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From: "David Strike" <[log in to unmask]>


> On Monday, June 12, 2000 2:06 PM, Mike Wallace wrote:
>
> > Interesting article on Seahorses....
> >
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/Britain000601Seahorses.html
>
> Thanks, Mike.  That's an interesting article.  (Particularly the fact that
> in Hong Kong, the sea-horse is - pound for pound - more valuable than
> silver!)
>
> Which is probably why, in a number of places, they're actually being
farmed.
> A move that, paradoxically, will help prevent their extinction by reducing
> their rarity value!

I'm all for farming of these creatures if that will help save them and still
allow for consumption.

Mike


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> Strike
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