping big cats as pets.
"Exotic Cats As Housepets" by Carole Stairs Lewis is a 100 page book this is full of useful information on the raising and keeping of exotic cats. It covers 13 species, many of which are endangered and threatened. Zoos do not have good success with breeding the smaller cats an they are generally now a crowd drawing attraction, making the private sector the last chance these cats have for survival. Learn from our successes and be warned by our failures. There are too few of these previous animals left to lose even one to preventable cause. This book is available in hard cover, with color photos. Cost: $35 (includes shipping)"
1997. "Big Cats Companion Video. 'Big Cat Companions' is a two hour video, instructional in all aspects of wild cat ownership. Thirteen species of exotic cats, from the tiny Geoffrey's Cat to the huge Siberian Tiger are included. Bottle rearing, teaching not to bite, leashing, litter training, worming, vaccinations, restrait and feeding are just a few of the topics covered. Learn about the tame side of wild cats you never dreamed existed. See Bobcats, Servals, Caracals, Ocelots, and more living in the house, sleeping in the bed with their human family, and generally having a grand ole' time. Learn how to properly house and care for 13 species of wildcat, whether they are tame or not. Cost: $28 (includes postage)"
From their website 1997. This is breeder/dealer language, i.e. "we don't sell animals" wink wink, yes we do. Just ask. Big Cat Rescue has always generally had mutt big cats. They aren't pure bred. Breeder, dealers do this to get around the permit issue. You need a permit for a full bred endangered tiger but not for a mutt tiger. They breed subspecies together to make a mutt. This is not conservation as the original species is not being conserved. Notice she boards other people's animals.
"Breeding. We have neutered all of our male cougars, siberian lynx and
bobcats as these cats are plentiful in captivity and in the wild. There is no reason to breed them. We have neutered our male tiger because he is a hybrid and there will always be plenty in captivity because they breed well and are always in high demand. We do not breed our lions, but have not neutered the male as he is being boarded here and is thought to be one of the last of the Barbary
Lions.
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1997. Old "glamour shots" of Carole, her daughter and others with big cats.
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L'arnarchisme russe est un courant de philosophie politique en Russie. Il se déploie dans de nombreux courants : le communisme libertaire, l'anarcho-syndicalisme, l'anarchisme individualiste et l'anarchisme non-violent.

Histoire

Bakounine et l'exil des anarchistes
En 1848, Mikhaïl Bakounine retourne à Paris et publie un texte à l'encontre de la Russie ce qui cause son expulsion.
Bakounine a joué un rôle important dans le courant anarchiste.

Pierre Kropotkine
Pierre Kropotkine, géographe, explorateur, zoologiste, anthropologue, géologue et théoricien du communisme libertaire est l'un des plus grands penseurs de son temps. Il est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages dont notamment : La Conquête du pain, L'Entraide, un facteur de l'évolution, Autour d'une vie (mémoires d'un révolutionnaire) et l'Éthique.

Nihilisme
Le nihilisme russe est un mouvement du , qui est le plus actif de 1860 à 1870. Il a pour but d'exprimer une pensée prônant un monde dénué de sens et de signification propre. Sofia Kovalevskaïa, dans son roman autobiographique Une nihiliste, est un des rares auteurs à se réclamer ouvertement du nihilisme.

Tolstoï
Léon Tolstoï est un anarchiste pacifiste, bien qu'il ne s'est jamais nommé comme tel, il a formé une philosophie contre l'État et qui a influencé le courant anarchiste russe.

Voline
Voline est un militant libertaire et historien de l'anarchisme ukrainien d'origine juive. Lors de la révolution russe de 1905, il est parmi les fondateurs du premier soviet de Saint-Pétersbourg. En 1918, il est mandaté par la Confédération des organisations anarchistes d'Ukraine, Nabat, pour rédiger un programme visant à réunir les communistes libertaires et les anarcho-syndicalistes. En 1919, il combat les bolcheviks dans les rangs de l'Armée révolutionnaire insurrectionnelle ukrainienne de Nestor Makhno avant d'être condamné à mort par Trotsky puis, finalement banni par le nouveau pouvoir soviétique. Il est connu pour avoir rédigé en français la trilogie, La Révolution inconnue qui retrace l'histoire révolutionnaire russe de 1825 à 1921. Il élabore, avec Sébastien Faure, le concept de synthèse anarchiste qui vise à réunir dans une même organisation, les courants pluriels du mouvement : communiste libertaire, anarcho-syndicaliste et individualiste.

