Our Vanishing Virgins
December, 1970
Ecologists and conservationists repeatedly warn us that many species of animals are threatened today. Most of us, in fact, are aware that the whooping cranes, peregrine falcons, alligators, grizzly bears, California condors, ospreys and bald eagles are, thanks to the wonders of science and technology, in danger of extinction.Such concern about our lower-animal neighbors is certainly laudable, if belated, but unfortunately it overlooks a far more imminent ecological threat. Though field investiga...
