“Wildlife Protection Act of 2010”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Wildlife Protection Act of 2010 is a statute enacted by the government of the District of Columbia (which is coterminous with the United States capital city of Washington).^[1] The Act was adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia on 2010 October 5.^[2]

Controversy began developing as critics of the law alleged that it protected rats without regard to their effects on the human population,^[3] a strident opponent from the outset being the Wildlife Society.^[4] The controversy broadened in early 2012 amid concerns about the prevalence of rats in the vicinity of the Occupy DC camp in the District of Columbia.^[5] Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) assailed the Act as encouraging exterminators to dump the District of Columbia’s rats into bordering Virginia.^[6] Similar concerns were voiced by Maryland legislator Pat McDonough (R-Baltimore).^[7]

One commentator referred to the Act as providing "Right to Life for Rodents"!^[8] The controversy went national when it was aired by Rush Limbaugh^[9] and soon picked up as well by Huffington Post.^[10]

District of Columbia Council Member Mary Cheh (D), author of the Act, spoke on Fox News, claiming that critics' statements misrepresented it.^[11]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url = http://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/d-c-passes-wildlife-protection-act/ |magazine = Animal Blawg|last = Lyons |first = Gillian |title = D.C. passes Wildlife Protection Act |date = 2010-11-12 |accessdate = 2012-01-24 }}
2. ^The text of the Act is available at {{cite news|url = http://cnsnews.com/sites/default/files/documents/Wildlife%20Protection%20Act%20of%202010.pdf|title = Wildlife Protection Act of 2010 |issue = 2001 edition with 2011 winter supplement, enrolled original |magazine = Codification District of Columbia Official Code|date = 2010-11-08|accessdate = 2012-01-24}} For background see also Czop, Lisa Marie (2010-11-08), "Fact vs. fiction: DC Wildlife Protection Act," Examiner (accessed 2012-01-24).
3. ^{{cite news|url = http://forums.somd.com/news-current-events/239276-wth-wildlife-protection-act-2010-example.html |title = WTH? Wildlife Protection Act of 2010 is an example|magazine = Southern Maryland Community Forum|accessdate = 2012-01-24|date = 2012-01-18}}
4. ^{{cite news|url = http://joomla.wildlife.org/documents/DC_WPA_letter.pdf |first = Thomas J. |last = Ryder |magazine = Wildlife Society|title = The Wildlife Protection Act [letter to the District of Columbia Council] |date = 2010-11-03 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}
5. ^{{cite news |first = Annie |last = Gowen |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/city-rat-population-has-exploded-around-occupy-dc-camps/2012/01/09/gIQA6AoylP_blog.html|title = City: Rat population has 'exploded'around Occupy D.C. camps |date = 2012-01-09 |accessdate = 2012-01-24 |newspaper = Washington Post}}
6. ^{{cite news|url = http://cnsnews.com/news/article/va-ag-fears-dc-law-may-relocate-rat-families-virginia |last = Goins |first = Christopher |title = VA AG fears DC law may relocate rat 'families' to Virginia |date = 2012-01-13 |magazine = CNS News|accessdate = 2012-01-24}}
7. ^{{cite news|url = http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/capital-land/2012/01/md-delegate-moves-ban-rat-trafficking-defend-state-borders/2117506 |last = Binder |first = Alan |date = 2012-01-20 |newspaper = Washington Examiner|accessdate = 2012-01-24 |title = Maryland delegate moves to ban rat trafficking, 'protect our borders' }} See also {{cite news|magazine = Media Matters Action Network |url = http://politicalcorrection.org/mobile/blog/201201200011 |first = Salvatore |last = Colleluori |title = Maryland delegate uses anti-immigrant language to describe anti-rat trafficking bill |date = 2012-01-12 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}
8. ^{{cite news|url = http://dcinsider.com/health/dc-wildlife-law-protects-rats-right-to-life-for-rodents-cns-news/ |title = DC wildlife law protects rats: Right to life for rodents |date = 2012-01-18 |last = Chapman |first = Michael W. |magazine = DC Insider|accessdate = 2012-01-24}} See also {{cite news|url = http://investmentwatchblog.com/new-dc-law-protects-rats/#.Tx84f7yF_Xg |last = Chapman |first = Michael W. |title = New DC law protects rats! |magazine = Investment Watch|accessdate = 2012-01-24 |date = 2012-01-17}}
9. ^{{cite news|url = http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/01/16/washington_dc_law_forces_exterminators_to_capture_and_relocate_rats |title = Washington, DC, law forces exterminators to capture and relocate rats |first = Rush |last = Limbaugh |magazine = Rush Limbaugh Show|date = 2012-01-16 |accessdate = 2012-01-24}}
10. ^{{cite news |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/maryland-dc-rats_n_1215951.html |title = Maryland lawmaker wants policy to block rats from D.C. |date = 2012-01-24 |accessdate = 2012-01-24|newspaper = Huffington Post|first = Arin|last = Greenwood}}
11. ^{{cite news|url = http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/dc-councilmember-mary-cheh-discusses-dc-wildlife-protection-act-of-2010-011912 |title = DC Councilmember Mary Cheh discusses Wildlife Protection Act |date = 2012-01-19 |accessdate = 2012-01-24 |magazine = Fox 5 News}}