WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW
PZP ABOUT IMMUNOCONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE
Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, the Director of Science and Conservation Biology at ZooMontana, has worked with PZP on elephants in Africa, horses on the East Coast and all types of animals in zoos. He says the science of PZP is proven. FULL ARTICLE
"This technology has limitations, yes. It's certainly not designed for 100,000 deer in Potter County," Kirkpatrick says. "But it is another tool for doing something where deer populations aren't huntable."
PZP works when it's administered to animals like deer in a series of shots. Each deer has to get an initial shot, than a booster shortly thereafter. From that point on, they just need shots every other year or so.
The technology is about 75 to 85 percent effective in the wild, says Dr. Allen Rutberg, senior scientist with the Humane Society of the United States.
ABOUT IMMUNOCONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION
#1.
When your community is pressed by bowhunters for
a deer kill, voice your opposition at community meetings.
Encourage community groups to lobby for immunocontraceptive darts, not
bullets. Organize support in your community by arranging meetings to
educate the public about the use of immunocontraception, Add information
about deer deterrents
and fencing as well as Streiter-lite
Reflector Systems.
#2. Email Your State Representative and State Senator You can find your legislators by zip code
SAMPLE LETTER
#3. Send a letter to your local newspaper.
Be sure to include your name, address and phone number.
#4. Email a letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer
Please rewrite or paraphrase the text of the sample letter.
Sample Letter
Dear
Deer hunting is ineffective, dangerous, and inhumane. If deer hunting
had been effective as a deer management tool then we would not see a
growing increase in deer numbers across the state. Increased deer hunting
has been shown to be positively correlated with an increase in deer-vehicle
collisions. Half of all deer-car collision claims occur during - October,
November and December -primarily due to hunting. According to the Erie
Insurance Company - the second largest insurer statewide - Pennsylvania
deer-vehicle collisions averaged 34 deer claims per day for the year,
but on the first day of buck season the average was 157 and on the first
day of doe season it was 160 - a fivefold increase!
It's time for our state wildlife agency to use PZP immunocontraception
in our state. It has been proven to stabilize and reduce deer numbers
within relatively short periods of time. It is scientific, effective
and safe. This would be particularly useful in non-huntable areas around
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
I urge the state legislature to introduce legislation allowing the use
of immunocontraception for deer.
COUNCIL PERSON CONTACT INFORMATION
DISTRICT
01 Frank Dicicco, Room 332,
Phone 215-686-3458, Fax: 215-686-1931
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02 President Anna Verna, Room 492,
Phone 215-686-3412, Fax: 215-563-3612
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03 Jannie Blackwell, Room 408,
Phone 215-686-3418, Fax: 215-686-1933
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04 Michael Nutter,
Room 404,
Phone 215-686-3458, Fax: 215-686-1931
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05 Darrell L. Clarke,
Room 484,
Phone 215-686-3442, Fax: N/A
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06 Joan Krajewski,
Room 591,
Phone 215-686-3458, Fax: 215-686-1931
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07 Richard Mariano,
Room 592,
Phone 215-686-3444, Fax: 215-686-1935
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08 Donna Miller,
Room 312,
Phone 215-686-3424, Fax: 215-686-1937
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09 Marian Tasco,
Room 577,
Phone 215-686-3458, Fax: 215-686-1931
DISTRICT
10 Frank Dicicco, Room 332,
Phone 215-686-3454, Fax: 215-686-1938
AT
LARGE Angel Ortiz, Room 590
Phone
215-686-3420, Fax: 215-686-1930
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LARGE Blondell Reynolds-Brown, Room 580
Phone
215-686-3422, Fax: 215-686-1939
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LARGE Angel Ortiz, Room 590
Phone
215-686-3428, Fax: 215-686-1926
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LARGE David Cohen, Room 588
Phone
215-686-3446, Fax: 215-686-1927
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LARGE Frank Rizzo, Room 582
Phone
215-686-3440, Fax: 215-686-1929
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LARGE James Kenney, Room 330
Phone
215-686-3450, Fax: 215-686-2013
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LARGE Thatcher Longstreth, Room 594
Phone
215-686-3452, Fax: 215-686-1925
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LARGE W. Wilson Goode Jr., Room 31
Phone
215-686-3414, Fax: N/A