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Anthony Marr <anthony_marr

Jun 28, 2007 12:38 AM

[Animal Rights Activist Resources] Audubon CA/NJ scummy microcosms

of Audubon USA/Canada + NWF, NC, SC...

Janet Piszar <hasla1

 

Fellow animal advocates and activists:

 

When I was a campaigner of Western Canada Wilderness Committee fighting

the British Columbia Wildlife Federation on the bear hunting issue, many

people were puzzled as to why two groups " on the same side " were fighting

one another (see my top blogs in www.MySpace.com/AnthonyMarr and the

Anti-Trophy-Hunting section of www.HOPE-CARE.org). The matter was actually

quite simple. I referred to the BC Wildlife Federation as the BC Hunters'

Club. Clear enough?

 

The same is happening in the United States. Tons of animal-loving

anti-hunting donors' hard-earned money and heart-given donations are pumped

into pro-hunting and downright hunting organizations with names like the

Aududon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, the Nature Conservancy,

the Sierra Club, to name just a few. (At least the Safari Club

International, the quinessential big-game hunters' club, of which both

Presidents Bush, and VP Cheney on down, are members, is more honest with its

self-indicting nomenclature.) Not only are vast financial resources

injected into these imposter groups from the innocent animal-loving public,

but the AR and AW movements are deprived of these same resources in the

process, so the damage done to the AR/AW movement is doubled.

 

To help us understand the situation, let me start from the quintessential

hunter himself, who often holds high positions in these hunt clubs and

imposter groups, as well as government.

 

1. His most primal motivation is to kill animals for entertainment and,

to perpetuate their " culture " and " tradition " , to teach their offspring, as

young as 3, to kill for fun.

 

2. He prides himself of being the " true wildlife conservationist " , when

his true motive, even if he ends up conserving some species, is to have more

of that species to hunt next year, not to preserve nature for its own sakes

to perpetuity as lived by real wildlife preservationists.

 

3. He " harvests " the most magnificent specimen of any given species,

fully knowing, yet disregarding, that this would diminish the quality of

that species over time. All he cares about is to have the biggest trophy in

his recroom, perhaps as a compensation for his personal shortcomings which

he would certainly not hang on the wall.

 

4. He regards the natural predators, such as cougar, bear and wolf, as

competitors for deer, elk and moose, and seeks to exterminate them by any

means necessary, including involving these pseudo-conservation groups and

imposter groups in the process. They of course enjoy killing all animals,

including, perhaps especially, the predators.

 

5. He wants as many deer (being the main prey by far, plus elk and moose

and others) to hunt as possible. Eradicating the predator species is one

means to this end. They also artificially feed deer in the wild (in the

form of feed plots), for the express purpose of cultivating as large a deer

population for hunting purposes as possible.

 

6. He and his political and industrial cronies then complain bitterly and

loudly to the public that there is a deer overpopulation problem from coast

to coast, and that deer must be and need be hunted in large numbers, and

urban and suburban deer culled by bow hunters (among others like

sharpshooters and captive bolters), to " protect the public " from

deer-vehicle accidents (DVAs) across the land, and horticultural damage in

residents' gardens.

 

8. He makes it sound as if he is doing the public a favor, but the truth

of the matter is that first, he is the origin of the deer population

problem, and second, the direct cause of DVAs. Call any major insurance

company and it will tell you that the largest number of DVA claims occur

during the deer hunting season, with a sharp spike on the opening day of the

season. Deer are usually prudent and cautious while approaching any open

space, such as a glade or a roadway. But on the opening day, they dash

across the road to escape from the hunters in the woods.

 

8. Whereas there exists a broad range of non-lethal and humane

strategies, tactics, methods and technologies, including several proven

categories of immunocontraception techniques (and the new concept of the

Deer Auto-Conveyor - DAC - see www.HOPE-CARE.org - deer section), which in

combination can easily replace and displace the lethal methods. For this

very reason, immunocontraception is by-and-large not permitted by the

hunter-dominated governments in the vast majority of states.

