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| #4 The Honorable Gaynor Cawley - Bobcat Trapping and Hunting |
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#5 The Honorable Bruce Smith - Bobcat Trapping and Hunting |
| #6 The Honorable Lisa Boscola - Bobcat Trapping and Hunting |
| #7 The Honorable Bruce Smith - Elk Hunting |
| #8 Ban Hegins Pigeon Shoot - Support House Bill 912 |
| #9 Canned Hunt Letters |
| #10 Deer Immunocontraceptive Letter |
#1 BOBCAT LETTER TOP
The Honorable ___________
House of Representatives (or Senate of Pennsylvania)
State Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Dear Representative (Senator)___________________,,
After 30 years of
being legally protected, the bobcat has been targeted as a new game
species by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. There is no scientific
reason to kill bobcats, since they are not overpopulated, nor do they
threaten the environment. The exact number of bobcats in the state is
unknown. The Pennsylvania Game Commission's plan to kill bobcats is
motivated by money from permits, instead of preserving wildlife and
the environment.
Most of the Pennsylvania
Game Commission funding comes from hunters and trappers, thus giving
those groups total control over wildlife in our state. However, 93%
of our state's residents are neither hunters nor trappers and we oppose
bobcat killing as well as the use of the leghold traps. Use of the leghold
trap is particularly barbaric and a cruel use of wildlife, which is
a
gift that we should not squander.
For House of Representatives-I strongly urge you to oppose this ill-conceived plan. Please vote for House Bill 2534 requiring a three-year moratorium on bobcat hunting and trapping.
For Senate - I strongly urge you to oppose this ill-conceived plan. Please vote in favor of the resolution which stops bobcat hunting and trapping.
Sincerely yours,
#2
FOR
LOCAL PAPERS AND PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER TOP
Philadelphia Inquirer
Box 41705
Phila., Pa 19101
Fax: 215-854-4483
Be sure to include your name, address and phone number.
To the Editor:
This fall, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is planning to start bobcat hunting and trapping so that hunters/trappers can "bag a bobcat in their lifetime". Bobcats have not been hunted or trapped legally for thirty years. There is no scientific reason to kill bobcats, since they are not overpopulated, nor do they threaten the environment. The exact number of bobcats in the state is unknown.
Bobcats are sentient, intelligent animals who play an important role in the ecosystem. By killing rodents, they control the spread of many serious disease such as Lyme disease, Toxoplasmosis, Hantavirus, and others. Bobcats also help control deer numbers.
Most of these bobcats will die in the agonizing grip of a leghold trap. Bobcats are elusive by nature, therefore, rarely ever seen to be hunted. Trappers are supposed (and this is not enforced) to check the trap every twenty-four hours, so an animal caught in the trap may lay in agony for a day or more before they are killed, often brutally by being shot, clubbed or stomped to death. Although the American Veterinary Medical Association has issued a statement condemning the use of these traps as inhumane and the European Community will not import pelts from animals that have been killed in leghold traps, our state game commission refuses to abandon this barbaric legacy of the past.
Because so many Pennsylvanians oppose this plan a bill (HB 2534) has been introduced in the State House of Representatives along with a resolution in the State Senate, asking for a moratorium on bobcat killing. Please contact your state legislators and tell them that you oppose bobcat hunting and trapping. For more information, visit www.wildlifeprotection.net or write to Wildlife Protection Network, PO Box 153, Gladwyne, PA 19035.
Sincerely yours,
#4
The
Honorable Gaynor Cawley
TOP
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Dear Representative Cawley,
I am writing to
thank you for introducing House Bill 2534 which requires a moratorium
on bobcat hunting and trapping. As we all know, there is absolutely
no ecological justification for killing bobcats other than the fact
that the Pennsylvania Game Commission wants to sell more permits and
placate those who want to "bag a bobcat in their lifetime."
It's time that the Pennsylvania legislature recognise that our state's
wildlife belongs to all Pennsylvania residents, not just a tiny minority
of hunters and trappers.
