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U.N. CONFERENCE PUSHES ANTI-HUNTING \u2018MEATLESS\u2019 AGENDA TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE<\/a><\/p>\n

Leaders of the world\u2019s developed and undeveloped countries are gathering in Dubai for the 28th<\/sup>\u00a0U.N. Convention of Parties (COP28) on climate action. It\u2019s a global confab for privileged leaders to fly their private jets around the world \u2013 including Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry \u2013 to meet and talk about \u201cclimate science.\u201d<\/p>\n

But anti-hunting, animal rights activists are piling on the climate agenda this year with major efforts to force developed countries to cut back on burgers and steaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world\u2019s most-developed nations will be told to curb their excessive appetite for meat as part of the first comprehensive plan to bring the global agrifood industry into line with the Paris climate agreement,\u201d Bloomberg\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Coincidentally, that\u2019s the same media company owned by the billionaire gun control piggy bank and failed presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

U.S. officials should tell U.N. officials to pound sand. It\u2019s a backwards and laughable proposal for many reasons. Such an effort would end up penalizing America\u2019s millions of hunters. And that, consequently, would harm many more millions of less fortunate families in need of good, healthy meals \u2013 especially during the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Meatless Mandate Manure<\/h4>\n

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The anti-meat push from the U.N.\u2019s Food & Agriculture Organization won\u2019t do much of anything towards \u201cclimate goals.\u201d The scheme calls for developed nations to greatly reduce meat consumption and agribusiness, while encouraging developing countries to dramatically ramp up theirs. The net between those opposing efforts would do little globally.<\/p>\n

Mandating reductions in meat consumption here at home would have a big impact, though. Despite the pleas today by animal rights activists for Americans to go the meatless route, the vast majority of Americans don\u2019t. According to the\u00a0data<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0used by the U.N.\u2019s food agency, the average American consumes 280 pounds of meat each year. The U.N. commission recommends people consume no more than 35 pounds of meat per year.<\/p>\n

The push on the global stage to go meatless isn\u2019t so far-fetched to believe political leaders in the U.S. could begin passing similar proposals. After all, the Baltimore School District became the first school district in the nation to\u00a0implement<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cMeatless Mondays\u201d for school lunches back in 2009. That move garnered the praise of the rabid anti-hunting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and was based on studies from the antigun Johns Hopkins University. Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio\u00a0followed suit<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 2019. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2012 began discussing similar plans and the idea has percolated so much that U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)\u00a0introduced<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0federal legislation in 2021 prohibiting federal agencies from implementing \u201cMeatless Monday\u201d policies.<\/p>\n

These efforts by anti-hunting animal rights groups to dramatically reduce meat consumption have persisted for years, mostly in the background of policy debates. Recent developments in the U.S. and the prominence of the issue at this year\u2019s U.N. meeting show there\u2019s cause for greater vigilance from America\u2019s hunting community.<\/p>\n

Laughable Litigation<\/h4>\n

Earlier this year, the city of Ojai, Calif., became the first municipality in the country to pass a\u00a0\u00a0resolution<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0declaring that elephants aren\u2019t just animals and instead deserve \u201cthe legal rights of a nonhuman animal.\u201d It was a victory for the Non-human Rights Project (NhRP) after several years of pursuing similar litigation against zoos in both New York City and Colorado. After passing their resolution, Ojai City Councilwoman Leslie Rule declared, \u201cIt isn\u2019t a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, NhRP failed in several previous attempts to get \u201cpersonhood\u201d rights for animals, namely elephants, under the care of zookeepers. In 2022, New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore rejected the groups lawsuit against the Bronx Zoo, writing, \u201cHabeas corpus is a procedural vehicle intended to secure the liberty rights of human beings who are unlawfully restrained, not nonhuman animals.\u201d Judge Jenny Rivera piled on too, asking about Happy the elephant that is well cared for at the Bronx Zoo. \u201cIf Happy is a person, does that mean that I couldn\u2019t keep a dog? I mean, dogs can memorize words.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a harbinger of what a possible legal victory for NhRP could mean, the New York Farm Bureau\u00a0submitted an amicus brief<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in favor of the Bronx Zoo warning that a ruling in NhRP\u2019s favor could be disastrous. \u201cWorse, if any of those habeas petitions succeed in securing the release or transfer of livestock\u2026 the downstream effects also would be serious.\u201d The floodgate would open for future lawsuits against other zoos. Animal rights groups could sue dairy cow or meat processing operations, pig farms, or chicken or pheasant preserves. Those would also be serious obstacles for hunters harvesting wild game for their freezers and wildlife management biologists that rely on hunting as the primary wildlife conservation management tool.<\/p>\n

Hunters Feeding the Needy<\/h4>\n

It is approaches like the COP28 meat reduction plan that make no sense and in turn only end up harming efforts by America\u2019s hunters to help those in need. While continually under attack by anti-hunting animal rights activists and \u201cclimate science\u201d schemers, hunters generously give back to those families who are less fortunate.<\/p>\n

MeatEater reported on an\u00a0extensive study<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0demonstrating the depths and breadth of America\u2019s hunters helping the hungry in order to \u201creframe debates about the relevance of wild and natural harvests, and understand how they contribute to a stable and equitable food system.\u201d The report breaks down several states respective contributions through programs like Hunters Against Hunger and Hunters for the Hungry, but all told it\u2019s estimated that around\u00a010 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0meals of healthy, high-protein wild game are donated by hunters across the nation every year \u2013 an estimated $70 million of meat donated by generous hunters. A simple\u00a0Google search<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0reveals how much good America\u2019s hunters are already doing this hunting season in states like Indiana, West Virginia, Arkansas, Ohio and more. These highlights are likely nowhere to be found in Dubai.<\/p>\n

Mandating reductions in meat intake by a global organization like the U.N. under the guise of \u201cclimate science\u201d isn\u2019t a serious solution for anything. Especially when the policies are pushed by anti-hunting activists with no connection to the communities American hunters continue to support.<\/p>\n

Hunters harvesting game and generously donating extra food to those in need is uniquely American and should be celebrated and encouraged.<\/p>\n

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