Thousands Protest Felling German Forest to Expand Coal Mine

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4. Thanks for the link concerning the Red Kites.

I almost burst out laughing reading the "measures" that may help protect this creature except that it's pathetic. So 54% of their activity is within 1000m of their nest if I remember correctly. First, I'm sure those birds will check with the developers to make sure they're not nesting outside of the parameters necessary for safety as well as keep a strict 250m buffer at all times though I have no idea what the other 46% will do. As far as their 90.1km daily exercise the birds will simply have to restrict themselves to 1000m circles. Am I being absurd? Maybe a little, but the measures that may.. may I say, minimise conflicts seem considerably more absurd.

Personally, I vote for the trees, bats, red kites and all other forms of non human natural life to remain untouched rather than for humans digging the hell out of the earth and swatting the hell out of the sky for the sake of powering an extra iPad. We really are a failed species if our goal in existing matches the definition of a virus. It doesn't have to be that way. D7