European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes James j. I Patrick there s nothing right about illegal Hunting on a Cool Day in january 1988, professional guides associated with a shooting resort near Sabinc pass Texas arranged a Goose hum. Their j600-a-Day clients were three Good of boys named Standish Kun Cir and Patterson. Unknown to the guides the three were special agents of the . Fish and wildlife sen ice they had a bloody Good Lime. On Jan. 22, firing three separate volleys this group killed 204 a Csc. The next Day they went to a different site. This time in two volleys the group shot 176 geese. Says the government laconically this was in excess of he daily bag the charges Are contained in he government s on Volley of indictments and criminal information against roughly 200 individuals and guide services. The accusations made Public dec. I a climaxed a three year under cover operation in Texas. If convicted the defendants face fines ranging up to �250,000 and imprisonment up to five years. Twenty seven of the defendants will go 10 court on felony charges. True sportsmen and conservationists will Hail the investigation with warm applause. The government must prove its Case of course but the very act of filing charges should be a Strong deterrent against Hunters and guides who Coffat Laws protecting migratory Birds. Under the Law ducks and a Csc May be taken Only season and Only subject to daily limits bul the do William Safire find and in these cases Are charged with ignoring the endow season and with flouting the daily limits. The Law says thai in certain areas Only steel shot May be used geese end to Swallow Lead shot and to die of poisoning but some of these defendants used Lead shot anyhow. The Law lays Down strict rules on tagging the Law requires Hunters to make an a flirt to retrieve crippled Birds the Law forbids rallying or stirring up Birds at rest the Law prohibits electronic callers the Law bans baiting the Law restricts the Sale of ducks and a Csc. The government charges that All these Laws were violated wholesale i Texas. A common theme runs through the indictments utter contempt for the Law. One professional guide is charged with encouraging his clip is to ignore bag limits. Just keep shooting he instructed them. Another guide boasted that he had purchased a ton of wheat As bail. Other guides used airboat to Herd flocks of ducks to Ward the waiting guns. In one instance so Many dead ducks piled up that guides used the names of heir own children on official lags time after Lime excess Duck were simply thrown away. Most revolting if True Are charges that some. Professionals the very persons who should be role models of sportsmanship were not Content with kill ing ducks and geese. They casually shot herons Golden plovers belled kingfishers mildew and Rcd failed Hawks. All these arc on the protected list. How could anyone. Just for the fun of it kill an ibis one guide unwittingly lot special agent Nando Mauldin wherever i think we re going to Slaughter the Birds that s where Well except for a few species a Csc arc in no danger of going the Way of the passenger Pigeon. Their Popula Tion seems to be holding steady. It is a different Story Wilh ducks. The Breeding population of he Northern Pintail in 19eb is the second lowest on record 54 per cent below the average for 195s-s7. The Blue winged Leal has declined 25 percent below average. In 1958 a wildlife census found a Breeding population of nearly 13 million mallards that number has dropped by half. To be sure these declines May be attributed Only in Small part to the Lawless conduct of pseudo sportsmen most of the problem stems from draught in Breeding grounds. Some of it probably is owing to highly toxic pesticides and herbicides. Even so the bang bang boys who shoot for simple Slaughter cannot be condoned and their cynical guides ought to be run out of business. None of this is to condemn Hunting As such. It is he oldest of All sports it brings millions of americans n Little closer to nature in leaches the proper use of fire arms and for countless families Hunting provides an important source of food nothing b wrong with lawful Hunting. The other kind the kind described in these indictments nothing whatever is right about it. Peml s . Should t lean on Israel too heavily ral theorist please stand up speaking of a co Iii in the end our unrelenting pressure including individual group and state terrorism. We want ducking and dodging and waffling did not work. Tor 13 years the United states has required the three Yessis i the renunciation of terrorism in unambiguous terms is in the sentence quoted Zdovc and not bracketed by weakening allusions 2 the embrace of , Resolution 242, without tucking it into other . Resolutions that denounced zionism As racism and vitiated its effect and 3 the unequivocal recognition of Israel s right to exist. For weeks the Plo Leader had been try ing to entice the departing Reagan administration into talks with half concessions and phony Yosses Secretary of state George Shultz was not having any of thai others from Margaret Thatcher to a group of dovish jewish Citi Zens of the ., read the murky Arafat Lea leaves and saw what they wanted to Sec but the Reagan administration to its credit and credibility demanded straight think the key in forcing the Loleader to act was the denial of his visa id the . Thai was an brought almost Universal denunciation upon Shutlz s head but one that carried More weight than any form of cajoling or per suasion. visa denial said in no Uncertain tonns thai Arafat could gain the support of the rest of the world with his evasions and ambiguities but the , at least in this administration would keep its word wit the israelis. Thirteen cais ago Secretary of state Henry Kissinger agreed to remain aloof from the Plo until the Yessis were said and the israelis paid for our support wit major concessions of their own. During the Carter years . Representative Andrew Young broke the agreement and the .government reaffirmed it by picking up the errant Delegate s resignation. The anti-. Decision to receive Arafat in Geneva satisfied Arab and third world diplomats but delivered no goods to Cheplo the thunderous applause at the appearance of the Plo Leader even before fit spoke meant nothing As Well because in underscored the , determination to stick toils agreement. On the very Day that Arafat broke or saw the Light president elect George Bush was reiterating the need for the unequivocal three messes. That proves there is something to be said for . Consistency and reminds us that when we arc out of step with the rest of the world the res of the world May be wrong. Two questions arise. First can any terrorist acts Are taken against israelis he will disown them and blame them on errant factions Over which he has no control. That May be True or May be his cosy out but he cannot be allowed to talk and terrorize1, to be Worth talking to he has to be Able to deliver his organization. Docs this mean that the , will now put the heal on the israeli government to Deal direct Wilh the Plo not yet implied Shultz who was walking on eggs during his prime time announcement. Of course it docs. Arafat knew that the key to pressuring Israel to giving up most of the West Bank was the us., and the key . Jewry and other supporters of Israel Here Wasan individual named Georg Shultz. We May disagree with Shults on tac tics and in 1982, he really put his foot in i bul nobody doubts his integrity and Dedica Tion to the Security of our Only democratic ally in the Middle East. However Istook a Long Long Lime forthe Arab world to reach this Point which is still a Long Long Way from the solution. A c must not expect Israel to Roll Over handover Jerusalem and permit the establish ment of a soviet client at its Throat. Israel s major panics have finally agreed on formation of a coalition govern ment with liked s Yitzhak Shamir and Moshe Arens As prime minister and for eign Secretary with labor s Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Perei As defense and finance. Ministers respectively. Of these men Are now expected to designate a commission to recommend a re form of elections that will Avert once an for All a tyranny of the minority. At thai time israelis can vote again to choose a government to Chart a direction for the territories. I --v1. This breakthrough comes As a result of a certain steadiness and years of patience americans should not now tolerate a heavy hand on the israelis to act precipitately. Their lives arc at stake. Once the new . And Israel governments arc in place and not before Well Sec what the next step should be
