Posted on 03/15/2016 11:22:38 AM PDT by PROCON
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to spend $50 million moving some 1,100 turtles from its training base at Twentynine Palms, Calif., or about $45,454 each.
The program includes a 30-year assessment of their efforts to monitor the desert tortoises that are listed as threatened under federal law.
According to Marine Corps Times, the tortoises live on a section of the base that is to be used for training.
The newspaper noted that the cost is half the price if an F-35B vertical takeoff jet.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Active Duty ping.
Who says there isn’t money to be cut from the federal budget?
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