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Alert: New Head Of CA Fish & Game Hunted & Killed Mountain
Lion For Sport - Bragged & Posed For 'Trophy' Photo!<br>
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Please all, take a moment to express your outrage and forward this
alert widely to others.<br>
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We must demand that Dan Richard be removed from his post
immediately!<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/ca_fish_and_game_comission_president_shoots_cougar_and_boasts_about_it/">http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/ca_fish_and_game_comission_president_shoots_cougar_and_boasts_about_it/</a><br>
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<h2>CA Fish and Game Commission President Shoots Cougar and Boasts
About Hunt in Magazine</h2>
<p class="byline">by <a
href="http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/oeuvre/maureen-mitra/"
title="view all posts by Maureen Nandini Mitra">Maureen Nandini
Mitra</a> – February 17, 2012</p>
<h4>Humane Society of US Urges Californians to Voice Concern About
Dan Richards' Leadership</h4>
<p>Apparently Dan Richards, the new president of California Fish and
Game Commission likes to hunt and is willing to travel to states
that allow people to kill big wildlife — environment,
conservation, and simple compassion be damned.</p>
<p class="graphicLeft"><img
src="cid:part3.08050008.06020701@aim.com" width="450"><cite>
Photo courtesy <a
href="http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/ca_fish_and_game_comission_president_shoots_cougar_and_boasts_about_it/www.ForestWander.com">www.ForestWander.com</a></cite><span
class="caption">We can't post the photograph in question here
since it might be subject to copyright. To view Richards<br>
with his "trophy", click <a
href="http://www.wonews.com/images/image-manager/2012/feb/3%20yrs%20110%20lb%20cat.jpg">here</a>.</span></p>
<p>Yesterday, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), CA,
posted a picture of the Richards holding up a dead mountain lion
he shot during a hunting expedition in Idaho.</p>
<p>It’s illegal to shoot mountain lions in California. So Richards
schlepped over to another state to fulfill his bloodlust.</p>
<p>A little snooping around on the Net turned up the site where the
original photo was posted — a blog in <a
href="http://www.wonews.com/Blog.aspx?id=1646">Western Outdoor
News</a> — a fishing and hunting weekly. Here’s the caption
accompanying the photograph that Richards himself supplied the
publication.</p>
<p><strong><em>“NEW COMMISSION PRESIDENT CELEBRATES A SUCCESSFUL
HUNT –</em></strong><em> California Fish and Game commissioner
Dan W. Richards travelled deep into the wicked terrain of
Idaho’s Flying B Ranch to fulfill a long-held goal. “It was the
most physically exhausting hunt of my lifetime. Eight hours of
cold weather hiking in very difficult terrain. I told the guides
I appreciated the hard work. They were unbelievably
professional, first class all the way,” he said. Richards said
he took the big cat over iron sights using a Winchester
Centennial lever action .45 carbine. Asked about California’s
mountain lion moratorium, Richards didn’t hesitate. <strong>“I’m
glad it’s legal in Idaho.” </strong>(emphasis added) </em></p>
<p>Wow!</p>
<p>The blog also notes that Richards is outspoken opponent of the <a
href="http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/">Marine Life Protection Act</a>
(MLPA) that requires the state to improve the way it protects the
ocean.</p>
<p>Richards’ decision to “not only hunt an animal whose protection
has twice been approved by California voters, but to post a photo
showing his glee over the trophy kill, undermines Californians’
confidence in the state’s leadership and commitment to wisely
managed natural resources,” HSUS’ California director Jennifer
Fearing said in a statement today. “Richards’ example stands in
stark contrast to the work by dozens of stakeholders – including
The HSUS – which just yesterday culminated in the adoption of an <a
href="http://vision.ca.gov/docs/Final_EC_Adopts_ISV_120216.pdf">interim
strategic vision</a> for California’s fish and wildlife,” she
added.</p>
<p>The Humane Society is urging Californians to contact the <a
href="http://www.fgc.ca.gov/contact/">Fish and Game Commission</a>
and voice their concerns about Richards’ leadership role. I urge
you to heed their call.</p>
<p>PS: When I contacted the Fish and Game Commission this afternoon
I was told that their phones had been “ringing off the hook” but
there were no senior officials around today to field the calls.</p>
<p> </p>
<strong><a
href="http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/oeuvre/maureen-mitra/"
title="view all posts by Maureen Nandini Mitra">Maureen Nandini
Mitra</a>, Managing Editor, <cite>Earth Island Journal</cite>.</strong><img
src="cid:part11.08030205.06070300@aim.com" class="member_photo"
alt="Maureen Nandini Mitra photo" align="right"><br>
In addition to her work at the <cite>Journal</cite>, Maureen is a
columnist for <cite><a href="http://thefastertimes.com">The Faster
Times</a></cite> and writes for several other magazines and
online publications in the US and India. A journalism graduate from
Columbia University, her work has appeared in the <cite><a
href="http://sfpublicpress.org">San Francisco Public Press</a></cite>,
<cite><a href="http://www.newint.org/">The New Internationalist</a></cite>,
<cite><a href="http://www.sueddeutsche.de">Sueddeutsche Zeitung</a></cite>,
<cite><em><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in">The Caravan</a></em></cite>
and <cite><a href="http://downtoearth.org.in">Down to Earth</a></cite>.<br>
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