Cabela?s Targeted by AR Group

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Cabela?s Targeted by National Animal Rights Group

(Columbus) ? One of the nation?s largest anti-hunting groups, Defenders of Wildlife, have taken aim at Cabela?s Inc. with a misguided and misleading public relations campaign designed to raise money to fund its efforts against outdoor sports.

According to an action alert posted by Defenders, the group accused Cabela?s of sponsoring three so-called ?wolf-killing competitions? in Idaho. The group also attacked Cabela?s for the decision by the local paper in Sidney, Nebraska to not run an inflammatory ad against Cabela?s that Defenders had produced. It then went on to solicit funds to run the ad in other papers throughout the state.

The charges by Defenders are grossly misleading. Cabela?s did not sponsor any ?wolf-killing? events. Rather, it provided $150 worth of products as a donation to the Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife-Idaho organization. That group organized and conducted three local predator hunts in 2009. The hunts complied with all state and federal laws. Additionally, all available information indicates that no wolves were killed during the hunts.

Cabela?s has been a long-time supporter of legal hunting and fishing and has worked closely with state and federal wildlife agencies to conserve wildlife populations. They are renowned in the business world as a leader in conservation programs and ethic. By contrast, Defenders has been one of the leaders in an effort to keep the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf population on the Endangered Species List despite the recovery of their population and reasonable management plans designed by state officials.

?Defenders of Wildlife is attempting to tarnish the reputation of one of the most wildlife conscious companies in the world,? said Bud Pidgeon, U.S. Sportsmen?s Alliance president and CEO. ?Sportsmen should show their support by visiting a local Cabela?s and let them know that you appreciate their efforts and are not fooled by the antis? propaganda.?

The U.S. Sportsmen?s Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and sportsmen?s organizations that protects the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen?s Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.



TONY MANDILE

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Thanks Nikon! See what you started?

 

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Perhaps they need some Bikers to help!

Johnstown, PA (GlossyNews) ? Local and state police scoured the hills outside rural Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after reports of three animal rights activists going missing after attempting to protest the wearing of leather at a large motorcycle gang rally this weekend. Two others, previously reported missing, were discovered by fast food workers ?duct taped inside several fast food restaurant dumpsters,? according to police officials.
?Something just went wrong,? said a still visibly shaken organizer of the protest. ?Something just went horribly, horribly, wrong.?
The organizer said a group of concerned animal rights activist groups, ?growing tired of throwing fake blood and shouting profanities at older women wearing leather or fur coats,? decided to protest the annual motorcycle club event ?in a hope to show them our outrage at their wanton use of leather in their clothing and motor bike seats.? ?In fact,? said the organizer, ?motorcycle gangs are one of the biggest abusers of wearing leather, and we decided it was high time that we let them know that we disagree with them using it?ergo, they should stop.?
According to witnesses, protesters arrived at the event in a vintage 1960?s era Volkswagen van and began to pelt the gang members with balloons filled with red colored water, simulating blood, and shouting ?you're murderers? to passers by. This, evidently, is when the brouhaha began.
?They peed on me!!!? charged one activist. ?They grabbed me, said I looked like I was French, started calling me ?La Trene?, and duct taped me to a tree so they could pee on me all day!?
?I?I was trying to show my outrage at a man with a heavy leather jacket, and he?he didn't even care. I called him a murderer, and all he said was, ?You can't prove that.? Next thing I know he forced me to ride on the back of his motorcycle all day, and would not let me off, because his girl friend was out of town and I was almost a woman.?
Still others claimed they were forced to eat hamburgers and hot dogs under duress. Those who resisted were allegedly held down while several bikers ?farted on their heads.?
Police officials declined comments on any leads or arrests due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, however, organizers for the motorcycle club rally expressed ?surprise? at the allegations.
?That's preposterous,? said one high-ranking member of the biker organizing committee. ?We were having a party, and these people showed up and were very rude to us. They threw things at us, called us names, and tried to ruin the entire event. So, what did we do? We invited them to the party! What could be more friendly than that? You know, just because we are all members of motorcycle clubs does not mean we do not care about inclusiveness. Personally, I think it shows a lack of character for them to be saying such nasty things about us after we bent over backwards to make them feel welcome.?
When confronted with the allegations of force-feeding the activists meat, using them as ad hoc latrines, leaving them incapacitated in fast food restaurant dumpsters, and ?farting on their heads,? the organizer declined to comment in detail. ?That's just our secret handshake,? assured the organizer.

 

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Please someone tell me this is true.

WH

 

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It was emailed to me by a friend. Says the "occurance" happened in Johnstown, PA and wa reported on by the Glossy News which is an internet publication of "Human Interest". If its true, Bikers took another step up in my book!