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Article 6339
From: [email protected] (Thomas Alan Swenson)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: PETA Pamphlet
Date: 7 May 90 00:04:01 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
seI got hold of a pamphlet published by the anti-hunting group
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Note that
their tactics for sabotaging hunts include; enacting gun control
laws (in the interest of "public safety"), vandalism of hunter's
property, and indoctrination of kids into their movement through
the public schools. I'm going to use it as proof that the anti-
hunters are in league with the anti-gunners.
You will undoubtedly note the depiction of us sportsmen as
"violent", "perverse" and careless. They also lie about the
Pittman-Robertson Act. They say that those funds come from
"general tax revenues".
They also fail to mention their other activities such as,
breaking into research laboratories or, the infamous Question 3
in Massachusetts last year. For those of you who don't live in
the P.R.M., Question 3 was a referendum that would have placed a
heavy regulatory burden on farmers who keep animals. The few
farmers that are left here organized and got it defeated by a
wide margin. These people are self-righteous SCUM!
Tom Swenson
[email protected]
Freedom of the press is great -- If you own the press.
Disclaimer? Kiss my ass, I'm paying for my mail.
(start of pamphlet)
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[ drawing of deer being chased by dogs]
How to
SABOTAGE HUNTS
a guide for defending wild life
[drawing of a fox]
[drawing of a rabbit]
A small but violent minority known as American hunters invade
public and private land each year for the purpose of killing
animals for fun and profit. Approximately 20 million hunters -
less than 10 percent of the American population - engage in
annual offensives against our wildlife, at great cost to animal
lives and the environment. Their 70 million annual victims
include deer, bears, moose, rabbits, ducks, geese, squirrels, and
other wildlife, as well as dogs, cats, cows, occasional hikers,
and even a few of their fellow hunters. Hunters also leave
behind many wounded and crippled animals.
Because hunted animals cannot defend themselves against the
technologies used by hunters, concerned citizens must become
active on their behalf. There are many ways that you can protect
wildlife by thwarting hunters.
1. Deny hunters the land to hunt on. Encourage your neighbors,
especially those who own large tracts such as farms and
ranches, to post their land ad forbid hunting. Show then
that hunters invariably cause more damage to agriculture
than wild animals do.
2. For special hunts that issue a limited number of permits,
apply for these permits yourself. The permits are usually
awarded by a simple lottery selection. If you're lucky,
you'll win a permit and save an animal's life.
3. Go into the woods the day before hunting season and try to
drive wildlife away from commonly hunted areas. Play
loud radios or recordings of wolf howls, and walk with dogs
on leashes. Such tactics are particularly important for
younger animals who have not had the traumatizing experience
of being hunted.
4. Plaster the floors of hunting blinds with cow dung, rotten
eggs, or other unpleasant substances. Tear down tree
stands.
5. To break potentially dangerous wildlife habits, place deer
repellent (available at feed and hardware stores) along deer
tracks, which hunters use to stalk them. This will
encourage the deer to move away. Or, just scoop up a bag of
human hair from a barber shop and hang handfuls of it in
little mesh bags about two or three feet from the ground,
along the deer track.
6. If hunters use dogs in your area. Try to get hold of a
female dog in heat and lead her, on a leash through heavily
hunted areas. Male hunting dogs will get wind of the female
and lose their enthusiasm for chasing rabbits, foxes, or
deer. Soak garlic cloves in water or make a lemon juice
solution and using a spray bottle spray leaves and trails
to throw dogs off the scent.
[silhouette of a deer]
7. Hunter often like to ambush animals by setting out food and
then hiding in blinds. Piles of apples and other "bait" are
set up a few days before hunting season to encourage animals
to linger in a certain area. To thwart this, remove the
food piles a few days before hunting season. If there is
too much food to carry away, spray it with deer repellent or
human urine, and spread human hair clippings all over the
area.
8 Encourage your municipality to pass an ordinance that bans,
int the interest of public safety, the use of all weapons
within it's limits. Rifles, shotguns, and bows and arrows
have been known to kill people too.
9. During actual hunts assemble a group of people early in the
morning and use airhorns and whistles to warn animals into
hiding. Groups of noisy people are very effective is
disrupting hunts of all kinds.
10. Develop strong anti-hunting sentiment in your community by
writing letters to the editor of your local newspapers,
meeting with neighbors, and getting on talk shows. Post
anti-hunting flyers in parks and other community areas. Let
your neighbors know that federal saw recognizes wild life as
"belonging" to all people, most of whom don't hunt. Don't
let gun lobbies or hunting groups label you as "uninformed"
or "sentimental:" There are many valid scientific and
ecological arguments against hunting, so get the facts and
publicize them.
