- Signatures: 335
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 7-29-2005
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We, the undersigned, are BOYCOTTING, ALL, Alabama State Parks, until 'Special (Deer) Hunting Seasons,' in all state parks, are permanently revoked. Our state parks were created to be SANCTUARIES for game animals and wildlife, NOT 'hunting farms'!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | State | Why I am signing this petition |
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| 352 | 6:11 am PDT, Oct 24 | Ms. | Carole Wesley | England | ||
| 351 | 9:13 am PDT, Aug 29 | Mr. | Nathaniel Morey | lansing | Michigan | I do not think it is right to take a park used as a sanctuary and then allow people to hunt there. |
| 350 | 6:06 pm PDT, Aug 26 | Ms. | Micki Sievers | Virginia Beach | Virginia | |
| 349 | 9:00 am PDT, Jun 8 | Mrs. | Ramona Isbell | Cropwell | Alabama | I value the lives of all animals. I believe in this cause and believe that deer should be saved - not hunted and killed! |
| 348 | 11:58 pm PDT, Apr 29 | Julie Bilton | Haley Station | It is about time that the U.S. government stops catering to hunters, at the expense of the vast majority of Americans (who do not hunt, and many of whom would enjoy the chance to enjoy nature and the outdoors without the fear of being shot!), and at the expense of wildlife. Hunting is cruel (killing healthy animals can never be humane, and many injured animals are not tracked or recovered, and die slowly and painfully). Hunting is also completely unnecessary in this day and age. We are not cavemen anymore, and it is time to stop acting like them. Hopefully, one day everyone's conscience and compassion will have evolved and we can put the disgusting and embarassing issue of hunting behind us forever. P.S.- Only a true moron kills an animal and claims that doing so will teach his children about the "value of life"! | ||
| 347 | 6:35 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Ms. | Anonymous | Hillsboror | Oregon | I am signing this petition because I have done alot research on this animal for school and found this web-site and I think they are a wonderful animal |
| 346 | 8:21 am PST, Jan 23 | Anonymous | Muscadine | Alabama | I am signing this petition because the entire Natural Resources program in Alabama should be revamped. The boards making these decisions are staffed with pro-hunting individuals and there is no balance whatsoever. If people are so eager to kill, let them hunt each other. | |
| 345 | 7:37 pm PST, Dec 26 | Anonymous | Plains | Pennsylvania | Well, Tommy, if arrogant morons like you did not kill off all the deers natural predators there would not be any deer starving to death. It must make you feel like a big tough man to kill an unarmed animal. If you are so anxious to kill, why don't you join the military and go to Afganistan or Iraq where you can do something useful? Oh, someone might shoot back at you, the only way you can feel like a man is to kill innocent animals. | |
| 344 | 6:37 am PDT, Oct 10 | Tommy Bradford | Mobile | Alabama | It's sad that so many people have signed this with out learning the facts. everyone wants to jump on the band wagon and show there ignorance. If we as hunters did not kill deer they would over populate and starve. People kill hundreds of deer every year with auto mobiles. Conservation is the smartest thing to do. And for your information hunters dont kill deer just for fun. We kill them for food and to teach our children the value of life. I would rather have my children in the woods learning the value of life and conservation than running wild in the streets with your children. | |
| 343 | 3:56 pm PDT, Jul 25 | Ms. | Anonymous | Montgomery | Alabama | I am a Montgomery resident, and a 15 year old girl. I am very active in any wildlife or animal welfare projects because I care about this Earth. I understand one signature CAN make a difference. Hunting is a cruel sport, and unlike Native Americans I don't see hunters today who use every single part of the animal and let nothing waste. Plus these are state parks not hunting grounds. The public should be able to enjoy it for its beauty and the wildlife, not hunting animals there. If anyone would like to help my program, Save Wild Horses, please visit our petition: http://gopetition.com/petitions/save-wild-horses.html ALL OPINIONS MATTER, PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION ON STATE PARKS AND SIGN OTHERS TO HELP WILDLIFE! |
