(from the Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition (MARC))
Sarah Palin's actions personally and as governor are horrific.
We'll start with the personal then move on to her public record.
1. She is a lifetime NRA member and hunter as is her husband. They
own a commercial fishing business. She hunts moose, wears fur, ice
fishes, and (from photos) appears to own a bearskin rug.
2. Her husband's favorite sport to participate in is dogsled racing.
3. As governor, she supports the brutal aerial hunting of wolves and
bears and authorized $400,000 in state funds to oppose a ballot
initiative ending aerial hunting. State voters have twice before
voted to ban such hunting.
4. As governor, in order to increase wolf hunting, she offered
hunters a bounty of $150 each for every left front foreleg of a wolf
they could provide the state.
5. In a region west of Anchorage, she authorized the killing of up to
70% of all bears (1400 bears) including mothers and cubs.
6. She sued the federal government to keep polar bears from being
listed as an endangered species. Yes, she sued the Bush-Cheney
administration.
7. She supports and promotes the brutal Iditarod dogsled races.
8. She opposed the closing of an unprofitable state-run dairy and
authorized $600,000 in state funds to keep it open.
9. She supports drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR), an extremely sensitive region where millions of animals could
be harmed or killed. Senator McCain has long opposed this drilling as
do most energy experts who see it as useless.
10. She has publicly stated that global warming is a "farce" and is
not caused by humans even though her state and the animals in it
suffer some of the most dramatic consequences.
In essence, regarding animals and the environment, she may be the
worst vice-presidential candidate in history.
