Monday February 20, 2012, 4:47 am
Friends,
I just created two petitions re. Dan Richards partisan to hunters, yet President of California Wildlife Commision, because I care deeply about this very important issue.
I'm trying to collect 10000 signatures on both, I have sent a letter to the governor, and I could really use your help.
To read more about what I'm trying to do and to sign my petition, click here:

http://www.change.org/petitions/dan-richards-partisan-to-hunters-yet-president-of-california-wildlife-commision?share_id=CtBpoUQkhT&
and
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/please-resign-from-the-position-as-you-are-biassed/

It'll just take a minute!
Once you're done, please ask your friends to sign the petition as well. Grassroots movements succeed because people like you are willing to spread the word!

Monday February 20, 2012, 5:41 am
One of California's top wildlife officials found himself in the political line of fire Friday, after a photo surfaced showing him holding a dead mountain lion he killed in what appeared to be a recent big game hunt.
Daniel W. Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, shot the lion in Northern Idaho. The photo was posted on the web site of Western Outdoor News, a hunting and fishing publication.
Mountain lion hunting has been illegal in California since 1990, when voters passed Proposition 117.
Within hours of the photo appearing, callers deluged the state Fish and Game Commission office and the Humane Society of the United States urged Richards to step down.
"It's not illegal. But he's thumbed his nose at the people of California," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society. "He's supposed to be representing the interests of all California citizens. It seems like such a tone-deaf action. What part of no doesn't he understand?"
Richards did not respond to requests for an interview.
But on the Western Outdoor News web site, Richards, 59, is quoted as saying that he shot the lion with a Winchester Centennial .45 carbine on Flying B Ranch. The 5,000-acre property in Northern Idaho charges $6,800 per person for a seven-day lion hunt.
"I'm glad it's legal in Idaho," said Richards, who is a life member of the National Rifle Association.
A San Bernardino County Republican appointed to the five-member commission by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008, Richards has been its most outspoken advocate for expanding hunting, often clashing with environmental and animal welfare groups.
As president, Richards can set the commission's agenda on a range of issues including endangered species protections, ocean fishing rules and all types of hunting regulation from rabbits to black bears. If he were to bring the dead mountain lion back to California from Idaho, he would be in violation of state law.
Proposition 117 banned the possession of mountain lion parts or trophies killed after 1990. Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill creating a narrow exemption for museums to display lions killed under permits from the state Fish and Game Department.
The governor cannot remove any member of the Fish and Game Commission. However, the state Legislature can, with a simple majority vote.
Assemblyman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, chairman of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, said Friday he is considering introducing a resolution in the Legislature to remove Richards.
"He's thumbing his nose at California law," Huffman said. "He's mocking it. Frankly, I think he should face the music and step down. He's done something that's a disgrace to his position and to responsible hunters in California."
Environmental and animal welfare groups that wrote and passed the ballot measure in 1990 banning lion hunting argued that the practice is cruel and unnecessary, because unlike with deer, turkeys and other game, hunters do not eat lions. And they argued it upset the balance of predators and prey. Hunting groups attempted to overturn the measure in 1996, but voters again chose to keep lion hunting illegal.
Richards' term expires next January. He was voted president earlier this month in an odd 2-0 vote in which two commissioners who disagree with his views, Mike Sutton and Jack Baylis, abstained, while the former president, Jim Kellogg, whose term as president expired, supported him.
One commissioner, Richard Rogers, was absent due to an Achilles heel injury. Rogers said Friday he is likely to support another vote to choose a new president at a commission meeting in the next month or two. If Richards is removed, the current vice president, Michael Sutton, a biologist who works for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, would become president.
Meanwhile, Richards is facing more political fallout.
In 2010, his former business partner was indicted, along with three other men, on charges of bribery, conflict of interest, tax fraud, tax evasion, perjury and forgery. San Bernardino County prosecutors said the indicted men worked to corrupt public officials in connection with a $102 million settlement in a land development deal.

Monday February 20, 2012, 5:53 am
The horrorboy?

Monday February 20, 2012, 6:35 am
His name should be Butthole Dan Richards.

Monday February 20, 2012, 7:00 am
he really does look small

Monday February 20, 2012, 8:24 am
Thank you Maria...I have a ton of names for this POS and it isn't Dan! Will take care of the petitions, did the other one!

