President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> German shepherd has attacked U.S. Secret Service (USSS) personnel dozens of times over the course of Biden&#8217;s first term in office.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/politics/commander-biden-secret-service-bites-white-house/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that USSS records that it obtained showed that agents were attacked at least 24 times by Commander and that personnel have had to change how they do their jobs so they are not attacked. Commander replaced the Biden&#8217;s older dog, Major, which also violently attacked people at the White House.
The Biden family has subjected hundreds of White House workers to the prospect that they could be attacked any day by the vicious dog, CNN said, noting that it&#8217;s become a &#8220;serious workplace issue.&#8221;
The disturbing number of attacks that staff have been subjected to does not include numerous additional incidents that CNN has previously highlighted that involve &#8220;executive residence staff and other White House workers.&#8221;
In the 400 pages that CNN obtained was a warning from personnel that they feared that the dog&#8217;s violent and erratic behavior would lead to &#8220;something worse&#8221; happening to others.
A source within the administration claimed that Biden felt “awful” and “heartbroken” over what has happened, even though the attacks happened for months. Another source claimed that the Bidens &#8220;care deeply about the safety of those who work at the White House.&#8221;
Some of the attacks have been severe and could have potentially led to serious outcomes had medical treatment not been rendered quickly.
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The report outlined one such attack from July 2023 when a special agent was providing security at Biden&#8217;s beach home and thought that Commander was on a leash in the backyard.
“In the background SA [redacted] heard the voice of what believes to be FLOTUS Dr. Jill Biden [redacted] yelling [redacted quote]. Commander ran toward the direction of post [redacted] booth and bit SA [redacted] in the left forearm. Causing a severe deep open wound. As result of the attack SA [redacted] started to lose a significant amount of blood from [redacted] arm,” the report said.

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CNN: Biden’s Dog Has Attacked Secret Service Dozens Of Times During Presidency

