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HEALTH
Squirrels, bees could

get US aid but not DOCTOR ON DUTY
Oranjestad
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San Nicolas
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By MATTHEW BROWN declined from more than Tel.524 8833
Associated Press 3,500 animals in 2006 to 847 Women in Difficulties
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. in 2017, according to park PHARMACY ON DUTY
wildlife officials rejected biologists.
petitions Thursday to pro- Yellowstone’s northern Oranjestad:
Dakota Tel. 588 7364
tect Yellowstone National herd grew from about San Nicolas:
Park’s storied bison herds 1,500 bison to almost 4,000 San Nicolas Tel. 584 5712
but pledged to consider over that time period. Women in Difficulties
more help for two other Regarding the Mount Gra- OTHER
species — a tiny, endan- ham red squirrel of eastern Dental Clinic 587 9850
gered squirrel in Arizona Arizona, officials agreed Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
and bees that pollinate to consider whether more Urgent Care 586 0448
rare desert flowers in Ne- habitat protections are Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
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vada. needed. Weighing a mere In this Feb. 12, 2011 file photo Women in Difficulties
Wildlife advocates have 8 ounces, the squirrels are a bison from Yellowstone EMERGENCY
campaigned for decades found solely in the Pinaleno National Park walks through Police 100
to halt the routine slaugh- Mountains. the snow shortly before being Oranjestad 527 3140
ter of bison migrating out of Fires, roads and develop- shot and killed during a hunt Noord 527 3200
Yellowstone to reach their ments including a Univer- by members of an American Sta. Cruz 527 2900
winter grazing grounds in sity of Arizona telescope Indian tribe, near Gardiner, San Nicolas 584 5000
Mont.
Montana. complex have impacted Associated Press Police Tipline 11141
The burly animals, also the squirrel’s range. An es- Ambulancia 911
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Fire Dept.
known as buffalo, once timated 75 remain in the In Nevada, officials said the Red Cross 582 2219
numbered in the tens of wild. Mojave poppy bee faces
millions before overhunting Wildlife advocates con- potential threats from graz- TAXI SERVICES
reduced them to just a few tend the squirrels’ only ing, gypsum mining, rec- Taxi Tas 587 5900
small herds. hope is the removal of the reation and competition Prof. Taxi 588 0035
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife telescopes, some nearby from honeybees. Its survival Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
Service rebuffed calls for recreational cabins and a is closely linked to two rare Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
special protections for Yel- bible camp in the area. desert poppy flowers in the A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
lowstone bison in 2015 but “It’s an incredibly precari- Mojave Desert. Women in Difficulties
was forced to reconsider ous situation,” said Robin Federal law allows citizens TRAVEL INFO
under a U.S. District Court Silver of the Center for to petition for plants and Aruba Airport 524 2424
order issued last year. Biological Diversity, which animals to get protections American Airlines 582 2700
Wildlife service spokes- sued government officials under the Endangered Avianca 588 0059
woman Jennifer Strickland last year to force a decision Species Act. Jet Blue 588 2244
said there’s no scientific on the group’s 2017 peti- The positive finding on the Surinam 582 7896
information showing bison tion for more habitat pro- petitions for the poppy bee
should be treated as a tections. “If you want to try and red squirrel means of- Women in Difficulties
threatened species. to have these animals sur- ficials will conduct more CRUISES
The park’s slaughter pro- vive you have to remove intensive reviews before is-
gram, along with hunting those structures.” suing final decisions.q
of the animals in Montana,
is meant to prevent the
spread of the disease bru- September 10
cellosis, which can cause Freedom of the Seas
bison, elk and cattle to September 11
abort their young. monarch
“The overall numbers of Women in Difficulties
bison are stable despite AID FOUNDATIONS
culling and the presence FAVI- Visually Impaired
of brucellosis,” Strickland Tel. 582 5051
said, adding that the park Alcoholics Anonymous
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hold. Narcotics Anonymous
Darrell Geist with the Buffa- Tel. 583 8989
lo Field Campaign said the Women in Difficulties
government’s decision ig- Tel. 583 5400
nored the fact that one of Centre for Diabetes
the park’s two major bison Tel. 524 8888
herds has been in steep Child Abuse Prevention
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decline, which Geist said
could have implications for Quota Club Tel. 525 2672
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