Re: [Pen-l] Help Baby Seals Who Are Killed in Canada

[ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 24, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
> what happens if seals over-breed, the way deer have done in many
> places after their natural predators were killed off? I remember that
> a lot of deer died from starvation and sickness because they
> over-bred.
>
> NB: I'm not in favor of killing seals for rich people's furs. I'm not
> in favor of people wearing furs. But since humans are running this
> planet, we have the responsibility to try to solve the disasters we've
> created (like over-breeding).

The answer is to bring those predators back (which is entirely  
feasible in many cases)... but really, clubbing other animals to death  
under the banner of preventing starvation and sickness is not really a  
better option, is it?


> We shouldn't be overly concerned with the issue of cuteness. A lot of
> endangered species aren't cute the way baby seals are.



The use of "cuteness" is tactical. Or do you think I encourage list  
members to oppose this annual brutality because I am worried about the  
loss of cuteness? ;-)

	--ravi

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