gene pool and releases

bill and Dale droberts03 at snet.net
Fri Jun 15 19:11:05 EDT 2001


Don't throw rice. Birds eat it, it swells in the crop and the birds die.
Then there are no birds for poor people in Asian countries to sell to
Americans who want to believe they are participating in an authentic
cultural tradition.
                                                             Bill Yule


Michael Gochfeld wrote:

> Actually it's up to those who are commercially invested in
> butterfly release to demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt that there
> is no disruption to the gene pool nor harm to anyone at any time.
>
> Those who oppose it have NO OBLIGATION (in my not very humble view) to
> demonstrate that it is harmful.
>
> To my knowledge this has never been done.
>
> I think it IS safe to say that NABA opposes butterfly releases.
>
> Sing songs, throw rice, blow noise makers. But release butterflies, why?
>
> In some Asian countries it is considered good luck to buy a bird at a
> market and release it----like a religious tribute. Naturally this spawns
> an active bird capture program so that there will always be a surplus of
> birds in the market for sale.  I'm sure the people who buy and release a
> bird feel they are doing the bird a favor by saving it from the tiny,
> crowded, dirty cages.
>
> I don't think it's an animal rights issue at all.
>
> M. Gochfeld
>
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