People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has earned the number three ranking on the United States Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USSA) dirty dozen list and for good reason: PETA steadfastly encourages its members to break established hunter harassment laws and to interfere with hunts by protesting, blowing horns, and other unlawful acts. Recent headlines indicate the group is striving to become number one on the dirty dozen list by its overt action to purchase drones to stalk hunters afield.
According to USSA, the drones will be sold in PETA’s catalog for $324.99. Based on the drone description in the catalog, PETA members can receive instant to-your-phone video from the drones, which can be streamed live via the Air Angels page on PETA.org.
PETA says it aims to specifically seek out hunters “drinking while in the possession of a firearm, injuring animals and failing to pursue them so that they die slowly and painfully, and using spotlights, feed lures and other hunting tricks”.
While PETA claims to be spying on “hunters”, the actions it seeks to exploit – to further its agenda by changing man’s relationship with animals – is actually directed at anti-hunters. That’s right. Anti-hunter is the only term for those that intentionally skirt the law by cheating ethical hunters. The “by-any-means” practice reminds me of how our own government relied upon the same tactics.
Remember the gun-running scheme dubbed Fast and Furious, in which the U.S. government facilitated illegal gun sales to strengthen its anti-gun position? The plan relied upon the corrupt concept to bolster the government’s anti-Second Amendment stance by planting “evidence” and then shining the spotlight on the scam. Ironically, the scheme unraveled when the tables were turned in the wake of the death of one of our border patrol officers.
Since PETA doesn’t care about laws and is actively fostering a campaign against anti-hunters, it wouldn’t surprise me if it plants a few anti-hunters in the woods, records some dreadful action, and then portrays the scoundrels as hunters. After all, PETA has been mentored by some of the most noteworthy and slippery officials in the country.
To PETA it’s all about ending the consumption of meat and dairy products; it’s religion to them. And, like other world religions that attempt to force their will upon others through any means necessary, there is no wrong way to do it. Making hunters appear to be despicable in the eyes of the world is just one of those objectives on the path to its view of utopia.
Don’t believe me? Consider this: PETA’s Vice President Dan Mathews is speaking out against Duck Dynasty, a popular show on A&E, which follows the lives of the Robertson family, sporting camouflage, building duck blinds, and following the family into the field while hunting. “Unfortunately hunting programs teach kids that violence is somehow acceptable,” Mathews told radaronline.com. “According to law-enforcement agencies, violent and aggressive criminals often start out as kids who were encouraged to disrespect and harm animals rather than understanding and being in awe of them.”
This lame cause-and-effect conclusion is a feeble attempt to blur the line between ethical hunters and criminals. And, while it may sell in the big cities, it’s as good as shot down in the heartland.
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