Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 - a MUST READ ! WWF-SA - SCAREMONGERS IN CONSERVATION By The Kalahari Raptor Centre. Tuesday, April 06, 2004 On 20-Nov-03, the WWF (World Wide fund for Nature) alias World Wildlife Fund in South Africa published the following article. Unfortunately, it is written in Ecobabble, a language designed by the High Priests of Conservation to confuse affirmative action appointments, and so we have provided a translation below. " WWF-SA Position on Animal Rights " Dr. Rob Little of WWF-SA ANIMAL RIGHTS AS A THREAT TO CONSERVATION 1. As the population of the wealthy " developed " nations move ever further from their daily interactions with Nature, they move into a realm where simplistic " animal rights " approaches/solutions to mankind's interaction with wildlife become ever more appealing to " the man in the street " . 2. WWF-SA believes that the conservation community completely underestimates how devastating this trend could be, if allowed to proceed unchecked. 3. This attitude can lead to mismanaged or unmanaged systems; for example (A) the lack of control of introduced invasive alien species which can threaten the future viability and biodiversity of the invaded ecosystems, (B) the lack of control of overabundant large native herbivores in protected areas where their uncontrolled population growth similarly reduces the viability and biodiversity of the protected ecosystems, and © the issue of opposition to the sustainable consumptive use of native wildlife populations - where allowing this use might be of fundamental importance in ensuring that native species and untransformed ecosystems survive in areas where human needs will otherwise drive these areas into alternative land usage under which ecosystems are transformed (e.g. cultivated) and/or native wildlife is replaced with domesticated livestock. 4. By failing to recognize, and then face head-on, the enormous strategic challenge posed by the growth of the animal rights movement, the conservation community could seriously impair its ability to influence for the better the fate of the natural world in the decades to come. 5. WWF-SA is continually on guard to ensure that our own conservation policies continue to be driven by genuine conservation imperatives and not by animal rights agendas. Translation into ordinary English. 1. As human populations become urbanized, people become more sophisticated and therefore more concerned with the ethical treatment of animals. 2. WWF-SA believes that this process is subversive, and if unchecked, might even result in hunters having to sell their guns. 3. An ethical attitude to the treatment of sentient beings will result in chaos: A. Invasive aliens will run wild, destroying nature. The Tahrs will graze crop circles in the fynbos, and then declare Table Mountain a Tahr Republic. The WWF alien Panda logo will have to go to an animal experimentation laboratory to be sustainably utilized. It will be replaced by a Cape Molerat with Certificates from the Alien Classification Board that its ancestors are all pure South African going back as far as carbon dating allows. B. Elephants and Buffalo will form up into ranks and trample game parks into deserts. C. Hunting will become unpopular, so natives will plough up the land. Wildlife will be killed by poor blacks (poaching, bad) instead of by rich whites (conservation, good). 4. Unless the High Priests of Conservation form a tight scrum to exclude the urbanized, ethically - literate invaders, we will lose the power to decide what animals to kill and when. 5. The Tuli elephant traffickers may rest assured that we will be ready to issue another Press Release rubbishing the animal rightists who, for their own wicked agendas, spread malicious rumours that the Tuli elephant babies were being beaten and tortured. WWF-SA, upon whom the Almighty has bestowed a monopoly of all knowledge relating to environmental governance, will never allow ordinary, concerned citizens to participate in wildlife management, regardless of the laws and the Constitution. Comment. If you think that the Little article is the product of a Little brain, and bordering on hate-speech, you are in great danger of being burnt at the stake as a heretic. However, if you are a pious believer in the WWF creed, then you should not miss the next Conference for Intellectual Luddites. There will be videos on the Culling of Overabundant Large Native Herbivores (Ecobabble for elephants) and a special lecture by the Endangered Wildlife Trust entitled 'Why pull a trigger when you can kill millions with 1080?' After all, whether one is spreading poison in the veld, or in the media, no one should complain so long as it is being spread by hands which are so frightfully Responsible. The Kalahari Raptor Centre. Tel: SA: 053 712 3576. