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Federal Government Assaults Animals On Wildlife Refuges
Federal Government Assaults Animals On Wildlife Refuges
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The welfare of America's wildlife and refuges is being sold for economic gain and recreational pleasure to hunters, trappers, and commercial developers. To date, there are 414 refuges composed of over 86 million acres stretching from the Arctic to the Florida Keys and from Maine to American Samoa. Almost all of these refuges have been touched in some way by natural gas exploration, predator control, pesticides, and commercial farming, ranching, and lumber industries. Over one half of all refuges are open to either hunting or trapping...or both.
All laws and regulations concerning activities on wildlife refuges stipulate that there must …