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Trump Jr.'s prairie dog hunt in Montana prompts backlash.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. will be targeting more than just Montana's Republican voters on Friday and Saturday when he helps Greg Gianforte campaign for an open U.S. House seat.
A prairie dog hunt is also on the agenda for the four-city tour for President Donald Trump's son and Gianforte, a technology entrepreneur up against Democrat Rob Quist in the May 25 election for the seat vacated by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
"As good Montanans, we want to show good hospitality to people," Gianforte said. "What can be more fun than to spend an afternoon shooting the little rodents?"
Trump is lending Gianforte some star power to fuel his campaign after Republican congressional candidates had close calls in special elections in Kansas and Georgia. The president's son, an avid hunter and angler who last visited Montana in November, is looking to shore up support from the hunting-friendly state after his father won Montana by 20 percentage points over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Prairie dog hunting is a way for landowners to control the population of the rodents, classified as "agricultural pests" because of the damage they can do to crops. They are also a nongame species, meaning there are no hunting limits or hunting seasons. Killing them is a popular pastime among some hunters who looking to keep their shooting skills sharp during the offseason when they can't hunt wild animals like deer and elk.
However, prairie dogs are also listed as a species of concern by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks because their numbers have declined and because of threats like disease.
Their numbers haven't dropped to the point that protective measures must be taken so that they're managed like other wildlife, though, agency spokesman Greg Lemon said.
"They are a species of concern but also a species not in need of management," he said.
The Humane Society of the United States condemned Trump's hunting plans, saying prairie dogs are an important species for the Great Plains.
More than 100 other animals depend on the prairie dog as food or move into the burrows they dig, said Lindsey Sterling Krank, the organization's director for its Prairie Dog Coalition.
Now is the time year when prairie dogs are still nursing their new offspring, meaning hunters who shoot lactating females are condemning the pups to starvation, Sterling Krank said.
"I would love to take Donald Trump Jr. out with a spotting scope and shoot the prairie dog with our cameras," Sterling Krank said. "Shooting a prairie dog colony is not a good conservation message."
Gianforte, whose campaign has focused on gun rights, dismissed the organization's concerns.
"Clearly they've never shot a prairie dog," he said. "They don't know how much fun it is."
The Montana race is drawing increasing interest after the Georgia and Kansas elections, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has pledged to come to Montana next month to campaign for Quist, a popular musician who fronted the Mission Mountain Wood Band.
Gianforte, who is trying to rebound from last November's election loss to Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, has already received a boost from outside spending from national Republican groups like the Congressional Leadership Fund.
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Black people around the world have lived in CLOSE proximity to animals since the beginning of Mankind. But NEVER have you heard of "Normal" humans killing animals for fun.
Yet that Albino can't understand why he would be criticized for killing those animals for fun. His melanin deprived brain can't compute it.
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"You only kill to eat, and only what you can eat. With each animal you kill you pray to the creator for forgiveness and thank it for blessing you with food and clothing because the skin and fur were also used".
Albinos kill for enjoyment, leaving the victim's body to rot.
"At the very heart of the nature, is violence".
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^But we must admit the Blacks, like Albinos, "DO" kill animals for PRIDE!
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Old Albinos kill lions:
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Albino Fathers and Sons kill lions:
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Fat Albinos and their wives kill lions:
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Even dumb Albino Blondes kill lions:
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How are all those Albinos able to kill the "KING OF BEASTS"?
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Why with THIS....
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It will bring down the biggest, fiercest, Lion, Tiger, Water Buffalo, or even Elephant at 500 yards - (No need to endanger yourself just to get a trophy).
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^In one I see bravery and in the other cowardly behavior.
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Fyi,animal anthropomorphication is an Anglo thing. It results from a search for life's meaning once the natural subconscious desire for belief in a superior being dies people then automatically seek a substitute;in this case animals are deified. Animals are animals! They're here to be used as we (MAN) see fit
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quote:Originally posted by kikuyu22: Fyi,animal anthropomorphication is an Anglo thing. It results from a search for life's meaning once the natural subconscious desire for belief in a superior being dies people then automatically seek a substitute;in this case animals are deified. Animals are animals! They're here to be used as we (MAN) see fit
. He,he,he,he: Damnnn - Africans don't even know about Africa!
Definition of anthropomorphic
1 : described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes anthropomorphic deities stories involving anthropomorphic animals
2 : ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things. .
Anubis
Originally, in the Ogdoad system, he was god of the underworld, later he became responsible for embalming. In this capacity, he was charged with embalming Osiris, as well as with protecting his body both during and after he was embalmed. He was also the official guardian of cemeteries.
Bastet Cat goddess of Bubastis who incarnates as the peaceful aspects of dangerous goddesses such as Tefnut or Sakhmet. As Atum’s eye, she is associated with the moon and protects pregnancies and births.