L'anarchisme aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui plusieurs fédérations anarchistes existent en Russie. Les plus importantes sont la Confédération révolutionnaire des anarcho-syndicalistes(section russe de l'Association internationale des travailleurs), la fédération anarchiste révolutionnaire Action Autonome et l'Association des mouvements anarchistes.

Anarchistes

Cette liste d'anarchistes russes, non exhaustive, regroupe les principaux penseurs ou activistes russes du courant anarchiste.

Bibliographie et sources
 Pierre Dardot, Christian Laval, L'ombre d'octobre : La Révolution russe et le spectre des soviets, Lux, 2017, , présentation éditeur, introduction en ligne.

Articles connexes

 Anarchisme par zone géographique
 Révolte de Kronstadt
 Anarchisme
 Confédération révolutionnaire des anarcho-syndicalistes
 Nabat
 Alexandre M. Schapiro - Fedir Shchus

Notes et références

Anarchisme en Russie
Histoire de la Russie

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Elon Musk envisioned Hyperloop, a new mode of transportation that can connect San Francisco to Los Angeles in about 30 minutes. If we put it in the Malaysia's perspective, you can arrive to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur in approximately 22 minutes.
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Flying from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore would take 55 minutes. If a Hyperloop is to be installed in Malaysia, you can approximately cut the journey to only 22 minutes!
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The first country that will witness and own the success of Hyperloop is United Arab Emirates. It takes two hours to drive from Abu Dhabi to Dubai. But with Hyperloop, it will take only 12 minutes.
How about other countries? Can other countries participate to enjoy the privilege from the Hyperloop? For that, Hyperloop One Global Challenge was organized, where cities, regions, or countries can be a finalist to host the Hyperloop network. They need to show how it can be installed in their region and let Hyperloop One provide the technology.
Chennai to Bangalore, India: 35 minutes by flight, approximately 14 minutes by Hyperloop.
Mumbai to Chennai, India: 1 hour 45 minutes by flight, approximately 42 minutes by Hyperloop.
Mumbai to Delhi, India: 2 hours by flight, approximately 48 minutes by Hyperloop.
Seoul to Busan, South Korea: 50 minutes by flight, approximately 20 minutes by Hyperloop.
Jokes aside, if we want to travel in a Hyperloop, how save it could be?
Firstly, Hyperloop is not like a railway line that crosses a road or path at the same level. Which means, Hyperloop would not clash with any other transportation. Hyperloop is created to operate in various weather conditions. There are multiple braking techniques and life support systems. Hyperloop can also re-pressurize the tube, if necessary.
Malaysia will not be the part of the Hyperloop project. But it would be fascinating to see other countries with this facility. It could be a new revolution in transportation system. A new method of flying, without flying, faster than flying.
To know more about the Hyperloop One, go to their media page, where you can read articles published about it by Business Insider, Bloomberg, Mashable, and more.
Hyperloop One has also unveiled their first full-scale track in Nevada. All looking good.
teknologi skang semakin canggih.. this id my first time dgr psl hyperloop ini.. smoga teknologi y ada dpt memudahkan kita smua..
memang pernah dengar tapi yang nie lagi detail dan mantap.. kalau dapat pendekkan masa travel memang terbaik untuk ke destinasi seterusnya.
wow! that's real fast! Bagusnya teknologi begini memang memudahkan. dari kacamata traveller memang cukup menarik dan bagus kemudahan pengangkutan macam ni. tak sabar menanti hasilnya. woohoo!
Woww..masa singkat ke singapore? Klu hrga die berpatutan, org kl pon sanggup ulang alik keje sana.. hehe..
amazing... tak terpikir di akal... yang sedia ada pon dah nampak sgt maju.
It seems like in star war movie, whereby they transportation is fast and modern.


