Fw: [MERCADO DE SAN BERNABE] NATIONAL PROTEST AGAINST KILL POUNDS NOV 12TH AT...

NATIONAL PROTEST SLATED FOR NOVEMBER 12TH, 2011
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Alexandra Madigan posted in MERCADO DE SAN BERNABE. Alexandra Madigan 1:01pm Oct 24 NATIONAL PROTEST AGAINST KILL POUNDS NOV 12TH AT EVERY POUND IN THE NATION - PLEASE BE PRESENT AT YOUR LOCAL SHELTER TO DECLARE WAR ON THE GENOCIDE OF OUR ANIMALS- WEAR RED & JOIN THE NATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS ALLIANCE AMERICA NEW YORK FLYER FOR NATL PROTEST 11/12/11 www.issuu.com FLYER FOR THE NATIONAL PROTEST 11/12/11 AGAINST THE KILL POUND SYSTEM IN AMERICA View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

Fw: Deseret News: Critics say new wild horse panel is pro-livestock

THE HORSE ROUND UP'S CONTINUE---WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP ?   PLEASE OPEN THIS LINK BELOW
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Subject: Deseret News: Critics say new wild horse panel is pro-livestock

RANDAL MASSARO (RANDAL_MASSARO@YAHOO.COM) thought you might be interested in the following item, which appeared on deseretnews.com.

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Deseret News: Critics say new wild horse panel is pro-livestock
RENO, Nev. — A panel of experts chosen to spend two years generating the definitive study on wild horse management in the West is kicking up...

See it here: Deseret News: Critics say new wild horse panel is pro-livestock

Fw: Deseret News: BLM to remove some 6,000 more wild horses in West

THE WAR ON AMERICA'S WILDLIFE CONTINUE'S.

AS THE BUREAU OF LAND MIS-MANAGEMENT IS SLATED TO REMOVE 6,000 MORE HORSE'S AT THE TAX PAYER'S EXPENSE.

THAT IS 100 MILLION TAX DOLLARS A YEAR BEING WASTED, AND WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL.

EXCUSE ME! BUT IT'S OUR MONEY, IT'S OUR WILDLIFE, AND THE POLITICIANS'S WORK FOR US--THE MAJORITY.

IF THE POLITICIAN'S ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO US-THE MAJORITY.

THEN IT'S HIGH TIME-WE VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE.

LET'S REMIND THEM THAT THEY WORK FOR US, AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY PLEASE.

THAT ONLY LEAVES US ONE ALTERNATIVE.

VOTE THEM THE HELL OUT OF OFFICE AT THE NEXT ELECTION!

NOW READ AND OPEN THE LINK BELOW.

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Subject: Deseret News: BLM to remove some 6,000 more wild horses in West

Deseret News: BLM to remove some 6,000 more wild horses in West
REN0, Nev. — Federal land managers have announced plans to remove nearly 6,000 more wild horses from the range across the West in the next few...

See it here: Deseret News: BLM to remove some 6,000 more wild horses in West

Fw: [New post] Victory! California City Unanimously Votes to End Coyote Trapping

-ANOTHER VICTORY, THANKS TO PEOPLE AND CONCERNED CITIZENS LIKE--RANDI HIRSCH  OF CALABASAS AND ANIMAL RESCUERS LIKE --JULIA DI SIENO

ITS PEOPLE LIKE THIS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE WEATHER OR NOT OUR WILDLIFE WILL BE AROUND FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION TO ENJOY.
From: JULIA DI SIENO <msladyjulia@hotmail.com>
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 1:15 PM
Subject: FW: [New post] Victory! California City Unanimously Votes to End Coyote Trapping

now if we only educate the world!Julia J. Di SienoExecutive DirectorAnimal Rescue Team, inc.805 896-1859www.animalrescueteam.net Take nothing but photographs. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time. 

From: wolfangelrescue@ykwc.netTo: msladyjulia@hotmail.comSubject: Fwd: [New post] Victory! California City Unanimously Votes to End Coyote TrappingDate: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:12:02 -0700in case you haven't seen this!!!!

