8 years until Wild Cats are extinct?

....and the extinction is the goal?

I've stated before that I don't care for Big Cat Rescue [f.k.a. Wildlife on Easy Street], I've had my own personal reasons, not much that I could show to everyone. I found something new today.

When I say certain Organizations are set out to legislate mandatory extinction, I am not overstating the truth. [B.C.R. is affiliated with T.A.O.S., an association of such orgs]

B.C.R. has such a plan stated on their site, and is off to quite a successful start.

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/20yearplan.htm
[Note for me the link only seems to open correctly in Internet Explorer]

Specifically, look at 2012, and 2025.

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• By 2012, most species will be extinct in the wild.
• By 2025, most captive animals are extinct.

Organizations like B.C.R. do not care about animals, they care about control.

Why do we allow such Organizations to thrive, let alone exist?

Spotz

ps. T.A.O.S.'s website is here, with a listing of their affiliates [http://www.taosanctuaries.org/about/index.htm]

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Absolutely...but TAOS is nothing more than what I have represented it to be. I merely scratched the surface to keep things somewhat simple and to get the point across.

I do argue against unnecessary legislation....there are groups that do their best to fight orgs like B.C.R. but much like PETA or HSUS, TAOS sanctuaries also have an established propoganda spiel, which is very effective in appealing at a surface level to the vast majority. It doesn't help that there is so much legislative BS going on, that few of the voting members even have a chance to review all of the legislation they are required to vote on. Instead relying on their staffers to advise them on what each issue means. Even then, they often work with other legislators to garner support for their legislation ['Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours']. So even when they get decent information from their staffers [who by the way are the ones who filter and catalog virtually all the input from the public sector], their vote is often influenced by other things also. This needs to be addressed also.

The fact that these orgs can publish such a blatent plan without any ramifications is just an example of how much blind support these groups are getting. The plan I linked to is clearly marked as a plan to end the existance of B.C.R., and the means proposed are nothing short of barbaric.

What needs to change isn't the TAOS, or PETA or HSUS, but rather the legal shelters afforded to such groups. We need to stop allowing orgs to exist for the sole purpose of removing rights of citizens. With TAOS the target is very specific...Exotic Cats....with many other orgs, the target is much larger...pets of any kind. Either way, it is no good. Not for the majority of responsible owners out there, and definately not for the animals.

Unlike TAOS, I am not convinced that wild animals will inevietably cease to exist in the wild, however if things don't change soon, this mass extinction will indeed happen. Sadly very few of the animals threatened reside in the United States, or in other countries that can easily afford to protect these animals and their native habitats. This only compounds the problem, however orgs like WWF have made tremendous progress in countries that could not otherwise afford to protect their animals, so it isn't anywhere near impossible...it only seems that way frequently.

I would love to see both captive and wild populations thrive, short term, the captive populations have a better chance at thriveing than do their wild breathren, however if we as a species can work together and help protect and reclaim existing natural habitats, wild populations will thrive also.

Orgs such as members of TAOS do not concern themselves with the well being of wild populations at all, for that matter, they only concern themselves with the well being of captive animals as it suits their definition of "Well Being". They would rather see these animals become extinct than be held in a captive or wild environment.

B.C.R.'s plan makes this extremely clear, paraphrased or not.

Spotz