Sarah Palin on Discovery?
Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife
Can you believe it?
Discovery Communications -- the parent company of The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and others, and known for their wildlife-focused programs -- is planning to produce an 8-part TV show on Sarah Palin’s Alaska!
Discovery says it regards Palin as being “one of [Alaska’s] proudest daughters.”
Never mind that the former governor was an unabashed champion of Alaska’s brutal and bloody aerial wolf-slaughter program. According to reports, she’ll earn about $1 million per episode from the nature-focused series.
Sarah Palin’s Alaska is a “reality TV” show that aims to showcase the “powerful beauty of Alaska,” according to Discovery’s TLC website.
But the real Sarah Palin’s Alaska is an ugly reality. As governor for only two-and-a-half years, Sarah Palin escalated a bloody aerial wolf-slaughter campaign that continues to this very day. She even planned to offer a $150 bounty for the severed forelimb of each killed wolf.
Palin also fought against increased protections for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales and America’s dwindling populations of polar bears.
It seems ironic that Sarah Palin will now earn millions hosting a nature show after spending years fighting against Alaska's natural heritage!
It’s surprising that Discovery Communications, parent company of such cable television channels as Animal Planet, The Discovery Channel and TLC -- and known for their stunning wildlife-focused shows -- would chose to embrace such a controversial and anti-wildlife persona as Sarah Palin.
Please join me in calling on Discovery Communications to drop Sarah Palin’s new show.
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Sincerely,
Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife |
P.S. Please tell Discovery to drop Sarah Palin’s show today. Then forward this email on to at least four friends to help us reach 100,000 signatures!
As governor, Sarah Palin championed a bloody aerial wolf-slaughter that continues to this day. Now she’s aiming to reach millions with her view of Alaska and its outdoors.
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