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BISMARCK, N.D. 鈥?Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakotas Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal of the beloved animals from the rugged landscape.A National Park Service decision is expected around April as to the horses future in the parks colorful, rolling Badlands. Its part of an ongoing process to craft a park management plan for livestock 鈥?a term horse advocates reject.Republican Sen. John Hoeven s legislation, tucked in the annual Interior and Environment budget bill that Congress passed and Pr stanley usa esident Joe Biden signed, strongly recommends that the Park Service keep the horses in place. It also signals a potential future action that would deny any funding intended to remove them. Now well continue to have a dialogue with them and hopefully get to a good solution, Hoeven said in an interview with The Associated Press.A remaining question is how many horses would ensure the long-term preservation of the herd. Advocates want to see a genetically viable herd of at least 150 horses to avoid inbreeding issues. Park Superintendent Angie Richman has said the horses, if they ultimate stay, would still have to be reduced to 35 to 60 animals under a 1978 environmental assessment.Richman and the National Park Service did not respond to emails for comment on Hoevens legislation.P stanley france reviously, park officials have said their evaluation of whether the kubki stanley horses should stay is in line with their policies to rem Kpal Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelenskyy visits area
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥?Texas lawmakers turned down new abortion limits, including a ban on the procedure after 20 weeks, following a raucous, late-night session that required police to force spectators from the Senate gallery.The decision came at 3 a.m. here Wednesday, three hours after leaders of the Republican-led Senate had said the bill passed. The vote occurred amid loud shouting by people in the gallery, angered by the prospect of tighter abortion restrictions. Democr stanley cup usa atic senators said the vote occurred after the sessions midnight deadline, prompting the reversal. There was a vote, but i stanley website t wasnt a valid vote, said Royce West, D, adding that this was because votes were still being recorded after midnight.The measure under debate would have also imposed new rules on clinics providing abortions 鈥?changes that critics said would shut most down in Texas. Following the stanley cup legislations failure, Gov. Rick Perry, R, who supported the bill, has an option of calling lawmakers back for another 30- day special session at any time. We had an unruly mob of hundreds, if not 1,000 people, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, R, told reporters Wednesday. An angry mob using Occupy Wall Street strategies tried all day to derail legislation that was trying to save the lives of women and babies. The Senate voted on the bill as people jeered from the gallery, upset that a marathon soliloquy by Sen. Wendy Davis, D, had been ended after more than 10 hours. She had planned to speak until time ran out on the special |
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