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Re: A Brave New World
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:19:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney writes:
> I understand the bald eagle is an endangered species, not to mention our
> national bird. The fact that it has eggs adds a bit of weight. But, I'm sure
> there would have been ways to safely transplant the bird to another location
> where it can still exist in its natural habitat.
You are sure of this...why?
> They let one animal be the
> difference between a more efficient airport access road, even AFTER they • kicked
> the HUMANS in the area out. Something's messed up there, when nature and
> animals have more rights than people.
Animls don't have more rights than people. However, people are just beginning
to take our role as stewards of this planet seriously. It would have been
better if they could have identified the eagle's presense before migrating the
people, but sometimes accidents happen. I happen to support the stance that we
can not afford to lose more species. We just don't know what untold treasures
lie in the genes of the critters that we're destroying. Apart from the
aesthetic that tells me that buldozing endangered species is inappropriate,
from the selfish stance of our species, migrating a few people around is small
potatoes compared to losing such resources for all time.
Chris
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| (...) Hm, maybe because we are successfully raising bald eagles and releasing them to the wild? (...) Tell that to the treehuggers that are snarling up the courts to delay projects left and right. (...) Moving ONE eagle != wiping out the species. (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GGwMGp.62J@lugnet.com... (...) sustaining (...) I believe space colonization will grow because of the private sector, not because of something a government does. After doing a little (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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