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Posted Mon Oct 13 2014: from National Geographic:
As Dwindling Monarch Butterflies Make Their Migration, Feds Try to Save Them http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1413215883
... The North American monarch population has declined by 90 percent over the past two decades. At its high in the winter of 1996-1997, there were a billion monarchs. Today, there are only about 35 million, according to a petition filed in August by scientists from several environmental organizations asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to classify the monarch as "threatened" under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The classification provides various protections including the authority for the agency to purchase habitat, and prohibitions on killing or injuring an animal or destroying its habitat without a permit, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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I bet the Feds contract this out to Halliburton.

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