Let's not even suggest such a thing. Furthermore, that wouldn't be a brave lad, but a stupid lad. Me, I enjoyed seeing the Condors at the Grand Canyon when I visited there a little over 2 years ago, and I want them to be there when my 4 month old daughter is old enough to be able to appreciate them.
Why not exterminate all the whitetails because of all the accidents they cause? Might want to exterminate a couple more species while we are at it.
The problem isn't with the Condors, but with moronic politicians.
The next thing we are going to have to debate is the requirement that non-toxic shot be used on waterfowl. At first, I am sure that plenty of people thought it was a stupid law, but I have read studies that have been done of lead poisoning on ducks and have even read that some of the ducks autopsied (sp.) came back with lead pellets in their gizzard/gullet which probably isn't a good thing. So, in the end it is more expensive for us to hunt waterfowl, but we can still hunt them. Now, if lead bullets are really outlawed in the Condor range, will it really be that hard to find a non lead bullet that will do the trick (e.g., XLC, X bullet, VLC).
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The pond, waterfowl, and yellow labs...it don't get any better.
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