| 342 | 9:06 am PDT, Jul 21 | greta malkotzoglou | Athens | |||
| 341 | 12:25 pm PDT, Jul 13 | Genesis Vegan O'Neil | United States | |||
| 340 | 7:18 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Mr. | Seth Stern | East Brunswick | New Jersey | |
| 339 | 6:04 pm PDT, Jun 16 | Alexandra Napolitano | Green Valley | Nevada | ||
| 338 | 10:37 am PDT, Mar 29 | Anonymous | Colorado | |||
| 337 | 6:31 am PST, Mar 8 | Anonymous | San Antonio | Texas | it needs to stop!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 336 | 10:36 pm PST, Feb 3 | Marie A. | Tallassee | Alabama | I am against hunting in public locations, that includes National/State Parks. I live in an area where alot of illegal hunting happens. Because of ignorant trigger happy people, many pets and even a small child have been killed. This has GOT to stop! | |
| 335 | 7:47 am PST, Jan 16 | Richard Cruse | Birmingham | Alabama | Our State Parks and their assets are valuable not because of the monetary price they can bring on some barrellhead, but because they cannot be replaced. | |
| 334 | 9:52 am PST, Dec 22 | Charlie Hyde | West Blocton | Alabama | ||
| 333 | 8:21 pm PST, Dec 17 | jim lowery | cusseta | Alabama | i see alot of anonymous people on here do you doubt yourself or are you a coward ive hunted for 27 yers im 35 i depend on this to feed myself and family you are ignorant to the facts of conservation the next deer you see thats starving along with the hundreds of others in the same area what are you going to do watch it starve or come out of your pocket to over populate more and just for your information the idiots on animal planet dont know everyting they talk about example: cottonmouths arnt aggressive hes obviously never been chased by one i also fear no man alot of you people need some military experience so you can do a little growing up | |
| 331 | 6:09 am PST, Nov 30 | Ms. | Anonymous | Warrior | Alabama | because its wrong they didnt do anything to us |
| 330 | 12:18 am PST, Nov 24 | Ms. | Marieka Liewes | Melbourne | Do I really need to state the obvious when it concerns killing an animal for the sake of 'sports' ? | |
| 328 | 8:49 am PDT, Oct 16 | marc mott | Mobile | Alabama | I love animals they are delicious!!! | |
| 327 | 5:41 am PDT, Sep 15 | Darcy Brasher | Alabama | I wish to sign this for the innocent animals who have no say in this. I have just recently found out that there is a hunting spot next to my home. I am still trying to figure out how to get rid of that place. | ||
| 326 | 8:30 am PDT, Sep 5 | Abudicioai Raluca | Bucharest | |||
| 324 | 3:30 pm PDT, Aug 28 | Mr. | Anonymous | winfield | Alabama | I'm signing this because you tree huggers need to mind your own business some of us that live here like the sport and count on the meat to feed us threw the year and we cant afford to buy lots of land or pay dues to clubs and count on these public lands so kiss my bama borned and bread ass exspecually those that dont live here that think they have a say in this .........GO BOYCOTT YOUR local food stores and quit eating cows thier bad for you... all that fat |
| 323 | 10:26 am PDT, Aug 7 | Mr. | F J | Arkansas | Tweety bird said it best "OOOOOO, what a hipa-twit!" All of the anti hunters that eat meat. It's OK to have someone else do your slaughtering and butchering for you. It's OK to push a button and have your dirty work done by others, just so long as you don't get anything on your hands. Disgusting. When not if, the grim times of lack come in this liberal nation of unreality glommers, the nay sayers will be elbowing for an opportunity to hunt and gather food. Venison or otherwise. Outcrys of ignorance. The louder a jackass brays, the smaller his brain. Bray on my anti-igmoes, bray on. PETA = people eating tasty animals and "POORLY INFORMED TEEN ACTIVISTS." | |
| 322 | 7:57 pm PDT, Jul 15 | Ms. | shelly cox | arbyrd | Missouri | I really don't like the fact that people go out and kill deer and other wild life life animals just for fun. This should STOP. It's like people don't even think about what their about to do, it's like killing your own pets, people shouldn't just go and kill helpless animals that are just minding their own business, it's just stupid. Maybe someday people will realize how cruel this is. |
