Re: NANFA-- Collecting ethics

coelacanth_at_btinternet.com
Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:12:11 +0000 (GMT)

> Wasn't the bird known as the great auk collected to extinction?
No, this remarkable member of the Alcyidae was hunted to extinction for food. That is not collected in the same way as is currently under discussion.
Pete
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