Loggers recently have poisoned about 22 million monarch butterflies in
Mexico.
Loggers Said to Wipe Out 22 Million Butterflies
Reuters Mar 6 2001 9:56PM
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - To regain protected forest land, loggers may
have deliberately wiped out some 22 million Monarch butterflies which
migrate annually from Canada to Mexico for the winter, a top
environmentalist said on Tuesday. Homero Aridjis, head of the
environmental lobby Group of 100, told Reuters loggers were believed to
have sprayed pesticide on the orange and black butterflies in order to
regain some 216 square miles of forest declared protected by the
government.
These butterflies were supposed to be protected by law. What is the answer
that will solve this tragedy? Does wood have a future or is it history?
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