In a message dated 96-05-29 20:30:12 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Hank Burchard) writes: > >Point of order here. If you feed a zoo's rabbit to the zoo's fox, can >that be called deaccessioning? Isn't that just internal downsizing? >> Sounds like the start of a great bio-ed program to me. An illustration of how the food chain works. It teaches valuable ecological lessons while reducing redundancies on one's live collection. Not for the overly sensitive, however. (Do you know how hard it is to talk with your tongue pressing against the inside of your cheek?) HBC ***************************************** Henry B. Crawford Curator of History [log in to unmask] Museum of Texas Tech University 806/742-2442 Box 43191 FAX 742-1136 Lubbock, TX 79409-3191 *********All opinions expressed are mine**********