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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.
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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# 102,050:
1:54 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Linda Sachs, Georgia
Aerial hunting is for inhumane individuals who utilize modern convenience to facilitate a sick, demented idea of "sport" and/or "management". A good, enforced law must be enlisted to manage this cruel behavior & practice out of the sky. Wolves have a right to life without aerial, or any other kind of trophy hunting. Let's see now - what century is this? Oh, yeah, that's right - it's still the stone age (mentality, that is).
Aerial hunting is for inhumane individuals who utilize modern convenience to facilitate a sick, demented idea of "sport" and/or "management". A good, enforced law must be enlisted to manage this cruel behavior & practice out of the sky. Wolves have a right to life without aerial, or any other kind of trophy hunting. Let's see now - what century is this? Oh, yeah, that's right - it's still the stone age (mentality, that is).
# 102,049:
12:43 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Kim Kelly, Pennsylvania
This is a disgrace and should be outlawed.
This is a disgrace and should be outlawed.
# 102,048:
12:42 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Teodora Mateeva, Bulgaria
# 102,047:
12:32 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Danka Obradovic, Serbia And Montenegro
# 102,046:
12:02 pm PDT, Jul 1,
Name not displayed, Canada
Wolves are a symbol of women's healthy nature. This nature is wild and therefore wolves and healthy women have been demonized and seen fit to kill physically and spiritually. Women and wolves are beautiful and deserve to live in peace as nature not patriarchy intended!
Wolves are a symbol of women's healthy nature. This nature is wild and therefore wolves and healthy women have been demonized and seen fit to kill physically and spiritually. Women and wolves are beautiful and deserve to live in peace as nature not patriarchy intended!
# 102,045:
11:57 am PDT, Jul 1,
Ashley Anderson, Maryland
# 102,044:
11:42 am PDT, Jul 1,
Fraditia Anggreini, Indonesia
# 102,043:
11:15 am PDT, Jul 1,
Lynn Delano, California
I personally know someone who brought home two "trophy" wolves from Alaska that he killed in this way. I despised this man before he did this (he is also busy killing in Africa and South America anything that countries there will allow by fair means or foul); now I am convinced not only of his corruptness, but of the corruption of any government that makes killing so easy and available. No life is sacred when the victims aren't given a chance. I only wish all guilty parties could wind up like the animals they kill: stuffed in someone's living room.
I personally know someone who brought home two "trophy" wolves from Alaska that he killed in this way. I despised this man before he did this (he is also busy killing in Africa and South America anything that countries there will allow by fair means or foul); now I am convinced not only of his corruptness, but of the corruption of any government that makes killing so easy and available. No life is sacred when the victims aren't given a chance. I only wish all guilty parties could wind up like the animals they kill: stuffed in someone's living room.
# 102,042:
11:05 am PDT, Jul 1,
Juan Pedro Ginard, Spain
# 102,041:
10:57 am PDT, Jul 1,
Name not displayed, Missouri
# 102,040:
10:48 am PDT, Jul 1,
Henry Heiberg Andersen, Spain
Although I am not an US Citizen I do urge you to safeguard and protect the wildlife in your region. You've been given or rather "taken" a large area of the globe and made it yours so being good caretakers is the least of the expectations we put forth. Please do stop the trophy hunting -- and hunting for sports in general.
Although I am not an US Citizen I do urge you to safeguard and protect the wildlife in your region. You've been given or rather "taken" a large area of the globe and made it yours so being good caretakers is the least of the expectations we put forth. Please do stop the trophy hunting -- and hunting for sports in general.
# 102,039:
10:47 am PDT, Jul 1,
Beth Moody, Wyoming
# 102,038:
10:28 am PDT, Jul 1,
Name not displayed, Canada
Only a coward would shoot a helpless creature. Doing it by air makes it more disturbing.
Only a coward would shoot a helpless creature. Doing it by air makes it more disturbing.
# 102,037:
9:38 am PDT, Jul 1,
Jon Nowak, New York
# 102,036:
8:55 am PDT, Jul 1,
Shon Saylor, Michigan
# 102,035:
8:29 am PDT, Jul 1,
Grace Foo, Australia
animals are a life as well. stop killing!!
animals are a life as well. stop killing!!
# 102,034:
7:56 am PDT, Jul 1,
Alexander Knopf, Maryland
# 102,033:
6:48 am PDT, Jul 1,
Margaret e. Angus, Indiana
sign the paw act, guns should be outlawed, let the wild life alone!
sign the paw act, guns should be outlawed, let the wild life alone!