CNN: Biden's Dog Has Attacked Secret Service Dozens Of Times During Presidency

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pete-davidson-curses-out-peta-exec-in-furious-voicemail">PETA</a> (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has decided your kid&#8217;s favorite carnival ride must be eliminated after the extreme animal rights organization slammed the use of animal-themed carousels as &#8220;exploitation&#8221; and more.
In a <a href="https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/will-animal-themed-carousels-change-with-the-times-peta-appeals-to-wichitas-chance-rides/">letter</a> to the country&#8217;s largest manufacturer of carousels, Kansas-based <a href="https://www.chancerides.com/carousels/https://www.chancerides.com/carousels/">Chance Rides</a>, the organization claimed that using designs of horses and other animals &#8220;unintentionally celebrates the exploitation&#8221; of animals that are &#8220;thinking, feeling, affectionate, playful, and social beings,&#8221; the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/08/news/peta-calls-on-amusement-ride-manufacturer-chance-rides-to-stop-selling-animal-themed-carousels/">New York Post</a> reported.
&#8220;Animal-themed carousel sets reinforce the notion that these sentient beings are simply here for our entertainment, rather than individuals with the same capacity to experience fear, pain, joy, and love as any of us,&#8221; the letter added.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a press release, &#8220;Children learn through play, and teaching them to have respect and compassion for all living, feeling beings can help create a more just and merciful world.&#8221;
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&#8220;PETA urges Chance Rides and all other carousel manufacturers to hit the brakes on old-fashioned animal-themed rides and embrace designs that engage children&#8217;s imagination and showcase human talent,&#8221; Newkirk added.
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What does the group want Chance Rides to make instead of producing carousel figures in animal forms as companies have for decades? Well, according to the letter, PETA wants the company to &#8220;instead produce carousel figures in the shape of cars, airplanes, spaceships, bulldozers, and other vehicles or more whimsical designs, like shooting stars, rainbows, or brooms.&#8221;
Founded in 1961, <a href="https://www.chancerides.com/carousels/">Chance Rides</a> said of its fantasy carousels, &#8220;In a world that often moves too fast, people still find time to take the carousel&#8217;s magical voyage. Children experience pure wonder, parents and grandparents see life through younger eyes, teens forget their inhibitions … even romance finds its spark beneath the dazzling lights.&#8221;
&#8220;Each Chance Rides carousel is a masterpiece, painstakingly crafted for an authentic, distinctive look,&#8221; it added. &#8220;Multiple sizes and scenery options are available for you to find the Chance Rides carousel that fits your needs.&#8221;
At the time of this publication, the company has yet to respond publicly to PETA&#8217;s request.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pete-davidson-curses-out-peta-exec-in-furious-voicemail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Davidson Curses Out PETA Exec In Furious Voicemail</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-bills-afc-match-up-was-most-watched-divisional-playoff-game-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City</a> and Buffalo fans rallied together to raise more than $250,000 as of Wednesday — for a cat rescue charity supported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/love-for-damar-nfl-teams-pay-respects-to-recovering-buffalo-bills-safety" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bills</a> kicker Tyler Bass — after he missed a field goal in the last minutes of the game that resulted in the Chiefs 27-24 victory.
Bass ended up deleting his social media after he said he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2dBa4Qpjcj/?igsh=ZDBjMWI0ZjMxOQ%3D%3D&amp;img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received death threats</a> following the Bills loss to the Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, when his 44 yard field goal attempt to tie the game in the fourth quarter went wide right, <a href="https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/donations-surpass-260-000-to-ten-lives-club-cat-adoption-group-for-bills-kicker-tyler/article_f8567a78-bafe-11ee-9812-c726a1a1fc5c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo News</a> reported.
A New York no-kill, non-profit cat adoption agency called <a href="https://tenlivesclub.networkforgood.com/">Ten Lives Club</a>— that Bass has supported as the face of a previous ad campaign — took to social media on Monday and asked fans to show their support for the Bills kicker, who wears No. 2 jersey, by donating $22, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/us/cat-adoption-group-rallies-behind-buffalo-bills-kicker/index.html">CNN</a> noted. 
&#8220;WE STAND WITH TYLER BASS. DON’T BULLY OUR FRIEND,&#8221; a post on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TenLivesClub/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2aiTuOO3YS/">Instagram</a> read. &#8220;We just heard the terrible news that Tyler Bass is receiving threats after yesterday&#8217;s game and our phones are ringing off the hook from people who want to donate $22 to Ten Lives Club in Tyler&#8217;s name.&#8221;
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&#8220;Tyler doesn&#8217;t deserve any of the hate he&#8217;s receiving,&#8221; the post added. &#8220;He&#8217;s an excellent football player and an even better person who took the time to help our organization and rescue cats last year. Leave our friend alone.&#8221;
Football fans began donating to the pet agency and reacted to the post making it clear that whether they were Chiefs or Bills fans, they had nothing but love for Bass.
&#8220;Donated! I&#8217;m a Chiefs fan (and a cat person), and Tyler doesn&#8217;t deserve the guff he&#8217;s getting at all,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;So sorry to hear about people being awful! Much love from Chiefs Kingdom.&#8221;
Another added, &#8220;Donating in honor of Tyler. I&#8217;m a Chiefs fan, but I&#8217;m also the mom of a kicker and married to a football coach. No individual person, quarterback, kicker, or any other position wins or loses a game alone, and nobody deserves the blame the way he&#8217;s getting.&#8221;
While a third shared, &#8220;True Bills Mafia (and friends ) will always circle the wagons around our own. Stop bullying our friend! Donated because Tyler Bass is fantastic and we love cats! One person doesn&#8217;t win or lose a game. Tyler hang in there — we Billieve in you!!!&#8221;
The cat rescue agency — founded in 2001 — said the response has been overwhelming, after receiving the massive amount of pledged donations in support of the Buffalo kicker.
&#8220;Donations are coming in from all kinds of football fans – Chiefs, Steelers, even Dolphins fans,&#8221; club PR manager Kimberly LaRussa told CNN.

