To: GreenFreeper
If and when it is shown that a particular pathogen has switched hosts, yes; but as a precautionary project to eliminate a whole strain when the prospects for success can't even be assessed, it makes for foolish policy.
40 posted on
10/04/2005 11:20:38 AM PDT by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Old Professer
If and when it is shown that a particular pathogen has switched hosts, yes; but as a precautionary project to eliminate a whole strain when the prospects for success can't even be assessed, it makes for foolish policy. I wasn't proposing eradication- simply that the problems needs to be studied and addressed to some degree. A better understanding of how the world works isn't a bad thing to me. Its not so much about protecting said species but learning the reason for the decline and understanding the implications of such problems.
44 posted on
10/04/2005 1:33:24 PM PDT by
GreenFreeper
(Not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress)
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