Homebuilder charged with Endangered Species Act violations

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[chance33_98]

Homebuilder charged with Endangered Species Act violations

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A developer who wanted to build 3,200 homes in Pittsburg has been charged with violating the Endangered Species Act.

West Coast Homebuilders Inc. of Concord was charged in U.S. District Court in Oakland Friday with two counts of violating the act after authorities said a department of Fish and Game warden found a dead California red-legged frog on the site last year.

Prosecutors say Albert Seeno Jr. owner of the company ordered his workers to fill in ponds that were home to the endangered frog.

The frog is believed to be the one Mark Twain made famous in his short story ``The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.'' It was put on the endangered species list in 1996, and has disappeared from nearly three-quarters of its natural range.

The company could be placed on five years' probation and fined if convicted of violating the act. The company is expected to plead July 19.

Seeno's attorney Bill Goodman declined to comment on the case Saturday.

[Lower55]

In Canton, Ms. Nisson wanted to build a plant.

People were forced to relocate so they could used their land.

They can relocate people, but not frogs. Please.

[Robert A Cook PE]

OH MY MAGOG!

A frog died in CA .... on a developed area.

.... Therefore, we must arrest the developer.

(Do these enviro's ever consider that frogs die all the time in the wild?)

[Dr. Frank fan]

I see. We sure wouldn't want emotionally charged words to get in the way.

Can you back up this weak sarcasm by pointing to some "emotionally charged" words I used in Post #98 or was this just a pathetic passive-aggressive way for you to try to back out of the argument? Let me know,

[leadpenny]

'bout as natural as running over box turtle or a snake in the road.

[Lower55]

I don't think many people run over critters on the hwy. on purpose.

But, if you make it illegal to do so, there'll be a bloodbath.

[RightWhale]

The frog is believed to be the one Mark Twain made famous in his short story

That frog is very old for a frog, and seems to have gotten pretty far all things considered.

[Lower55]

Also, my dogs kill every snake, frog, rabbit, armadillo, skunk, coon, squirrel and any other critter they can chase down.

I guess they're almost human. lol

[leadpenny]

I'm not backing out of anything. You made your points and I made mine. If "Environmentalist" isn't emotionally charged, I don't know what is. Keep it going if you want.

[Lower55]

And....my mini Dachshund kills mice. She likes frogs, she licks them, but won't usually kill them. When the big dogs see that she's got one at bay, they take over and it soon becomes dead. Dead as a doornail.

I tell them they should read more about preservation, but they can't read. They're dogs.

[Lower55]

I want to keep going. I'm entertaining myself. I just sprayed some fly spray. They're dropping like.......flies?

[Lower55]

Do you have screens on your windows?

Thought so. lol

What about the critters??

[Lower55]

You know how many chickens would be around if we stopped using them for food? Answer: None

You know how many cattle would be around if we stopped using them for food, etc? Answer: None

Stop riding and eating horses: no more horses

Stop eating corn?.....no more corn

If you want more frogs, eagles, condors, sucker fish, put a price on their head. Make them economically beneficial.

Ever see a catfish farm?? Thought not.

Ever see a crawfish farm?? Thought not.

Ever see any kind of farm?? Only in enviro-target books? Thought so.

[Lower55]

You know why there are so many turkeys ready for Thanksgiving? Didn't think so.

[Lower55]

Do you mow your lawn???

hmmmmmmm not good. *tisk tisk*

[Lower55]

Do you clean the little bug corpses off the front of your Yugo?

[jtill]

That is exactly what the environazis did in San Francisco to delay, stall and wildly increase the price of the BART extension to the SF Airport. Twice, no less.

[Lower55]

Just think of all the critters you kill every day just walking around hunting sprouts to eat.

What size critter do you draw the line behind? Let's save 'these' but 'those' are fair game...lol

That one's ugly, it's gotta go.

Oh look at the cute litle seal. Club time.

[Lower55]

They held up Interstate 10 down here because of some stupid whooping crane.

Evidently it wasn't necessary because the hwy. is there now.

[Carry_Okie]

So, I really wonder about the status of the Red-Legged Frog, and whether or not habitat destruction is the only significant culprit. Bullfrogs are well established throughout California, and I wonder what there populations are over the Red-Legged Frog's former range.

Here is your key piece of information:

Bullfrogs predate red legged frogs. Now you know why Fish & Game doesn't regulate bull frogs:

It would be bad for "business" ... theirs.