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NFL Fans Raise Huge Amount Of Money For Animal Charity Supported By Buffalo Bills Kicker After Missed Playoff Field Goal

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Universal Pictures</a> has tapped the original screenwriter for the first two &#8220;Jurassic Park&#8221; movies to write the next &#8220;Jurassic World&#8221; movie, which is projected to hit theaters potentially as early as 2025.
David Koepp, who wrote the original &#8220;Jurassic Park&#8221; in 1993 and &#8220;Jurassic Park: The Lost World&#8221; in 1997, is far along with the new script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie will be executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
The new movie for the franchise, which has brought in <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/31/the-13-highest-grossing-film-franchises-at-the-box-office.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billions</a> of dollars for Universal Pictures, is expected to usher in a “new Jurassic era,” the report said, adding that it seemed as though Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard would not be involved.
The report noted that Koepp is one of the top screenwriters in the industry and that his accolades include &#8220;the original Mission: Impossible (1996) film and the first Spider-Man movie (2002) to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and last year’s Indy entry, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.&#8221;
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Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jurassic-world-movie-david-koepp-1235882140/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that franchise &#8220;mainstay Frank Marshall is coming back to produce, along with his regular producing partner Patrick Crowley.&#8221;
All three of the last entries in the Jurassic franchise &#8212; &#8220;Jurassic World,&#8221; &#8220;Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,&#8221; and &#8220;Jurassic World Dominion&#8221; &#8212; made over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office, collectively grossing nearly $4 billion.
Despite box office success, only the first in the &#8220;Jurassic World&#8221; trilogy was a hit with critics, holding a 71% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes &#8212; meaning 71% of critics gave the film a favorable review. Audiences agreed, giving the film a 78%. &#8220;Fallen Kingdom&#8221; has an RT score of 46%, and &#8220;Dominion&#8221; stands at an even lower 29% &#8212; though the audience score for the latter is substantially higher, leaving the middle entry the least liked by general audiences.
The original &#8220;Jurassic Park&#8221; holds a 91% critic and audience score and is considered by many to be one of the greatest blockbuster films ever made.

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Original ‘Jurassic Park’ Screenwriter Tapped To Make Next ‘Jurassic World’ Movie

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Five-time Grammy Award winner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Michael Bublé</a> said he had a close encounter with some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animals">polar bears</a> which he described as a potential near-death experience.
The 48-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/singer">singer</a> recalled the incident during an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Tuesday. Bublé said he got close to the polar bears in Canada after attending a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">party</a> with actor Berry Pepper.
“I think, in the moment, we’re like, ‘You know what we should do? We should, like, race down the beach.’ And so me and [Pepper] and another guy came running down this beach, and a guy that lived there just started swearing,” Bublé told Clarkson during the appearance.
“[He was] literally swearing at us and just screaming — I mean screaming bloody murder,” the singer continued. He went on to explain that the angry man was just trying to warn them about the bears they were about to encounter.
“We didn’t realize, we were running to our certain death,” Bublé explained. “Because there were polar bears all down the beach. And yes, they’re the most aggressive — but God, they’re so cuddly.”
“They’re beautiful. Yeah, and [in] those Coca-Cola commercials, they’re like, ‘Snuggle,’” Clarkson agreed.
“Yeah, but they will eat you,” Bublé replied.
The “Feeling Good” artist marveled at how lucky he was to have avoided tragedy that day.
“Sometimes I wonder about that, how close I was to being like a little polar bear lunch,&#8221; he said while laughing.
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Clarkson agreed, saying, “Who would&#8217;ve thought there were just polar bears — nobody ever hears that. ‘Oh, there’s polar bears hanging on the beach.’ It just doesn’t happen.&#8221;
Recently, Bublé <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-buble-on-sons-cancer-diagnosis-rocked-my-world-and-changed-priorities">reflected</a> on his young son’s cancer diagnosis and how it affected his entire outlook on life. 
“My son’s cancer diagnosis rocked my world,” the singer said during a podcast appearance in December. “It pulled the curtain from over my eyes.”
“And that was a sledgehammer to my reality,” he continued. “And I will never be carefree and that’s okay. It is a privilege for me to exist and that pain, the fear, the suffering that comes with those sort of things is I guess it’s part of that beautiful, this life.”
Bublé said prior to his son’s diagnosis, he didn’t have his “priorities straight” and was chasing fame, but that all changed very quickly.

