California Congressman Richard Pombo’s “extinction bill” is moving forward — and it’s just as bad as we feared. The bill is a nightmare for threatened and endangered species, and ignores the 90 percent of Americans who care about protecting them. One provision states that the government must either allow people to kill endangered species, or force taxpayers to pay them not to break the law. Think that’s outrageous? Another provision would end all critical habitat protection for the forests, beaches, meadows, and other places they need to survive and recover. And that’s just the beginning!
The Endangered Species Act is a safety net that protects wildlife, fish, and plants on the brink of extinction. When President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, he said “Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.”
The Endangered Species Act works. Over the past three decades, the Endangered Species Act has saved species like the bald eagle, Florida manatee, and key deer from extinction. If Representative Pombo’s bill had been law 31 years ago, not even the bald eagle would have qualified for listing.
Let’s stop this bill in its tracks! Use the links below to tell your Representative to stand up for our endangered animals by voting against the so-called “Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005”.
we couldn’t stop it, but we can stop richard pombo from continuing his attack on the environment – visit http://www.jerrymcnerney.org