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> Von: archimedes_at_bayspringstel.net
> Antworten an: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Datum: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 22:42:07 -0500
> An: "nanfa_at_aquaria.net" <nanfa at aquaria.net>
> Betreff: Re: NANFA-- Columbia trip gear (hellbenders plus!)
>
> Quoting Bruce Stallsmith <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>:
>
> I understand erring on the side of caution - I really do. But nowadays
> everbody
> is raising all kinds of alarms with nothing to back it up, or else they
> produce
> junk "science" to justify their claims. I have not seen any credible
evidence
> that NA naturalists are contibuting to the decline of any NA animal by
> "collecting" them. I still believe that if this were a _legitimate_
concern,
> then the majority of professional zoologists would consider it a point of
> honor
> never to harvest wild animals for their own various studies of imperiled
> species.
>
> This is simply another version of the points I debated in A/C with Gene
> Helfman,
> and I have yet to see an effective counterargument. I was kind of hoping
> somebody would take a stab at it :-) If one can avoid protraying me as a
> whining, rationalizing idiot, that is.
>
>> The harm is imperfect knowledge that they may be common, the other side of
>> the coin. We all know things change quickly in many areas, and this is a
>> species with very specific habitat needs. Today's G4-G5 in many areas may
be
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