Saturday, January 13, 2018

TWEET SHEET: #KillingIsNOTConservation


1) #Trophy film @TrophyTheFilm on @CNN @CNNFilms features hunters who claim #TrophyHunting aids in #wildlife conservation, but in truth, trophy hunting has minimal wildlife conservation benefit! 🐘🦁💔 http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  #KillingIsNOTConservation #TW pic.twitter.com/hRlcPAqqIU

2) How can killing animals help conserve them? #TrophyHunting does not help #wildlife! http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  #Trophy #KillingIsNOTConservation @TrophyTheFilm @CNN @CNNFilms 💔🦁 #TW #Trophy pic.twitter.com/XZh730azQu

3) .@TrophyTheFilm on @CNN @CNNFilms shows hunters who say #TrophyHunting benefits local economies but killing 1 #elephant costs $50k, while a living 🐘 can bring in $1.5M in conservation-friendly tourism http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9 #KillingIsNotConservation #TW

4) .@TrophyTheFilm on @CNN @CNNFilms features hunters who say #TrophyHunting provides economic benefits to local communities but studies show as little as 3% of 💰 from hunt goes to community! http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9 #Trophy #KillingIsNOTConservation #TW pic.twitter.com/6xsgwSewpb

5) .@TrophyTheFilm @CNN @CNNFilms features #rhino breeder who advocates selling horns of de-horned rhino to reduce #poaching; legalizing rhino horn trade lines pockets of elite NOT aid #conservation http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  #TW #KillingIsNOTConservation pic.twitter.com/KnRWHw6RKc


6)  I stand with @BornFreeUSA and @BornFreeFDN: #TrophyHunting does not help conserve species because #KillingIsNotConservation! #TW #Trophy http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  @TheLeadCNN @JakeTapper @CNN pic.twitter.com/xy4BiDZ8lc

7) Nature picks off the weakest, #TrophyHunting picks off the strongest. #KillingIsNotConservation #Trophy #TW pic.twitter.com/29XGdqwaTH

8) Over past several decades #TrophyHunting has been primary, in many cases ONLY method of conservation, in many countries and yet wildlife populations continue to plummet. How is that effective? @trophythefilm @CNN #KillingIsNotConservation #TW pic.twitter.com/H15TLWFUut

9) As we saw by the visceral reaction to Cecil the Lion, #TrophyHunting is simply not morally acceptable to most Americans. #KillingIsNotConservation #TW @TrophyTheFilm #Trophy @CNN pic.twitter.com/LfNPLCgdF6

10) Hey .@CNN @CNNFilms, wake up! @TrophyTheFilm is NOT the next #BlackFish. #KillingIsNOTConservation #Trophy #TW https://twitter.com/Voice_OT_Orcas/status/952290365972729856


11) Conservation groups urge .@CNNFilms and @CNN to reconsider airing @TrophyTheMovie bc it doesn't offer network's viewers an opportunity to see and hear counterviews to #TrophyHunting. #KillingIsNOTConservation #TW #Trophy http://bit.ly/2DvMlde

12) Trophy hunting can be linked to poaching. This can range from instances like with Cecil the lion, where hunters break law, to poachers using trophy hunting as a smokescreen for a more in depth poaching operation. #KillingIsNotConservation #Trophy #TW pic.twitter.com/GwfFbtlrdw

13) Over last 100 years, hunting has been main conservation method employed in many countries. If #TrophyHunting was so great for conservation, why have African lions declined by 95% since the 1940's? #KillingIsNotConservation #TW #Trophy pic.twitter.com/vBlC0n6Abl

14) .@TheEllenShow @DonCheadle @Alyssa_Milano @jimmykimmel @DebraMessing  Please speak out against @TrophyTheFilm, being shown on @CNN @CNNFilms without a counter view for viewers. #KillingIsNotConservation #Trophy #TW pic.twitter.com/GwfFbtlrdw

15) Americans overwhelmingly oppose #TrophyHunting! Animals are sentient beings and have a right to live. #KillingIsNotConservation #TW #Trophy 🐘🦁🐻 pic.twitter.com/sy5seNDUOx


Monday, January 8, 2018

PUBLIC COMMENTS DUE JANUARY 29: California Elk Management Plan


All public comments should be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. Comments may be submitted online at ElkManagementPlan@wildlife.ca.gov.


TALKING POINTS: 

Thank you for the opportunity to submit public comment regarding the California Elk Management Plan. I am glad that the state has decided to make an effort to connect elk populations through out the state.

The plan refers to "management" in the plan. Indeed, this word is in the title. I am opposed to management to the extent that it includes culling or removing herds - particularly herds on public lands. 

Elk are native to California and are an important part of our state's ecosystems. They must be given precedence over other non-native animals, including cattle and livestock, as well as any agriculture, on public lands.