I was just going to post this:
The Fifth Avenue hawks are the latest victims of the Bush administration’s ongoing efforts to de-claw environmental protections by any means. The birds and their nest are supposedly protected, but the Fish & Wildlife Service now says it’s ok to destroy their nest as long as there aren’t eggs or young in it at the moment, despite the fact that the birds use the same site every year. Birds don’t live in a nest the way you live in a house, they only raise young there, but it’s a little like saying it would be ok to destroy your house as long as you weren’t home at the time. There should be more follow-up on this story; check the site of Marie Winn, author of Red-tails in Love, the book that made these birds into world famous celebrities.
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The Fifth Avenue hawks are the latest victims of the Bush administration’s ongoing efforts to de-claw environmental protections by any means. The birds and their nest are supposedly protected, but the Fish & Wildlife Service now says it’s ok to destroy their nest as long as there aren’t eggs or young in it at the moment, despite the fact that the birds use the same site every year. Birds don’t live in a nest the way you live in a house, they only raise young there, but it’s a little like saying it would be ok to destroy your house as long as you weren’t home at the time. There should be more follow-up on this story; check the site of Marie Winn, author of Red-tails in Love, the book that made these birds into world famous celebrities.
- alex 12-09-2004 4:47 pm