Environment

Philippines: Ornusa Cadness, Borgy Manotoc Turn Into Tigers in New PETA Anti-Captivity Ad

For Immediate Release:
April 13, 2007
Contact:
Jason Baker 0919 531 8314; JasonB@peta.org
Rochelle Regodon 0920 497 4679; RochelleR@peta.org

ORNUSA CADNESS AND BORGY MANOTOC TURN INTO ?TIGERS? IN NEW PETA ANTI-CAPTIVITY AD
Sexy Models Want Fans to Know That Wild Animals Don?t Belong in Zoos

Manila ? Posing in a jungle setting with their naked bodies covered only with painted-on tiger stripes next to the tagline ?Even the Wildest Animals Don?t Belong in Zoos,? top Filipino models Ornusa Cadness and Borgy Manotoc appear together in the first of a series of three ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia-Pacific. Local postcard advertising company YOCard has printed 10,000 postcards of the ad and is now offering them at various restaurants, bars, bookstores, and cultural areas around the metro free of charge. The couple also stars individually in print ads with the tagline ?Keep Wild Animals Free?Boycott the Zoo.? The ads were shot by ace photographer and PETA volunteer Xander Angeles. Indie film luminary Dante Mendoza donated his services to create the amazing set, and Leo Posadas was behind the makeup for the shoot.

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Davao: Green Vote Forum for District 1 Candidates Slated

DAVAO CITY — At least nine city council candidates have been invited to the first of the series of political forums on April 16 (Monday) in line with the Davao City Green Vote 2007, the campaign of various schools, nongovernment organizations, people?s organizations and other civil-society groups aimed at making environment a political issue in the coming elections.

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Davao’s Organic Farmers Rally for Concrete Support

Organic producers in Davao City are saying that the support shown to them by the city government is sending them a mixed feeling of happiness and hope.

For the past many years, organic farmers have been left out of the picture of government agricultural priorities as the thriving market for synthetic agri-chemicals and other inputs have allegedly been benefiting even the agencies concerned with farming like the Department of Agriculture.

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Philippines: Greenpeace ‘Shocked’ by Report on RP’s Climate Troubles

Greenpeace Statement on IPCC report released yesterday in Brussels:

Manila, 7 April 2007–Key findings of the new IPCC report say that:
-it is likely that climate change will induce mass extinction of species
within 60 to 70 years
-the number of people at risk from water scarcity is likely to rise from
tens of millions to billions
-reductions in food production capacity in the poorest parts of the
world, are projected
-small islands, subsaharan Africa, Asian mega deltas and the Arctic
regions are the most vulnerable, and
-huge numbers of people will be at risk due to sea level rise, storm
surges, and river flooding in the Asian mega deltas.

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Philippines on Road to Climate-Change Catastrophe: Greenpeace

Greenpeace demands urgent action as costs to threaten millions of Filipinos

MANILA — The Philippines is on its way to a major climate
change catastrophe–that is, unless the government takes urgent and
ambitious action to avert a disaster that will put millions of Filipinos
at risk. Greenpeace issued the warning today during the release of
never-before seen maps that illustrate the extent of climate change
impacts on the archipelago. The group additionally called for strong
measures to mitigate the worst effects of climate change to help the
country avoid certain disaster.

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