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Related: About this forumUS judge rules against butterfly sanctuary opposed to Trump's wall
A US judge ruled Thursday against a butterfly sanctuary that had sued to keep President Donald Trump's proposed border wall from cutting the refuge in two.
For months the National Butterfly Center has been arguing that the wall would be devastating for those insects and other creatures living in this habitat in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
As many as 200 species of butterfly live in the sanctuary, as do bobcats, coyotes, skunk pigs, armadillos and Texas turtles.
Financing for a wall going through the sanctuary was approved last year and is separate from the border appropriation fight that is currently roiling Washington. Construction could begin in a matter of weeks, local people said.
The North American Butterfly Association, which runs the refuge, sued the government on grounds that the sanctuary is private property.
But federal judge Richard Leon ruled Thursday that the project can proceed.
"On the same day the president announces he will declare a state of emergency, the federal judge throws out our case. We are not going away that easily!", the butterfly center said in a tweet.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-02-butterfly-sanctuary-opposed-trump-wall.html#jCp
Ferrets are Cool
(21,126 posts)hlthe2b
(102,637 posts)Shutdown deal includes language to protect a butterfly sanctuary and other landmarks from border barrier
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/02/14/government-shutdown-deal-includes-protections-south-texas-landmarks/
CatMor
(6,212 posts)handmade34
(22,759 posts)I honestly have never felt the hate I have for him... he has no humanity and is contributing to death and destruction
CatMor
(6,212 posts).I too never felt hate like this before.
CurtEastPoint
(18,692 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)because I can't stand to see or hear him. I now read all the news.
OKIsItJustMe
(19,941 posts)I've hated him for >30 years. Back then, I thought he was a dangerous clownthe personification of greed, corruption and ignorance.
The only thing new is that he's now in the White House!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-forged-his-ideas-on-trade-in-the-1980sand-never-deviated-1542304508
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