Well, We Killed Another Species Off

[Ken]

Well, We Killed Another Species Off

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25007277/

[Sam Reeves]

H. Sloan wrote in 1707: "The Bahama Islands are filled with seals; sometimes fishers will catch one hundred in a night". The Caribbean monk seal was documented as being easily approachable and not aggressive. They were easily killed during directed hunts in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is also known that sailors, whalers, and fishers opportunistically killed the seals they encountered. As well, Caribbean monk seals were killed by museum collectors and displayed in zoos. The end of the 19th century witnessed relentless slaughters and the species had already become rare in the 1880's, before it was properly known to science. The Triangle Keys have remained a stronghold of the species until 1915, when about 200 animals were butchered there. (Van den Hoek Ostende, 1999)

http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/caribbeanmonkseal.htm

I reckon, like the Dodo they were just too friendly. It's a shame.

[klkak]

Dang! another animal I wont have a chance to taste.

[RobertRogers]

What are you, some kind of enviro nut? Less species means more room for me.