Posted on 03/14/2012 5:00:38 PM PDT by Fawn
Extremely rare permit granted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A pair of Wyoming bald eagles now qualify as a really endangered species.
The Northern Arapaho Tribe secured an extraordinarily rare permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allowing the Native Americans to kill two of the national birds for religious use.
The national agency, in a 2009 report, said it has never issued a license for the killing of a bald eagle — making it likely that the tribe was the first group to ever get the legal go-ahead.
The highly unusual decision came three years after the tribe’s initial request to kill two of the eagles. The ruling could defuse a federal lawsuit filed last year by the tribe in the flap.
Federal law bars the killing of any bald eagle under almost any circumstance. The Wyoming tribe argued that the ban was a violation of their religious freedom.
Although the bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened species five years ago, the bird remains under the protection of the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Act.
Where can I apply for a Spotted Owl tag? -Wb
Heap big “sacred” bull**** white eyes.
Heap big “sacred” bull**** white eyes.
They found they didn’t need protection anymore.
When the did a census, they looked a lot of eagles and
found that there were a bunch that looked like ordinary eagles.
When they looked closer, they could see that they were doing comb-overs.
I see sveral Bald Eagles every day here in Md.
They are not near as rare as they used to be.
In my state the only people who can have eagle or song bird feathers, including bluejay feathers are the feather-Indians.
No more kids picking up and wondering at a jay feather, unless you are the correct ethnicity.
The Indians could kill eagles before big heap palefaces arrived and told them what they can and can’t do.
Agree completely. This outrage should be the subject of an investigation and the “right” granted to kill eagles should promptly be rescinded.
Agree completely. This outrage should be the subject of an investigation and the “right” granted to kill eagles should promptly be rescinded.
So much for ‘equal treatment under the law’.
We have the blueprint for a truly civilized and constitutional society and here we are still playing this stupid tribal game.
Maybe the invading drug cartels with their Santa Muerte worship of death would like to sacrifice an Arapaho for his next ‘religious’ exercise. We’ll see what they think of ‘special minority victim’ status then.
Where does this nonsense end?
“Where does this nonsense end?”
I don’t know. I try to hope that the 2012 elections will be the beginning of the end of stuff like this.
““Where does this nonsense end?”
I don’t know. I try to hope that the 2012 elections will be the beginning of the end of stuff like this.”
Wish I could be that optimistic. You’ll appreciate this Email I just got from a friend in Arkansas, and I think she’s a freeper, actually.
“Went to vote in Little Rock’s library tax election.
Walked in the polling place.
Signed the book.
Then they asked me for a photo ID.
I lost it.
Said I was an ILLEGAL ALIEN and didn’t need an ID.
You should have seen their faces. Sorry I didn’t take a film crew.
But I laughed and gave them my driver’s license.”
I bet 90% of this
country has no idea that Voting ID is being struck down by the courts.
” I bet 90% of this
country has no idea that Voting ID is being struck down by the courts.”
ILLEGALLY struck down by the rogues. SCOTUS already voted on it. Holder & Obama don’t care.
“Where does this nonsense end?”
Oh it will never end. Besides, you do know that unless you are an American Indian it is illegal for you to even have an eagle feather (any kind of eagle) let alone hunt one down. So if you see a dead eagle that’s been whacked by a windmill or died of natural causes leave it for the vultures or Indians because you my friend are a second class citizen.
Especially in Tenochtitlan.
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