Category: Wildlife

Goldfinch

HSUS Plays Hide and Seek with Donations

This from www.HumaneWatch.org

A sharp-eyed reader pointed us to something buried in HSUS’s latest tax return, covering the year 2012. On page 32, HSUS states that it made an “investment” total $25.7 million in the “Central American and the Caribbean” region. We went back to HSUS’s 2009, 2010, and 2011 tax returns. There were no reported investments of any kind abroad.

Strange? We think so.

Where exactly is this $26 million “invested”? It turns out HSUS funneled mega-bucks to several funds located in the Cayman Islands. You know, the secretive place where people stuff their secretive money. Bond villain-type stuffsecretive . Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

Bushnell EQUINOX Z Product Line Features Three New Digital Night Vision Monoculars

Overland Park, Kan – Bushnell,  an industry leader in high performance sports optics for more than 65  years, has introduced three new night vision optics in the EQUINOX™  Z product line. The digital night vision units are  available in three configurations with a host of features, including  digital zoom, image capture and video recording.

Available in 3x  30mm, 4.5x  40mm and 6x  50mm monocular configurations, the EQUINOX Z product  line is loaded with features. Each monocular is constructed with a  rugged, water-resistant housing, features a 1-3x digital zoom,  adjustable IR settings and daytime color viewing. In addition, each  unit is powered with AA batteries for added convenience and cost  savings. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Things Are Tough All Over

By Glen Wunderlich

On a recent visit to Corunna Mills, where the best bird seed at the best price can be found just south of town, I paused to chat with young Samantha Demerly behind the counter.  The grain elevator’s only source of heat – a corn-burning contraption with the BTUs of a hair dryer – had given out, leaving one tough school-aged youngster in a position to qualify for extreme-duty pay.  There she was, dressed in clothes fit for a Mt. Everest summit, while cheerfully carrying out her assigned duties.

I mentioned that this whole winter experience will be something she’ll be able to relate to her grandchildren many years from now.  I can hear her now:  “It was below zero, no heat, and the ink pens were so cold that they wouldn’t write.  You had to be tough in my day.”

Ah, yes, the winter of 2013/14 will require no exaggeration to have become one to remember.  Beginning with the severe ice storm and its omnipresent remnants to record snowfalls and sub-zero temperatures lingering for what has seemed like eternity, we will all be stronger for the experience.  But, what will it all mean for our cherished wildlife? Read more

Wildlife

More Legal Wrangling over Michigan’s Wolves

By Glen Wunderlich

Michigan wolf management is now in the hands of a Washington D.C. federal district court judge.  At issue is whether wolf populations have fully recovered.  On one side of the matter is the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which claims that the gray wolf still needs protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); on the other side is the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation (USSAF) and others such as Michigan United Conservation Clubs defending the 2011 delisting rule against the HSUS lawsuit.

The decision may well determine whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has the authority to delist recovered populations of a species, and return that recovered population to state management, while continuing to manage populations of the same species in different locales under the ESA. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife
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