Some limp-wristed San Francisco Bunny-hugger found our SCI Chapter website address and sent us this message. Too bad all the nice purple and pink text formatting in his messages didn't copy over. It was real pretty!



He has decided that he and the "Small Saviours" of the world are going to rescue the planet's animals from the big, bad SCI and NRA Bogeymen.



He's probably a pedophile vegan drag queen who loves miniature poodles and impersonates Cher at a Castro District "Boy's Club."



Let's hope he doesn't recruit Michael Jackson to lead the "Small Saviors" into battle, then we'll really be screwed!



Thought you might get a laugh or two out of his rantings and ravings.



Just to put what follows in perspective, here is the fruitcake's Biography:





Para el amor de toda vida en la Tierra Contact



One-Line Bio

I am a novice in the study of life on earth



Biography

Experiences: Lived/Worked in New York, Singapore, Portugal, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Hong Kong, and others places. Stayed with an Iranian Family for one year and learned how to make delicious lentil-based sauces. Lived with a Vietnamese family the next year, surprisingly they did not once prepare a bowl of their famous soup noodles



Reading Habits: I begin reading a book by flipping open to the middle, then work my way back to the beginning, and if the author�s creation is above decent I will go on to read the conclusion



If you have any questions, please write me piggyrose99@yahoo.com or rourkacha@yahoo.com



Interests

Kayaking in the sea and sloughs http://www.elkhornslough.org/ with sea otters and seals, square-dancing with black bears in the forests and mountains, kissing pigs on the nose, and hugging even the ugliest of hogs





Wasn't that just PRECIOUS!



Based on his Biography, Bryon is obviously an authority on worldwide wildlife biology. After all, he has square-danced with bears and kissed pigs on the nose!





Here's what our little buddy Byron had to say:





Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:25:48 -0700 (PDT)

From: "Byron L Rourkacha, Sf Bay" <brourkacha@yahoo.com> Add to Address Book

Subject: Story of the "Small Saviors of all Wildlife International"

To: "Gray Thornton" <gray@biggame.org>

CC: hshugerman@feldinc.com, gunworks@intrex.net, patty@markofer.com, work@safariclub.org, smurphy@safariclub.org, gcashin@juno.com, billp@columbia-center.org, scilowcountry@yahoo.com, dbrown@safariclub.org, bwall@sci-dc.org, groots@nra.org, cf@conservationforce.org, toodg@infocision.com, envsubset@epamail.epa.gov, Davesplace1@aol.com, admin@nramemberscouncils.com, info@safaribwana.com, jeromeandlinda@onvoymail.com, MuteSwanEA@fws.gov



RE: STOP HUNTING FORUM



http://libertynovember.typepad.com/dogging_the_hogs_no_more/



Dear Gray Thornton, Members of Safari Club International, Steve �the swan butcher� Williams, and Animal Friends:



Picture if you will all of us as special guests attending an event catered to children at the world�s grandest auditorium, wherever that may be. Children from every nation, tribe, and ethnicity attend: Nepalese, Slovakian, Mong, Canadian, Libyan, Cuban, Scottish, American, Chilean, French, Inuit, Cambodian, Brazilian, Romanian, and so on. The children aren�t sure what to expect at the event, but naturally they are boisterous, inquisitive, shy, some frolic joyously while others mingle around our convention booths. For instance, my convention booth is decorated with heartwarming stories , beautiful creatures , and curious faces , and I have a blast teaching them about animals that interest them. My booth is appropriately named, ALL LIFE COEXISTANCE (Earth 1A) Excluded of course are chapters about guns, bows, arrows, brainshots, fearsome warthogs, raging cape buffalo, killer kangaroo, and other funny fables about �all hell breaking loose� around every endangered eco-corner of the world that �brave� Safari Club elititists pay tens of thousands of dollars to indulge in murderous delight and destruction.



Just good stuff at my booth that makes all the children very very happy.



On the other hand is Safari Club�s booth that exposes what its clients do to wildlife in China and Mongolia, in France, in Alaska, in Argentina, and many other places. There is only unhappy stuff at SCI�s booth that makes all the children exceedingly sad.



