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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2733)	10/8/2003 2:40:32 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36918

len, re:Why not save the fish for the sole benefit of the fish alone? Bad economics. Hunters, fisherman, environmentalists and the NRA will gladly join together to support wildlife restoration projects. Politics can make strange bedfellows. re:you are a fish-tormentor? Yes, and killer of bambi critters. Without the money generated by hunting licenses I doubt we would have the money or political will to set aside vast wetlands. Duck hunters in particular are responsible for financing the preservation of vast fly ways throughout the USA. re:bears as of late are feeding on nature and wildlife photographers I thought the guy in Alaska was an environmentalist? :-) Here's a thought, you know that funds from hunting and fishing licenses must go 100% to preservation and restoration of wildlife for hunting and fishing - I suggest you purchase a license and then don't fish or hunt. Better than your return on money donated to a political organization, not that you can't do both. Another thing to consider if you fall into the no shoot'em camp - several big games animals like mountain sheep or moose are hunted via a lottery like method. Basically, if you have a hunting license in the state of Washington you can apply for the once in a lifetime Moose tag, it costs $5 to apply and you can apply up to 20 times I think. Anyway, if you happen to be the lucky winner, just don't hunt - thus preserving one Moose that year. It's a tactic I would like to see environmental groups pursue as the money once again goes directly to benefit the animals or habitat creation or restoration.