The animal rights movement – a confidence industry The Oxford dictionary describes a ‘Confidence Trick’ as being: “A method of swindling in which the victim hands over valuables as a token of confidence in the sharper’. A ‘sharper’ is described as being: “A cheat, swindler, rogue; one who lives by his wits and by... »
There is a lot of confusion and misinformation about the recent court decision on these species. Few understand that the case was more a win than a loss. When the addax, Dama gazelle and scimitar-horned oryx were listed as endangered in 2005 under the Endangered Species Act, a special regulation was adopted allowing their... »
Jim Beers, a 60 year old retired biologist, was employed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 30 years. In his younger years he served in the US Navy, with the Utah Game and Fish Department, and in the Minneapolis Police Department. He is a staunch Catholic who hunts, fishes and... »
International Affairs of the USF&WS has published the positions it is formulating for the next CITES Conference of the Parties, CoP 15, to be held March 13-25, 2010 in Doha, Qatar. It has not decided anything of great concern to hunting interests, but a number of suggestions have been made to it by NGOs... »
The animal rightists don’t have many positive things to say about animal welfare. In her book Animal Rights in South Africa, for example, Michele Pickover says: ”Animal welfare cannot provide meaningful protection for animals. It reinforces cultural, religious and social beliefs, and sees animals as property and resource. It is anthropocentric and does not... »
In a joint meeting between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and the Tanzania Hunting Operators Association, TAHOA, a resolution was passed imposing new substantial limits on harvestable lion. The resolution was passed in June, 2009 and will govern the action of the Ministry as well as all the professional hunters and operators... »
When the animal rightists threatened the South African government with an international boycott of the country’s sea fisheries products, IF it did not stop the planned re-opening of the Cape Fur Seal harvests in the early 1980s, THAT, by definition, was a terrorist act. When they NOW threaten the South African government with an... »
