Interiors Zinke: No friend of the animals

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https://www.salon.com/2018/03/13/interiors-zinke-no-friend-of-the-animals_partner/

A year in office, and he’s targeted eagles, elephants and other species


Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has taken aim at iconic animals like the bald eagle and the elephant with his policies and pressured subordinates at Glacier National Park in Montana to reopen the park’s lakes to motorized boats after invasive zebra mussels were found in the state.

Zinke, who grew up in Whitefish, Mont., likes to talk about how hunters and people who fish help conservation. As Montana’s representative in the U.S. House, he received $79,068 from gun rights groups like the National Rifle Association during the 2016 election cycle, second only in the House to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)

On Zinke’s first day in office, he signed an order overturning a ban on using lead ammunition and fishing sinkers on federal wildlife refuges that was meant to help prevent animals from being poisoned by lead left on the ground or in the water.

Predators like the bald eagle, our national symbol, are susceptible to lead poisoning from eating animals remains left behind by hunters. Lead poisoning in condors, the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere, led to lead ammunition being banned in some California counties and voluntary no-lead programs in parts of Arizona and Utah. The Fish and Wildlife Service banned using lead to hunt water birds in 1991.

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Pure evil

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1. Total assault on the environment

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Everything is connected. We are all diminished.
How are we allowing this to happen?

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2. kick

for those who cannot speak!

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3. Hello ???