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Obama Gets "B" Grade for Animal Protection

By Wayne Pacelle

The only part of this article which was really valid here -

“I was down in the Everglades, and it took four people to hold a 19-foot Burmese python,” said Tom Strickland, a top official at the Department of the Interior, in Sunday’s The New York Times. “These things wreak havoc.”

"The Times reports that owners and sellers of large, dangerous exotic snakes are livid with the Obama Administration proposal to ban the interstate transport and import of nine species of snakes, including Burmese pythons and green anacondas. Snake owners have mounted a campaign to turn around the agency’s decision, but the federal government has it exactly right on this subject. For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is animal welfare, it makes no good sense for people to keep these giant constricting snakes as pets."

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/obama-gets-b-grade-for-animal-protection

That's better than a D...

This clown is really pushing his case...by throwing out his opinion under the qualification of..."Tom Strickland, a top official at the Department of the Interior".

Someone step up and refute his unproven assertions: "...but the federal government has it exactly right on this subject.".

If you throw enough mud against the wall some of it is bound to stick. Especially when you consider a U.S. public that just loves to outsource its ability to think, to "authority".

That is exactly what he is trying to do on his way out of office.

jsc
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