Tell Arnold to protect California Condor

[losthills]

Tell California Governor to Sign Condor Protection Bill
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week caved to pressure from the National Rifle Association and Republican legislators, canning one of his own Fish and Game Commissioners for daring to have an opinion on the protection of endangered California condors from lead poisoning.


Noel Snyder photo

The California Senate and Assembly recently passed an historic protection measure for condors, Assembly Bill 821 (Nava, D-Santa Barbara), the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act, which would require non-lead ammunition for big-game hunting in condor habitat. The California Department of Fish and Game and the Fish and Game Commission have opposed the legislation and urged Governor Schwarzenegger to veto it, which he is expected to do.

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A lot of very good people have been working very hard for a long time to save these great birds, but it doesn't do any good if they succomb to lead poisoning from eating tainted meat. Lead shot and bullets have to be banned from Condor range, and we have been saying that for a long time.

If we can't get this legislation passed, then we should change tactics and work for a complete ban on hunting in their range. If the Endangered Species Act means anything at all, then it must be used to protect these birds.

... Lost Hills

[InvisibleTouch]

1. Done. Thanks! n/t

[hunter]

2. Spinmeister Arnold could easily go against the NRA on this issue and look like a hero.

Didn't he turn into a good guy in the Terminator series?

When it comes to popular opinion, lead shot vs. steel shot is a no brainer.

Nobody wants to be against condors.