I Like Turtles

First off, I’m very disappointed in Veolia Indianapolis Water. They are handling this situation very poorly, immaturely, and selfishly. They aren’t looking at it in an environmentalist point of view, and it is important to look at all sides of something before you make a decision about it. Veolia Indianapolis Water is looking at their plan as strictly a business plan, but there are way too many factors that they need to consider. If I was in charge of the water company, I would make my decision based on appropriate research, planning, and by conserving the environment.
By putting up another wall or adding material to help with erosion is going to harm thousands of baby turtles. The environment of the turtles should not be manipulated, because it could really hurt them and put their species in danger. I believe that the water company is in the wrong.
I don’t think that there should be any more investigation to prove that it will harm the population of turtles, because I know it will. I think there should be more investigation and researching for an alternative method. One quote was that they should try to find a more environmental friendly way to go about this, and that is absolutely correct. I feel as if they just thought of the best idea to benefit their company, rather than look at it from a point of view of the environment.
The section about the DNR was very interesting too. Veolia Indianapolis Water is concerned about letting the DNR know about muskrats, but what they are doing won’t kill the muskrats. I feel like they are just trying to put the fact that they will be killing hundreds of turtles under the rug. It’s stupid if they thought that no one would notice.
This population of turtles has been living in the canal for several years, and Veolia Indianapolis Water has no right to get rid of them.
It is important to study zoology because in an example like this, people always make decisions based on what they want, or what can better them. Humans are always thinking about humans. It is important to think about other things, like these turtles. It’s important to think of the environment around us and what inhabits it before we make a decision to change it. If this project is permitted, it would cause the turtle population to go down by a lot, because none of the baby turtles would be able to survive or join the rest of the population.