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Los Angeles City Council Pursuing Zoo Privatization
August 15, 2011, 11:00pmIn March 2009 Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed a bundle of privatization initiatives as the city faced a nearly $1 billion budget deficit. The Los Angeles Times reports that over two years later, one of Mayor Villaraigosa’s proposals–privatizing the Los Angeles Zoo–is a step closer to reality after the City Council voted to begin soliciting proposals from prospective operators.
The Bald Eagle's Worst Enemy: How Federal Law Pits Landowners Against Eagles
Policy Brief 64
June 1, 2007The recovery of the bald eagle in the lower 48 states is a huge conservation success. But the lion's share of credit for the eagle's recovery should go to the 1972 ban of the pesticide DDT, not the Endangered Species Act, according to a new set of policy briefs by the Reason Foundation.
The Reason Foundation reports also suggest the Endangered Species Act often does more harm than good by pitting landowners against the very animals it is trying to save.
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- The Politics of Protection
The battles over the Endangered Species Act are all too human.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
May 10, 2011 - Is Gassing Wolf Pups Better Than Hunting Their Parents?
Environmentalists force a tough choice in the Northern Rockies.
Ronald Bailey
September 7, 2010 - Invasion of the Invasive Species!
Local biodiversity is increasing.
Ronald Bailey
August 10, 2010 - Sustainability Semantics
John Locke, the U.N., and how to figure out if an acre of land would rather be a swamp or a cornfield
Ronald Bailey
July 6, 2010 - Sea Turtle Tastes Like Veal
Can eating endangered species help save them?
Ronald Bailey
March 9, 2010 - Michigan Shows How to Save Endangered Species
Compensating farmers and working with property owners pays big dividends
Shikha Dalmia
July 7, 2008 - Comments on Proposed Permit Regulations for the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
Proposed permit regime puts at risk the very species the Act is supposed to protect
Brian Seasholes
September 3, 2007 - Feds Can Turn Your Land Into a Defacto Federal Wildlife Refuge
Endangered Species Act pits landowners against animals we hope to save
Brian Seasholes
June 26, 2007 - Endangered Species Act Needs Dose of Sanity
Changes encourage property owners to help preservation efforts
Shikha Dalmia
October 5, 2005 - Endangered Species Act Turns 30
Results few and far between
Michael De Alessi
December 26, 2003 - Protecting People and Pachyderms
Conservation and commerce work to help wildlife
Michael De Alessi
December 5, 2003 - Elephants, Markets, and Mandates
Protecting endangered species
Michael De Alessi
April 1, 2003
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