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

Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Care2.com

So far, more than 1,000 wolves have been chased down by gunmen in low-flying aircraft and killed with high-powered rifles. This year alone, at least 232 wolves have been killed – putting the 2008/2009 aerial wolf killing season on pace to become the deadliest in years.

In just a few weeks, Congressman George Miller will re-introduce the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act, federal legislation to end the controversial practice of using aircraft and gunmen to chase and kill wolves in Alaska.

It's time to stop aerial hunting once and for all. Sign the petition below to urge your Representative to sign on as an original co-sponsor of Representative George Miller's re-introduced PAW Act to help end this awful practice in Alaska and prevent it from spreading to places like the Northern Rockies.

deadline: 12-31-2009
goal: 175,000
 
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Re: Please Co-Sponsor the Protect America's Wildlife Act in the 111th Congress

Dear [Decision Maker],

As one of your constituents and someone who cares about protecting wildlife, I urge you to sign on as an original cosponsor of Representative George Miller's soon-to-be introduced Protect America's Wildlife Act, federal legislation to end the controversial practice of using aircraft and gunmen to chase and kill wolves in Alaska.

Officials in Alaska have flouted the intent of the Federal Airborne Hunting Act that Congress passed in 1972 and perpetuated a scientifically unfounded aerial wolf killing program.

[Your personal comments will be added here.]

So far, more than 1,000 wolves have been chased down by gunmen in low-flying aircraft and killed with high-powered rifles. This year alone, at least 232 wolves have been killed -- putting the 2008/2009 aerial wolf killing season on pace to become the deadliest in years.

