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"Despite hunters’ common claim of adhering to a “fair chase” code, there is no such thing. With an arsenal of rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns, bows and arrows, hunters kill more than 200 million animals yearly – and likely crippling, orphaning, and harassing millions more. The annual death toll in the U.S. includes 42 million mourning doves, 30 million squirrels, 28 million quail, 25 million rabbits, 20 million pheasants, 14 million ducks, 6 million deer, and thousands of geese, bears, moose, elk, antelope, swans, cougars, turkeys, wolves, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, boars, and other woodland inhabitants. Hunters also frequently use food and electronic callers to lure unsuspecting animals in front of their weapons. The truth is, the animal, no matter how well-adapted to escaping natural predators she or he may be, has virtually no way to escape death once he or she is in the cross hairs of a scope mounted on a rifle or a crossbow." https://www.idausa.org/campai

" Aghdam, a 39-year-old Southern California resident, worked for her father’s electrical company and at one time operated a business called Peace Thunder,  NBC News reports . She was listed on  Facebook  as an artist, NBC adds. "  http://time.com/5226954/youtube-headquarters-shooter-san-bruno//

sitting ducks Nasime Sabz Aghdam was a passionate animal rights supporter who believed she was being discriminated against by YouTube because she was vegan and promoted animal welfare in her quirky, interesting videos, which she claimed were being filtered.  But why would YouTube filter a vegan channel just when veganism (  a 3% increase in plant based diet creates a 10% decreased risk of death  ) was becoming the fastest growing lifestyle movement in history ?  Her videos saw a drastic decrease in views after YouTube changed its monetization policies due to the advertiser boycott known as the Adpocalypse in April 2017, which spurned videos even slightly out of the white bread mainstream.   She had a cush job with her  father's  electrical contracting company to pay for her artisticly designed costumes and video gear.  So why would an ethical vegan in this age of mass shootings give up her life for $55 to $884 per month   social blade estimated  she had been m

" It's unclear  how much money Aghdam was making for her views, but  SocialBlade  estimated that she was making  $661  to $10,614 a year from her four YouTube accounts. " " Her four channels collectively earned more than 9.2 million views on YouTube since she joined the site in 2010. " " On YouTube, a creator can estimate that they’ll get somewhere between 25 cents and $4 per 1,000 views. These data points change from time to time and are not an exact science, but generally hold true for most channels,” SocialBlade CEO Jason Urgo said. " https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/youtube-shooter-repeatedly-posted-grievances-about-video-platform-n862791

Nasime Sabz Aghdam was a passionate animal rights supporter who believed she was being discriminated against by YouTube because she was vegan, and promoted animal welfare in her quirky, interesting videos, which she claimed were being filtered. 37  But why would YouTube filter a vegan channel just when veganism ( a 3% increase in plant based diet creates a 10% decreased risk of death ) was becoming the fastest growing lifestyle movement in history ? 33 70  Her videos saw a drastic decrease in views after YouTube changed its monetization policies due to the advertiser boycott known as the adpocalypse in April 2017, which spurned videos even slightly out of the white bread mainstream. 37 103  She had a cush job with her father's electrical contracting company to pay for her artisticly designed costumes and video gear. 20 123 So why would an ethical vegan in this age of mass shootings give up her life for $55 to $884 per month social blade estimated she had been maki