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To: SJackson
In many cases, seriously dehydrated hikers destroy cactuses to get to their stored water supplies.

Smuggle dope, smuggle illegals, thats bad, yadda yadda, but chop up a cactus to get a drink in the desert, and you are going to jail.

We have rangers with night vision, body armor, and M16's to see that you get what's coming to you.

5 posted on 07/19/2002 8:27:18 AM PDT by marron
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To: marron
Both strategies pose dangers to smugglers, rangers, park visitors, and perhaps most of all, to the park's fragile desert ecosystem.

I agree with you -- it sounds like this article is more concerned about cactus than people.

14 posted on 07/19/2002 9:55:02 AM PDT by nepdap
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