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Support the PAW Act - End Alaska's Aerial Hunting Program!
Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Care2.com
Sponsored by: Care2.com
Alaska is truly our nation's last frontier. It is also the last place in the U.S. where a few hunters still use aircraft to chase and kill wolves. They shoot these animals from the air or chase them to exhaustion before landing and shooting them point blank.
As recently as July, state wildlife agency personnel in Alaska staked out a known wolf denning site -- a practice that is illegal under Alaska law -- and, using helicopters, gunned down 14 adult wolves from the air. When they landed, they found the 14 helpless pups in the nearby dens -- just weeks old -- and methodically shot each one in the head. 28 wolves gunned down in all.
Congress passed a law thirty five years ago to put an end to aerial hunting. But Alaska is exploiting a loophole in federal law to resume the practice, not only for wolves, but bears as well. Hundreds of scientists have condemned what Alaska is doing, even as other states threaten to follow Alaska's lead. It's time to stop aerial hunting once and for all.
Rep. George Miller (CA) has introduced the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act, legislation to close a federal loophole and curb Alaska's brutal aerial hunting program -- and prevent programs like it from spreading to places like the Greater Yellowstone region.
Please urge your Representative to sign on as a cosponsor to Rep. George Miller's PAW Act.
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# 101,000:
2:04 pm PDT, May 20,
Deirdre Blickley, New York
# 100,999:
1:14 pm PDT, May 20,
Sallye Mullen, Mississippi
# 100,998:
12:32 pm PDT, May 20,
Cheryl Thorne, Canada
# 100,997:
12:27 pm PDT, May 20,
Susan Jaunsen, Georgia
# 100,996:
12:23 pm PDT, May 20,
Tara Greene, Canada
# 100,995:
9:47 am PDT, May 20,
Carol Ashby, New York
Stop this NOW - Man needs to stop killing our planet. By killing these wolves, man is disrupting the circle of life, which inturn is killing our plant. If natural habitats weren't being oblitereated everyday by man, then the animals of this planet wouldn't be in trouble . Man needs to stop OUR SELF DESTRUCTION
Stop this NOW - Man needs to stop killing our planet. By killing these wolves, man is disrupting the circle of life, which inturn is killing our plant. If natural habitats weren't being oblitereated everyday by man, then the animals of this planet wouldn't be in trouble . Man needs to stop OUR SELF DESTRUCTION
# 100,994:
9:04 am PDT, May 20,
Natalie Avery, Illinois
A Prayer for Animals By Albert Schweitzer Hear our humble prayer, O God, for our friends the animals, especially for animals who are suffering; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to sleep. We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity, and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words. Make us be true friends to animals and so to share the blessings of the merciful.
A Prayer for Animals By Albert Schweitzer Hear our humble prayer, O God, for our friends the animals, especially for animals who are suffering; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to sleep. We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity, and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words. Make us be true friends to animals and so to share the blessings of the merciful.
# 100,993:
8:34 am PDT, May 20,
Jacqueline Clarisse, France
wolves are intelligent, they live into well organized community. They are very wary of mankind and fortunately because of that they have survived. It is very coward and stupid to kill such admirable and beautiful creatures. So please stop killing them.
wolves are intelligent, they live into well organized community. They are very wary of mankind and fortunately because of that they have survived. It is very coward and stupid to kill such admirable and beautiful creatures. So please stop killing them.
# 100,992:
7:47 am PDT, May 20,
Katherine Miller, Luxembourg
# 100,991:
7:30 am PDT, May 20,
Ida Lindelöf, Sweden
Wolves are for me the greatest symbol of freedom and wilderness. Please show them the respect they deserve. Here in Sweden we don´t have that many wolves left and I feel it is a great loss to everyone. To learn that wolves, and other animals are being hunted from the air makes me incredibly sad and depressed since I feel that the animals that have the freedom we humans want, are the ones that are shown no respect. Please help the PAW Act to stop nedless slaughtering of these animals. Sincerely Ida Lindelöf
Wolves are for me the greatest symbol of freedom and wilderness. Please show them the respect they deserve. Here in Sweden we don´t have that many wolves left and I feel it is a great loss to everyone. To learn that wolves, and other animals are being hunted from the air makes me incredibly sad and depressed since I feel that the animals that have the freedom we humans want, are the ones that are shown no respect. Please help the PAW Act to stop nedless slaughtering of these animals. Sincerely Ida Lindelöf
# 100,990:
6:52 am PDT, May 20,
David Gluth, Canada
Wolves mate for life. They have family. They are not just wild beast, they have community.....
