Protecting Gnatcatchers

* Re “Developers Urge Delay of Gnatcatcher Ruling,” Sept. 26: The developers and politicians miss the point completely. It does not matter how many California gnatcatchers there are across the border in Mexico or how close they are genetically to the ones in California. They are in Mexico, an independent, sovereign nation. We cannot tell Mexico what to do with its land or wildlife. We must protect our native species within our border independently of what happens to the same species in other countries.

THOMAS MIKO

Pasadena