Asifo Ajuyah [ajuyah_a@samoa.usp.ac.fj]
>The driving forces behind these changes include
>emerging concepts such as eco-tourism, vegetarism, naturalism,
>animal welfarism, etc. Some of  which have, and would change
>established or traditional institutions for ever. A classical example
>is the phasing out of the cage system for egg production
>in Europe based on welfare concerns etc. Along similar concern
>a group in Adelaide (Paul Harris et. al. ?) designed a futuristic
>eco-shelter for pigs with immense potential for commercial pig
>producers in Europe, for after the cage layer saga next would
>be confined pigs.

many of these trends are cultural. Some British may boast that their dogs
sleep in the same bed, in other countries we eat dogs. The Swedes eat Santa
Claus's reindeers, while many in developing countries dont never drean to
kill one. The thing is that do you hear a protest from Nigeria that the
Swedes should not eat reindeers ? No, you dont but the Brits protest that
people in developing countries should not eat dogs !

The project site in Bali will definitely not be a good case for vegetarism,
nor for animal welfare. It is going to be a slaughter house and it will
process meat. Feedlots at the project site has concrete floors so at least
these will be cleaner than those in e.g. the USA with dirty feedlots.

>As a civil servant in Nigeria I cherished any crocodile based
>menu, processed crocodile skin goods (such as shoes) etc, but my
>kids the X-generation? would say Auk! as long as it is not from
>McDonalds, eco-synthetic, or pig meat from "Harris's" eco shelter
>(with my apologies to Paul) .

Scenario 3 proposes the crocodile component. It has numerous hurdles to
jump over, many of them are difficult. First the permit to bring in
crocodiles into Bali, then maybe another permit to make it into a tourist
attraction, and probably another permit to certify crocodile meat as safe
for human consumption. The trend of souvenirs and products from animal skin
is also changing. If the crocodile sub-system is created, most of the
crocodile meat probably end up as crocodile feed !. But there will be
always be some adventurous tourists and if Bali can give them this
opportunity, that will be a good story to tell when they return home.

I will let Simon comment on where the crocodile farm sub-project stands in
his priority list for the site.

regards
jacky foo
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