Automobile race threatens fossil cetaceans

[Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>]

The Dakar Rally, an 8400 kilometer race through Pru and Chinle, and 
involving 460 vehicles, threatens to damage Miocene cetacean fossils.  
The 2012 race caused considerable damage as the course ran directly over 
the fossil beds.  Complaints to the race organizers have generate little 
interest. Pru's culture minster has said that the race will no 
compromise the country heritage.

More details are at:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/15/scientists-warn-auto-rally-over-endangering-fossils/

Dan