Ronnie Garrison wrote:
Joshuall wrote:

Is there any seriously organized group to counter these folks? I did a
google on the subject and only came up with a group who's goal it was
to make light of them. I also saw an aritcle where sheep farmers in
Austraila (where the animals outnumber the people) were in a battle
with them because Peta considers sheering the animals inappropriate !

The NRA fights them on the hunting side. Most hunting groups, like the
Wild Turkey Federation, Ducks, Unlimited, Elks Unlimited fight them.
There are a couple of other groups that are starting to work -
Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and the newly formed National Assembly
of Sportsmen's Caucuses are working against them. So far BASS, FLW and
other competitive fishing groups seem to be asleep - guess they don't
think they are a threat, but it seems to me the first thing for the anti
nuts to go after in fishing is tournaments.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

There is an excellent article in this month's Hunter magazine from the
NRA - just found it this
morning. The article "Who's Bankrolling the Enemy" talks about how
HSUS almost 61 million
revenue and PETA 17 million revenue get their money.

It also mentions another pro hunting and fishing group of a lot of
organizations - The U.S.
Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation - that if fighting the animal rights
flakes. Check it out at
http://www.ussportsmen.org/ - Most of the members are hunting
organizations - as I said, the
fishing organizations so far do not seem to recognize the threat.

Under "About Us" they say:
The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (Fomerly the Wildlife Legislative Fund of
America 'WLFA')
provides direct lobbying and grassroots coalition support to protect and
advance the rights of
hunters, fishermen, trappers and scientific wildlife management
professionals. This is
accomplished through coalition building, ballot issue campaigning and
legislative and government
relations. Contributions to the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, a 501 (C) 4
organization, are not tax
deductible unless you are in an outdoors related industry.

The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation protects and defends America's
wildlife conservation
programs and the pursuits -- hunting, fishing and trapping -- which
generate the money to pay for
them. The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation is responsible for public
education, legal defense
and research. Its mission is accomplished through several distinct
programs, coordinated to
provide the most complete defense capability possible. Contributions to
the U.S. Sportsmen's
Alliance Foundation, a 501(C) 3 organization, are tax deductible.