I think they should have to have a real reason to ban roadherping and I don't think "to prevent certain persons from collecting" is a real reason based on science and data.



Semantics quibble, but I think "to prevent certain persons from collecting" is likely the real reason for the ban, but it's not a legitimate reason for such a ban.



Turning the roads and ROWs into a "wildlife sanctuary" was also one of the "real" reasons given, and we all know how well that's turned out. I'm sure the [sarcasm]mountains of data collected pre- and post-ban [/sarcasm] show a [sarcasm]marked decrease in road mortality [/sarcasm] since now it's technically illegal to run over animals on the road ( =take).




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• Why did they make the roadban? - Aaron, Sat Jul 17 03:46:16 2010
• RE: Why did they make the roadban? - bobassetto, Sat Jul 17 08:23:02 2010
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• RE: Why did they make the roadban? - bobassetto, Sat Jul 17 20:02:36 2010
• RE: Why did they make the roadban? - Aaron, Sat Jul 17 22:15:12 2010
• RE: Why did they make the roadban? - Chris_McMartin, Sat Jul 17 22:19:37 2010
• RE: Why did they make the roadban? - Aaron, Sat Jul 17 23:14:39 2010
• RE: Who believes this nonsense??.... - bobassetto, Sun Jul 18 08:24:10 2010
• RE: Who believes this nonsense??.... - Aaron, Sun Jul 18 19:12:12 2010