Noble Eagles, Nasty Pigeons, Biased Humans

This is a great article.

Biobigotry: the persistent and often irrational desire to be surrounded only by those species of which one approves, and to exclude any animals, plants and other life forms that one finds offensive.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/science/29angi.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Related to the human impulse to see ourselves in nature is the persistent sense that nature belongs to us, and that we have the right and the means to control it.

Great article Jenn. Doesn't the above quote about sum up the way humans see themselves?!

Great article Jenn.........Thanks for sharing.

Louise

That is a great article. Jen.

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We get many people bringing in injured animals to the rescue centre who are biased and have biobigotry. Sometimes if we inform them that the baby bird they have rescued and brought to us isnt a blackbird but rather a starling, they say "Oh, if I'd known that I wouldn't have bothered rescuing it." :eek:

How can anyone love one species and hate another so much? Crazy.

Mrs.AviatorRodent wrote:

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We get many people bringing in injured animals to the rescue centre who are biased and have biobigotry. Sometimes if we inform them that the baby bird they have rescued and brought to us isnt a blackbird but rather a starling, they say "Oh, if I'd known that I wouldn't have bothered rescuing it."

How can anyone love one species and hate another so much? Crazy.

I wonder about that myself, all the time. ..makes absolutely no sense to me.

Mrs.AviatorRodent wrote:

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We get many people bringing in injured animals to the rescue centre who are biased and have biobigotry. Sometimes if we inform them that the baby bird they have rescued and brought to us isnt a blackbird but rather a starling, they say "Oh, if I'd known that I wouldn't have bothered rescuing it." :eek:

How can anyone love one species and hate another so much? Crazy.

How incredibly sad to have such a shallow mind.

I agree, Cindy.... sad and frightening.

Unfortunately, many people believe that being the dominant species means we can use and abuse all we see, rather than understanding that we have the right and the duty to be caretakers.
Selfishness, greed and prejudice always try to justify their acts. Thank goodness many people are not that easy to hoodwink.

Teresa wrote:

Unfortunately, many people believe that being the dominant species means we can use and abuse all we see, rather than understanding that we have the right and the duty to be caretakers.
Selfishness, greed and prejudice always try to justify their acts. Thank goodness many people are not that easy to hoodwink.

I agree with you.