AnimalVoicesNews ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Note: A McCain/Palin administration will make Bush look good. Palin believes in indiscriminate hunting of wildlife in Alaska, particularly wolves and bears, as well as moose and caribou. She approvied a $400,000 appropriation to educate Alaskans about the aerial shooting of wolves and efforts to reduce bears in some areas (to increase moose and caribou to kill).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Source/Letters: Progress Index - Chester,VA,USA Link/Comment: <http://www.progress-index.com/articles/2008/08/30/editorial/pi_progindex.20 080830.a.pg4.pi0830edit_s1.1875291_edi.txt> Revised law will put animal species at risk Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008 4:27 AM EDT The Bush administration seems to have misinterpreted the title of the Endangered Species Act. The law is meant to protect endangered species, rather than to endanger species. Yet the administration, itself a lame duck, plans to eviscerate much of the law before leaving office by changing the regulations by which federal agencies enforce it. Under the law, federal agencies overseeing development projects must submit, to the Fish and Wildlife Service or National Maritime Fisheries Service, any plan that affects an endangered species. The reason for that is simple: those agencies employ professional wildlife biologists who are capable of rendering science-based decisions on a project¹s likely impact on wildlife. Under the proposed regulatory change, each federal agency would decide for itself whether projects it oversees adversely would affect wildlife. This, as one conservationist put it, pretty much defines the concept of the fox guarding the henhouse. It is not difficult to determine¹s Congress¹ intent in passing and maintaining the law. It wanted to protect endangered wildlife. It repeatedly has rejected the very sort of changes, by law, that the administration now seeks to make by regulation. If the administration succeeds, the American process for making laws itself will be an endangered species. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Judy Reed AnimalVoices Speaking For Animals & Their Environment This is distibuted for nonprofit research and educational purposes only. [Ref.http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html] You are invited to read past articles and alerts, subscribe, or unsubscribe at: AnimalVoicesNews: www.groups-beta.google.com/group/AnimalVoicesNews AnimalVoicesAlerts: www.groups-beta.google.com/group/AnimalVoicesAlerts BushWatchersNews: www.groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=bushwatchernews&start=0&scoring=d To unsubscribe, send email to: (close spaces around @) <AnimalVoicesNews-unsubscribe @ googlegroups.com> <AnimalVoicesAlerts-unsubscribe @ googlegroups.com> <BushWatcherNews-unsubscribe @ googlegroups.com> Please consider the environment before printing this email.
