Posted by john on September 06, 2002 at 06:04:54:
In Reply to: still no help posted by john on September 05, 2002 at 06:52:46:
: We really got off on a tangent about the whole environmental thing. But I still don't know what to do with the frogs around my house (the whole invasive species thing). Any help?
In the post about Greenfuse and all we got off on a tangent about other issues, which is fine, but my original question was what to do with invasive species. You can read below to get a better idea of that, but the real reason is that I have an invasive species of frog around my house that is outcompeting the native species and actually eating them. So my question still stands: do I follow the mechanistic view of nature and control the populations of invasive frogs to protect the native species because humans messed up the ecosystem in the first place or do I respect the right of those other frogs to exist and let them extripate (kill off in a local area) all of the native frogs from my swamp?
I really welcome your response, but know that this is not an easy issue even if it seems like it at first glance. It is a true ethical dilemma that exists in real world conditions, so please, no trite answers.