Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
A famous Yellowstone National Park bull elk has been killed apparently by the Canyon wolf pack, which was observed feeding on his carcass. The animal-rights whackos have this blood on their hands. This is what emotion gets us instead of relying on science, facts, and wildlife biologists. The sorry report is here…
A judge ordered a temporary restraining order and halted the trapping of wolverines in Montana. Of course the whacko groups are behind this one, as usual, but could they be right this time? The USFWS was conducting an evaluation relative to the Endangered Species List but ran out of money for the study – in no small part because of having to pay the whacko groups attorneys’ fees for so many frivolous suits. In any case, the season has been suspended and details of the wolverines’ plight are here…
HumaneWatch was in sunny San Diego last weekend at the 2012 American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention. We had an exhibit booth in the main hall along with a plethora of companies promoting products to a few thousand veterinarians who attended the event. And to stir things up a bit, a Humane Society of the United States group had a booth, too.
AVMA Convention
It didn’t take long for our first visitor to stop by and say a kind word. It was an exhibitor, a few minutes before the hall opened on Saturday. He was from the veterinary technician field and said his company worked with a lot of hands-on local shelter, and was already “in the know” about the confusion between the Humane Society of the U.S. and local shelters and how little HSUS gives to shelters.
We figured it would be a fairly friendly crowd, but it definitely exceeded our expectations. Read more
GW: Really? Not that I didn’t expect the relentless whackos to fire away at game management based on science. No, that’s not it. But, “animal cruelty?” as a basis to stop the control of wolves? How ’bout cruelty to livestock? Oh that’s right, it’s better that the wolves eat the meat before we do.
This from my friends at The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation…
On Wednesday, August 8th a coalition of animal rights groups filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in an attempt to stop the state’s upcoming wolf hunt.
The hunting season, which was passed by the state’s legislature earlier this year and was recently approved by the WDNR, allows the use of dogs to track wolves. The anti-hunting groups are claiming that the use of dogs to hunt wolves is a violation of the state’s animal cruelty laws and are seeking to stop the issuance of wolf hunting licenses. Read more
Animal-rights whackos claimed they jumped a barbed-wire fence in Oregon and removed a section of an aviary that held between 75-150 pheasants, “liberating them into the night sky.” Apparently, the activists believe it is better for the birds to die a slow, painful death by starvation, because anyone that knows anything, knows they will never be able to fend for themselves. That’s just the way it is. More on the misdirected whacko initiative here…
Animal rights activists have taken credit for the burning of cattle trucks at Harris Farms in western Fresno County, California early Sunday, according to a statement released by a clearinghouse for activists.
The whackos say the attack was aimed at “the horrors of factory farming.” Owners of the ranch call it terrorism. More here…