This brutal practice has been condemned by wildlife biologists, hunters and conservationists from Alaska and around the world... and with good cause.
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Sincerely,
[Your name here]
We support the PAW Act!
# 153,694:
11:35 pm PST, Nov 20, Samuel Ottey, Virginia
# 153,693:
8:12 pm PST, Nov 20, Nadia Barbashova, California
# 153,692:
4:05 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Georgia
I am horrified. I was going to visit Alaska this coming spring, but now I won't because of this.
# 153,691:
4:03 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Georgia
This is sickening. I will boycott everything made in Alaska and I will never tour Alaska until this is put to a stop!
# 153,690:
1:05 pm PST, Nov 20, Scarlet Hansen, Connecticut
# 153,689:
11:31 am PST, Nov 20, Perona ricarté Jonathan, Belgium
Please Co-Sponsor the Protect America's Wildlife Act in the 111th Congress Dear [Decision Maker], As one of your constituents and someone who cares about protecting wildlife, I urge you to sign on as an original cosponsor of Representative George Miller's soon-to-be introduced Protect America's Wildlife Act, federal legislation to end the controversial practice of using aircraft and gunmen to chase and kill wolves in Alaska. Officials in Alaska have flouted the intent of the Federal Airborne Hunting Act that Congress passed in 1972 and perpetuated a scientifically unfounded aerial wolf killing program. [Your personal comments will be added here.] So far, more than 1,000 wolves have been chased down by gunmen in low-flying aircraft and killed with high-powered rifles. This year alone, at least 232 wolves have been killed -- putting the 2008/2009 aerial wolf killing season on pace to become the deadliest in years. This brutal practice has been condemned by wildlife biologists, hunters and conservationists from Alaska and around the world... and with good cause. view more Under the program, private trophy hunters can use planes to track and shoot down wolves from above or chase them to exhaustion and kill them at point-blank range. It is not ethical hunting and the state has no reliable numbers on which to base their decisions on how many wolves are killed under the program or any solid data to substantiate the program's effectiveness. I am outraged by aerial wolf killing and hope that you will do everything in your power to stop this awful practice as an original cosponsor of the Protect America's Wildlife Act. Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to your response. view less Sincerely, Perona Ricarté Jonathan.
# 153,688:
6:01 pm PST, Nov 19, Stephanie Tipton, California
# 153,687:
5:05 pm PST, Nov 19, Zach Popham, California
Dear Alaskans and other aerial hunters turn the gun upon yourselves next time and blow your brains out. Thanks
# 153,686:
3:19 pm PST, Nov 19, Michał P., Poland
# 153,685:
12:56 am PST, Nov 19, Fleur Hoek, Netherlands
# 153,684:
2:16 pm PST, Nov 18, Jessica Door, Missouri
I, personally, believe that this program may be the best choice. Perhaps not my preferred, but the best. I would love it if wolves were still around for my children to see, someday. If this act doesn't go through, then I'm afraid that may not happen.
# 153,683:
7:29 am PST, Nov 18, Rachel Baldeon, Florida
# 153,682:
4:49 am PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, France
# 153,681:
8:35 pm PST, Nov 17, Casey Powell, Missouri
# 153,680:
5:17 pm PST, Nov 17, Ellie Shain, California
# 153,679:
5:46 am PST, Nov 17, L.A. Middlesteadt, North Carolina
As a child, I saw footage of wolves being hunted by helicopter. One ran and ran and ran to exhaustion, then whirled around and snarled at the chopper in a desperate last stand before being gunned down. That image has stayed with me for thirty-five years. Wolves are the predecessors of man's best friend. Please don't allow this horrifying abuse to continue. At least give them a fighting chance.
# 153,678:
8:18 pm PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Georgia
I am outraged at this so called sport!
# 153,677:
7:23 pm PST, Nov 16, David Ruland, Georgia
Please end this abhorrent behavior. This country should not be encouraging bloodsport and horrific treatment of our nations wildlife. It is our moral obligation to be an example to sadistic societies such as China and others by treating our animals and our wildlife with a clear degree of respecgt and empathy.
# 153,676:
12:23 pm PST, Nov 16, Kenneth Henderson, Washington
Wolves are in integral part of the natural habitat. They keep the herds of elk and deer healthier by natural selection. Better then any human hunter can, I might add. They have every right to remain and flourish in their Alaskan wilderness, more so then we do. It is our obligation to protect them from our own misguided laws and those willing to exploit those very laws.
# 153,675:
11:38 am PST, Nov 16, Roshanak Ghoochan, Georgia
# 153,674:
10:20 am PST, Nov 16, Nannette Reese, Georgia
I urge you to support the PAW Act and help to end the brutal and inappropriate actions of aerial wolf hunting. Ms. Palin may be proud of this barbarism, but it is something we should be ashamed of as human beings and Americans.
# 153,673:
5:13 pm PST, Nov 15, Belinda Lacey, Illinois
wolves have been around since the end of the last ice age. They became our first canine. I was privileged to take care of a beautiful female wolf for 10 years and my heart is broken to know that humanity can destroy creation that we were entrusted to steward. Someone needs to open their mind and see that this is very wrong! Extinction means never more!!!!!!!!! I pray that god have mercy on those who decide to allow this barbaric hunting. Wolves are the most beautiful of all canines and deserve to coexist within the circle of life. STOP THIS NONSENSE!!!!!!!!
# 153,672:
5:09 pm PST, Nov 15, Claudia Delemont, Florida
# 153,671:
1:27 pm PST, Nov 15, Katie Meyer, Minnesota
# 153,670:
8:58 am PST, Nov 13, Theresia Cronan, California
# 153,669:
1:32 am PST, Nov 12, Angelien Ista, Netherlands
# 153,668:
3:19 pm PST, Nov 11, Sherry Nelson, Canada
# 153,667:
12:12 pm PST, Nov 11, Heidi Wiegers, Netherlands
# 153,666:
7:57 am PST, Nov 11, Anna Ziolkowska, Poland
# 153,665:
7:24 am PST, Nov 11, Mylene De Vries, Netherlands Antilles
These animals are so beautifull so stop Alaska's Aerial Hunting Program!
# 153,664:
6:28 pm PST, Nov 10, Stefani Puett, Washington
# 153,663:
1:58 pm PST, Nov 10, Rosemary Monteiro, New Jersey
# 153,662:
1:23 pm PST, Nov 10, Sheila Sitler, Georgia
Gunning down animal form the air must be a new sport. This must stop. Mother Nature takes care of the food chain order and it is not for us to go on a sport hunting spree......I'm sure they are not killing wolves for food consumption or clothing for the poor.
# 153,661:
1:08 pm PST, Nov 10, Kerstin Strobl, Germany
# 153,660:
12:47 pm PST, Nov 10, Elisa Evers, Netherlands
# 153,659:
12:40 pm PST, Nov 10, Laura Adolfse, Netherlands
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