Thanks to LucyT for the article.
Hmm, I’ve always wanted a polar bear skin rug. So if I can figure out some way to lure one into a windmill or cook it with carefully placed solar panels... I can bag it?
I follow an eagle nest. There are two new little hatchlings and another due to hatch in another day. So if one of these two parents were to die, the other would have a real struggle to raise these three by him/her self. So this toll is not complete.
Don Henley Must Die!
The 10,000 wind turbines in the Columbia River Gorge and Plateau weren’t killing any eagles when we drove through on March 25. Why is that, you ask? Because none of them were spinning. Not a one.
Man was out hunting for dinner and shot a couple of loons. A game warden saw him shoot them and ran over and said
“Whoa there fella... you can’t shoot them, they are protected.”
The fella says “but we’ve been eating them for generstions”
Warden says “well its illegal. I’ll give you a warning g this time, but do t let me catch you again. And just to satisfy my curiosity, what do they taste like?”
The fella says “meh, they ain’t bad, about like spotted owl id say”
Between 1917 and 1953, Alaska paid out approx. 100,000 bounties on bald eagles.
I sure hope the child slave laborers in the cobalt mines in Congo are happy they are doing their part to save the planet for Al Gore and John Kerry.
Since everyone doesn’t get the same treatment for killing an endangered species, how is this justified? How about a possible example....a man kills an eagle for the feathers & most likely gets a heavy fine & a jail sentence. A company owning wind towers may kill several & pay some fines(added to the cost of electricity no doubt) & then years later, the wind tower is trash, plus many yards of concrete. The company may be history by then, so then the public absorbs the costs. Does this sound like justice?
Since everyone doesn’t get the same treatment for killing an endangered species, how is this justified? How about a possible example....a man kills an eagle for the feathers & most likely gets a heavy fine & a jail sentence. A company owning wind towers may kill several & pay some fines(added to the cost of electricity no doubt) & then years later, the wind tower is trash, plus many yards of concrete. The company may be history by then, so then the public absorbs the costs. Does this sound like justice?