Monday February 20, 2012, 8:28 am
“Life is as dear to the mute creature as it is to a man.
Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.“
~ His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Sick. Mankind's arrogance will be it's ultimate downfall.

Monday February 20, 2012, 8:28 am
Did already sign Maria! So few numbers Guys we need help on this one to Make our Voices heard, cause this Jack Leg shouldn't even be walking on this Earth. UMMM Can't we get some leg steel traps on him so he can just lay down STUCK and DIE????

Monday February 20, 2012, 8:41 am
This Bastard! How I long to one day hold this animal in my arms and have him alive and just smoother this beautiful creatur and roll around on the ground playing with him. Yes, he is isn Heaven Issiah Chp 11 clearly states that the lion will lay down with the lamb. As what was once a preditory animal of such towards the lamb they will lay down side by side and there will be predatory behaviors there. The same hols for humans, there will be no ugliness by those who kill for evil. WHY/ Because they will be no more!

Monday February 20, 2012, 8:42 am
Noted!!

Monday February 20, 2012, 9:22 am
"Environmental and animal welfare groups that wrote and passed the ballot measure in 1990 banning lion hunting argued that the practice is cruel and unnecessary, because unlike with deer, turkeys and other game, hunters do not eat lions. And they argued it upset the balance of predators and prey. Hunting groups attempted to overturn the measure in 1996, but voters again chose to keep lion hunting illegal."

I see a wondrously beautiful dead LION in this picture being held by an arrogant, egocentric human. If I had to choose on the life or death between these two, I would eliminate the arrogant animal. There's no rhyme or reason to kill a critter that is not for survival, food, Thank you Maria

Monday February 20, 2012, 9:25 am
left a comment. we need to target the only people that can remove him.

Monday February 20, 2012, 9:35 am
Jared Huffman is my assemblyman in California and is currently running for Representative to Congress. I have voted and supported Jared for several years and consider him to be a good man.

Please write to Jared Huffman at the address below that you support him in getting Daniel W. Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, removed from office immediately.

Web Site:  http://asmdc.org/members/a06/

E mail:  http://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD06&


Ty, Maria Elena.
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Monday February 20, 2012, 10:00 am
Scum. Signed all petitions.

Monday February 20, 2012, 10:40 am
Jim, ty. We will dirct the petitions to him aswell, and formulate a letter to make it easier for us

Monday February 20, 2012, 10:45 am
letter to Jared Huffman http://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD06&
Dear Mr Huffman:

I am writing to you in indignation and I speak for many.
Mr Dan Richards is in a position where we think he should not, nor any avid hunter. The mission of conservation of our animals should not be biassed. At this time there is an outrage regarding an photo of him which I will provide for you, holding a dead mountain lion, which in his own state, is protected. He went all then way to Idaho just to kill this majestic animal, not to even be able to take back home, just to give it away to Mr Joseph Peterson at the Flying B Ranch, that organized "the hunt".
We have created two petitions that are viral. One petition is asking him to resign, the other asking the commission to fire him:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/please-resign-from-the-position-as-you-are-biassed/

http://www.change.org/petitions/dan-richards-partisan-to-hunters-yet-president-of-california-game-commision

There is also a link to California Majority exposing outrage towards him:

http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=4777&ptid=9

We will be presenting these petitions to the commission as well as to yourself soon. I know the commission will be gathering in March, we will try to do this before then.

We are disgusted at this man having such position, being so partisan. Our animals depend on us.

Thank you so much, hoping you might see this as we do, and we will continue to spread the photo and information all over the communications media.
Thank you so much

Monday February 20, 2012, 10:53 am
Actually, I have changed it to this before sending to http://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD06&
Dear Mr Huffman:
I am writing to you in indignation and I speak for many.
Mr Dan Richards is in a position where we think he should not, nor any avid hunter. The mission of conservation of our animals should not be biassed. At this time there is an outrage regarding an photo of him which I will provide for you, holding a dead mountain lion, which in his own state, is protected. He went all then way to Idaho just to kill this majestic animal, not to even be able to take back home, just to give it away to Mr Joseph Peterson at the Flying B Ranch, that organized "the hunt".
We have created two petitions that are viral. One petition is asking him to resign, the other asking the commission to fire him:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/please-resign-from-the-position-as-you-are-biassed/
http://www.change.org/petitions/dan-richards-partisan-to-hunters-yet-president-of-california-game-commission
We will be presenting these petitions to the commission as well as to yourself soon. I know the commission will be gathering in March, we will try to do this before then.
We are disgusted at this man having such position, being so partisan. Our animals depend on us.
Thank you so much, hoping you might see this as we do, and we will continue to spread the photo and information all over the communications media.
Thank you so much
Maria Elena Gonzalez

