fish and wildlife

Dick Cheney spoke Friday at the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Reno, NV, claiming that the Bush administration has championed wildlife preservation:

Apparently there’s a snake handling crackdown in Kentucky:

The Telegraph: "Moon mistaken for UFO "

Police in Wales were called to investigate a mysterious flying saucer, only to discover it was the moon.

Not a flying saucer:

This story is what I’ve been waiting for. It was a matter of time.

Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour killed a hawk, on purpose, and faces criminal charges as a result.

He drove closer to the bird in his golf cart and starting hitting balls at it. The bird didn’t move and Isenhour gave up and drove away.

Isenhour started again when the hawk moved within about 75 yards, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Brian Baine

NRA-ILA:

Looks like, since the Dept. of the Interior isn’t getting the hint, congress is looking to pass a law telling them to drop the gun ban in parks:

AP:

Nearly half the Senate is pushing the Bush administration to let gun owners carry handguns and other firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges.

Forty-seven lawmakers have signed a letter asking Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to lift Reagan-era restrictions that prevent citizens from carrying readily accessible firearms onto lands managed by the