America's Secret War on Wildlife
I read this article in Men's Journal. These are the only links I found for it online. It is a pdf file, so you have to open it. The text is small, but readable, and worth the time.
It made me sick to my stomach, but after the initial reaction, made me even more fired up about this movement of ours. This is a true outrage, that should be stopped. Everyone I have shown the article to has been truly shocked that this is going on, and also the fact that this is funded with our taxpayer money.I am posting this because I think it is relevant as an example of just how sick this government is.
or click on this link, then click on -the report (this is the same pdf file)
here is a section from the article-
"On average its 1,450 officers shoot,trap, or poison more than 1.7 million animals every year, mostly in western states. In 2006 alone, Wildlife Services dispatched more than 200,000 mammals, including 278 endangered gray wolves, 318 black bears, 2,500 bobcats, and 87,000 coyotes, according to the agency's annual reports."
"The agency's hunters and trappers-exterminators, in practice-set out on foot and horseback and in ATVs,jeeps,airplanes,and helicopters;their victims include not just mammals but redwing blackbirs,cormorants,herons,hawks,and even bald eagles, as well as domestic pets whose deaths are often ignored or even, critics claim, covered up by agents in the field.In 2006 Wildlife Services killed 1,184 cats and 512 dogs."
"The carnage is just staggering," says Wendy Keefover-Ring, the director of carnivore protection for Sinapu, a wildlife conservation group. She points out that WS has wiped out more than 7 million critters since 2003."Wildlife Services is like the wildlife equivalent of Blackwater, shooting first and deflecting questions later."
Too late..
The phony environmental animal rights movement is no longer needed to fool the people into the NWO. It's here....this is irrelevant and will become even more irrelevant when you are driven out of your home by the IMF. This is called HUNTING and you might have to do it when you are starving.
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Anyone have the article?
So what do you propose we do
So what do you propose we do with all the predators if there is no predator control? What about the moose population that the poor endangered gray wolf has eraticated? What about the calf elk that the poor endangered gray wolf kill for the fun of it? What about the thousands of fawn deer and antelope that the eagles, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, and bears kill? If we had no predator control, we would be overrun with predators. It really pisses me off when people in the east pass judgment on us in the west for things they know nothing about, so horatius, shut your face!
Out here
Federal tax money is used to chase wild horses & burros with helicopters. They are chased down until exhausted & then captured. They are kept in pens & supposedly given away. I think most are sold to foreign markets for slaughter. Anything to make a buck, 'eh?
BLM's excuse was there's not enough food & water in the desert to feed & water them. Oh, my - I wonder what horses & burros did before there was a govt. to take care of them like that!?
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To answer your comments--Tonight there was a news story
about wild horse adoptions in our area. For 150$ you can adopt a wild mustang, if you have proper facilities for it. A year later the BLM will visit your place to see if the mustang is being cared for properly, and if so, will give you ownership papers. However, with the poor economy they are having trouble finding homes for them.
They DO NOT slaughter the mustangs as that is against the law. The population of wild horses increases by 25% each year, so every 4 years the herd doubles, so, yes, there is a problem with food and water. Horses can graze forage too close to the ground and will actually pull grasses up by the roots, and this does affect forage for wild game and cattle.
Excess wild horses that do not find adopted homes are well cared for---at an astronomical cost to the taxpayers! Those caring for the horses provide vet care and feed and make a good living doing so.
As to what the horses did until there was a govt to care for them? The ranchers in the West controlled the herds, broke them to ride, and made sure there was a high quality stud with them to keep the quality up. Horses were used by the military, so ranchers would break some and sell to the government, as well.
Um
some of my post was sarcasm.
It is not illegal to slaughter horses in Mexico and our gov't does sell to them & other FOREIGN markets - a lot are shipped there. There is plenty of research/footage online to verify this. Yes recently, horse-slaughter was made illegal here in the States - just about the only good thing G.W. did while in office. Wild horses & burros are a disappearing American Heritage. They survived for thousands of years before ranchers came along.
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UN Agenda 21
Wars, the military testing, corporations with no obligation to clean up and governments who protect corporations, like oil companies spills, and over fishing, and pharmecutical dumping, I take issue with the blame being put on human individuals...
Al Gore had the audacity to be filmed riding in SUVs and jet setting to tell we the poepel that we are the problem... and I wonder'ed, was there a chem trail behind Gore's jet?
WARS destroy far more wildlife then is reported.
PEOPLE are the solution to pollution, not the problem. The problem is BAD GOVERNMENT and corporate crime.
He also owns several homes
He also owns several homes and is part owner of an oil company.
This is one more reason why
This is one more reason why I wish man kind never industrialized. :(
Support the small family farmers
Choose to eat a plant-centered diet. Eat more organic, locally grown vegetables and grains, less meat, less dairy. Eat as close to vegetarian as you are comfortable with. Make the proper food and exercise choices
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
Watch "Meet Your Meat" again.
