Vote for WWFs cutest animal contest

[Colorado Progressive]

http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/PageNavigator/WCA2007_Phase2?JServSessionIdr006=rrtpi4ytz1.app5b

I picked snow leopard....yay!

[flvegan]

1. Helps them to pick out what to "hunt" next, I guess.

[seriousstan]

2. If it bleeds, I can kill it.

[flvegan]

6. Hope nobody thinks that about you, friend.

[seriousstan]

10. Only this guy......

[flvegan]

17. And?

That's kind of a pretty weak, pathetic pseudo-funny thing to post in response.

But, whatever.

[seriousstan]

20. OOOo, your net muscles have me quakin.Sorry if you never got the reference.

Good luck and God bless.

[tabasco]

13. Come and get it, tough guy.

[achtung_circus]

3. I don't get the "hunt" connection.

This is the WWF, right?

[flvegan]

5. The WWF is a very pro-hunting, pro-trophy hunting organization

WWF trophy hunting policy
WWF is committed to protecting the world’s threatened and endangered wildlife and does not condone any activity that would threaten the long term survival of any species.

For endangered species, trophy hunting should only be considered when all other options have been explored. We don’t support trophy hunting in countries where it is culturally or religiously inappropriate.

However, WWF as a global organization, recognizes the diversity of cultural attitudes and opinions towards trophy hunting. Trophy hunting occurs—and ultimately, it is up to local communities and their local and national governments to determine how they use their natural resources.

http://www.panda.org.za/article.php?id=393

[achtung_circus]

11. Sorry, I don't see that.

That an organization accepts that trophy hunting exists and can recognizes that it can be part of an overall management system is not the same as being pro-hunting.

More from your link:

This is particularly the case in areas where alternative sources of income or land use practices are unlikely to bring in much needed funds for people or wildlife, or create sufficient incentives for conservation. There is also evidence that in specific areas where trophy hunting is practised that poaching of hunted and other, often endangered species has gone down.

However, when improperly managed, trophy hunting can of course have serious detrimental impacts on wildlife. In these circumstances, WWF has been asked in some instances to provide scientific and technical advice to improve the management of those programmes. WWF vigorously opposes any project involving threatened or endangered species that is detrimental to the species.

Trophy hunting must always benefit the conservation of the species or its habitat and provide benefits for local communities. A significant proportion of revenue generated should be reinvested into conservation programmes.

Humane Societies have position statements, as well. We have one on agriculture and we recognize that there is, for example, veal farming. That is not to say that we are pro veal farms.

By a long shot.

[flvegan]

16. Enjoy blindness, then.

The WWF is proud of the pro-hunting stance it takes. You don't have to see it for it to exist. Sorry.

[achtung_circus]

22. Your sorrow wounds me.

The WWF has accepted that for some people in some places the opportunities for life are so limited that the choice is between being a hunting guide or a poacher. With managed hunting not all the animals are killed and the species survives. With poaching, all bets are off.

That may not be in accordance with your world view.

Just guessing.

[Ioo]

4. As soon as you fill out that form they will flood your mailbox with paper.

I gave to the WWF for a while, but they spent more money sending me stuff then I could ever give them. I gave them $20, they spent $50 to get me to send more.

I am not sure if this works, but it did nothing but piss me off because I get the feeling $0 of my $20 went to animals.

[gatorboy]

7. But we sure did get tons of stickers though, didn't we?

Where's the voice for all the ugly endangered species???

[RiDuvessa]

9. I had the same problem with the NRDC.

I donated to them a couple of times. Then due to finances I couldn't donate anymore. They kept sending me mail even when I sent it back without any donations in and asked them the stop. The final straw was when they sent me mail saying "if you donate, the money we spend sending you donation requests could be spent on environmental activism." I was so pissed. Like I asked them to keep sending me that stuff. So I called their headquarters and told them that they didn't need to waste anymore money because I would never donate to them ever again.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. And here I was...

Wondering what Vince McMahon was up to now. ;-)

[Rick Myers]

12. Heck, I thought this was a wrestling thread!

KIDDING!!! :hug:

[Colorado Progressive]

14. I posted this becasue I'm tired of posts about Craig picking up toilet paper off the floor

and I like bunnies

[buzzard]

15. Here are my babies.

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[Colorado Progressive]

18. Is that pizza? My cats and dogs all like cantaloupe!

And pizza! I think everything likes pizza!

[Rick Myers]

19. My cat "Gus" LOVED pizza!

He could knock the box off the table or counter, then woof down on it all night!!! I'd wake up to find him laying with his head in the box with sauce on his face! He'd look up with that "What?" look on his face!

[NuttyFluffers]

21. nah, not fond of the warm blooded bias

but at least they provided two tokens beyond the fur stranglehold of so-called cuteness. i guess that's progress in some circles.