[Gen.Blather]

“I fail to see why they have to euthanize half of their stock. Why can’t they simply release them?”

I think you missed the message. “If you don’t give us more funding, then we’ll kill the turtles.” It’s like saying, “If you don’t fund this (program, project, plan) then hundreds (thousands, millions) of CHILDREN will suffer and die.” (Not just die, but suffer and die.)

[hal ogen]

Are the tortises nobama-minority and can’t survive on their own in the desert? DESERT tortises...DUH!

[eartrumpet]

I think you missed the message. “If you don’t give us more funding, then we’ll kill the turtles.” It’s like saying, “If you don’t fund this (program, project, plan) then hundreds (thousands, millions) of CHILDREN will suffer and die.” (Not just die, but suffer and die.)