Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
PETA seeks endangered species protection for whale at Miami aquarium
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation is asking federal regulators to extend endangered species protections to a single whale named Lolita that is kept in a Miami aquarium. Originally captured and brought to the Miami Seaquarium in 1970, the orca is the last remaining Southern Resident killer whale alive in captivity. In 2005, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) put the Southern Resident population on the endangered and protected species list. NOAA in January received a petition from the PETA Foundation on behalf of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and other groups and individuals requesting that Lola be put on the list as well. “We find the biological information regarding Lolita’s genetic heritage and consideration of captive individuals under the [Endangered Species Act] meets this standard,” the agency said in a notice on Wednesday afternoon...more
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