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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: MrsSmith on February 10, 2009, 06:21:41 PM
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HSUS >> Wildlife Abuse >> Campaigns >> Captive Hunts
Game Ranching: A New Way to Separate City Slickers from Their Money
http://www.hsus.org/wildlife_abuse/campaigns/canned/game_ranching.html
According to Safari Club International, an organization dedicated to big game trophy hunting, the first game ranch in the United States was the Y.O. Ranch in Mountain Home, Texas, two hours southwest of San Antonio.
Founded in 1880 as a longhorn cattle ranch, the Y.O. introduced Indian blackbuck antelopes in 1953. When the blackbucks thrived, the Y.O. went into the business of exotic hunts, and ranch managers began adding other species of exotic deer including axis, sika, and fallow.
Today, the Y.O. advertises "North America's largest collection of exotic wild animals—zebras, giraffes, ostriches, sika, oryx, aoudad and eland—over 50 different species. The Y.O. is a hunting mecca for photographers, native game hunters and exotic game hunters from everywhere."
Now, of course, this ranch is into the "totally evil" business of canned hunts...so is on the 'black'list for all left-thinking animal lovers.
BUT...
http://www.yoranch.com/YORanch.html
With more than 60 species of animals calling the Y.O. Ranch home, it's not surprising that some guests have referred to it as the "cradle of life." Thanks to the ranch's long-running conservation programs, people can see animals such as North African scimitar-horned oryx and Indian barrasingha deer that are severely threatened on their home ranges. Other species that live free-range on the 40,000-acre ranch include: black buck antelope from West Pakistan; aoudad sheep from North Africa; corsican rams from Corsica and Sardinia; sika deer from China and Japan; and axis deer from India; fallow deer, red stag and mouflon sheep from Europe; red sheep from Iran; and eland from South Africa as well as native white-tailed deer and Rio Grande wild turkey.
As so often is the case, this private business turns out to be far more efficient at SAVING endangered animals than government operations. Because they are well-paid for their hunts, they have the money to take excellent care of all their animals...and they do it with "rich people's money," not a tax on the poorest of the poor, the way so many of the energy and sin taxes operate.
Now, which way of preservation is truly evil??
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Oh yes, I've not only heard of but have been there many times. It's a beautiful place to go for a weekend getaway for those of us in Texas. There is a wonderful hotel and conference center in Kerrville and the hunting ranch is to the west of Kerrville. Here's a link:
http://www.yoresort.com/ For Hotel
http://www.yoranch.com/YORanch.html For Hunting
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If they practice good hunting techniques and conservation, I have NO problem with what they do. Some of the hunts in Texas aren't really "hunts". They're more like sit and wait while the prey comes to the feeder.
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I believe Ted Nugent hunts there. :cheersmate:
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Giraffes? People actually hunt Giraffes? :lmao:
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Giraffes? People actually hunt Giraffes? :lmao:
Sure, just aim high.
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I believe Ted Nugent hunts there. :cheersmate:
Anthony Bordaine once did a show where he hung out with Ted Nugent (where he didn't say a sentence that didn't mention with how he didn't agree with a single belief of Nugents). But anyways, they where doing a tour of Nugents ranch, which has a large selection of animals like that. According to Ted, everytime he "harvests" something, be it animal, tree, whatever, he always replaced it with two.
Evil bastard.
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Anthony Bordaine once did a show where he hung out with Ted Nugent (where he didn't say a sentence that didn't mention with how he didn't agree with a single belief of Nugents). But anyways, they where doing a tour of Nugents ranch, which has a large selection of animals like that. According to Ted, everytime he "harvests" something, be it animal, tree, whatever, he always replaced it with two.
Evil bastard.
Lolz, ya he's been doing that for years on his place. He's actually planted most of the forrested areas on his property. And believe me, he's got some damn fine huntin on his place.
Uncle Ted also hunts elephants in Africa. Now, before anyone gets their panties in a wad, the area that he hunts is over-run with elephants. The entire hunt is legal and wanted by government. Any amimals he takes are donated to local villagers for food.
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I just enjoy the irony...places like the YO do a far, far better job of preserving animals than any government (and don't tax the "little guy" to do so)...but are completely villified by the "animal lovers." ::)
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Next thing you know, Ashly Judd will be saying she saw
Sarah Palin flying over the YO shooting coyotes out of a plane.
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Next thing you know, Ashly Judd will be saying she saw
Sarah Palin flying over the YO shooting coyotes out of a plane.
Naw.... It was a helicopter.
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Sure, just aim high.
Wow! The gut pile must be 6 feet high! :-)