lets wipe out another endangered species!

U.S. Accused of Cooking Florida Panther Data

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/050504G.shtml

U.S. Accused of Cooking Florida Panther Data
The Associated Press

Monday 03 May 2004


With no more than 100 Florida panthers roaming the southwestern part of the state, a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist is accusing the agency of putting developers' needs ahead of the endangered cats.

Andrew C. Eller Jr., a Fish and Wildlife biologist for 17 years, filed a formal complaint Monday alleging the agency is knowingly using flawed science in key decisions affecting how much undeveloped land is set aside for the panthers.

"Panther literature considered 'best available science' by the USFWS contains unsupported assumptions, uses inappropriate analytical methods and selectively uses data to support conclusions," Eller said in his complaint.

He said agency figures are being inflated and habitat needs minimized. For example, daytime and nightly habitat use patterns are wrongly equated and all panthers are falsely assumed to be breeding adults to show a higher reproduction rate, he said.

Eller said the agency should conclude that the animal's existence is in jeopardy, which could require stricter protections against development.


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As a species Humans are doomed.

It's Countdown to Extinction time.

Any species that could kill of such an amazing Animal does not deserve to remain on this planet.

Mother Nature will get pay back on us and it's gonna be a colossal bitch