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Indian currency Rupee has finally got a symbol
Indian currency Rupee has become the fifth currency in the world to be assigned a symbol. The Indian parliament gave permissions to assign rupee with a rare symbol. The symbol is a blend of two popular scripts, Devnagiri and Latin.
The credit to find the right symbol goes to D. Udaya Kumar, the man who wins hearts of the Indian cabinet with his intelligent design. The symbol represents two horizontal lines, which cuts the Devnagiri (RA) in the upper section as shown in the picture above. Both lines cut across the Devnagiri script (RA) right on the top, which is in contrast to other currency symbols in the world.
For instance, the dollar represents single line, which cuts through the middle, but in the new rupee symbol, distinctions are obvious.
According to its designer, D. Udaya Kumar," the design is purely based on Indian Flag, keeping in mind the two horizontal lines which run parallel in the upper half of the flag".
The creation of Indian currency Rupee symbol has given rise to discussions that Rupee symbol may quickly find a place in computers and Typewriters key slots.
It's a perfect honour assigned to one of the oldest existing currencies in the world. Rupee currency dates back to the BC era, when silver coins were on use. According to reports filtered in, the symbol won't find a place on coins and currency notes, as yet. The symbol would have to be officially accepted by Unicorn Consortium's Unicode Technical Committee, before cabinet issues any notices. However, Indian Rupee has finally gotten an identification symbol.


