Animal rights zealots threaten trappers

From the "nothing new under the sun" files comes this.  Courtesy of Examiner.com

"But if we want to be a bit more strategic in our approach, let’s focus on the source of the horror: the trappers. Thus far, this community of violent inbreds has remained largely below our radar. The time to change that is now.

"Therefore, we have compiled a state-by-state list of trappers so that each of us may focus on the problem in our own communities. Eliminate them and we liberate those who would have been their future victims."— Gerald Hoffman & Camille Marino

This is a posting from an underground animal rights forum "Negotiationisover.com", as published in a column on Examiner.com.  The author of the column wonders if this is a death threat.  I say I'm certain of it; they're publishing a list of names and then suggested said people be "eliminated".  Doesn't this meet the definition of a terroristic threat?  And innocent holiday travelers are the ones getting groped by the TSA at airports.

I post this not because it is shocking, but because it so typifies the behavior of radical animal rights activists, the ones who refuse to recognize that humans are created in the image and likeness of God and place animals above them, contrary to the order of creation.  It is an attitude that is dangerous and needs to be opposed by all people of goodwill.

Pax Christi.

Sea Shepherd decides to re-enact the Battle of Leyte Gulf; Only the Japanese are the good guys this time

If you watch these videos, you will clearly see Sea Shepherd's crew of pirates shooting projectiles from an air cannon at the Japanese ships.  Yes, an air cannon, the same type of device that aircraft manufacturers use to test the windshields of planes against bird strike, subjecting them to speeds they would encounter while in the air.  What would happen should one of those projectiles (Sea Shepherd claims they are bottles of butyric acid) strikes a crewman on board the Japanese ship?  Most likely cause serious injury or death, but I doubt SSCS would show any sympathy.

Another example of the long history of clearly violent and aggressive acts on SSCS' part, and yet they, and their defenders, will still claim they are "non-violent" and will claim to be only enforcing the law, backed up by Paulie Watson's dollar store toy badge.


It's high time to cancel their little reality show on Animal Planet and revoke their tax-exempt status.  Our tax money should not be going to fund this little pirate outfit.

Pax Christi.

Animal Planet and Sea Shepherd: A Marriage that Needs Annulment

In the "it's-a-little-bit-too-late-because-it's-already-hit-the-fan" department, Animal Planet has issued a belated "statement" regarding the recent collision between the Sea Shepherd batboat Ady Gil and the Japanese whaler Shonan Maru.

(January 6, 2010) – On Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in the Southern Ocean, an ancillary vessel from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the Ady Gil, and the Japanese security ship, the Shonan Maru No. 2, physically collided, leaving the much smaller Ady Gil sinking and unsalvageable.  According to the Sea Shepherd, the Japanese vessel rammed the Ady Gil while the Ady Gil was motionless.  However, Japan’s Institute for Cetacean Research reports that the Ady Gil collided with the Shonan Maru No. 2.
Sea Shepherd has reported that all on the Ady Gil have been safely transported to their newest ship, the Bob Barker.  Of the six crew on the Ady Gil, one cameraman, Simeon Houtman of New Zealand, was part of the production crew hired by Animal Planet to document the activities of the Seas Shepherds in the series WHALE WARS.  He sustained minor injuries during the collision.  In total, the production crew has 16 members currently embedded on the Bob Barker and the Sea Shepherd’s primary vessel, the Steve Irwin.
Said Animal Planet president and general manager Marjorie Kaplan, of the engagement at sea, “We’re very concerned that all of the players – on both sides of the “war” – should come out of this conflict unharmed.  It’s indicative of how critical this conservation story is that these individuals are willing to risk their lives for what they believe.”

Collision?  Some collision, as video taken from the Shonan Maru clearly shows a wake forming behind the Ady Gil seconds before the whaler hits it.  

And even if it were true that the whaler rammed the Ady Gil, I doubt I can place much blame on them, even if I very much disagree with such an action.  Before the collision, the batboat had been criss-crossing in front of the whaler's bow, shining a laser device into the eyes of the crew which causes temporary blindness.  Non-lethal perhaps, but certainly dangerous at sea.  And, as well publicized, SSCS ships routinely ram the Japanese whaling vessels, so any complaints about being rammed in retaliation, as wrong as it is, are hypocritical.

SSCS is unlikely to ever change its tactics though.  Their insane "whales first, humans last" philosophy naturally leads them to take an "anything goes" approach, include antagonistic and frankly terroristic actions.

I'm going to say it right now; Animal Planet must cancel the show "Whale Wars" and sever all ties with this evil group.  I ask everyone reading this post to write to and petition the network heads of both Animal Planet and Discovery Networks, which owns it, to cancel the show.  Eco-terrorism does not belong on prime-time TV.

In addition, we must pray for these misguided souls.  They are in sore need of God's mercy and blessing, that they might find the real truth and see the error of their ways.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.


God, our Father in heaven, you are the hope of all the lost.  We ask you to pour our your mercy on the misguided souls of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.  We ask you to put the grace of repentance in their hearts, that they will abandon their sinful methods of protest and seek to defeat the things they stand against with love and mercy in their hearts.  Amen



Mary, Mother of God, pray for them.  Amen.