Monday February 20, 2012, 11:20 am
I have been working really hard on this, to see there is a new petition promoted by Cher FOR THE SAME...this to me is not good, as it makes people think they already signed, when they signed the other, good for nothing in the end. Many petitions with few signatures are not going to cut it!aghhh!

Monday February 20, 2012, 11:24 am
Why bother

Monday February 20, 2012, 3:06 pm
Its a big fool, he has a gun/riffle, but no brains, empathy, nor compassion, his passion is killing, congratulations Dan:( I hope ur children will be proud of u, as u are killing their hope for a natural future, so next genaretion will have to ive with plastic lions, trees, hell maybe even food..................

Monday February 20, 2012, 3:33 pm
Sickening scum!!

Monday February 20, 2012, 5:21 pm
This is really shocking, he deserves to be fully outed and humiliated, that poor cat.

Monday February 20, 2012, 6:41 pm
Maria Elena: one of the petitions I posted for you as Care2 news is on the front page right now under "Animals." Celebrate! Stay positive.

I sent a mass email out today to all of my friends (including you!) containing your two petitions and making sure you got the credit you deserve for it.

To look at it another way, Cher has a lot of Care2 contacts and can help spread the word on this very important issue. Your petitions are seeing a spike in signatures now that I helped spread the word. >^..^< M.

Monday February 20, 2012, 6:45 pm
I just realized something: in the petition posted in news by Cher, the individual in question is called "Daniel R. Walker," but in the article above, he is called "Dan Richards." I'm confused. This is going to cause signers confusion as well. Crazy.
Which is it? Richards or Walker?

Monday February 20, 2012, 7:21 pm
Thanks Maria

Monday February 20, 2012, 7:27 pm
Killing for "sport"... simply deplorable.

Petitions signed.

Thanks Maria.

Monday February 20, 2012, 10:47 pm
Maria you may want to change the target of your petitions to the California State Legislature. After all they seem to be the only way of getting rid of him before his term expires.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 12:06 am
Noted and signed all petitions!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 3:36 am
noted

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 4:48 am
He is a monster.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 4:49 am
TY all for your support! Dear Michelle, in spite of our efforts, the petitions have spiked downwards ever since that other one was promoted by Cher...too bad she didn't promote these that were going.:(
James, Jim P sent this, and I sent a letter there, besides I intend (IF there are any more signatures, otherwise I'll just close the petitions) to send the info here...is it the same people or not?
Jim PhillipsComputerDown (2620)
Monday February 20, 2012, 9:46 am
Jared Huffman is my assemblyman in California and is currently running for Representative to Congress. I have voted and supported Jared for several years and consider him to be a good man.

Please write to Jared Huffman at the address below that you support him in getting Daniel W. Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, removed from office immediately.

Web Site: http://asmdc.org/members/a06/

E mail: http://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD06&

This Mr Huffman is already thinking of canning him...
Chris V sent this joyful video fm yesterday:
http://www.kcra.com/video/30503602/detail.html#ixzz1myzBgnMy

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 4:53 am
Thanks, noted and signed previously.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 5:12 am
State lawmaker Jared Huffman, a Democrat from San Rafael and chairman of the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, said he may introduce a motion to remove Richards -- a life member of the National Rifle Association who was appointed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008.

