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    Lawmakers cry 'fowl' over attempts to protect the lesser prairie chicken

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And other animal could be making its way onto the list of endangered species now.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service says that it -- list -- Lesser prairie chicken that's -- because Greg.

As -- because the bird and its habitat are evidently in declined.

The chicken lives in Texas Oklahoma -- Mexico -- -- but putting it on the list could mean fewer jobs in a weakened economy so.

Is a lesser prairie chicken worth the cost them the administration did nothing to do anything on conservation and didn't list any speeches that I am aware of during -- first term but all of a sudden after the election you've got the job blocking things happening outside because this.

Chicken -- what the chicken first.

He -- that this chicken deals with energy jobs yes it does the front does I -- is away for the private sector to help protect.

A chicken with -- and also -- -- This always happens we're entering an American energy Renaissance.

Which means you're going to answer a Renaissance for environmentalist wackos to kill.

This Renaissance I will say this the prairie chicken is sexy -- Kathy Griffin kind of way.

But I say prairie chickens should become prairie chick filet.

Kill -- and let colonel Sanders sort about that -- Erica because they're let me -- a free market question.

The private sector has every incentive to keep the land.

Preserved so they could actually be productive.

There are ways for the private sector to get involved but instead -- the government keeps being more.

A punishing -- -- talk -- last block on energy companies in the west if it's not what's this thing called the lesser present at prairie chicken it's not I had read any.

It's that west Texas blizzard that shut down -- now despite yeah.

Another is that the private sector help figure out how to write late Saturday figured out a way to -- it actually increase in the number of of those lizards.

Never the delta smelt yeah California it diverted waterway for farmers and farmers were going bankrupt com.

Let's report but we have our own in big speeches written by.

Respond it's Bob that's all that.

Greater.

Studio bison -- Have you ever and I.

Prairie chicken -- -- I didn't burger.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Virtually every president is declared today every -- I know.

-- I haven't I have a hasn't really had to deal with any of these is no evidence.

I think for our bets that they did this something brags Reagan did which it and I think everybody that I think it's odd that they didn't that make these announcements and now I have very good about my choice -- farm.

About the -- -- but let me say this it says here that.

That west Texas food to be decimated.

Economically because of these chickens and oil what -- do go to over -- stuff themselves and do it.

It's not the -- they can't tell you can't let you ladies and now LA area and -- ipads -- Every every every activity has to stop what they plug -- out of the -- right you're solving you're talking a -- -- right now.

Can't they moved next door you talk about that move the chickens right now it's boom -- the oil Loy L.

Got that out of the sitting below that of the substance that he had given it up and they -- an airtight when you grew up at encounter stiff stories here in California I'd get environmental -- stories out there.

But there was a voice.

Their farm and Drake bay.

The secretary cells are called them this week -- -- Sorry guys even -- senator Dianne fines and would like to keep this year we're actually not going to renew your at least you're gonna have to shut down.

Thirty jobs and all eleven families and lose their homes as well because of this and other baby oysters that they have on the -- right now -- could be at risk to I mean you have to be really concerned when you see this kind of government overreaching thing we're gonna shut you down we're gonna take your job to take your homes and you're not going to be -- the -- about it even in your own senate chair.

In the political party hasn't -- horses -- -- proud is not sit well it.

No no that's actually I don't -- This one of about the seashore and about because people go there and this is basically says over over -- this rancher buck doesn't -- doesn't four.

He says that he was totally shocked when secretary cells are called him and said they weren't going to do -- is that it forces should now you know that there are about to develop.

And there's ten million oysters that are going to be basically killed.

And where is Peta because you can't.

Hug an oyster oyster isn't Fuzzy and cute and doesn't let up -- -- they need to ask for I really don't care of the right to -- we -- -- -- That's terrible -- -- the thing.

All of this comes down to elevating.

-- animals to that if humans in every time you elevate humans.

Our animals you -- human like you're making everything relative.

In Germany right now there is a movement to legalize beast reality because they don't believe there's a difference between humanity and animals.

One analysts once you equate animals to humanity I -- -- -- -- Comes out in the industry you lose lose you lose out and food you lose out on land that's how we're well are you reading it's great to have you back and I.

I have it's you in a cafe with Jasper it may be very very -- Let me make up one last point -- and in La Jolla, California and her a lot about I have the really have a home -- so they -- there's a seal company.

They all go down there and yet protect those but the thing is -- all these different government agencies and nobody can get to clean the rocks.

Of all the birds -- So that they are blue shields Malcolm.

And so now business owners are saying that some of the tourists are turning away because they don't wanna go there and eat outside have to smell it won't do you blame it on I mean basic clean that happened that I have nothing now there is -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- in the area who have been at the beginning -- yeah.

Into the area to properly cleaning rat -- a credit.

What's the end they won't allow the businesses the private ownership to go and I want clean on their own not okay with our own -- into -- because it.

You violence it's it's got a question though for Bob at the lion's share of fracking were in Blue States would the federal government try to set it down.

Would -- even reducing doses of blues project this if Elizabeth that's been -- -- dial.

New York connected well.

Yeah and -- of Maradona went to let me.

Did you come up -- blow it out -- Let me get -- a story about and -- I'm analyst good intentions.

Turning to bad consequences nearly every day but all that data today which is not that.