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Originally posted by Carrie@Feb 21 2004, 02:24 AM
Things like stopping the construction of a new building because a certain mosquito population lives nearby and might be affected. Who cares? Do we really give a shit if a certain *type* of mosquito is wiped out?
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That would be "The Endangered Species Act"....
A Federal law, again, one that was passed during a Republican Administration.....
It was passed because at a certain point we realized that we don't know how important each species is to the planet and what the cumulative effect of wiping out species will have long term...
from:
http://endangered.fws.gov/esa.html
Findings, Purposes, and Policy
SEC. 2.
(a) FINDINGS-.The Congress finds and declares that-
(1) various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation;
(2) other species of fish, wildlife, and plants have been so depleted in numbers that they are in danger of or threatened with extinction;
(3) these species of fish, wildlife, and plants are of aesthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the Nation and its people;
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