RE: NANFA-- Collecting ethics

Irate Mormon (archimedes_at_bayspringstel.net)
Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:44:00 -0500

Quoting Nick Zarlinga <njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com>:

> ><)> Still waiting for evidence that collecting of fish
> ><)> or any other cold-blooded
> ><)> animal has ever lead to extinction.
>
> This is where I think that the views on this topic are nearsighted. It is
> not that it may lead to extiction, it is that it is not helping to preserve
> the species by still allowing for unrestricted collection or possession.

...and without addressing the principal reason for decline of the species, or
giving anybody any reason to care one way or the other.

Prost,

Martin
Jackson, MS
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