New rules expand hunting on most national wildlife refuges in Arizona
By Kailey Broussard, Cronkite News | Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019
Hunters welcomed new rules by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that will open or expand hunting and fishing opportunities on 1.4 million acres of public lands, more than half of them in Arizona. (Photo by Torrey Wiley/Creative Commons)
WASHINGTON – Hunting groups are applauding new federal rules creating longer seasons, extended hours and expanded methods for hunting and taking different types of game on national wildlife refuges.
The changes, announced last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, affect 1.4 million acres of federal land, more than 800,000 of which are in Arizona where seven of nine national wildlife refuges would be included in the changes.
Zack May, president of Southern Arizona Quail Forever, said the changes reduce contradictions between state and federal…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Game and Fish Agencies exist for one thing only: to provide wildlife for targets/trophy, pelts, and “recreational opportunities” for sadistic, sick humans to “get outdoors” and kill wild animals for fun and profit.
Such agencies have NO Redeeming qualities, because they operate in the 1800’s mentality, when the East and later the West was a full-scale Slaughter & War Against the Wild. Aldo Leopold, Teddy Roosevelt, and other killers (who are erroneously “honored” today by wildlife groups), continued to kill wildlife throughout their lives. Aldo Leopold did NOT learn from his “experience of the Green Fire leaving the wolf’s eyes”–he just continued his mission of killing wolves, coyotes, etc, to appease the Livestock Industry–he even married a sheep rancher.
Please do not accept this mantra of how “wonderful” these serial animal killers were. Question and read the history. read the expose’ on http://www.foranimals.org
The scary thing is that it seems to be worse than ever. Very little improvement that had only been enforced by tenuous laws – and now all of that is being rolled back. They were only waiting for the right opportunity, and the general public is easily distracted and hypnotized, so they don’t do much to help.
Yes, it is disgusting. Unfortunately, too many “wildlife” groups have capitulated to these agencies, accepting their same “Ag” jargon, such as “harvesting, and using derogatory agriculture terms, like “sow” for female bears, etc. At the last NM Game Commission (whose Chairwoman is a staunch member of Boone and Crockett!) we were “given” a lousy 2 minutes to make our points, but I did point out: the use of the term “harvest” or “harvesting” saying “wild animals are Not Crops. Don’t know if they get it…
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