Comments on: A Turkey By Any Other Description–Is Still the Governor of Alaska http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/11/21/a-turkey-by-any-other-description-is-still-the-governor-of-alaska/ Political News, Progressive Commentary, Liberal Opinions and Common Sense Conversation... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greenconsciousness http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/11/21/a-turkey-by-any-other-description-is-still-the-governor-of-alaska/comment-page-1/#comment-25767 Greenconsciousness Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:13:14 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=3983#comment-25767  ... all the factory farmed birds — they are slaughtering turkeys now. Sara Palin did an interview right in front of a slaughter -good! Let the bird eaters see where their turkey comes from. They will mock her while ripping the wings and legs off the body of their thanksgiving dinner. They make a big deal of hunting from planes but at least they follow and kill what they shoot.  Here in WI they hunt with bow and arrow and wound.  Then, they go home for the night.  They come back late afternoon the next day and if they find the animal with its legs blown off or hopefully, dead, its suffering over and if it has not been torn apart slowly by predators overnight, they take home their trophy.  Last week in the Janesville WI Gazette they did a story about the brave hunter who killed one of the last great albino (all white) bucks this way.  He left it in the field to die slow, pecked at by birds and ants in its eyes.  Nice.  The picture showed the dead beauty and the beast. I do not know what state you are from but I bet you are unaware of the policies and practices of your own state's Natural Resources Dept. Yet you write about Palin.  Cheap!  Shooting animals with guns is not by far the worst of what every state does to wild and farm animals.   Here in WI our Democrat governor, an Obama supporter, allows bear baiting.  Bear baiting is the use of live bears to train dogs.  A chained bear in a penned area is allowed to be attacked over and over by large packs of dogs to train new dogs to hunt bears.  Sometimes the bear is allowed to run in a penned area so the dogs can chase him down. The new dogs learn from the old dogs not to be afraid of the bear. This continues all days with fresh dog packs. People come from all over the world to have fun like this in WI.Other animals are used as well.  Called junk animals, coyotes, raccoons, foxes and many other small animals are forced out of a pen and the dog pack tears them apart, a new animal every hour, 17 hours a day.    Additionally, our governor is allowing the DNR to classify Mute Swans as an Invasive species to be shot on sight..  This is what the Humane Society said.   "The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced plans to classify mute swans as a "prohibited invasive species." The adoption of these proposed regulations would remove any remaining protections these birds have under existing regulations making it that much easier for the DNR to issue permits for the unnecessary and inhumane killing of these beautiful birds. The DNR claims that mute swans are not native to North America, and therefore, should be listed as an “invasive species.” However, there is conflicting evidence about whether mute swans are native to the North American continent, and regardless, the birds are now a naturalized part of the environment. Mute swans do not pose a threat to Wisconsin’s aquatic ecosystems and any perceived conflicts with these birds can be resolved using effective, humane methods." The DNR did this to "encourage" trumpeter swans who they see as "Native".  Now they are applying to take trumpeters off the endangered list so they can shoot them as well. A group that has lived with the swans on the lakes for three generations, Save Our Swans, has formed but is badly unfunded compared to the state and hunter money behind the DNR.   So please if you really care about animals look in your own backyard.  Don't try to make a monster out of a woman in this sexist way.  Palin is hardly the example of cruelty to animals.  Most of it is done by men and most of the worst is done by argi business.  What is on your table this thanksgiving and where did it come from?  … all the factory farmed birds — they are slaughtering turkeys now. Sara Palin did an interview right in front of a slaughter -good! Let the bird eaters see where their turkey comes from. They will mock her while ripping the wings and legs off the body of their thanksgiving dinner. They make a big deal of hunting from planes but at least they follow and kill what they shoot.  Here in WI they hunt with bow and arrow and wound.  Then, they go home for the night.  They come back late afternoon the next day and if they find the animal with its legs blown off or hopefully, dead, its suffering over and if it has not been torn apart slowly by predators overnight, they take home their trophy.  Last week in the Janesville WI Gazette they did a story about the brave hunter who killed one of the last great albino (all white) bucks this way.  He left it in the field to die slow, pecked at by birds and ants in its eyes.  Nice.  The picture showed the dead beauty and the beast.
I do not know what state you are from but I bet you are unaware of the policies and practices of your own state’s Natural Resources Dept. Yet you write about Palin.  Cheap!  Shooting animals with guns is not by far the worst of what every state does to wild and farm animals.
 
Here in WI our Democrat governor, an Obama supporter, allows bear baiting.  Bear baiting is the use of live bears to train dogs.  A chained bear in a penned area is allowed to be attacked over and over by large packs of dogs to train new dogs to hunt bears.  Sometimes the bear is allowed to run in a penned area so the dogs can chase him down. The new dogs learn from the old dogs not to be afraid of the bear. This continues all days with fresh dog packs. People come from all over the world to have fun like this in WI.Other animals are used as well.  Called junk animals, coyotes, raccoons, foxes and many other small animals are forced out of a pen and the dog pack tears them apart, a new animal every hour, 17 hours a day. 
 
Additionally, our governor is allowing the DNR to classify Mute Swans as an Invasive species to be shot on sight..  This is what the Humane Society said.
 
“The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced plans to classify mute swans as a “prohibited invasive species.” The adoption of these proposed regulations would remove any remaining protections these birds have under existing regulations making it that much easier for the DNR to issue permits for the unnecessary and inhumane killing of these beautiful birds. The DNR claims that mute swans are not native to North America, and therefore, should be listed as an “invasive species.” However, there is conflicting evidence about whether mute swans are native to the North American continent, and regardless, the birds are now a naturalized part of the environment. Mute swans do not pose a threat to Wisconsin’s aquatic ecosystems and any perceived conflicts with these birds can be resolved using effective, humane methods.”
The DNR did this to “encourage” trumpeter swans who they see as “Native”.  Now they are applying to take trumpeters off the endangered list so they can shoot them as well. A group that has lived with the swans on the lakes for three generations, Save Our Swans, has formed but is badly unfunded compared to the state and hunter money behind the DNR.
 

So please if you really care about animals look in your own backyard.  Don’t try to make a monster out of a woman in this sexist way.  Palin is hardly the example of cruelty to animals.  Most of it is done by men and most of the worst is done by argi business.  What is on your table this thanksgiving and where did it come from?

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