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Just want to hear your opinions on Brexit
Discussion in 'Community Discussion' started by BanditLM, Jun 24, 2016.
BanditLM Esteemed Member
So the UK has decided this morning that it will be leaving the European Union which i am personally disappointed about.. The votes were quite close tho, To remain we had 48.1% but to leave 51.1% of vote's ( which is roughly 17.4 million to 16.1 million ).
What are your thoughts on this?
BanditLM, Jun 24, 2016
_REMOVED_87055 Dedicated Member
Well, I'm moving to Germany
_REMOVED_87055, Jun 24, 2016
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Its a terrible mistake. The Pound is going to suffer and so is the Euro.
Roslyn, Jun 24, 2016
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Apparently 4 out of 5 in the younger generations voted to remain, I just think the vote has just set the uk back quite a bit to be honest
Totoo_ Distinguished Member
It's single 'x'.
Totoo_, Jun 24, 2016
I know, used my iPhone to make this thread so must have pressed twice
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Egeau Venerable Member
I don't think it's a good thing, the EU is mostly trade treaty, so I think that people who want to export from or to the UK will have problems with it, Nissan Englend "par exapmle" is exporting to about everywere in Europe, now Englend goes out the EU, this company will have to pay WAY more to export as before, it might even go to bankruptcy... so might some other international Englisch companies if they don't move to another country, wich they micht do, this might lead in to another big problem, the unemployment might rise, wich can all of England's economeny... another economic problem might come from another corner, people who like to travel to other countries, like me, won't go as often to England, scince it's harder to go there, you can also go somewere else... But wat was the reason England wants to leave? this is copied from another website:
"What were their reasons for wanting the UK to leave?
They said Britain was being held back by the EU, which they said imposed too many rules on business and charged billions of pounds a year in membership fees for little in return. They also wanted Britain to take back full control of its borders and reduce the number of people coming here to live and/or work.
One of the main principles of EU membership is "free movement", which means you don't need to get a visa to go and live in another EU country. The Leave campaign also objected to the idea of "ever closer union" and what they see as moves towards the creation of a "United States of Europe"."
The first part is a part I understand, being helt back, membership costs alot, but the second part is more than Egoistic! if you have got mony/ annything else, and others don't, and desperetly need your help, than is THE LEAST you can do welcoming them in your country, an d giving them a little room to survive, this isn't nature annymore. It's not "the surviving of the strongest" but "the surviving of whoever wants" or, that's what we try to recive, so yes, I'm also against Deth penalty. annyway, there is one more reason , as you acn read, well, I don't think it's a bad thing there will be a "United states of Europe" but I understand it if you don't like that.
Egeau, Jun 24, 2016
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TomvanWijnen Venerable Member
Terrible idea. I haven't looked into it that much, but my COMMON SENSE tells me it WILL cause problems.
TomvanWijnen, Jun 24, 2016
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synth_apparition Esteemed Member
Jelle68 said: ↑
if you have got mony/ annything else, and others don't, and desperetly need your help, than is THE LEAST you can do welcoming them in your country, an d giving them a little room to survive, this isn't nature annymore.
The UK is a little island in the north-west of Europe. We don't have the room to accommodate everyone. I cannot get behind the idea of accepting everyone into the UK, no matter how much I support immigration compared to the other people here.
Brexit is bad for the UK. Our Prime Minister has just announced an October resignation which will likely place the far-right Boris Johnson into his position, our currency's value is plummeting as I type this, and Scotland is demanding an independence referendum. I cannot see London or Northern Ireland remaining either. This vote will go down in history as what killed the UK, and its all because of David Cameron organising this referendum to solve an internal party dispute the Conservatives had.
So, yeah, brb moving to Germany ASAP, probably won't have much money because the economy's gone to shit at the exact same time I'm looking for a job.
synth_apparition, Jun 24, 2016
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Maybe we should rename is to "The CK", instead of the UK.
The CK stands for "The Crashing Kingdom".
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Bad decision. I'm going to have to live through the consequences of what has happened, now. Economy is going down, PM is going out, we don't know if we'll get to choose our next one or not, and the figures used to get leave voters was a mistake according to Nigel Farage.
FDNY21, Jun 24, 2016
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MCSaw Elite Member
EU also has certain partnership with schools in england and vice versa. Making it very easy to study. What about those students who are studying there at the moment being EU citizens? I read articles of schools in england stating they are not happy wih this at all it will be causing a lot of problems. Apart from the problems already mentioned on top
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Things are not looking too good but only time will tell. I wanted to stay in the eu for the many benefits it brings us. I was absolutely convinced that it was going to be a very close, but remain would win by a few percent, when I woke up this morning to see we left I was shocked.
Jakebag, Jun 24, 2016
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Well, guess I'm in the minority here
I think it's a good decision, and it also clearly shows just how democratic the EU actually is (not that much IMO). Obviously there might be a small relapse because of panic decisions (think stock market). But I also think that there are many opportunities to make this work, and work better.
Sure, the pound has lost some value, which makes import harder. But export on the other hand is a different story, and there are plenty of countries which are interested in British cars (to name an example). Because of the lower pound that could become an interesting market for countries. And export is extra income.
Another thing is that Britain now gains total control over how it wants to run its social welfare. Unlike other European countries Britain could demand that only people who are actually living in Britain can utilize this. That can also become a major pro: because if the money stays within the country then it will eventually also go back into the economy.
Of course that's not saying all is well. I've also heard that Britain won't have to be paying 11 billion (iirc) to the EU anymore, but on the other hand I also learned that the EU demands fee's to be paid before a country can actually do any trading with it. Something which is totally absurd in my opinion, but yeah; it happens. That can become tricky. But then again: it might also be a good moment to start focusing on Asia. There's definitely good trading to be done there, which could become a major factor here.
I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but I definitely think that in the longer run Britain has a lot of better opportunities now. Next year its election year in the Netherlands and I'm most definitely supporting a party which will keep the option for a Nexit referendum open. I'm personally highly in favor of a Nexit. We could, for starters, make trading treaties with the UK without that stupid European fee demand up front. Which would also automatically make things a little easier on you guys.
Netherlands has been there before: The Benelux: Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Why wouldn't we be able to do something like that again, this time together with the British? Heck, we might even be able to persuade a Luxit out of all this
It won't be easy, but I definitely think that in the longer run things are going to become much better.
ShelLuser, Jun 24, 2016
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CloverOcean Prominent Member
I haven't met a single person (irl) who was for the UK leaving the EU. I honestly didn't think it was going to pass. But, if I try to find a silver lining... Now I can add the British Pound to my coin collection, without having to pay through the nose for it!
But in all honesty, this is going to strongly affect the lives for a lot of my friends. Most of my friends (we're from Germany) are studying / working in the UK right now and this is going to affect them quite largely. Not immediately, but... They were planning on living there for a long time.
I heard, one of the reasons to leave the EU was so that the UK could put more money into the health care system but now they don't plan on doing that. I certainly hope that changes, it sucks to get what you voted for only to find out they're not going to follow through with the reason for doing it.
CloverOcean, Jun 24, 2016
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xHaro_Der Elite Member
In the past 12 hours, the UK/US/Asian stock indexes have absolutely gone to shit.
I don't know who thought this was a good idea. The UK has literally voted themselves into a recession.
In case you're wondering how the FTSE index is doing.
EDIT - Though, this could easily be a short-term consequence. The market looks like it is slowly recovering from its worst point 5 hours ago.
xHaro_Der, Jun 24, 2016
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Krysyy Community Manager
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xHaro_Der said: ↑
Here is a graph showing the pound falling by ~12pc since the vote.
Any change is going to cause chaos. I wouldn't base anything off of the current turmoil in the currency exchanges. Only time will tell the true result.
Krysyy, Jun 24, 2016
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Gawadrolt Esteemed Member
and that graph is completely irrelevant. extend it to the 5 years and there is nothing to see. With any major economic move there will be tension and hurdles. Becoming economically and legally dependent of a union that is asleep at the wheel is not a bad thing for the UK.
I must say though, for all the europeans that say how conservative the US is this particular issue has brought out some EXTREME conservatism from you guys xD
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Krysyy said: ↑
True. It's made a partial recovery since its all time low this morning. I assume the sudden fall is due to volatility and the assumption that tariffs with EU members will cause huge unstability. Time will tell if the volatility is justified or not.
conservatism in this context is referring to everyone screaming, "no its changing! keep it how it was." weird that its you all being conservative while your government is being progressive, role reversal much?


