On the Demise of Species


	On the Demise of Species

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6-10-2008 2:28 AM

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Nobody has confirmed seeing a <A href="http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/caribbeanmonkseal.htm">Caribbean monk seal</A> since 1952, we're told, and now, after a five-year review, <A href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/">NOAA's Fisheries Service</A> has called off the search.  As far as the government is concerned, the seals are <A href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080606_monkseal.html">extinct</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2008/06/on-the-demise-o.html"><P>NOAA blames hunters, going back to 1494, when <A href="http://www.monachus-guardian.org/factfiles/carib01.htm">Columbus saw "sea wolves"</A> on the coast of Santo Domingo.  The seals, however swift in the water, were easy prey when tending their young on the beach.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2008/06/on-the-demise-o.html"><P>NOAA biologist Kyle Baker: "Humans left the Caribbean monk seal population unsustainable after overhunting them in the wild.  Unfortunately, this lead to their demise and labels the species as the only seal to go extinct from human causes."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F335956A-2F5D-431C-B377-63E13F15AD93/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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