Through the end of January, the Greenwich Sportsmen
and Landowner’s Association will be allowed to hunt on Audubon
Greenwich’s property. To give the appearance of a “good deed,” they
claim that hunters will be donating their kills to the Food Bank
of Lower Fairfield County. [Note that this lack of properly inspected
flesh is going to the poor.]
C.A.S.H. believes that Audubon Greenwich wasted their
members’ dues for the benefit of a small interest group. They spent
$5,000 on a report to give themselves alleged scientific backup
and claimed that non-lethal methods of lowering the deer population
there were expensive and impractical. Do you really want your money
going to this organization?
Is it a surprise that the report concluded that bowhunting
was the best method to control the white-tailed deer population?
The only surprise is that they think they can fool all of the people
all of the time.
According to a newspaper article, the Audubon CT
executive director, said the hunt was not in conflict with the
Audubon mission which is in part to “enjoy nature.” [Go figure.]
As with Mohonk, this large landowner claims that the purpose of
the hunt “is to protect the biological diversity of the sanctuary.” Will
Ron Baker please do an analysis of this?
To help stop this carnage and learn more, please
contact: Natalie Jarnstedt who coordinates Citizens for Prohibition
of Hunting in Greenwich. Natalie can be e-mailed at: atia2@optonline.net
