Posted By: Ouananiche
True Story -PETA sued my Dad for millions - 10/12/19 02:21 PM
True story.
My father was a career police officer here in Ontario Canada. After decades on the streets he rose to be the President and CAO of the PAO (Police Association of Ontario).
In that position, and as an outdoorsman, he reached out to a friend Bob Izumi a famed Canadian fisherman.
Together they started a program. In partnership with Canadian Tire, that would bring inner city youth out to fish ponds alongside police officers. Getting kids out of the city and helping build a positive relationship between inner city youth and officers.
The program is still around http://kidsandcops.ca now called “Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Days”
Bob is still a good family friend to this day.
PETA, for their part, felt that this program was teaching children cruelty to animals by practicing catch and release fishing, desensitizing children to mutilating animals by teaching them to love fishing and the outdoors.
They sued my father and the program for millions.
Thankfully the story is short and a judge told them to bugger off and tossed the case immediately.
A great example of how insane groups like PETA are.
My father was a career police officer here in Ontario Canada. After decades on the streets he rose to be the President and CAO of the PAO (Police Association of Ontario).
In that position, and as an outdoorsman, he reached out to a friend Bob Izumi a famed Canadian fisherman.
Together they started a program. In partnership with Canadian Tire, that would bring inner city youth out to fish ponds alongside police officers. Getting kids out of the city and helping build a positive relationship between inner city youth and officers.
The program is still around http://kidsandcops.ca now called “Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Days”
Bob is still a good family friend to this day.
PETA, for their part, felt that this program was teaching children cruelty to animals by practicing catch and release fishing, desensitizing children to mutilating animals by teaching them to love fishing and the outdoors.
They sued my father and the program for millions.
Thankfully the story is short and a judge told them to bugger off and tossed the case immediately.
A great example of how insane groups like PETA are.