One of my (pet?) peeves

My magazines always get here a week late. I think it's an Alaska thing. Thus, today, I got my Time magazine with Obama and McCain on the cover with the headline, "The Choice." (Which has absolutely nothing to do with the point of this blog, by the way.)

So, leafing through the magazine, I came across this article. It exemplifies one of my major peeves, which is when animals are placed on a higher tier than human beings in the allocation of resources.

Here is a section from the article:

The state government quickly dispatched two dozen wildlife rangers to collect any aggressive crocodiles in the area and search for Booker's remains. Within days, traps anchored to the banks of the river snared three potential man-eaters. But instead of executing and disemboweling the reptiles, the rangers gently loaded them into trailers and transported them to Cairns, 160 miles to the south, where they were X-rayed. Two were also given an endoscopy, with a tiny camera passed into their stomach to probe for Booker's remains...

Once, if a crocodile ate a human, all crocodiles in the area would be shot immediately, he says. "Now they are getting X rays. You've got patients who can't get X rays or endoscopies in Queensland's hospitals, but a crocodile can get one."

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