Sunday, February 25, 2007

MORE GOOD NEWS


Every fall, millions of butterflies emigrate from the United States and Canada to Mexico, where they winter in the Sierra Madre mountains. These resting and breeding grounds are threatened by development. It's that same old problem. Do we need the resources, or do we need the wonder of nature?

Scientists, naturalists of all stripes, and tree-huggers of the most blatant kind have pleaded and demanded that Mexico do more to preserve what is left of the forests. Otherwise, with no wintering territory, it is certain that monarch butterflies will become extinct.

The President of Mexico, Calderone, has now promised that Mexico will institute a zero tolerance policy towards further destruction of the habitat.

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