Some would probably say I need to find something better to do with my time but as part of an education process, I think it’s important that people begin to learn that black doesn’t mean white, that go doesn’t mean stop and that a colander is not a bucket. It also is necessary to learn that the Defenders of Wildlife are not a “conservation” organization, no more than the Humane Society of the United States or any host of other animal rights groups.
Everywhere I went on the Internet today I saw headline after headline that read, “Conservation Groups Sue Over Gray Wolf Delisting”. The problem has always been the media’s ignorance of calling these groups conservation groups. There’s really nothing about them that fits the definition.
A conservation group understands that it is important to manage wildlife and ecosystems that will sustain a yield long into the future. When one group puts all its focus on saving one thing, in this case the gray wolf, it is done so at the expense of other species putting those species in jeopardy of being able to sustain itself. That’s far from conservation. But that never stopped a good agenda-driven radical group from raising money while convincing the lazy media they are a conservation group.
Let’s face it. Calling someone like Defenders of Wildlife a conservation group sure sounds better than a left-wing radical organization. I’m not even sure they would qualify as a preservationist group, unless of course to preserve something means at the expense of any other living organism.
Tom Remington
