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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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We signed the “Support the PAW Act - End Alaska's Aerial Hunting Program!” petition!

# 350:

8:12 am PST, Nov 22, Scott Risley, Georgia
This must stop now! Born free, die free.

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8:12 am PST, Nov 22, Caren Corkins, Texas

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8:11 am PST, Nov 22, Ashley Gilleran, Illinois

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8:11 am PST, Nov 22, Fran Kreider, Pennsylvania

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8:10 am PST, Nov 22, Tracy Tuttle, California

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8:10 am PST, Nov 22, Shelly Marcus, California
Please stop this needless, barbaric action. It is just cruel and totally unsporting. Save the wolves!!!!

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8:09 am PST, Nov 22, Linda Wilson, Maryland

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8:09 am PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, Florida

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8:09 am PST, Nov 22, Susan Nichols, California

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8:09 am PST, Nov 22, Anita Clifton, New Mexico

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8:09 am PST, Nov 22, Sophie Parsons, United Kingdom

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8:09 am PST, Nov 22, Mary Hursey, Iowa

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8:08 am PST, Nov 22, David Taylor, Tennessee

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8:08 am PST, Nov 22, Kimberly Mullen, Indiana

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8:08 am PST, Nov 22, Adda H, Romania

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8:07 am PST, Nov 22, John T. Napier, Illinois

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8:07 am PST, Nov 22, Liz Scheader, New York

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8:06 am PST, Nov 22, Jeff Horne, Oregon

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8:05 am PST, Nov 22, Gloria Palestrin, New York
Why are we destroying such a beautiful animal?

# 331:

8:04 am PST, Nov 22, Betty Jones, Kansas

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8:03 am PST, Nov 22, Amy Neener, Colorado
While we sit here letting innocent animals be slaughtered should we take time and think? I believe so. Who was here first? CORRECT the animals. Who kept the colonists fed? Yes the animals. Who have our dogs transcended from all these years? Wolves If you have a dog or cat imagine what it would be like to have people wanting them for sale and fur? What would you do if they came to your house shot your animals and left? Would you stand for it?

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8:03 am PST, Nov 22, Heather Fogg, Illinois
Wolves are important. The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone has proven to be a sucess for all the wildlife there. Supporting a ban on very uneven terms for killing these beautiful creatures is a win-win for everyone involved.

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8:02 am PST, Nov 22, Sonja Collier, Texas
put birth control in food that is dropped off the plane when in sky. That is harmless method. thank you

# 327:

8:02 am PST, Nov 22, Tommy Etherton, Illinois

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8:01 am PST, Nov 22, Debi Hoskinson, New York
This is a wrong and disgusting practice, end it now!

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8:01 am PST, Nov 22, Barb Knight, North Carolina
Please support this urgent federal bill to end aerial gunning of wolves forever so that generations to come can learn about these magnificent animals that are so very special. Thank you.

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8:01 am PST, Nov 22, Linda Lee, California
Mankind forgets that Man and Beast are indeed connected, helping each other, and that they are part of the Oneness of Creation.

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8:00 am PST, Nov 22, Helena Satori, Virginia

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8:00 am PST, Nov 22, Margarita Valera, Florida

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8:00 am PST, Nov 22, Mike Kruse, Wisconsin

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7:59 am PST, Nov 22, Julie Cope, California

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7:59 am PST, Nov 22, Cherie Cowan, Arizona

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7:58 am PST, Nov 22, Bruce Blackman, D.O., Maine

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7:57 am PST, Nov 22, Brad Miller, Kansas

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7:57 am PST, Nov 22, Shirley Anna Thomas, Indiana
I have Indian heritage and I feel it wronge to kill animals that have more right to this land than we actually do. The Wolf is just as much a symbol of our country as the Bald Eagle Is ... Please Stop Killing them... Protect them... Put them in reserves ... Dont kill them...

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7:56 am PST, Nov 22, McKenzie Walker, Arkansas

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7:55 am PST, Nov 22, Patricia Gallegly, Oregon

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7:55 am PST, Nov 22, Melissa Nelson, Connecticut

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7:55 am PST, Nov 22, Krista & Eric Swager, West Virginia

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7:55 am PST, Nov 22, Jodi Carlton, Georgia
The killing of these beautiful animals that have better family values than most Americans has to be STOPPED!

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7:51 am PST, Nov 22, Diana Abeyta, California

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7:50 am PST, Nov 22, Mary Lou ramirez, Florida

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7:50 am PST, Nov 22, Andrea Campbell, Kentucky
Please do not allow aerial shooting of wolves.

# 307:

7:50 am PST, Nov 22, Vicki Wizard, California

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7:49 am PST, Nov 22, Kelley Giffen, Kansas

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7:49 am PST, Nov 22, Anthony Bowles, Washington D.C.

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7:49 am PST, Nov 22, Ira Delilovic-Boomgarden, Iowa
Please support this piece of legislation. Alaskans have voted twice to end the horrible slaughter, and they have been ignored. What happened to public administrators working for the public. Please ensure the Alaskan public's opinion goes some length and stop aerial hunting.

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7:48 am PST, Nov 22, Mike Mitchell, Maine
stop the killing of the wolves now

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7:48 am PST, Nov 22, M Glaz, New York

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7:46 am PST, Nov 22, Christie R, Delaware

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