Re: NANFA-- Collecting ethics

Stan Perkins (stanperkins_at_academicplanet.com)
Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:24:41 -0600

Collecting is collecting - don't split nails. Industry is industry whether
for food, clothing or the pet trade! Man is the common denominator!

Stan Perkins
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steffen Hellner" <steffen_at_hellner.biz>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Collecting ethics

> Right, but not perfectly.
> > The last Dodo is sitting in a museum in England - collected to
extinction.
> The Dodo was driven to extinction but sailors and settlers for food. It
> couldn4t fly and run fast. The the cats and rats came. Finish.
>
> > There are a number of species of tortoise on the Gallapagos Islands that
> are
> > extinct due to collecting.
> Not for the trade but again for human consumption. Same as in the Dodo.
And
> the Moa and many more endemic island species around the world.
>
> > In Hawaii, there are several species of birds collected for their
feathers
> -
> > extinct by collecting.
> I am not too familiar with these birds, think they are named cloth-birds
> (the german name literally translated). But again I think it was for
fashion
> and not for a hobby. By this it was industry not hobbyists.
>
> Still waiting for thr striking example that any hobbyist collecting ever
> lead to extinction or even serious threat.
>
> Steffen

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