In brief

Press, 12 April 1989, Page 6

In brief

Save animals campaign An education campaign is under way to explain to schools the implications of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (C.1.T.E.5.). It was launched yesterday at the Wellington Zoo by the Minister of Conservation, Mr Woollaston. He unveiled the first of four signs specially designed for the campaign. Legislation to enable New Zealand to join nearly 100 other countries which are party to C.I.T.E.S. is now before Parliament. Mr Woollaston said he expected it to pass into law soon. Member countries have agreed to ban commercial trade in endangered species and to regulate and monitor trade in other species that might become endangered. Prevention pack An Auckland child abuse prevention society is launching a prevention pack for pre-schoolers. The Parent Help education co-ordinator, Mrs Robyn Rummins, said the group had worked on the programme for the last two-and-a-half years and was ready to put it into a more practical form. The kit, which would contain information the group had already used successfully with children and parents, would be used in Auckland kindergartens and pther pre-school groups. Dead man named The police yesterday named a man who died when his car hit a concrete power pole on Waitakere Road in Auckland on Monday. He was Stephen Ernest Bell, aged 29, a manager, of Taupaki.—PA. Dogs killed The police have shot two dogs who killed two Angora goats and injured three others in South Auckland yesterday. The police were called to a field near the Southern Motorway at Wiri yesterday morning where they found 20 goats tangled in a fence. While they were freeing the goats four dogs appeared and two were shot by the police. The dead dogs were both German shepherds. A fifth dog also appeared later. The three other dogs were a German shepherd, a fox terrier and a rottweiler. The police said the dog pack had also been worrying cattle in the area.—PA.