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Love and Outrage Confronting Cruelty to Wildlife a BOLD VISION John Horning THE WORD FROM WILDEARTH GUARDIANS No. 23, Fall 2015 Love and Outrage Confronting Cruelty to Wildlife A BOLD VISION John Horning n nearly every state in the American West, I including my home state of New Mexico, the agencies charged with protecting wildlife are MISSION STATEMENT instead carrying out a war on wildlife, especially WILDEARTH GUARDIANS protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health native carnivores. of the American West. GUARDIANSWILDEARTH These agencies are engaged in a smear campaign that relies on fear—not facts, science, or BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robin Smith, PRESIDENT the law—to make decisions about the fate of our Mimsi Milton, VICE PRESIDENT wildlife. Todd Ringler, SECRETARY The fear of the “other,” whether human or Jess Alford Dyan Oldenburg wild animal, is a powerful psychological tool that’s Cathy Bailey Peter Schoenburg been used throughout human history by leaders whose control over political and Nat Cobb Jon Spar Glen Colton Bill Syme economic systems is threatened by the emergence of new cultures and new value Debbie Lewis David Will systems. Kristina Martinez Esther Yazzie In the American West, it is ranchers and hunters whose political clout and STAFF economic status have been on the wane for decades. Those two groups nevertheless Bryan Bird, MS, WILD PLACES PROGRAM DIRECTOR continue to exert a stranglehold on wildlife policy through state game commissions Madeleine Carey, GILA CAMPAIGN FELLOW and the federal Wildlife Services agency. Lori Colt, COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST The fact that the blood sport of body-count contests of prairie dogs, coyotes, Bethany Cotton, JD, WILDLIFE PROGRAM DIRECTOR Greg Dyson, JD, PUBLIC LANDS DIRECTOR and other beautiful creatures is blessed by these institutions provides the most Kevin Gaither-Banchoff, DeveLOPMENT DIRECTOR damning but hardly the only evidence of their illegitimate but still legal governance John Horning, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR over our wildlife. Taylor Jones, MS, ENDANGERED SPECIES ADVOCATE WILDEARTH GUARDIANS believes that we desperately need new governance Jim Matison, RESTORATION PROJECTS DIRECTOR structures that include all public interests and that recognize the intrinsic value of Sarah McMillan, JD, SENIOR ATTORNEY John Meyer, JD, STAFF ATTORNEY wildlife and the tremendous ecological value of native carnivores. Erik Molvar, MS, SAgebRUSH SEA CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR This issue of Wild at Heart highlights our work to weaken the foundation of the Kevin Mueller, UTAH-SOUTHERN ROCKIES old governance structures and create changes, both large and small, that bring an CONSERVATION MANAgeR end to the cruelty and barbarism that are sadly so common. Marla Nelson, JD, RewILDING ATTORNEY While fear will continue to govern some, our belief is that compassion and Jeremy Nichols, CLIMATE & ENERGY PROGRAM coexistence are the guiding ethics that the majority of Americans want to be DIRECTOR Claire Nickel, OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE manifest in our relationship with native wildlife. Kelly Nokes, JD, MELP, CARNIVORE CAMPAIGN LEAD For the Wild, Carol Norton, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Jen Pelz, JD, WILD RIVERS PROGRAM DIRECTOR Ronnie Rael, ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOOKKEEPING ASSISTANT Samantha Ruscavage-Barz, JD, Ph.D, STAFF ATTORNEY Tim Ream, JD, CLIMATE AND ENERGY CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR GUARDIAN GIVER Jodie Wheeler, FISCAL MANAGER Marlies Wierenga, MS, PACIFIC NORTHweST CONSERVATION MANAgeR Sally Mackler WILDEARTH GUARDIANS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. support GUARDIANS because they take a strong stand against the obscene and unethical wildlife ‘management’ practices SANTA FE OFFICE: “I 516 Alto Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 and tools used by state and federal wildlife agencies. GUARDIANS’ TEL 505.988.9126 SALLY MACKLER SALLY materials and website are excellent and full of links and facts to DENveR OFFICE: educate as well as motivate. Their legal actions are carefully 1536 Wynkoop Street, Ste. 310 Denver, CO 80202 chosen, executed beautifully, and often successful. And their TEL 303.437.7663 position on issues is uncompromising and for the benefit of OFFICES ALSO IN: Boulder, Laramie, Missoula, wildlife and wild lands. I am grateful for their fantastic work. Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, “My conservation ethic can be found on the website of the organization that I San Francisco, Tucson work with, Predator Defense. Our ethic is in tandem with that of GUARDIANS, and GRAPHIC DESIGN: Janice St. Marie both organizations are unique in taking a hard and uncompromising stance on COveR PHOTO: David R. Tribble behalf of wildlife. I appreciate GUARDIANS for addressing wildlife/human conflicts Like us: Facebook.com/wildearthguardians and for exposing and confronting lethal actions on the part of government Follow us: twitter.com/wildearthguard management agencies.” 