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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 11:00 PM
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Albatross numbers take steep dive (BBC) {commercial fishing to blame}
Albatrosses on islands in the South Atlantic are being pushed to the brink of extinction, according to research.

Populations of three species breeding on South Georgia and outlying islands have declined by about a third in the past 30 years.

Conservation groups say the major threat to the birds' future is deep-sea fishing using a line with a number of baited hooks attached to it.

Up to 100,000 albatrosses a year drown on longline fishing hooks, they add.
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Numbers of the wandering albatross are down by nearly a third since 1984, with similar losses for the other two species, according to research by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and BirdLife International.


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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5041800.stm
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 11:09 PM
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1. Rime of the Ancient Mariner!
Only this time, the ship is the entire damned planet!
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 11:23 PM
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2. Why should we care about a bunch of birds that we can't make a profit
off of? Huh?

sarcasm off
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 11:41 PM
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3. Here's your profit-making enterprise ...
Aaaaaaaaaaaallllllbatrosssss !
Get yer albatross here. Crispy, deep fried albatross.
Wolves nipple chips, get em while they're hot, they're lovely.
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