Saturday, October 20, 2007

Lowly Species Gets Some Help Against Entombment in Florida




Thousands of Florida's gopher tortoises, recently reclassified as threatened, have been buried alive as development paved over their burrows, a practice now banned in the state after outrage over the deaths.

Photo Credit: By Joy M. Hill -- Courtesy Of The Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission Photo


THIS TOOK A CHANGE IN GOVERNOR TO ACHIEVE !