ENVIRONMENTALISTS, WAKE UP!
Most of us assume that while individual animals are not a concern of
the agencies, species at least are. WRONG!
The following information was recently uncovered. The NYS Bureau of
Wildlife even refers to itself as a “public resource management agency”
rather than a “wildlife conservation” agency.”
In a report titled Three Year Federal Aid Work Plan WE-173-G New York
State Wildlife Management, April 1, 1993 – March 31, 1996, a grant
application for Pittman Robertson funds (you know, the excise tax
collected on firearms, ammunition, bows and arrows) it says:
“An important step in evolving as a public resource management agency
is the shift in orientation from wildlife species toward human demands
for these resources as evident in the Mission Statement. The Bureau of
Wildlife clearly has defined its purpose along a human, not species
dimension. Accordingly, this Application for Federal Aid takes a step in
that direction by grouping the entire suite of continuing and new jobs
by the goal served, rather than the subject species. This shift in
perspective is also being applied to the non-federally funded part of
the Bureau of Wildlife’s program plan.
The entire wildlife program is encompassed by five goals:
Goal 1: Assure that populations of all wildlife in NY are of
appropriate size to meet all the demands placed on them…Achieving the
appropriate size for wildlife populations involves understanding human
demands for wildlife species existence, knowing the status and
distribution of species, and developing management strategies to
reconcile any discrepancies. Since wildlife populations fundamentally
are linked to habitat, an understanding of habitat conditions sometimes
is necessary to assess wildlife population status and to develop
appropriate management activities for those populations.
Setting a target and schedule for all wildlife populations that will
achieve society’s desires.
Goal 2: Assure that we meet the public desire for information about
wildlife and its conservation, use and enjoyment. That we meet their
desire for understanding the relationships among wildlife, humans and
the environment. That we clearly listen to what the public tells
us…asking the public what it wants from New York’s wildlife resources;
how they would like to use it; and how we can best deliver this to them.
Goal 3: Assure that we meet the public desire to use New York’s
wildlife…Use of the wildlife resource may result in removal of
individuals from the population…activities under this goal include
advocating for public use of the resource…providing access and
opportunity for the public to use wildlife in a manner which is
consistent with all their desires. Developing methodologies and actions
which advocate human uses of wildlife resources…establishing targets and
schedules to satisfy society’s desires to use wildlife.
Goal 4: Assure that we meet the public desire to derive benefit
indirectly from New York’s wildlife…to the users of wildlife; there are
many obvious direct benefits. However, wildlife also provides indirect
benefits. These benefits accrue to sellers of wildlife books, equipment
for using wildlife, and providers of associated services to wildlife
users (e.g., lodging and food services). For some users who do not
normally receive information from the Bureau of Wildlife, providers of
indirect benefits are a critical vehicle for the delivery of
information. By providing indirect benefits, wildlife can be a very
important source of economic gain.
Goal 5: Assure that people are not caused to suffer from wildlife or
the users of wildlife. To relieve suffering associated with wildlife is
major component of the Bureau’s work.”
Certainly not the arrogance, but the goals of our government wildlife
management agents came as a shock to us. I think it will shock even the
staunchest environmentalist who may now support them; those of the
Audubon and Nature Conservancy ilk. Why change? It is clear that now
that they are under attack for decimating species, they merely
acknowledge their goals are what we always knew they were – providing
targets for hunters at the expense of species. Managers have known for
years that black ducks are almost gone, yet they continue to allow the
hunting of black ducks and their absorption into the mallard populations
of the Regulated Shooting Areas (RSA’s). In fact, the RSA’s and other
private hunt clubs have always been built on the fringes of government
wildlife management areas to avail themselves of wildlife that by law
belongs to all of the people. They said it clearly, small special
interest groups called hunters will continue to be provided with living
targets regardless of how ecosystems are affected or the species itself.
I consider the document that we just exposed a confession on their
part that they have and will continue to destroy nature, try for quick
fixes if it doesn’t work, and go on to new ways of making money out of
whatever is left. Perhaps the manufacturing of species (or what will be
called “pleasure wildlife” will be done pheasant-style, where prisons
and 4-H clubs get involved in the quick propagation of a species for one
season only. They can be called “annual species” because they are not
expected to last beyond one season, for even if they escape the hunters,
the cold will get to them. Or, maybe we’ll have genetically engineered
“wildlife.”
Game agents bred domestic turkeys with wild turkeys for the turkeys
that are now “game” to make them easier ot hunt. Well, we shouldn’t be
giving them ideas. They obviously can’t distinguish sarcasm from
seriousness. If someone says genocide is needed to eliminate the
“resident” population of geese (as someone has), then genocide it is.
WE MUST NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!! CALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE TAKING YOUR ANIMAL RIGHTS DOLLARS AND TELL THEM THAT YOU DEMAND
THAT THEY OPPOSE THE MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE TO SERVE “HUMAN DESIRES”
INCLUDING GENOCIDE. DEMAND AN OVERHAUL OF THESE AGENCIES AND A SEVERING
OF THE TIES TO THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY. NEVER EVER SUPPORT “TEAMING WITH
WILDLIFE” FOR THAT MONEY WILL BE USED BY THE SAME MANAGERS WITH THE SAME
MENTALITY FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
