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I’ve been closely following the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon by armed men. (Lots of debate about what to call them: to me they are seditionists.) Almost lost in the drama are the animals that the refuge was created to protect. They are awesome:
https://www.thedodo.com/wildlife-refuge-militia-1537442270.html
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I’ll add that, while normally I have little respect for birders because of their intellectually bankrupt demonizing of cats, I was excited to see that they are furious about the occupation:
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MD considering law allowing the random public to remove animals from vehicles: http://www.akc.org/government-relations/legislative-alerts/MD-SB36-Senate-Hearing/
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