Palin's barbaric record on killing America's 'protected' wildlife
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http://defendersactionfund.org/campaigns.html
We’re getting the word out to voters about Governor Sarah Palin’s barbaric record on killing America’s wildlife, especially her active promotion of the brutal aerial hunting of wolves and bears.As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has proposed paying a $150 bounty for the foreleg of each dead wolf. The aerial hunting program she champions has already killed nearly 800 wolves. She’s opposed efforts to save America’s polar bears from extinction. She’s fought against efforts to save some of the world’s most endangered beluga whales.
At nearly every opportunity, Governor Palin has sided with Big Oil, mining companies, wealthy trophy hunters and other entrenched special interests in support of policies that would greatly harm the wild animals we treasure.
Warning: This television ad -- like the governor’s support for this brutal practice -- is disturbing.
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uppityprogressive
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Watch the movie "Never Cry Wolf", understand that the biologist in the story is a real one, who actually lived that story and over 40 years ago returned to the government that contracted him to study the wolves and proved to them through science (that Palin's community hates) that wolves are no threat to humans, they don't take all the caribou, and they survive for most of the year by eating mice.
Palin is a cretin, to use an old term...wolves are better people.
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uppityprogressive
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onechance
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Devilbitch.
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onechance
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MethuselahMouse
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I think perhaps the Republican party needs to back off of this Amazoness portrayel of Palin at the risk of making her seem sociopathic.
That wouldn't look great on top of the rest of what's wrong with her.
- 1 year ago
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MethuselahMouse
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darkhorsejim
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And she still finds the time to put the fun in her dysfunctional family-a microcosm of her actual poitical prowess & laughable qualifications as a serious V.P. candidate other than her ability to handle a shotgun better than Chaney.
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darkhorsejim
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metalcookiesxy70
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Loves meh some wolvies....stop the the non renewable resources NOW!!!!!
- 1 year ago
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metalcookiesxy70
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bmltv
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Over the past 8 years the "Endangered Species Act" has been put through the ringer and the appropriate funding has been on a decline. The issue with Ms. Palin can be taken out context, particularly now-being so close to November. If you think she is breaking the law-then without a reasonable doubt, you need to prove it and then persue a heavy conviction.
Legal, lawful powers virsus activism-its a tough one.Good Luck!
- 1 year ago
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bmltv
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AceHardchester
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I don't see how this is going to turn Palin supporters off on Palin. It's like the abortion thing. I'm sure a lot of people who are on the fence as to who to vote for might like the fact that she's against abortion. Similarly, I'm sure a lot of people might like the fact that she enjoys hunting--regardless of whether or not the species is endangered.
- 1 year ago
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AceHardchester
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ONENATIONUNDERBIGBRO
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If you want to hunt,go hunt a bear with nothing but a knife. Then you can call it a sport. If this is how she treats defenseless animals, then what can we expect from her if she has even more power. Guns are for protection, not murder.What a great mother.
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ONENATIONUNDERBIGBRO
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smart_giraffe
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Watching those wolves die almost made me cry. How can anybody do that to an animal for "fun"? I understand the need to hunt for survival, food, etc. But nobody in N. America needs to hunt wolves for survival. They should be a protected species.
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smart_giraffe
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JanforGore
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Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2007
Want to fight this? Then ask your representative to support this bill for ALL states. I believe Wyoming now has aerial shooting as well, only don't quote me, and other states as well are and will be taking advantage of the loophole in the original bill if this bill does not pass.
- 1 year ago
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JanforGore
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Brockie
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Well what did you expect? Of corse big oil has both Palin and McCain in their back pocket. Shes a republican. They all suck up to the big oil companies.
Look how she treats the local endangered wildlife population in Alaska. Do we really want her to treat all the endangered wildlife across the USA with such disregard? - 1 year ago
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Brockie
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dissimulator
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Dont forget about the baby wolves, that starve or freeze to death because their mother was murdered.
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dissimulator
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NYCTOLA
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The use of aircraft to shoot or harass animals from
the air is illegal under the Airborne Hunting Act, enacted in 1972. The act was passed after a nationwide outcry against the aerial hunting of wolves in AlaskaThe circumstances surrounding Alaska’s
program make it clear that the state is allowing aerial hunting, which is banned by federal law. The state exploits a loophole in the AHA to allow private hunters and private pilots, rather than Alaska Department of Fish and Game personnel, to “control” wolves from the air or chase them to exhaustion and shoot them from the ground.
The hunters are allowed to keep the pelts as trophies or sell them for profit instead of turning them over to
wildlife officials. This spring, the state went so far as to offer a reward of $150 for each left foreleg of wolves killed within designated areas and turned into state officials. A state court identified this as a bounty, which is illegal under state law, and halted the program before any bounties were paid.
For more info go to
For more info on Sarah Palin - Wildlife and Environment go to:
http://www.defendersactionfund.org/newsroom/sarah_palin.html - 1 year ago
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NYCTOLA
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Julie_Soller
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bss05g, the hunting of wolves and bear is mostly done for sport or to keep the competition for elk and deer away from hunters. It's cruel, unfair and totally unnecessary. There is no overpopulation of wolves and bear in Alaska!
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Julie_Soller
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bss05g
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Julie_Soller:
oh then why would she do it? i'm sorry i don't think that it was a good thing to have that wolves hunted but i do think their had to be a reason she agreed with it and i would like to know it.
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bss05g
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VRUDIEA
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Julie_Soller:
There is a reason, but not an ethical one. She is fueled by greed and influenced by the businesses that make her rich: oil, fishing, and hunting.
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VRUDIEA
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Vierotchka
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Julie_Soller:
Why would she do it? Because she's a psychopath.
- 1 year ago
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Vierotchka
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Varex_Sythe
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Julie_Soller:
I can think of a few reasons why Sarah Palin could endorse this kind of activity.
First would be to candor to some of the people who would vote for her in Alaska. Some of the people who live in Alaska actually do this as a redneck sport. Kind of like blinding a deer with the spot lights on your jeep and then shooting it when it is frozen in fear. It's not really a sport, but it is easier then actually hunting the animal down and killing it.
Second, people who actually go for this kinda crap tend to think that by killing bears and wolves that they are reducing the amount of predators that would otherwise kill the herbivores that they themselves would otherwise hunt. The problem is that predators have not been near the strength that they need to be in order to control the herbivore population in quite a while, and as a result the herbivore population has been slowly increasing despite the fact that people also hunt deer, moose and caribou.
Third, aerial hunting is a great attraction for financially well off people who want to go hunt something dangerous, but not actually risk either their health or the change of having to suffer through the elements to kill their prey. It can make for a really effective, and really sadistic, kind of attraction to bring in revenue.
Fourth, if Palin herself likes to perform this activity for whatever reasons she may have, then the act of hunting from a plane with a high powered rifle better damn well be legal or else she might have some explainin' to do.
- 1 year ago
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Varex_Sythe
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bss05g
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thanks for posting this like most people i still don't know that much about Palin. the only unfortunate thing is what the ad fails to explain, is why their would be legislation having to do with encouraging the killing of wolves and other wildlife. It is obvious that their has to be some reason she voted the way she did, I'm just saying, its probably not that bad, maybe their populations had gone unchecked for to long
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bss05g