Twenty dedicated activists recently risked arrest to deliver desperately needed drinking water to the Tule elk reserve at Point Reyes National Seashore in California, where at least 18 animals died during a drought earlier this year because of a fence for private ranching that prevents them from reaching seasonal water sources.
Defying National Park Service (NPS) orders, the wildlife protectors hauled 150 gallons of water into the reserve in the middle of the night. Activists had tried to bring drinking troughs to the area previously, but the NPS removed them, leaving the activists no choice but to embark on a clandestine operation to ensure the elks’ wellbeing.
“The actions of the National Park Service speak loud and clear: private ranching business is favored over public opinion and the lives of native wild animals at Point Reyes National Seashore,” Fleur Dawes of In Defense of Animals said in a press release. “Removing water from thirsty and dying rare Tule elk is despicable.”
The harrowing operation to bring these innocent animals some relief was captured on the video above. Meanwhile, activists are fighting to have the reserve’s life-threatening enclosure removed and to stop officials from supporting a plan to slaughter the area’s elk.
Lady Freethinker applauds the efforts of these brave activists and stands in solidarity with their call to stop the proposed slaughter of defenseless Tule elk.
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appalling.
stop eating meat!!!
WHAT KIND OF MONSTERS CAN DEPRIVE INNOCENT ELK FROM THEIR RIGHT TO WATER? THIS IS DESPICABLE. HAVE THESE RANGERS NO COMPASSION FOR DESPERATE THIRSTY ELKS? LETTING THEM DIE UNNECESSARILY, IS AN ABOMINATION. HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN DEPRIVING THESE ANIMALS OF WATER SOON TO SEE HOW IT FEELS TO SUFFER AND BE DEPRIVED OF WATER. THEY MAKE ME SICK!!!!!
Could we get a petition going to the Park Service?
I want to save animals the best way possible
WHY NOT HAVE A FEMNCED IN CORRIDOR TO ALLOW ACCESS TO WATER. THIS IS SO CRUEL.
This is unbelievably despicable and cruel. Why can’t they share the water?
The National Park Service has been bought by the ranchers. In addition, NPS has the backing of the Trump Administration to continue the war on wildlife.
oF COURSE. sO MUCH CRUELTY FROM TRUMPERS. BIDEN WILL HELP BUT HE HAS so much to remedy.
Jedes Lebewesen ist es Wert vor Menschen geschützt zu werden. Wie kann man so viel Qual, unschuldigen Lebewesen antun. Sie gehören dort hin, das ist Ihr Platz zum Leben. Die rücksichtslose Gier nach Geld ist das mieseste was einen Menschen ausmacht.
The National Park Service has become a disgrace in past number of years. They, along with DNI and other agencies, should actually be charged with cruelty to animals and theft.
Sorry to swear but these F’ing agencies have got to get their heads out of their asses. The US has so much milk, it has to dump it and bully other countries into taking it. They allow the dairy industry to run shipshode meanwhile they let wildlife die to keep that almighty $$$ coming in. It’s Bull$hit!!
Thank you for all that you do to help animals and find them safe and loving homes.
ONE ANSWER … TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ,,, HE APPROVES THE KILLING OF AMERICA’S WILD HORSES … THE SLAUGHTER OF AMERICA’S WOLVES … THE KILLING OF THE BABY BEARS THEIR DENS … THANK GOD THAT PIECE OF SHIT IS OUT!
I’m amazed that you STILL haven’t put up a petition on Change.org
or
ForceChange.com
or
The Petition Site
or
DemandProgess.com, etc.
There is SO much more attention you could be obtaining for your cause.. I’ve shared this link, along with my scathing letter to the CA.C.C. to diverse animal protection groups on Facebook, but I’m not there on the ground like you are.
Take good care,
There are several other organizations that have petitions up on this issue. If you do a Google search, you should be able to find them.
Also – there’s no reason YOU can’t create and post your own petition about this on all the sites you mention. Most petitions ARE done by regular individuals just like yourself. This isn’t this group’s cause – it’s EVERYBODY’s cause, everybody who cares. Put together a petition using the information you find on this issue and post it for signature.
God bless these people! Thank you! You all have great hearts. God Bless YOU>
We should not be putting our wildlife at risk for the profit of private ranching.
It’s just so disgusting there’s so many people that do t give a shit about innocent animals. It’s cruel and evil.
Make sure when the nest election comes to VOTE for the people who care for the Nature & the Animals. That way such inhumane animal abuse wont be allowed to happen, under a persons who cares for the Nature & it’s inhabitants.
I will never understand how can anyone abuse a poor defenseless animal.
We always hear what happened, but we don’t get any information about the punishment.
I would like to see a very long jail time and these monsters should be registered as animal abusers.
Humanoid animals that abuse and murder animals go free and people with a heart for animals who want to save animals are fined!!!! What a rotten world we live on! It is time to exterminate a large number of humanoid animals, which have absolutely no value on this earth!
So thankful to these brave and caring individuals!
Our Natural Park Services, along with several other gov’t agencies, have become a disgrace to our country due to their lacking to defend of our wilderness and it’s wildlife.
Why is that fence even allowed to be in place on/near our nation’s property!!? Ranchers so not own public land and water, and shouldn’t be allowed to lease it; tear it down now!
So thankful to these brave and caring individuals!
Our Natural Park Services, along with several other gov’t agencies, have become a disgrace to our country due to their lacking to defend of our wilderness and it’s wildlife.
Why is that fence even allowed to be in place on/near our nation’s property!!? Ranchers so not own public land and water, and shouldn’t be allowed to lease it; tear it down now!
I think it’s amazing how people came together for this awesome doggy. May he live out his last days full of food and water and love and safety💖
Three cheers for these compassionate people and no marks for those who caused the problem.
Giving animals water while in need is a good thing and should be thanked instead of fines.
Those brave activists are risking going to jail for trying to save animals from two groups of mindless monsters, imagine that! It’s like the grotesque Ag-Gag law. I tell you, the whole world is upside down. The greedy low-life get a free hand, the angels of mercy are persecuted. Sad, very sad, isn’t it?
Greedy, heartless ranchers….corrupted, soulless NPS. We are watching but most of all, God is watching, He will not forget, He will not forgive, He will not let you enter the gates of His heaven….never.