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Date: October 23, 2011 11:06:50 AM PDT

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Subject: [New post] Victory! California City Unanimously Votes to End Coyote Trapping

New post on The Wolf Preservation Blog Victory! California City Unanimously Votes to End Coyote Trapping by wolfpreservation October 14, 2011 "The city of Calabasas, California, in Los Angeles County, prides itself on being an environmentally-conscious community. So when resident Randi Feilich Hirsch pointed out that the city's contract with Los Angeles County to trap and kill coyotes was not only inhumane but threatened to upset the ecological balance of the area, officials took notice. City council suspended all coyote trapping to review the issue. That was back in July. Now, three months later, Calabasas City Council has made the ban on coyote trapping permanent and adopted a model plan for coexistence. Feilich Hirsch wasn't alone in this battle. As the Southern California Representative for Project Coyote, she had the organization and its expertise behind her. Project Coyote, working with the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), started a MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.change.org" claiming to be campaign on Change.org to build public support for ending the city's coyote killing policy. By the time city council voted, the groups had more than 9,000 people backing them up. <a href="http://wolfpreservation.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/victory-california-city-unanimously-votes-to-end-coyote-trapping/

Fw: We need to save this baby lion at once!~

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Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6:02 PM
Subject: We need to save this baby lion at once!~

Orphaned Kitten May Soon Face the Same Fate as its Family A five-month-old mountain lion kitten is wandering all alone near Susanville, California (about a hundred miles north-west of Lake Tahoe, just outside Lassen National Forest), and it's only a matter of time before it will be killed. The kitten was one of three liter mates; the other two and their mother were all killed in recent weeks by U.S. Wildlife Services and law enforcement officers. This kitten is not capable of hunting deer and as a result, may come close to town in search of an easy meal and be killed just like the rest of its family. In August, residents near Lassen Community College reported seeing a mother lion with three kittens. The mom had killed a deer and dragged it into the shrubs to feed her growing family. She had not threatened people or tried to attack a domestic animal. She was being a good lion, eating deer in the forest. Mountain lion kittens stay with their mother for nearly two years. During this time they pick up all the skills they need to become elusive hunters, capable of avoiding people and taking down full grown deer. Unfortunately, some of the locals were fearful of their lion neighbors and the close proximity of the deer to a daycare center. Out of irrational fear and hysteria, they demanded the lions be removed. The California Department of Fish & Game responded, along with Wildlife Services (the national agency that kills nuisance wildlife) who set a trap to catch the lion family. The mother and one kitten were trapped, then killed, under the pretext of "public safety." Last month, residents reported seeing the two remaining siblings wandering near town. Still needing mom to provide all their meals, the two kittens were starving and desperately trying to get by on whatever food they could find. One of the cats stumbled upon a chicken coop. That now qualified him to be killed for "depredation" -- preying on a domestic animal. California Department of Fish & Game officials authorized the responding local highway patrol officer to shoot the cat. Now there is just one kitten left. Due to being orphaned at such a young age, the odds are slim that this cat will learn to hunt deer, avoid people, and establish a territory of its own without being killed by an older lion. The more likely outcome is that it will return to town, looking for an easy meal and be shot. The town's fear of wildlife will ultimately wipe out this entire lion family. It is hard to see how the mother lion posed an immediate threat to public safety that warranted her death. But we do know that by killing her, we may very well have sealed the fate of all her kittens. Tranquilizing this last kitten and finding it a permanent home in a captive setting like a zoo or sanctuary has not completely been ruled out. Because two of the three kittens were killed, many feel the California Department of Fish & Game will ultimately choose bullets over captive placement for the reaming lion, too. Hoping that doesn't happen, a few wildlife groups have stepped up and offered to not only give the cat a permanent home, but to make the trek to Susanville and help tranquilize and transport the kitten. One such group is the Animal Rescue Team Inc. of Solvang, California. Their Director, Julia Di Sieno, says she "will do whatever it takes to save this lion." For updates on this story or to help, please contact the persons listed below!!!!

We are in the process of writing a story about Susanville’s lion kittens. The situation appears to be in a holding pattern until the last kitten resurfaces, but you might be able to affect the final outcome by contacting the CDFG District Manager for the Region 1, and the local police chief. Offer your professional services and inform them about the potential recipients for the captured kitten. I have included contact information for CDFG’s Region 1 office below. –

Neil Manji, Regional ManagerMain Office
601 Locust Street
Redding, CA 96001
(530) 225-2300
FAX: (530) 225-2055

Field Office
619 Second Street
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-6493
FAX: (707) 445-6664

Julia J. Di Sieno
Executive Director
Animal Rescue Team, inc.
805 896-1859
www.animalrescueteam.net

 Take nothing but photographs. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time.

