{"id":31835,"date":"2022-12-20T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/?p=31835"},"modified":"2022-12-20T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:19:08","slug":"senate-democrats-condemn-right-whale-to-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/senate-democrats-condemn-right-whale-to-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats Condemn Right Whale to Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Cone-calf-Georgia-DNR.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"514\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Cone-calf-Georgia-DNR-771x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Cone-calf-Georgia-DNR-771x514.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Cone-calf-Georgia-DNR-336x224.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Cone-calf-Georgia-DNR-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Cone-calf-Georgia-DNR.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Entangled North Atlantic right whale and calf, credit Georgia DNR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Statement from Endangered Species Coalition Executive Director, Leda Huta on the right whale policy rider added by Senate Democrats to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/JRQ121922.PDF\">omnibus funding budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In a gift to a dying Maine lobster industry, Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer and Patrick Leahy condemned North Atlantic right whales to more entanglements with fishing gear, more prolonged suffering, and likely extinction. In the midst of a biodiversity crisis, this betrayal and backroom dealing is particularly horrific. Schumer and Leahy should be more concerned with the world we are leaving our children than with whatever political deal they dragged the country into.&#8221; <\/p>\n<cite>Leda Huta, Executive Director Endangered Species Coalition<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nStatement from Endangered Species Coalition Executive Director, Leda Huta on the right whale policy rider added by Senate Democrats to the omnibus funding budget. In a gift to a dying Maine lobster industry, Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer and&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/senate-democrats-condemn-right-whale-to-extinction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Senate Democrats Condemn Right Whale to Extinction&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":31836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[836,837],"tags":[411,886,887,888],"class_list":["post-31835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esc-org","category-press-release","tag-extinction","tag-democrats","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-patrick-leahy","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate Democrats Condemn Right Whale to Extinction - Endangered Species Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/senate-democrats-condemn-right-whale-to-extinction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Democrats Condemn Right Whale to Extinction - Endangered Species Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Statement from Endangered Species Coalition Executive Director, Leda Huta on the right whale policy rider added by Senate Democrats to the omnibus funding budget. 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