Forbidden Swim Kills Endangered Banff Snails
April 20th, 2007 by Terry
Another self-entitled yoyo screws things up.
Forbidden swim kills endangered Banff snails
An illicit swim in an ecologically sensitive hot spring at a national historic site in Banff has killed at least five endangered snails.
A vandal broke into the Cave and Basin historic site last week and swam in an outdoor hot spring that is home to Banff Springs snails, an endangered species under Canada’s Species at Risk Act.
Losing even five snails is a big deal because the species is an important part of the Banff ecosystem, site supervisor Steve Malins said Thursday.
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