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scud dog wrote:

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wb4tjh,
That's a bone chilling observation. The scariest part...I think you're right.

The fact that I'm right IS the scary part. I personally have known of several people who quit the national organization because it became so left wing militant. PETA is one of the main threats to our hunting and fishing heritage. We can't take these psychos lightly.

One of the first things I ever noticed about the PETA members I have known was their penchant to treat animals as if they have human emotions and feelings, like deep sorrow or joy. They use this "taking care of the poor little darling" approach to stir compassion among their members and to brain wash them into some really bizarre actions, which can take on violent form in their fervor to "protect the helpless". They can get so worked up over a cat or dog that I have seen some of them on the verge of doing bodily harm to someone they perceived was mistreating or neglecting an animal. I don't advocate mistreating animals, but PETA whackoes will go off the deep end in their confrontations with animal owners. This is the same fervor they are now trying to stir among members and non-members with this asinine "sea kittens" program. They want people to see fish with the same passion as they do their dogs and cats. I have known some of their vegen members who were even trying to find ways of preventing hawks and eagles from killing other animals for food--these whackoes want research to be done to find ways of turning carnivores into herbivores. That's how far left of center these maniacs are becoming; they want to turn lions and tigers into grass eaters. Can you believe such insanity???? These are the same nuts that want to put clothes on dogs and have marriage cermonies for mated animal pairs. This the kind of maniacal insanity you are dealing with when PETA targets sport fishing, including flyfishing. With PETA, animals always come first, and people don't count at all. This includes animal medical research in all forms too. We have to get our heads out of our rears and realize that this nut group can not be reasoned with. There is NO point of view they see as having any revelancy except theirs. They are the single biggest threat today to our hunting and fishing heritage. So don't take these insane animal rights groups lightly. To put it in today's lingo, they are conducting Jihad...holy war... against us. Want a prime example of their insanity? A few years ago a group of PETA members was protesting and trying to get the people of Fishkill, N.Y., to change the name of their town. PETA objected to the name "Fishkill". They finally dropped their campaign when someone finally informed them that the word "Kill" in the town name was Dutch for "stream". This is the kind of dung brained whackoes you are dealing with. They are like a crazed mob, with the self-righteous street marching stooges never thinking for themselves, but doing the bidding of the higher up leaders of the group.

Since you can't win an argument with these animal rights nut groups, as they recognize no opinion but their own, the best/only way to combat them and their whacko ideas is to keep state and local officials reminded of just how much money hunting and fishing brings into the various states. The old economic arguments are the absolute best way to combat the "Bambi" crowd. Fortunately, we who enjoy the hunting and fishing sports pay billions each year for licenses and permits, and many local tourism based economies totally depend on those dollars spent by visiting hunters and fishermen. These fees also are a major financial part of state and local conservation programs, fisheries programs and game management programs. One thing I see in our favor is that during this deep recession, state and local economies are even more dependant on outside money coming into the coffers and that puts the ball in our court. PETA and its like-minded friends have a lot of money at their disposal for advertising and can deluge lawmakers with their demands. But we contribute billions and billions of dollars and in the end, that will usually sway votes by most state lawmakers, providing we get our message out. That's why supporting TU and FFF and other groups is so important. Hopefully, in the end common sense and huge the revenue sources we represent will usually trump PETA and other whacko zealots.