It's been 100 years since the last known Passenger Pigeon died in a Cincinnati zoo. They once numbered an estimated 9 billion in North America and travelled in huge flocks. They were hunted to extinction. I found this stuffed one in the small nature center I visited last weekend....first one I had seen. I hope we are getting smarter about saving endangered species now.
Wow! People are sometimes the dumbest and most dangerous of creatures, if we don't get smarter soon then a lot more species will soon just be a specimen in zoos and museums.
I've always heard of the Passenger Pigeon - but that's all - just heard that it was an extinct species. How nice to now put an image with that. I do hope man learns soon to protect the wonders he has before more face this fate.
