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Tiny Endangered Fish Hampers U.S. Border Enforcement in Arizona

Posted on | May 18, 2011 | 16 Comments

When Audrey Hudson of Human Events e-mailed to ask if I’d be interested in her story about the pupfish, I sent her back a six-word message: “What the hell is a pupfish?” Here’s part of her story:

Federal agents must abandon their vehicles and chase drug smugglers and illegal aliens on foot through 40 acres near the Mexican border because of a pond that is home to the endangered desert pupfish.
It’s part of the agreement between the Homeland Security and Interior departments on how best to protect the ecosystem, frustrating lawmakers who say it also prevents agents from conducting routine patrols. . . .
The two-inch, bluish pupfish lives in the Quitobaquito Pond and spring channel in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument west of Tucson, Ariz. . . .
Lawmakers are frustrated over the territorial battles between the government agencies that are charged with protecting the environment and protecting the border.
They say federal land managers are using environmental regulations to block the Border Patrol from accessing protected portions within 21 million acres on the southern border and 1,000 miles along the Canadian border . . .

Read the whole thing.

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Category: Arizona, Environmentalism, Immigration

Comments

  • http://thatmrgguy.wordpress.com/ Mike

    Isn’t that the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever heard of? Between Pupfish and Snail Darters…Jeez.

  • Anonymous

    This is just a sample of the EPA’s and other Government red tape that hinders the Border Patrol.
    Well it isn’t as if we didn’t already know that we needed to abolish the EPA. 

  • Allah

    If you dare hurt those cute little pup fish, I will be very furious with you.  I gave you dominion, but I expect you not to mess with my favorite creations. 

    P.S.–Mohammed does not speak for me.  He just made up most of what he babbles about.  I created pigs and dogs.  I like them too. 

  • Robbyahm

    With food prices on the rise, what Arizonans need to do is COOK the damn things, should save money on grocery and allow the border patrols to resume duty. 

  • Allah

    I am the Almighty, not the blogger that goes by the same name. 

    BTW, I am totally fine with cartoons too.  Yes, I have a sense of humor.   

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6OOPHMPLPN4PBGSMYIAETYM72Y Doug

    we must believe in darwinism. we must not practice it.

  • DaveO

    I truly don’t believe the humans can help themselves. Desecrate the home of the pupfish, and it’s a life- & future-destroying fine from the EPA.

    Guess that means the Border Patrol is just going to have to shoot people in the back.  

  • Anonymous

     I bet they’re great fried up in some beer batter and served with hush puppies.

  • Allah

    This is really not about my little pup fish, or jaguars, or spotted owls, or any other endangered species.  This is about interagency survival of the most mendacious. 

  • Allah

    Unfortunately government agents are anything but endangered.   

  • Allah

    You are obviously an optomist.   

  • Allah

     http://www.livescience.com/14216-overestimation-extinction-rate-habitat-loss.html

    Imagine that.  It is easy if you try. 

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  • DaveO

    Not really. Don’t believe the BP is allowed to practice their marksmanship, or to draw weapons that are locked and loaded. 

  • Fatdruid

       I propose that a national task group made up of citizens from each state be formed for the purpose of IMMEDIATELY extincting any of these useless species so as to facilitate new species development and human progress.

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