Posted on 02/22/2005 5:22:03 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
Former Wildlife Official to Pay Fine
Tue Feb 22, 5:00 PM ET Science - AP
TUCSON, Ariz. - A former federal wildlife manager who says he moved about 400 protected tadpoles from a backyard pond to a refuge for their own safety has agreed to pay a $3,500 fine to avoid a criminal charge, his lawyer said.
Wayne Shifflett, the longtime manager of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, said he was afraid the tadpoles would be eaten by frogs.
The tadpoles were young speckled frogs, which have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since 2002. Permits are typically required to handle or move protected animals. Harming them can be a federal crime.
Shifflett will pay the fine "because he doesn't want to deal with the expense and aggravation and stress of dealing with a criminal charge," his attorney, Jeff Buchella, said in Tuesday's Arizona Daily Star. "I don't think he felt he did anything wrong."
Shifflett was removed from his post at the 118,000-acre refuge last year after an investigation. He retired last May.
Sue Chilton, a state game and fish commissioner, said Shifflett "can't assume that because he had a noble goal that excuses him from following the procedures."
Note to self: Do not under any circumstances allow any endangered species to exist on my land.
And in other news, 10,000 illegals crossed the border into the US today while these same government persecutors (whoops--prosecutors) did nothing.
Well, as Susan Powter used to say:
STOP THE INSANITY!!
Get rid of the Endangered Species Act!!
I agree, once plowed up some Indian artifacts on a farm in California. I keep my trap shut and John Deere never snitched me off.
not did nothing-heroically protected our tadpole heritage
Now there's a name I haven't heard in quite a while. Is she on the endangered species list, or extinct by now?
Not only do they cross, but they ruin desert flora and fauna and eat any wildlife they can catch on a regular basis! How 'bout we fine them?
Riiiiiiiight. I was born in the dark, son, but it wasn't last night.
Muleteam1
I think she let the GI haircut grow out and melted back into the crowd.
Haven't seen Susan in a long time.
You got some time in your schedule in the morning to go down to the Federal Building and give a few more details and fill out a few forms? Don't forget to bring your toothbrush.
You forgot to include a "Rampant Government Enviro-Nazi Stupidity Alert".
Honey..............you ought to see her now!
She is one more "off the wall" gal!
I heard an interview with her last year sometime.
She is odd!
Just "google" her.
So true,I put in a call to a County Atty today to get the do's and don's about putting a 25' trail in my backyard due to it being in a sensetive area on a stream. I won't even be cutting down tree's.
As long as it isnt a burial ground, you should be alright.
I call them Prostitutors because the primary reason they're there is to abuse and pillage enough citizens to get some face time on Fox.
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