Fw: Poaching of Santa Rosa Elk, and deer... Deer elected representatives!

-From: JULIA DI SIENO <msladyjulia@hotmail.com>
To: info@maldonadoforcongress.com; Ed Hat news <ed@edhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 5:44 PM
Subject: FW: Poaching of Santa Rosa Elk, and deer... Deer elected representatives!

 

Deer ALL elected representatives,   As tax payers we count on our elected officials to protect and preserve our community. What is happening with the planted Roosevelt Elk, and mule deer is pure barbaric poaching!~ These non native ruminants will be shot by The White Buffalo Hunting Team from helicopters. The meat is to remain on the Island to rot and not be harvested. Who hired these GREAT WHITE Buffalo  Ted Nugent type poachers? Did you know that Santa Barbara counties deer season ended. This year deer season opened  August 14, 2011, lasting 44 days thru September 26th, 2011. ANY deer killings outside this time frame is considered poaching by the State Department of Fish & Game. Ariel hunts in Santa Barbara county are also illegal! THIS IS THE LAW!  

Inside Channel Islands National Park on Santa Rosa Island, 40 miles from the California coastline, there are about 1,100 elk and mule deer that have no idea their fate is being decided 2,700 miles away in Washington, D.C.California Congressman Duncan Hunter protected the island’s introduced Kaibab mule deer and Roosevelt’s elk in a provision in the 2007 Defense Authorization bill signed by President Bush last October. Then in May, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, along with Congresswoman Lois Capps, all from California, launched simultaneous bills in the U.S. Senate and Congress to repeal the law and remove the elk and deer from the island. . The tug-of-war surrounding the Santa Rosa herds is nothing new on Capitol Hill. In 2005, Hunter, who has now retired to make a run at U.S. President in the 2008 election, unsuccessfully proposed a bill that would have transferred the island from the Park Service to the U.S. military, creating a military game reserve and training ground for drills. The next year, he tried to keep the herds in place for hunting by disabled veterans. In the 1920s, Vail and Vickers, a ranching company that owned the island for nearly a century, brought the elk and deer to the island. In 1986, taxpayers paid the Vail and Vickers Company approximately $30 million to acquire Santa Rosa Island and make it part of Channel Islands National Park, with a goal of restoring its native ecology and providing public access. When Vail and Vickers sold the island, the company negotiated a 25-year lease that allowed them to continue hunting operations until 2011. Everything seemed settled until Congressman Hunter introduced his new provision. “Duncan Hunter never contacted us,” Will Woolley, a Vail family member told the Associated Press. ”It makes me nervous. It’s not spelled out what our future would be.” But now that Hunter is fighting to keep the animals on the island, the Vail family is, too. Timothy Vail, one of three cousins that sold the island to the National Park Service, addressed a Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee back in May. “We believe that after 80 years of occupancy, this is their [elk and deer] home,” Vail said. Park manager Russell Galipeau disagrees. He says the Park Service’s objective on Santa Rosa Island is to restore the natural processes of the island, and the non-native elk and deer are interfering. In the past, the Park Service has been consistent in dealing with animals it deems as pests. Throughout the five islands that make up the Channel Islands National Park, pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits and rats have been eradicated. The Park Service hired an outfitter—Multiple Use Managers—to participate in some of the eradication projects. Ironically, this is the same outfitter that still provides private guided hunts on Santa Rosa on behalf of Vail and Vickers. The owner of Multiple Use Managers, Gordon Long, says he would like to see the deer and elk remain on the island, and so would many of the park visitors he encounters in the field. “Where else are people going to see Roosevelt’s elk in southern California?” he says. However, Galipeau counters that visitors are there to see the island’s unique flora and fauna, which for species like the endangered island fox are found nowhere else in the world. In 1994, there were roughly 1,700 Santa Rosa Island fox. In 2000, fox numbers were down to 38, mainly because of predation by a new resident, the golden eagle. The eagles fed on feral pigs and then switched over to the fox after the Park Service eradicated pigs in the early 1990s. Now, fox numbers are slowly rebounding due to eagle relocation and captive fox breeding programs. For the time being, the fate of the elk and deer on Santa Rosa Island remains in limbo. In June, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to repeal Hunter’s provision, and that repeal is part of the 2008 Interior Department spending bill, which still needs votes from the full Senate and House. Feinstein said, “The goal of my legislation is simply to repeal this provision—no more and no less.”While they may disagree about the elk and deer, Vail and Vickers, Long and the Park Service have worked closely together coordinating private hunting and public visitation, and all parties agree they have worked well together in the past. Though somewhat insulated from dissension and controversy, the island is affected by mounting tensions in the political arena.“Our relationship has always been good,” park manager Galipeau says. “But, unfortunately, it has become difficult because of the legislation.”

