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« on: October 26, 2007, 11:32:04 AM »
i agree with you BC, we do have to be careful.
the world's ecosystems is such a delicate balance that yes, although the earth does naturally go through phases of getting warmer and colder, it has systems in place to deal with it. but when man adds more pollutants etc to the mix than the systems can handle, that's when they can crash.
we also need to be more careful about where we tread too and stop encroaching on land that animals need. and anyways, they were there first!!
the BBC's been reporting on elephants in India getting caught up in electrical wires that were hanging over the paths they've been taking for the last however many years. so not only are they dying cause they're being electricuted but apparently, the local farmers feel the elephants have been moving too close to 'their' land and have shooting them too. there's been a severe dip in numbers over the last few years.
and the yangtze river dolphin is extinct now too cause of run ins with barges, boats, pollution of the river and loss of food sources.
there were talks of plans to get some animals into captivity to breed but due to red tape, arguments between the different groups and basically dragging their heels, when they went to look for some animals, they found there weren't any left to find.
how many species have to die before the situation becomes urgent? i agree with BC, there is a distinct feeling of lack of urgency with many of today's issues that need to be addressed, well, now really.
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