At 10:25 AM 3/19/99 -0800, leerentz wrote:
>Another example of thoughtless killing: the Shelton weekly
>paper reported several weeks ago that two trumpeter swans
>were shot and killed on a small lake near the Skokomish
>Valley. I enjoy seeing the Olympic Peninsula trumpeters
>each winter, so I was both saddened and enraged.

Since trumpeters are endangered, if caught the perps
will swing.

Speaking of shooting endangered species, today's paper
reports that a California Condor was found shot dead
in Grand Canyon National Park. One of the vermillion
cliffs birds.

Now, if that perp gets caught, as well as swinging we
should let him (or her, can't be sexist, can I?) hang
and rot so the other condors can feed on the carcass.



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