Brooks Fahy at PREDATOR DEFENSE reporting on the failure of the Campbell- DeFazio Wildlife Services amendment to pass a House vote...............As we keep discussing, Ranchers and Farmers are all too happy to take Federal Subsidies like PREDATOR CONTROL and GRAZING ALLOTMENTS.....Republican Congressmen continue to exhibit hypocritical behavior by first pounding their chest about their #1 foundation goal of reducing the deficit and banning earmarks and then in the nexxt breath turning around and saying it is ok to pass out welfare to those who make their living off the land................SAD COMMENTARY IT IS about our Politicians motivations and ethics..............SAD outcome for all of the Carnivores that continue to be shot down from helicopters and airplanes without regard for whether they have preyed on livestock or not

From: Predator Defense ;brooks@predatordefense.org;
Date: Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Subject: Campbell- DeFazio Wildlife Services amendment fails
To: Rick Meril

Amendment to Stop Senseless Slaughter of Wildlife Defeated

Big Ag and NRA blocks common sense funding cuts

June 16, 2011 - Every year tens of thousands of vital native predators—bears, mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, foxes and wolves—are killed with your taxpayer money by USDA Wildlife Services "lethal predator control" program.

 Sadly, an amendment to reduce funding of this wasteful government subsidy to ranchers by $11 million a year was defeated in Congress on Thursday, the vote was 132-287. 

  Only 30 Republican's voted for the bill. The opposition ran a campaign full of lies and fear mongering. The National Rifle Association was the biggest group fighting the amendment, followed by many different livestock organizations and hunting groups.We will continue forward in our effort to dismantle this brutal government agency.

For all that's wild and free,

Brooks Fahy
Executive Director
PREDATOR DEFENSE

brooks@predatordefense.org
http://www.predatordefense.org/