While watching the news today I came across a story that I found quite silly. Apparently, the cariboo in BC are becoming endangered. And, the government's brilliant plan to increase their numbers again and avoid extinction is to go around killing the animals that prey on cariboo, like wolves and bears.
Now, is it just me, or is this kind of stupid? Let's save one animal by killing another? What happened to the whole circle of life, food chain thing. I thought we weren't supposed to interfere with wildlife in that way, however tempting it may be to help the baby sea turtles to the water without being eaten. Maybe they should consider the human factors that are effecting the cariboo's existence?
On another note, I emailed a woman in my class one of my stories today. The one about the Christina Rosetti poem called Goblin Market. She started reading it right away and sent me an email saying I definitely need to publish it. This has been the plan for several months now, but I have yet to settle on a journal to submit the story to. It's a bit of a strange one, sort of YA, sort of fantasy, and not your typical modern story at all. Lorna Jackson told me that she wasn't sure who would be brave enough to publish it, but she was sure someone would. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Hmmm...does anyone have suggestions on a good journal to send to?
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