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From: susans@cfi.COM (susans)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Birdwatchers vs. bird owners
Keywords: purpose of rec.birds, tolerance, extinction
Message-ID: <552@cfiprod.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 89 15:08:49 GMT
References: <3012@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Reply-To: susans@cfiprod.UUCP (Susan Scheide -CFI-)
Organization: Consumer Financial Institute, Waltham, Mass.
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In article <3012@nmtsun.nmt.edu> john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) writes:

>The suggestion that the bird owners move to rec.pets is an
>old one.  They have often replied that they have trouble
>finding bird postings amongst the many cat and dog items.  
>
	I was wondering when someone was going to point out that
	discussing birds in rec.birds is frowned upon if
	you've actually GOT the bird.  The name of this group
	should have been rec.birdwatching, but it's not, and
	the volume of birdwatcher postings is sooooo low
	that I wish the birdwatchers would just accept the pet
	bird postings.  It gets tiresome wading through the
	kitty poop postings in rec.pets.

>Finally, I'd like to throw one entirely gratuitous flame in
>the direction of the bird owners.  Please try to avoid
>buying birds that were taken from the wild.  

	Here Here!  Well said.
-- 
                         Susan Scheide

                Just Another Friend of Bill's