100 percent recycled, 50 percent PCW GET ON THE BUS Getting Through the Courthouse Door Kelly Nokes Being a standing declarant is not for the faint of heart; it is a public stance with all DON MOLDE that entails. In written testimony, Don described how Wildlife Services’ endless killing of ravens and coyotes makes it more difficult and dangerous to see them in the wild. In a significant initial victory, the court agreed that GUARDIANS has standing in our case because if we win, Don will be able to search Don and Jean Molde. We invite you to join for wildlife without fear of the Wild Bunch, traps and poisons on the our amazing monthly he ominous roar of a low-flying airplane ground and planes with gunmen overhead. donors. Whether startles a raven from a tree. Hanging out GUARDIANS employs a host of legal T your contribution of the airplane’s door, a gunman takes aim at a strategies and tactics to protect our wildlife is $5, $20 or $250 a coyote desperately fleeing for cover. This was and wild places, and we could not do it month, monthly givers the harrowing scene that propelled Don without members like Don—or you. Please form the backbone Molde, a resident of Reno, into action. contact us if you would also like to be a of our organization, Aerial gunning, the practice of shooting voice for nature in court. and provide the so-called “nuisance” animals from airplanes, is Visit wildearthguardians.org: sustainability and just one of many gruesome killing techniques Take Action /Activist Spotlight flexibility that enables employed by Wildlife Services, a shadowy us to work on urgent program within the U.S. Department of GUARDIANSWILDEARTH and critical issues. Agriculture. Your pledge deepens An avid birdwatcher, hiker, and lover of Don described how Wildlife Services’ our capacity to respond carnivores, Don spends much of his time endless killing of ravens and coyotes quickly and decisively. exploring Nevada’s wildlands, searching for coyotes and ravens. When Don witnessed makes it more difficult and dangerous aerial gunning firsthand, he knew he had to to see them in the wild. SIGN UP stop this cruel practice. In the decades since, TODAY! Don has challenged Wildlife Services’ scientifically unsupported and unwarranted slaughter of wildlife. With GUARDIANS’ help, he is closer than ever to accomplishing his goal. Because of his love for wildlife, Don agreed to become a “standing declarant” in GUARDIANS’ lawsuit challenging Wildlife Services’ killing program in Nevada. Every individual or organization that files a lawsuit must establish standing. Broadly, this means being able to demonstrate that they are harmed by the action they are challenging in court. As an organization, WILDEARTH GUARDIANS cannot hike the backcountry or look for wildlife, but GUARDIANS’ members can and do. Standing declarants are individuals like Don who designate GUARDIANS to protect their favorite place or species in court. 3 WHY ARE YOU OBAMA: KEEP FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND! A GUARDIANS Tim Ream MONTHLY WILDEARTH GUARDIANSWILDEARTH DONOR? hen it comes to saving W our climate, everyone understands the world must soon power itself without coal, oil, or natural gas. That means more than MARK BAILEY just cutting climate pollution—it means keeping fossil fuels in the ground in the first place. But where do we start to keep fossil fuels in the ground? “As publishers of an How about in the United States, environmental literary historically the world’s biggest press, we get to know polluter? And how about on our a lot of marvelous public lands, lands that belong to writers, thinkers, all Americans? In fact, why not ask and advocates as we President Barack Obama to end Navajo activist Louise Benally at the rally outside the White House. promote conservation all new leasing of coal, oil, and Benally is tired of Peabody Coal ruining the lives of her people. She through literature. We gas on all public lands and waters calls on President Obama to keep it in the ground. resonate personally right now? with the values that Well, we just did, and wow, and gas that belongs to us, effectively frying guide WILDEARTH have we started something big! our future. GUARDIANS’ work to heal For over a year, GUARDIANS has been All told, fossil fuels from our public lands wounded landscapes spearheading the formation of a national and waters produce more than 20 percent of and defend wildness, movement to end fossil fuel leasing on public all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. And with but the people, lands. On September 15, our “Keep It in the half of all carbon reserves in the nation on our the GUARDIANS, are Ground” movement and our vision went live. public lands or waters, it’s high time to keep why we’re monthly Together with allies from Alaska to the them off limits. supporters—why, Navajo Nation and from Utah to Florida, we We’ve already been leading the charge even a son of ours demonstrated outside the White House, calling to keep oil, gas, and coal in the ground in has worked as a on the president to keep fossil fuels in the the American West. Yet as part of a national GUARDIAN.
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