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Contacto del experto: Steve Holmer, Vice President, Policy, 202-888-7490 | sholmer@abcbirds.org
Baltimore Orioles are among the hundreds of bird species that benefit from a strong Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Brian A Wolf
(Washington, D.C., January 5, 2021) The Administration has announced that it will implement a new rule that greatly weakens essential protections provided by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
This rule comes at a time when scientists have raised alarm over the Pérdida de 3 mil millones de aves norteamericanas durante los últimos 50 años. It would end enforcement against incidental take of birds – the predictable and preventable killing of birds by industrial practices – even though last summer a federal judge struck down the Interior Department legal opinion that the new rule seeks to codify.
“Americans want birds and nature taken care of – not swept aside to serve commercial interests. We urge the incoming Administration to right this wrong as rapidly as possible,” said Steve Holmer of American Bird Conservancy (ABC).
“Rest assured that we at American Bird Conservancy will do everything in our power to see that this assault on migratory birds is defeated,” said ABC President Mike Parr.
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