First of all I wouldn't say I was "taking whatever I want". I wouldn't have taken them if they were endangered, or if the law was against it. Where I got these, you could literally reach down and pick them up by the handful. I could easily have taken a lot of them, but I chose not to. Instead I took even fewer than the legal limit. I respect your opinion, but I don't think this is neccessarily the best place to discuss it.