"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , BAC
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"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
notfranz.
writes


It would be unwise for a pragmatist like me to say yes or no to such a
possible false generalisation.
There are circumstances where I would be prepared to participate in
the eradication of some species in certain places for the sake of
humans, or domesticated animals, for example

Prickly pears for the sake of grazing field
The common cold virus
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes
Bracken in the Lake District
Hedgehogs in N Uist and Benbecula
Cats on Marion Island

Well, out of that lot, nos 1, 5 and 6 could be regarded as putting
things right after introduction of species to places where they don't
belong,

What do you mean by 'places where they don't belong'?

They didn't get there without human intervention.

Whether it "didnt belong there' is a human value judgement. Had, in
pre-human times, a chance event carried prickly pear seed to Oz, and it had
become established, presumably you'd now be saying it did 'belong there'?


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