Thursday, April 08, 2004
From Crawford, Bush panders to so-called "hunters"
I guess if you've got $20,000 dollars free you can call yourself a sportsman or whatever you damn please.
Heh. Wonder how long Scully's going to keep his job?
Bush roamed his 1,600-acre ranch with about 20 representatives of hunting and fishing groups.
But one of the current president's own aides has strongly criticized the practices of one of the hunting groups visiting the ranch on Thursday.
Matthew Scully, a presidential speechwriter, accused Safari Club International of mistreating animals in his 2002 book, "Dominion."
The club's members pay up to $20,000 to hunt elephants, lions or other animals, either abroad or in American "safari ranches," where the animals are penned in by fences. Scully said the organization turned nature "into an endless theme park and the creatures into so many animatronic figures."
Scully did not return a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
(via AP)
Heh. Wonder how long Scully's going to keep his job?
