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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 10:39 PM
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Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct...
...Last seen in 1952. Our government it now looking to put them on the extinct list. These are the kind of things that put a knot in my stomach...

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The last confirmed sighting of a wild Caribbean monk seal was in 1952 in the waters between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Fisheries Service confirmed last Friday that the species is now extinct.

Full article... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080609-AP-seals-extinct.html
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:25 PM
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1. Hunted to extinction.
Oops, we did it again. Shameful. Absolutely shameful.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:30 PM
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2. I know it's an often used cliche, but there really are no words...
...for this. It just twists our soul.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:41 PM
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3. You're right.
There aren't.
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