- Singapore Government set to ban Google Earth
- Switzerland likely to outlaw cat fur trade
. . . Google’s satellite pictures could hardly be called independent creations, as the geography and topology of Singapore is the result of various natural phenomena and the hard work, over many years, of millions of Singaporeans.
While it is legal in Switzerland to shoot feral cats as well as domestic ones that stray more than 200 yards from their homes, it is not clear how many cats are hunted every year here and across the border in France, where residents have also complained about disappearing felines. One government official put the number at a couple of dozen. Luc Barthassat, a legislator with the Christian Democratic People’s Party, said about 2,000, but members of S O S Chats, an advocacy group, say tens of thousands are killed.