Thursday, December 14, 2006

Invasive animals flourish in Hawaii

Pigs, insects and feral cats take hold in ecosystem unprepared to handle them
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At the center of it all are people who need to recognize their mistakes and think more about how to make things better, said Christy Martin, spokeswoman for the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, a partnership that brings together a long list of federal, state and private agencies.
"There's definitely a disconnect between caring for animals and setting up cat feeding stations, and protecting the ones that are native, that are supposed to be there, that need our help definitely more than the cats do," Martin said.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061210/LOCAL17/612100453/-1/ZONES04

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