The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

Defenders of Wildlife have an ad up in swing states that hits Wolf Slayer on...slaying wolves. It hits her on the disgusting practice of aerial hunting.

It’s no secret that I don’t like hunting at all. I hope my sons never partake in it. But I do understand that there are ethical hunters who also are great stewards of the woods and wildlife. I do understand that there are times when hunting may be warranted – like when deer need to be culled to prevent disease in over-populated areas where they would otherwise starve. I do understand ranchers wanting to protect their herds. That’s not what this is about. This is about exterminating wolves. This is about the slaughter of a beautiful animal.

Warning: This is not for the faint of heart.



This ad literally hurt my heart to watch, but I think it is really going to be effective. It’s the kind of truth people need to see. What’s being allowed to happen is barbaric and idiotic.

I hope this gives independent fence-straddling animal lover weighing his/her choices between McCain and Obama something to think about. It should also give a gut-check to women by taking off the shine of the “PTA Mom” imagine. What type of person would want to offer a bounty for the severed foreleg of a wolf? And what about hunters…I wonder what their reaction will be to this ad. Do they really respect “canned hunts” or fishing with dynamite? Wouldn’t real hunts see it as unfair and unsportsmanlike? There is no sport to this type of "hunting". It serves no purpose other than to satisfy blood hunger.