Kaibab National Forest hunters can keep using lead ammo, court rules
PHOENIX -- Hunters in Arizona won't be barred from using lead ammunition even if the bullets left behind can cause the death of other animals.
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PHOENIX -- Hunters in Arizona won't be barred from using lead ammunition even if the bullets left behind can cause the death of other animals.
Hunters in Arizona won't be barred from using lead ammunition even if the bullets left behind can cause the death of other animals.In a new ruling Friday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a bid by the Center for Biological Diversity to order the U.S. Forest Service to ban the use of the ammo in the Kaibab National Forest.Judge Jay Bybee, writing for the unanimous
PHOENIX — Hunters in Arizona won’t be barred from using lead ammunition even if the bullets left behind can cause the death of other animals.
Conservationists lament ruling that hunters on forest land won't be barred from using lead ammunition even if the bullets left behind can kill other animals.
The 2-1 ruling (divided along surprising ideological lines) is a win for the administration. But they may well still end up losing in the end.