ONE COG TO END IT ALL
HOW THE ANIMAL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS
CORRUPTING THE NORTH AMERICAN MODEL OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TO DESTROY ALL HUNTING ,
PIECE BY PIECE , FROM THE TOP DOWN
By Brian Lynn , Vice President , Marketing and Communications
If you ’ ve paid even a little attention to the regulatory , legislative and legal battles sportsmen have faced this spring , you know that animal activists have targeted predator management at an unprecedented clip . The Humane Society of the United States , Center for Biological Diversity , Mountain Lion Foundation , Natural Resources Defense Council and Defenders of Wildlife , among others , have leveraged every facet of government since January to undermine scientific wildlife management across the West — which , if implemented , will spread south and east .
In California , the Humane Society of the United States ( HSUS ) petitioned the state fish and game commission to end all bear hunting outright . This comes a year after HSUS-backed legislation that did the same was introduced and then pulled by the sponsor after immediate backlash from the hunting community . HSUS is now trying to take it out of the hands of politicians and the public by using a petition . If they fail with the commission , California will likely see a ballot initiative in the future that will seek to end bear hunting outright .
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