"With a disdain for science that alarms wildlife experts, Sarah Palin continues to promote Alaska's policy to gun down wolves from planes." Story here. (Read the whole thing.)
"Palin acts like she has never met an animal she didn't want shot," says Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals . . . .
Gordon Haber is a wildlife scientist who has studied wolves in Alaska for 43 years. "On wildlife-related issues, whether it is polar bears or predator controls, she has shown no inclination to be objective," he says of Palin. "I cannot find credible scientific data to support their arguments," he adds about the state's rational for gunning down wolves. "In most cases, there is evidence to the contrary." . . .
Earlier this year she introduced state legislation that would further divorce the predator-control program from science. The legislation would transfer authority over the program from the state Department of Fish and Game to Alaska's Board of Game, whose members are appointed by, well, Palin. Even some hunters were astounded by her power play. . . .
Says Jans, co-sponsor of the losing initiative to outlaw aerial wolf hunting: "This is a reflection of a somebody who doesn't have any use for science."
What would Jesus think? Seriously, the more I find out about this woman, the more ignorant, extreme, irrational, and possibly dangerous she comes across. Do we really want somebody like this to be "one heartbeat away" from the U.S. presidency?
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