Preservation of America's Wildlife

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  • Hey Ma, It Ain’t the Old West Anymore, It’s Subsidized Corruption

    John Cox, M.A. C/M

    “When do we say, “Enough is Enough! Stop the Corruption?”

    The Oregon Cattleman’s Association pushed a bill through (2024 – 2025) the State, to pay up to $25,000 additional, for Wolf Kills, in the State, of cattle. This in addition to other State & Federal Subsidies, already a priority to them, and in the $-Millions yearly (i.e. USDA & DOI Statistics 2000 to 2025).

    It’s about time a few questions be answered, in the matters of . . . Rather than the obligatory and misinformed, “We’re feeding the World” and it’s “Our Heritage and Right to do it however we do it.” We have evolved, and things have changed. Necessities have changed. And the use of Our Public Lands to run Commercialized Livestock, has changed, tremendously.

    The Wolf-Kills, a small in comparison to many Rancher’s neglect of livestock and bad management, is an astounding ratio of — Rancher Fault/Neglect “to” Wolf Kills, a statistical-ratio of 2,318 to .002 (statistical data gathered from data obtained from the USDA/DOI/BLM as Cattle-Death by Rancher Negligence to supposed proven Wolf Kills 2015 to 2025 via Rambet PhD Data Scientist – Biostatistics) — This is costly to taxpayers, especially when combined with destroyed State and Federal Lands at taxpayer expense (i.e. Desertfied Lands now at 84% Soil turned to Dust, in reality). Yet, ignored in total.

    One again we see the cattle industry obtain taxpayer money, unnecessarily, when simple and responsible management (if their land was at issue, et al. or their bank account) could have been accomplished, via common sense. But they call it subsidies, or ??? — But we have serious questions . . . And we demand Transparency, more than ever before in Our Nations History.

    CASE IN POINT: We asked a legitimate question, “Did the cattlemen caught red-handed turning in non-related Cattle-Deaths as Wolf Kills (in this case, Hides from cattle frozen to death while being turned-out in the winter months into the mountains of Eastern Oregon, died from Winter Freeze, well documented and proven in Court), pay back the money they stole from Oregon State Taxpayer’s previously. After all, the Courts in Oregon Ordered it all to be paid back? Up to this point in time, no record shows it being paid-back what so ever — One Rancher in Eastern Oregon caught (in the example above), and owes the State $480,000.00. This is close to what the others owe, but the most extreme. This Rancher still receives your taxpayer money as a subsidy, and obtains & maintains large profits today, yearly.

    Interesting. Our Public Lands being destroyed, SACRIFICED IN REALITY, to the point of unusable!

    Truthfully, for a 1.6% overall production of domestic beef Product & Sales in the United States from the Public Lands Grazing Permit Program (i.e. the 11 Western States, so Oregon Public Lands Beef not on any scale of concern toward beef production, nor “feeding the world”), we find the corruption far more serious, than any type of necessity toward “Feeding the World” so they say — to coverup the corruption.

    Yearly throw-away of beef products is anywhere from 18% to 24%, and higher in previous years. So the small amount of beef that comes from Public Lands (i.e. Grazing Permit Program) is not even on the “usable-beef” radar!

    For many years now, the Ranching Community has been using the Wolves, and Wild Horses as Scape-Goats, to coverup the destruction that a serious overpopulation of Cattle generate Yearly.

    Obvious, the necessity of Transparency, and the neglect of Regulatory Measures to prevent such destructive situations, are ignored by government agencies, as legal remedies exist, but never used — Yes, the Responsibility to Over-See the expenditures of Government Tax Paid Money, simply, not accomplished.

    And yet, taxpayers pay for Ranchers’ underline costs, often at 100%, to do daily ranching business. Yes, Taxpayer’s, cover their operational costs, on both their private lands and cattle, and their excess cattle on Public Lands . . . When we look at the yearly profit margins for these inappropriately managed businesses (Rambet PhD, BioStatitician, et al.), we see the Cattle Industry in Oregon for example, i.e. Federal Ranching Subsidies Programs, blatantly corrupted.

    In this article, not included, is how Rancher’s Nationwide will use “Drought Situations” Falsely, to collect Insurance money. Some are honest, but a high percentage of Rancher’s are not. The same with Flood Damage. . .

    The Reality — Commercial Ranchers run their Cattle on Public Lands — via a Public Lands Grazing Permit. We observe their entire commercialized effort, as well. We find, through observation combined with statistical-data, precisely, the “overpopulated cattle” from their land, run on Public Lands — simply destroys Public Land, rather than their land. And this is what they call, “Livestock Management.”

    Combined, their entire operation is taxpayer-supported . . . With little to no attributes toward Transparency of this situation . . . Nor any type of regulatory situations to safeguard taxpayers against Corrupt Behaviors. How nice — For Them Anyway.

