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Old 24-08-2004, 10:33 PM
Kay
 
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In article , Franz Heymann
writes

"Des Higgins" wrote in message
...

[snip]

Bad means making a mess of other species which are native or

poisoning the
kids.


That is an untenable generalisation. South Africa imported, from
Australia, the insect Cactoblastus cactorum in order to destroy large
areas of prickly pear in the Little Karoo, thereby making hundreds of
thousands of acres available for grazing land.


So what are you saying here, Franz - I don't quite understand your gist.
SA imported and alien to destroy another alien to create grazing land,
which may or may not be the natural vegetation for the area ..

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Kay
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