U.S. Declares 6 Penguin Species Threatened (no Antarctic species)

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/endangered-species-penguins-47121802

Six of nine penguin species proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act are threatened with extinction in at least part of their ranges, and one is endangered, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The service, a part of the Interior Department, proposed listing the African penguin as endangered because commercial fishing, oil pollution, declining prey and increasingly fierce predators. Five other species considered threatened are the yellow-eyed penguin, the white-flippered penguin, the Fiordland crested penguin, the erect-crested penguin, all from New Zealand, as well as the Humboldt penguin of Chile and Peru. In addition, the Southern Rockhopper penguin will be listed as threatened in part of its range in New Zealand.

"Threats to these penguin species include commercial fishing, competition for prey, habitat loss, disease, and predation," according to the USFWS.

These are just proposals. The public has 60 days to comment, and then the USFWS will determine if the decisions stand.

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Why would the US list species that do not occur here?

Let's say you want the kudos of adding a species to the list. You can either a) pick a crested penguin several thousand miles away that you can't do anything about, or b) pick a pygmy owl that would involve all sort of money and effort and pissing off of the redneck voters.

No contest. Now stop hating America and get out there with your shotgun, hippie.

but that was my first thought as well.

My shotgun's in the shop right now. :shrug:

:shrug:

Grab an AK-47 and few hundred rounds, it's time for some roast condor. :9

That's more like grab a slingshot and some empty chip bags. :eyes:

Or grab some lead shotgun pellets, and leave the gun at home. :eyes:

In a box.

It will be annoyed at spending a week in a box.

Enjoy.

:D

2) You put your kea in that box.

3) You let her open the box.

And that's the way you do it...

:shrug:

BTW, I checked off the Humboldt, Fiordland Crested and Yellow-eyed...