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Should grizzly bears return to the California Sierras?
caption id="attachment_27969" align="alignright" width="234" A rag-time bear (public domain)/caption So thinks the Center for Biological Diversity, which recently petitioned the United States Fish & Wildlife Service to establish experimental populations in the state. An editorial in this weekend's Sacramento Bee takes a cautious approach to ...
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Animals over people : a case study
Author: Damien M. Schiff One of the perennial problems with the Endangered Species Act is that it oftentimes puts the interests of animals and plants above those of people. Case in point is a recently dismissed federal felony prosecution of Idaho husband and father Jeremy Hill, who was charged with felony killing of a grizzly bear whe ...
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Environmental regulation : a threat to national security
Author: Damien M. Schiff Today's Vancouver Sun has this article about a recent statement from a group of Republican lawmakers charging that environmental regulations, including those for the grizzly bear, are hampering Homeland Security's efforts effectively to patrol the Washington-British Columbia border. These protections have e ...