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NFC: RE: Auctions OT ?



Hello
To see a good example of the damage that an Imported and / or a Released
species can do when it takes over
Go talk to any of the native Indian Tribes as to the effect the Europeans
had on the ecological systems of both the North and South American
continents.
:)
Gay
Alaska
ghemsath at att_net




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nfc at actwin_com [mailto:owner-nfc at actwin_com]On Behalf Of David
Strickler
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 4:40 AM
To: nfc at actwin_com
Subject: Re: NFC: Re: Auctions OT

Imported, released, exotic, etc., etc., etc., are ALWAYS bad.  I'm referring
to
native animals.

mcclurg luke e wrote:

> Imported Bullfrogs are especially a nuisance in many areas of not only
> this country but others as well.  Not to mention the infamous Cane Toad,
> which is taking over in parts of Australia and destroying local species.
>
> Luke
>
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Wright Huntley wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > David Strickler wrote:
> > >
> > > Although I'm not necessarily for adding herps to the NFC either, what
the
> > > h*ll do herps do to cause problems?!!
> >
> > They eat the eggs and babies, if not the adult native fish.
> >
> > Wright
> >
> > >
> > > Wright Huntley wrote:
> > >
> > > > I join the side against adding herps to our charter/activities.
> > > >
> > > > They are a major source of problems in some of our western habitats,
so
> > > > promoting certain frogs and turtles would be even less popular than
> > > > promoting distribution of damnbusia into native waters. :-) I think
the
> > > > potential for conflict is evident.
> > > >
> > > > Wright
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Wright Huntley,  Fremont CA, USA,  510 494-8679
huntley1 at home_com
> > > >
> > > > In retrospect it becomes clear that hindsight is definitely
overrated.
> > > >
> > > >               http://environmental.networkroom.com/
> >
> > --
> > Wright Huntley,  Fremont CA, USA,  510 494-8679     huntley1 at home_com
> >
> > In retrospect it becomes clear that hindsight is definitely overrated.
> >
> >               http://environmental.networkroom.com/
> >


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