Gee…. Who filed the complaint?

Ocotober 2011….”HSUS is an extreme animal “rights” group, which believes that animals have equal rights to human beings. HSUS spends millions of dollars annually to economically cripple meat and dairy producers, eliminate the use of animals in biomedical research labs, phase out pet breeding and to eliminate zoos and circus animal acts. They are against anyone having pets, even fish in aquariums. They demonize hunters as crazed lunatics, and are against any hunting in any form” http://www.lsonews.com/forum/6-deer/522-humane-society-teams-up-with-california-dfg

Now what does this have to do with Dan Richards… If I were a SAC BEE Reporter… and had any value as a journalist.. I would be asking this very same question…

HSUS has teamed up with DFG!!!
What the Humane Society of the United States has done here, is buy the Department of Fish and Game, and it’s support, for a few thousand dollars. The DFG recently issued a news release that was headed “Department of Fish and Game and the Humane Society offer Reward for Mountain Lion poachers”. That in itself is very troubling, that the DFG is lending its name and credibility to an animal-rights, anti-hunting group. What’s worse, is that HSUS is given a form of credibility by that, when they are not at all a credible organization, at least not in the eyes of sportsmen and women.

Sportsmen should be afraid that there are actually HSUS law enforcement officers now in California, acting as “special investigators” under penal code section 830, and apparently under the auspices of the DFG.

This is the organization that the California Department of Fish and Game has teamed up with, and Foley thinks it’s just fine. In her own words, Foley said “We are again very grateful to the Humane Society of the United States for their support of the wardens’ efforts to combat the increase in poaching. We look forward to continued collaboration on this issue.” And now, HSUS has actual law enforcement officers here in California, trained at the DFG Training Center at Butte College in Paradise, and some of those officers are actual instructors, teaching DFG wardens!

~This association has to go…~ A political lobbyist group (HSUS) has no business [purchasing] the Fish and Game department… Now we have them about to bury the Commissioner for doing the exact thing they are offering a reward for…

Isn’t there something more important for the state government to do than go after someone for something that was legal in that state that he was in?

Now Dan can go up to Oregon to kill that wolf.

HSUS has just put themselves on a list.not a good one at that.

Looks like another full fledged hypocrite representing the State of California. No different than the legislators who think they contol the State of California. They all believe they are above the law. He helps set up the policy in California but thinks it’s okay for him to go somewhere else and do the opposite. FIRE the hypocrite and save some money for those who really need it here. Also need to send the illegals back home and quit giving them the benefits which they have not paid into.

Hmmm. It seems my comment in support of Richards has been removed, as well as my reply to buzzard1. Maybe its my browser…maybe not

If they want him removed for taking part in a legal activity outside this state, then I think every Ca. state politician that has ever gone to Reno or LV to gamble and go to the cat houses should suffer his same fate. Afterall, those things may be legal there, but they are illegal here. Its the same thing!!
This action comes from the same legislative body that has tolerated their own members drunk driving in a state vehicle, shoplifting, wreckless driving resulting in injuries in a state vehicle, writing bad chacks and getting caught in a state vehicle with a lady of the evening. All that stuff is apparently OK with our legislative body, so long as you dont go out of state to hunt an animal thats illegal to hunt here at home

The people filing these charges are the same people that have wanted him out of office. It is nothing more than someone trying to make something out of nothing to further themselves.

Rich is exactly right… this man broke no laws… he shot a lion in a state wher it is completely legal to do so… he did not do it her in the Democratic Socialist Republic of California… had he done it here, for sport, then yes, put his head on a platter, but so long as he did not, then leave him alone

The only comment about the actual issue is from CBS lmao

Big deal he didnt pay full price.The man went on a HUNTING TRIP.Just because it is illegal to kill one here and he is with fish&game dont make it unethical.What the man cant have a discount.

Just wondering what kind of a favor the Flying B. Ranch would receive from Dan Richards. I do not believe Richards commited any crime. The Flying B Ranch could not have any impact on any legislation in California. I also think these people that pushed through the law forbidding killing lions was shortsighted, especially here in Northern California.
Did anyone read or hear of the 60 plus sheep being killed in one night near Cedarville. The odds are you did not, because it would show lions were not endangered.

HSUS has no authority for Law Enforcment capacity…that is innacurate, they may be recognized as experts in certain aspects and train courses but dont get it wrong. They have ZERO law enforcment capabilities, if anyone EVER tries to stop you (detain) or question you about anything while they are wearing any kind of HSUS insignia you just keep on walking. They have no policing powers, they get the local Animal Control Officers or Police?Sheriffs to do all the Law Enforcing while they simply do triage, they are not Law Enforcment in any manner. They are not provided any authority under CA.PC830.9 that is innacurate commenting seen above. The DFG cannot simply give someone authority unless an agent declares Posse Comotatis which means they would be acting as a DFG Agent and that is EXTREMELY RARE as in a cop is losing a fight and requests your help for a very short period. I challenge anyone to show any time since 1930 where that was used by any LE dept.

Just because he did not pay what everyone else supposedly pays does not make it a gift.Does everyone pay the same amount in taxes?Or for a car,house,gun, beer,if that was the case we would all have it…..

Since when is inviting a friend or guest to stay at your ranch, home, resort or what ever considered a money gift? Vote Gavin and his buddy out of office if this is what he thinks he is in power to do for the citizens in the state of Calif. he is mistaken. They certainly don’t want Dan Richard as a political opponent they obviously consider him a major threat so this is how they are trying to discredit him so are resulting to this outrageous nonsense. No one will believe anything Newsom has to say after this.

Some one might look into filing an ethics complaint against Gavin Newsom the Lt.Gov. He has or rather is abusing his office and authority in his attempts to remove Dan Richard from office by first alleging he did something illegal and when that didn’t work maligning the man and his office with unsubstanciated rumors and aligning himself with these vulgar extremist groups in order to make headlines in an attempt to sway the public. Wake up California !!!

It seems to me that Lt.Gov.Newsom doesn’t even know what the word “Ethics” means. It wasn’t that long ago that this married man had a extrmarital affair with his chief of staff / Campaign manager’s wife!
Who is he to be talking ETHICS ? This man is known for unethically ruining peoples lives !

I wonder if Cougar or a HSUS member taste more like chicken? Never mind it has to Cougar because HSUS members are full of ship.

Shoulda been JB’s wife, now there is a cougar

It wasn’t a gift. he was there on a quail hunt. The Ranch happened to be doing to depredation work and told the hunters in his party to shoot any cats. Dan was a paying customer for a bird hunt, and they thanked him for shooting the lion while he was there.

How much you want to bet they will pressure this guy out, and replace him with someone else. Then and only then; we will find out the replacement is a relative of someone in office?

A discount is not illegal. The State certainly doesn’t think so when they tell us to buy plane tickets for travel when they are on sale. Or make sure we get the state discount fee.

Oh, and don;t forget the legislatures discount fees for Inns and Hotels.

I support him, while I may have preferred a camera, he did not do anything wrong, GN is way off base on this one!

Just try to get that magazine with his picture with the M L(couger) boy oh boy i is it popular. Dang I should have tried sooner.

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