The Sea Island Acquisitions people still think that what they do with the property they claim to own is a matter of choice, as if ownership of land were the same as ownership of oneself. Never mind that doing what one pleases with one's own body is not even allowed. Ownership, like stewardship, isn't a license for irrational action; it's a bundle of obligations.
Because man has been given the planet, he's got an obligation to care for it. The beasts in the wild have no such obligation; they just take what they want. On the other hand, they also don't destroy what they don't want. Which puts them on a slightly higher moral plane than some humans.
There, that's my sermon for this Sunday morn. Go below the fold for some of the specifics from the Georgia Times Union report.