RE: [RC] Chicken Little Hysteria? - Melissa AlexanderThink it can't happen. How many people 10 years ago thought that the historic tradition fox hunting with dogs across the English country side would be outlawed. About ten years ago, my friend Ashley, a devoted environmentalist, came into work in a huff. "Did you know," she demanded, "that 2 million foxes are killed every year in England during fox hunts?" I stopped and did the math. "Ash, that would be, like, 5500 foxes a day. If they've got that many foxes, they've got a pretty serious problem. They need to control the population." She thought for a moment. "Okay, maybe it was 2 thousand. But the point still stands." "No. No, Ash. With that kind of exaggeration your point isn't there at all." Melissa, who likes foxes, doesn't live in an area where they overpopulate, and thus prefers scent drags =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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