Lion | FWS Rejects Attempts to Stop Lion Hunting Major Setback for Anti-Hunting Efforts! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ seen on Safari Club International (SCI) -- Official Group ▷▷▷ on.fb.me/11KQUg6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Washington, D.C. — Today (October 27, 2014), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rejected the claim that the African lion merited listing as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. After a long and comprehensive review of the species status, which included information from the foremost lion researchers in the world, the FWS concluded that the African lion simply is not on the brink of extinction and did not merit listing as an endangered species. The FWS concluded “sport-hunting was not found to be a threat to the species at this time.” This conclusion is a blow to the anti-hunting rhetoric put forward by organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States and International Fund for Animal Welfare. The FWS’s conclusion contradicts the assertions made by these anti-hunting organizations in the petition they filed with FWS to have the lion listed as endangered. The on the ground facts and the science simply did not support their position. “By rejecting an endangered listing, the FWS has officially recognized the reality that the African lions are not actually on the brink of extinction. More important, today’s decision will likely help further the cooperative efforts of the African nations, and the many organizations and individuals who are working to study and ensure lion populations are sustainable today and into the future.” said Safari Club International Foundation (SCI Foundation) President Joe Hosmer. “Given the outstanding efforts of African governments in creating and maintaining protected strongholds for a large majority of the lion population, it is doubtful that the Service will be able to defend its conclusion that the lion is threatened with extinction in the foreseeable future.” ...click on the picture for the full article. ━━━━━━━━
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:00:01 +0000
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