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bbarnes:
April 12, 2013
Governor Jay Inslee
Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002
Dear Governor Inslee:
We are requesting an investigation of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) for the follow:
1. Creating a Potential Health and Safety Risks to Citizens of the State, by allowing them to hunt sick animals.
2. The WDFW, created a violation of the Public Trust, by not disclosing the condition of the elk herds in effected Game Management Units. (GMU’s) In addition, not including this information in their Yearly Trend and Status Report to the Governor, or to the Public in the Washington Big Game Pamphlet.
3. In my opinion they are guilty of “Gross Negligence” by,
a. Promoting the sale hunting licenses and special permits, allowing the harvesting of sick animals, with no prior public disclosing of the elks condition, or the existence of the hoof rot disease, or any information concerning the human consumption of these infected animals. This could have been done thru the Washington 2012 Big Game Hunting Pamphlet.
b. Profiting from the sales of licenses and special permits to hunt in GMU’s known to have 55% Hoof Rot infected animals.
4. Wasting of Big Game animals, including but not limited Elk and Big Horn Sheep.
5. Animal Cruelty, allowing and witnessing the pain suffering and slow death of wildlife, it is cruel and inhuman.
6. By not implementing a treatment or containment procedure when first detected, allowing the spread of hoof rot in Washington’s State to reach a pandemic proportion, covering over 11 Counties and 23 GMU’s.
Myself, my organization and others have made numerous requests for someone in the agency to address these concerns. We have spent many hours of our volunteer’s time in attending meetings, phone calls and emails with no reasonable solution. Resulting in no implemented of any containment or treatment of Hoof Rot in our States wild Elk Herd. Additionally, we feel the lack of action concerning the elk herd, big horn sheep and other big game is a gross mismanagement of our states precious wildlife resources. Our concerns and efforts have fallen on deaf ears. We feel this is a dereliction of duty and violation of their oath of office as managers of the States Wildlife Resources. For this reason we are requesting for the resignation and or removal of the following individuals who we feel are directly responsible for creating and contributing to the above crisis:
Miranda Wecker, Chair of the Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife Commission
Phil Anderson, Director of Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife
Dave Ware, Game Division Manager for Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife
Sandra Jonkers, Wildlife Program Manager for Region 5, Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife
The Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife is no closer to solving this pandemic of hoof rot and the spread of this disease than they were 18 years ago. It began in one game management unit and has now spread to 11 counties and 20 game management units. We are additionally requesting you bring in the assistance of the US Department of Fish and Wildlife and outside Biologists to implement an effective strategy for containment and treatment of our valuable state resource. The Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife Commission should do this before the 2013 game regulations are approved.
We appreciate you making this a Top Priority of your administration. Without action taken this could represent catastrophic liability which will exceed the state liability.
Sincerely,
Bruce Barnes
Democrat 49th District
IBEW Local 48 Electrician
Concerned Washington Resident, Hunter and Founder of Mt. Saint Helen’s Rescue
Barnes.b@comcast.net
360-513-3874
CC: Washington State Senators
Washington State Legislators

huntnphool:
Just wondering what you suggest? Seems the only solution for WDFW this season would be to close hunting in those GMU's, and we all have seen what happens when anyone suggests changing the status quo. :chuckle:

bigtex:

--- Quote from: bbarnes on April 14, 2013, 04:55:34 PM ---5. Animal Cruelty, allowing and witnessing the pain suffering and slow death of wildlife, it is cruel and inhuman.

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Isn't that also called nature?

hughjorgan:
There is a lot of wolves in the NE and we all know they only eat the sick and weak  :peep:

Bigshooter:
Very interesting.

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