Assertion: auk's bill | /r/CapableOf | seek protection
Facets:
value: for the passenger pigeon
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In 1857, a bill was brought forth to the Ohio State Legislature seeking protection for the passenger pigeon, yet a Select Committee of the Senate filed a report stating that the bird did not need protection, being "wonderfully prolific", and dismissing the suggestion that the species could be destroyed.