TOP TEN REASONS TO *OCCUPY* SPORT HUNTING
By Glenn A. Kirk
*TO OCCUPY IS TO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF LIBERATION THAT WE WISH TO MANIFEST IN OUR SOCIETY . Declaration by "Occupy Wall Street", Liberty Park, NYC, 2011.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
WHEREAS, 95% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT HUNT AND A PROVEN MAJORITY VALUES AND ENJOYS WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR OWN SAKE,
" AND WHILE THIS OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IS VOICING CRITICAL CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE REALITY OF AN INCREASINGLY DEGRADED AND IMPERILED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT,
" THERE REMAINS AN INTRANSIGENT 5% MINORITY OF AMERICANS KNOWN AS SPORT HUNTERS WHICH DESIRES TO PERSISTENTLY KILL AND ENDANGER AMERICAN WILDLIFE, AND THAT THIS KILLING IS PRINCIPALLY FOR RECREATION WITH NO SURVIVAL NEED,
" AND, WHILE THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS VERY SMALL MINORITY THAT HUNTS IS PROMOTED AND SUPPORTED BY STATE AND FEDERAL GAME AGENCIES WHOSE FUNCTION IS TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE OR "GAME" SPECIES POPULATIONS IN A PERPETUAL STATE OF OVER-POPULATION TO SATISFY HUNTERS' SELFISH DEMANDS FOR LIVING TARGETS, THERE IS DANGEROUS NEGLECT OF THE CRITICAL WORK NEEDED OF HUMANKIND IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE-SUSTAINING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,
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