Save the Wolves!

[Rob Chipman]

There is a new poll up at http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/p...bia-be-banned/

It is a cruel fact that wolves in this province are being *slaughtered* by *bloodthirsty trophy hunters* who are apparently unable to buy Viagra like decent people do. Some people say its being done to save caribou, but we know that's a big fat lie.

Please click on the link and vote in this poll!

I have one more favour. I voted against stopping the hunt, because, well, I'm just not a nice person I guess. So, if you want the hunt stopped you'll need to go there right now and cancel out my vote.

Of course, if you think the hunt should continue....

[Wild one]

They will keep chipping away species by species

I send my letters emails so on but till BC hunters have a strong organized voice this is not going to be enough

[btridge]

this poll appears to be from 25 oct 2013.

[Rob Chipman]

True, it is, but it just got bumped back up through social media. "The NDP government helped the grizzlies to stop trophy hunting.now we need to convince them to stop The slaughter of our Wolves!!" Like Wild One says, pseudo-conservationists will keep chipping away. Go register a vote. Takes a minute.

We need to get the truth out to the low information public. Social media is an easy way and everyone reading this has access to it. Be diplomatic. You don't change a lot of minds by yelling at people.

BTW, just ran across an article https://peerj.com/articles/3736/ that talks about reducing moose numbers to reduce wolf numbers to help caribou. Science vs. emotion.

[btridge]

Done, thanks

[Wild one]

Rob

right now the organizations on the anti side are way more pro active than any hunting organizations in BC. Education is great but when our voice is whisper and fractured it is drown out in a hurry. There is little to no interaction with the general public with our hunting organizations. All the talk from our organizations is directed towards a fraction of outdoorsmen that often already support hunting.

Interaction with the general public is where antis are gaining support. Gaining it with ease because there is no voice from our side

It is clear as day change is need on the part of the hunting community

[Blainer]

Frustrating, it's tough to read the comments and not be angry.

[Rob Chipman]

^^^^ That's my thought exactly.

Here's a term for consideration: "pseudo-conservationist". We need to internalize that term and then make it part of the common language. A pseudo-conservationist is someone who looks and talks like a conservationist but has another agenda (enforcing a personal morality on the public and/or raising money). It's not a new concept to a lot of us, but it has to get out in the open.

Another thing to think about and discuss with non-hunters (in a non-confrontational way) is the immorality of ignoring real threats to wildlife and instead hypocritically concentrating on one species. Any group that argues that one species is "innocent" of what man has done and so should not be "punished" while at the same time arguing that another species can't be saved is immoral and hypocritical.

- If we're going to argue that wolves are innocent then we have to admit that caribou are also innocent, and if we don't we're being hypocritical and inconsistent;
- If we can save species on the verge of extinction or extirpation (and we can and have) but don't, we're immoral;
- If we choose to support an unthreatened species over a threatened species on the basis of emotion or money we are not conservationists nor are we accepting science.


I use the term "we", but I think everyone knows who I'm actually talking about. When you're talking to a non-hunter, especially if they are low information, keep it low tension and simple, but make the twin points of immorality and hypocrisy.

[BCHunterFSJ]

Done! Can't hurt to vote...

[Bugle M In]

Done!!...
Sure makes me wonder just how many of these "Anti Hunting" surveys are out there on a daily basis???
Social Media sure could spell the death for hunting as a heritage/resource.
Need to start making social media a benefit for us before its too late....
Has to be something well thought out however.
Thanks for posting the link.