Attention all pet owners (Cats, Dogs, Reptiles, whatever): To any pet owner and any American in general: This is an important message regarding your rights as a pet owner. The US Fish & Wildlife Service seeks CatX to Avoid Due Process for Injurious Listings to the Lacey act. The “Categorical Exclusion” (CatX) proposed earlier this month by US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) is the single most dangerous threat ever fielded to pet ownership. If enacted, CatX would pave the way for FWS to easily add species to the Injurious Wildlife list of the Lacey Act by waving due process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA requires due process with science, economics and social impact considered prior to listing. CatX would eliminate NEPA mandated impact studies! With this in place, lobbyist such as PETA and the HSUS, radical groups who view pet ownership as unethical and injurious to both animals and humans, can take measures to outlaw pet ownership in America. Currently they are seeking to end exotic pet ownership which includes but is not limited to fish, reptiles, birds, and undomesticated mammals. They will not stop there; however, once they are victorious in ruining the exotic animal industry they will seek to go after domestic pets including dogs and cats. They will make claims that any pet ownership is inhumane and destroys the local fauna and flora. Our very rights as Americans are being taken from us if we allow this proposal to pass. The deadline for public comment is July 31st. I encourage any pet owner, as well as any American who is fed up with the government trying to eliminate our basic liberties to email the proceeding email to: [email protected] In the Subject Line: Categorical Exclusion; FWS–HQ–FHC–2013–N044 In the body of the email: I am against the proposed US Fish & Wildlife “Categorical Exclusion” from NEPA mandates. This action could facilitate the arbitrary addition of animals to the injurious wildlife list of the Lacey Act. Not only would it negate due process, but it would also negate legal recourse under NEPA. Categorical Exclusion could potentially become a tool to destroy many small businesses as well. Please consider the following points: 1. The proposed categorical exclusion bypasses the requirement to consider economic and social impacts under NEPA. 2. A categorical exclusion would not allow FWS to fully consider the beneficial impacts of declining to list a species under the Lacey Act. 3. The proposed categorical exclusion is much broader than any of the other eight exclusions that FWS has approved under “permitting and regulatory functions”. 4. The FWS’s “extraordinary circumstances” exception to a categorical exclusion is unhelpful because it does not apply to actions with high economic impacts. Additionally, the 30 day public comment period is far too short to make a fully informed comment. FWS published the proposed rule in the federal register over the holiday weekend. 30 days is not adequate to get full participation and quality comments. I am requesting that the public comment period be extended by 60 days. Thank you. [Your name] [Your city, state]
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:48:22 +0000
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