Before I get to the Tejon hunt stories I want to get this out there.
A little while back I posted about the condor that was found suffering from lead poisoning. Further investigation showed that he’d also been shot with a shotgun, and had pellets embedded under his skin. Turns out, another sick condor, a female, also had shot pellets in her.
Treatment failed, and the condor died.
It’s kind of redundant to say it now, because a lot of hunters are also saying it, but I’m still pissed that someone did that stupid crap. Regardless of our protests, the fact is that because these birds were shot with guns, the general public and the media are going to call the culprits, “hunters.”
At any rate, the Center for Biological Diversity is now offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the offenders. You can read more about it in this article from the Monterey Herald.
I’m crossing my fingers that a hunter is the one who claims the reward.
Nico
Clint Eastwood
Phillip,
Everyone has called me crazy for stating this but I still believe that when they finally catch these perpetrators, we will find that that they belong to some “Radical Animal Rights Organization”.
In past episodes they have been known to: Sacrifice one of their own for the greater cause, which is to destroy any business or anyone who has anything to do with animals whatsoever!
What better way to do this than to make a gullible and unsuspecting public believe that a “Hunter” is responsible for killing these Condors, and then call for more and more restrictive legislation to stop all hunting altogether.
Or make it so expensive that the common populace wont even be able to afford the “Ammo” to go and shoot!