killing butterflies for fun???

[Nigel Venters]

If you are genuine .......

None of us would condone killing butterflies for fun....and I just don't
really believe this guy did this just for fun...and give a talk to an
Audubon meeting about butterflies?... It sounds like you allowed your
emotions over seeing pinned specimens to cloud your judgement here.

However an interesting aspect of your mail was a prime example of how man
likes to set himself as God and decides what should and shouldn't live...you
said you were less unhappy about the moths being pinned...because you
consider them pests...I don't expect you'd think twice about swatting a
housefly! But they are all insects. With this outlook on life I guess If
butterflies had evolved as a stinging insects you'd be for killing them all!

Do try and enjoy butterflies...learn a little more...this will help you form
a balanced viewpoint.
There are laws in all just about every country that protect endangered
species from being collected....we also have to protect habitat!

Nigel (A non collector....but not anti collectors either!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Sugar" <josephsugar736 at hotmail.com>
To: <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 2:25 PM
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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