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Michael Bublé Recalls Near-Death Experience: ‘Close To Being A Little Polar Bear Lunch’

Michael Bublé Recalls Near-Death Experience: 'Close To Being A Little Polar Bear Lunch'

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A tennis match in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australia</a> got delayed this weekend as one of the most venomous snakes in the world made a surprise appearance on the court.
Tennis player Dominic Thiem, who won the U.S. Open in 2020, was facing off against Australian rival James McCabe in a qualifying round at the Brisbane International 0n Saturday when the serpent intruder showed up.
Officials suspended the match when spectators caught a glimpse of the uninvited guest, identified as an eastern brown snake, and called in a local expert to scoop it up, according to 9 News Australia.
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The Brisbane International is off to an unusual start&#8230; with tennis officials having to deal with snake invasion!<a href="https://twitter.com/AdamJackson_9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamJackson_9</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/9News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#9News</a> <a href="https://t.co/39cusAvnOF">pic.twitter.com/39cusAvnOF</a>
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Lucas Perrett, the snake catcher who answered the call, said officials put down a tarp and the snake slithered underneath in an apparent bid to get away from the crowd.
&#8220;He&#8217;s an eastern brown,&#8221; Perrett said of the little critter. &#8220;He is the second-most venomous snake in the world.&#8221;
The newscast showed images of Perrett walking court-side with the snake bagged at the end of a short stick. He received a round of applause once the reptile was squared away, and he took a video to show to his family.
&#8220;My wife is a massive tennis fan. We actually have tickets for next Saturday and Sunday and when I texted [to say] I&#8217;m going to pick up a snake from the Brisbane International, she went, &#8216;No way, get me an autograph,'&#8221; he said.
Thiem had just lost a set to McCabe when the snake disrupted the game, but he made a comeback and clinched victory after the match got back underway.
“I really love animals, especially exotic ones,” Thiem said, <a href="https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2023/12/thiem-saves-multiple-match-points-to-slither-into-final-qualifying-round/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the Brisbane International website</a>. “But they said it was a really poisonous snake and it was close to the ballkids, so it was a really dangerous situation.
He added, &#8220;It’s something that has never happened to me and is something I’ll definitely never forget.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/30/sport/dominic-thiem-snake-brisbane-international-spt-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by CNN</a>, the Australian Museum <a href="https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/eastern-brown-snake/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says the eastern brown snake</a> — one of <a href="https://australian.museum/learn/animals/dangerous-animals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">many dangerous animals</a> in the land Down Under — &#8220;has the unfortunate distinction of causing more deaths from snake bite than any other species of snake in Australia&#8221; with a cocktail of toxins that can lead to &#8220;progressive paralysis and uncontrollable bleeding.&#8221;

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Tennis Match In Australia Delayed When Deadly Snake Makes Surprise Appearance