Wildlife can be managed scientifically, responsibly and effectively
but this will never occur within the Pennsylvania's current structure
which allows hunters and trappers to dominate all decisions. The bobcat
hunting and trapping plan is yet another violation of the public trust.
After all, as so-called "stewards of the Commonwealth's wild birds
and mammals for the benefit of present and future generations"
the Pennsylvania Game Commission must be held accountable to the public.
Sincerely yours,
#5 The Honorable Bruce Smith TOP
The Honorable Bruce
Smith
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Dear Representative Smith,
I am writing to express my disagreement, in the strongest possible terms, with your support of the bobcat hunting and trapping plan. As we all know, there is absolutely no ecological justification for killing bobcats other than the fact that the Pennsylvania Game Commission wants to sell more permits and placate those who want to "bag a bobcat in their lifetime."
It's time that the
Pennsylvania legislature recognise that our state's
wildlife belongs to all Pennsylvania residents, not just a tiny minority
of hunters and trappers.
Wildlife can be managed scientifically, responsibly and effectively but this will never occur within the Pennsylvania's current structure which allows hunters and trappers to dominate all decisions. The bobcat hunting and trapping plan is yet another violation of the public trust. After all, as so-called "stewards of the Commonwealth's wild birds and mammals for the benefit of present and future generations" the Pennsylvania Game Commission must be held accountable to the public.
Sincerely yours,
#6 The Honorable Lisa Boscola TOP
The Honorable Lisa
Boscola
Senate of Pennsylvania
State Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Dear Senator Boscola,
I am writing to thank you for introducing a resolution to halt the bobcat hunting and trapping plan. As we all know, there is absolutely no ecological justification for killing bobcats other than the fact that the Pennsylvania Game Commission wants to sell more permits and placate those who want to "bag a bobcat in their lifetime."
It's time that the
Pennsylvania legislature recognise that our state's
wildlife belongs to all Pennsylvania residents, not just a tiny minority
of hunters and trappers.
Wildlife can be managed scientifically, responsibly and effectively but this will never occur within the Pennsylvania's current structure which allows hunters and trappers to dominate all decisions. The bobcat hunting and trapping plan is yet another violation of the public trust. After all, as so-called "stewards of the Commonwealth's wild birds and mammals for the benefit of present and future generations" the Pennsylvania Game Commission must be held accountable to the public.
Sincerely yours,
#7 House of Representatives or Senate of Pennsylvania TOP
The Honorable ___________
House of Representatives (or Senate of Pennsylvania)
State Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Dear Representative (Senator)___________________,
For seventy years, elk have not been hunted in Pennsylvania. Their numbers did not significantly decline nor did they increase. Left unperturbed ,the elk population was naturally controlled. In the past ten years, in an effort to increase their own revenue and without regard for public safety or scientific environmental practices, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has intentionally manipulated elk and their habitat to dramatically increase elk numbers. Elk-vehicle collisions have increased due to these reckless practices and will continue to increase with the introduction of trophy hunting.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission's elk plan is motivated by greed, instead of a desire to preserve public safety and scientifically manage wildlife. Wildlife can be managed responsibly and effectively but this will never occur within the Pennsylvania's current structure which allows hunters and trappers to dominate all decisions. After all, as so-called "stewards of the Commonwealth's wild birds and mammals for the benefit of present and future generations" the Pennsylvania Game Commission must be held accountable to the public.
I speak for the other 93% of us who are not hunters and trappers and I strongly urge you to oppose this ill-conceived elk hunting plan.
Sincerely yours,
#8 Ban Hegins Pigeon Shoot TOP
Dear Representative
or (Senator)___________________,
I urge to support House Bill 912, and it's counterpart in the Senate
to ban pigeon shoots. The State Supreme Court has ruled that the Hegins
pigeon shoot violates the state's animal cruelty laws. The legislature
should follow in support of these laws and ban all pigeon shoots across
the state forever.
For many years,
the Hegins pigeon shoot caused Pennsylvania to be viewed as the bastion
of animal cruelty. Now that Hegins is over, let us elevate our state's
reputation by outlawing all such forms of animal cruelty.
Sincerely yours,