Ivan Shukster wrote: Subject: RE: PESO Black Bear
> I heard on the news last night that the American governemnt is delisting a > species of owls because of its habitat is desired by housing developers. > This may be part of the cultural diffence meant in the "We run into this > problem regualry with Americans" It is hard for me to understand. The > American definition of an endangered species must be "A species that is in > danger of becoming extinct AND WHOSE HABITAT IS OF NO INTEREST TO BUSINESS" > This definition is offered partly in jest and partly serious. The current administration may be the most environmentally destructive in recent history. They're moving to open the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, they're selling off our national forests to the timber companies and they're working hard to defeat the purpose of the endangered species program. When wildlife and the needs of people conflict the wildlife always loses. Losing our genetic diversity is a terrible price to pay for overpopulation. I don't hear any politicians even talking about that problem. This situation is thoroughly and utterly depressing. I urge anyone who has any feeling at all about this to consider donations to the Nature Conservancy: http://nature.org/ Tom Reese
