WOW - Human Society Article - Palin paid $400,000 to defeat bill to stop aerial shooting!

[1776Forever]

A few weeks ago I listed the video's posted on YouTube of aerial shooting condoned by Palin and I was told by a fellow DU member who used to live in AK, that the reason was to boost the wildlife for high rolling hunters that come up there and pay big $$. Now there is proof that they were correct in the following article from the Human Society:

https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=27497157

(snip)

Palin engineered a campaign of shooting predators from airplanes and helicopters, in order to artificially boost the populations of moose and caribou for trophy hunters. She offered a $150 bounty for the left foreleg of each dead wolf as an economic incentive for pilots and aerial gunners to kill more of the animals, even though Alaska voters had twice approved a ban on the practice. This year, the issue was up again for a vote of the people, and Palin led the fight against it -- in fact, she helped to spend $400,000 of public funds to defeat the initiative.

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And now we all know the rest of the story!



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[Az_lefty]

1. she is a despicable human being...

:grr:

[1776Forever]

3. Yes - And I wonder if some of that $400,000 came from the plane she "sold" to the hunters!

Anyone know if that is where some of it came from? I read somewhere that someone associated with the big time hunters that come to AK had bought that plane she said she put on eBay. Would love to know!!

[1776Forever]

18. Found the reference - it is used for the hunters!! Link -

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/05/sarah-palins-strange-ebay_n_124097.html

After going unsold for months, the jet was put into the hands of Turbo North Aviation, an Anchorage aircraft broker, which put an asking price of $2.45 million on the nearly $2.7 million jet. It quickly sold to Alaska businessman Larry Reynolds for $2.1 million ($31,000 of which went to Turbo Aviation). Today the Westwind II jet spends its days ushering wealthy hunters around Alaska and Russia!

:think:

[Triana]

12. PSYCHOPATH is what she is. n/t

[stuntcat]

33. just a nasty horrible person

:grr:

[FreeState]

2. Then there's this: 172 Scientists Protest Alaska's Aerial Wolf Hunting

http://www.alaskawolfkill.com/Palin_Letter.html

Dear Governor Palin:

As scientists and other wildlife professionals, we urge you to strengthen the application of science-based wildlife management to sound policy decisions, especially for those Alaska programs related to predator control. We are concerned with potential problems of managing and conserving large mammalian carnivores and their ungulate prey resulting from recent approval of predator control programs designed to severely reduce populations of gray wolves, black bears and brown bears. We strongly urge the State of Alaska to gather data necessary to justify, implement, monitor and evaluate these programs so that management practices will ensure sustained populations of both predators and prey.

Starting in 2003 Alaska approved and implemented five predator control programs in interior and southcentral parts of the state designed to severely reduce wolves and bears in order to increase numbers of moose and caribou for hunters. These are lethal control programs where private pilots are authorized to shoot wolves with airplanes and hunters and trappers are encouraged to take large numbers of wolves and bears. These programs now total nearly 60,000 square miles of state and federal land. Nearly 700 wolves have been killed to date. The goal for several of these programs is to reduce the wolf populations by 80% of estimated pre-control numbers and to hold them at that level for an undetermined period. This is the largest predator control program since statehood.

Recently, black and brown bears were targeted in one area for reductions of 60% by authorizing hunting methods never before practiced in Alaska. These include shooting of female bears with cubs, or cubs themselves. Liberal bear baiting regulations, year-long open seasons, sale of hides and skulls, same-day airborne hunting and use of airplanes for spotting bears were also approved by the Board of Game.

These actions have drawn the attention of professional wildlife biologists worldwide. We are aware that the American Society of Mammalogists has sent three letters of concern and passed a resolution regarding wolf management in Alaska. Issues surrounding Alaska's predator control were discussed in September 2006 at The Wildlife Society's annual meeting in Anchorage and concerns were raised over the scientific basis of the control programs. These concerns are based on knowing the end result of similar large-scale predator control programs in other areas of the world that were not based on sound science. Often, predators subject to such programs were unable to sustain viable populations....

(much more here: http://www.alaskawolfkill.com/Palin_Letter.html

[1776Forever]

4. Thank you for posting this - Makes chills run down my spine - Terrible!

Can you imagine what will happen to our National treasures and our wildlife if she does get in! Disgusting! There are no words!

[FreeState]

6. I know its sickening... be sure to bookmark that

I have had several people say - but the wolves are over populated - that letter shuts them up right away. Besides the fact that arial hunting increases the wolf population by killing the leaders of the packs (the leader manages reproduction - with out the leader they all mate).

[1776Forever]

9. Yes Will Do! The very idea that this is humane is astounding! What kind of mind thinks this?

Let alone a person who says they are a Christian who was told to protect the earth and all the wildlife in it!

God said "let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the wild animals and over all the creatures that move along the ground." (Gen. 1:26)

:cry:

[mod mom]

8. Palin is one despicable inhuman being.

[tosh]

13. Just when I thought my opinion of Palin was at rock bottom,

this showed me a new low.

"...hunting methods never before practiced in Alaska. These include shooting of female bears with cubs, or cubs themselves."

