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Index of Subjects --_cbf0cdae-b243-4602-92ab-2ff37b6e5cb8_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes a very difficult ethical topic - especially when you consider that the = most invasive species is homo sapiens. =20 > Date: Thu=2C 4 Nov 2010 09:37:31 -0400 > From: bckcdb@istar.ca > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] an article with an "admirable invasive species" messa= ge >=20 > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/invasive-species-gallery/ -=20 > "...before the environmentalists among you get upset=2C I'm not suggestin= g=20 > that species invasions are good things. They're not. They throw=20 > ecosystems out of whack=2C crowd out plants and animals we already know=20 > and love=2C and generally cause trouble. >=20 > "But invasive species are living creatures=2C too. That's easy to forget= =20 > amidst conservationist concerns=2C which can seem almost schizophrenic in= =20 > treasuring some creatures (don't touch that tortoise!)=2C while actively= =20 > encouraging the extermination of others." >=20 > This is a little simple-minded=2C and the list is biased towards large=20 > Animals (where's Succinea putris?)=2C but it does reflect the idea I=20 > mentioned in the recent exchanges about needing to love ones enemies in=20 > the struggle against invasive species. >=20 > fred. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition - > http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > RR#2 Bishops Mills=2C Ontario=2C Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ >=20 = --_cbf0cdae-b243-4602-92ab-2ff37b6e5cb8_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> Yes a very difficult ethical topic - especially when you consider that the = most invasive species is homo sapiens.<BR> =3B<BR> >=3B Date: Thu=2C 4 Nov 2010 09:37:31 -0400<BR>>=3B From: bckcdb@istar.= ca<BR>>=3B To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>>=3B Subject: [NatureNS] an a= rticle with an "admirable invasive species" message<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B ht= tp://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/invasive-species-gallery/ - <BR>>= =3B "...before the environmentalists among you get upset=2C I'm not suggest= ing <BR>>=3B that species invasions are good things. They're not. They th= row <BR>>=3B ecosystems out of whack=2C crowd out plants and animals we a= lready know <BR>>=3B and love=2C and generally cause trouble.<BR>>=3B <= BR>>=3B "But invasive species are living creatures=2C too. That's easy to= forget <BR>>=3B amidst conservationist concerns=2C which can seem almost= schizophrenic in <BR>>=3B treasuring some creatures (don't touch that to= rtoise!)=2C while actively <BR>>=3B encouraging the extermination of othe= rs."<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B This is a little simple-minded=2C and the list is= biased towards large <BR>>=3B Animals (where's Succinea putris?)=2C but = it does reflect the idea I <BR>>=3B mentioned in the recent exchanges abo= ut needing to love ones enemies in <BR>>=3B the struggle against invasive= species.<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B fred.<BR>>=3B ----------------------------= --------------------------------<BR>>=3B Frederick W. Schueler &=3B Al= eta Karstad<BR>>=3B Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicol= a.ca/bmnhc.htm<BR>>=3B now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedit= ion -<BR>>=3B http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.h= tm<BR>>=3B Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/<B= R>>=3B RR#2 Bishops Mills=2C Ontario=2C Canada K0G 1T0<BR>>=3B on the S= miths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<BR>>=3B (613)258-3107 <= =3Bbckcdb at istar.ca>=3B http://pinicola.ca/<BR>>=3B -----------------= -------------------------------------------<BR>>=3B ---------------------= ---------------------------------------<BR>>=3B <BR> </body> </html>= --_cbf0cdae-b243-4602-92ab-2ff37b6e5cb8_--
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