For 25 years the federal government has been trying to ban sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from vast reaches of the Pacific Ocean off California. Now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the plan was “harmful” and “futile.” The translocation program, therefore, “should be considered a failure.” Otter advocate Steve Shimek told the…
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Government waste, fraud and abuse affects every person in the United States but as recent developments show animals also suffer from government action. Consider the recent campaign of the U.S. Forest Service against beavers, the Castor canadensis, an enterprising semi-aquatic rodent that builds dams, canals and lodges. Federal officials have killed beavers for doing…
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