The following federal programs and activities have been drastically affected by the government shutdown: Whales: The Marine Mammal Commission, which monitors whale populations, is on hiatus. Animal-semen exporters: The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports, ‘No one in Louisiana will be able export livestock, embryos, fertilized animal eggs or animal semen.’ Goats: 50 Nubian goats, tasked with eating poison ivy at a New Jersey historical site, were furloughed. Klansmen: A planned march in Gettysburg by the Confederate Knights of the KKK was canceled because the national battlefield park is closed. Oh, the humanity! When will the madness that is the government shutdown end?
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:17:38 +0000