In the first US invasion of Mexican territory since the mid-19th century, President Wilson ordered the American troops to occupy the port at Veracruz after learning a German ship was en route with arms. This occupation, while unpopular with Mexicans for the blatant breach of soverignty, eventually helped the Constitutionalists launch major attacks on the Huerta government.
In 1775 it became illegal to hunt the bird for its feathers or eggs, but hunting them for using as fishing bait was still allowed. Eventually, only 65 years later in 1840 the last Great Auk was seen.
Carranza received Diaz's permission to run for governor, and he gained the support of the sitting governor as well as Madero's father, but Don Porfirio's inflence blocked him from winning the election. He supported Francisco I. Madero's challenge to the Díaz regime in the elections and Madero's Plan to nullify the elections and overthrow Díaz by force.
Pascual Orozco led a decisive victory against the federales at the railroad station in Rellano, Chihuahua. This took place 20 days after Orozco declared his rebellion, and two days before denounced the Madero administration in the Orozquista Plan.
The act created the position of a Water Commissioner for the city. This commissioner was to be responsible for the oversight of the water supply, ensuring that a "sufficient quantity of pure and wholesome water" would be available to residents.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prevented all economic traffic between the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain on certain birds. This was one of the earliest U.S. environmental laws alongside the Lacey Act. It currently lists over 800 birds, all of which cannot be used for commercial trade whether alive or dead among the nations.
hundreds of meatpacking plants filled lower manhattan during this time period and at the end of it produced the third largest amount of processed/dressed meat.
The first act protecting wildlife (Lacey Act) was passed. It prohibited people from importing, exporting, selling, or purchasing wildlife and plants that were taken in violation of a previous law. Although this did not have a drastic impact on the exploitation of wildlife and nature, this is seen as the first real step toward conservation.
On September 1st, 1914, the last known passenger pigeon, "Martha," died, in captivity, at the Cincinnati Zoo. This death is a symbol of the Age of Extermination, the period between the late 19th and early 20th century, in which many species of natural wildlife were wiped out by human actions throughout the United States
The colonists immediately recognize the value of corn - it has a far higher yield than wheat, takes up less land, and grows extremely fast. Today, corn is found in 1/3 of the items in a typical supermarket.
President Roosevelt was an avid environmentalist and lover of birds(his first published work being, "The Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County" in 1877). As such, when he learned about the destruction of them in Florida for Plume Feathers, he would create Pelican Island; the first bird sanctuary in the United States. This way Birds would have a place to nest and raise their young without threat of being killed.
In the 1770s, Marie Antoinette, Queen and in the Court of Louis XVI made it trendy to wear head pieces and hats with exotic feathers, or birds and it caught on in the United States becoming a extremely desirable and fashionable statement for the elite socialite women in the 1850s, continuing to the early 1900s when the Lacey Act was passed, "protecting interstate commerce in wildlife and protected by state statute."
Horses were initially introduced to North America by the Spanish conquistadors, in what is now Mexico, and later went on to populate the Great Plains. Their presence and great quantity changed the culture of Native Americans as some tribes began to ride them and use them to hunt. Tribes in the plains were especially keen to the hunting of bison, so with the help of horses, they gained mobility and were able to kill more efficiently -- which attributed to the bison’s near extinction.
Despite the fact that the preceding decade had been filled with armed conflict between the Southern Plains tribes, in 1840 the Comanches and Kiowas formed an alliance with the Cheyennes, the Arapahoes, and the Kiowa-Apaches. According to Flores, this was a direct reaction to the ecological pressures of the time. Drought and disease plagued both the bison and Native American populations at this time, and reduced numbers of buffalo further affected Indigenous populations. In addition, the threat of Euro-American hunters on the bison population was a growing external threat to the livelihoods of all the Southern Plains tribes.
Dutch traders discovered the mouth of what would become the Hudson River in 1609. Finding a land rich with natural resources, including the all-important beaver, the Dutch would establish a trading colony known as Fort Orange by 1614. The beaver trade went on to become one of the most important trades in the New World, drawing Europeans to what would become New York in search of wealth. Futhermore, this trade would become essential to the ongoing relationships between the new settlers and the Native Americans who inhabited the area.
President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Meat Inspection Act into U.S. legislation after the U.S. meat packing industry received lots of criticism from Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." This bill prohibits the sale of misbranded livestock and ensures that all food is slaughtered and processed through sanitary conditions .
In 1818, settlers finally had enough. They declared “a war of extermination” on the beasts in Hinckley, drew up battle plans and enlisted soldiers from across the state. The Great Hinckley Hunt of 1818 was a slaughter like no other.
Nearly 600 “able-bodied men and large boys” participated in the Dec. 24 hunt, which committees thoroughly mapped out and advertised for weeks. A $15 bounty was declared for every slain wolf. By the afternoon the "war" was over and they had killed 21 bears, 17 wolves, 300 deer and untold numbers of turkeys, foxes and raccoons.
Congress passes President Roosevelts Meat Inspection Act in order to protect those consuming the meat. This act enforced inspections on all livestock both before and after packing as well as increasing the health and safety standards in meat packing plants.