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"We are delighted to have Michelle join our leadership team. Dr. Berrey is a seasoned drug developer who has established a strong track record in antivirals, in particular with nucleotide analogs. She joins Chimerix at an important time for the company as our lead compound, CMX001, advances into Phase 3 clinical testing," said Kenneth I. Moch, Chimerix President and Chief Executive Officer. "Her extensive background in antiviral drug development will be invaluable to our already strong team."


A Florida professor may soon be credited with significantly driving down the number of distracted driving accidents nationally.
According to various news reports, the Florida Atlantic University electrical engineering and computer science professor has developed a technology that will allow text message functions to be deactivated on driver's phones while the vehicle is in motion. If it works as designed, the product will not affect passengers' ability to send and receive messages, but will shut down the driver's ability to do so.
It works like this: A sensor would be placed on the vehicle's windshield and wireless providers would pinpoint the mobile use at the front left corner of the vehicle. Incoming and outgoing text messages would then be blocked from that device. The goal, the professor said, is to save lives.
Wireless providers could have the option to block text messages from drivers without their consent. But even users are still given the choice of whether to have the device installed, the professor is hoping auto insurance companies will provide some incentives, such as lower premiums, for those who participate.
Texting while driving is illegal in Florida. F.S. 316.305 details the state's ban on the practice, but it's considered by many to be a weak statute. While it does apply to all motorists (and not just teens or novice drivers), the offense is considered secondary. This means an officer who spots a driver texting behind the wheel can do nothing about it unless there is some other offense for which the driver can be stopped. Beyond that, the penalty for a first-time offense is nominal: $30. That is pittance when we consider the extent of the damage caused by texting drivers.
The Florida Highway Patrol reports a conservative estimate of 42,000 traffic accidents are caused statewide by distracted drivers. Those crashes resulted in 35,000 injuries and 210 deaths just in 2014. A large portion of those distracted driving accidents are precipitated by drivers who text.
The estimates provided by the FHP are likely conservative, as distracted driving is more difficult to track than, say, alcohol in a driver's system.
Development of the technology, the FAU professor stated, was motivated by the desire to "remove the blindfold" from the eyes of so many drivers. Because that's essentially what it means to drive while texting. A motorist who stares at their phone for 4.5 seconds while traveling 55 mph has traveled the length of an entire football field without their eyes on the road.
While the initial break into the market for this technology will be marketed to specific groups (i.e., companies that have committed to limit distracted driving among employees, families who seek to limit distracted driving among teens), the goal is for it to one day become standard. If you have a phone, the technology will simply be equipped.
Initial sales of the device are expected to begin within the next two to three months.
Meanwhile, Florida lawmakers are weighing a proposal to strengthen the state's texting law. One pending bill would not only make the offense a primary one, it would also double the applicable fine for a first-time offense.


