Wednesday, March 31, 2010

ENDANGERED SPECIES CONDOMS

This has to be the stupidest story that I have read in a long time, and bearing in mind the date today I would not be at all surprised if you thought that this was some April Fool's jest: a product of mine or Oll's feverishly stupid imagination. But it's not. I promise. Over on the Birdchick blog Sharon Birdchick herself reports:

And no, they are not for the endangered species themselves, they’re for one of the most over-populated species out there. Susan Gets Native posted a link on Facebook about the Center for Biological Diversity is “distributing 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms in all 50 states to highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species extinct at a cataclysmic rate.”

According to the press release, “the goal is to help people understand the impact of overpopulation on other species, and to give them a chance to take action in their own lives, the Center is distributing free packets of Endangered Species Condoms depicting six separate species: the polar bear, snail darter, spotted owl, American burying beetle, jaguar, and coquí guajón rock frog.”

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