ACTION ALERT-WISCONSIN WOLVES
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The language for the Wolf Harvest was removed from the Wolf Management Plan (FOR NOW). Please keep this information handy in the event that down the road Wisconsin decides to once again attempt to give free "Kill Permits" and "trapping rights" to the local residents. Thank you.
IF YOU WISH TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DO NOT ACT ON THIS ALERT, PLEASE READ ON BELOW.
It seems the barbaric ways we survived in days gone by has risen its' ugly head to haunt our wilderness yet again. We, the people of the great United States, are about to both further legalize, encourage and promote through permits a most intense way of destroying what is not ours to take - the life of a wild animal.
First, please let me strongly express here that I do not enjoy doing a page with this content. However, if we do not "look" at the images and "read" the changes about to take place, the wolves, that we have fought so hard to save, are surely damned to extinction. Please, for the sake of our wildlife who are unable to speak on their own behalf, look at the picture below and see the lies that are stated by untold sites (traps have been made more safe and less painless) You be the judge...CAN YOU FEEL HIS PAIN?
This copyright picture taken by Gordon Haber shows the cruelty man is capable of. How in the name of mercy can our government stand by and permit such animal cruelty? There are untold numbers of organizations out there working for pennies to defend these animals and in turn, the government issues bigger and better permits for leg hold traps, permits for killing if a wolf dares to set a toe on a ranchers land. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that Defenders reimburses the ranchers losses from predator depradation. They are being drawn out into the open by hunger ~ the need to survive and feed their pack. Pure Animal Instinct. That may sound odd but doesn't the same standard boast from man? I hear on many sites, "its hereditary, it's mans' animal instinct to hunt". Well, if man is so correct in following his natural instincts, why is the wolf then "sentenced to death for following his?" Heck, that's being done with the elk at Yellowstone. This is to draw the animals out of safety's range so the hunters can have a clear crack at them. Boy, that really takes some skills to stand there and wait for an innocent animal to walk out of the trees to get a lick of salt. Same with the wolves. We are not talking of skilled hunters any longer - many of them are "bait waiters" or better yet, they pay to go to farms to stand inside a fenced area and knock off the animal of their choice. No chase, no running for its life like the animal has to do ~ no MAN just stands there and pops them off and then dares to lay claim to a descent kill. WRONG!!!!!
THIS IS ANOTHER PRIVILEGE THEY WILL HAVE
That's not the worst part. It is designated by law that these traps (however crude and sickening they are) must be checked daily by the brave soul that sets them. However, do you know that most of these animals are left in these traps to suffer for days at a time, no way to get away UNLESS THEY CHEW THEIR LEG OFF however the government still permits this. And now they are debating even more options for these skilled hunters.
A government study showed that for every "target" animal caught in a body-gripping trap, as many as 10 non-target animals are captured. In addition to bald eagles and other raptors, river otters and domestic cats are frequent non-target trap victims on the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. Many die
But you won't read about the thousands of animals caught and killed in body-gripping traps annually on wildlife refuges in materials promoting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' National Wildlife Refuge Week (October 10-16). Instead you'll learn that the week showcases the "bountiful wildlife that seek refuge on the world's largest and most diverse network of lands and waters."
MY GOD ~ CAN YOU FEEL HIS PAIN ???
Trapping on public lands established to protect wild animals conflicts with even the broadest definitions of the word "refuge." When Theodore Roosevelt established the first National Wildlife Refuge on Pelican Island, Florida, in 1903, such activities were prohibited. But amendments in the 1950s to the 1934 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act opened many refuges to trapping. The duck stamp program led hunters and trappers to argue that they were the chief financial supporters of conservation, and despite being squarely in the minority, they had the "right" to kill wildlife on public lands.
According to a survey taken in April, 88 percent of Americans believe that wildlife and habitat preservation should be the highest priority of the refuge system. Ironically, the number of Americans who hunt and trap continues to decline, just as many refuges are either beginning or broadening their hunting and trapping programs.
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