3 An
Eco-Crime
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| Dinosaur Footprints were drowned under the first two dams. |
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drowning is a death. This drowning death is a crime, perpetrated on
others against their will, a form of murder. A death
sentence for a landscape, a
valley, a river, and a habitat - sheltering the living plants and
animals therein. Not to mention geological and palaeontological
features - drowned floodplains, drowned cliffs, drowned kettles,
drowned dinosaur footprints, drowned fossils likely to have been able
to re-write what we know of the history of the planet. A crime
against the environment. Eco-cide. An eco-crime. The end of a way of
life for some, and an anger-inducing disappointment for many more. A
crime against humanity. A desecration that is both shameful and
wrong.
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