Harsaphes/Heryshaf
Was an ancient ram-god whose cult was centered in Herakleopolis. He was identifed with Ra and Osiris in Egyptian mythology, and to Heracles in Greek mythology. The identification with Heracles may be related to the fact that in later times his name was sometimes reanalyzed as "He who is over strength." One of his titles was “Ruler of the Riverbanks.” He was a creator and fertility god who was born from the primeval waters. He was pictured as a man with the head of a ram, or as a ram.
Montu
War-god especially venerated in the region of Thebes. The conquering Pharaohs of the New Kingdom liked to compare themselves to him. It was said that, in the thick of battle, they incarnated his irresistible warlike force. He was pictured as a falcon-headed or bull-headed man who wore the sun-disc, with two plumes on his head.
quote:Originally posted by kikuyu22: Fyi,animal anthropomorphication is an Anglo thing. It results from a search for life's meaning once the natural subconscious desire for belief in a superior being dies people then automatically seek a substitute;in this case animals are deified. Animals are animals! They're here to be used as we (MAN) see fit
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There is no record of a creature going extinct in the whole of Africa because of Over-hunting by Africans.
Now because of the Albinos influence, there are many African animals in danger of extinction.
11 of The Most Endangered Animals in Africa
Riverine Rabbit - Critically Endangered since 2003 Ethiopian Wolf - Endangered since 2004 Black Rhino - Critically Endangered since 1996 Grevy's Zebra - Endangered since 1986 Pickergill’s Reedfrog - Critically Endangered since 2010 African Wild Dog - Endangered since 1990 Mountain Gorilla - Critically Endangered since 1996 Rothschild's Giraffe - Endangered since 2010 Chimpanzee - Endangered since 1996 African Penguin - Endangered since 2012 Northern White Rhino - Critically Endangered since 1996
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Pygmies kill for food, they avoid predators.
Note that all the trophy-killer photos involve people with "height disease". The Masaai kill lions not to protect people, but to protect "their" high-status herds.
quote:Originally posted by kikuyu22: Fyi,animal anthropomorphication is an Anglo thing. It results from a search for life's meaning once the natural subconscious desire for belief in a superior being dies people then automatically seek a substitute;in this case animals are deified. Animals are animals! They're here to be used as we (MAN) see fit
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There is no record of a creature going extinct in the whole of Africa because of Over-hunting by Africans.
Now because of the Albinos influence, there are many African animals in danger of extinction.
11 of The Most Endangered Animals in Africa
Riverine Rabbit - Critically Endangered since 2003 Ethiopian Wolf - Endangered since 2004 Black Rhino - Critically Endangered since 1996 Grevy's Zebra - Endangered since 1986 Pickergill’s Reedfrog - Critically Endangered since 2010 African Wild Dog - Endangered since 1990 Mountain Gorilla - Critically Endangered since 1996 Rothschild's Giraffe - Endangered since 2010 Chimpanzee - Endangered since 1996 African Penguin - Endangered since 2012 Northern White Rhino - Critically Endangered since 1996
Trust me;the real prob is urbanisation. Lion prides feeding on herbivores typically range over at least 200 km2 of land urgently needed today for housing and infrastructure. Trust me,pretending we're friends with common interests DOESN'T WORK!
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quote:Originally posted by kikuyu22: Fyi,animal anthropomorphication is an Anglo thing. It results from a search for life's meaning once the natural subconscious desire for belief in a superior being dies people then automatically seek a substitute;in this case animals are deified. Animals are animals! They're here to be used as we (MAN) see fit
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There is no record of a creature going extinct in the whole of Africa because of Over-hunting by Africans.
Now because of the Albinos influence, there are many African animals in danger of extinction.
11 of The Most Endangered Animals in Africa
Riverine Rabbit - Critically Endangered since 2003 Ethiopian Wolf - Endangered since 2004 Black Rhino - Critically Endangered since 1996 Grevy's Zebra - Endangered since 1986 Pickergill’s Reedfrog - Critically Endangered since 2010 African Wild Dog - Endangered since 1990 Mountain Gorilla - Critically Endangered since 1996 Rothschild's Giraffe - Endangered since 2010 Chimpanzee - Endangered since 1996 African Penguin - Endangered since 2012 Northern White Rhino - Critically Endangered since 1996
To be fair, you can't entirely blame Africa's extinct or near extinct animal population solely on Eurobinos. You have to also spread the blame to Africans themselves and their many governments who have failed for the last few hundred years in taking care of it's peoples. With all the poverty in Africa, that leaves the poor in a situation where they will kill animals (Ivory), rob graves for relics, or join AFRICOM just so they can eat or feed their families. You can bet when an American or European albino go to Africa for a hunt, there is a Negro guide to happily assist them, for cash. No different than a country like Jamaica where Negro males are basically servants and prostitutes for Eurobino tourists, for cash.
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