killing butterflies for fun???

[Bob Parcelles,Jr.]

WOW! HHHHHHHHHeeeeeeeeer we go again!

Bob
--- Joseph Sugar <josephsugar736 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi butterfly lovers,
> 
> I am new to this group and did a lot of searching to find you all. 
> I
> recently attended an audubon meeting in my county and the speaker
> did his 
> talk on butterflies.  I went expecting to see pictures of live
> butterflies 
> and to learn more about them.
> 
> Instead, this guy (I won't mention his name - I don't want to get a
> lynch 
> mob goin ;)), brought in his collection of butterflies that he
> killed and 
> mounted FOR FUN!
> 
> Since this is a butterfly group, I know you will be disturbed to
> hear this, 
> but I was wondering if there are any laws to protect them?  Can
> just anyone 
> go out an kill butterflies just for the fun of it?  He also had a
> collection 
> of moths that had pins through them.  This didn't really bother me
> as much 
> since most of them are pests, but it would seem to me that we would
> have 
> laws to protect some of our most beautiful creatures.  What this
> guy does, 
> and others like him, is morally wrong and I intend to turn around
> this
> disturbing trend that murder is okay as long as the perpetrator is
> having 
> fun.
> 
> Just looking for direction on where to go, and sorry if the
> discussion of 
> dead butterflies has ruined your breakfast.
> 
> Joseph
> 
> 
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> New York, The US of A
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Bob Parcelles, Jr
Pinellas Park, FL
RJP Associates & Clean Millennium Movement (C2M)
rjparcelles at yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturepotpourri
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