It took- for trigger-happy hunters in the US state of Wisconsin- exactly three days to slaughter around 20 percent of the wolf population.

216 animals were killed in the bloodbath that took place at the end of February. Experts estimate that there were between 1,000 and 1,200 wolves in Wisconsin before the hunt.

The reason for the permit for the three-day hunt was ultimately an oversight by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Wisconsin is the only US state in which the regulation of the wolf population is normally carried out by officials of the authority –
a shooting quota is set annually, which is based on standards for sustainability and the protection of the wolf population.

Observations about the development of packs play a role. As a rule, only very old or sick animals or a few problem specimens that were noticeable through livestock cracks are shot down – the quota rarely exceeded 100.

However, since the Trump administration abolished numerous protections for wolves last year, hunter lobby groups and some Republican MPs have called for open wolf hunting.

The state of Wisconsin also wanted to hold one hunting, but only in the fall and not in the spring – because they were still waiting for new data on the population development and then wanted to incorporate this into the determination of the shooting rate.

But then the supervisory authority was taken by surprise by a lawsuit filed by the powerful hunting lobby group “Hunter Nation Incorporated” from the state of Kansas, which is 1,000 kilometers away.

According to the change in the law by Trump, the court ordered the supervisory authority to immediately permit hunting and allow applications for hunting permits.

The supervisory authority had no choice but to obey the court order – they simply had not recognized the legal situation in time and thus lost valuable time, for example, to develop control mechanisms.

More than 2,000 applications for hunting permits were received, and almost all of them had to be approved overnight, without careful scrutiny.

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From the Blog of Animal Liberation Press Office.

Received anonymously: 6 Hunting Towers Destroyed, Wildlife Enclosure Opened (Germany) 

Their audacity to build park benches next to hunter’s towers and wildlife enclosure seemed too much of a good thing.
The action had to follow.

6 towers destroyed and a wildlife enclosure opened.

Freedom is so much nicer than bullets and barbed wire.

https://animalliberationpressoffice.org/NAALPO/2021/04/08/6-hunting-towers-destroyed-wildlife-enclosure-opened-germany-2

Yes, that is! Freedom for everyone, no barbed wire, neither for people nor for animals.
The German “brown” times are over.

My best regards to all, Venus

Animal rights activists ”are committed to the latest arson attack (Translation of the old article from the “Naturally Hunting” blog.
To avoid misunderstandings: All translated wording comes from the author of this article, which is in the link, below)

Photo: Thomas Hohendahl

After a cowardly arson attack on a shooting range in Lower Saxony (we reported) there is a letter of confession.
Again the sender is the “Animal Liberation Front” (ALF).

The spelling and style match the letters confessing responsibility after arson attacks on sleeping facilities in Hildesheim (we reported) and Göttingen.
The subject of the letter is hard to beat in audacity and arrogance.

The self-proclaimed “animal rights activists” headlines: A.L.F renovated shooting range “.
Again, the criminals do not shy away from personal threats and advise the association “to continue operating the shooting range if there is interest in renovations in the private sector”.

Photo: Thomas Hohendahl

To the background:
During the night from Friday to Saturday (in May 2016), several perpetrators left a trail of devastation on the shooting range in Banteln (Lower Saxony)

The 100-meter run was completely destroyed by incendiary devices, and the technology on the “running wedge” shooting range also has to be completely renewed.
In addition, the perpetrators glued locks destroyed a lawnmower, and clogged the chimney with construction foam.
The damage is estimated at a good 150,000 euros.

The club intends to resume regular operations in mid-June. Not only hunters from the area train at the shooting range, special police units (SEK and MEK) also practice there regularly.

Photo: Thomas Hohendahl

You can read the letter of confession from A.L.F, which can hardly be surpassed in audacity and complacency, below:

“alf renovated shooting range

after visiting two training facilities in Hildesheim and göttingen in the past few months, we renovated the shooting range on the oberg in banteln (Lower Saxony) free of charge during the night from friday to saturday.
after all, the hunters should be able to really feel at home with practice shooting on the following saturday.

We advise the operating club to continue operating the shooting range if there is interest in renovations in the private sector.

After observing the property in need of renovation for several weeks, we could finally get started.
We hope that glued locks, a lawn tractor that has been converted to a foot drive, and the use of the shooting lanes as a campfire were able to give the hunters a warm welcome so that they can spend an eventful day on this beautiful shooting range with friends and acquaintances (the club’s website). were able to practice real driven hunt situations and prepare perfectly for the hunting season ”(the club’s website).

Excursus: driven hunt

driven hunt is a great activity for anyone who finds it entertaining to drive hundreds of individuals into a corner with the help of so-called hunting dogs and then to murder them.
in addition to the hundreds of deaths, it is also an exciting event for the survivors.

Finally, the own reference group is clearer again and the orphaned children are also happy that they are finally on their own.

At this point, a big thank you, from us to you, for all your efforts! and please be careful not to blow each other over.
we would be really very sad if we couldn’t continue to support you with this great fun.

we will continue to look after the members of the club closely if the shooting range should continue to operate.
because we, too, would like to continue to practice hunting individuals so that the next real murder goes as planned, regardless of the senseless and unacceptable motivation

weidmanns heil (common greeting among German hunters)

your alf-“

https://www.natuerlich-jagd.de/news/tierrechtler-bekennen-sich-zu-neuestem-brandanschlag.html

driven hunt-Germany

And I mean…It is interesting that the shooting range is used not only by several hunters in the region but also by various police units.

According to the chairman of the association, Thomas Hohendahl, “all members and users of the shooting range are particularly shocked because the association “Schießstand Oberg” is very socially committed and repeatedly supports variously charitable (!!!) projects in the region”.

So far, however, there has been no suspicion of who might have committed the act, and the activists remain, luckily, unknown to this day.

