One of Inhofe's many victims from the 2014 shoot.
She was shot, wounded and
left to die a horrible death and all so Inhofe and his donors could have
some "fun"
FROM
SHowing Animals Respect and
Kindness (SHARK)
September 2016
ACTION
SHARK is sending out a nationwide call to the animal protection movement
to join us in Oklahoma to protest United States Senator Jim Inhofe's
annual live pigeon shoot political fundraiser on federal land where pigeons
will be killed or wounded.
The slaughter is set to take place on September 9, 2016, followed by a
dove hunt on September 10th, outside of Altus, OK.
Inhofe is a national political figure. We need a nationwide response to
fight against him. Will you answer the call to stand against Inhofe's animal
cruelty and political corruption?
Contact Oklahoma's law enforcement agencies and ask why Senator Inhofe is
not being held accountable for his illegal acts:
Michael C. Thompson, Commissioner for the Oklahoma Department of Public
Safety
3600 North Martin Luther King Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
mthompso@dps.state.ok.us
Devin Huckabay, Sheriff, Greer County
105 S Penn
Mangum, Oklahoma 73554
phone (580)782-3065
fax (580)782-2302
administration@greercountysheriff.org
Brynn Barnett, Sheriff, Kiowa County
PO Box 854
Hobart, Oklahoma 73651
phone (580) 726-5125
fax (580) 726-2340
admin@kiowacountysheriffok.org
INFORMATION
In the 1990s, the animal protection movement rallied to an annual live
pigeon shoot held in Hegins, Pennsylvania. Thousands of people from across
the country fought against that slaughter. Now we are calling for that same
activism against Senator Inhofe's annual pigeon shoot fundraiser, where
thousands of birds are hand-thrown in the air and shot at for fun.
In 2014, after receiving an anonymous tip, a SHARK investigator traveled
to Oklahoma, attended the Inhofe fundraiser and pigeon shoot undercover, and
captured the horror that unfolded. That video went viral and can be seen
HERE.
After seeing our video, representatives from the US Bureau of Reclamation
(BOR) realized that the land Inhofe used was federally owned. They
investigated the property and discovered not only that Inhofe should never
have been allowed to use the federal property to hold a political event, but
that there were illegal hunting blinds set up and a massive commercial grade
dump where garbage was burned. However, no legal action has been taken to
hold anyone, including Senator Inhofe, accountable for their violations of
federal law.
If any of us set up illegal hunting blinds or a massive garbage burning
operation on federally protected land, we would be in jail, end of story.
But that's not what happened here. Inhofe and his political ally who manages
the federal land in question have proven to be untouchable. We believe
this is because Inhofe is the powerful Chairman of the Senate Environment
Committee, which has oversight of the same agencies that should have
investigated him. It is simply outrageous that our federal government
acknowledges that Inhofe's political fundraiser on federal land violated the
law, but then refuse to hold Inhofe accountable. The system truly is rigged.
Inhofe is a national political figure. We need a nationwide response to
fight against him. Will you answer the call to stand against Inhofe's animal
cruelty and political corruption?
UNITED POULTRY CONCERNS' LETTER
Read United Poultry Concerns' letter to the Commissioner for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and local sheriffs:
Stop Senator Inhofe’s pigeon shoots
