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RichardFHoyer
at Sun Dec 7 14:00:30 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RichardFHoyer ]
Smoke:
Concerning your question, "But is there ever a time that collection can be justified?" it all depend on one's personal philosphy with respect to the utilization of species in the wild.
Some individuals take the position that no wild species should be taken by humans. At the other extreme are trophy hunters and those that over-exploit wildlife resources to the point of harming species' populations.
If you hunt or fish, then collecting herps is essentially identical in that the same principles that govern game and commercial species apply to all non-game wildlife species as well. If species are reproducing normally, nominal removal of specimens from the wild has no last impact on self sustaining populations be they earthworms, deer, snakes, crawfish, quail, salamanders, etc.
Richard F. Hoyer
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