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Wealthy California city of Dana Point is embroiled in $26million battle over protections for endangered MICE amid claims of political favoritism - and a tragic death
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April 17, 2024
The death of an endangered mouse has pitted the city against a conservation group in a battle where costs and fines have ballooned into the millions. The nonprofit Center for Natural Lands Management says a preserve where the mouse lives should be open for just six hours a week while the city insists on every day from 7 am to sunset. The city claims the nonprofit has even closed the gates early, forcing visitors to clamber over a fence to get out. The Pacific pocket mouse is endemic to coastal areas in southern California and was only rediscovered in 1993 after 20 years when it was believed extinct