Standards article precised.

Having sent a precis of my Standards article to both local newspapers, I've been watching for them for a week now. Today I received a telephone call from the Editor of one of them to tell me that he won't be publishing my "letter" and why. We had a short but meaningful  conversation about that. In a nutshell, he is worried about the legal ramifications of printing that "letter", for both the paper and me. If the BCSPCA or some other authority had found the Refuge wanting in some way, he would do a story on that and print my "letter". However, despite visiting the Refuge twice in three years, the BCSPCA apparently found nothing wrong there. I didn't get the opportunity to suggest that perhaps it was because they know little or nothing about parrots and their needs. I asked if any of the newpapers do investigative reporting anymore. He clains that they do that all the time. However, when I suggested that they do some investigative reporting on the Refuge, he said that they have done many stories on the Refuge. I guess we have different ideas of what investigative reporting is. I've seen the stories carried by the local newspapers. They appear to have been initiated by the Refuge owners, not an objective reporter. Once again I'm back to square one. Watch for more. The Aviva Community Fund is starting up again soon.