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Endangered Species Act</a> (ESA), which turned 50 years old on Thursday, has largely failed to restore populations of endangered species, according to government data analyzed by researchers at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC).
The ESA, overseen and enforced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), is the backbone of the federal government’s efforts to conserve endangered or threatened species. The act has two primary goals: save species from extinction, then help them recover.
But USFWS data show a massive gap between the ESA’s impact on the rate of extinction versus its ability to help species recover, according to USFWS data <a href="https://www.perc.org/2023/07/26/missing-the-mark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analyzed</a> by PERC vice president of research Shawn Regan and PERC research fellow Katherine Wright.
Over the ESA’s lifetime, just 3% of species listed under the act as protected species have ever recovered. In a social media post marking the ESA’s 50th anniversary, Regan noted that the act has a 99% rate at keeping species from extinction. But the act has failed in its “ultimate goal,” he said.
“The act’s ultimate goal, however, is not to prevent extinction; it&#8217;s to recover species to the point that the act’s protections are no longer needed,” Regan wrote. “But of the 1,732 domestic species listed under the act, just 57 (3%) have recovered. This is not good news!”
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The act&#39;s ultimate goal, however, is not to prevent extinction; it&#39;s to recover species to the point that the act&#39;s protections are no longer needed.
But of the 1,732 domestic species listed under the act, just 57 (3%) have recovered. This is not good news! <a href="https://t.co/RL7SdnGHqs">pic.twitter.com/RL7SdnGHqs</a>
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In addition to low rate of recovery, the USFWS has missed a large majority of its projections for recovery as well.
Regan and Wright “compared the number of recovered species to the number the agency projected should be recovered by [2023]. The results weren’t great,” Regan said. “We find that most of the species projected to recover by now have not. The [USFWS] projected to recover 300 species by 2023, but only 13 of those species have recovered. (The other 44 recovered species did not have projected recovery dates.)”
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We find that most of the species projected to recover by now have not. The <a href="https://twitter.com/USFWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USFWS</a> projected to recover 300 species by 2023, but only 13 of those species have recovered. (The other 44 recovered species did not have projected recovery dates.) <a href="https://t.co/AHZqodASLd">pic.twitter.com/AHZqodASLd</a>
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The USFWS has also struggled to make meaningful progress on recovery objectives for threatened or endangered species.
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“According to the [USFWS’s] own assessment of its progress implementing recovery plans, 85% of species have completed or partially completed less than a quarter of their recovery actions,” Regan noted. “At the current rate of recovery, it would take the [USFWS] another 70 years to recover the just the remaining 287 species it projected to recover by now.”
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Many species remain listed decades longer than anticipated. At the current rate of recovery, it would take the <a href="https://twitter.com/USFWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USFWS</a> another 70 years to recover the just the remaining 287 species it projected to recover by now. <a href="https://t.co/3cQA6tFqKE">pic.twitter.com/3cQA6tFqKE</a>
&mdash; Shawn Regan (@Shawn_Regan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shawn_Regan/status/1740451578753286312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Dean McDermott</a> is speaking about his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/divorce">divorce</a> from Tori Spelling for the first time publicly, explaining how some unwanted animals being invited to sleep in their bedroom was part of the problem.
“We’d been having problems and it just got worse because we stopped sleeping in the same room,” the 57-year-old Canadian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">actor</a> told The Daily Mail in an <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12731709/Dean-McDermott-talks-Tori-Spelling-split-alcoholic-rages.html">interview</a> published Wednesday. 
McDermott blamed their new sleeping arrangements on the fact that Spelling wanted various pets, including a pig and several dogs, to sleep in the bed with them. He also said they kept a pet chicken in the bathroom.
“And we know, dogs have accidents and our particular dogs were having a lot. And I just couldn’t deal with that anymore,” the actor continued. “So, I created a healthy boundary for myself and I said, &#8216;I can’t do this. I can’t live and sleep in this kind of condition.&#8217;”
“I drew that boundary for myself and moved to another room and things just progressed from there,” McDermott added. “There were no efforts to sort of remedy the problem to get back into the room.”
The actor also accepted blame for the breakdown of his marriage, saying he would abuse alcohol and become enraged, leaving his wife and five kids “petrified.”
“It ended up with me drinking a fifth of tequila every night, seven days a week, and a handful of narcos [prescription meds] by myself with a beautiful family in the other room,” McDermott told the outlet. “That’s what it led to and that’s what led to the brokenness and to what happened between me and Tori.”
“I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t live that life anymore. I was tired of the anger and the yelling,” he added.
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McDermott and Spelling announced they were divorcing in June 2023 after 18 years of marriage. During the interview, the actor said he’s been sober for one year after moving into a sober living facility. 
“All Tori&#8217;s ever done to this day is want me to be happy and healthy and I inflicted a lot of damage and pain on that woman,” he said. “I&#8217;m taking accountability for that today. And it&#8217;s the biggest amend that I&#8217;m ever going to have to make.”

