Emilio,

        Im glad you understand it.  In regards to being humane, one New
England state requests that anyone who finds a Japanese Shore Crab must
either "smash it with a rock" or "cast it on the upper beach to die",
this is what is stated on state-distributed posters (hardly humane!).
See...Japanese Shore Crabs aren't cute and fuzzy.  No one bothers
protesting that.  Emilio stated about rats, we kill them without remorse,
BUT mention the controlled killing of squirrels and everyone is up in
arms.  All a squirrel is is a rat with a fuzzy tail!

        I'm done with this topic, e-mail me privately.....back to shells!

Rick.

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:55:30 -0500 Emilio <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Introduced species have to be eradicated or they will eradicate our
> native species in a not too humane manner.
>
> For example the Brazilian Pepper [tree/bush] and Malaleucca [punk
> tree]
> in Florida have to be pulled up by the roots [bulldozed and burned],
> hope
> they dont feel that too much.
>
> What about fuzzy animals such as the feral cats [which is our own
> pet
> owners fault],
> trap them and then what? Keep them in cages until they die of old
> age. A
> costly edeavour.
>
> What about neat fuzzy whiskered European Rats? Society seems to
> kill
> them without
> any remorse.
>
> Psittacines in Miami, oh no! They are beautiful dont molest them!
> Wait
> until they
> start being a pain to someone, then what.
>
> Zebra mussels [just to keep this shell related]? Pretty little
> critters
> but they are a pain
> to man made devices and to our native mussels.
>
> So what do we do, set up a committee to select what invasive
> species
> goes and
> which one does not.
>
> We must be a bit more practical, hmmm, economical in their removal
> or
> lose the
> natives to the invaders!!!
>
>