A.C. Smid
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A.C. Smid is the board chair and founder[1] of Bear Trust International, a Missoula, Montana-based organization that claims to work to "conserve all 8 species of the world’s bears, other wildlife, and habitat"[2] and that has lobbied against bear and wolf protection legislation alongside a number of gun lobby and sport-hunting advocacy organizations including Safari Club International and the National Rifle Association. [3][4] He is a member of the Boone & Crockett Club, a sport-hunting advocacy organization, the Congressional Sportmen's Foundation's Chairman's Club,[5] and is a noted trophy hunter.[6][7]
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References
- ↑ Bear Trust International, "Board," organizational website, accessed May 28, 2017.
- ↑ Bear Trust International, "Vision and Mission," organizational website, accessed March 14, 2016.
- ↑ Various organizations, "Letter to President Barack Obama Opposing the Bear Protection Act of 2008 (page 1)," lobbying letter, March 6, 2008, accessed March 7, 2016.
- ↑ Various organizations, "Letter to President Barack Obama Urging Him to Support Removal of Endangered Species Act Protections for Gray Wolves (page 1)," lobbying letter, March 6, 2008.
- ↑ Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, "Chairman's Club," organizational website, accessed March 14, 2016.
- ↑ A.C. Smid, "This Goat Was For Pops," Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance, organizational website, accessed March 14, 2016.
- ↑ Boone & Crockett Club, "Trophy Watch - Archives," organizational website, accessed March 14, 2016.
