Pubdate: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 Source: Houston Chronicle (TX) Copyright: 1999 Houston Chronicle Contact: http://www.chron.com/ Forum: http://www.chron.com/content/hcitalk/index.html Page: 29A (op-ed page) Author: Paul Baillio BORDER CATS' DEMISE, DRUGS In the Aug. 16 Chronicle I read that the Sierra Club is going to file a lawsuit to have the lights along border crossings removed because they bother the jagarundi and other cats that inhabit the area. These are the lights that help the Border Patrol detect illegal border crossings and, particularly, those crossings which involve the transport of drugs. We should ask ourselves if the survival of a few cats or even their demise is worth removing a very useful tool in stopping the flow of illegal drugs into this country? A few cats being able to roam and breed comfortably or however many drug addicts being supplied with their fixes? Which is more important? That's a slam-dunk if ever I saw one. Paul Baillio, Liberty - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea