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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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# 300:
7:46 am PST, Nov 22,
Paul Torrence, Oregon
# 299:
7:45 am PST, Nov 22,
Frances Herman, California
This is not hunting at all. Doing it from planes because you may get your feet wet boo-hoo you spoiled brats. Hunting would be on the same level as your prey and following there foot prints and when you get close you move in on it called "hunting them down". When in a plane or chopper no adventure there or effort it is plain murder. Slaughtering to be exact. They (the wolves) are in need to keep the balance of nature. Have we not realize what happens when man plays with nature we get burned. So stop this for God sake and Ours...
This is not hunting at all. Doing it from planes because you may get your feet wet boo-hoo you spoiled brats. Hunting would be on the same level as your prey and following there foot prints and when you get close you move in on it called "hunting them down". When in a plane or chopper no adventure there or effort it is plain murder. Slaughtering to be exact. They (the wolves) are in need to keep the balance of nature. Have we not realize what happens when man plays with nature we get burned. So stop this for God sake and Ours...
# 298:
7:45 am PST, Nov 22,
Madeline Baxter, Arkansas
# 297:
7:45 am PST, Nov 22,
Kim Rondomanski, Pennsylvania
This is NOT necessary!
This is NOT necessary!
# 296:
7:45 am PST, Nov 22,
Victor Grandi, Oklahoma
# 295:
7:45 am PST, Nov 22,
John Miller Sr., New Jersey
# 294:
7:45 am PST, Nov 22,
Robert Beals, Texas
# 293:
7:44 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 292:
7:43 am PST, Nov 22,
Fredericka Meek, California
# 291:
7:43 am PST, Nov 22,
Jocelyn McDermott, California
Please do not let this barbaric act continue, this way of killing Wolves is unusually cruel
Please do not let this barbaric act continue, this way of killing Wolves is unusually cruel
# 290:
7:43 am PST, Nov 22,
Cynthia Ford, Ohio
# 289:
7:43 am PST, Nov 22,
Marian Davis, New Jersey
Can't trust anyone who would kill any animal for the fun of it. The next it will be hunting humans. There was a movie about that. Some hunter wanted a bigger challenge so he released some people he held captive and hunted them down. Believe anyone who can hunt any defenseless animal for the "sport" of it is capable of anything.
Can't trust anyone who would kill any animal for the fun of it. The next it will be hunting humans. There was a movie about that. Some hunter wanted a bigger challenge so he released some people he held captive and hunted them down. Believe anyone who can hunt any defenseless animal for the "sport" of it is capable of anything.
# 288:
7:42 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
It is time to respect the land and all creatures, great and small. Stop the violent insanity of aerial hunting.
It is time to respect the land and all creatures, great and small. Stop the violent insanity of aerial hunting.
# 287:
7:40 am PST, Nov 22,
Joe Cavanaugh, Florida
We must end this illogical and heinous practice of aerial hunts on wolves, founded not on ecological assessment data but on testosterone charged policy making by inane and misinformed politicians.
We must end this illogical and heinous practice of aerial hunts on wolves, founded not on ecological assessment data but on testosterone charged policy making by inane and misinformed politicians.
# 286:
7:40 am PST, Nov 22,
Charlene Shumate, Arkansas
Thirty five years ago, Congress 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. It's time to stop aerial hunting once and for all. Please support the PAW act to end this illegal practice.
Thirty five years ago, Congress 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. It's time to stop aerial hunting once and for all. Please support the PAW act to end this illegal practice.
# 285:
7:39 am PST, Nov 22,
Virginia Provost, Nebraska
# 284:
7:38 am PST, Nov 22,
Debbi Terry, Connecticut
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Ghandi No one has ever said it better!
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Ghandi No one has ever said it better!
# 283:
7:38 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 282:
7:37 am PST, Nov 22,
James Benson, Pennsylvania
Wolves are loyal, social creatures, which only kill for food to survive. If only the same could be said for humans.
Wolves are loyal, social creatures, which only kill for food to survive. If only the same could be said for humans.
# 281:
7:37 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Kazakhstan
# 280:
7:36 am PST, Nov 22,
Jennifer Greenberg, Tennessee
This is sooooo wrong and nasty. Why do this to the poor animals?
This is sooooo wrong and nasty. Why do this to the poor animals?
# 279:
7:35 am PST, Nov 22,
Robin McKean, New Jersey
Aireal hunting of wolves is a throw back to some very unsportsman like hunting. Where is the sport in sitting in a helicopter and picking the wolves off like fish in a barrel. If people want to experience hunting wolves let them get down on the ground in the cold and pit themselves man against beast. Survival of the fittest not the most technilogically advanced. Of course it's not as if they are actually going to eat the wolves, so actually hunting of wolves serves no real purpose except for braggin rights for the season. Make the hunting of wolves highly regulated defintaley not form the air, which is just unfair. Prehaps the hunting of wolves should be illegal altogether.
Aireal hunting of wolves is a throw back to some very unsportsman like hunting. Where is the sport in sitting in a helicopter and picking the wolves off like fish in a barrel. If people want to experience hunting wolves let them get down on the ground in the cold and pit themselves man against beast. Survival of the fittest not the most technilogically advanced. Of course it's not as if they are actually going to eat the wolves, so actually hunting of wolves serves no real purpose except for braggin rights for the season. Make the hunting of wolves highly regulated defintaley not form the air, which is just unfair. Prehaps the hunting of wolves should be illegal altogether.