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Dear Friends, I wonder what WWF-SA are trying to say - are they saying that animal rights should be given up, so that they can go on hunting? How on earth can anyone say that increased urbanization calls for giving up ethical treatment of domesticated animals - or any other animals? Or are they trying to say that only their group should be allowed to take any interest in wildlife and conservation issues? It sound to me, like the killers of seals (for fur) asking for all visitors to be banned in the Arctic, as they may pose a danger to the seals becoming scared of people and not so easy to kill! Regards, Purnima Compassionate Crusaders Trust On 7 Apr 2004 at 16:54, Dr John Wedderburn wrote: > - a MUST READ ! > > WWF-SA - SCAREMONGERS IN CONSERVATION > > By > The Kalahari Raptor Centre. > Tuesday, April 06, 2004 > > On 20-Nov-03, the WWF (World Wide fund for Nature) alias > World Wildlife Fund in South Africa published the following article. > Unfortunately, it is written in Ecobabble, a language designed by the > High Priests of Conservation to confuse affirmative action > appointments, and so we have provided a translation below. > > > " WWF-SA Position on Animal Rights " > Dr. Rob Little of WWF-SA > > ANIMAL RIGHTS AS A THREAT TO CONSERVATION > > 1. As the population of the wealthy " developed " nations move ever > further from their daily interactions with Nature, they move into a > realm where simplistic " animal rights " approaches/solutions to > mankind's interaction with wildlife become ever more appealing to > " the man in the street " . > > 2. WWF-SA believes that the conservation community completely > underestimates how devastating this trend could be, if allowed to > proceed unchecked. > > 3. This attitude can lead to mismanaged or unmanaged > systems; for example (A) the lack of control of introduced invasive > alien species which can threaten the future viability and > biodiversity of the invaded ecosystems, (B) the lack of control of > overabundant large native herbivores in protected areas where their > uncontrolled population growth similarly reduces the viability and > biodiversity of the protected ecosystems, and © the issue of > opposition to the sustainable consumptive use of native wildlife > populations - where allowing this use might be of fundamental > importance in ensuring that native species and untransformed > ecosystems survive in areas where human needs will otherwise drive > these areas into alternative land usage under which ecosystems are > transformed (e.g. cultivated) and/or native wildlife is replaced with > domesticated livestock. > > 4. By failing to recognize, and then face head-on, the enormous > strategic challenge posed by the growth of the animal rights > movement, the conservation community could seriously impair its > ability to influence for the better the fate of the natural world in > the decades to come. > > 5. WWF-SA is continually on guard to ensure that our own > conservation policies continue to be driven by genuine conservation > imperatives and not by animal rights agendas. > > > Translation into ordinary English. > > 1. As human populations become urbanized, people become > more sophisticated and therefore more concerned with the > ethical treatment of animals. > > 2. WWF-SA believes that this process is subversive, and if > unchecked, might even result in hunters having to sell their guns. > > 3. An ethical attitude to the treatment of sentient beings will > result in chaos: > > A. Invasive aliens will run wild, destroying nature. The Tahrs > will graze crop circles in the fynbos, and then declare Table Mountain > a Tahr Republic. The WWF alien Panda logo will have to go to an > animal experimentation laboratory to be sustainably utilized. It will > be replaced by a Cape Molerat with Certificates from the Alien > Classification Board that its ancestors are all pure South African > going back as far as carbon dating allows. > > B. Elephants and Buffalo will form up into ranks and trample > game parks into deserts. > > C. Hunting will become unpopular, so natives will plough up > the land. Wildlife will be killed by poor blacks (poaching, bad) > instead of by rich whites (conservation, good). > > > 4. Unless the High Priests of Conservation form a tight scrum to > exclude the urbanized, ethically - literate invaders, we will lose the > power to decide what animals to kill and when. > > > 5. The Tuli elephant traffickers may rest assured that we will > be ready to issue another Press Release rubbishing the animal > rightists who, for their own wicked agendas, spread malicious > rumours that the Tuli elephant babies were being beaten and > tortured. WWF-SA, upon whom the Almighty has bestowed > a monopoly of all knowledge relating to environmental > governance, will never allow ordinary, concerned citizens to > participate in wildlife management, regardless of the laws and > the Constitution. > > > Comment. > > If you think that the Little article is the product of a Little brain, > and bordering on hate-speech, you are in great danger of being burnt > at the stake as a heretic. > > However, if you are a pious believer in the WWF creed, then > you should not miss the next Conference for Intellectual Luddites. > There will be videos on the Culling of Overabundant Large Native > Herbivores (Ecobabble for elephants) and a special lecture by the > Endangered Wildlife Trust entitled 'Why pull a trigger when you can > kill millions with 1080?' > > After all, whether one is spreading poison in the veld, or in > the media, no one should complain so long as it is being > spread by hands which are so frightfully Responsible. > > The Kalahari Raptor Centre. > Tel: SA: 053 712 3576. > > > > > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search > feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list > archives at: aapn Please feel free to > send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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