USDA again

[Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX]

the reason was given on this list from a usda official. I guess some people
see logic in conjuring up things that "may happen" as reasons to prohibit a
human activity. This is no logic at all. It is grasping at straws to meddle
in the lives of other people because of personal philosophical or ethical
reasons and is not fit logic on which to base a government decision.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Gorodenski [mailto:stanlep at extremezone.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:38 PM
Cc: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: USDA again




"Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX" wrote:
> 
> Once again I find myself scratching my head to see any biological science
or
> logic or shred of common sense in a USDA decision. Based on what I read
> below it seems that they do not want to allow importation of Monarchs to
> Rhode Island because they are uncommon there. So what does that have to do

Maybe it has to do with the greater likelihood of a small population,
which may have undergone some genomic differentiation, being much more
likely to be genetically altered from releases. ??? I can see the
reasoning behind this.  Has USDA given a reason, or anyone asked?
Stan

 
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