Monday, January 7, 2008

Once-living souvenirs stir internal dialogue

Miriam C. Daum's recent Home Forum essay for the Christian Science Monitor ponders an interesting ethical dilemma travelers face. She had the luck of seeing a living Blue Morpho butterfly in the wilds of Costa Rica. She marvelled at its stunning size and beauty. Later on at a souvenir shop she had the opportunity to take one home as a souvenir, albeit dead, mounted and framed. This posed an internal debate about why or why she shouldn't buy the butterfly.

Read the full story: A blue wonder to remember

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