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More than a hundred <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bird</a> species are about to be renamed because their monikers have been deemed &#8220;offensive&#8221; and &#8220;exclusionary&#8221; by some due to their connection to the &#8220;racist&#8221; pasts of the people who the birds were named after.
The American Ornithological Society, an organization responsible for standardizing English bird names across the Americas, <a href="https://americanornithology.org/about/english-bird-names-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Wednesday that dozens of birds in U.S. and Canada will be renamed because birds who were named in honor of people can be upsetting to some, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/science/birds-ornithology-names-audubon.html#:~:text=The%20American%20Ornithological%20Society%20has,honor%20figures%20with%20racist%20pasts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> reported.
&#8220;There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary and harmful today,&#8221; Colleen Handel, the society&#8217;s president and a research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, said.
&#8220;We need a much more inclusive and engaging scientific process that focuses attention on the unique features and beauty of the birds themselves,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely—and birds need our help now more than ever.&#8221;
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&#8220;We&#8217;ve come to understand that there are certain names that have offensive or derogatory connotations that cause pain to people, and that it is important to change those, to remove those as barriers to their participation in the world of birds,&#8221; she continued, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209660753/these-american-birds-and-dozens-more-will-be-renamed-to-remove-human-monikers#:~:text=Flickr%20Creative%20Commons-,The%20Steller's%20jay%2C%20Cooper's%20hawk%2C%20and%20Wilson's%20warbler%20will%20all,from%20U.S.%20and%20Canadian%20birds.&amp;text=Get%20ready%20to%20say%20goodbye,%2C%20Bullock's%20Oriole%2C%20and%20more." target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a> noted.
Some of the birds who will be affected include such fine-feathered creatures as Gambel&#8217;s Quail, Lewis&#8217; Woodpecker, Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird, Bullock&#8217;s Oriole, Bewick&#8217;s Wren, and many more, NPR noted.
The Audubon&#8217;s shearwater, who was named after the famous bird illustrator John James Audubon, will be among those renamed because Audobon was a slave owner who adamantly opposed abolition, the Times noted.
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The Scott&#8217;s oriole will also get a new name because it was named after U.S. Civil War General Winfield Scott. Scott led a force of thousands who removed the Cherokee Indians from their land, as part of the Trail of Tears, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-scott/#:~:text=In%201838%2C%20Scott%20led%20a,many%20of%20their%20possessions%20stolen." target="_blank" rel="noopener">PBS</a> noted.
The move to change the birds&#8217; names comes from birders who were upset about the connection to historical figures. In 2020, following the death of George Floyd, the organization received a petition from the Bird Names For Bird&#8217;s group, which <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/science/birds-ornithology-names-audubon.html#:~:text=The%20American%20Ornithological%20Society%20has,honor%20figures%20with%20racist%20pasts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a> that the names were &#8220;isolating and demeaning reminders of oppression, slavery and genocide.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re really doing this to address some historic wrongs,&#8221; Judith Scarl, the executive director of the American Ornithological Society, said, adding that the change &#8220;will engage even more people in enjoying and protecting and studying birds.&#8221;
The renaming of the birds is expected to begin next year, starting with 10 birds and eventually working to 70 to 80 bird species. The new birds&#8217; names will based on their habitats or distinct features, NPR noted.

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There&#8217;s a lot of bull in the news these days, but here&#8217;s a story that&#8217;s actually true: On Wednesday in Nebraska, police pulled over a man for driving down a highway with a gigantic Watusi bull in his passenger seat.
WSAZ 3 <a href="https://www.wsaz.com/2023/08/31/video-police-pull-over-man-with-bull-riding-shotgun/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the Norfolk Police Division received a call from a concerned driver about a farm animal in the passenger seat of a car on Highway 275. When authorities found the vehicle in question, the responding officers got more than they bargained for.
“The officers received a call referencing a car driving into town that had a cow in it,” Police Captain Chad Reiman told the local media outlet. “They thought that it was going to be a calf, something small or something that actually fit inside the vehicle.”
Instead, officers met &#8220;Howdy Doody&#8221; — the African bull owned by the driver, Lee Meyer.  The monstrous bovine can be seen here:
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Police pulled over a man with a bull riding in the passenger’s seat. <a href="https://t.co/5kWanvn5UT">pic.twitter.com/5kWanvn5UT</a>
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It&#8217;s not the first time that Meyer has driven with the bull. During Neligh&#8217;s 2019 July 4th parade, Meyer drove what appears to be the same vehicle with the same passenger.
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Wednesday, Meyer was let off with a warning.
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&#8220;There were some citable issues with that situation. The officer chose to write him a warning and ask him to take the animal back home and to leave the city,” Reiman told the press.
Watusi bulls weigh between 1,000 and 1,600 pounds and have a <a href="https://www.thefarmatwalnutcreek.com/animal/watusi-cattle/#:~:text=The%20Ankole%2DWatusi%20is%20medium,remain%20small%20for%20several%20months." target="_blank" rel="noopener">life expectancy</a> of 20 years.

