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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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# 105,800:
3:47 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Susan Bell, Texas
# 105,799:
3:44 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Holli Harshman, Indiana
This is an absurd loophole in the law. Fix it!!
This is an absurd loophole in the law. Fix it!!
# 105,798:
3:39 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Monica Brunner, South Dakota
I am so disgusted with this, hunting is one thing, but this is not sport nor is it hunting. It's running an animal into the ground until it is completely exhausted and then shooting it, not with a clean shot to the head to destroy the animal, but several shots that leave it to die a slow and agonizing death. This is 100% inhumane and cruel. What's next, chasing deer and elk with your 4x4's until they fall down with exhaustion. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it, just as ridiculous as this law.
I am so disgusted with this, hunting is one thing, but this is not sport nor is it hunting. It's running an animal into the ground until it is completely exhausted and then shooting it, not with a clean shot to the head to destroy the animal, but several shots that leave it to die a slow and agonizing death. This is 100% inhumane and cruel. What's next, chasing deer and elk with your 4x4's until they fall down with exhaustion. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it, just as ridiculous as this law.
# 105,797:
3:37 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Ian Daniel, Australia
I can't believe we are still having this debate. It's becoming increasingly hard to argue mankind is not the missing link between the ape and human being.
I can't believe we are still having this debate. It's becoming increasingly hard to argue mankind is not the missing link between the ape and human being.
# 105,796:
3:35 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Jill Damman, Colorado
# 105,795:
3:32 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Blamo Here, United Kingdom
Its cruel should be stopped
Its cruel should be stopped
# 105,794:
3:31 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Abra Rider, California
# 105,793:
3:28 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 105,792:
3:27 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 105,791:
3:26 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Nancy Tetreault, Delaware
Wolves are one of the last symbols of what is wild and natural in our world. To hunt them in this way is not natural but against nature and any preservation of it. Please do what is right and end aerial hunting of wolves. I would love to someday visit Alaska for all of its beauty and nature, but will not set foot there until this act is ended.
Wolves are one of the last symbols of what is wild and natural in our world. To hunt them in this way is not natural but against nature and any preservation of it. Please do what is right and end aerial hunting of wolves. I would love to someday visit Alaska for all of its beauty and nature, but will not set foot there until this act is ended.
# 105,790:
3:24 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Carrie Covell, California
# 105,789:
3:16 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Erin Cox, California
It is time for this barbaric act to stop! It seems like something that should never have started in the first place.
It is time for this barbaric act to stop! It seems like something that should never have started in the first place.
# 105,788:
3:12 pm PDT, Aug 29,
LEE OVERTON, California
# 105,787:
3:11 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Amy Lowell, Michigan
# 105,786:
3:05 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Jennifer Spada, New York
# 105,785:
3:05 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Jane Glen, Maine
# 105,784:
3:02 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Merrill Alpert, California
Please dont allow this to happen. Killing these beautiful animals for sport should be a crime.
Please dont allow this to happen. Killing these beautiful animals for sport should be a crime.
# 105,783:
3:02 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Larry and Debra Whitcomb, Kansas
Our family enjoys hunting and the meat it gives our family. But aerial slaughter is not hunting. We are to be stewards of our lands and resouces. This is not the way to do it.
Our family enjoys hunting and the meat it gives our family. But aerial slaughter is not hunting. We are to be stewards of our lands and resouces. This is not the way to do it.
