Endangered

One small piece of news that caught my attention recently is the conflict between California farmers and some fish.

The story goes like this: There expects a substantial reduction in fruit and other agricultural products from California because, during a recent drought period, a major water supply was shut off from the farmers there - in order to protect a certain species of endangered fish.

Don't drop you jaw. This is a court decision according to the Endangered Species Act, which was restored recently by President Obama.

Well, you may say that's a small price to pay for preserving wildlife. After all, the farmers would not die.

But some others would. Remind you, famine is not a historical term, and a considerable proportion of the population in developing countries do not have enough food. Aren't their lives more precious than those of some little fish that we couldn't name ?

PS. Contrary to what you think, I would probably answer no to that last question. But I'm still against cutting off the water supply to the California farmers - for a reason that I shall explain tomorrow.