[fabsroman]

Skinny, killing all the alligators, etc. isn't the answer. Pretty soon you will be saying that feeding people is more important than saving the bluefin tuna. Humans are greedy creatures. We want more and more, and I think it has to do with dominance. The guy with all the land, peasants, etc several thousands of years ago would attract the most beautiful woman. Problem is that this greed is causing the extinction of animals and a worse place for our kids, grandkids, etc. to live.

Do you blame the great white for eating a surfer off the coast of California or Australia. I don't. They are animals, and they can't rationalize that what they are doing is wrong. Heck, to them it isn't wrong.

I guess we could argue that killing all the alligators, wolves, bears, lions, etc. isn't wrong either because we need that land to survive. Somehow, I have a hard time swallowing that.

Yes, human life is more valuable than animal life, but I think some people put themselves in harm's way and then blame the animal. Kind of like the idiot and his fiance that were camping with grizzly bears. Most people blame the bears, but I blame the idiot and his fiance. I don't know the exact circumstances of the alligator attacks, but I bet the victims were somewhat at fault. Blaming the alligator is like blaming the gun manufacturer for a criminal pulling the trigger on a handgun and killing somebody. Kind of like blaming an earthquake's destruction in San Francisco on the earthquake instead of blaming the people that moved there.

Everybody want their cake and they want to eat it too. Just the kind of society we live in. That is why the national savings rate is negative (i.e., we spend more than we make). God help us if tough times really do come around (i.e., Great Depression, World War II, gas shortage).