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Really hope someone is thinking about the ethics of releasing this information.

In birding for instance, there's often an unwritten rule of obscuring locations of rare species when it's reasonable to think additional traffic would threaten the bird.



I believe that endangered species data in the USA is routinely hidden, due to actual cases of real-estate developers finding and killing the last remaining species in order to clear a development project. Note- college educated American citizens with financial responsibilties have been caught and found guilty of this


Can confirm this is real. It happens with the tiger salamander subspecies we have here blocking developments.


This is a byproduct of the scientifically bankrupt implementation of the endangered species act.

If we as a society care about endangered species, there should be an option to make or improve habitat for such species to offset development.


Humans are bad at curating habitats for other species.

Making or improving habitats for endangered species most effectively involves: leaving them the hell alone.

Getting a construction company to commit to curating (or financing) the habitat for endangered species is a specious political solution that favours continuing with unsustainable construction over essential habitats. I bet there is not a single case where this has been long-term effective.


Where can I read more about this?

In California at least, there is a prohibition on picking carcass of birds and animals even if it’s on your own property. They have to be surrendered to sanitation Dept if in an urban area or fish and game outside city limits.

This is mostly to discourage trade in animals and birds captured for medicinal purposes or for selling to taxidermists looking for specimens. Even roadkill is prohibited.


From what I understand, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it federally illegal in all of America to do nearly anything with even roadkilled birds.


Yeah college educated has been meant ethical. Really that would have been my guess for who would do this sort of thing. Easy to justify on a spot basis.


*never meant


Damn.. talking about being morally bankrupt.




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