Why? Why destroy the birds?

[bigtree]

Jeff Rabinowitz @rxjef77
US moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections:

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration moved forward Friday with plans to scale back a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species despite warnings that billions of birds could die as a result.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-moves-forward-plan-end-wild-bird-protections-71092468

Link to tweet

[New Breed Leader]

1. I can't take this anymore.

I just can't.

[3catwoman3]

2. Trump is a one man wrecking crew.

I wake up every morning hoping to hear he has died overnight.

[JHB]

25. One party wrecking crew. This is all on the Republicans.

This is coming from Republicans and conservative activists, part of their crusade to eliminate any and all environmental regulations.

It's doubtful Trump even knew it existed until a donor lobbied him to get rid of it.

[dware]

3. The depravity of this Admin. knows no bounds.

What's the purpose of scaling back the protections?
Does it give the Mango Menace a hard on?
Does he get his jollies from harming living creatures?

The obvious answer is YES!!!!!!!!

May this illegal Admin. be gone forever very soon and President Joe Biden starts to rebuild our nation's reputation with the rest of the world.

I am a huge lover of birds and this really pisses me off, on top of everything else this monster has wrought upon the American citizenry and the world.

[empedocles]

10. DEPRAVITY

[Blue_true]

14. It is strange.

Teddy Roosevelt likely was the inspiration for the law. It has been in place during some of the greatest periods of the country's history. There is no sane reason for changing it.

[JHB]

26. ...of this _party_. Put this on the people who deserve it...

Republicans (which includes Trump).

This isn't something Trump cares about, so this push is coming from within the party and/or lobbyists.

ALL of them deserve the blame.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. The most evil person in my lifetime. I have no mercy for that bastard.

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[Newest Reality]

5. Fascists

Fascists hate birds because they fly FREE out in the wild. It makes them seethe with anger.

[spanone]

6. Hell will be to kind for trump.

he's the worse piece of excrement ever.

[Bayard]

7. Oil Companies

I'm sure they're behind a lot of this. And trump is more than willing to help them out, especially if they donate to his miserable campaign.

Does anyone think that trump has ever spent any time outdoors except on a golf course? Any appreciation of nature whatsoever?

I hope all the wildlife he is trying to destroy--and this country--survives till he's gone.

[Blue_true]

15. The only thing that I really liked about golf was being out walking in nature.

He should see that when golfing, but my guess is his only concern in those moments is being the dominant one.

[Disaffected]

8. Another example of

Everything Trump Touches Dies.

For the Love of God America, rid the world of these soulless bastards.

ETTD

[SharonClark]

9. I can't agree more.

He and his minions hate anything good or positive or beautiful in this world.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Pure spite.

That, and he loves nothing more than to destroy things, including harmless wildife.

[babylonsister]

12. I'm wondering if birds were in the way of iq45 building his wall.

That could explain it.

[Blue_true]

16. There were bird and butterfly sanctuaries that the wall

endangered. So, you may have hit on the reason. His logic, if it can be called that, is always so small and banal.

[backtoblue]

22. Exactly my thoughts nt

[broiles]

13. Isn't this the guy who

carried on about wind farms killing birds?

[Blue_true]

17. Then birds were useful props for him getting something that he wanted.

Now, birds are in his way, so he attacks them.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

18. Because birds are unemployed and don't have 401Ks, but Sierra Club is on this...

This issue was posted earlier today by Judi Lynn, see:

US moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections
Source: Associated Press
Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2508429

This was my post:

Sierra Club is on this....

Trump Administration Advances Unprecedented Stripping of Protections for Wildlife
Migratory Bird Act Rollback Lets Destructive Industry Off-The-Hook
Friday, June 5, 2020
Contact: Courtney Bourgoin, [e-mail]

Link: https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/06/trump-administration-advances-unprecedented-stripping-protections-for

Text:

Washington, DC— Today as the country faces an uprising for racial justice and ongoing pandemic, the Trump administration’s Department of the Interior released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in efforts to strip critical protections in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The move— one of the several environmental protection rollbacks in the last couple of months— comes on World Environment Day and after lawmakers, conservation organizations and community groups repeatedly called for the administration to halt major decisions and comment periods during the pandemic.

In response to the announcement, Kirin Kennedy, Deputy Legislative Director at the Sierra Club released the following statement:

“Today's announcement which drastically undermines the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is reprehensible. It is a disheartening reminder of how little attention the Trump administration is paying to the very real crises before us—from the masses in the streets demanding Black lives be valued to the rapidly-accelerating extinction and climate crises that threaten us all.

“This move paves the way for destructive industries to be let off-the-hook when their actions result in the deaths of endangered birds. The Trump administration must immediately stop plans to undo this vital safeguard”

Thanks for posting, Bigtree. Let's hope Sierra Club and others can take this issue to court and have it reversed.....

[CrispyQ]

19. Cruelty & destruction are part of the agenda.

It give his base warm fuzzies to own the libs.

I know republicans who love to hike and camp and they still vote republican. WTF?

[Calculating]

20. Because it makes liberals mad

That's a likely reason.

[IcyPeas]

21. trumps motto: "No life matters"

except his.

?1

[jeffreyi]

23. Comment! The comment period goes 45 days, until 7/20/2020

Comment link:
https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090-8411

Here's an example of one:

"I am an Environmental Scientist with the California Department of Water Resources. Before that, I worked as a consulting biologist for three years and conducted countless hours of MBTA surveys and monitoring at construction sites. While I have mixed feelings about the nature of the MBTA, I vehemently condemn the recent interpretation by USFWS. Your agency's sole purpose is to protect our wild species, and anyone with a year's worth of Wildlife training understands that the MBTA has protected hundreds of bird species from extinction.

This landmark law has been protecting countless species for over 100 years, and I can guarantee no biologist with an ounce of integrity will respect this interpretation. All this change will do is make it easier for companies to enact environmental destruction and destroy active bird nests as they please. We will fight this interpretation as long as the corrupt administration seeks to save face with oil and development companies while littering our country with bird corpses.

We will not take this sitting down, and I call upon all USFWS members to respect the integrity and purpose of their organization. The new interpretation is wrong, and we all know it. Don't let one of our most important tools to protect wildlife fade away."

[lame54]

24. Saving birds is his big argument against...

Windmills

That and the "alternative fact" that they cause cancer

[chowder66]

27. I just find the timing of this odd...after the black Harvard guy/Bird enthusiast video went viral.

Not that it's related but it was the first thing that came to mind.