# 278:
7:34 am PST, Nov 22,
Madeleine Breen, Ohio
# 277:
7:33 am PST, Nov 22,
MELANIE SWEET, Ohio
# 276:
7:31 am PST, Nov 22,
Barbara Buchanan, New Jersey
# 275:
7:31 am PST, Nov 22,
Angelique Lindsay, Virginia
# 274:
7:30 am PST, Nov 22,
Joe Gil, Alaska
think the wolf situation is bad, see what the mighty urban hunters have to do to connect up with nature, decimating the bear population each spring. One single guide boat can wipe out whole populations in just a few seasons. and then there is the herring that all creatures of the ocean depend on. its called sustainable yield. which means that there is only enough feed for the amount of fish that are allowed to spawn. so even if we quit fishing for a while and let more escape the fish would starve from the lack of feed. o yes and the clincher is that now there is only three seafood copanies,the largest in the world, and they have decided that the fish price should stay at 1950 levels.
think the wolf situation is bad, see what the mighty urban hunters have to do to connect up with nature, decimating the bear population each spring. One single guide boat can wipe out whole populations in just a few seasons. and then there is the herring that all creatures of the ocean depend on. its called sustainable yield. which means that there is only enough feed for the amount of fish that are allowed to spawn. so even if we quit fishing for a while and let more escape the fish would starve from the lack of feed. o yes and the clincher is that now there is only three seafood copanies,the largest in the world, and they have decided that the fish price should stay at 1950 levels.
# 273:
7:30 am PST, Nov 22,
JIM DRONK, New York
Each person that signs up for a permit should be sent overseas to a country of their choice. Iraq, Iran, Afganistan. Plenty of target practice
Each person that signs up for a permit should be sent overseas to a country of their choice. Iraq, Iran, Afganistan. Plenty of target practice
# 272:
7:29 am PST, Nov 22,
Sammantha Lyle, Indiana
# 271:
7:29 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Puerto Rico
# 270:
7:28 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 269:
7:28 am PST, Nov 22,
Joseph Drake, Florida
This is a pathetic practice. Using helicopters and guns is not a hunt. It's out of a bad horror movie.
This is a pathetic practice. Using helicopters and guns is not a hunt. It's out of a bad horror movie.
# 268:
7:28 am PST, Nov 22,
Haydon Young, Florida
Save the Wolves!!!
Save the Wolves!!!
# 267:
7:27 am PST, Nov 22,
Anony Mous, Ohio
Oh my God. STOP this practice, and hopefully impeach Alaskas' governor! Wolves are intelligent, beautiful, feeling creatures, and deserve to be treated as such.
Oh my God. STOP this practice, and hopefully impeach Alaskas' governor! Wolves are intelligent, beautiful, feeling creatures, and deserve to be treated as such.
# 266:
7:26 am PST, Nov 22,
Rachel Mccloskey, Ohio
# 265:
7:26 am PST, Nov 22,
Kevin McCarthy, Pennsylvania
# 264:
7:26 am PST, Nov 22,
Mona Reidy, Kentucky
This practice of shooting wolves is very sickening. It isn't even hunting, it's just plain murder. When are we going to realize nature and man must learn to live together or we will destroy it all. People need to stop voting these people into office
This practice of shooting wolves is very sickening. It isn't even hunting, it's just plain murder. When are we going to realize nature and man must learn to live together or we will destroy it all. People need to stop voting these people into office
# 263:
7:23 am PST, Nov 22,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 262:
7:22 am PST, Nov 22,
Sheila Peterson, California
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Ghandi Exactly!
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Ghandi Exactly!
# 261:
7:22 am PST, Nov 22,
Helen Voris, Illinois
This is truly disgusting, unsportsmanlike, barbaric, and thoroughly unredeeming behavior that our society should be ashamed of even considering let alone condoning!
This is truly disgusting, unsportsmanlike, barbaric, and thoroughly unredeeming behavior that our society should be ashamed of even considering let alone condoning!
# 260:
7:22 am PST, Nov 22,
Sandra Palmer, California
# 259:
7:22 am PST, Nov 22,
Morganna Brissenden, California
Stop killing wolves through the aerial hunting program. Our planet is in enough trouble from humans.
Stop killing wolves through the aerial hunting program. Our planet is in enough trouble from humans.
# 258:
7:22 am PST, Nov 22,
Felicia Campbell, Nevada
This hunt is obscene and completely without merit.
This hunt is obscene and completely without merit.
# 257:
7:21 am PST, Nov 22,
Margaret Brewinski, Maryland
# 256:
7:21 am PST, Nov 22,
Emily Armstrong, Virginia
"Raise your hand if you can honestly tell me these are not our brothers. Save the wolves." -Poster I made.
"Raise your hand if you can honestly tell me these are not our brothers. Save the wolves." -Poster I made.
# 255:
7:21 am PST, Nov 22,
Tim Casper, Texas
# 254:
7:20 am PST, Nov 22,
Lauri Peacock, New Mexico
# 253:
7:20 am PST, Nov 22,
Debbie Olsen, Texas
wolves are beautiful animals and they deserve to live as much as you do, please let them live their lives in peace and do not harm them.
wolves are beautiful animals and they deserve to live as much as you do, please let them live their lives in peace and do not harm them.
# 252:
7:20 am PST, Nov 22,
Thomas Olenick, Ohio
# 251:
7:19 am PST, Nov 22,
Julie Mienheartt, Ohio