# 105,782:
2:56 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Amber Crowley, California
# 105,781:
2:44 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Fabiola Bueso, Honduras
# 105,780:
2:43 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Name not displayed, Georgia
As a contstituent of yours, I have contacted you in the past regarding issues which I feel are important that concern the fair, humane treatment of animals, and the fair and just handling of environmental issues. In learning that our Republican presidential candidate has chosen the governor of Alaska as his Vice Presidential candidate, I was at first encouraged because it appears that she is more pro-environment than many of her fellow political leaders. However, in learning that the brutal practice of sanctioned aerial hunting and "denning" (where helpless wolf cubs are trapped and murdered) has been recently discovered in Alaska, I find this to be an appalling testimony to her wildlife management policies! Because I am so opposed to wholesale slaughter of any animal that is motivated by economic gain for special interests, this will probably change the direction I had planned on taking in the candidate I will vote for in the upcoming presidential election. I think that you will find this to be a probable reaction in the millions of other Americans who believe in responsible stewartship of our planet and all living creatures. Therefore, I am respectfully urging you to become a cosponsor to H.R. 3663, the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act introduced by Rep. George Miller which would stop the cruel and barbaric act of hunting down unprotected animals in planes and helicopters. Please ensure that the loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act of 1972 will be closed to end this horrendous practice. Thank you for your attention to my concerns. Annie Stewart
As a contstituent of yours, I have contacted you in the past regarding issues which I feel are important that concern the fair, humane treatment of animals, and the fair and just handling of environmental issues. In learning that our Republican presidential candidate has chosen the governor of Alaska as his Vice Presidential candidate, I was at first encouraged because it appears that she is more pro-environment than many of her fellow political leaders. However, in learning that the brutal practice of sanctioned aerial hunting and "denning" (where helpless wolf cubs are trapped and murdered) has been recently discovered in Alaska, I find this to be an appalling testimony to her wildlife management policies! Because I am so opposed to wholesale slaughter of any animal that is motivated by economic gain for special interests, this will probably change the direction I had planned on taking in the candidate I will vote for in the upcoming presidential election. I think that you will find this to be a probable reaction in the millions of other Americans who believe in responsible stewartship of our planet and all living creatures. Therefore, I am respectfully urging you to become a cosponsor to H.R. 3663, the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act introduced by Rep. George Miller which would stop the cruel and barbaric act of hunting down unprotected animals in planes and helicopters. Please ensure that the loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act of 1972 will be closed to end this horrendous practice. Thank you for your attention to my concerns. Annie Stewart
# 105,779:
2:43 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Cade Lucrias, Virginia
# 105,778:
2:43 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Cynthia Cushinan, North Carolina
# 105,777:
2:42 pm PDT, Aug 29,
D Morgan, Connecticut
Please do the right thing! Show your humanity by supporting the PAW act quickly! Aerial hunting is totally inhumane and barbaric, does not give the animal even a fighting chance. The wolves have just come back from near extinction, and now they're being brutally slaughtered? I seriously have to wonder about the mentality of these "hunters".
Please do the right thing! Show your humanity by supporting the PAW act quickly! Aerial hunting is totally inhumane and barbaric, does not give the animal even a fighting chance. The wolves have just come back from near extinction, and now they're being brutally slaughtered? I seriously have to wonder about the mentality of these "hunters".
# 105,776:
2:42 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Kathleen Holly, North Carolina
Rep McIntyre, I know there are so many important things on your desk but if we don't take care of our wildlife, it will be gone. These animals don't deserve to die like this. We are the caretakers of our earth..
Rep McIntyre, I know there are so many important things on your desk but if we don't take care of our wildlife, it will be gone. These animals don't deserve to die like this. We are the caretakers of our earth..
# 105,775:
2:41 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Madiane Sommer, New York
It is atrocious and barbaric behavior which must be corrected immediately!! Please sign on as a cosponsor to HR 3663 to end this practice.
It is atrocious and barbaric behavior which must be corrected immediately!! Please sign on as a cosponsor to HR 3663 to end this practice.
# 105,774:
2:39 pm PDT, Aug 29,
M Aniel, North Carolina
# 105,773:
2:39 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Carmen M. Lopez-Shatley, Pennsylvania
# 105,772:
2:37 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Katherine Kuroda, North Carolina
# 105,771:
2:37 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Anita Wurst, Colorado
# 105,770:
2:33 pm PDT, Aug 29,
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# 105,769:
2:33 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Diane Plantenga, Indiana
# 105,768:
2:32 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Christine Block, Wisconsin
# 105,767:
2:28 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Olga Ly, Russian Federation
we can save that we care about
we can save that we care about
# 105,766:
2:27 pm PDT, Aug 29,
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# 105,765:
2:25 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Melanie Kutska, Virginia
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2:22 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Allison Jones, Texas
# 105,763:
2:15 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Judy Liber, California
# 105,762:
2:13 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Connie Byrne, North Carolina
# 105,761:
2:10 pm PDT, Aug 29,
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# 105,760:
2:09 pm PDT, Aug 29,
TAWNY LEWIS, California
# 105,759:
2:07 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Richard Betz, California
# 105,758:
2:04 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Lynne Torres, Hawaii
# 105,757:
2:02 pm PDT, Aug 29,
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# 105,756:
1:57 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Richard Tondreau, Michigan
# 105,755:
1:56 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Laurel Tondreau, Michigan
# 105,754:
1:53 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Andrea Rivera, Hawaii
# 105,753:
1:52 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Maria Fernanda Aguilar, Ecuador
# 105,752:
1:45 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Verva Thomas, Illinois
Areial hunting of animals should only be allowed if the friends of the animails can shoot back. Sorry. That is one point I feel very strongly about. Verva Thomas
Areial hunting of animals should only be allowed if the friends of the animails can shoot back. Sorry. That is one point I feel very strongly about. Verva Thomas
# 105,751:
1:43 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Aminah Cherry, North Carolina