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[Fwd: US Navy Goes Birdwatching]



I was asked to pass this along by Tom Driscoll.  Most bizarre
logic.

Marsha Stephens
Northern Chatham County
stephens@mail.fpg.unc.edu

> 
> This was taken from today's Greenwire:
> ****************************
> KICKER: For the birds
> Any birder knows the thrill of spotting that rare species after
> years of searching. Well, the Navy apparently knows that
> feeling as well and wants to help out by continuing to use a
> tiny island in the Pacific as a live-fire range. In federal
> court last week, the Navy argued that by continuing the
> bombing and killing more birds, bird-watchers would benefit
> because the less birds left alive, the more exciting it is
> to spot one. When that logic failed, the Navy said the
> continued bombing is beneficial to the birds because it
> discourages people from coming to the island in the first
> place. The judge disagreed (Al Kamen, Washington Post, March 29).
> -- DHB