your senator is the co-sponsor for s373!
I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN CALLING HIM OUT ON THIS ISSUE!!!
he needs to realize the following (which i already emailed him)....
Senator Levin,
I appreciate your efforts to protect native ecosystems, but S373 is not the most effective way to accomplish this - especially in Michigan.
I would urge you to take a closer look at the evidence for and against this bill, specifically the study published by researchers at the City University of New York that directly refutes the claims made by the USGS report concerning the spread of the Burmese python.
Comparing the CUNY study and the USGS report side by side, how can one possibly walk away still convinced that the Burmese python poses any threat whatsoever to the rest of the nation?
For whatever reason, S373 supporters have turned a blind eye to hard science in favor of a politically motivated 'research study' that is obviously and fundamentally flawed.
This has even been pointed out by leading biologists and herpetologists who have an astonishingly greater knowledge base than the authors of the USGS reports.
So please, Senator, reconsider your stance on this bill. The reptile community has reached out a hand of assistance to Senator Bill Nelson on this issue, but rather than accepting our help, he has instead proposed scientifically unfounded legislation that would decimate our livelihood.
Respectfully,
Chris DeLange
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN CONTACT HIM:
Carl Levin — U.S. Senator from Michigan
LET'S GET IT DONE!!!
I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN CALLING HIM OUT ON THIS ISSUE!!!
he needs to realize the following (which i already emailed him)....
Senator Levin,
I appreciate your efforts to protect native ecosystems, but S373 is not the most effective way to accomplish this - especially in Michigan.
I would urge you to take a closer look at the evidence for and against this bill, specifically the study published by researchers at the City University of New York that directly refutes the claims made by the USGS report concerning the spread of the Burmese python.
Comparing the CUNY study and the USGS report side by side, how can one possibly walk away still convinced that the Burmese python poses any threat whatsoever to the rest of the nation?
For whatever reason, S373 supporters have turned a blind eye to hard science in favor of a politically motivated 'research study' that is obviously and fundamentally flawed.
This has even been pointed out by leading biologists and herpetologists who have an astonishingly greater knowledge base than the authors of the USGS reports.
So please, Senator, reconsider your stance on this bill. The reptile community has reached out a hand of assistance to Senator Bill Nelson on this issue, but rather than accepting our help, he has instead proposed scientifically unfounded legislation that would decimate our livelihood.
Respectfully,
Chris DeLange
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN CONTACT HIM:
Carl Levin — U.S. Senator from Michigan
LET'S GET IT DONE!!!
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