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Bird Litigation: Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle

10,000 Birds

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon under the Endangered Species Act. ” CBD has been litigating this issue with a some success for a decade: it won preliminary victories in 2008 and 2011. What does that mean?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. We must recognize the shortsighted nature of Governor Palin’s appeal not to list the polar bear as endangered. 8, 2008 To the Editor: I find it interesting that Gov. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan.