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your government is doing to animals this is what your federal government is doing to animals here in wisconsin and predator killing contests going on now and for years with no regulation by the state dnr are further decimating our wildlife ketchum s harper s article documents some of the known destruction of our country s wildlife since 2000 wildlife services operatives have killed at least 2 million native mammals and 15 million native birds many of these animals are iconic in the american west and beloved by the public several are listed as endangered or threatened under the endangered species act in 2014 wildlife services killed 322 wolves 61 702 coyotes 2 930 foxes 580 black bears 796 bobcats five golden eagles and three bald eagles the agency also killed tens of thousands of beavers squirrels and prairie dogs the goal of this slaughter according to the agency s literature is to provide federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts and create a balance that allows people and wildlife to coexist peacefully in the article carter niemeyer who worked for wildlife services for 25 years describes the self reporting of livestock deaths lack of confirmation and the methods used to kill natural beings who dare to eat by the time niemeyer retired in 2000 after twenty five years at the agency he had personally killed hundreds of coyotes and had overseen the deaths of thousands more on some days working in montana niemeyer skinned ten coyotes an hour as helicopters hauled the heaped carcasses in from the backcountry the government sold the skins for revenue wildlife services gunned down coyotes from airplanes and helicopters its trappers used poison baits cyanide traps leghold traps and neck snares they hauled coyote pups from dens with lengths of barbed wire strangled them or clubbed them sometimes they set the animals on fire in the dens or suffocated them with explosive cartridges of carbon monoxide we joked about using napalm niemeyer told me to be continued no end in sight action alert sen fred risser d madison has authored a bill to end wildlife killing contests in wisconsin contact both your state senator and representative and say please sign on to lrb 1453 1 contact your republican representative to sponsor an assembly companion bill also contact sen risser at 608 266 1627 and sen risser legis wisconsin gov to support this effort make sure they take down your name and address only public outrage will engage the attention of gov evers to end predator killing contests if this is worth a few minutes of your time contact him at eversinfo wisconsin gov and 608 267 2560 here is the humane society s tool kit for ending killing contests sign a petition to end wildlife killing contests here ask your congress representative to defund and terminate wildlife services scroll down to leave sen tammy baldwin a message here call sen ron johnson at 202 224 5323 this article as originally published in the madison captimes on january 27 2019 1 comment posted by dvoight09 on march 16 2019 in uncategorized patricia randolph s madravenspeak reimagining hunters and trappers as humane educators 15 jan black bear nps neal herbert don t sit this one out do something you are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet carl sagan it is demoralizing that we have to fight our own state government to save wildlife it is unethical that we have a department of natural resources doling out hundreds of thousands of hunting and trapping licenses to kill the wildlife on our public lands and not a single license is sold to protect even one animal as a citizen born in this state and paying property taxes i have zero rights to protect even the wildlife that lives on my land i should be able to tag as many animals as any trapper or hunter each year to allow them to live where are non hunter rights a challenge to our new governor tony evers is to create a task force to address urgent reforms that are needed democratize the funding and for the first time ensure fair proportionate non hunter citizen representation in all aspects of dnr related boards and staffing one idea is to legalize marijuana and use the revenue from taxes and licensing getting high on wildlife to replace funding generated by the killing of wildlife fair funding would give us all a stake engaging the public in re wilding planting trees and prairies and nurturing wildlife through difficult winters and climate change if the dnr is not to be reformed create an alternative agency to represent the 90 percent of wisconsin citizens who do not kill wildlife and who pay for our public lands and appreciate wildlife create an alternative fair and transparent election of a wildlife watcher advisory board run tied to the annual conservation congress elections in every county candidates should have open campaigns that discuss policy encourage creative ideas from the 90 percent of the public the non hunters who have been excluded since dnr inception create an educational task force to design a program for kindergarten through high school students to learn about climate destruction and mass extinction and their causes this world belongs to the children they deserve to understand these challenges and contribute their ingenuity and insights some ideas for transforming the department of natural resources agenda turn trappers and hunters into school educators they can be paid to teach children to track how to recognize where animals live how they survive winter what kind of habitat they need and how they tend their young trappers are making little money from the hundreds of thousands of animals they kill in traps according to dnr statistics 7 482 trappers killed 347 436 wild animals in traps in 2017 18 and sold them on average for less than 5 per dead animal trappers killed on average 46 animals each for 230 but claim they spend 297 annually trappers set the rules for how many animals they can kill and estimate how many are left it is a closed self serving inaccurate system we can be creative and put their skills to work helping children appreciate the animals trappers have tormented by 2004 scotland england and wales had banned fox hunting now an alternate chase much more challenging has been set to update the tradition hound hunting humans humans volunteer to run about a half marathon and meet the dogs before the chase treating them with biscuits giving them a scent to follow there s no fox torn to shreds and the people who get caught just get licked by a group of dogs queen guitarist brian may is quoted as saying on bbc news the hunters say it is working for them we the hunting community have to look at ways keep the sport up to date while maintaining the tradition end the use of lead shot and lead sinkers that are poisoning our wildlife end wildlife killing contests last week new mexico state land commissioner stephanie garcia richard signed an executive order banning wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other unprotected species on state trust lands 9 5 million acres as one of her first acts since taking office in january could our governor ban the killing contests going on right now in wisconsin end wild and captive hounding and captive hunting atrocities engage trappers to install pvc pipes through the bottom of beaver dams instead of dynamiting dams trout and beaver co evolved over millions of years if beaver dams create flooding or warming waters pipe at the bottom of the dam does not attract beavers to repair and allows water to flow through pipes are 95 percent satisfactory where used and are a cheap easily installed long term solution to any people problems with beavers beavers provide habitat for half the rare and endangered species on earth they are eco heroes and water purifiers gov evers has touted wisconsin values of kindness and respect empathy and compassion and integrity and civility he speaks of turning the page on the tired politics of the past we the majority have suffered along with our wildlife it is time this state evolves and leads on ending the war on the wildlife that bring health beauty innocence and balance to our world action alert please contact gov evers on this form to support these efforts for reform he and his staff can also be reached at 608 267 6560 and emailed at eversinfo wisconsin gov please keep this contact information one suggestion is to email him the links to my columns as they come out to start educating him about the plight of citizens who care about our wildlife and their suffering they cannot speak for themselves you are their voice please use your power often on their behalf at noon monday jan 14 adrian treves will be a guest on wort s a public affair with host patty peltekos discussing gray wolves the status of wolves on the endangered species act and the project coyote film killing games wildlife in the crosshairs endwildlifekillingcontests wisconsingraywolf dradriantreves endangered species petition site is here with 13 petitions to save elephants oceans turtles polar bears and more this column was originally published in the madison captimes on january 16 2019 leave a comment posted by dvoight09 on january 15 2019 in uncategorized patricia randolph s madravenspeak appointment of preston cole a wasted opportunity to revolutionize the dnr 13 jan i am out of patience with the idea that natural things must justify their existence in terms of the benefits they bring us ron meador at the vatican a discussion of forces driving species to mass extinction there were high hopes in those of us fighting climate change and extinction when former superintendent of schools tony evers won the democratic nomination for governor evers described his campaign as compassionate we hoped for respect for all life this was a chance that we would begin the revolution we need to transform the department of natural resources since its inception the dnr has stacked the game giving control of our lands and wildlife to those who do great harm and cause great suffering to wildlife follow the dnr s money primarily obtained from killing wildlife to understand the power structure we who love our wildlife demand that for the first time we be allowed representation in the agency instead of having zero say my hope for tony evers is that as an educator he is educable the vatican met in february 2017 and pronounced biodiversity and climate destruction co equal as urgent threats to the survival of humans and all life on this planet stanford s renowned ecologist paul ehrlich spoke there the most recent live planet index has estimated that wildlife abundance on the planet dropped by some 60 percent between 1970 and 2012 the richest biota the world has ever seen is disappearing in the blink of an eye from the perspective of geological time and humanity is busily making it worse the transition team and governor elect could heed the urgency to change direction from real scientists at major universities warning us that the status quo cannot stand the call of life documentary and the extinction website containing hundreds of scientific articles could have compelled evers to find a revolutionary figure a compassionate steward of wildlife to transform the dnr into a first time democracy in response to crisis tony evers cares about children that means caring about and for a living world not sacrificing our wildlife to the usual patriarchal violence and torment that has been dominant for hundreds of years that violence has brought us to this a recent biomass study of life on earth shows that 60 percent of mammals on earth are livestock 36 percent are humans and only 4 percent of remaining biomass is wild mammals 60 percent of large mammals which are being trophy killed face extinction right now bears wolves bobcats and cougars are at token numbers people get used to less and less wildlife and the baseline for each generation is reset so 900 wolves with 3 5 million livestock and 5 8 million people in wisconsin is touted as enough it is not preston cole as a member and then chair of the wisconsin natural resources board during the past decade has presided over massive cruelty and destruction of indigenous wildlife while prioritizing our state parks and public lands to serve hunters and trappers he has been a willing part of a system biased toward hunter farmer developer control of our commons as a commodity for exploitation and private destruction in service to the few like big tobacco and big oil big hunting and the nra craft their supposed science to serve their own agenda and maintain control tony evers appointment of preston cole is a wasted opportunity if gov evers takes time to understand this corrupt system perhaps he can turn cole upside down we can love our wildlife and change the world we can help them recover from hundreds of years of assault and cruelty and below is just a common sense start end trapping end predator killing contests end persecution of coyotes foxes bobcats bears and wolves wisconsin is plagued with l yme disease and chronic wasting disease because of killing off of predators natural predators balance and control mice and deer populations that are the main carriers of the lyme ticks trappers and hunters destroy that balance 18 122 beavers were trapped in body gripping traps in 2017 18 sold for an average 8 98 per skin beavers are the most life giving water keepers on earth creating habitat for half the rare and endangered species we are destroying trappers dynamite beaver dams on 2 000 miles of river systems designated as stocked farmed trout streams life needs beavers end hounding it is cruel and disruptive to all wildlife replace it with humane hounding britain has replaced the fox hunt banned in 2004 with men on horseback and dogs chasing running humans there s no fox torn to shreds and the people who get caught just get licked by a group of dogs this is brilliant raise the age to start killing from any toddler to 18 to give children a chance to develop a moral compass before making such peer pressure decisions children should not be indoctrinated into killing gov evers has the chance to end great suffering and loss but appointing cole bodes more of the same tragedy and we are way out of time alert please contact gov evers at his transition team site and express concern for our wildlife and for reforming the dnr to be democratically funded rather than funded by hunting and gun fees let him know your experiences as a non hunter at the so called conservation congress annual election and vote support ending trapping and hounding and raising the age for hunting you can contact them through their form here or eversinfo wisconsin gov and 608 267 2560 this post was originally published in the the madison captimes on january 6 2019 1 comment posted by dvoight09 on january 13 2019 in uncategorized patricia randolph s madravenspeak wisconsin predator killing contests killing for the thrill of killing 13 jan h unt...