01-11-2014, 05:10 PM
Hardly a new approach fo Safari Club International.
http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/wild-fre...al-values/
'2012: The SCI is driving the killing of African lions, and is contributing to the species’ rapid decline of more than 50% over the last three decades, leaving fewer than 40,000 individuals in the wild. Yet, without any concern for the survival of African lions, SCI is fighting the petition of several wildlife protection groups to list the lion as endangered.
2011: The SCI in conjunction with the National Rifle Association (NRA) intervened in the 9th Circuit Court, to defend the constitutionality of Section 1713 of H.R. 1473, “Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011,” a law that directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Northern Rocky Mountain wolves from the endangered species list.
In 2007, SCI testified at a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service hearing opposing the proposed listing of polar
bears as a “threatened” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
1994: Trophy hunting organizations, including the SCI, successfully lobbied for a change in the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972 to allow for the importation of previously banned sport-hunted polar bear trophies into the United States from Canada.
During the Bush Administration era, the SCI proposed to “save” endangered species by killing or selling them, and then using the revenues as an incentive for poor countries to improve their conservation efforts. The proposal offered several examples of how wildlife can be exploited for profit, and included suggestions, e.g., to import wild-caught Asian elephants for circuses and zoos. This concept continues to echo through conservation cycles touted as ‘wise-use’ of wildlife, and the notion that wild animals should pay for the survival of their species. In other words, some animals pay with their lives so that others may stay alive, only to be killed by trophy hunters at a later point in time.
1981: The National Rifle Association and Safari Club International, argued against inclusion of a felony penalty, and other strengthening measures of the Lacey Act, the only strong law that brings poachers and wildlife traffickers to justice when they take illegally gotten wildlife across state boundaries.'
More SCI dirt:
https://www.causes.com/actions/1681076-r...sory-panel
http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/wild-fre...al-values/
'2012: The SCI is driving the killing of African lions, and is contributing to the species’ rapid decline of more than 50% over the last three decades, leaving fewer than 40,000 individuals in the wild. Yet, without any concern for the survival of African lions, SCI is fighting the petition of several wildlife protection groups to list the lion as endangered.
2011: The SCI in conjunction with the National Rifle Association (NRA) intervened in the 9th Circuit Court, to defend the constitutionality of Section 1713 of H.R. 1473, “Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011,” a law that directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Northern Rocky Mountain wolves from the endangered species list.
In 2007, SCI testified at a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service hearing opposing the proposed listing of polar
bears as a “threatened” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
1994: Trophy hunting organizations, including the SCI, successfully lobbied for a change in the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972 to allow for the importation of previously banned sport-hunted polar bear trophies into the United States from Canada.
During the Bush Administration era, the SCI proposed to “save” endangered species by killing or selling them, and then using the revenues as an incentive for poor countries to improve their conservation efforts. The proposal offered several examples of how wildlife can be exploited for profit, and included suggestions, e.g., to import wild-caught Asian elephants for circuses and zoos. This concept continues to echo through conservation cycles touted as ‘wise-use’ of wildlife, and the notion that wild animals should pay for the survival of their species. In other words, some animals pay with their lives so that others may stay alive, only to be killed by trophy hunters at a later point in time.
1981: The National Rifle Association and Safari Club International, argued against inclusion of a felony penalty, and other strengthening measures of the Lacey Act, the only strong law that brings poachers and wildlife traffickers to justice when they take illegally gotten wildlife across state boundaries.'
More SCI dirt:
https://www.causes.com/actions/1681076-r...sory-panel