We post this from the usually off limits WaPo from WTP for several reasons. 1) It demonstrates the near total lack of moral outrage from the same US ciitizens for both Republican and Democratic preidents destroying whole innocent families in illegal wars. 2) If US society feels this way as a whole towards the world, it is no wonder we have the leaders we have, which would...3) Justify the US getting the 'Atlantis' treatment from 'above'. This is a sick, SICK nation. ~WTP
Commission member Blake Fischer killed an entire family of baboons & babies He bragged that his wife wanted watch him hunt "So I shot a whole family of baboons" also shot a giraffe & leopard. TAKE ACTION and contact Governor Otter demand Blake Fischer’s removal pic.twitter.com/MDUJVanMOb -Via WaPo (US GOV COLLABORATOR)
— Warrior Activist (@ActivistWarrior) October 13, 2018
Squatting amid loose red dirt and rocks, Blake Fischer posed for a picture, a triumphant grin stretching across his face. Arranged in front of him, resembling a macabre family picture, are the bodies of four baboons. The smallest one’s head is lolled back, its mouth slightly agape. Crimson blood stains its abdomen. A quiver of arrows is in the foreground.
Squatting amid loose red dirt and rocks, Blake Fischer posed for a picture, a triumphant grin stretching across his face. Arranged in front of him, resembling a macabre family picture, are the bodies of four baboons. The smallest one’s head is lolled back, its mouth slightly agape. Crimson blood stains its abdomen. A quiver of arrows is in the foreground.
The photo landed Fischer, one of Idaho’s Fish and Game commissioners, in the middle of a firestorm of backlash and resulted in Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter asking for his resignation Monday, according to a news release. Fish and Game commissioners are appointed by the governor to serve four-year terms and “are subject to removal by him.” Fischer was recently reappointed to serve until 2022, the Idaho Statesman reported.
‘I shot a whole family of baboons’:
Idaho Fish and Game official
resigns amid fury over Africa
trophy hunting boasts
Updated.
This post contains graphic images.
Squatting amid loose red dirt and rocks, Blake
Fischer posed for a picture, a triumphant grin
stretching across his face. Arranged in front of
him, resembling a macabre family picture, are
the bodies of four baboons. The smallest one’s
head is lolled back, its mouth slightly agape.
Crimson blood stains its abdomen. A quiver
of arrows is in the foreground.
Fischer posed for a picture, a triumphant grin
stretching across his face. Arranged in front of
him, resembling a macabre family picture, are
the bodies of four baboons. The smallest one’s
head is lolled back, its mouth slightly agape.
Crimson blood stains its abdomen. A quiver
of arrows is in the foreground.
The photo landed Fischer, one of Idaho’s Fish
and Game commissioners, in the middle of a
firestorm of backlash and resulted in Gov. C.L.
“Butch” Otter asking for his resignation Monday,
according to a news release. Fish and Game
commissioners are appointed by the governor
to serve four-year terms and “are subject to
removal by him.” Fischer was recently reappointed
to serve until 2022, the Idaho Statesman reported.
and Game commissioners, in the middle of a
firestorm of backlash and resulted in Gov. C.L.
“Butch” Otter asking for his resignation Monday,
according to a news release. Fish and Game
commissioners are appointed by the governor
to serve four-year terms and “are subject to
removal by him.” Fischer was recently reappointed
to serve until 2022, the Idaho Statesman reported.
“I have high expectations and standards for every
appointee in state government,” Otter said in a
statement. “Every member of my administration
is expected to exercise good judgment. Commissioner
Fischer did not.”
appointee in state government,” Otter said in a
statement. “Every member of my administration
is expected to exercise good judgment. Commissioner
Fischer did not.”
Late Monday afternoon, Otter accepted Fischer’s
resignation, which was sent in an email to the
governor’s office, the release said.
resignation, which was sent in an email to the
governor’s office, the release said.
