Posted by Pastor Meanie on September 06, 2002 at 10:21:22:
In Reply to: reply to Kat & Metal posted by john on September 06, 2002 at 06:04:54:
: : 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.
I used to love seeing the bright green anoles around my homes. Now I never see them. Those damn brown Cuban anoles have displaced them. I actually watched a brown eat a green once. Flame me if you want, but I would gladly kill a thousand of those ugly brown invaders to be able to see a few of the pretty green ones I loved that have been killed off.
When we are talking about extripation that may eventually result in total extinction of a species, that is a more serious consideration than a less drastic change in the ecosystem. I would kill some frogs myself.