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Do you kill insects?
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Hi!I know that all of you love animals and try as best as possible to save their lives.What about insects?Sadly there are insects that could be annoying... :(It's summer time in Korea and there are a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lisa G May 9.
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Rachel Alexander replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"I really agree with ALL that you said, Andreas! Insects can be scary - like roaches - but, they have a right to exist just as we do, and serve a purpose on this earth. Roaches are part of the "clean up squad", and they run…"
Kimberley Kanages replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"Hey! Thanks. I don't think your toads are like ours.
Ours are introduced species from South America that have killed hundreds of native frog species and are poisonous for birds and fish to eat, so they are killing lots of those species…"
Kimberley Kanages replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"I think it's ok. I only kill them if they start trying to bite me. I live in Australia where dengue fever is not a huge problem, but a risk. With ants, I don't like killing them and for a long time I tolerated them but now when they…"
"I just read what you wrote a year ago... "we don't have mosquitoes here in Germany" well, I don't know on which planet you live then... There are mosquitoes all over the planet except Antarctica, including Germany, where I live…"
kumi replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"wow, growing citronella plants sounds even better!!
i didn't know that citronella is effective in deterring cats from urinating.
that's great. i'll try that, too. thanks, adam! :)"
adam antichrist replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"I am going to try this I think. I started looking for citronella oil today because it deters cats from urinating in areas you don't want them to. You could probably grow citronella plants Kumi if you have a suitable living…"
kumi replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"hi Minhee! we have the same problem here in Japan.
i use citronella candles. the smell is lovely, but mosquitoes hate it! :D
there are other products using citronella, like repellent spray.
you can spray it on your body when going outside or before…"
Dominic Spens replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"With food hygine/production especially for the public rather than for just our own consumption it is a bit different, you'd soon go out of business if your producut is infested, but as you state there your looking into better storage systems…"
adam antichrist replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"Hey Minhee what works for us is to burn citronella candles or incense which helps to repel mosquitoes. I use these when I'm camping. This comes from the oil of a plant called citronella grass
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbopogon_nardus and…"
adam antichrist replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"I work at an organic food co-op and we have a few strays turn up with our ingredients. I have taken snails home in containers to live their lives out in my compost bin, but one "pest" we do have trouble with are pantry moths. I looked up…"
Andreas Bender replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"We had the same problem when we lived in the village near the marsh, Minhee. Especially at night there were thousands of them and very often we let more in than we threw out. So we captured them with a glass and a sheet of paper and that's it.…"
Andreas Bender replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"Ah, ok. I misunderstood you then. :-)"
Minhee Park replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"Wow... thanks to all of you guys who gave me better ideas. In fact, I try not to kill anything.... However, it happens that sometimes I can't sleep because of a few mosquitoes and if I open the window, more will come inside. I live close to…"
Dominic Spens replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"Thats a great way of adapting your environment to have a balanced ecosystem that is most comfortable to you, (re. venus flytraps) also their pretty cool!
You kill hundreds of invertebrates/insects everyday when your just walking around, and kill…"
adam antichrist replied to Minhee Park's discussion Do you kill insects?"I think people are categorising all invertebrates as "insects" so I will too. I used to kill the fleas that I took off my cat, but now he can't go outside so he doesn't get any more fleas. I have a venus fly-trap because we were…"
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Do you kill insects??
Hi!
I know that all of you love animals and try as best as possible to save their lives.
What about insects?
Sadly there are insects that could be annoying... :(
It's summer time in Korea and there are a lot of mosquitoes!
And sometimes I see a lot of ants in the kitchen!
I used to just kill them easily but since I've become a vegan, it makes me think that whether I…
Continue Posted on June 19, 2010 at 6:56pm — 2 Comments
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- At 7:31am on September 14, 2010,
Bhavika Sicka said… - Hello :)
- At 6:06am on June 19, 2010, Andreas Bender said…
- Hi Minhee,
I just read your comment in "VEGAN GERMANY". Yes, it's hard to believe but a cosmopolitan city like Frankfurt has not a single vegan restaurant. Munich has two I think, Berlin has 4 or 5 vegan restaurants. It's a shame...
Next time you visit Frankfurt (or any other area in Germany) please feel free to contact me. I'll help you as best as I can to provide you with addresses of vegan restaurants. :-)
Regards,
Andreas
- At 10:11pm on May 3, 2010, kumi said…
- Minhee
welcome to the group "vegan fashion"!
you've already replied to a discussion.
thanks for the support! ;)
- At 7:54am on April 29, 2010, kumi said…
- thanks for the add, Minhee!
another Korean member, Young A, has just joined this network :)
- At 12:16am on April 28, 2010, kumi said…
- thanks for your comment, Minhee!
it's the same here in japan. a lot of people love to eat meat.
(they love korean food, too :))
i don't have any vegan friend outside this network.
hope you make vegan friends here and enjoy the network as i do ;)
- At 7:25am on April 27, 2010, kumi said…
- hi Minhee!
i'm kumi from japan. nice to meet you!
thank you for joining "vegan asia".
you're the first Korean member! i'm so happy :)
please feel free to reply to the discussions or add a new discussion.
i want to know vegan life in Korea. please please share your stories.
looking forward to talking with you ;)
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