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Warning: Some images are of Sarah Palin and animals she has killed or encouraged others to kill. These images and footage may be disturbing to some viewers. This is the reality for millions.
Please note all international governments, no matter what side of the political fence, have a long way to go to an equitable society for humans and non-humans. No government has any animal rights record to speak of, and a very poor "animal welfare" record.
We tend to focus on conservative parties because sadly they always protect the profits of corporations over the rights of non-humans and humans every time. Sadly many US politicians tend to support hunting and are afraid to speak out against the NRA.
To sum up contents, Sarah Palin's actions personally and as governor are of great concern at best. The following starts with the personal then moves on to Governor Palin's public record.
1. Sarah Palin is a lifetime NRA member and hunter as is her husband. They
own a commercial fishing business. She hunts moose, wears fur, ice fishes, and (from photos) appears to own a bearskin rug.
2. Sarah Palin's husband's favorite sport to participate in is dogsled racing.
3. As governor, Sarah Palin supports the brutal aerial hunting of wolves and
bears and authorized $400,000 in state funds to oppose a ballot initiative ending aerial hunting. State voters have twice before voted to ban such hunting.
4. As governor, in order to increase wolf hunting, Sarah Palin offered hunters a bounty of $150 each for every left front foreleg of a wolf they could provide the state.
5. In a region west of Anchorage, she authorized the killing of up to 70% of all bears (1400 bears) including mothers and cubs.
6. Alaskan Governor Palin sued the federal government (the Bush-Cheney administration) to keep polar bears from being listed as an endangered species.
7. Sarah Palin supports and promotes the brutal Iditarod dogsled races.
8. She opposed the closing of an unprofitable state-run dairy and
authorized $600,000 in state funds to keep it open.
9. Sarah Palin supports drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR), an extremely sensitive region where millions of animals could
be harmed or killed. Senator John McCain has long opposed this drilling as do most energy experts who see it as useless.
10. Sarah Palin (Vice presidential choice by Senator John McCain) has publicly stated that global warming is a "farce" and is not caused by humans even though her state and the animals in it suffer some of the most dramatic consequences.
In essence, regarding animals and the environment, she may be the worst vice-presidential candidate in history.
More importantly, this raises great concerns about ability of Senator John McCain to make sound considered choices and decisions. eg choosing a Vice President who is a climate change sceptic at this dangerous stage in the Earth's history.
Related links:
http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm (Palin in fur and with rug)
http://actionfund.defenders.org/palinvideo (aerial hunting)
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Please do not forget that *all* animals, no matter if they are in the wild, or confined against their will in factory farms and in *all* forms of exploitation, love life and do not wish to die. Go vegan for peace, for all living beings and the environment.
Some info of Sarah Palin's animal record was obtained from Mass. Animal Rights Coalition.
Additional information:
In the interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin struggled to provide examples of legislative action taken by McCain that could have avoided the credit crisis, Ill try to find you some and Ill bring them to you, Palin said to interviewer Katie Couric.
Sarah Palin again emphasized that Alaskas geographic location is proof of her world knowledge, Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of.
It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right next to, they are right next to our state, Sarah Palin explained, adding that when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? Its Alaska. |
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