>There are no rare or endangered species of fresh water, land,
>brackish or marine persuasion, and even if there were there would be no
>need to protect them from the hordes of rabbid shell collectors that
>avoid our shores and
>woodlands/bogs/fens/marshes/streams/rivers/lakes/ponds/runs/salt
>marshes/other wet places nearly every chance they get.

I bet the Worthy Nose and John Maunder occasionally reduce the
province's freshwater & land faunas considerably...
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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