The way to resolve this is by way of
a new wild mammals welfare law that would address such situations and any accusations of causing unnecessary suffering would then be tested in court on the basis of evidence, rather than prejudice or ignorance.
Not exact matches
Other indications of evolution are too numerous to actually list in full, but a few might be the clear genetic distinction between Neanderthals and modern man; the overlapping features of hominid and pre-hominid fossil forms; the progressive order of the fossil record (that is, first fish, then amphibians, then reptiles, then
mammals, then birds; contradicting the Genesis order and all flood models); the phylogenetic relationships between extant and extinct species (including distributions of parasitic genetic elements like Endogenous Retroviruses); the real time observations of speciation in the lab and in the
wild; the real time observations of novel functionality in the lab and
wild (both genetic, Lenski's E. coli, and organsimal, the Pod Mrcaru lizards); the observation of convergent evolution defeating arguments of common component creationism (
new world v. old world vultures for instance); and... well... I guess you get the picture.
Chinese conservation measures to protect the charismatic giant panda in the
wild have also benefitted other threatened species, including birds,
mammals and amphibians, according to
new Duke University - led study.
David Grimm talks with Sarah Crespi about
new research on captive cetaceans suggesting that some species can naturally muffle such sounds — perhaps opening a way to protect these marine
mammals in the
wild.
Miller, M.A., et al., «Type X Toxoplasma gondii in a
wild mussel and terrestrial carnivores from coastal California:
New linkages between terrestrial
mammals, runoff and toxoplasmosis of sea otters.»
Even though it is not the most desired outcome for a
wild marine
mammal, at least Halftime will be safe and sound, possibly taking on a
new role, as an «educational ambassador.»