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Post by Admin on Jul 21, 2013 9:10:26 GMT -5
".....After decades of scrambling on the underside of California bridges to pluck endangered peregrine falcon chicks from ill-placed nests, inseminating female birds and releasing captive-raised fledglings, wildlife biologists have been so successful in bringing back the powerful raptors that they now threaten Southern California's endangered shorebird breeding sites. As a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will no longer permit peregrine chick rescues from Bay Area bridges, a move that they concede will likely lead to fluffy chicks tumbling into the water below and drowning next spring. "It's a paradox," said Marie Strassburger, chief of the federal agency's division of migratory birds and habitat in Sacramento. "Yes, chicks are cute. I won't deny that for a second." But she said the loss of chicks that fledge from the nest too early is a natural part of life...." Are some humans so arrogant that they believe they are not part of the environment? What's the big deal if a few chicks are plucked outta the water? If they die in the wild, so be it. If they get saved by another creature, so be it. news.yahoo.com/feds-falcons-recovered-no-more-chick-rescues-133858209.html
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 9:28:55 GMT -5
I love chicks.
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