I assume Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., occasionally
rides a horse, because he is a rancher (HCN, 10/17/05: Pombo takes
on the Endangered Species Act). I know that many people have heard
of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — War, Famine,
Pestilence and Death. I see Pombo riding the pale horse, Death,
trying to bring about his own brand of the apocalypse to the
Endangered Species Act.
Critical habitat, which Pombo
wants to destroy, is the heart of the Endangered Species Act. If
you eliminate habitat, then you bring about extinction.
Pombo should not be allowed to bring about the end of days for the
environment just so land developers, big timber and oil companies
can tear into wild lands and wreak havoc on wildlife to line their
pockets with money.
Bryan
O’Neal
Center for Biological
Diversity
Tucson, Arizona
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