AR-News: (US OR) The Wildlife Racketeers

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Sheriff Mike Cook

Last week I talked about the problem with our Blacktail Deer populations. 
Oregon and other western states have been seeing a downturn in Mule Deer also for 
some time now also. There have been all kinds of theories as to why this is 
going on. Urban sprawl and lose of habitat are big ones and often given as the 
cause. Each state has an organization that is in charge of fish and wildlife. 
Here is the problem. 
Most organizations started out as departments of fish and game. The other 
animals were not regulated by these agencies. Then when the environmentalists 
found out how much money was going to these organizations because they were 
funded by people who were hunters and fisherman they found a way of tapping into 
this money. They caused a name change to wildlife and gave these organizations 
the responsibility for all critters. This started to strap these organizations 
for funding. Predators were listed as game animals and controlled. This was 
the beginning of the end.




full story:

http://www.sierratimes.com/04/02/20/sheriff.htm 
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