[RR] Frontier women!

[Commander Pier]

Are they making frontier women in the Great North?  They'd fit right in with FCF, oh, I forgot, girls not allowed.   Kelvin "Levi" Pier     Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:59 PM EST Activists upset by Girl Scouts in Alaska who trap, skin beavers By RACHEL D'ORO, ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Let other Girl Scouts make bird feeders out of Clorox bottles and glue together little birch-bark canoes - Troop 34 in Alaska is learning to trap and skin beavers. In a practice that has angered animal rights activists, the girls are killing the beavers as part of a state flood-management program. "We think it sends a very, very bad message that when animals cause a problem you kill them," said Stephanie Boyles of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She said the Girl Scouts should want girls to become "stewards of wildlife, not abusers." Last spring, about 10 members of the Fairbanks troop and their families helped catch two beavers using snare and lethal traps. The girls were taught how to find the animals' dens and how to lay the traps. Working under close supervision, the girls used knives to skin the beavers. The troop had the pelts tanned and plans to make hats and mittens once a dozen hides are collected. The girls also want to cook beaver meat. For the rest of the story, click here