Defenders: Gov. Sarah Palin endorses harrying wild wolves & shooting them from helicopters

[Kolesar]

Ok, I jazzed up the headline a bit. But that's what they do! Big game hunters have this fantasy that the wolves are destroying their game species. Defenders of Wildlife wrote to me. Hyperbole in defense of canis is no crime:

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Dear Avenger and Defender,

A few hours ago, the news broke that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has
been selected by Sen. John McCain as the vice presidential candidate
for the Republican ticket.

As a Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund supporter, you are no doubt
aware of Governor Palin's dismal record, from her staunch
support for special interests and Big Oil to her terrible assault
on wolves and other wildlife.

As much of the nation wonders just who Sarah Palin is, I wanted to pass
along my statement that I've just released.

Please read it and pass it along to everyone you know.

Thanks for your continued support,

Rodger
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2008

Shocking Choice by John McCain

WASHINGTON-- Senator John McCain just announced his choice for running mate:
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. To follow is a
statement by Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife
Action Fund.

"Senator McCain's choice for a running mate is beyond
belief. By choosing Sarah Palin, McCain has clearly made a decision to
continue the Bush legacy of destructive environmental policies.

"Sarah Palin, whose husband works for BP (formerly British
Petroleum), has repeatedly put special interests first when it comes
to the environment. In her scant two years as governor, she has
lobbied aggressively to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to
drilling, pushed for more drilling off of Alaska's coasts, and
put special interests above science. Ms. Palin has made it clear
through her actions that she is unwilling to do even as much as the
Bush administration to address the impacts of global warming. Her most
recent effort has been to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
remove the polar bear from the endangered species list, putting Big
Oil before sound science. As unbelievable as this may sound, this
actually puts her to the right of the Bush administration.

"This is Senator McCain's first significant choice in
building his executive team and it's a bad one. It has to raise
serious doubts in the minds of voters about John McCain's
commitment to conservation, to addressing the impacts of global
warming and to ensuring our country ends its dependency on oil."

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provides a powerful voice in Washington to Americans who value our
conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying, issue advocacy and
political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and
lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against
those that do them harm.



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The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund provides a powerful voice in Washington to
Americans who value our conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying,
issue advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and
lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against those that
do them harm.

The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund can be contacted at:
1130 Seventeenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036

[madrchsod]

1. she thinks those big white bears

should`t be protected either......there`s a story on huffington that has her comments on the polar bears not needing protection...

link----

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/opinion/05palin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Canuckistanian]

2. I remember during grade 8

Sometime back in the *cough 60's cough*. And we were shown a movie about wolves. At the end, they showed a wolf hunt by helicopter. It was graphic and bloody.

Apparently, the movie was made during the time when wolves were bounty hunted. It has since been banned to kill wolves anywhere in Canada.

I'm not sure if it was part of the curriculum to show that movie, but everyone in the school above grade 5 saw that film.

We were shocked that these people were hunting down these animals in the wild, far from any ranches or farms - animals that never harmed anyone nor would they likely to have harmed anyone.

I doubt that anyone who attended our school would EVER be for killing these magnificent creatures.