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Our Opinion: Human hysteria takes its toll on wildlife

Here's alarming news from up Highway 101 in Monterey County: "Farmers around California's 'Salad Bowl' have mounted an assault against wildlife to appease buyers who worry about E. coli in their leafy greens," reports the Wall Street Journal. "About one-third of the farmers surveyed in the region have cleared wide swaths of land surrounding their fields, leaving felled trees scattered along the Salinas River. Most used poisons, traps or fences to keep out frogs, squirrels and other wildlife last year." It gets worse. The Journal also reports that some farmers have let ponds or irrigation reservoirs dry up. More»


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