Butterfly Releases at Weddings

It seems to be a harmless and beautiful gesture - releasing butterflies at your wedding ceremony. However, many scientists, biologists and entomologists are proving that the shipping of butterflies to areas where they are not native threatens biodiversity, and may spread diseases and among strains of butterflies, as well as among the plants that they pollinate. It also makes the conservation of butterflies virtually impossible as any information about natural habitats and migratory patterns is essential to saving a species. Also, the environment where butterflies are released is often not suitable for them, and many end up dying shortly after being released.

For articles and information on butterfly releases, please visit these websites:
http://www.naba.org/weddings.html
http://www.naba.org/orgwed.html
http://www.peta.org/alert/automation/AlertItem.asp?id=212
http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/article.cfm?issueID=21&articleID=184

Butterfly Organizations, Clubs and
Associations in the Southwest
National Arizona California Utah

NATIONAL:
North American Butterfly Association (NABA): NABA is the largest group of people in North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico) interested in butterflies. They are a membership-based not-for-profit organization working to increase public enjoyment and conservation of butterflies. Info: http://www.naba.org/

ARIZONA:
Sonoran Anthropod Studies Inc. (SASI) Insect Zoo - Tucson: SASI is a private not-for-profit environmental and science education institution, and a membership supported organization fostering an awareness, knowledge and appreciation of all nature through the study and interpretation of the vital roles arthropods play in the Sonoran Desert ecosystem. Info: www.sasionline.org/
Southeast Arizona Butterfly Association: Arizona's only chapter of the North American Butterfly Association. http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html

CALIFORNIA:
Los Angeles Chapter of NABA: http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabala/index.htm
Orange County Chapter of NABA: http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaoc/index.html

UTAH:
Utah Lepidopterists' Society: http://www.utahlepsociety.org/

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Butterfly Organizations, Clubs and Associations in the Southwest National Arizona California Utah

Butterfly Organizations, Clubs and
Associations in the Southwest
National Arizona California Utah