jueves, 10 de mayo de 2012

THREE AFRICAN ANTELOPE SUFFER SERIUS RESTRICTIONS FOR HUNTING IN TEXAS

A protecting group of animal rights opens a court case that can cause species to disappear from Texas 3. These three species are endangered.
The three species in question are the scimitar oryx, gazelle and the fairy queen. The hunting of these three species generates thousands of dollars a year, the ban on hunting these species generate a large economic loss to the owners of the ranches jeans. During the last decade has been a 10% of the herds of Texas.
          Since 2005, an exception to the Act, Endangered Species has enabled farmers to increase the three species, and hunters rececharlos without special permission. In total, Texas ranchers had about 1,800 animals in 2004. With the exemption in force, the number increased to over 17,000 in 2011.
           The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced a new regulation, scheduled to take effect on April 4. On that date, the agency says, "the three species of antelope are treated like other threatened species of animals bred in captivity in the United States. People who have these three species of antelope and wish to carry out prohibited activities, including interstate or foreign commerce, import, export, Trapping or other forms of capture, must obtain a permit or other authorization from the Wildlife and Fisheries » .
            Charly Seale, who owns a ranch in texas, executive director of the Exotic Wildlife Association says that while the permitting process is not particularly expensive-a few hundred dollars, it is a long and difficult process. "It is not expensive. It's hard, "he said. "A permit is seven pages, the other is two pages. In perfect conditions it takes six months to obtain permits. These are privately owned. We should not have a permit to fill or half a page to do what we want with our property. "

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