# 102,032:
6:38 am PDT, Jul 1,
Susan Korths, Germany
# 102,031:
6:32 am PDT, Jul 1,
Sara Ramos, Portugal
# 102,030:
6:24 am PDT, Jul 1,
Salvatore Giannotta, Switzerland
# 102,029:
5:52 am PDT, Jul 1,
Augé Armelle, France
# 102,028:
5:51 am PDT, Jul 1,
Catherine Mackintosh, United Kingdom
# 102,027:
5:49 am PDT, Jul 1,
M Webb, United Kingdom
Close this loophole... this is barbaric.
Close this loophole... this is barbaric.
# 102,026:
5:47 am PDT, Jul 1,
Styskala Jan, Czech Republic
# 102,025:
5:22 am PDT, Jul 1,
Barbara Peck, Rhode Island
# 102,024:
4:48 am PDT, Jul 1,
Deborah Birkett, United Kingdom
# 102,023:
4:11 am PDT, Jul 1,
Carmen Sant, Malta
# 102,022:
3:30 am PDT, Jul 1,
Wilma Bentvelzen, Netherlands
# 102,021:
3:23 am PDT, Jul 1,
MANUELA OTERO, Spain
# 102,020:
2:04 am PDT, Jul 1,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
# 102,019:
11:38 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Samantha Jones, California
# 102,018:
11:05 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Barbara Hanley, Virginia
Leave these animals alone. They are part of the ecosystem and are needed to keep the natural balance.
Leave these animals alone. They are part of the ecosystem and are needed to keep the natural balance.
# 102,017:
10:37 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Name not displayed, California
# 102,016:
9:40 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 102,015:
9:28 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Rodrigo Fuga, Brazil
End Alaska's Aerial Hunting NOW!!!
End Alaska's Aerial Hunting NOW!!!
# 102,014:
9:15 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Marina Salmon, California
I don't know why these people are hunting wolves, but whatever the reason may be, it's not worth the lives of these animals, who deserve to live long and happy lives just like the rest of us. Every creature on this earth has the right to live, who are we to take that away from them?
I don't know why these people are hunting wolves, but whatever the reason may be, it's not worth the lives of these animals, who deserve to live long and happy lives just like the rest of us. Every creature on this earth has the right to live, who are we to take that away from them?
# 102,013:
7:54 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Elsa Silva, Australia
# 102,012:
7:44 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Diane Gilmore, New Hampshire
# 102,011:
5:49 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Deborah White, Minnesota
Please representative, help. I am ashamed to say I am an American when I read that we allow and commit such acts of terror. Please, help restore our dignity, self-respect and respect for the natural world around us.
Please representative, help. I am ashamed to say I am an American when I read that we allow and commit such acts of terror. Please, help restore our dignity, self-respect and respect for the natural world around us.
# 102,010:
5:06 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Debbie Cagle, Illinois
they are gods creatures, save them.
they are gods creatures, save them.
# 102,009:
4:39 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Ragnar Berg, New Zealand
I find it disgraceful that the intent of the law is ignored and shocked at ethics of the perpetrators. Aerial hunting is not only despicable but it undermines public confidence in the governance of our wildlife and natural heritage.
I find it disgraceful that the intent of the law is ignored and shocked at ethics of the perpetrators. Aerial hunting is not only despicable but it undermines public confidence in the governance of our wildlife and natural heritage.
# 102,008:
4:13 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Name not displayed, Brazil
# 102,007:
2:48 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Irene Bersola-Nguyen, California
# 102,006:
2:16 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Charley Thomas, Texas
that's not right need to be stopped
that's not right need to be stopped
# 102,005:
2:07 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Janet McCaffrey, United Kingdom
# 102,004:
1:29 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Julie Cook, Canada
Please put an end to this brutally destructive leisure 'sport'! It is nothing short of blood-thirsty. There is nothing noble or practical about it. It is an embarrassment to humankind!
Please put an end to this brutally destructive leisure 'sport'! It is nothing short of blood-thirsty. There is nothing noble or practical about it. It is an embarrassment to humankind!
# 102,003:
1:27 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Camille Rosier, United Kingdom
# 102,002:
1:06 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Susan Womack, North Carolina
We as humans need to know that we can protect and save all species of animals left to really know we can protect out own species.
We as humans need to know that we can protect and save all species of animals left to really know we can protect out own species.
# 102,001:
1:00 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Joanne Cook, United Kingdom
Wolves are beautiful animals that should be left to roam in peace. It's truly disgusting to know the barbaric things that are done to such beautiful animals & therefore they should be stopped.
Wolves are beautiful animals that should be left to roam in peace. It's truly disgusting to know the barbaric things that are done to such beautiful animals & therefore they should be stopped.