“I recently made some poor judgments that
resulted in sharing photos of a hunt in which
I did not display an appropriate level of
sportsmanship and respect for the animals I
harvested,” Fischer wrote. “While these actions
were out of character for me, I fully accept
responsibility and feel it is best for the citizens
of Idaho and sportsmen and women that
I resign my post.”
resulted in sharing photos of a hunt in which
I did not display an appropriate level of
sportsmanship and respect for the animals I
harvested,” Fischer wrote. “While these actions
were out of character for me, I fully accept
responsibility and feel it is best for the citizens
of Idaho and sportsmen and women that
I resign my post.”
Fischer went on to apologize, adding that he
hopes his actions “will not harm the integrity
and ethic of the Idaho Fish & Game
Department moving forward.”
hopes his actions “will not harm the integrity
and ethic of the Idaho Fish & Game
Department moving forward.”
It all began last month when Fischer and his
wife returned from a hunting trip to Namibia.
Fischer compiled photos of the animals the
pair had hunted, which included a leopard,
giraffe, impala and waterbuck, and sent the
images along with descriptions of each kill to
more than 100 people, KBOI reported.
wife returned from a hunting trip to Namibia.
Fischer compiled photos of the animals the
pair had hunted, which included a leopard,
giraffe, impala and waterbuck, and sent the
images along with descriptions of each kill to
more than 100 people, KBOI reported.
At the very top of Fischer’s email was the
picture of the baboons, according to the
Idaho Statesman.
picture of the baboons, according to the
Idaho Statesman.
“Fellas,” Fischer wrote in the Sept. 17 email,
according to the Idaho State Journal, “I have
been back for a week, but have been hunting
and trying to get caught up. Anyways, my wife
and I went to Namibia for a week . . . first she
wanted to watch me and ‘get a feel’ of Africa . . .
so I shot a whole family of baboons. I think
she got the idea quick.”
according to the Idaho State Journal, “I have
been back for a week, but have been hunting
and trying to get caught up. Anyways, my wife
and I went to Namibia for a week . . . first she
wanted to watch me and ‘get a feel’ of Africa . . .
so I shot a whole family of baboons. I think
she got the idea quick.”
Fischer’s email did not sit well with a number
of people who received it, some of whom are
former Fish and Game commissioners. The
email and responses to it were obtained by
local media outlets through a records request
to the Idaho governor’s office.
of people who received it, some of whom are
former Fish and Game commissioners. The
email and responses to it were obtained by
local media outlets through a records request
to the Idaho governor’s office.
In the days since the photos became public,
Fischer faced harsh criticism and an increasing
number of calls for his resignation from a
position he has held for four years, the
Statesman reported.
Fischer faced harsh criticism and an increasing
number of calls for his resignation from a
position he has held for four years, the
Statesman reported.
“They killed a whole family, including small
baboons, and I think that’s revolting,” former
commissioner Keith Stonebraker told the
Statesman. “… It just puts a bad light on us.”
baboons, and I think that’s revolting,” former
commissioner Keith Stonebraker told the
Statesman. “… It just puts a bad light on us.”
At least three former commissioners have
supported calls on Fischer to resign, the
Statesman reported.
supported calls on Fischer to resign, the
Statesman reported.
In a lengthy email, Fred Trevey, who served
as a commissioner for eight years, advised Fischer
to “take responsibility and resign, sooner rather
than later,” the KBOI reported.
as a commissioner for eight years, advised Fischer
to “take responsibility and resign, sooner rather
than later,” the KBOI reported.
“My reaction to the photo and accompanying
text of you smiling and holding a ‘family’ of
primates you killed, dismays and disappoints
me,” Trevey wrote. “I have a difficult time
understanding how a person privileged to be
an Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner can
view such an action as sportsmanlike and an
example to others.”
text of you smiling and holding a ‘family’ of
primates you killed, dismays and disappoints
me,” Trevey wrote. “I have a difficult time
understanding how a person privileged to be
an Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner can
view such an action as sportsmanlike and an
example to others.”
Though it is legal to hunt baboons in Africa,
Trevey wrote “legal does not make it right.”
According to the Idaho State Journal, Trevey’s
email included a reference to a hunting manual
endorsed by the state’s Department of Fish and
Game, which states that hunters should “refrain
from taking photographs of the kill and from
vividly describing the kill within earshot of
non-hunters.”
Trevey wrote “legal does not make it right.”
