butterfly releases

[Liz Swanson/Graceful WIngs]

The website for the IBBA -International Butterfly Breeders is   
www.butterflybreeders.org

Liz Swanson
IBBA Member


HpAzures at aol.com wrote:

>Glenn Williams inquired over butterfly releases.  The North American 
>Butterfly Association's arguements against releases as stated on their link 
>are not based on any scientific study whatsoever, and thus consist primarily 
>of hype.  I recommend going to the website of the International Butterfly 
>Breeders Association.  I believe it's www.ibba.org or something like that.
>
>I also published a statement via the Washington Area Butterfly Club's 
>website.  You can read my comments at:
>
>http://www.vais.net/~jmfarron/release.htm
>
>The theory that butterflies transported interstate and released far from 
>their place of origin get "confused" and lose their navigational abilities is 
>100% unfounded in science.  To the contrary, results of recent field studies 
>announced over several internet sources (check Monarch Watch or dplex-l 
>archives) indicate that butterflies know where they are despite being 
>transported great distances.  We underestimate the abilities of nature's 
>smaller creatures.
>
>Harry Pavulaan
>
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