DJ Biden Administration Postpones Lifting Penalties for Accidental Killing of Migratory Birds
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration said Thursday it will postpone implementing a measure approved in the final days of the Trump administration that would have removed criminal penalties for killing migratory birds, calling the decision misguided.
The measure lifting penalties was set to take effect this coming Monday. The Interior Department said Thursday it would put implementation on hold for at least three weeks while the agency takes public comments.
"The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is a bedrock environmental law critical to protecting migratory birds and restoring declining bird populations," Interior Department spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz said. "The Trump administration sought to overturn decades of bipartisan and international precedent in order to protect corporate polluters."
In seeking to end the criminal penalties, the Trump administration was responding to business groups, farmers and others who said criminal penalties were too harsh for accidental deaths.
Environmentalists argued that the penalties were needed to encourage farmers, power companies and others to take greater precautions to protect birds.
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I love typing President Biden... 
The same reason that we have laws against killing a Bald Eagle. Let them explain themselves in court.
