PETA - Air Angel Program

[MikeBjerum]

I came across a PETA program called Air Angel  http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/10/21/hunters-watch-out-peta-s-drones-are-flying.aspx  I read the information and sent them, and I watched their videos.  I then sent them the following email to which I received the later automated response that pretty much tells me they do not care to inform me.

Dear PETA,

As a certified firearms safety instructor, and a certified self defense instructor, I would like you to explain to me how your Air Angel program coexists with the following situations:

1.  Most states have laws in place concerning the harassment of hunters in the field.  Your Air Angel program, as shown in your videos and still, show direct contact with hunters between both the drones and the operators.  What is your policy, and how are the volu4.nteers acting while in the field;

2.  In terms of defensive and personal safety, what is your policy and operating terms concerning how close the drones will be to hunters in the field;

3.  I notice that your volunteers are not wearing blaze orange in the videos or photos.  Are you aware that this is the law and also a fundamental safety item when in the hunting field whether hunting or not;

4.  What is the liability coverage for both PETA and the volunteers in the event they cause property damage, injury or death to a hunting dog, injury or death to a hunter, or damage or loss of personal equipment used by an outdoor participant?

Thank you for receiving my email, and I look forward to your response to my concerns.  Your reply, concerns, and information will be used as a part of my presentations to people of all walks of life enjoying the outdoors in more ways than just hunting and fishing.

Sincerely,

Michael Bjerum, CFSP, Certified Crematory Operator

All of my contact information is here and I hid if from you bunch of prankster kindergartners 

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[mooner]

I would love to see these if I was out hunting any type of bird!

[kmitch200]

Please do not send your question to other PETA e-mail accounts; we will ensure that your message gets to the proper person—duplicated efforts take up time that is vitally needed for our efforts to help animals

Hmmm...wastes valuable time you say?

[tombogan03884]

Should that read "Drones, and their remotely piloted vehicles" ?

[brushmore]

Wait until we get PETR (People for the Ethical Treatment of Robots).  Then they'll start harassing PETA for putting them in harms way.

[Sponsor]

[MikeBjerum]

Should that read "Drones, and their remotely piloted vehicles" ?

Idiots and Their Toys

[TAB]

i would love to see one while duck hunting...  It will be shot on sight.  Just try and sue me for damages, nothing like violating state and federal laws( and 5 diget fines  and/or jail time for those enovled)   please, please sue me.  My laywer would get lic in Or just to break it off in thier ass.

[lhprop1]

I always carry a few loads of buckshot with me when I'm hunting, just in case I run across a yote.  I suppose that'll work for a drone, too.   

[JC5123]

Somebody got one!!!!!!! 


http://gizmodo.com/5886013/hunters-shoot-animal-rights-drone-out-of-the-sky

[MikeBjerum]

I'm assuming they are best fried in lard, but what are the daily and possession limits