Fwd: Re: killing butterflies for fun???

[Chris J. Durden]

>Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 10:37:42 -0500
>To: josephsugar736 at hotmail.com
>From: "Chris J. Durden" <drdn at mail.utexas.edu>
>Subject: Re: killing butterflies for fun???
>
>As Anne Landers used to say - here is another letter from a Yalie who 
>should be studying.
>...............Chris Durden
>
>At 09:25 AM 5/9/2002 -0400, you 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
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Joseph S.
>>New York, The US of A
>>
>>"A man who preserves a life, saves a life.
>>A man who saves a life, gives life.
>>A man who gives life, is a woman."
>>_______________________________________________
>>
>>
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