 Call for stricter controls in the Galapagos Islands |
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| Ecuadorean authorities investigating a massacre of 53 sea lions may further restrict tourism in the Galapagos Islands. | |||||||||||||||
 Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 1354 Msg: #1 259 days ago, January 30th 2008 | Ecuadorean authorities investigating a massacre of 53 sea lions may further restrict tourism in the Galapagos Islands. | Story here from the New Zealand Herald.  Ali Ali Watters Post Count: 2931 Msg: #2 258 days ago, January 31st 2008 | Well - it's not the tourists killing sea-lions - probably fishermen? like the ones that kill sharks for fins, and dynamite fish in marine parks. | If they do restrict tourism - it will be the shoestring travellers that get made scapegoats - when their impact on the environment can be easily argued is less than the 5 star visitor, and a good deal more of the money goes directly to people working hard to improve their lives, rather than the shareholders of the "Sheraton". Number of Users: 2 | Number of Posts: 2 | ||||||||||
