University helped exotic animal hunters

[Judi Lynn]

Source: UPI

University helped exotic animal hunters


Published: 18, 2007 at 5:51 PM
SACRAMENTO, 18 (UPI) -- California's Sacramento State University assisted a local couple in obtaining permission to hunt exotic animals in Tanzania, a report said Tuesday.

The school helped auto dealer Paul Snider and his wife, Renee, get special permission to hunt 84 exotic species that the university had planned to use for a natural history museum that has since been abandoned, the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee said.

The couple had promised $2.4 million toward the museum plans and pledged to donate exotic specimens collected from hunts in various countries around the world in exchange for letters signed by university President Alexander Gonzalez that helped them obtain permission to kill spotted serval cats, dark-faced vervet monkeys and other rare species.

The World Conservation Union reported that three of the species on the list of 84 used by the Sniders are nearing or at high risk for extinction.

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He's a Republican, gives contributions to John Dolittle, and gave to the Bush-Cheney campaign, the Republican Party, he and his wife, Renee gave to a Republican State Senator, Rico Oller, as well as an automobile PAC.

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[Richard Steele]

1. No real need to tell us he's a Repub, IMHO.

That "Better kill it quick because it will be extinct soon" attitude
is a bit of a giveaway.

I hope the School Administrators involved pay an appropriate
price for this crap.

[Judi Lynn]

2. University president enabled hunts for rare Africa animals

University president enabled hunts for rare Africa animals
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 09/18/2007 04:11:21 PM PDT


SACRAMENTO—Sacramento State University's president helped win permission for hunts in Africa to supply stuffed animals—including some considered endangered—for a natural history museum, according to documents released by the university.
Two letters from university President Alexander Gonzalez were used by auto dealer Paul Snider to secure special licenses to hunt animals that could not be killed under a standard Tanzanian hunting license.

Three of the species sought by the university—a lappet-faced vulture, a striped hyena and a golden-rumped elephant shrew—were listed as in danger of extinction by the World Conservation Union, an international coalition of nations and nonprofit groups.

Since the letters were written, two additional vulture species sought by the university have also been listed as in jeopardy. The letters, written by Gonzalez in 2004 and 2006, were released in response to a public records request by The Sacramento Bee.

Snider and his wife, Renee, traveled twice to Tanzania to hunt 84 species Gonzalez said would be used in the university's museum.

Snider said university officials approached the couple in 2003 to support the museum. The Sniders eventually pledged $2.4 million to build the museum, which would house their collection of animals shot and stuffed during hunts around the world.

However, university officials said in July they were halting plans for the museum because of campus arguments over the value of hunting. Some of the stuffed animals intended for the museum are in storage while the Sniders look for another location to preserve and display them.
Snider has been hunting exotic animals since the 1970s, but said he was unaware that several animals his safari organizer suggested hunting for the museum were considered at risk of extinction.

More:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6929394?nclick_check=1

[LiberalFighter]

3. I wonder how much the university president contributed to Schwarzenager's campaign