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Support the PAW Act - End Alaska's Aerial Hunting Program!

Target: U.S. House of Representatives
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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.

deadline: 12-31-2008
goal: 150,000

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As one of your constituents, I am very concerned about the barbaric practice of "aerial hunting" in Alaska, in which state officials are allowing trophy hunters to use aircraft to run down and kill wolves.

I also understand that officials in Wyoming and Idaho are considering the use of aerial hunting of wolves by federal and state agencies.

That's why I'm asking you to sign on as a cosponsor to H.R. 3663, the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act, introduced by Rep. George Miller. The PAW Act would end needless and cruel aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife by closing a loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act of 1972.

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# 105,150:

1:50 am PDT, Aug 28, Carina Franco, Portugal
Look into one's eyes before you HAVE to kill them

# 105,149:

12:38 am PDT, Aug 28, Joanna Gulczynska, Poland
stop this!

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12:14 am PDT, Aug 28, Belinda Fitzgerald, Australia

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9:38 pm PDT, Aug 27, Janet Baxter, New York
It's inhuman

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9:35 pm PDT, Aug 27, Misty Smith, Utah
As one of your constituents, I am very concerned about the barbaric practice of "aerial hunting" in Alaska, in which state officials are allowing trophy hunters to use aircraft to run down and kill wolves. I also understand that officials in Wyoming and Idaho are considering the use of aerial hunting of wolves by federal and state agencies. That's why I'm asking you to sign on as a cosponsor to H.R. 3663, the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act, introduced by Rep. George Miller. The PAW Act would end needless and cruel aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife by closing a loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act of 1972. Sincerely, Misty D. Smith, Ph.D.

# 105,145:

9:17 pm PDT, Aug 27, Rosa Gomez, Florida
Please, stop the madness. what is your legacy to your children and grandchildren?

# 105,144:

9:14 pm PDT, Aug 27, Fernando Gomez, Florida
Please, stop the madness. what is your legacy to your children and grandchildren?

# 105,143:

8:07 pm PDT, Aug 27, Caitlin Kempski, New York

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7:21 pm PDT, Aug 27, Scott McCullough, Rhode Island

# 105,141:

7:13 pm PDT, Aug 27, Ellen Yu, Taiwan

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6:41 pm PDT, Aug 27, Gloria Bender, New York
Please stop this sickening practice!

# 105,139:

5:06 pm PDT, Aug 27, Pilar Fierro, Michigan
Shooting wolves from planes or helicopters it is not fair game! America is about fair game.....

# 105,138:

4:21 pm PDT, Aug 27, Paige Kennedy, Canada
Wolves are very beautiful creatures and they are going extinct. Please do not kill them all by stopping your aerial hunts

# 105,137:

3:53 pm PDT, Aug 27, Name not displayed, New York

# 105,136:

3:49 pm PDT, Aug 27, Nick Piotrowski, Illinois

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3:11 pm PDT, Aug 27, Timothy Dannenhoffer, New York
PLEASE - ENOUGH ALREADY with allowing these backward redneck conservative practices - I'm SICK AND FU@#!NG TIRED of EVERYTHING conservative and rural - it's EXACTLY backwards.

# 105,134:

2:11 pm PDT, Aug 27, Brandy Warriner, Indiana

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1:18 pm PDT, Aug 27, Normand Thompson, South Dakota
Save Nature ! Next ould Be All Mankind !

# 105,132:

12:03 pm PDT, Aug 27, Louise O'Connor, Texas
This is unconscionable and immoral!

# 105,131:

11:32 am PDT, Aug 27, Gil Manchego, California
I can't believe this practice is still in use. "Hunters" grow up and hunt like a man!

# 105,130:

11:22 am PDT, Aug 27, Deanna Voisine, Rhode Island

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9:18 am PDT, Aug 27, Dora Kassis, Greece

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9:10 am PDT, Aug 27, Ann Eagerton, South Carolina

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9:04 am PDT, Aug 27, Cheryl L. Lederman, New Mexico
We are supposed to be the wardens of the planet, not its' destroyers - where did everyone's conscience go?! Wildlife is having a hard enough time surviving on this compromised earth, without man destroying them and adding to their suffering! Enough of this barbarity!!

# 105,126:

8:12 am PDT, Aug 27, Regina McDonald, Austria

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8:04 am PDT, Aug 27, Ruth Herrick, New York

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6:51 am PDT, Aug 27, Gina Kennedy, Michigan
I can't begin to express how deeply this distresses me...Wolves have been made out to be viscious animals that attack people and should be killed...Movies, books etc has made the wolf out to be a ruthless, horrible animal...Research the facts...There hasn't been one proven wolf attack on a person unless they threatened their babies or den...Wolves are actually shy animals that run and hide from people...They are the most beautiful majestic animal and they are more loyal and loving to their families than most people...Also, that is NOT hunting {which should stop as well} It's disgusting that these people are killing such a wonderful animal for SPORT.

# 105,123:

6:13 am PDT, Aug 27, Megan Pollard, Canada

# 105,122:

3:07 am PDT, Aug 27, Katie Halsall, United Kingdom

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3:01 am PDT, Aug 27, Ann Thompson, Maryland
This is disgusting. Stop it! Wolves are part of our food chain, and eliminating them would have disasterous consequences.

# 105,120:

2:53 am PDT, Aug 27, Alan Beard, Australia

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2:34 am PDT, Aug 27, Gummalla Vamsi krishna, India
killin animals is equal to a human murder!

# 105,118:

1:15 am PDT, Aug 27, Nicosia H�l�ne, France

# 105,117:

12:56 am PDT, Aug 27, Katherine M, Canada
Wolves are the most magnificent animals ever, they are so graceful and social. How can you hunt them so cruelly like that? It's almost animal abuse.

# 105,116:

11:51 pm PDT, Aug 26, Mishale Jones, Australia

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11:00 pm PDT, Aug 26, Janet Byrne, Australia

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10:43 pm PDT, Aug 26, Sondra Adam, California
Allowing arielhunting is barbaric and unconcienable.Please protect our wild life and ban ariel hunting.

# 105,113:

9:24 pm PDT, Aug 26, Susan MacKenzie, California

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8:47 pm PDT, Aug 26, Jeanne Schlatter, Ohio

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7:21 pm PDT, Aug 26, Roy Beazley, Tennessee

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4:22 pm PDT, Aug 26, Crazy Doglady, Colorado
Save the wolves!

# 105,109:

4:20 pm PDT, Aug 26, Alexandra Crowder, Canada

# 105,108:

3:09 pm PDT, Aug 26, Cindy Antlej, Canada

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2:16 pm PDT, Aug 26, Marissa Murphy, Canada
my favorite animal is the wolf and i had done speeches at school to help save wolves.. and other speeches about stoping animal cruelty. I am now happy that i can help outside of the classroom

# 105,106:

12:18 pm PDT, Aug 26, MDHJohnHollyMKS Quinn, Georgia

# 105,105:

12:09 pm PDT, Aug 26, LB Johnson, Oregon
�A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten thousands are devoured by men� Ben Franklin

# 105,104:

11:08 am PDT, Aug 26, Stacy Campbell, West Virginia

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9:27 am PDT, Aug 26, Anne DeLucia, New York
I cannot even believe that aerial hunting of wolves is legal in Alaska. Why are there the few who have to be cruel and destroy our natural gifts? I hope that our government speaks out against this. trophy hunting is ridiculous to being with, let alone using aircrafts.

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8:57 am PDT, Aug 26, Jennifer Savino, Illinois

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8:55 am PDT, Aug 26, Name not displayed, France
thank for the wolf!!!! kiss marion

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