99.9% of all species that ever lived are EXTINCT!

[American Patriot]

This thread is about the IDIOCY of the damned stupid "Endangered Species List" and the ramifications thereof...

[American Patriot]

Wildlife Conservation Society Discovers "Planet of the Apes" [ 125K gorillas found ]
Wildlife Conservation Society ^ | August 2008 | Stephen Sautner, Linda Corcoran, John Delaney

The new census tallied more than 125,000 western gorillas in two adjacent areas in the northern part of the country, covering an area of 18,000 square miles (47,000 square kilometers). Previous estimates from the 1980s placed the entire population of western lowland gorillas, which occur in seven Central African nations, at fewer than 100,000. Since then, however, scientists had believed that this number had dwindled by at least half, due to hunting and disease... The new census was the result of intensive fieldwork carried out by the Bronx Zoo-based WCS and the Government of Republic of Congo. The researchers combed rainforests and isolated swamps to count gorilla "nests" to accurately estimate the population. Gorillas construct nests each night from leaves and branches for sleeping. Population densities ranged as high as eight individuals per square kilometer in one particularly rich forest patch, which ranks as among the highest gorilla density ever recorded... The tally of northern Congo's gorillas incorporates 73,000 found in the Ntokou-Pikounda region and 52,000 from the Ndoki-Likouala landscape, where a previously unknown population of nearly 6,000 gorillas was discovered in an isolated raffia swamp. WCS cautioned that many of the gorillas live outside of existing protected areas, though the Government of Congo has committed to creating a new national park in the Ntokou-Pikounda region.

(Excerpt) Read more at wcs.org ...

[American Patriot]

Report: 125,000 gorillas found in African zone
http://ap.google.com ^

Wildlife researchers said Tuesday that they've discovered 125,000 western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of Congo, calling it a major increase in the animal's estimated population.

The Wildlife Conservation Society, based at New York's Bronx Zoo, and the Republic of Congo said their census counted the newly discovered gorillas in two areas of the northern part of the country covering 18,000 square miles. Previous estimates, dating to the 1980s, put the number of western lowland gorillas at less than 100,000.

(Excerpt) Read more at ap.google.com ...

[American Patriot]

Looks like another MYTH blown right out of the water. Mountain Gorillas who were "hunted nearly to extinction" and "population decreased due to habitat reduction" - it turns out not only THRIVE, but live in LARGE numbers as well.

This is another hoax that has been perpetrated on the world.

[Malsua]

Carlin did a great bit on "Saving the Planet"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

[PsycoJoe]

Remember that bit. The lesson should be learned. It isn't genocide if nature decides to make a species extinct.