Seeing that the children are frightened by their smiling faces and bloody trophy photos , Safari Club opts to switch to its misinformation about conservation and murdering "endangered" wildlife for a "humanitarian" cause gibberish . The children think about it for a short time before coming to a unanimous verdict: Even if a small percentage of the hundreds of thousands of dollars Safari Club uses to payoff local officials around the world somehow finds way to good use, the trail of animal blood and ruined lives of creatures and their families cannot be reversed nor the inexcusable acts of evil. Hence, we do not recognize SCI�s �humanitarian� and �conservation� efforts as genuine or heartfelt, instead they are merciless and brutal.



Mr. Thornton, I followed your advise and did some more research on the �contributions of well regulated sport hunting for wildlife� and discovered the following:



The sad truth & sickness of Safari Club International Trophy Hunting :-( - �Every year tens of thousands of wild animals, representing hundreds of different species, are killed by American trophy hunters in foreign countries. The heads, hides, tusks, and other body parts of most of these animals are legally imported to the United States by the hunters� Read more



How Safari Club International Works :-D - �It's a perverse and destructive subculture ---Thousands of animals suffer and die for the amusement of wealthy elites who have the means to pursue any form of recreation, but choose to shoot the world's rarest and most beautiful animals. There's no societal value to the exercise, just a selfish all-consuming mentality of killing, collecting, and showing off trophies. They know the price of every animal, but the value of none" Read more



And children do their research about SCI duplicity too, wandering around the convention center they form opinions about the nice people and SCI smut peddlers. Fortunately, by the end of the day most children appear to be lining up in and around my booth and other animal friend booths. Long after the event takes place I return to the grand auditorium with surviving friends. We�re astonished to find there are no children or big people, just a large stone slab and giant colorful mural . There are a few words etched in the stone slab for all to read:



To: Safari Club & the Hunters



RE: in memory of your mass Cruelties



We the earth�s children, defenders of all life, wild or tame, are proud to announce our push to eradicate hunting and promote wildlife conservation worldwide has succeeded by 100%! All people have decided that all life shall be deemed equal forevermore. Yippee! Hurray!



Your small friends,

SSWI

Small Saviors of all Wildlife International

Global / Worldwide (Tame life included)



Thanks so much for all your support and suggestions. Please continue to write me and post comments on the forum - http://libertynovember.typepad.com/dogging_the_hogs_no_more/



Have a great evening!



Byron



Sf Bay



Gray Thornton <gray@biggame.org> wrote:



Dear Mr. Rourkacha,



Please do a little more research on the contributions of well regulated sport hunting for wildlife and the people in Africa before writing your possibly well meaning but completely misguided drivel. You might wish to compare wildlife population numbers in South Africa today vs. 100 years ago. You also may wish to research how the white rhino population was increased from near extinction 90 years ago using privatization and your despised sport hunting to bring it back from the brink. It is tragic that folks like you will allow the black rhino to become extinct before using the same tools that worked used for white rhino.



"Preservation" (vs. conservation) and your other feel good suggestions are luxuries only westerners enjoy. Explain your views to an indigenous African who is prevented from utilizing wildlife so white westerners can drive through a national park, take photos from the comfort of a Land Cruiser while staying at a 5 star resort and say they "have experienced wild Africa" and you will be quickly schooled.



Daisy eyed dreamers in Berkeley may follow you, but scientists and the learned who understand the real problems and issues facing wildlife in Africa and elsewhere laugh at your naivety. I've been to Africa 15 times and work hand in hand with white and black Africans to enhance both their lives and Africa's glorious wildlife resources.



Mr. Rourkacha, please also use spell check. I know I may not be hip to the chat room way of internet speak but misspelling "wildlife" lessons your credibility when writing of same.



Thank you,



Gray N. Thornton, Executive Director

Dallas Safari Club

-----Original Message-----

From: Byron L Rourkacha, Sf Bay [mailto:brourkacha@yahoo.com]

Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:57 PM

To: info@biggame.org

Cc: greatbayoutftrs@aol.com; kristie@idausa.org; paul@cdfe.org; cmurrell@nwtf.net; seaducks@adelphia.net; MEATSTINKS@aol.com; rsgargan@aol.com; alancaruba@cdfe.org; info@cfact.org; mbloomberg@cityhall.nyc.gov; contact@ecoNOT.com; bruce@stringworks.net; tpowers@nwtf.net; Sharkintl@aol.com; info@uan.org; dhentz@nwtf.net; campaigns@buav.org; ron@cdfe.org; unclewolf@olypen.com; mharling@nwtf.net; bsultan@brokerageamerica.com

