Stop the Killing of Bobcats for Foreign Fashionistas

Right now it's legal for trappers to kill unlimited numbers of bobcats in California, even in national parks -- all so that their fur can be sold for fashion in places like China and Russia. Joshua Tree National Park experienced runaway commercial trapping in 2012.

Commercial trapping is inhumane, and it damages the ecological integrity of California's beautiful and important wild places.

Luckily there's a ray of hope for California's bobcats: Assembly Bill 1213, the Bobcat Protection Act of 2013, would limit the commercial trapping of bobcats in California. The bill immediately prohibits bobcat trapping around Joshua Tree National Park. It directs the California Fish and Game Commission to institute further protections, including closing areas around parks to bobcat trapping.

A.B. 1213 must pass a vote of the full California Assembly by the end of this month to move forward in the legislature this year.

Please ask your assembly member to vote yes on the Bobcat Protection Act.
Please vote "yes" on A.B. 1213, the Bobcat Protection Act of 2013. This bill would limit commercial trapping of bobcats in California.

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Hundreds of California's native bobcats are trapped and killed each year for their skins -- which are sold in the international fur trade. This practice harms the ecology of our wildlife and natural landscapes; it undermines the natural beauty that makes California a special place to live and visit. California's native wildlife should not be exploited and harmed for greedy commercial gain.

I strongly support A.B. 1213 -- sponsored by Assembly Member Richard Bloom -- because it would limit the commercial trapping of California's bobcats. I ask that you vote "yes" on A.B. 1213 and do everything you can to end bobcat trapping in our state.

Thank you,

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