[Pil-pc-oceania] Toilet home 'may have traumatised' compost worms

[Kerry Dawborn]

oh my god...
that is so bizarre! I know we humans can get pretty anthropocentric in 
our thinking - assuming other species feel as we do, but this takes the 
cake...

Kerry

permaculture at apollobay.org.au wrote:
> What the!?!
>
> Check out this Age article: 
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/16/2120077.htm?section=justin
>
>
> "Toilet home 'may have traumatised' compost worms"
>
>
> A New Zealand inventor has been forced to defend the use of worms in a
> composting toilet he has developed after officials became concerned that
> the creatures might become traumatised by the procedure.
>
> Coll Bell was told to get an expert's report on the mental impact on the
> tiger worms being used after an official became concerned during a site
> visit.
>
> He says the official felt that the worms were being unfairly treated, being
> expected to deal with human faeces, and that it could affect them in a
> psychological way.
>
> Mr Bell was told he had to get someone with the necessary qualifications to
> say the worms were happy.
>
> A vermiculture consultant was called in and she has found the worms are in
> excellent health and breeding happily.
>
> - AFP
>
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