Trump Targets the Endangered Species Act

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robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360

1 7 Apr 2017

http://www.dcreport.org/2017/04/06/trump-takes-aim-at-the-endangered-species-act/

The future of the grizzly bear and other endangered species is up to the Trump Administration, the same people who said it’s just fine to kill hibernating bears and their cubs in Alaska.

The Trump crew could decide by this summer whether to remove grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park from the Endangered Species Act.

“It’s more critical than ever to maintain endangered species protections for grizzly bears,” said Andrea Santarsiere, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.

Trump’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services has taken manatees, slow-moving, aquatic relatives of the elephant, off the endangered species list. Trump delayed endangered status for a species of bumblebee. And Trump’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services plans to take the scarlet-chested parrot and the turquoise parrot from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife. The change would become effective May 5.

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robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360

3 9 Apr 2017

Donald Trump Jr likes to kill so it's not so surprising -
http://www.wideopenspaces.com/donald-trump-jr-exclusive-indiana-turkey-hunting-bob-knight-and-what-a-trump-administration-means-to-all-outdoorsmen/
"For Don Jr, two of the most important things in life are family and hunting."

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/donald-trump-jr-siblings-hunting-interior-secretary/
Hunting has also embroiled Trump Jr. and his brother, Eric, in controversy. In 2012, pictures surfaced of them posing with big game trophies in Africa, including an elephant and leopard, drawing condemnation from liberal groups and suggestions that they had hunted illegally.

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robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360

5 13 Apr 2017

https://www.dcreport.org/2017/04/12/republican-ekes-out-a-win-in-kansas-house-race/

War on wolves. Senators are targeting another animal covered by the Endangered Species Act, the gray wolf. The bill, S. 164, would let Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming set their own rules for hunting and trapping wolves. Wyoming wants to let hunters shoot wolves on sight in most of the state. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), would also block court challenges if it becomes law. Wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone in 1995.