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A Japanese man who reportedly spent $14,000 on a collie dog costume to realize his dream of &#8220;becoming an animal&#8221; stepped out for his first walk in public wearing his new custom-made get-up.
&#8220;Toco,&#8221; as he is known online, shared a video last month of the outing on his YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@I_want_to_be_an_animal/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">channel</a>, which has more than 42,000 subscribers and is called &#8220;I want to be an animal.&#8221;
The YouTuber filmed himself playing on a lawn, rolling around on the street, playing fetch, and even playing with other dogs, all while dressed in his hyper-realistic dog disguise.
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Japanese man who identifies as a dog goes for a walk in public and enjoys being stroked by strangers. 
The man spent over $15,000 on a custom made realistic collie dog costume. 
Weird or cool? <a href="https://t.co/rifdAtp4Jo">pic.twitter.com/rifdAtp4Jo</a>
&mdash; Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1684860721731977216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Do you remember your dreams from when you are little? You want to be a hero or a wizard,” Toco <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/toco-the-human-border-collie-steps-out-for-first-ever-walk-in-public/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in the video. “I remember writing in my grade school graduation book that I wanted to be a dog and walk outside.”
The viral video of the human &#8220;collie&#8217;s&#8221; outing has racked up six million views so far.
The detailed collie costume was manufactured by the company Zeppet, which said it took 40 days to make and cost about $14,161 or $2 million Yen.
Zeppet <a href="https://www.zeppet.com/ja/dn/?p=8377" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> detailed pictures of the collie costume on the company&#8217;s website.
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&#8220;At the request of a customer, we made a model of a dog suit,&#8221; Zeppet <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1381747/youtuber-who-spent-s14-000-to-transform-into-dog-takes-first-walk-in-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on its website. &#8220;Modeled after a collie, it reproduces the realistic appearance of a real, quadrupedal dog.&#8221;
In the video of the dog costume making its first public appearance, onlookers stare at Toco in the dog suit as they pass by on the busy street. Other dog owners even stop to take pictures with him and their dogs.
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Known as Toco, the man spent a reported 2,000,000 Japanese Yen on his border collie fursuit. <a href="https://t.co/vUnEH5ptZ2">pic.twitter.com/vUnEH5ptZ2</a>
&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1685189022162030592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The video was filmed last year when he was interviewed by a German television station, Toco said in the caption.
&#8220;I became a collie, fulfilling a dream I had since I was a little child to be an animal!&#8221; Toco said in one of his other videos showing him in his collie costume.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve wanted to be an animal ever since I can remember,&#8221; the YouTuber said in one video posted in June of last year in which he answers several questions about his desire to be a collie.
In that video, he says he would like to go outside as a collie, but does not have the &#8220;courage&#8221; to do so yet.
He also says he decided on being a collie because that is his favorite breed and because collies are not too different in size from humans.
&#8220;Sometimes it is reported that I am tired of being human, but I have never said that,&#8221; he said in the video.
He acknowledges that his desire would likely be viewed as odd by people and says he usually hides it from his acquaintances.
&#8220;For example, if I told the people I work with that I wanted to be an animal and I became a collie, they would look at me funny wouldn&#8217;t they?&#8221; he said. &#8220;I feel a bit of inferiority complex about it so I rarely talk about it with others.&#8221;
&#8220;If anyone notices who I am, please don&#8217;t tell anyone around me!&#8221; he pleaded.

