{"id":758047,"date":"2019-08-24T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T12:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758047"},"modified":"2019-08-24T08:34:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T12:34:59","slug":"ron-maxwell-bruce-fein-the-u-s-constitution-and-the-endangered-species-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758047","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Constitution, the Endangered Species Act, and Animal Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The US Agriculture Dept. is spending one billion dollars a year killing wild animals so that ranchers don\u2019t have to hire range riders to protect their herds themselves. This is crony capitalism and government welfare on steroids. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RON MAXWELL &amp; BRUCE FEIN:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;It appears that the Trump administration is saluting Obama\u2019s ill-conceived precedent when it comes to weakening the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Congress has not been indifferent about modifying the ESA&#8230; If you want to see classic examples of Orwellian double speak and crony capitalism, read the \u201cexpert\u201d justifications given by the Department of the Interior for removing the Endangered Species Act\u2019s torso and leaving only its stunted limbs&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Even without this weakening of the ESA, Wildlife Services under the Agriculture Department is spending one billion dollars a year killing wild animals \u2013 killing them outright \u2013 so that ranchers don\u2019t have to hire range riders to protect their herds themselves. This is crony capitalism and government welfare on steroids. Hundreds of dogs and other pets also routinely get killed in this indiscriminate dragnet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The American people through their elected representatives passed the ESA in the 1973. It has been remarkably successful in saving many species that were then facing extinction, including our iconic bald eagle, and the \u201cGod squad\u201d has been summoned when the need for an exception has been demonstrated. This bureaucratic power grab by the Department of the Interior is not being done in the interest of endangered or threatened animals. Honestly, who believes that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>This is being done exclusively to facilitate access for big corporate interests to more easily and more quickly log, mine, and graze on vast public lands owned by all the American people. It\u2019s being done by bureaucratic diktat that is undemocratic and unconstitutional. This is not liberty. This is tyranny.&#8217;\u00a0<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/08\/14\/ron-maxwell-bruce-fein-the-constitution-and-the-endangered-species-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHuN_TWTI0o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RON MAXWELL &amp; BRUCE FEIN: &#8216;It appears that the Trump administration is saluting Obama\u2019s ill-conceived precedent when it comes to weakening the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 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