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by Jorgen V. Jensen
jvjensen@vja.bc.ca

 
 
In the western world, we have a free press, and we are happy to have that. However, in my opinion, this places a responsibility on the press to assess the information before it is distributed. It is obvious that the ET organizations are not interested in maintaining any ecological balance in our wild resources. However, they are very interested in collecting money from naive and well-meaning people all over the world. When a program such as the "Save the Seal" now is starting to lose steam, the ET in Canada, the US and in Europe are moving into overdrive to save the program. I hope the world will start to se what these ET organizations are standing for.

The "Save the Seal" campaign is not the only one launched by the ET over time. We have the "Save the Wolf" and "Save the Whale" among others. These campaigns were introduced to the media/public the same way. Give it to the media, brainwash the journalists and develop a public perception. The "Save the Wolf" has in fact been expanded to also 'save the bear, save the cougar or save any type of predator'. Note, there has never been a campaign to save the ungulates. The "Save the Wolf" has had a tremendous negative effect on the wildlife in Canada. For example on Vancouver Island, where all predators except the grizzly bear are represented, there has in general been no predator control performed over the last three to four decades. The result, the deer population which was about 250,000 has been reduced to about 50,000 today. Because we are on an island, the predators may also start to starve to death before the wildlife is all destroyed.

The wildlife manager, the minister, has several times tried to just talk about starting to do some predator control. However, every time, the media has immediately been all over him The journalists seem to have been brainwashed to a degree that anti-hunting is now a religion for them. One should think that they should be able to understand that it is better to have a balanced wildlife population than nothing. No, as they claim, it is not acceptable to kill just one wolf for the benefit of other animals, and it is absolutely not acceptable to kill a wolf so that the hunter can get more deer to kill. The number of predators on the island may have been up to15,000 to 20,000 resulting in that most of the young deer have been taken by predators every spring.

It is the same problem in several other areas in British Columbia. Another example is in the far north of Canada where a cariboo herd ten years ago counted about 400,000 animals. At the same time, the wolf population in the area was maintained at about 15,000. Then the ET managed to have the wolf hunting closed. A few months ago, there were articles in the newspapers and in some outdoors magazines telling us that the herd now counted about 180,000 animals. However the 'scientists' could not give any explanation for the reduction, but it could be because of global warming! A very politically correct explanation. Not a word was mentioned about the wolf. Most likely, the wolf population without hunting pressure over a period of 10 years could have expanded to about 60,000 animals, which would be a good explanation for the decline in the cariboo herd.

Another problem which will affect the whole globe is the rapid increase in the whale population. Although, I understand, some species are still at risk, some other species are now at numbers never seen before. We are told that the total population of whales in the oceans now has a yearly consumption in tonnage of fish in the order of 3 to 6 times the world commercial fishing fleet. This could cause serious problems for the world community. As the whales are mostly taking the food fish which are also needed by the other fish, this could cause serious long-term problems for the commercial fishing industry and thereby the supply of fish for communities all over the world. The ET are still fighting hard to prevent whaling to start again. However, some countries are determined to start hunting again. Will it be too late?

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