Bush Removes Still Threatened Flying Squirrel from Endangered Species List Against Expert Advice
Endangered species don’t stand much of a chance in the remaining months of the Bush administration. Against expert advice, the Bush administration delisted the West Virginia northern flying squirrel, stripping the species of any protection without significant data supporting its recovery. Judy Rodd, director of Friends of Blackwater, part of a 29-group Save Our Squirrel coalition stated:
The delisting of the West Virginia northern flying squirrel appears to be part of the Bush administration’s plan to gut the Endangered Species Act by keeping rare species off the list, undercutting protections for some on the list, and removing others from the list altogether.
Down-listing the flying squirrel to threatened status would have been a more prudent decision.
Image: Action Network
Via: Center for Biological Diversity
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[...] head off — then again he never had a traditionalist bone in his body — but did find time to take West Virginian Flying Squirrels off the Endangered Species [...]