According to the Idaho State Journal, Trevey’s
email included a reference to a hunting manual
endorsed by the state’s Department of Fish and
Game, which states that hunters should “refrain
from taking photographs of the kill and from
vividly describing the kill within earshot of
non-hunters.”
“Your poor judgement has unnecessarily put
the institution’s credibility, and hunting in
general, at risk in a blink of an eye,” he wrote.
the institution’s credibility, and hunting in
general, at risk in a blink of an eye,” he wrote.
Keith E. Carlson, another former commissioner
who called for Fischer to resign, echoed a similar
condemnation of the photo.
who called for Fischer to resign, echoed a similar
condemnation of the photo.
“I don’t know how you can say anything good
about a photo of a guy smiling with a stack of dead
baboons with a baby in front,” Carlson told the
Statesman. “If you’re an anti-hunter, that’s raw
meat. And I’m a hunter — I’ve been a hunter
forever.”
about a photo of a guy smiling with a stack of dead
baboons with a baby in front,” Carlson told the
Statesman. “If you’re an anti-hunter, that’s raw
meat. And I’m a hunter — I’ve been a hunter
forever.”
Fischer’s email was forwarded to the governor’s
office by Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Chairman Derick Attebury, the Statesman reported.
office by Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Chairman Derick Attebury, the Statesman reported.
Fischer, who told the Statesman he received a
call from a fellow commissioner expressing
concerns about the photo, said he apologized
for sending the pictures but defended the hunt.
call from a fellow commissioner expressing
concerns about the photo, said he apologized
for sending the pictures but defended the hunt.
“I didn’t do anything illegal,” he said. “I didn’t
do anything unethical. I didn’t do anything
immoral. … I look at the way Idaho’s Fish and
Game statute says we’re supposed to manage
all animals for Idaho, and any surplus of
animals we have we manage through hunting,
fishing and trapping. Africa does the same thing.”
do anything unethical. I didn’t do anything
immoral. … I look at the way Idaho’s Fish and
Game statute says we’re supposed to manage
all animals for Idaho, and any surplus of
animals we have we manage through hunting,
fishing and trapping. Africa does the same thing.”
Fischer said he received a list of animals that
could be hunted, some of which required a trophy
fee, according to the Statesman. “Baboons are free,”
Fischer said.
could be hunted, some of which required a trophy
fee, according to the Statesman. “Baboons are free,”
Fischer said.
Roger Phillips, a Fish and Game spokesperson,
declined to comment.
declined to comment.
“Commissioner Fischer was appointed by
the governor and is not an employee of Idaho
Fish and Game,” Phillips wrote in an email to
The Washington Post on Monday morning.
the governor and is not an employee of Idaho
Fish and Game,” Phillips wrote in an email to
The Washington Post on Monday morning.
Hours before Fischer’s resignation was announced,
Jon Hanian, a spokesperson for the governor’s office,
told The Post in an email that Otter was “concerned.”
Hanian added, “…our office is actively looking into the
matter.”
Jon Hanian, a spokesperson for the governor’s office,
told The Post in an email that Otter was “concerned.”
Hanian added, “…our office is actively looking into the
matter.”
On social media, reactions to the photo have
been fierce, many decrying Fischer’s actions as
“disgusting” and “disturbing.”
been fierce, many decrying Fischer’s actions as
“disgusting” and “disturbing.”
Comedian Ricky Gervais, a longtime animal rights
advocate, posted a scathing two-word tweet in
which he called Fischer a “Pathetic [expletive],”
using a vulgar word to describe female genitalia. “
#BanTrophyHunting,” he added.
advocate, posted a scathing two-word tweet in
which he called Fischer a “Pathetic [expletive],”
using a vulgar word to describe female genitalia. “
#BanTrophyHunting,” he added.
“Blake Fischer liked to kill lots of African wildlife,”
biologist Daniel Schneider tweeted. “Some animals
on the verge of being declared endangered (and
he knows this). He shouldn’t be a US Game
[Commissioner].”
biologist Daniel Schneider tweeted. “Some animals
on the verge of being declared endangered (and
he knows this). He shouldn’t be a US Game
[Commissioner].”
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