    We call it “Organized-Mooching”, and yet, all the more the Taxpayers of this State have to Sacrifice, for politics and corrupted industries; in which, we always have to cover via taxpayer money, and make believe everything is okay.

    What is needed? More regulatory guidance toward Ranching Management, and oversight to create an honest industry; rather than, keep paying for corruption, and different ways to go about it.

    America’s Wildlife as well as American Taxpayer’s, first and foremost the priority. Industry like the Cattle Business, is not a priority here in this State, as Public Lands Grazing Permit Programs simply do not supply enough products to be subsidized what so ever. The fact is, taxpayers ultimately pay for their entire operation (on their Private Lands as well), in quite a few circumstances.

    We see greater needs for taxpayer money, other than giving subsidy money to them. Business needs to be separate from government, precisely. A system where government and big business partner for mutual profit is called Corporatism — which is a key part of Fascism.

    For example, we need to feed people in our state, and the beef products we subsidize, simply not being produced within enough quantity, to do so — their statistics are straight up lies most often, commercialized jargon and disinformation campaigns — as the industry simply too corrupted, and does not uphold integrity as any type of motivation to accomplish independence from government subsidies.” — John Cox, M.A. C/M

  • Conflicts with the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation

    John Cox – M.A. C/M

    North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, when studies, and references perused and checked, has no science nor statistics based within any reality complex in our Wilderness and Forests — a very shallow document, commercialized rather than reality management = more Advertising types of Propaganda.

    Certainly, more of a pretend piece of rhetoric, that conflicts with common humane ethics, as well as responsible conduct, which neglects, abusively in many instances, Wildlife and Lands Management to be accomplished within a positive process.

    The model over-emphasizes game species and fails to adequately address non-game species conservation, though it technically covers them, falsely, as their science does not, nor ever has backed the conclusions of the model.

    They like to say a decline in the number of hunters threatens the primary funding mechanism, but we can find no evidence of such — and the rhetoric about Hunter / Trapper situations funding, in totality, simply a lie. We find through perusing Fish and Wildlife State Budgets, and the Federal Budgets, and the government Lands and Wild Agencies Budget, to have little to no funding from Hunters / Trappers, et al. directly.

    While wildlife is held in trust, the public has limited input compared to special interest groups (e.g., hunting lobbies, ranching lobbies, fishing lobbies, trapper lobbies). Here, we see the inequity of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation model itself, generally protects the very-people that it was designed to protect Wildlife and Lands Management from. Lobby interests do not serve America, nor the general population of Taxpayers — but rather, a select few situations of Profit-Based lobby efforts, that conflicts with the majority of American Rights.

    The seven pillars (sometimes called “seven sisters”) are not as deeply rooted in history as proponents claim, and the model is actually more of a 20th-century creation — That myth and heritage is nothing more than rhetoric, to excuse those who commit atrocities upon our Public Lands, and forced upon Wildlife, as well. It is where Heritage and myth, conclusively combine into a conflicting tale of lies, innuendo, and abusive actions toward Wildlife, in reality, nothing more than mental-dysfunction, or Psychotic Behaviors unacceptable within a Humane Society.


    Privileging Game Hunting: The model serves to justify hunting, with management agencies prioritizing game animals (deer, elk) and predator control to enhance hunting opportunities, rather than, ecosystem health.

    Marginalizing Non-Hunters: It fails to include non-hunting conservationists, indigenous groups, and minority voices, focusing largely on the history of sportsman-led conservation (this type of conservation questionable, at best).

    Inadequate Predator Management: It supports the elimination of predators to increase game populations. This is in direct conflict with credible science, and Predators being a significant part of Ecological Habitat Health and Sustainability.

    Neglecting Non-Game Species: Agencies often focus disproportionately on taxa valued by hunters and pay less attention to threatened, endangered, or non-game wildlife.

    Questionable “Legitimate” Killing: The tenet “wildlife can only be killed for legitimate purposes” is contentious, with critics saying it allows for trophy hunting and the killing of predators as “vermin”.

    Limited Scientific Scope: Awkwardly, science is not always the primary driver in setting policies, which can be heavily influenced by political agendas or hunting lobbies.

    Neglect of Modern Biodiversity Issues: One direct circumstance, very negative to both Wildlife and Lands Management, is the fact it does not adapt to 21st-century issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, and invasive species, focusing instead on traditional game management . . . Avoidance of these issues, ignorance, bigotry, and hate, combined with psychotic behaviors, are not tools for science, but rather, to be avoided.

    We find the Paradigm of The American Model of Wildlife Conservation to be flawed, and nothing more than common rhetoric. Fortunately, Conservation is much more than this model can provide, in truth. We find the Desertification of Lands toward positive growth, as well as much of our Nations Wildlife that is sacrificed, all the while promoting this dysfunctional model of Conservation, to be distasteful, and simply common and shallow words. . .

    (Filed 3-27-2026)