Target: Martha Williams, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service
Goal: Ban the brutal killing of keystone alligators in national wildlife refuges.
A disturbing photo of a car dragging the limp body of a slain alligator in its trail sparked outrage online. Unfortunately, strapping alligators to the backs of cars—as well as ruthlessly slaughtering these creatures in the first place—is totally legal in Florida. This year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the first-ever alligator hunt in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, which is supposed to be a protected area. There are few regulations governing alligator hunting in Florida, and hunters may use cruel methods of trapping and killing innocent alligators. One particular method involves using a pole that shoots a bullet into the animal’s brain—also known as a bangstick—that may leave the animal conscious and suffering for hours before dying.
Alligators are a keystone species in the environments of which they are a part. This means they play a particularly crucial role in the maintenance of ecosystems, especially by regulating prey populations so they don’t get out of control. Animal reserves should be places where wildlife can roam free of human disruption and hunting. There is absolutely no reason to permit the killing of any species in a wildlife refuge center, especially one as crucial as the alligator.
Sign this petition to demand an end to alligator hunting in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Director Williams,
The recent approval of alligator hunting in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is quite upsetting. These protected regions are supposed to be sanctuaries for the species they home, and animals within their premises are supposed to be safe from human activity. As alligators are a keystone species in the ecosystems to which they belong, alligator hunting can potentially affect the rest of the flora and fauna living in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Hunters show little to no respect for the animal’s life, and cruel methods of trapping and killing–such as using a bangstick to shoot a bullet into the alligator’s brain–are commonly used.
We are asking you, Ms. Williams, to prohibit the killing of alligators on protected plots of land.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Mark Gstohl
All of this must be made illegal. Anyone caught torturing animals like this must be shot dead.
yes!!!
Absolutely! And the fact that they take pleasure in doing so goes to show how sick and disgusting they are… we need to wipe these human monsters of the face of earth.
Yes they need to get rid of them!! Make sure it hurts a lot!!
Monstrous monstrous evil, heartbreaking and horrific, karma is theirs – I feel you, poor lost innocent souls; their blood on your souls
The abuse, torture & murder of the innocents
Some heartbreaks can never be unseen, some horrors never unheard – PLEASE GOD
And the universe weeps tears of blood
Your life as theirs, as their death
I’ll bet if killing humans wasn’t illegal, these blood thirsty psychos would be doing exactly that.
Wat heb je toch een duivelse mensen
Nou mensen? Te veel eer hoor.
Ga lekker sporten of wat dan ook.
En geen weerloze dieren martelen en/of afschieten.
Jammer dat je handen er nog aanzitten
Zou voor de dieren beter zijn als je ze niet meer had.
Karma zal je vinden en pas dan maar op!!!
They are sentient beings and they have the right to live too! Ban this cruelty immediately!
THIS IS SO EVIL!!!! People that do this are Sadistic MONSTERS!!!!~!
Definitely. So sad & horrendous
Disgusting and evil that people enjoy doing this to animals.
Those “ freaking evil demons” deserve the SAME TREATMENT,,,, Eye For An Eye !!!
I can’t believe this evil cruelty is allowed to happen. Why is pain and cruelty to crocodiles allowed to be legal. I hope these people who get so much pleasure from doing it, suffer in terrible ways themselves. Hopefully they suffer slow, painful deaths and remember what they did
WTF Martha! Why is this even allowed?? Or tolerated?? This is total bullshit!!! Stop it!!! It is time to take away the power from Fish and Wildlife Services! This is not the only atrocity they are guilty of…
I wish all these animal killers only the worst in this world. let the worst pain rule your damn life
Wouldn’t mind dragging these assh@les behind my car!
ARE YOU STRAIGHT OUT OF `DELIVERANCE` BUT NOT SO CLEVER? YES IS THE ANSWER TO THAT FACT.
VILE DISGUSTING EXCUSES FOR HUMANS….YOU ARE EVIL, WICKED AND CRUEL….WOUDN’T WANT YOUR SUREFIRE KARMA, EVER.
SORT THESE SUBHUMANS OUT PLEASE AND QUICKLY. DO YOUR JOB FOR HEAVENS SAKE!!
We do NOT NEED Alligator products — we do NOT NEED to KILL Alligators — our Natural World NEEDS its Animals, including Alligators.
Leave the ALLIGATORS alone — the sadistically cruel treatment of Alligators is obscene, hateful & unconscionable — do NOT ALLOW the depraved SICKOS to abuse & slaughter Alligators — Our Planet needs its Alligators — Humans do NOT NEED their products — PROTECT our Alligators — they have RIGHT to exist.