PETA vs. The BLM

by JASmius

The Bureau of Land Management is carrying our widespread torture and slaughter of wild animals, according to a Nevada Assemblywoman.

 Michele Fiore has posted pictures on her Twitter account of cattle shot from helicopters by agents of the BLM. These graphic photos show several heads of cattle slaughtered by the government forces, as they attempted to take control of disputed land.

Springtime is the season when most calves are born, making the situation worse. BLM agents used a helicopter to frighten the animals. Young, baby cows were separated from their mothers as the cows ran in a panic.

Bureau of Land Management supervisors claimed the actions at the Bundy Ranch were necessary to save the desert tortoise. But, just months before the standoff, the BLM was slaughtering hundreds of the endangered animals.

In August 2013, the Associated Press reported, "Federal funds are running out at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center and officials plan to close the site and euthanize hundreds of the tortoises they've been caring for since the animals were added to the endangered species list in 1990."

Tortoises that were not killed by the federal agents were released into the wild.

The bureau has also recently rounded up horses in the wild which were sold to a slaughterhouse in Canada. Although wild horses are protected by federal law, the agency claims the horses were descended from animals released from rodeos.

Animal rights group PETA is reported to be "swarmed with calls" over the revelations of widespread animal abuse by the BLM. In response, they tweeted "These animals shouldn't be killed either by the government, or by the rancher who plans to send the cows off to slaughter. The best thing anyone can do to stop the suffering of animals is to go vegan." 

<emerging from prolonged face-palm>  Well, what were you expecting?  Ideological consistency in the face of blatant hypocrisy from comrades and fellow-travelers?  Remember the One Commandment of Socialism: "Thou shalt not do anything to impede the advance of the socialist agenda."  And also the JASmius corollary: "Right tribe.....wrong tribe".

We return you now to your regularly scheduled Porterhouse.....