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Amerigo Vespucci
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Wed Dec-26-07 08:32 AM Original message |
Maybe...just MAYBE...Siberian tigers shouldn't be held in captivity in the first place. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Wed Dec-26-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. It would be nice if it weren't necessary |
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Orsino
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Wed Dec-26-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Holding them in captivity won't prevent their extinction, either. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Wed Dec-26-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. well, |
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Orsino
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Wed Dec-26-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Heh. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Wed Dec-26-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I believe |
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Orsino
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Wed Dec-26-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I've heard that, too... |
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pitohui
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Wed Dec-26-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. technically they are extinct if there are no tigers in the wild |
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MonkeyFunk
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Wed Dec-26-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. What about the California Condor? |
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pitohui
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Wed Dec-26-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. it was extinct and now it ain't extinct but that happy ending wasn't always for certain |
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MonkeyFunk
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Wed Dec-26-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It was extinct but now it's not? |
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Critters2
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Wed Dec-26-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. The effect on the ecology is the same. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Wed Dec-26-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. city-dwellers don't go to zoos? |
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formerrepuke
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Wed Dec-26-07 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Siberian tigers in the wild are close to being poached into extinction... |
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Marrah_G
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Wed Dec-26-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Captivity may be the only place they survive |
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LeftyMom
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Wed Dec-26-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Now that's crazy talk. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Wed Dec-26-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. In a perfect world |
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Critters2
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Wed Dec-26-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. And what purpose do they serve then? |
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Mendocino
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Wed Dec-26-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Aldo Leopold, the esteemed ecologist, once wrote, |
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Critters2
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Wed Dec-26-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Thank you. Aldo Leopold is a hero of mine. nt |
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JVS
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Wed Dec-26-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Captivity is like the witness protection program for endangered animals |
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Connonym
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Wed Dec-26-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. good analogy |
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TZ
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Wed Dec-26-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. In good zoos yes... |
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Bake
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Wed Dec-26-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. "That tiger didn't go crazy ..." |
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flvegan
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Wed Dec-26-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. So long as people |
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Critters2
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Wed Dec-26-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Coudn't agree more. See my post #27 |
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KamaAina
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Wed Dec-26-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. "a year after the same animal attacked a park employee"? |
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pitohui
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Wed Dec-26-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. it was ruled the tiger was not at fault in that incident |
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no name no slogan
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Wed Dec-26-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Or maybe they just shouldn't make people so delicious |
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pitohui
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Wed Dec-26-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. in a 100 years it won't matter, there won't be any siberian tigers |
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stuntcat
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Wed Dec-26-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. that's true but |
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