Re: Overpopulation a Hoax

"RonSonic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:23:46 GMT, "Karl Johanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> >"Dez Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >
> >> The US isn't even close to crowded.
> >
> >Then why the endangered species? Could it be destruction of biohabitat
due
> >to population growth, as in every other country?
>
> Extinction happen whether we cause them or not.

True. It's also true that people die whether they are murdered or not.

>Figure some number of near
> extinctions that we caused that we have since changed our minds about,
mostly
> large carnivores in that category.

Quite so. Some species are endangered, as that happens over time, regardless
of human activity. Some are endangered, because of biohabitat distruction
(or over hunting, etc.).

Karl Johanson