September 19, 2005

THERE'S THEM THAT GOTS SPOTS AND THEM THAT GOTS BARS AND LOTS BETWEEN (via Robert Tremblay):

Survival of the Species? (Fox News, 9/16/05)

The federal government has given a California group permission to kill one species of owl in an attempt to save the Northern Spotted Owl from extinction, but the process has left some people in the timber industry shaking their heads.

The government recently gave the California Academy of Sciences permission to kill 20 Barred Owls in an effort to learn why they are thriving in the same forests where Spotted Owls continue to decline. [...]

But critics call favoring one species over another "playing God" instead of letting nature run its course, and argue that scientists should have factored in the so-called "enemy owl" before leaving the timber industry nearly extinct.


Fortunately it's not a matter of choosing one species over another.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 19, 2005 5:26 PM
Comments

The particular species does't matter. The agenda is to shut down the timber industry.

Posted by: Gideon at September 19, 2005 7:13 PM

BINGO!

Posted by: obc at September 19, 2005 9:09 PM

Why does this seem so demented.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 19, 2005 10:31 PM

. . . critics call favoring one species over another "playing God" . . .

However, favoring one industry over another is "sound industrial policy," favoring one race of humans over another is "ending discrimination," favoring Michael Schiavio's wallet is "compassion," and killing a fetus is "upholding a guy who doesn't want to pay child support's right to choose."

Posted by: Mike Morley at September 20, 2005 7:11 AM

Of course these "environmentalists" believe that they are acting in the interests of Nature. But they obviously aren't. The stronger owl has Nature's approval, not this loser that can't reproduce itself. Of course, maybe it is just exploring the infinite boundaries of its Self, and can't be bothered with extending its genetic heritage.

Posted by: Robert Duquette at September 20, 2005 11:00 AM
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