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Syria: Western Chemical Weapons Experts Cast Doubt on Obama Nerve Gas Claims
By Timur Moon
Updated July 1, 2014 18:54 BST
Western experts in the use of chemical weapons have cast doubt on US government claims that weapons-grade nerve gas was used against civilians in the suburbs of Damascus on Wednesday.
The regime of Bashar al-Assad agreed on Sunday to allow UN weapons inspectors access to the sites, in the suburbs of neighbourhoods of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar in the Syrian capital.
The regime had until today denied the inspectors access to the sites.
However, the US administration said the decision had come "too late to be credible", particularly as regime forces had shelled the affected area repeatedly in the days after the attack, meaning any evidence would be further degraded.
The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said 3,600 people were admitted to hospitals where it had a presence, all suffering "neurotoxic symptoms". A total of 355 died people in the attacks.
Dan Kaszeta, a former officer in the US Army's Chemical Corps, said tell-tale signs of a chemical weapons attack were conspicuously absent from footage shot in the aftermath of the attack.
He said medics treating the victims would have been expected to suffer serious health problems after coming into direct and prolonged contact with the victims, in the absence of protective clothing.
"None of the people treating the casualties or photographing them are wearing any sort of chemical-warfare protective gear," said Kaszeta.
"Despite that, none of them seem to be harmed."
He said the lack of any adverse effects in doctors treating the victims would rule out the use of most military-grade chemical weapons.
The vast majority of nerve gases, such as the Sarin gas stockpiled in large quantities by the Syrian regime, do not evaporate immediately, but leave residual contamination on clothes and skin. That level of contamination would cause severe harm to those coming in contact with victims in the hours after the attack, particularly when used at sufficient strength to kill hundreds of people.
Kaszeta added: "There are none of the other signs you would expect to see in the aftermath of a chemical attack, such as intermediate levels of casualties, severe visual problems, vomiting and loss of bowel control."
Steve Johnson, an expert in hazardous material exposure at England's Cranfield University, agreed.
Johnson, who has worked with Britain's Ministry of Defence on chemical warfare issues, said it was a surprising that the contamination was not more widespread.
"From the details we have seen so far, a large number of casualties over a wide area would mean quite a pervasive dispersal," he said.
"With that level of chemical agent, you would expect to see a lot of contamination on the casualties coming in, and it would affect those treating them who are not properly protected. We are not seeing that here."
Other weapons?
Instead, experts began examining the possibility that other weapons could have caused the horrific casualties.
Gwyn Winfield, editor of the industry journal CBRNe World, which deals with chemical, biological and nuclear warfare, said the Syrian army may have used large concentrations of tear gas against people confined in unventilated areas.
In large concentrations, these substances can cause suffocation, especially in closed spaces, such as in bunkers where families took shelter from the bombing.
"One alternative is that a large concentration of riot control agents were used here, which could have caused suffocation of large numbers of people who were pressed together in a bunker or underground shelter," he said.
The principal evidence for allegations that chemical weapons were used lay in the lack of visible wounds on the bodies of the victims, leading some to conclude the cause of death was respiratory trauma or asphyxiation.
Many of the casualties showed signs of convulsions and, in at least one case, contracted pupils, which are both symptoms of nerve gas exposure.
Another possible cause for the large-scale casualties, and the absence of external injuries on the victims, lay in the regime's use of fuel-air bombs, which create a fireball that sucks the air out of confined spaces, causing those inside to asphyxiate.
The Syrian army has used fuel-air bombs extensively since the conflict broke out.
This article was first published on August 25, 2013


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Q: Weak Convergence in space $ C_0$ proof
Definition: Weak convergence- If a sequence $x_n\in X$ converges weakly then if $x_n\to x_0$ then $\lim_{n\to\infty}f(x_n)=f(x_0)$ for $f\in X'$
Proposition: If a sequence converges by the norm then it converges weakly.
Proof: $|f(x_n)-f(x_0)|=|f(x_n-x_0)|\leqslant ||f|||x_n-x_0||\to 0$ as $n\to\infty$.

Then my doubt arises in the following example: Consider the space $C_0$(space of all the sequence that converge to 0) with norm $max$. $e_k=(0,0,0,...,1,0,0,0,0...0)$ then $||e_i-e_j||=1,i\neq j$, where $e_1,e_2...$ is a basis of $C_0$
$f\in (C_0)'\simeq l_1$
$f(x)=\sum_\limits{k=1}^{\infty}x_k\xi_k\:\:\:\:\sum_\limits{k=1}^{\infty}\xi_k<\infty$
$\xi_k=f(e_k)$
Then $|f(e_k)|\to 0$ as $k\to\infty$
Questions:
1) How does the author establishes $\xi_k=f(e_k)$?
2) Is correct to assume that since $|f(e_k)|\to 0$ the sequences converge weakly but not strongly?
Thanks in advance!

A: 1)  For $e_k=(x_n)\in C_0$, we have $x_n=1$ if $n=k$ and $x_n=0$ otherwise.  Thus we have $f(e_k)=\sum_{n}x_n\xi_n=\xi_k$.
2) From $|f(e_k)|\to 0$ you can conclude directly that $\{e_k\}$ converges weakly.  To show it does not converge strongly you need to do some more work, presumably already covered (or assumed) by the author.

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