>If an ecosystem is balanced and thriving, why should we go in and destroy
this or that species on the basis of an ill-guided picture of life before
Columbus?

No reason.  But there are also cases, especially on islands with endangered
endemic species, where invasive plants or animals threaten the continued
existence of those species.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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