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DianaT
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At the request of a lurker and friend, I am posting this.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=u09ye&s=5#.UlR6Q1BtjOsCondor Died
And while the source of this information was not told to me, I have a pretty good idea where it came from. 
It appears that a bit more research as to what happened should have been done before posting this?? It is really good news to see that this
magnificent bird died of natural causes, if this information is accurate and I hope it is, but may not be. I certainly cannot verify it either way.
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by vacaenbaja
I have a foggy rememberance of reading that condors or some other
bird of prey were actually going after live animals in their search for food because the government had made the ranchers
get rid of the livestock that would die and lay rotting. This
was their normal food source. I belive it was in some South American country like Bolivia. Anyone else read about this? |
Nature is much greater than many humans give credit for! Animals can adapt, move, change diet... Animals that fail to adapt will disappear... Humans
carry a lot of guilt, and if they can get funding, will spend billions to try and defeat what Mother Nature does... |
From what I have read, condors and other vultures will at times east live prey, but only the really sick and weak ones and only when absolutely
necessary. And they are not very good at it. They do not have the sharp talons that birds of prey have.
And yes, DK, if an animal cannot adapt the change, they will disappear, and that process has been greatly increased by man. Except how does an animal
like a Rhino or Elephant adapt to being wiped out by poachers? Or remember when we almost killed off all the falcons? Yes they adapted and came
back, but only after humans changed their behavior. In your line of thinking, I guess they should have not saved the last of the condors in
California as they were soon to be gone.
And it will probably happen to man someday because of the changes our lifestyles are causing the earth. We are an animal who is working on destroying
our necessary environment. We are not a superior animal, we only think we are so we think we don't need to follow the rules of nature.
You like to say that nature can heal and take care of itself, and I agree, but when people are involved, it is ONLY after people change their
behavior. Burning rivers and dead lakes can be brought back to life by nature, but ONLY after man changes his behavior. An old road will be claimed
by nature, but only after man no longer drives on it.
Some care about the other animals with whom we share this planet, and some don't give a rip.
As far as hunting goes? We certainly are not the only animal that hunts for food. But with humans, there is a difference between someone who hunts
for food to eat as do other animals, and someone who hunts just fun of killing and then calls it a sport.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
bajabuddha...i'm with you regarding the hunting part...no hormones, no chemicals and some of the finest tasting carne on the planet is wild game when
properly harvested and processed....i tell people when the criticize me for hunting that "i'm taking the responsibility for killing the meat i
eat"...i once had a chance back when i got out of the military to go to work in a slaughterhouse...i went in at 8am and was gone by 8:30....they had
handed my a sledgehammer and said, "stand up there and whack em between the eyes when they walk through"....nope!..couldn't do it...but i DO hunt and
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Yuppers, Michael. Broke my back over 6 years ago so my hunting days are over now, and man, do i ever miss it. Have to settle for fresh fish for the
winter now. BTW, love your 'signature'. Remember... DYSLEXICS, UNTIE !
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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http://www.abritinecuador.com/2013/05/02/assasination-of-a-c...
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DianaT
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Thank you for that! I was hoping the other information was accurate. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Thank you for that! I was hoping the other information was accurate.
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then again who's to say abritinecuador is accurate 
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The terrain in the above link doesn't match the original photo.
These are two separate incidents, imo.
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