11 Lobby for laws that require hunters to carry written
permission from land owners to hunt on private land. This
reduces hunting areas because many farmers are reluctant to
sign such permits, and absentee landowners like summer
residents or corporations may be hard to reach.
12 Ask your congressional representatives to introduce bills
prohibiting hunting and trapping on national wildlife
refuges and all public land. The majority of taxpayers
should not subsidize the perverse pleasures of a violent
minority.
13 Ask your governor to appoint non-hunters to state wildlife
committees. These important committees decide the fate of
your state's wildlife, and should not be dominated by
hunters.
14 Place stuffed animal toys around commonly hunted areas.
Hunters often don't take the time to determine if an animal
is real. Better to have a hole in a cotton rabbit than a
real one -- and the noise of the gun going off will help
scare away real animals.
15 Look for announcements of scheduled hunts in newspapers and
magazines. Contact the sponsors or local authorities and
ask that the hunt be canceled both for animal and human
safety. Picket the entrance to the hunting grounds, and
circulate petitions in neighboring areas.
16 If companion animals or property are hurt by hunters,
contact an attorney and find out what your legal options
are. File official complaints or even lawsuits. The threat
of litigations is a good deterrent.
17 Educate your self and others by reading and distributing the
books Man Kind? by Cleveland Amory and the American Hunting
Myth by Ron Baker. Ask public and school libraries to carry
them, or donate copies (write PETA for details)
18 If the wildlife course "Project Wild is taught in your
public schools, meet with teachers and school officials and
ask them to end it's use. It's pro-hunting propaganda is
not accurate, and by advocating slaughter it does not teach
students proper respect for life or the environment.
"Nonviolence leads to the highest ethics,
which is the goal of all evolution. Until we
stop harming all other living beings, we are
still savages."
Thomas A. Edison
[drawing of ducks]
HUNTING QUIZ
True or False?
* Hunting is necessary to prevent wildlife overpopulation.
FALSE Hunting stimulates breeding by disrupting natural
balances that ordinarily would keep populations stable. Hunters
weaken species by pursuing the large healthy male animals that
keep the herd or group genetically strong.
* Hunters pay for conservation programs that help wildlife.
FALSE The "conservation" programs sponsored by state and
federal wildlife agencies exist for the benefit of hunters, not
animals. These programs, 90 percent of which are paid for by
general tax revenues ( not hunting licenses), include the burning
and bulldozing of thousands of acres of public land to create
grazing areas that attract "game" animals. Their programs,
including the stocking of hunting areas with "desirable" species,
are designed to create a surplus of animals so that hunters have
a constant supply of targets - and excuses.
For more information about hunting or other animal related
issues contact"
PETA
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL
TREATMENT OF ANIMALS
P.O. Box 42516
Washington, DC 20015
(202) 726-0156
(end of pamphlet)
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| The anti's will have fun at this shoot. They just have to watch
where they step, sit, and even what they lean on. :-) Make sure you
read the last paragraph.
Vanderpool for President !
Reprint from the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Nucla Aminal-rights protesters could do time in cattle trailers
NUCLA _ A jail sentence served in a cattle trailer may await protesters
who try to interfere illegally with next month's prairie dog hunt near here,
Nucla Mayor John Vanderpool warned Tuesday.
"We don't have holding facilities" for a threatened influx of protesters,
Vanderpool said, explaining the preliminary decision to bring in two cattle
trailers, one for male and one for female prisoners.
Under the contingency plans Nucla officals have prepared, Municipal Judge
John Davidson will hear cases in Nucla Town Park - an open-air court
under the trees where protesters will "face the law west of the Uncompahgre,"
in Vanderpool's words.
The plans were made after animal-rights groups predicted last week that
thousands of protesters might descend on the remote Western Slope community
and try to block the scheduled July 14-15 Top Dog World Championship Prairie
Dog Shoot.
A flier distributed by the Rocky Mountain Humane Society offered advice on
where to find "the best information on sophisticated hunt sabotage." The
flier also warned activists: "If you plan to physically interfere with
the hunt ... understand when you do this, you're on your own."
It is against state law to harass hunters or commit criminal trepass.
Virtually all the hunt is to take place on private land.
After studying the flier, Vanderpool issued a public letter that warned:
"The people over here do not appreciate being told what to do by outsiders,
and I'm afraid that someone is going to get hurt. The people here all have
guns in their homes for hunting, and I'm afraid both sides might have short
fuses."
In a telephone interview, the mayor said the cattle trailers won't be
cleaned by the time they're used for protesters. However, he added, "We
will hose them down twice a day to keep the flies under control."
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