I think this is some stuff on Jim Beers..........his words;
I worked for the US Fish & Wildlife Service for over 30 years in four states and the District of Columbia. I was first, last, and always a dedicated waterfowl waterfowl, common term for members of the order Anseriformes, wild, aquatic, typically freshwater birds including ducks, geese, and screamers. In Great Britain the term is also used to designate species kept for ornamental purposes on private lakes or ponds, while in North America it is used for quarry species and is sometimes extended to refer to wading birds of the order Charadriiformes, such as plovers and sandpipers, as well as to other edible water birds. biologist although my first job title was often Game Agent, Special Agent, Refuge Manager, Wetlands Biologist, and Wildlife Biologist. I got into the business because of a passion for waterfowl that I have, thankfully, never overcome.
When Roe v. Wade was handed down by the Supreme Court in 1973, I was astonished. Not just because of the inhuman legal status and lack of legal protection awarded a child in its mother’s womb, but for another reason as well.
I was a Federal US Game Management Agent (Federal Game Warden) at the time. I had cited people for violations of the Migratory migratory /mi·gra·to·ry/ (mi´grah-tor?e)
1. roving or wandering.
2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by migration; undergoing periodic migration. Bird Treaty Act that the US signed with Great Britain in 1917, on behalf of Canada, to protect 212 species of birds that migrated between Canada and the United States each year. The Treaty specifically prohibited “the taking of nests or eggs” of the named migratory birds. I had cited persons for stealing duck eggs—because then, as now, the egg of a protected migratory bird is the same as the bird itself before US and Canadian courts. In other words a redhead duck egg is a redhead duck before the law, while a human fetus is not even human nor is he or she protected before US (Editor: or Canadian) law today.
Centreville, VA, USA