Origin of the term "vegetarian"
It is an American Indian word, translated it means "not very good hunter."
But, I do agree that a diet heavy in fruits and vegetables eaten as close to raw as possible is better than a diet of sweets and meats. Fruits and vegetables keep your PH alkaline while meats and sweets push you too far to the acid side. Eating beef raw or very rare is far more healthy than well cooked just because heat destroys vitamins. I don't think dairy is very good for us and grains can be not so good either.
A problem with eating raw or
A problem with eating raw or rare beef is humans don't have the ability to break down the tertiary or quaternary bonds that exist in meat.
Raw meat digest easier for me.
My raw food friend sat me down and we both ate a steak raw. It was from a local farmer of grass fed cattle.
The meal was mostly the raw meat, including the raw fat which was what my raw food friend ate first, he cut along the fat line, ate that first. I sliced a raw potato and some sweet red onion and cherry tomatoes.
I had no upset stomach or quesy feeling and was finished digesting and out the other end the next morning.
On a raw food approach, I choose to allow about a one inch thick, silver dollar sized piece of meat once per week, or even once per month.
I'm glad you didn't have an
I'm glad you didn't have an upset stomach but bear in mind two things:
1. Nature did not intend for you to eat raw meat.
2. Your G-I tract did not break down that beef very well.
People find #1 baffling. For the sake of saving time I'll defend that point now.
In nature all creatures eat what is available to them based on (and relying on) both their biological makeup and habitat. Cheetahs and gazelles may live in the same habitat but cheetahs do not graze and gazelles do not eat meat.
Humans were not built with claws, or pointed, sharp molars, etc for taking down and killing prey and then disembowling and consuming prey raw within minutes.
Try taking down a steer w/o any mechanical advantage and see how it goes. I'm sure you know what will happen.
When humans eat beef, pork, lamb, etc., it's because there's an animal agriculture industry that (unnaturally) did all the work for you.
Be careful when eating raw meat, seriously, it's clearly not in accordance w/nature and asking for trouble.
We are however well built for pulling carrots out of the ground or fruit off trees and eating them raw.
And you got that info where?
Hunter-gatherer societies hunt/hunted what? corn?
Specifically which info?
Specifically which info?
Sorry, I must admit bad bad skimming.
I thought you were saying meat. Yeah, the raw meat thing is certainly not our bag. Dining is not a philosophical activity to me.
Doesn't eating
raw meat like beef or pork give you worms & intestinal parasites of all kinds? (pinworms, tapeworms, hookworms, etc.)
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and last I checked
I had CANINES in my mouth and only one chamber in my stomach to digest food.
When humans get another chamber in their stomach, have only molars in their mouth and chew cud I will definitley consider a vegetarian diet.
Cutting down on meats isn't a bad idea. But definitely not eliminate it from my diet.
Does my burka make my butt look fatwa?
And not to pick on you GW
And not to pick on you GW but you know who else has "canines" in their mouths: horses, giraffes, and many other herbivores.
It's a name, don't get hung up on it.
Compare your molars to that
Compare your molars to that of a carnivore and tell me if you see a difference and I don't mean in size but structure.
Hey, how about you have the freedom to eat what you want,
and the rest of us have the same freedom? Or do you think the government should be legislating this? This is what liberty is all about! I have always thought it strange that folks will picket a hamburger joint---but I have yet to see anyone picket a vegetarian restaurant!
You have that freedom. For
You have that freedom. For your second question: no.
Coon Man
To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by. Ohh I got coon in my eye! http://www.detnews.com/ar...
Live Free or Die.
If you are upset now, just wait till people are starving.
When things get bad enough not even cockroaches will be safe from hungry humans, much less common mammals.
One thing that really hacks me off is people dumping their pets out in rural areas when they can't feed them. The cats decimate the wildlife and the dogs get in packs and have been known to kill farm animals. The only good thing about this dumping is that it keeps our shooting skills honed.
I hold life to be sacred
I do not have any problem with taking an animal's life for food, it is part of the sacred nature of life. I do not have any problem with a person defending their property from predators, regardless of how many legs the predator has. However, I have no faith at all that our government is performing a service, or that they are ending the life of these creatures with any level of respect. More likely, these government toadies are running around playing Rambo with glee, knowing they will never be tried for murder because although murder was in their heart, it was not a human life they wantonly ended.
Our wilderness will not be wilderness . . . . . .
"The federal government hands out permits for grazing. The permits allow too many cattle on depleted resources, year in and year out. This is proven. Since this has gone on so long, ranchers almost consider our public lands to be their private estates. "
"And the wonton destructive of our wildlife is also not to be bragged about as above...how wretched is that. Plus, the wildlife is a natural resource of the United States and belongs to its people For the government to encourage the slaughter of what little remains is unconscionable."
