Oklahoma Says Economy Suffers From Over-Protected Chicken
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The state of Oklahoma and an oil and gas industry trade group claim the U.S. is too quick to agree to classify animals as threatened species and they point to the lesser prairie chicken as an example.
The state and the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance alleged in a lawsuit that the Interior Department surrenders too easily to environmental groups when they sue the government over the Endangered Species Act, saying such out-of-court settlements violate the U.S. constitution and have a “crippling effect” on the economy.