I think your criticism is mostly correct. The "defense" is mostly to say that the blame should be spread between the Bradford Pear, the birds that are spreadin

I think your criticism is mostly correct. The "defense" is mostly to say that the blame should be spread between the Bradford Pear, the birds that are spreading it, and the other species that are cross-pollinating it. It's a good history, though! There might be a little more of a defense in the follow up article, which isn't clearly linked from this one. It's still mostly a deflection rather than a defense, but it does included suggestions for intentionally cross-breeding it to make a larger, edible, less invasive fruit: https://www.thefruitexplorers.com/blog/making-callerybradford-pears-less-invasive https://www.thefruitexplorers.com/blog/making-callerybradfor....