Nicole Worthy Miss-Jane MW

Tina Flash Ansell Vandenberg

FIREWORKS – SPLENDOUR AND TERROR. (Monique Decortis, 2008) The season of folly is upon us again. It is accompanied by an ever-increasing amount of firework displays. Fireworks may be entertaining for people, but there are many negatives to lighting fireworks. Fireworks contribute to polluting or damaging our planet in various ways throughout their life cycle, from manufacturing and transportation to combustion. Fireworks have toxic effects on water and soil, cause fires and noise pollution, pose health risks and often cause accidents in both humans and animals. Fireworks terrify animals, create unnecessary waste and produce Greenhouse gasses. • ANIMALS – Fireworks can cause great distress to domestic pets, wildlife and livestock alike. Animals’ hearing is far more sensitive than ours and unpredictable and deafening blasts from fireworks can cause them immense pain and fear and even damage their hearing. Animals often become so frightened and confused by the noise that they panic and attempt to flee. They can break out of screen do and are at times severely injured. • WILDLIFE - Fireworks are just as disastrous for wildlife. Loud firework explosions cause panic, confusion, fear and anxiety in wild animals. Panic and disorientation can result in birds flying into a building or too far out to sea. After fireworks, wildlife rehabilitators experience an increase in calls from the public relating to wildlife on the roads and wildlife being seen in unusual areas, there is also an increase in orphaned birds and small mammals brought in. • HEALTH RISKS - The metallic particles in the smoke emitted by fireworks pose a health risk, particularly to people who have cardiovascular disease, suffer from asthma or have other breathing problems. • MENTAL HEALTH - Fireworks can severely impact people with PTSD and other conditions by triggering intense, involuntary reactions like flashbacks and panic attacks. Sufferers may feel unsafe for days or weeks after. • WATER CONTAMINANTS - Fireworks displays, often held over lakes and other bodies of water to minimise the risk of fire, can deposit significant amounts of perchlorate and particulates into the water, • INJURY – Every year some fireworks manufacturers, operators and bystanders are injured or even killed in fireworks-related incidents. • GREENHOUSE GASSES - produced by fireworks displays include Carbon dioxide (CO2) and Ozone. Often huge amounts of taxpayer money are spent on fireworks displays that give a short period of pleasure to humans. Just imagine all the possible more meaningful and beneficial ways we could use all the money spent on fireworks. It would be great to see fireworks phased out altogether. If people really feel that they cannot celebrate without a display in the night sky, there are safer alternatives to fireworks that are just as magnificent and festive. We can now put on drone light shows and laser and light shows. They consume a lot of energy, but they can give people a great deal of pleasure without launching dangerous chemicals into the air and without the noise pollution that terrifies animals.

He’s beautiful and looks mischievous 😻

Oh my goodness he would be great little mate for my baby boy Loki. Loki is 1 year and 10months.