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
I mentioned this weeks ago on here.THIS WILL NEVER STOP. This is FLORIDUH. Same place where pos put knife in sharks head THAT WAS ILLEGAL.Laws are NOT ENFORCED.
But we MUST continue to voice our horrors and we must get louder if need be…we cannot let this go….ever!!!
I’m thinking we must take a Karma bat to these sick, evil bags of crap! I don’t think I’ve ever seen where law enforcement and/or prosecutors give out true justice for the cold-blooded killing of innocent animals or marine life!
FULLY AGREE!! flori-DUHHH, HOME OF THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF KKKNUCKKKLE-DRAGGING INBREDS FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY tex-ASS, LOSER-ana and ARIZONA OUT…WELL, HELL, SO MANY TOXIC ANIMAL ABUSING STATES…
Texas is second by the way.
Florida is home to some of the most amazing and wonderful varieties of wildlife – and unfortunately also home to some of the most amazing and horrendous examples of human stupidity. Moron governor Desantis ISN’T helping, either (but it was bad before him).
We need to keep signing and also contact their Chamber of Commerce and tourism office and let them know we won’t be spending our travel dollars in Florida. THAT might get through to their weak brains.
DeSATAN is a vile racist pos.
Stop the scum from murdering Alligators and other wildlife
Simple solution is to kill the people responsible ‘Law abiding citizen’ style and then feed the body parts to the alligators
YES!!
I’m up for that. If our laws can’t protect the most innocent and defenseless of us then I’m for forming a nation wide covert group to take care of the problem ourselves til the powers that be realize we animal advocates MEAN BUSINESS. WHAT WAS THAT OLD PRACTICE CALLED??? SHOOT, SHOVEL AND SHUT-UP???
This is barbaric – arrest these assholes. Isn’t animal torture illegal? and stop killing our wildlife.
These excuses for human beings need to be hung up by their dicks. Disgusting, sick, barbaric assholes! There is NO excuse for this, NONE. May every one of them ROT IN HELL!
NEVER going to happen. Cops NOT going to enforce the laws which are in place already.
People who do this are COWARDS!!!!!
ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH ONE HECK OF A LONG TIME AGO!! As long as humans behave with such treachery and cruelty, we will NEVER have an attitude towards any amount of care or regard for anything on this planet, including this planet!! WHAT THEN??? WE ARE ALREADY THERE !!!!
Does it make theses people feel like big hunters? I think they are wimps, shooting it in the head then dragging it! I think this should not be aloud to happen.
Floridahuu sucks
Great big fat ugly idiot. Someone should wipe that stupid grin off his ugly face. Murdering ignorant idiot.
I’m up for that. If our laws can’t protect the most innocent and defenseless of us then I’m for forming a nation wide covert group to take care of the problem ourselves til the powers that be realize we animal advocates MEAN BUSINESS. WHAT WAS THAT OLD PRACTICE CALLED??? SHOOT, SHOVEL AND SHUT-UP???
What the hell is wrong with you people? You make wildlife refuges where animals learn to be reasonably safe then you go in and kill them in the most miserable for them but easier for you way.
Look up the words Wildlife Refuge in a dictionary. It’s about as opposite of Open Season as it could be.
I have spelled these words correctly so you ignorant killers will have no problem looking them up.
HEY YOU FUCKKKING floriDUHHHH INBREDS!!! PULL YOUR RETARDED HEADS OUTTA YOUR ASSES AND STOP TORTURING ANIMALS!! I CALL OPEN SEASON ON ALL YOU TOXICKKK FUKKKWADS!!!
I’m up for that. If our laws can’t protect the most innocent and defenseless of us then I’m for forming a nation wide covert group to take care of the problem ourselves til the powers that be realize we animal advocates MEAN BUSINESS. WHAT WAS THAT OLD PRACTICE CALLED??? SHOOT, SHOVEL AND SHUT-UP???
Humans that do this mind of thing have no humanity at all! They are sick, inbred, cowardly assholes!!
Look at who their governor is…
PRAYING TO GOD EVERY DAY THAT THESE DISPIKKKABLE TOXIKKK SKKKUM SUFFER A HORRIFIC BOATING, TRUCKKK ACCIDENT, GET ATTACKED BY A GATOR. THEY ARE THE WORST DIPLORABLE SKKKUMBAGS. MASSIVE, RAMPANT INBREEDING CAUSES THIS. “PADDLE FASTER, I HEERED BANJERS…”
Once again Florida shows the way to unusually cruel and horrific ways to maim, torture and kill wildlife. They must be so proud. If they are going to allow killing wildlife for fun and thrills then the least they can do is make it mandatory for hunters to prove they can kill quickly and without torture, like dragging them to death (that’s so lowlife scum behavior) or better, no killing at all. I am so done with Florida, I won’t ever vacation there again.
F….. the murderers!!!
What a contemptible and cowardly thing to allow. Certainly doesn’t want to make you spend any time in a State that allows and encourages its many cowards to exploit their stupidity
Anybody notice that the most often seen, most egregious and barbaric animal abuses seem to come from the SAME STATES???
“There are few regulations governing alligator hunting in Florida, and hunters may use cruel methods of trapping and killing innocent alligators.”
THOSE WHO DO THESE HEINOUS EVIL ACTS AND THOSE WHO HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THEM…..YOU ALL F….ING DISGUST ME!!!!!! HOW IS THIS ALLOWED? SO MIND-BOGGLING!!!!!!
HOPE YOU DIE THE SAME HORRIFIC DEATH SOONER THAN LATER.
IS THERE SOMEONE IN FLORIDA THAT CAN STOP THIS THAT HAS A HEART!!!!!!!!! SHOW SOME HUMANITY…OR YOU HAVE SECURED YOUR ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL!!!!
It amazes how much redneck scum is in the US – most of them are morbidly obese slobs who couldn’t run a metre if a wild animal was chasing them. Cowards with guns or whatever vile weapon they employ. End them all.
Stop this abhorrent behaviour