  These animal were introduced to Santa Rosa Island over 80 years, used for canned hunting. Another blood sport that needs to be examined. Here are a few words from The Humane Society of the United States which i received today.  

Your note was forwarded to me for response – thanks so much for writing. The Humane Society of the United States is encouraged by the vision of the U.S Congress that the Channel Islands should be managed in a manner consistent with the mission of the National Park Service (NPS). However, we are saddened that the NPS's zeal to return the island to its native state will bring suffering and death to the non-native animals currently living in the park.

The resident elk and deer on the island are managed for the purpose of an ongoing trophy hunt by a private commercial business. Although a large island, the deer and elk have no opportunity to escape their pursuers. It is effectively a canned hunt. Our national park lands should be safe havens for animals, not privileged playgrounds for a small group of trophy hunters.

The HSUS strongly opposes the current trophy hunting operation inhabiting the island and supports a non-lethal management option for the future.

Clearly, this issue is complicated. The HSUS is committed to supporting the elimination of the trophy hunting operation while also supporting humane alternatives to a lethal eradication of Santa Rosa Island's non-native animals.

Best,

Casey

Casey Pheiffer
Director, Wildlife Abuse
cpheiffer@humanesociety.org
t 301.721.6407     f 301.721.6414

The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street NW Washington, DC 20037
humanesociety.org

   

  Because these animal were introduced, ariel slaughter is NOT the answer. Relocation, and birth control methods are an option. What is next our state wide wild turkeys introduced by Fish & Game?       In Monterey County, for example, the Breeding Bird Atlas project traced the local established population to an aggressive program of introductions by Calif. Fish & Game beginning in 1965; at least 361 turkeys were released in the 30 years since. Today they are well established through the oak savanna in the foothills of Monterey County and south into San Luis Obispo County. Other populations thrive in oak habitat in Sierran foothills along the east edge of the Central Valley, and in the Coast Ranges north of San Francisco from about Sonoma & Napa counties to Mendocino Co. [a map of current northern California range is in Fix & Bezener (2000).]

Largely because of the tradition that arose with the first CBRC checklist back in 1970, Wild Turkey has always been listed as a "non-native introduced species" in California. Yet the current 7th ed. A.O.U. Check-list notes that the Turkey has been "reintroduced widely through its former breeding range north of Mexico, and established locally north to southern British Columbia, Washington, Idaho..." [and various points east; emphasis mine]. The implication of this statement is that turkeys in California have been "re-introduced" into "former" range, and this point warrants consideration. Were Wild Turkeys ever native to California? Should we consider them to be "reintroduced natives" rather than "introduced non-natives?" I present evidence here that supports a non-traditional view of the Wild Turkey in California.   

Also hence the name of this blood thirsty group doing the ariel killings, White Buffalo Hunting. White buffalo are sacred to the Native Americans. What a disgraceful title.

The Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations (known collectively as the Sioux) were considered Miracle's primary spiritual guardians the white buffalo played a pivotal role in the fulfillment of their most revered prophecies. However, the white buffalos  place in the prophecies and beliefs of many tribes made them a highly sacred symbol to many of the American Indian Nations across the continent.  White Buffalo was seen by a vast number of people as a symbol of hope and renewal for humanity and for harmony between all peoples, all races, in our world today

  The federal court or to whomever gave this ruling should be removed from the bench!  

