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And here’s the brief, impassioned polemic I delivered to the 100 or so (mostly speciesist and anthropocentric) Johnson County residents, local media, professional hunters, law enforcement officers, and park board members during the public commentary period of the 6/17/09 meeting at which the board decided to “whach ‘em and stack ‘em:”
As the “staff recommendations for deer management” on your website made it readily apparent, the “powers that be” of Johnson County intend to reduce the deer herd in Shawnee Mission Park by lethal means, a euphemistic way of saying you’re going to slaughter defenseless, voiceless, sentient beings. So I simply want to deliver a brief prepared statement on behalf of the deer.
I am Jason Miller, home-owner and resident of Johnson County. I am also the founder and senior editor of Thomas Paine’s Corner and am one of four press officers for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office. Today I am ashamed to be a resident of this county. I offered my time, labor, and money to help employ non-lethal means to manage the deer over-population problem, and I’m certain that many other residents would join me, given the opportunity.
Yet instead, you’re planning on allowing sharpshooters and archers to descend upon Shawnee Mission Park. Shall we erect bleachers so our children can enjoy this brutal spectacle–a bloody annihilation of sentient beings? And since you’re addressing the deer over-population with bullets and arrows, on days when the dog trail becomes “over-populated”, will you employ lethal means to cull the canine pack? Or on days when our park becomes over-crowded with people will you send in a SWAT team to “thin the herd?”
Remember, deer feel pain, anguish, and terror, just as our companion animals do and just as we do.
Food for thought as you prepare for this cruel and unnecessary slaughter.
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Shortly after which the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners approved the Staff Recommendations for Deer Management within the Greater Shawnee Mission Park Area, which you can read here:
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Finally, while we’re preparing to gun down a large number of “problematic” sentient beings, why not modify the “deer management” scheme a bit and eradicate some additional “blights on the prosperity and racial homogeneity” of the largely moneyed and white Johnson County?
Staff Recommendations for Human Management within the Greater Johnson County Area
Approved by the Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners on June 17, 2009
Note: As the Johnson County Parks and Recreation District is responsible for managing biodiversity and resources, and the current human over-population crisis involves both an over-diversification of the population and a strain on socioeconomic resources so great that the racial continuity and affluence of Johnson County are under siege, the JCPRD has been charged with culling the human population to an acceptable level in terms of number and demographics.
Following the Committee of the Whole meeting on the District’s Biodiversity Policy and Resource Management Plan on May 13, 2009, and a subsequent Board Meeting discussion regarding the planning process on May 20, 2009, District staff has developed the recommendations summarized in this report related to human herd reduction within the 480 square mile Greater Shawnee Mission Area. Of all the options that have been reviewed, staff considers its proposed strategies to be the most viable for the District’s current and specific management needs.
The recommendations are based on input from a variety of experts, as well as experiences shared by several other groups and entities that have dealt with similar situations, including Nazi Germany and Zionist Israel. The recommendations are supported, in part, by a number of studies, including the 2000 US Census and subsequent updates. Those studies indicate that the population density is 946 people per square mile, nearly seven times the normal white, Republican, upper-middle class to upper class, gated subdivision-dwelling elite we might expect to find in this “wealthy” part of the state.