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Over the last 50 years, federal bureaucrats have managed to recover only three percent of endangered species, despite the expansive authority, powers, and funding granted to them by the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
According to a new <a href="https://www.perc.org/2023/07/26/missing-the-mark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the conservation nonprofit Property &amp; Environment Research Center (PERC), the lead agencies implementing the ESA, NOAA Fisheries and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), recovered only 57 out of the 1,732 domestic endangered species: or, 3.3%.
The success rate declined further when PERC reviewed recovery data for all listed species in addition to domestic: only 71 out of 2,378 endangered species under that classification recovered, or 2.6%.
FWS projected to recover — or, delist — 300 species by this year. Only 13 recovered according to FWS projections, while 44 had no recovery rate predicted: a 4% accuracy rate.
“This low recovery rate has raised questions about the act’s ability to motivate the actions needed to recover species to the point that they no longer need the law’s protections,” stated PERC.
The 3% success rate has cost American taxpayers billions. 2023 appropriations for EWA efforts <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2617/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">totaled</a> over $167.9 million alone. (All searchable budgets dating back to 1983 located <a href="https://www.congress.gov/help/appropriations-and-budget" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>). That’s not including the pervasive “<a href="https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/115th-congress/house-report/1048/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sue and settle</a>” problem: in 2017, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-17-304.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> 141 lawsuits concerning missed ESA deadlines on issuing findings to list potential endangered species.
The House Committee on Natural Resources <a href="https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/115th-congress/house-report/1048/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in 2018 that attorneys fees have ranged over $2 million in those lawsuits, with 10 environmental advocacy groups accounting for 80% of the cases.
The <a href="https://www.fws.gov/law/endangered-species-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESA</a> — passed with bipartisan support in 1973, three years after the first Earth Day celebration — allows the federal government to issue protective measures for threatened and endangered fish, wildlife, and plants, such as preventing development of major public services like dams and pipelines, limit private property owners from using their land freely, and imposing <a href="https://www.fws.gov/laws/endangered-species-act/section-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">punishments</a> of hefty fines and imprisonment.
A PERC spokesperson told The Daily Wire in an email that the current recovery measures have proven burdensome and ineffective.
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“The Endangered Species Act should be guided by what’s best for helping species recover, and the poor recovery rate tells us that it’s falling short of its own goals,” said PERC. “As a former Fish and Wildlife Service administrator once <a href="https://reason.com/2023/02/10/save-endangered-species-from-environmental-regulations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lamented</a>, ‘The incentives are wrong here. If I have a rare metal on my property, its value goes up. But if a rare bird occupies the land, its value disappears.’ Addressing that disconnect may help more species recover and thrive.”
PERC added that two-thirds of endangered species are located on private lands: a fact that could be the key to far better recovery rates.
“Improving the incentives for private landowners to restore habitat and perform proactive recovery efforts is important for recovery outcomes, and something we will explore further in a future report,” said PERC.
PERC’s report also observed that 287 species have been on the endangered species list for years, even decades, past their projected recovery dates. PERC estimated that it would take FWS another 70 years to recover those 287 species based on the current recovery rate: about four species per year over the last decade.
This recent analysis of FWS data counters the FWS press release issued in February characterizing the agency’s ESA efforts as a success. The FWS <a href="https://www.doi.gov/blog/endangered-species-act-celebrating-50-years-success-wildlife-conservation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">credited</a> itself for preventing extinction of 99% of listed endangered species: one aspect of the ESA’s two-fold purpose. However, the FWS neglected to disclose the data concerning the other half of its two-fold purpose: its recovery rates.
As part of extinction prevention and recovery, the ESA directs FWS to implement recovery plans. PERC discovered that FWS made “little progress” on its recovery plans. Only six species had 75% or more of actions either fully or partially completed within their recovery plans. 1,025 species had less than 25% of actions either fully or partially completed within their recovery plans.
The lack of recovery plan progress doesn’t correspond with how long a species has been listed as endangered. In fact, PERC found that more than 90% of species listed as endangered for 30 or more years had either fully or partially completed less than 25% of recovery objectives: an average of 10% completion.
It appears the FWS recovery plans don’t translate to recovery rates. The 3% of recovered species, on average, had about 28% of their recovery plan objectives completed when they recovered.
“This suggests that, in addition to the Fish and Wildlife Service making little progress on the actions it has identified in recovery plans, those actions may not capture what is most important for effective species recovery,” stated PERC. “It may also imply that species are often recovering for reasons unrelated to the agency’s recovery efforts.”
The PERC report comes out several weeks after the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held an <a href="https://naturalresources.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=414616" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oversight</a> hearing on the ESA. The chairman, Arkansas Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman, declared that the ESA was in severe need of reform due to abuses that resulted in growth of bureaucratic power — especially under the Biden administration. The committee launched an ESA working group to study the act and propose reforms.
“This continues to this day under the Biden administration, which has misused the ESA and has stifled everything from forest management to future energy production through burdensome ESA regulations,” said Westerman.
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PERC’s report includes a dashboard detailing the recovery data of all endangered species.

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