"He's thumbing his nose at California law," Huffman told the Mercury News."He's mocking it. Frankly, I think he should face the music and step down. He's done something that's a disgrace to his position and to responsible hunters in California."
BTW, friends, there's another petition on the same by wildlife advocates with almost 2000 signatures...if they were all one, by now we'd have over 3000!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 6:41 am
Thanks, noted and signed

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 8:54 am
Dear Maria, though I am not here to much due to health, I did forward your news and do know there there are now a couple petitions out there. Maybe one person can get all of the petitions that are related to this horrific shooting all posted together and into the group We all Love Animals there are over 600+ people in that group and maybe it can get promoted more, I have done what I can dear Maria at this point and it is extremely important! I do know that a bunch of the people that have left comments here also have their own special groups that people go to sign petitions...Eco has one that I don't know if you are a member or, I just signed a ton of Williams petitions on, join or of you are a member post in these groups DO KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF THE PETITIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS BE ON THE SAME LINK, THAT WAY PEOPLE WON'T GET CONFUSED AND THINK WELL I SIGNED THIS ONE AND THEN MISS IT TOTALLY. - Michelle S is a part of several groups and she works very hard in promoting animal petitions. I do hope this helps and it is quite distressing when you work so hard and petitions become at a stand still! Will continue to try hard dear on this! I will also get the address of Duncun Hunter, my political representative, Hunter and his staff work tirelessly for their consituates and He is like a Bull Dog when any type of injustice is done! Don't know if I will make it back today, but will try dear.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 8:57 am
Forgot to let you know that last night I did hear on the News here in So. California that this is come to the attention of people due to the outrage over this...so this is getting out there and We for the innocent creatures will not stop until this POS is digging in a garbage landfill!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 10:32 am
First petition signed and noted, thank you!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 10:34 am
Let's wipe that smug expression off his face!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 11:32 am
Already signed Maria, thanks for your push on this. Why am I not surprised he's just another dumbass hunter and a lifelong member of that incredibly corrupt organization, the NRA.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 1:21 pm
Signed all petitions regarding this hyprocritical Bastard !

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 1:54 pm
guys we have 1030 signatures in one, 740 the other...only 9000 more to go!
Thank you all, let's keep on spreading the word!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 1:56 pm
This gay ia just idiot

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 2:51 pm
Thank you for posting - signed petitons and sent emails - You bet! I am actually feeling a tad hopeful ( never too hopeful) after reading this article. He just can't stay in his position - what an arrogant idiot, what the freak did he think, that Californian's were just going to let it pass! I just loving seeing this in the newspaper - warms my heart.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 3:08 pm
I wonder why it's not legal to kill animal killers.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 4:02 pm
I would rejoice, with happiness to see another picture, but that picture, would be of the Cat, holding a dead Dan Richards, in his mouth...I hope this jerk-off rots in hell...

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 4:06 pm
Forgot to mention, I have signed the petitions!!!!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 7:33 pm
Michela, You signed on February 18, 2012.

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 7:34 pm
I REPEAT MY PREVIOUS COMMENT:

WHAT a Beautiful ANIMAL
and
WHAT a Beautiful BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday February 21, 2012, 10:31 pm
Petitions signed! Ditto to Michael C!!

Wednesday February 22, 2012, 10:35 am
Have Noted and Signed petitions. Thank you.

Wednesday February 22, 2012, 11:05 am
Have noted and signed petitions as well. Thanks Marilynn

Wednesday February 22, 2012, 3:04 pm
N'd and already signed both petitions, Thanks Marilynn.

Comment left on petitions and on articles...
TIME TO GET SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLLY CARES ABOUT WILDLIFE!! This is Unacceptable/Excuse-less!What/who is he trying to prove something to,in the name of a sport.If you really need something to entertain yourself or prove something with so bad,do a real sport that actually shows skill not just appalling need to ends somethings life,can't you find better ways to use your money,like on something that might make a positive difference!This is sad,we humans are so ungrateful for what we have,and a distorted sense that we're entitled to do what ever we want to any other living thing just horrifies me,where do we get off disregarding everything and anything living thing around us,such shameful,undeserving the human species can be!STOP KILLING!

Wednesday February 22, 2012, 3:15 pm
SORRY THANKS MARIA!!!!! WAS reading and am physically sickened by this and wrote name of one I had read..a little shaken by the hypocrisy of this!! Thank You again Maria for getting this out!!

Thursday February 23, 2012, 6:43 am
already signed ty Maria

Thursday February 23, 2012, 9:36 pm
You shouldn't give up because Cher started her own petition. Sometimes petitions take time to catch on.

Thursday February 23, 2012, 11:59 pm
That photo is obscene. Often times animal abusers will post to sites like Care2, where they know the majority of us will be shocked. it gets them off.

Care2, please get rid of this photo. Plz & thx

Spooks

Thursday March 1, 2012, 12:47 am
Signed both and other petitions on this and also sent email. Thanks for the post.