CHC Response to DFG Partnership with HSUS

[RIFLEMAN]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

California Houndsmen for Conservation Offers $5000 Donation to California Department of Fish and Game in Response to Department Alliance with The Humane Society of the United States

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (August 25, 2009) – California Houndsmen for Conservation (CHC) announced their offer of $5000 to the California Department of Fish and Game in support of the agency’s California Turn In Poacher (CalTIP) K-9 Program provided that the $4000 donation the Humane Society of the United States made to the program be immediately returned. The offer was extended in writing on July 16, 2009 to Don Koch, Director of Fish and Game, and Nancy Foley, Chief of Enforcement, who oversees the K-9 program, in response to a donation the Department accepted from The Humane Society of the United States recently.

“When one considers the stated intentions of The Humane Society of the United States to ban all hunting throughout this country, the acceptance of such a donation from an anti-hunting organization is fundamentally at odds with the Mission Statement and goals of the California Department of Fish and Game,” said Josh Brones, Legislative Analyst for CHC. “We find this action especially concerning in light of the fact that the operating budget of the Department of Fish and Game is overwhelmingly funded by monies generated from the hunting and fishing community in California.”

John Kunkle, President of CHC said, “As the historic stewards of California’s natural resources, and the community who was responsible for the founding of the Department of Fish and Game, California’s hunters have a legacy of protecting our wildlife from those who would misuse it. In this spirit, CHC is pleased to offer this contribution to support the effort to provide California’s wardens with an effective canine partner in the fight against poaching. Who better to offer such assistance to the K-9 program than CHC.”

CalTIP was introduced in 1981 in order to provide Californians with an opportunity to protect their natural resources. The toll-free telephone number operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and allows an individual to report suspected poachers or polluters anonymously. The K-9 program was established to help protect wardens when patrolling isolated wilderness, detect the presence of invasive species, locate popular black market items such as bear gall bladders and abalone, and apprehend suspects.

Director Koch has not responded to either the initial offer or a subsequent request for communication at the time of this release.


Facts:

Often confused with local humane shelters seeking to find homes for unwanted or abandoned pets, The HSUS is an organization that seeks to:

• * place limits on the consumption of animals for food

• * restrict the ownership of animals as pets

• * curb the consumption of meat

• * impede the operation or existence of circuses

• * prohibit the use of fur for clothing

• * ban all forms of hunting as both a means of recreation and wildlife management

On the sport of hunting, Wayne Pacelle, CEO of HSUS has stated:

• * “We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States...We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state."

• * “Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as cock fighting and dog fighting.”

• * “If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”

On the use and ownership of domestic animals, Pacelle has said:

• * “We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding...One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.”

• * “If I had my personal view, perhaps [a future without pets] might take hold. In fact, I don’t want to see another dog or cat born.”

Media Contact: relations@californiahoundsmen.com


California Houndsmen for Conservation is a statewide not-for-profit organization working towards the protection and promotion of hunting as both a time-honored piece of American culture and a sound means of wildlife management. Since its inception in 1972, CHC has worked tirelessly to educate the public and introduce children to the many benefits of using dogs in the recreational pursuit of wildlife. Visit CHC on the web at californiahoundsmen.com.

[Peter Meyer]

Right on CHC! Just remember Nancy Foley was "...very grateful for the the support from the Humane Society of the United States for our efforts to combat the scourge of poaching and look forward to developing a lasting partnership." Individuals can also donate and I encourage everyone to send twenty bucks with the same conditions that CHC placed. As one of the comissioners told me at the meeting when I brought this to their attention they may be tainted funds but they taint enough. It got a few laughs from the audience but it shocked and insulted me. Remember the HSUS hates you, what you do, and what you stand for. They espouse anti-American views and are part of what is wrong with America today. They can stop me from hunting with my hounds when they pry the leash out of my cold, dead hands. -Pete Meyer

[Plott Proud]

We've done all we could possibly do to correct this mis-allignment of DFG with H$U$.
It certainly looks as though the Department of Fish & Game is more interested in being in the good graces of H$US than being in the light of doing what's right and working with CHC and the hunting community.

Irv Corbin
Secretary/ California Houndsmen for Conservation

[liontracker]

And I'll tell you why. Somehow the have the sorely mistaken notion that hunters will bow out and let the anti's fund the "New Generation of Wildlife Management".

...and Obama's "clan" is worried about a revolution?...go ahead...make our day!

Samuel Colt once said "a gun is the great equalizer". How many guns does the Humane Society have?

Why was the second ammendment, the second most important thing in the US constitution?

[liontracker]

Didn't mean to kill this post...but sooner or later someone is going to have to go get these degenerates.

On the sport of hunting, Wayne Pacelle, CEO of HSUS has stated:

* “We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States...We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state."
* “Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as cock fighting and dog fighting.”
* “If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”

On the use and ownership of domestic animals, Pacelle has said:

* “We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding...One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.”
* “If I had my personal view, perhaps [a future without pets] might take hold. In fact, I don’t want to see another dog or cat born.”

[RIFLEMAN]

It could be argued that the 2nd Amendment is THE most important part of the Constitution because it provides Americans with the means to both enforce and protect the rest of it.

[liontracker]

Exactly that...

[Peter Meyer]

George Washington and the rebels didn't defeat the British using the first amendment they did it using the second.

[bob baldwin jr]

just recently the HSA was turned back on getting the bear referendum off the ballot box for 2010. Not that I partake of it but they were shut down also for ending Hi-Fence hunting. These anti's are really organized with $$$ behind them . But this just goes to show you that they can be stopped. PLEASE whatever you can do from a time perspective and $$$$ too Help these ORG's that are helping us maintain our hunting lifestyle. THANKS