killing butterflies for fun???

[Grkovich, Alex]

Maybe they'd even enjoy at little courtship flying and copulation in
mid-air.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	 Clay Taylor [SMTP:CTaylor at worldnet.att.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, May 09, 2002 10:44 AM
> To:	josephsugar736 at hotmail.com; LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	Re: killing butterflies for fun???
> 
> Dear Joseph -
> 
>     Do you know Betty Swallocks?   She posted a message on this forum a
> few
> months ago.  You should have a long conversation with her, as your aims
> are
> similar.
> 
> Clay Taylor
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Sugar" <josephsugar736 at hotmail.com>
> To: <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:25 AM
> Subject: killing butterflies for fun???
> 
> 
> 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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