Dear Blaise,
you have raised valid issues. However, these are matters which we are familiar
with so there seemed little reason to mention them. The main "stick" being
wielded was the ethical one, so it seemed sensible to talk about the reason for
the stick rather than go into long validations about survival rates, etc. Yes,
I, at any rate, do think like you and do my best to encourage people to breed
and re-breed larvae.....
Peter
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:52:29 +0530 wrote
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Hi All,
I am noticing all arguments going in the same
direction..... A few questions hv crossed my mind...
Was wondering why no one has thought it necessary
to encourage newcomers, students ect., to rear catipillarseither
forlife-cycle studies or other research??? So what if a few experts hv
already done the lifecycles??? Is ther no more scope for learning anything
more????
Is it that there is a shortage of
cats???
What is the ratio of eggs laid to the number of
Adults produced in the wild??
Do we really believe that newcomersor
researcherswill collect so many cats for whatever reason, that it will
make an impact on the number of butterflies around us ???
Is not habitat destructionand use of
pesticidesthe main cause fr the shortage of larval food plants, which wud
cause a larger decrease in cat / butterfly numbers than collection of a few
cats
fr life-cycle studies or other related research....
Is it that cat rearing should be left to a
fewexperts only or people who hv published papers??? Did not the experts
kill a few cats during their various life cycle or other research studies
before
they became experts????
This could go on n on.... the idea of posting this
is not to antigonise anyone, I was just wondering if I was the only one who
thinks this way.... then probably I am different..... :-)
TC,
Blaise
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Enjoy
