From: "hila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have a question -
why gerbils are not allowed in California ?
It's fear about damage to agricultural crops, Hila. If gerbils got loose
and multiplied, they could eat a lot of crops and seeds.
Some other agricultural states also ban gerbils (among other animals).
New Mexico and Hawaii are two, I think.
Hawaii is very sensitive about upsetting the ecology. Many years ago
Hawaii had a lot of rats in the fields of sugar cane. Some mongooses were
imported from India in order to control the rats. Now the mongooses are a
problem.
We humans have proved over and over that we aren't very smart.