Wolves mate for life. They have family. They are not just wild beast, they have community.....
# 100,989:
6:43 am PDT, May 20,
Jennifer Siemsen, Illinois
# 100,988:
6:42 am PDT, May 20,
Evelyn Trussell, Missouri
Why do we have to kill everything? It's not for food. Look what we did to the buffalo.
Why do we have to kill everything? It's not for food. Look what we did to the buffalo.
# 100,987:
6:33 am PDT, May 20,
Kaitlyn Laichak, Florida
# 100,986:
6:24 am PDT, May 20,
Veerle De winne, Belgium
# 100,985:
5:30 am PDT, May 20,
Sakai Yuji, Japan
# 100,984:
4:16 am PDT, May 20,
Parth Sarathi Mahapatra, India
# 100,983:
5:29 pm PDT, May 19,
Lila BRAHIMI, France
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged on the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged on the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi
# 100,982:
4:40 pm PDT, May 19,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 100,981:
2:08 pm PDT, May 19,
Ashley Whitmore, Georgia
I have always read about wolves and loved them since i was little. yes. i beleive sreal huntaing should stop at once. but not only that. why do we need to hunt the wolves anymore? i say we just stop hunting them. it isn't a neceity. just a.. sport. a cruel, un-needed sport.
I have always read about wolves and loved them since i was little. yes. i beleive sreal huntaing should stop at once. but not only that. why do we need to hunt the wolves anymore? i say we just stop hunting them. it isn't a neceity. just a.. sport. a cruel, un-needed sport.
# 100,980:
11:09 am PDT, May 19,
Kristal Harm, Canada
# 100,979:
10:31 am PDT, May 19,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
In this day and age is it really necessary to continue to hunt these animals in this way????? Why are you so cruel????
In this day and age is it really necessary to continue to hunt these animals in this way????? Why are you so cruel????
# 100,978:
5:05 am PDT, May 19,
Lucia Sapienza, Malta
# 100,977:
3:40 am PDT, May 19,
Hayley Bindon, United Kingdom
wolves mean the world to me the wolf is my spirit guide and they are loving creatures who just need to be left alone to live there lives. i have to tattos done both times the monny i raised for having them done has gone to wolf charitys and both tattoos are of wolves
wolves mean the world to me the wolf is my spirit guide and they are loving creatures who just need to be left alone to live there lives. i have to tattos done both times the monny i raised for having them done has gone to wolf charitys and both tattoos are of wolves
# 100,976:
2:09 am PDT, May 19,
Yvonne Van Scheppingen, Netherlands
Please sign the PAW act and prevent furture killings by these cowards!
Please sign the PAW act and prevent furture killings by these cowards!
# 100,975:
2:05 am PDT, May 19,
Shannon H, Australia
As an owner of an Alaskan Malamute, Im horrified to know that people call hunting for poor inocent animals a sport. Personally I would love to be able to hunt those that hunt animals in the same way and see how you feel and make you run until your worn out and shoot you right between the eyes, like your nothing cause thats all you are nothing. This is BARBARIC. LETS PUT A STOP TO THIS.
As an owner of an Alaskan Malamute, Im horrified to know that people call hunting for poor inocent animals a sport. Personally I would love to be able to hunt those that hunt animals in the same way and see how you feel and make you run until your worn out and shoot you right between the eyes, like your nothing cause thats all you are nothing. This is BARBARIC. LETS PUT A STOP TO THIS.
# 100,974:
8:08 pm PDT, May 16,
Chris Beane-martin, New Hampshire
# 100,973:
6:05 pm PDT, May 16,
Julie Rector, California
I am very concerned over what could happen to wolves, especially from aerial hunting. Please oppose this needless and cruel act. Stop aerial hunting!
I am very concerned over what could happen to wolves, especially from aerial hunting. Please oppose this needless and cruel act. Stop aerial hunting!
# 100,972:
5:33 pm PDT, May 16,
Charmaine Frost, Connecticut
# 100,971:
5:00 pm PDT, May 16,
Jessica Young, Pennsylvania
# 100,970:
4:55 pm PDT, May 16,
Name not displayed, Virginia
# 100,969:
4:51 pm PDT, May 16,
JULIE GOULART, Massachusetts
MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SHOULD BE LOCKED UP!MAN WILL EVENTUALLY KILL OFF PARTS OF THE FOOD CHAIN FOR NO REASON.I AM A NATIVE AMERICAN AND I FIND THIS REPULSIVE!PUT A VOICE TO THUOGHS WHO HAVE NONE!STOP THIS SENSELESS KILLING, AND HOLD THE PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE THIS, RESPONSIBLE!
MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SHOULD BE LOCKED UP!MAN WILL EVENTUALLY KILL OFF PARTS OF THE FOOD CHAIN FOR NO REASON.I AM A NATIVE AMERICAN AND I FIND THIS REPULSIVE!PUT A VOICE TO THUOGHS WHO HAVE NONE!STOP THIS SENSELESS KILLING, AND HOLD THE PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE THIS, RESPONSIBLE!
# 100,968:
4:40 pm PDT, May 16,
Luciana Figueroa, Peru
# 100,967:
2:47 pm PDT, May 16,
Stephen Scalf, New Mexico
I don't think it is right to kill wolves and other wild life. They aren't hurting us . They are God's creatures. They are great creatures. The PAW ACT should be passed. Thank you.
I don't think it is right to kill wolves and other wild life. They aren't hurting us . They are God's creatures. They are great creatures. The PAW ACT should be passed. Thank you.
# 100,966:
2:28 pm PDT, May 16,
Name not displayed, Arizona
These beautiful animals have NO chance under these conditions, and I find this sickening! Maybe those men need a little taste of their own medicine!!!! Let the nature balance itself out. There is NO need for this. If those men want to hunt, then let them hunt down serial killers, etc. Put them to work for a GOOD cause!
These beautiful animals have NO chance under these conditions, and I find this sickening! Maybe those men need a little taste of their own medicine!!!! Let the nature balance itself out. There is NO need for this. If those men want to hunt, then let them hunt down serial killers, etc. Put them to work for a GOOD cause!
# 100,965:
1:55 pm PDT, May 16,
Di Bayley, United Kingdom
the Wolf is a rare and magestic beast, a lesson to us all in family values. what skill or pleasure is there in this barbaric way of hunting. surely it would be better to observe the wolf and learn from his cunning and the way the whole pack not just one, take part when they hunt, not take the sissy option, it may just help in this dog eat dog world of ours.
the Wolf is a rare and magestic beast, a lesson to us all in family values. what skill or pleasure is there in this barbaric way of hunting. surely it would be better to observe the wolf and learn from his cunning and the way the whole pack not just one, take part when they hunt, not take the sissy option, it may just help in this dog eat dog world of ours.
# 100,964:
1:32 pm PDT, May 16,
Lynn Delsing, New Jersey
# 100,963:
1:08 pm PDT, May 16,
Fred Hopfer, Florida
This isn't hunting. It's government sponsered slaughter.
This isn't hunting. It's government sponsered slaughter.
# 100,962:
1:06 pm PDT, May 16,
Name not displayed, France
# 100,961:
12:37 pm PDT, May 16,
David Levine, California
# 100,960:
12:07 pm PDT, May 16,
Jill Medema, Canada
# 100,959:
11:08 am PDT, May 16,
Ginny LaCrow, Massachusetts
# 100,958:
11:06 am PDT, May 16,
Tasha Gray, Washington
My Bff lives in Alaska, and she LOVES wolfs!! They're wonderful animals!!! Save them!!!
My Bff lives in Alaska, and she LOVES wolfs!! They're wonderful animals!!! Save them!!!
# 100,957:
10:45 am PDT, May 16,
Nancy Hoover, Oregon
I vehemently oppose killing wolves. There are alternatives to be explored. Please!!!! Do not endorse this hideous action. I'm concerned about Alaska but, even closer is the same outrage in Idaho and soon, other Western States. Please help us to stop this killing! NOW! Nancy Hoover nbhoover@aol.com
I vehemently oppose killing wolves. There are alternatives to be explored. Please!!!! Do not endorse this hideous action. I'm concerned about Alaska but, even closer is the same outrage in Idaho and soon, other Western States. Please help us to stop this killing! NOW! Nancy Hoover nbhoover@aol.com
# 100,956:
10:37 am PDT, May 16,
Name not displayed, Mexico
# 100,955:
10:08 am PDT, May 16,
Ari Maayan, New Mexico
This type of butchery is despicable and so are the cowards that practice it.
This type of butchery is despicable and so are the cowards that practice it.
# 100,954:
9:55 am PDT, May 16,
Leslie Collins, Louisiana
Please support H.R. 3663 (PAW) to end this cruel practice and prevent its spread to other states.
Please support H.R. 3663 (PAW) to end this cruel practice and prevent its spread to other states.
# 100,953:
9:40 am PDT, May 16,
Adriana Cavaliere, Italy
# 100,952:
9:36 am PDT, May 16,
Taj Ali, New Mexico
# 100,951:
9:32 am PDT, May 16,
Colleen Johns, Canada