However, there seems to be a lot of issues (like this one) where any sensible Conservative would be willing to make common cause with enviro-wackos, the Gaia-worshippers, and the left-wing do-gooders. It's a big tent, as you say. We should all work together on such a wonderful issue.
Meanwhile, how often is the shoe on the other foot? The Left won't compromise at all on abortion. Partial Birth Abortion? That's sacred. Infants Born Alive Act? That's an abomination.
Folks on the right are willing to work with the Left some of the time.
Folks on the Left are never willing to work with the folks on the right.
You know what the outcome of that is? The Left wins.
“However, there seems to be a lot of issues (like this one) where any sensible Conservative would be willing to make common cause with enviro-wackos, the Gaia-worshippers, and the left-wing do-gooders.”
I see, so anybody who objects to the senseless killing of animals and wants to do something about it falls under these categories?