[PCA] NEWS: The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished

[Smith, Catherine]

Adding to the conversation. . . .

For another perspective, read Rose Franklin's  "Plausible Negative Consequences of Protecting the Monarch Under the Endangered Specieis Act" at  www.butterflybushes.com/press_room.htm

For a perspective on planting milkweed, read "Which Milkweed to Plant for the Monarchs?" also at www.butterflybushes.com/press_room.htm 

Franklin is author of Fast Track Butterfly Gardening.  She gardens for butterflies including monarchs in central Pennsylvania.

Catherine F. Smith
Spring Mills PA


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The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished
By Darryl Fears
February 9 at 4:47 PM
The Washington Post

Threatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening to monarch butterflies is nothing short of a massacre. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service summed it up in just one grim statistic on Monday: Since 1990, about 970 million have vanished.

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