Action needed before Monday November 10!!

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>From HSUS:

 

YOUR COMMENTS NEEDED (AGAIN) TO STOP HUNTING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES:

 

Monday, November 10, 2003 is the final deadline for citizens to send

their comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding

the Bush administration's proposed rule to revise permit regulations

of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). These changes, if

incorporated into the final ESA regulations, will have disastrous

consequences for endangered species worldwide, because they will

allow hunters, circuses, and the pet industry to capture and kill

endangered animals and import them into the U.S. These

changes run directly contrary to the intention of the ESA, but trophy

hunting groups, the circus industry, and the pet industry are

offering the absurd argument that exploiting the animals will allow

funds to be raised to save them.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Previously, we asked you to write in on this issue regarding a draft

policy change to the ESA. The response was so great, that the FWS

has requested future comments on the ESA proposed rule change to be

sent via email.

 

Please email your comments by Monday, November 10, to:

fw9escs

 

 

Whether or not you have written in before, please just send one final

round of comments asking the FWS to withdraw its proposal to weaken

the ESA regulations. Let them know that killing animals for sport and

entertainment is no way to protect them.

 

The Federal Register notice of the proposed rule can be found at:

 

http://policy.fws.gov/library/03-20941.pdf

 

For a sample letter to the USFWS, see:

http://action.fund.org/action/index.asp?step=2 & item=5090