A New Era of Animal Rights in Washington
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
Furry and feathered creatures are being welcomed back to Washington. Cass Sunstein, just confirmed as an Obama regulatory czar, has argued for more animal rights and new hunting regulations. The president has taken note of farming's impact on animals. And Bruce Friedrich, VP of policy and government affairs for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Washington, has hit the road to debate veganism on America's college campuses. "It's about convincing the nation's best and brightest to take concern for animals seriously," says Friedrich, who scored points at Harvard this week and plans stops soon at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, and Brown. The 1991 Grinnell College grad says of the new era: "In an array of ways, the Obama administration is better for animals than any previous administration, though we do, of course, have a very long way to go."
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A KING THANKS GOD FOR VICTORY
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Happy is the nation of whom this is true; happy are the people whose God is the LORD!
Great post
Nice story you got here. It would be great to read a bit more concerning that matter.
What about over poplution?
I know deer in Kentucky grow in large numbers around interstates that have heavily wooded medians. They are very safe from hunters, but they cause a bloody mess when they decide to play in traffic. I do hunt and I do fish. I have a carbon mounted fish at home so the real 30 in. 8 lbs. shnook I caught in Florida is still alive. Depending on how good my family's shooting is for a given season, we rarely mount the ducks we hunt unless they are a new species or gender. The overwhelming majority we eat on Christmas day.
Hunters and fishermen have more reasons to be conservationists. Think about it. They want to continue hunting and fishing, so they will want to take care of the land their game is on and oppose poaching.
PETA is a wild group that needs to be put down.
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