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Lolita Deserves Her Legal Rights

12/19/2010

 
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The Endangered Species Act 4(d) rule "take" prohibitions could provide a legal precedent to protect Lolita from harmful conditions at the Miami  Seaquarium and the local, state and federal governments which fail to prevent such harm.

"Liability  for a take may not always rest with the  entity directly responsible  for the action. A series of recent cases  demonstrates that governmental  entities (federal, state, or local) that  license or regulate conduct  that results in harm to listed species can  be indirectly liable for  take." 


As the government is not providing protection for which Lolita is legally entitled,  the government itself should be held liable.

Let's hope that attorney Steven Wise will choose Lolita as the subject of his case for recognizing the legal status and rights of cetaceans as "persons."

There are far too many compelling reasons Lolita needs protection and legal rights:
  • Lolita has been held captive in the smallest facility for the longest time
  • She is the only living, captive, endangered Southern Resident  Killer Whale
  • The market demand created by the Miami  Seaquarium for the capture of wild orcas was a primary contributor  to her species becoming  endangered
  • The government has failed to protect Lolita under the Endangered Species Act for half a decade.
Please ask your elected officials to support government intervention to ensure the legal rights Lolita deserves.

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