Steel-jaw leghold traps, widely criticized for being indiscriminate and inhumane, are presently prohibited or significantly restricted in the majority of countries around the world. According to research released today by the Library of Congress, more than 100 countries prohibit or impose stringent limits on the use of these and other body-gripping traps. Source: New Report Reveals US Lags Behind Other …
Now You Can Message President Obama on Facebook | whitehouse.gov
Every night, President Obama reads 10 letters that were sent to him by citizens. It has been a part of his daily routine since taking office in 2009. These 10 “letters a day” — or 10 LADs, as they’re known to staff — do more to keep the President in touch with what’s happening around the country than just about anything else. “It ends …
Weak oversight of public grazing land, thanks to ‘lord of yesterday’
You can use your grazing permit as collateral for a loan? This needs to be Banned!! 10 things to know about grazing on public lands Grazing occurs on about 235 million acres of public land. That’s about 367,000 square miles – more land than that of California, Oregon and Washington combined. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is in charge …
Congress Seeks to Strip Protections From Gray Wolves and Other Endangered Species
Our amazing government, needs to loose its Privileges… Obviously, they do not act the way their voters intended!! The current U.S. Congress is a minefield for all of our core environmental protection laws, including the Endangered Species Act. More than 80 bills and amendmentshave already been introduced this year in the U.S. House and Senate to weaken this vital law. And …