Comments on: MidwayUSA Steps Up Support for Elk Foundation http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2009/12/14/midwayusa-steps-up-support-for-elk-foundation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=midwayusa-steps-up-support-for-elk-foundation Black Bear Blog - The Politics of Hunting, Fishing and the Outdoors. Protecting our American Heritage. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jes http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2009/12/14/midwayusa-steps-up-support-for-elk-foundation/#comment-16194 jes Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:07:05 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/?p=8662#comment-16194 Lee, if you're quoting from the Bighorn "Wild Sheep Foundation", why don't you check out what the RMEF has to say about wolves and their effect on elk....Here's a sampler: “Their attack on hunting proved unpersuasive so now they’re backing up and citing a procedural issue related to the Endangered Species Act. This legal wrangling has drug on well past the point of ridiculousness. This is what happens when you’ve got well-funded plaintiffs who can’t be bothered by on-the-ground facts, logic or common sense. That’s not how conservation works,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO." http://www.rmef.org/NewsandMedia/NewsReleases/2009/WolfLitigation.htm Lee, if you’re quoting from the Bighorn “Wild Sheep Foundation”, why don’t you check out what the RMEF has to say about wolves and their effect on elk….Here’s a sampler:

“Their attack on hunting proved unpersuasive so now they’re backing up and citing a procedural issue related to the Endangered Species Act. This legal wrangling has drug on well past the point of ridiculousness. This is what happens when you’ve got well-funded plaintiffs who can’t be bothered by on-the-ground facts, logic or common sense. That’s not how conservation works,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO.”

http://www.rmef.org/NewsandMedia/NewsReleases/2009/WolfLitigation.htm

]]> By: jes http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2009/12/14/midwayusa-steps-up-support-for-elk-foundation/#comment-16193 jes Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:59:27 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/?p=8662#comment-16193 A good move for Midway...and I'm very glad the RMEF has changed their tune, and endorses putting the limits on wolves, as well....I wrote them a letter awhile back, articulating the reasons for the wolf problem, and it looks like enough people writing in has changed their mind... Midway has always had a great store, and I have dealt with them a long time.. A good move for Midway…and I’m very glad the RMEF has changed their tune, and endorses putting the limits on wolves, as well….I wrote them a letter awhile back, articulating the reasons for the wolf problem, and it looks like enough people writing in has changed their mind…
Midway has always had a great store, and I have dealt with them a long time..

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