"Since before modern humans existed, Rice's whales have been diving to the depths of the ocean to gorge on fat-rich fish while growing to leviathan proportions, their bodies spanning the length of a bus and weighing as much as six elephants."
"Last week, unbeknown to the cetaceans, an existential moment arrived when the Trump administration made the extraordinary decision to scrap all protections for the Rice's whale, along with other endangered marine life in the gulf."
"At a closed-door meeting at the Department of Interior that lasted barely 15 minutes, six Trump administration officials agreed to exempt the oil and gas industry from complying with endangered species laws in the Gulf of Mexico."
"Donald Trump likes being first and if this is upheld he will be the first president to make the conscious decision to make a whale extinct."
Rice's whales, massive creatures of the Gulf of Mexico, are critically endangered with only about 50 remaining. The Trump administration recently removed protections for these whales and other marine life, prioritizing the oil and gas industry. This decision could lead to the first extinction of a whale species in North American waters in 300 years. Environmental experts express disbelief at the administration's actions, which were made during a brief meeting of officials who exempted the industry from endangered species laws.
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