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From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It was a result of a winter storm, I believe. What's your point,
Bob?
Nutria escaped from fur farms in the South US (Louisiana, I believe)
in the '20s or '30s during floods and have been destroying the
native environment ever since. In the US, trapping, killing, and
skinning nutria for the fur industry is considered an
environmentally friendly activity.
I think bob's point was that even though animal rights fanatics are
hurting the environment by releasing non-native species into fragile
areas, poor practices with fur farming has done just as much or more
damage and well before the activists were on the scene. Poor
enclosures that don't stand up to bad weather or allow easy escape,
etc.
The fact that farmers have done stupid things before doesn't make the
activists actions more credible today, does it?
That's backward argumentation.
Jostein
