Before the year’s end, Governor Kathy Holchul has the opportunity to sign the bill that would protect the prehistoric horseshoe crab that has endured and survived five extinction periods, from harvesting for bait and biomedical purposes. Notably, the Group for the East End and the life-long defender of all wildlife, conservation biologist Dr. Jane Goodall, endorsed Citizens Campaign for the Environment’s effort to encourage the governor to sign the bill through their writing campaign.
The Center for Biological Diversity is also petitioning the federal government to include the Horseshoe Crab as an endangered species as studies have concurred that this animal, who is related to spiders and not crabs, is in decline. Connecticut and New Jersey currently have bans on the harvesting of horseshoe crabs and Massachusetts has restrictions in place to limit the take of them.
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