>Let's just be very clear about the fact that habitat loss was not what
>extirpated the wild California Condor. *That* extirpation was effected
>by those allegedly committed to "saving the condor".

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>I may have told this story before, and I'll probably tell it again; it is
>one of the most shameful stories in American Conservation, and the whole
>thing was and is bankrolled largely with ESA funds.

Similar stories could be told about other endangered species.
Unfortunately, human aren't perfect. We have met the enemy and he is us.
Even when doing the best we can we end up doing wrong, and no one in
history has come up with a human based solution.

However, doesn't it make us feel good when we were right and the ones with
the power were wrong? Or does it?

Jerry Tangren