Imagine that. How lucky the environmental groups in Australia are to actually be given a special place to protect wildlife.

In the USA conservation and environmental protections (click here) are viewed as pesky and an inhibition to profits by Wall Street. The political conversation in Washington, DC has even invaded the Democratic Party in stating efforts are too problematic when the economy is paramount.  

The report above is from 2010, five years ago. I am sure the dollars have increased since then. The day the USA kills the Endangered Species Act is the day the USA suffers incredible loss in economic strength that survives economic setbacks. Americans turn to recreation areas and activities close to home when belt tightening becomes important.

A kangaroo stands on ground blackened by a bushfire near Coonabarabran, about 350 km (217 miles) northwest of Sydney January 19, 2013. Reuters

July 20, 2015
By Darwin Malicdem

The Australian Government (click here) has set the new strategies to save its threatened wildlife. The Department of the Environment recently launched the new Threatened Species Strategy on Thursday, July 16, at the Threatened Species Summit in Melbourne in partnership with the local and private groups to protect Australia’s extinct animal and plant species.

During the summit at Melbourne zoo on Thursday, federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt  announced the proposed plans for the five-year Threatened Species Strategy to save its wildlife from possible extinction due to declining number.“

The strategy aims to save species that are at risk of extinction, including 20 mammals, 20 birds and 30 plants. The environment minister stated that the government will improve the lives of local wildlife through killing two million feral cats and creating safe havens to improve habitat and intervene in emergencies.

Australia is recorded as one of the countries with worst extinction records in the world, with 29 mammal species lost and nearly 1,800 species nationally listed as being under threat. The government cited that feral cats, pests and weeds, altered fire regimes and the expansion of the agricultural industry are the major causes why native animal and plant species decline....