PLEASE call Lios Capps, to express your concerns, Julia J. Di Sieno Executive Director Animal Rescue Team, inc. 805 896-1859www.animalrescueteam.net   Take nothing but photographs. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time.

Fw: Poaching of Santa Rosa Elk, and deer... Deer elected representatives!

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: JULIA DI SIENO <msladyjulia@hotmail.com>
To: info@maldonadoforcongress.com; Ed Hat news <ed@edhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 5:44 PM
Subject: FW: Poaching of Santa Rosa Elk, and deer... Deer elected representatives!

 

Deer ALL elected representatives, As tax payers we count on our elected officials to protect and preserve our community. What is happening with the planted Roosevelt Elk, and mule deer is pure barbaric poaching!~ These non native ruminants will be shot by The White Buffalo Hunting Team from helicopters. The meat is to remain on the Island to rot and not be harvested. Who hired these GREAT WHITE Buffalo  Ted Nugent type poachers?Did you know that Santa Barbara counties deer season ended. This year deer season opened  August 14, 2011, lasting 44 days thru September 26th, 2011. ANY deer killings outside this time frame is considered poaching by the State Department of Fish & Game. Ariel hunts in Santa Barbara county are also illegal! THIS IS THE LAW! 

Inside Channel Islands National Park on Santa Rosa Island, 40 miles from the California coastline, there are about 1,100 elk and mule deer that have no idea their fate is being decided 2,700 miles away in Washington, D.C. California Congressman Duncan Hunter protected the island’s introduced Kaibab mule deer and Roosevelt’s elk in a provision in the 2007 Defense Authorization bill signed by President Bush last October. Then in May, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, along with Congresswoman Lois Capps, all from California, launched simultaneous bills in the U.S. Senate and Congress to repeal the law and remove the elk and deer from the island. . The tug-of-war surrounding the Santa Rosa herds is nothing new on Capitol Hill. In 2005, Hunter, who has now retired to make a run at U.S. President in the 2008 election, unsuccessfully proposed a bill that would have transferred the island from the Park Service to the U.S. military, creating a military game reserve and training ground for drills. The next year, he tried to keep the herds in place for hunting by disabled veterans. In the 1920s, Vail and Vickers, a ranching company that owned the island for nearly a century, brought the elk and deer to the island. In 1986, taxpayers paid the Vail and Vickers Company approximately $30 million to acquire Santa Rosa Island and make it part of Channel Islands National Park, with a goal of restoring its native ecology and providing public access. When Vail and Vickers sold the island, the company negotiated a 25-year lease that allowed them to continue hunting operations until 2011. Everything seemed settled until Congressman Hunter introduced his new provision. “Duncan Hunter never contacted us,” Will Woolley, a Vail family member told the Associated Press. ”It makes me nervous. It’s not spelled out what our future would be.” But now that Hunter is fighting to keep the animals on the island, the Vail family is, too. Timothy Vail, one of three cousins that sold the island to the National Park Service, addressed a Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee back in May. “We believe that after 80 years of occupancy, this is their [elk and deer] home,” Vail said. Park manager Russell Galipeau disagrees. He says the Park Service’s objective on Santa Rosa Island is to restore the natural processes of the island, and the non-native elk and deer are interfering. In the past, the Park Service has been consistent in dealing with animals it deems as pests. Throughout the five islands that make up the Channel Islands National Park, pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits and rats have been eradicated. The Park Service hired an outfitter—Multiple Use Managers—to participate in some of the eradication projects. Ironically, this is the same outfitter that still provides private guided hunts on Santa Rosa on behalf of Vail and Vickers. The owner of Multiple Use Managers, Gordon Long, says he would like to see the deer and elk remain on the island, and so would many of the park visitors he encounters in the field. “Where else are people going to see Roosevelt’s elk in southern California?” he says. However, Galipeau counters that visitors are there to see the island’s unique flora and fauna, which for species like the endangered island fox are found nowhere else in the world. In 1994, there were roughly 1,700 Santa Rosa Island fox. In 2000, fox numbers were down to 38, mainly because of predation by a new resident, the golden eagle. The eagles fed on feral pigs and then switched over to the fox after the Park Service eradicated pigs in the early 1990s. Now, fox numbers are slowly rebounding due to eagle relocation and captive fox breeding programs. For the time being, the fate of the elk and deer on Santa Rosa Island remains in limbo. In June, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to repeal Hunter’s provision, and that repeal is part of the 2008 Interior Department spending bill, which still needs votes from the full Senate and House. Feinstein said, “The goal of my legislation is simply to repeal this provision—no more and no less.” While they may disagree about the elk and deer, Vail and Vickers, Long and the Park Service have worked closely together coordinating private hunting and public visitation, and all parties agree they have worked well together in the past. Though somewhat insulated from dissension and controversy, the island is affected by mounting tensions in the political arena. “Our relationship has always been good,” park manager Galipeau says. “But, unfortunately, it has become difficult because of the legislation.”

