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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (6337)	3/20/2001 12:39:55 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Respond to of 8925

FOOT AND MOUTH HALTS SWEDISH PROJECT TO FIND LOCH NESS MONSTER 2001-03-20 10:36 (New York) London (dpa) - Britain's foot and mouth epidemic has put paid to the latest attempt to find the Loch Ness Monster, scheduled for Tuesday, the head of the Swedish Global Underwater Search Team said. On March 6, British Waterways restricted access to Scottish canals and waterways as part of measures to contain the disease, forcing a postponement of a plan to net Nessie, GUST said. The expedition is now set to take place on April 23, ``by which time the foot and mouth disease should definitely be over with. Another advantage is that the weather will improve, light will prevail much longer and we may even be able to perform in our T-shirts,'' GUST leader Jan Sundberg said. Sundberg's aim is to take a DNA sample from the monster and then release her - in line with guidelines drawn up by Scottish National Heritage, the statutory body that looks after Scotland's heritage. The code of practice was drawn up following Sundberg's request to lay a net across Loch Ness to capture Nessie. Under the code, hunters must release their catch, whatever the species, back into the loch after appropriate DNA samples are taken. ``Should anything be captured in this net, in this trap, then we would want to see it examined but also released unharmed. I think if they did capture something that was hitherto unknown to science then the whole world would be interested,'' SNH spokesman Johnathan Stacey said in January. ``As far as SNH is concerned we would be regarding it as a very valuable and important part of Scotland's biodiversity and we would want to be treating it in its best interests. As foot and mouth strikes only cloven-hoofed animals, Nessie is believed to be safe, although like other animals she might be able to pass it on. dpa rpm vc