I received this information from a web site visitor. I have decided to post this information but I am also going to continue to keep my link of to THe Nature Conservancy. I think it is your choice to continue to support this orginization.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) still uses cruel wire neck snares to catch
and kill wild pigs in the Hawaiian Islands. TNC justifies this gruesome
killing in the name of "conservation," claiming that wild pigs interfere
with native plants.
Now TNC is killing more pigs and sheep on land it owns on Santa Cruz
Island in California (TNC owns about 90 percent of the island). At one
time, the island had more than 30,000 peaceful sheep living there, but,
over the years, TNC-hired hunters have slaughtered tens of thousands of
them, leaving only about 2,500 sheep today.
The National Park Service (NPS) took over ownership of the remaining 10
percent of the island in February of this year. Although the NPS also
believes that the sheep must be removed from the island, it is allowing
the animals to be rounded up and adopted. The adoption program is being
organized by the Ventura County Animal Regulation Department in
conjunction with Farm Sanctuary.
Approximately 200 wild pigs also live on Santa Cruz Island and the NPS
and TNC plan to kill all the pigs because they consider these animals an
"exotic species." Please lend your voice to the animals, and tell TNC to
stop the killing and to support nonlethal means of resolving conflicts
with animals, such as fencing and contraception.
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