FW: Mexico --- Shocking news

[Mike Quinn]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chip Taylor [mailto:chip at ku.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 7:22 PM
To: dplex-l at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Mexico --- Shocking news
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The following is more news from Mexico concerning the possibility 
that large numbers of monarchs were killed by loggers.As you may 
recall, there were two reports last Thursday that followed in quick 
succession. The first story implicated loggers and the second seemed 
to indicate that a late winter storm might have been responsible for 
the massive kill reported at overwintering colonies. As I pointed out 
at the time, there was some inconsistency in the locations. The 
report the following day from lincoln Brower and his colleagues at 
World Wildlife Foundation Mexico seemed to weigh on the side of 
natural causes.

The following report is more specific and indicates that the reported 
pesticide deaths occurred several weeks before the storm of last 
weekend. Warning - this is a difficult story to comprehend and 
accept.There will certainly be a follow-up and hopefully more than 
one group of samples will be submitted for analysis of pesticide 
residues.