Adding to the Endangered Species Act.
When I first started reading this article the first thing that came to mind was that is was a great thing to be happening for the protection of these three species. They were recently listed as endangered species which directly puts them under the protection of the ESA and only makes sense for them to be more closely monitored and more heavily restricted from non-permitted use. However, thinking about it more in depth I kinda got a sinking feeling that it is good news covering some disturbing news. These animals were put on the endangered species list in 2005 and were not and will not be fully protected until, as the article states, 90 days after the new rule's publication which is not until April 4, 2012. Now I am all for the regulation and management of endangered species by local farmers and ranchers, I mean after all it is their property, and the captive breeding of zoos, but if an animal is placed on the endangered species list and therefore protected by the ESA I would like to think the protection and regulation of permits, laws, restrictions, and other legalities should take place a heck of a lot sooner than seven years. I for one as I said fully support all farm/ranch conservation and by no means wish for these people to have their land taken from them or to be told what they can and cannot do with their land now that a species is under the ESA. The Endangered Species Act is in place for a reason and that reason is to protect and to help bring the species on the list up to a healthy population and in turn get them off the list and I do think that sometimes it can be over used like in the case of a tiny useless fish halting the construction of a dam but it is in place for a reason. I would like to see the ESA and the species newly added to it to be enforced more rapidly because when a species is listed that means it is in danger and seven years is a long time when it comes to the well being of whats left of an entire population. I guess I am petitioning/advocating, which I know I shouldn't be doing, for a more fair for enforcement of the ESA for both the animals and the potential human interaction that will take place like in the case of these three African antelope that way as Gifford Pinchot would say, the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest amount of time.
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