Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ. This listing decision didn't take those efforts into account as required by law."

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The money is intended to create and protect national parks, areas around rivers and lakes, national forests, and national wildlife refuges from development, and to provide matching grants for state and local parks and recreation projects. Future generations deserve nothing less.”

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Critter News

APRIL 18, 2009

Four senior Wildlife Officers have been arrested and imprisoned after the state Congolese Wildlife Agency (ICCN) pressed charges for complicity in the destruction of the protected forests of Virunga National Park in the east of DR Congo. Tags: wildlife crime virunga congo gorillas endangered species.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.” Highly migratory species” belong to all nations and not just those that wish to exploit them.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

While there are laws in place protecting endangered species of shark from shark finning, international waters are rarely regulated when it comes to the practice. Fin hunters also rarely care what type of shark they remove the fin from, threatening both endangered and at risk species with extinction.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S.

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JUNE 13, 2017

The Preliminaries : Paragraphs 1-5 identify the issues at a high level: the lawsuit involves a proposed turbine at a facility near Ottawa NWR in Ohio that will allegedly kill birds in violation of federal law. Paragraphs 32-39 set forth an overview of the laws that plaintiffs argue would be violated if the turbine constructed.

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JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Part of its obscurity is due to the fiercely protective relationship Cologne has with its beer.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Some background is required: The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 overhauled the laws governing the Refuge System and one provision of that Act required CCPs. and management issues (invasive species, habitat management, visitor access, etc.). This is obviously the place to start.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Because its habitat consists largely of land that is valuable for oil and natural gas exploration and extraction, protection of the Greater Sage-Grouse has long been the subject of extensive litigation. Rather, it turned on arcane issues of administrative law. Even when it does, BLM could appeal to the U.S.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

After all, each refuge has been set aside to permanently protect birds and other wildlife. But in the current political climate, even permanent environmental protections can prove transitory. But alternatives are being largely being ignored and laws that would require consideration of other options will be simply be waived.

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APRIL 28, 2020

For those interested in avian conservation, some knowledge of the bureaucratic process is useful, as it is used to implement many important conservation laws. For example, the process applies to, among other things, the listing (and delisting) of species under the Endangered Species Act and interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. Even with today’s environmental laws, we are losing species at an alarming rate, and with Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary it’s no wonder. A newly created U.S.

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