Palin - dismal choice from animal rights standpoint

September 4, 2008

McCain's VP Pick, Sarah Palin, No Friend to Animals

Friday August 29, 2008

John McCain Announces Sarah Palin as his running mate

Mario Tama / Getty Images.

John McCain has just announced his choice for the Republican VP slot: Alaska

Governor Sarah Palin, who is no friend to animals. In 2007, Palin announced a $150 bounty for wolves. Why?

Because wolves prey on moose and caribou, two favorite targets for hunters in

Alaska. So Palin instituted a program to encourage hunters to kill wolves so

that there would be more moose and caribou for hunters to kill. A lawsuit

by Defenders of Wildlife resulted in the Alaska Superior Court ruling that

the state Department of Fish and Game did not have the authority to institute a

bounty program. A state program to shoot wolves and bears from the air

continues, and on August 26, 2008, Ballot

Measure 2, which would have stopped the aerial gunning of predators, was

defeated by state voters.

Palin is also a hunter

and a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.

In addition, Palin has sued

the Bush administration to delist polar bears under the Endangered Species

Act because the protection of polar bears interferes

with drilling for oil and gas. Palin even penned an op-ed for the New

York Times, explaining her scientific arguments against protecting polar

bears. Isn't it funny how her op-ed doesn't mention drilling for oil?

September 7, 2008

Hi, for anyone interested in politics/animal issues, check out this blog post about Palin and Biden written by Michael Markarian.

Michael Markarian is the president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, a 501©(4) social welfare organization that lobbies for animal welfare legislation and works to elect humane-minded candidates to public office.

http://hslf.typepad.com/political_animal/2008/08/where-do-the-ve.html

Cheers,

Tammy

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