HSUS Attempting to Take Major Step Toward Goal of Banning All Hunting
America's Most Radical Anti-Hunting Organization
Attempting to Take Major Step Toward Goal of Banning All Hunting
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other radical hunting ban organizations are attempting to capitalize on raw emotion to take a major step in Congress toward their primary goal of ending all hunting species by species. They are taking a page from the incremental playbook of the gun ban crowd.
HSUS is attempting to amend H.R. 2643, the House Interior Appropriations Bill, to effectively prohibit Americans from hunting polar bears from healthy and sustainable populations in Canada. As all sportsmen know, hunters provide the funding and motivation for wildlife conservation worldwide. There is no better example of this than the modern polar bear conservation efforts.
Contrary to HSUS' emotional and misleading claims, the proposed amendment will not reduce the number of polar bears killed by hunters in Canada. The Canadian government, based upon principles of sound science, will continue to issue bear tags to native populations. Those tags will continue to be filled by native subsistence hunters and hunters from other nations. The amendment will, however, reduce funding for polar bear conservation by significantly decreasing the revenue raised through tag sales.
While only a small number of American hunters will ever have the opportunity to hunt polar bears, this is a critical issue for every U.S. hunter. HSUS' Wayne Pacelle said it best when he boasted, "We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped." Today it is polar bears but they will be going after the species you hunt tomorrow. They have already campaigned to stop the hunting of doves, black bears, cougar and deer in numerous jurisdictions throughout America.
The vote on this anti-hunting amendment is likely to occur within the next 24 hours. Please act now to save the future of our time honored hunting heritage. Call or email your Congressman and ask him or her to vote "NO" on the Inslee Polar Bear Amendment to H.R. 2643.
Call your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121. To send email or for additional contact information for your elected officials, you can use the "Write Your Representatives" feature at www.NRAILA.org.
Attempting to Take Major Step Toward Goal of Banning All Hunting
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other radical hunting ban organizations are attempting to capitalize on raw emotion to take a major step in Congress toward their primary goal of ending all hunting species by species. They are taking a page from the incremental playbook of the gun ban crowd.
HSUS is attempting to amend H.R. 2643, the House Interior Appropriations Bill, to effectively prohibit Americans from hunting polar bears from healthy and sustainable populations in Canada. As all sportsmen know, hunters provide the funding and motivation for wildlife conservation worldwide. There is no better example of this than the modern polar bear conservation efforts.
Contrary to HSUS' emotional and misleading claims, the proposed amendment will not reduce the number of polar bears killed by hunters in Canada. The Canadian government, based upon principles of sound science, will continue to issue bear tags to native populations. Those tags will continue to be filled by native subsistence hunters and hunters from other nations. The amendment will, however, reduce funding for polar bear conservation by significantly decreasing the revenue raised through tag sales.
While only a small number of American hunters will ever have the opportunity to hunt polar bears, this is a critical issue for every U.S. hunter. HSUS' Wayne Pacelle said it best when he boasted, "We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped." Today it is polar bears but they will be going after the species you hunt tomorrow. They have already campaigned to stop the hunting of doves, black bears, cougar and deer in numerous jurisdictions throughout America.
The vote on this anti-hunting amendment is likely to occur within the next 24 hours. Please act now to save the future of our time honored hunting heritage. Call or email your Congressman and ask him or her to vote "NO" on the Inslee Polar Bear Amendment to H.R. 2643.
Call your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121. To send email or for additional contact information for your elected officials, you can use the "Write Your Representatives" feature at www.NRAILA.org.
What happened with this? I am just getting interested in learning to hunt. This is bad news.
Ell, It was defeated, but our rep supported it. Can you believe it? There is another bill with similar goals lingering in the house (the one Tom Allan refers to).
What kind of hunting do you want to do? I'd be happy to help you with bird hunting.
[For those confused about the offer, this is not a total stranger. Ell has a blog that I like to read, we're almost neighbors, and thanks to her blog, I feel like I know her. Oh, and she's a horse person too.]
Friday, June 29, 2007
NRA applauds this week's Congressional vote to defeat the Inslee-LoBiondo Amendment to H.R. 2643, the House Interior Appropriations bill. The amendment was defeated 188-242.
"The defeat of the Inslee-LoBiondo Amendment is a significant victory for hunters and another demoralizing defeat for the anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA)," declared NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. "The anti-hunting lobby persists in their effort to try to ban hunting, species by species everywhere, even though the science and the facts are not on their side. Well today, those anti-hunting extremists lost."
Led by the radical HSUS and other anti-hunting organizations, the Inslee-LoBiondo Amendment attempted to revise H.R. 2643, the House Interior Appropriations Bill, to prohibit Americans from importing polar bear trophies acquired from hunting healthy and sustainable polar bear populations in Canada. NRA was joined in its opposition by The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation and Safari Club International.
Contrary to untruthful claims, the Inslee-LoBiondo amendment would not reduce the number of polar bears killed by hunters in Canada. The amendment would, perversely, reduce funding for polar bear conservation by significantly decreasing the revenue raised through tag sales. Hunters provide funding and motivation for wildlife conservation worldwide. There is no better example of this than modern polar bear conservation efforts.
"On behalf of NRA members and sportsmen around the country, I want to commend those congressmen who steadfastly stood up for American hunters and opposed this bill. Many thanks to Reps. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), Don Young (R-AK), Steve King (R-IA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Ron Kind (D-WI) and Dan Boren (D-OK)."
Cox concluded, "Because of our longstanding support for America's rich hunting heritage and sportsmen's rights, the National Rifle Association weighed today's vote very heavily as a factor when deciding endorsements and grades for the 2008 election cycle. This anti-hunting bill may present the only clear vote on a federal hunting issue this year."
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July 2, 2007
Mr. Todd Chrisman
Shapleigh, Maine 04076
Dear Mr. Chrisman:
Thank you for contacting me about H.R. 2327, the Polar Bear Protection Act. I appreciate hearing from you.
Current law prohibits hunting polar bears in the United States. It also prohibits Americans from importing polar bear trophies from abroad, with the exception of Canada. H.R. 2327 would close this loophole, and prevent the importation of polar bear trophies. Supports say that this legislation is necessary because polar bears are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and the United States should do everything possible to reduce the number of polar bears killed by hunters until the species recovers.
H.R. 2327 has been referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans, as well as the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Please be assured that I will support this legislation if it comes to the House floor.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Please feel free to do so again on issues important to you.
Sincerely,
Tom Allen
Member of Congress
My mother hunted when she and my dad first got married back in the early 50's. It made dad nervous so she stopped.I still have her .22. I used to shoot pigions off the fence posts when they became overly populous on our little farm. I haven't fired a gun in many years. Dave, a friend in Waterboro who teaches map & compass in the safety course invited me over to try out some guns. I think I want to shoot turkey and deer. But I have experienced nothing yet and may find more interest in other birds. Thank you for the generous offer. I would be interested in seeing you work your dogs too. I am looking into how to train my horse to let me shoot from her back.
ELL. both deer and turkeys are "big game" hunting. There's an awful lot of sitting around and waiting in quiet and solitude. A lot of folks find this fun, but to me it is not the most enjoyable way to spend my time.
Even when I hunt "alone" I have at least one dog on the ground. I walk and can make noise without totally ruining my hunt. (Birds do become wise to hunters and dogs, but not like deer and turkeys.)
We train most Thursday evenings here in Shapleigh, so shoot me an email if you want to come. If you have trouble finding info on breaking horses to guns, I know some field-trial folks who will likely help. I'd love to visit the RPF and check out the progress in person.