http://blog.nature.org/2009/04/cool-green-morning-wednesday-april-8/ A blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests to climate change to personal green technology. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.nature.org/2009/04/cool-green-morning-wednesday-april-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2120 Monique Duphil Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:29:21 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=3543#comment-2120 I was shocked by the photo on the cover of he last magazine. Is that the message kids get? They can run out with nets, catch beautiful, fragile, vulnerable butterfly, then watch them dying slowly with a needle through their body. This not only an act of extreme cruelty but it can also convert an otherwise kind child into a little sadist. Even if children are planning to release the butterflies there is a big chance their delicate wings will be damaged and they will incapable of flying.Nature should be respected in all its creatures, observed, admired, but never caught, injured or destroyed. I have been a supporter of the Nature Conservancy for many years and I am deeply disappointed. Please, publish an article that can reverse the wrong message your cover is delivering. I was shocked by the photo on the cover of he last magazine. Is that the message kids get? They can run out with nets, catch beautiful, fragile, vulnerable butterfly, then watch them dying slowly with a needle through their body. This not only an act of extreme cruelty but it can also convert an otherwise kind child
into a little sadist. Even if children are planning to release the butterflies there is a big chance their delicate wings will be damaged and they will incapable of flying.Nature should be respected in all its creatures, observed, admired, but never caught, injured or destroyed. I have been a supporter of the Nature Conservancy for many years and I am deeply disappointed. Please, publish an article that can reverse the wrong message your cover is delivering.

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