Although the association offered a reward of 5000 euros for “useful information”.
Obviously, the association is not so popular as its chairman Hohendahl thought, otherwise the many denouncers in the village would have done a “charitable act”- because of such a reward- and would have whistled the activists.

A big Thank you, alf!

My best regards to all, Venus

Several whale-hunting vessels have taken to the waters from Japanese ports with the official start of the commercial whaling season. They plan to catch 120 minke whales in the coming months.

On Saturday, four ships – two in Miyagi Prefecture on the east coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu and two in Aomori Prefecture in its north – departed from ports to coastal Pacific waters. A fifth vessel will join them later, leaving from Hokkaido, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported.

“We would like to provide fresh and delicious whales for everyone who is waiting,” Nobuyuki Ito, president of a whaling company in Miyagi Prefecture told the agency.

During this third season of commercial whaling, which controversially relaunched after a decades-long ban, hunters expect to catch 120 minke whales. The species is a principal target of the whaling industry.

Some 25,000 of the mammals are estimated to be living in the Northwest Pacific ocean.

Japan has previously pulled out of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), a body dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals, and resumed its whale-hunting operations in July 2019.

Commercial whaling has been banned by the IWC for over three decades. Very few nations around the world allow the controversial practice, with Japan and Norway being among the most criticized states for permitting the killing of the huge mammals.

Earlier this year, Norway’s government gave the green light to kill over 1,200 minke whales this year, according to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation charity (WDC).

Last year, more than 500 whales were killed in its waters, WDC said, adding that, despite falling demand for whale meat, local officials “strongly promote” its consumption.

On Saturday, a petition to the Norwegian government and the European Commission was launched, demanding “to end the whale slaughter and to… close ports to Norwegian whale meat shipments.” Nearly three million people have supported the initiative so far.

https://www.rt.com/news/520047-japan-commercial-whaling-launch/

And I mean…Whale meat is not popular in Japan at all. Comparing with many other kinds of seafood, the taste of whale meat is not that great either.

In addition: The Japanese government is coming under increasing pressure because of the high subsidies for whaling.

In the 2020 fiscal year, it made 5.1 billion yen available (around 40 million euros).
But because of complaints from the local fishing industry, which feels disadvantaged, the whaling subsidies are to be phased out by 2023.

As early as 2021, a third of the subsidy will no longer be a gift of money, but only a loan for the already ailing industry. In addition, the old industrial ship Nisshin Maru, on which some of the captured whales are still being processed at sea, is about to be scrapped.

A new building would cost millions and millions. And funding is shakier than ever with the reduction in whaling subsidies.

Scientists have calculated in this tempo there will be no fish anymore in 2050.

Many people think it’s their right to eat meat, but not killing animals and not eating animals is an expression of rationality and common sense, letting animals live is an expression of humanism.
Like it or not.

My best regards to all, Venus

METALLICA’s Playful Video Response To Animal-Rights Activists Opens ‘Sensational’ GLASTONBURY Set
Glastonbury Festival, June 29, 2014

METALLICA’s appearance Saturday night (June 28) at the Glastonbury festival marked the first time in the U.K.s event’s 44-year history that a metal act has topped the bill.

The heavy metal giants faced much controversy when they were first announced as headliners — drawing criticism for frontman James Hetfield’s apparent support of bear hunting and with many arguing that the band had no place at Glastonbury, a very laid-back type of festival, with more of a hippie/indie vibe than most.

Indirectly responding to a petition— which came in the form of a now-deleted Facebook page — launched last month calling for METALLICA’s removal from the festival, due to Hetfield hosting a new series about bear hunting on the History channel, METALLICA took to the stage last night to a Julien Temple-directed intro video showing a traditional British fox hunt where all four band members played hunt saboteurs, disguised bears, and killing hunters.

The eight-minute video, which can be seen below, was soundtracked by SWEET’s glam rock classic “Fox On The Run” and included a clip of the classic film “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly”, in tribute to actor Eli Wallach, who died this week.

Watch the video below.

And I mean…This film was funny and clever and they did an amazing performance at Glastonbury leaving everyone pleased. To imitate a good example!

My best regards to all, Venus

“Hunters, if you want to save lives stay at home” we can read on the posters. At the bottom of this slogan, figures revealed by the French Biodiversity Office.

During the 2019-2020 season, 114 hunting accidents occurred,11 were fatal and 30 million animals were slaughtered.

“In 20 years the hunters have killed more than 400 people”!

This hobby is the only one to cause the death of non-participants (mountain bikers, walkers, some victims were killed at home)

71% of French people do not feel safe walking in nature during hunting season.

50% of hunting accidents occur on Sunday, a day of rest and leisure for a majority of French people

78% of French people are in favor of Sunday becoming a day without hunting.

In France, according to the National Union of Hunting Game Producers, 14 million pheasants and 5 million partridges are reared each year to be released a few hours before the hunt begins.

Thus, 9 out of 10 pheasants killed in hunting come from farms.

For the Foundation Brigitte Bardot… “these grain-raised animals serve as targets for hunters who engage in a real clay trap in a henhouse!”

The situation of these farms is so absurd that the deputies Guillaume Pelletier (LR) and Pascal Brindeau (UDI) intervened with the Minister of Agriculture to request the extension of the hunting period in order to be able to organize the slaughter, by hunters, game not released during the confinement period.

This shows how hunters are not managers but gravediggers of nature, their role is not to “regulate” species but simply to kill for the sake of killing.

The French are 77% in favor of recognizing the character of being sensitive for wild animals in order to allow them to benefit from legal protection (as is the case for domestic animals) during mistreatment and acts of cruelty.

The hunt? A morbid, archaic, destructive, useless, and dangerous leisure …

Text: Laurent Baheux