 These animal were introduced to Santa Rosa Island over 80 years, used for canned hunting. Another blood sport that needs to be examined. Here are a few words from The Humane Society of the United States which i received today. 

Your note was forwarded to me for response – thanks so much for writing. The Humane Society of the United States is encouraged by the vision of the U.S Congress that the Channel Islands should be managed in a manner consistent with the mission of the National Park Service (NPS). However, we are saddened that the NPS's zeal to return the island to its native state will bring suffering and death to the non-native animals currently living in the park.

The resident elk and deer on the island are managed for the purpose of an ongoing trophy hunt by a private commercial business. Although a large island, the deer and elk have no opportunity to escape their pursuers. It is effectively a canned hunt. Our national park lands should be safe havens for animals, not privileged playgrounds for a small group of trophy hunters.

The HSUS strongly opposes the current trophy hunting operation inhabiting the island and supports a non-lethal management option for the future.

Clearly, this issue is complicated. The HSUS is committed to supporting the elimination of the trophy hunting operation while also supporting humane alternatives to a lethal eradication of Santa Rosa Island's non-native animals.

Best,

Casey

Casey Pheiffer
Director, Wildlife Abuse
cpheiffer@humanesociety.org
t 301.721.6407     f 301.721.6414

The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street NW Washington, DC 20037
humanesociety.org

   

 Because these animal were introduced, ariel slaughter is NOT the answer. Relocation, and birth control methods are an option. What is next our state wide wild turkeys introduced by Fish & Game?   In Monterey County, for example, the Breeding Bird Atlas project traced the local established population to an aggressive program of introductions by Calif. Fish & Game beginning in 1965; at least 361 turkeys were released in the 30 years since. Today they are well established through the oak savanna in the foothills of Monterey County and south into San Luis Obispo County. Other populations thrive in oak habitat in Sierran foothills along the east edge of the Central Valley, and in the Coast Ranges north of San Francisco from about Sonoma & Napa counties to Mendocino Co. [a map of current northern California range is in Fix & Bezener (2000).]

Largely because of the tradition that arose with the first CBRC checklist back in 1970, Wild Turkey has always been listed as a "non-native introduced species" in California. Yet the current 7th ed. A.O.U. Check-list notes that the Turkey has been "reintroduced widely through its former breeding range north of Mexico, and established locally north to southern British Columbia, Washington, Idaho..." [and various points east; emphasis mine]. The implication of this statement is that turkeys in California have been "re-introduced" into "former" range, and this point warrants consideration. Were Wild Turkeys ever native to California? Should we consider them to be "reintroduced natives" rather than "introduced non-natives?" I present evidence here that supports a non-traditional view of the Wild Turkey in California.

  

Also hence the name of this blood thirsty group doing the ariel killings, White Buffalo Hunting. White buffalo are sacred to the Native Americans. What a disgraceful title.

The Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations (known collectively as the Sioux) were considered Miracle's primary spiritual guardians the white buffalo played a pivotal role in the fulfillment of their most revered prophecies. However, the white buffalos  place in the prophecies and beliefs of many tribes made them a highly sacred symbol to many of the American Indian Nations across the continent.  White Buffalo was seen by a vast number of people as a symbol of hope and renewal for humanity and for harmony between all peoples, all races, in our world today

 The federal court or to whomever gave this ruling should be removed from the bench! 

PLEASE call Lios Capps, to express your concerns,Julia J. Di SienoExecutive DirectorAnimal Rescue Team, inc.805 896-1859www.animalrescueteam.net Take nothing but photographs. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time.