Thursday, October 18, 2012

United States: Ocelots, pro pitcher and pipeline builder tied up in lawsuit

NBC: How did a pro baseball pitcher (Josh Beckett of the L.A. Dodgers), ocelots and a natural gas pipeline builder make it into the same news headline? They're all part of a lawsuit filed by Beckett after the company used eminent domain to clear land on his 7,000-acre hunting ranch in south Texas. Beckett alleges the company, Eagle Ford Midstream, violated the Endangered Species Act by clearing land that was habitat for the ocelot, of which only 100 are thought to be left in the wild in the U.S. On...

URL: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/18/14513539-ocelots-pro-baseball-pitcher-and-pipeline-builder-tangled-up-in-lawsuit?lite

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