(excerpts from thamnosma's post below)
In a Capitalist Society...
...There are no "Public Resources"...only individual property. When the state owns the property or the means of production, we call that communism. Laws are to protect Human life and Property..Wildlife is property..Property in a Free Society doesn't have Human Rights or Legal protection, other than protecting the rights of the owner of that property. You can make all the "moral arguments" you want for animals. They are irrelevent when it comes to a Capitalist society..animals are property..so the only legal question is,"are the owners property rights to use his property as he/she soley see fit being protected"? In short, the Government should not own land, only individuals. All individuals are free to do as they wish with game on their property, because all that game, belongs to the property owner.
Sounds like the Widlife "Service"
is to wildlife, what the Internal Revenue "Service" is to US!
this movement of ours...
I only disagree if they're using Federal dollars to do this. I'd rather have private trappers do it.
Yes, this movement of ours
Wow, so I guess you're for the illegal killing of peoples' personal pets? You're for the government setting poison traps that citizens can by injured or killed by? Are you for the massacre of millions of animals for no reason? So you believe that citizens who have be injured or had there animals killed should not be able to sue or have someone held accountable for their loss?
I'm guessing from your statement above you would answer those questions with a YES. That answer says it all in my book, about the type of person you are.
I've hunted,trapped, and own firearms, but this is different. I'm surprised you can't see that mwiegand.Well, I guess in our minds we are in two different movements. I'd much prefer to be in mine. I'm not one to call troll, and I'll bite my tongue again this time.
Without passing judgement on this subject....I just want to say,
In the western states where ranching in the livelihood...many wild animales cause great damage to the livestock. We are moving into these states in the primaries...so let's not start criticizing their way of life.
With all the "planted" posts we are experiencing lately...I would be EXTRA careful.
The main target
of most of this is the coyote. The most common way of control of the Coyote population is with a cynide trap. When one of these traps is set, it is scented and ony kind of animal attracted to its scent will come. A small cynide capsul is shoot into the mouth/face of any animal triggering it. Most of the animals listed in the post are not the targets. If you do some reading about the coyote population and reproduction, you'd have a better understanding. The increase in coyote population is largely a result of human activity, farming produces more food for plant eating animals, then the plant eater increase their population, this provides more food for the coyote, and other meat eaters. If man is responsible for creating an overpopulation, then he likewise has a responsibility of controlling it. If we didn't control it, you'd be reading other kinds of stories, about all the Rabid coyotes, and other diseases from overpopulation.
The animals whom are not the target of population control are indeed sad. This is a reason more people should be out "sport" shooting coyotes.
the federal government subsidizing all this massive ranching
and our western public lands, public not private, are completely overgrazed and being taken over by plant species from other parts of the world (weeds). Those weeds are bringing huge wildfires to areas that have never before experienced them, further degrading the natural and healthy vegetation. This is particularly true in Great Basin rangelands in Nevada and Utah. I have worked in much of that area.
The federal government hands out permits for grazing. The permits allow too many cattle on depleted resources, year in and year out. This is proven. Since this has gone on so long, ranchers almost consider our public lands to be their private estates.
I have no problems with ranching, but I'm against subsidies of all sorts and public lands need to be managed for the public, not a particular business.
I know it's a sore point, but it must be addressed.
And the wonton destructive of our wildlife is also not to be bragged about as above...how wretched is that. Plus, the wildlife is a natural resource of the United States and belongs to its people For the government to encourage the slaughter of what little remains is unconscionable.
Thamnosma--You are Way off base and don't have the
slightest idea what you are talking about! No doubt you have read some lies in some environmental publications. Just remember that these enviro rags need to convince you there is a threat in order to get the big donations they need to pay the directors of the organizations.
You obviously don't even know that the federal lands mission is to manage the lands for the benefit of LOCAL communities and businesses and watersheds, that includes farms, ranches and lumber mills. These are the people who work to provide you with food, shelter, clothing, clean water, etc.!
You are playing right into the NWO/Agenda 21 hands to take control of our food and water to control YOU!
The federal government does NOT "hand out" permits for grazing, A grazing allotment is a split-estate ownership which has been proven in court, owned by the allotment holder, and if there is overgrazing, who is in charge of the management? The federal govt, that's who. They are also responsible for allowing the wild horse and burro populations to get out of control which is a problem in some of the more arid areas.
Perhaps you should visit some farming and ranching communities with an open mind and learn ON THE GROUND whether the environment is suffering because of us. Or is it suffering because of incompetent federal management?!
We mess with our ecosystem way too much
For our own good.
The video off of the second link is just sad. That this is done at all is simply unbelieveable.
Continued poisoning of the environments.
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