Subject: Lifetime Passport to Life on Earth and End to Sport Hunting



http://libertynovember.typepad.com/dogging_the_hogs_no_more/2004/06/peaceful_coexis.html#comments (Stop Sport Hunting Forum)



Lifetime Passport to Life on Earth and End to Sport Hunting



Dear Wildlife Defenders & Sport Hunters,



If it is our intention to protect earth�s remaining wildlife we must act now to put an end to duplicitous organizations such as Safari Club International http://www.scifirstforhunters.org/ and similar institutions that sustain sport hunting. On one hand they claim to be at the helm of modern-day conservation, and yet their basic modus operandi is to destroy the same life they say they protect. Why should the majority feel obligated to plead with Safari Club to stop hunting when the majority has the power to enact laws and stand between hunters and prey preventing further degradation of wildlife. Chomsky[1] said something along the lines that it is futile to try and rationalize with evildoers since they already know what they do is wrong. I think this supposition is right.



The enactment of an international �No Sport Hunting� law would be an essential tool for stopping the eradication of wildlife. Sport hunters can only hide behind their flimsy �wildlife is abundant� guises for so long before the truth is revealed. Breeding creatures in captivity with the intention of selling them as hunting commodities where otherwise they would be extinct has nothing to do with conservation or wildlife management. I agree with Matthew Scully�s observation on this: A species like the elephant would be better off extinct if the only life mankind allows for it is to be sold to hunting outfits and shot. This sort of cacophony has sparked the ire of the Stop Hunting Movement (SHM) and only makes the case against hunting stronger. It�s good to see the hunters on the run for a change, constantly having to rethink their propaganda tactics and pleading about how their mass killing is righteous



Wildlife is not an inanimate object like wheat strands to be �harvested�. Animals are living-breathing-emotional beings that deserve the same life and dignity people demand for themselves. Wildlife defenders have utilized the most effective tools, their wits and perseverance have been effectively used to summon others to join the cause of saving our planet. They fight without resorting to guns and violence �methods of the hunters. Guns have proven time and time again to be a useless tool and futile endeavor. Look at the track record of guns since their inception and easily discerned they are no more than a disease that has plagued societies, similar to bubonic plague of the 14th century or America of today.



Take Gary Bogner for example, President of SCI, I consider him to be one of the primary hosts of this infection. To cure himself of this malignancy Bogner need only call off the hunts and put down his rifle. Then he might realize that peaceful coexistence between creatures is not only fruitful, but a better and genuine way of Conservation



To my mind Africa�s land and wildlife http://www.hedweb.com/animimag/elepbmud.htm is like a paradise that offers immeasurable bliss. When we see the beautiful faces and awkward postures it makes us laugh and smile. Witnessing its family structures and love reminds us of our own shortcomings and the voids we should be concentrating on.



The finest definition of �conservationist� I have read is written by Daniel Imhoff:



I am a conservationist & a farmer, a wilderness advocate and an agrarian. I am in favor of the world�s wilderness, not only because I like it, but because I think it is necessary to the world�s life & to our own. For the same reason, I want to preserve the natural health & integrity of the world�s economic landscapes, which is to say that I want the world�s farmers, ranchers, & foresters to live in stable, locally adapted, resource preserving communities, & I want them to thrive.



Together we can achieve this conservation.



At life�s Service,



Byron L Rourkacha



San Francisco Bay



http://libertynovember.typepad.com/dogging_the_hogs_no_more/2004/06/peaceful_coexis.html#comments (Stop Sport Hunting Forum)



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For a real ROFLMAO experience; go to his "Stop Sport Hunting" chat room at the link above.



You might want to send him a little message while you're there.

Mark,

He is also sending such email to outfitters in Africa, apparently he uses Google (or another search engine) to find websites and then to collect email addresses.

He has several ways of portraying himself and his connection to mother nature. I called him on his claim to be a Sioux War Chief, and he backed off on that. The common thread is an absence of logic and a plethora of ARF verbage.

jim

Mr. Thornton has made a very appropriate response to an ill-informed and ignorant post, but if he has to resort to pointing out spelling errors he should make sure that he doesn't do the same thing, especially in the same sentence that he mentions the error in.

"Mr. Rourkacha, please also use spell check. I know I may not be hip to the chat room way of internet speak but misspelling "wildlife" lessons your credibility when writing of same."

The correct word/spelling is lessens, not lessons.