Posted by Steve on December 13, 2002 at 13:14:53:
In Reply to: Re: "But I don't want the otters back" Seahunt posted by Matt Dowell on December 12, 2002 at 20:24:17:
"I have a hard time accepting that an animal that has been around for one to three million years is out of step with its environment and lives in a state of perpetual starvation."
Rats have been around for millions of years so do you compare that they are in step with its environment?
"but to assert that they are "ecological disasters" is wrong"
Otters are gluttonous consumers that don't offer any benefit back to the ecosystem that I can deduce that couldn't be better served by man.