:puke:

[Tribetime]

5. We need to keep this out there everyday, make everyone aware of the

piece of shit she is

[Rosa Luxemburg]

23. I don't see much about this in the MSM?

[JohnnyCougar]

27. ***PUT IT IN THE NEWS. DONATE HERE***

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id=1547&1547.donation=form1&s_src=6JY08WDC4F&s_subsrc=6JY08WDC4F_EJI08D1web&JServSessionIdr001=i8h01md7b1.app27a

This ad is very effective! It's already up in FL and OH.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

40. Thanks!

[Duppers]

7. If Michael Vick were white and

shooting the dogs on an expensive hunt, he wouldn't be in jail.

Cruelty is cruelty.

This woman is heartless.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

16. Why bring race into it?

[Duppers]

31. I think what Michael Vick did was horrible and he should spend

at least 10 yrs of his life in jail.

Yep, you're right. My apologies.

IF a very rich black guy were on one of those expensive guided hunts in AK nothing would happen to him. It's about THE MONEY.

Hunting wolves ranks up there in cruelty, but their deaths aren't as cruel as what Vick did to his dogs.

[guruoo]

26. Excellent point.

[chat_noir]

10. grrrr

begging for captions/photoshopping

[1776Forever]

11. That is scary! Honestly - She does look like a predator there does she not?

:wow: :wow: :wow:

[KittyWampus]

14. she looks hateful

[Danascot]

20. Predator Palin

[Heather MC]

24. Palin the Alien

[begin_within]

25. Well, how's this:

[1776Forever]

34. Wow - I love the ENDS NOV 4th notation! YES YES YES!

[Tansy_Gold]

38. That is absolutely stupendous.

I hope you don't mind if I share it with a whole lot of friends?
:thumbsup:

:yourock:

[begin_within]

42. no, go right ahead, spread it far and wide - that's why I do these things.

[Tansy_Gold]

44. I sent it to a friend in Indiana --

His response --

"That poster and the drawing of her and mccain in Rolling Stone are two of the best."


Thought you'd like to know!

:hi:

[jesus_of_suburbia]

15. She is so disgusting. She LOVES killing animals.

[truebrit71]

17. THE number one reason I despise this woman...

...

[comanche12]

19. People who wantonly waste wildlife are killers in every way...

whether it's backstabbing for political gain or emotional manipulation within her family (daughter must marry) or denying women the right to a rape kit or simply lying about her associates (what happened to "though shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"?), it's all a form of murder and she is out of control.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. The more I know about the barracuda, the more I detest her.

[Raschel]

22. How many rape victims could have been helped

with that 400,000. She's a real piece of work.

[Kolesar]

28. Government is not supposed to fund lobbying & PR. Isn't this illegal?

I expect this would be illegal in Ohio. The Ohio Railroad Development Corporation (ORDC) has a grassroots group, www.allaboardohio.org , do the lobbying for them.

[1776Forever]

29. I thought the same thing when I read this - Wonder why someone in the MSM wouldn't pick this up

I also wondered if the AK people even were aware of the money being spent and where it came from. If I were a citizen of AK I would sure as heck want to know and I also wondered if the plane sale that has been reported (see my earlier post) as being used by these high roller hunters wasn't part of the "payment" to allow this to happen.

[Kolesar]

30. Go to the dog pound and register voters

Talk about wolves.

[codjh9]

32. What a horrible bitch. They're wrong about that increasing the numbers of prey, anyway,

as numerous studies have borne out. And even if they're weren't: why does everything always have to benefit and/or revolve around US?

[Phredicles]

35. Now I'm curious in spite of myself: WHY is it so important for it

to be legal to shoot animals from aircraft? I mean, if they're shot from the ground they're just as dead. Of course, insane stubbornness is yet another Bush "personality" trait that Palin evidently has.

[codjh9]

39. Because much of Alaska is roadless, and it's quicker and easier for them to 'get rid of'

those terrible wolves (heavy sarcasm here) by airplane or helicopter than it is to actually get out there and go kill 'em. I've known about this policy and hated these bastards for many years, and as others have pointed out, the voters have voted against it TWICE! But they keep allowing it.

[merh]

36. And I read on one of the wildlife blogs

that the new legislation that Palin supported was written in such a way that it confused voters, many thought they were opposing the practice when they voted.

This woman is disgusting, a cruel sociopath that doesn't belong in any elected office.

[Kajsa]

37. What in the HELL happened to PAW?

that would certainly address this,
_________________________________________________________________________________________
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3663

Status:

Introduced Sep 25, 2007
Scheduled for Debate -
Voted on in House -
Voted on in Senate -
Signed by President -

Last Action: Sep 27, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
____________________________________________________________________________________________

That was almost one year ago!

What in the hell are they doing with it?

[1776Forever]

41. This is very interesting and the Human Society and Defenders of Wildlife should push this more

Maybe after the election is over it will get more attention!

Thanks for sharing - at least someone cared enough to try and do something about this!

:grouphug:

[Kajsa]

43. You're welcome,1776Forever!

This should definitely be pushed through.

:grouphug:

[crazy_vanilla]

45. that b*&ch !!!

She could've used the funds to pay for those poor victims' rape kits.

[Desertrose]

46. FYI- its the HUMANE Society....

and Palin is beyond disgusting.

[glinda]

47. This really should be on the news big time

it shows how corrupt she is. And sick.

[OakCliffDem]

48. And she took the money