 

9. The reason for the governments making pro-hunting policy as a rule is

that most of the wildlife-oriented decision-makers in government are

themselves hunters and their cronies. This is an artificial situation,

dictated by laws and rules and regulations created by hunters, for

hunters. Things cannot be more glaring than in such examples as the NJ Fish

and Game Council filling itself with hunters by means of the archaic Title

13 which requires that at least 7 of the 11 voting members must be

hunters. States like PA and others have similar rules.

 

10. The hunters, hunter groups, imposter groups and the hunting industry

are immensely rich and powerful (partly due to the misdirected donations

from the deceived public) that most politicians, from the president on down,

have become their puppets.

 

All in all, the prevailing situation in most states is that less than 6 or

7 percent of their populations hunt, but hunters and pro-hunters have the

inside track in most if not all political decisions where wildlife

management is concerned. The small minority calls the shots. In this

context, American democracy is a joke.

 

To all potential donors: Please protect your well earned dollars by first

making a phone call to the organizations you intend to donate to:

 

1. What is your position on hunting?

 

2. What is your overhead? An overhead of 30% means that 30% of your

donation will go to administration (including in some cases very high

salaries) and real estate acquisition and maintenance, etc., and only 70

cents out of a dollar actually go to the animals. In general, a donation

made to a strong grassroots group will go much farther in producing real

results on the ground level than to a giant national organization.

 

Anthony Marr, founder

Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)

www.HOPE-CARE.org

www.MySpace.com/AnthonyMarr

 

 

Janet Piszar <hasla1 wrote:

Hi Anthony,

 

Thank you for ALL your fabulous work for the animals.

 

For a long while, but especially lately, the NJ Audubon Society has

been burning a hole in my stomach.

 

While the NJAS has a mission that :

 

" ...protects NJ's birds, mammals, and other animals..... "

 

in reality, is a pro-hunting organization that has no concern for the

individual animals within the forests.

 

Of late, they are engaged in an aggressive campaign to have deer

slaughtered in NJ for creating ecological imbalance.**** They are now

working here to try to get lethal deer management into our South Mountain

Reservation..for the first time since its establishment in 1895.

 

Here are some examples:

 

In its Policy White Paper for Forest Health and Ecological Integrity,

(released March 2005), it put the onus on the State's Fish & Wildlife for

managing deer for excess for the purpose of recreational hunting.

 

Since then, recently,

 

- supported a Ballot Initiative for dedicated funding for NJ's Wildlife

Management Areas where artificial food sources are created to keep deer and

wildlife populations high

 

- has spoke out AGAINST deer contraception, specifically the most advanced

GonaCon

 

- refused to take a position against Netting & Bolting deer in the forests

 

- on June 14th took the official position AGAINST Assembly bill 3275 which

would restructure the Fish & Game Council (which is currently hunter

dominated) with broader representation

 

I know and appreciate how busy you are and that this can't be a

priority......

 

Do you have any ideas how NJ activists can effectively, with virtually no

budget, expose NJAS's duplicity whereby NJAS successfully solicits money

from donors with the belief that they are protecting wildlife when they are

in reality, a part of the recreational hunting contingent?

 

My only thought is to write a succinct but strong e-mail message about

their deception, send to all in my directories and ask for them to

circulate it to every contact in their own directories. The message

would include the recommendation that all donations made be redirected to

organizations with the bonafide mission to PROTECT NJ wildlife.

 

Hard to ask for and get lots of letters-to-the editors because we are

inundating our activists with these requests, of late.

 

thanks and bless you,

 

Janet

 

 

 

Anthony Marr, founder

Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE - www.HOPE-CARE.org)

Deer Options Enterprise (DOE - www.DeerOptions.com)

Western Canada Anti-Sealing Coalition (WCASC - website pending)