| 321 | 9:08 pm PDT, May 31 | Dr. | Anonymous | ruckersville | Virginia | I'm signing this petition because it's my civic duty. It is clear from the comments on this site that there is a serious hunter overpopulation run amuck. Too many of these killers are dangerous psychopaths who should have their assault toys confiscated immediately. It would be a kindness to take these sub "human" runts off the streets and lock them up in mental wards--their natural habitat. By the way, only a pip squeak would use an assault weapon on a deer. Real men--with GUTS--go hand to hand in combat with the animal planet. But don't hold your breath people. These twirps could NEVER cut it. Not even with a squirrel. No wonder these girlie men get off acting out with props. They need 'em because they would be NOTHING without 'em. And don't they know it! |
| 320 | 2:00 pm PDT, Apr 29 | Oyku Akcol | Ankara | |||
| 319 | 12:57 pm PDT, Apr 11 | jasmine drinkwater | Mobile | Alabama | ||
| 318 | 3:45 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Joseline Gomez | Burbank | California | ||
| 317 | 12:05 am PDT, Apr 7 | Mr. | Jared Taplin | San Ramon | California | I love deer and don't want people to kill them for meat. |
| 316 | 7:59 pm PDT, Mar 19 | Mr. | Anonymous | Tennessee | To prevent the petition. In the 1800's, the Whitetail deer population all but vanished. Today, they are over populated, create many serious accidents on our roads and pitfully, many starve to death in mountainous regions. Petition to stop? No, no way. Hunters and their licenses have given the Whitetail deer new life and they are found everywhere. | |
| 315 | 1:40 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Anna tomayko | Stow | Ohio | ||
| 314 | 9:54 am PDT, Mar 12 | Aiz T | ||||
| 313 | 8:23 pm PST, Feb 8 | Mr. | Earl Lane | Hannibal | Missouri | http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4627/ |
| 312 | 1:33 pm PST, Feb 3 | dave sennett | York | Pennsylvania | i love deer and all wildlife, stop the killing. | |
| 311 | 9:26 am PST, Jan 29 | Cooterbuck Brown | Foley | Alabama | ||
| 310 | 1:52 pm PST, Jan 11 | Mr. | Hunter ForLife | BTown | Georgia | Nothing like venison twitchin' on the ground 60 yards out after being spine shot with the .270 Its even better when it has a fawn with it and the fawn BLEATS and CRIES for its dead mother for hours until you leave the stand. I also sometimes drive back country roads in my 4wheel drive looking for deer to smash with the old Ford just for fun. I try to knock their back hips off so they have to crawl across the road in pain and lay in the ditch for others to view. Hopefully if any of you Yankees are down my way you'll get to experience this joy too. Bring your kids and camcorders ITS A FAMILY TRADITION!! |
| 309 | 9:34 am PST, Jan 11 | Chris Kelly | Saraland | Alabama | Hunting in the state parks is an absolute neccessity. They are not hunted with firearms in the state parks, rather with archery equipment making it a very safe but effective method. I say if you non-hunters want it changed, pay for trapping and relocating. At a cost of around 500 dollars per deer, you would need to collect $50000.00 a year for just 100 deer (per year). It is all a matter of finance. The state government would rather let more than willing hunters handle the task for little to nothing than fork out tens of thousands of dollars to handle the overpopulation of deer. Besides, a lot of hunters donate the nutritional deer meat to needy homes and families. So before you start knocking hunters, remember someone HAS to do it. Their not only keeping the deer from starving to death from overpopulation, but also feeding hungry people in the process. What's worse, killing a wild animal with archery equipment, or slaughtering farm animals with absolutely no chance... Get your priorities in line!!! | |
| 308 | 8:26 am PST, Jan 11 | Ryan Willett | North Carolina | Mrs. Stone, You indeed need help. I have survived two tours in Iraq, I am preparing for my third round there. I have no fear of any man no matter his size. Hunt me if you will, but I caution you, you'll never heard the sound of your death. Yes, I hunt, and do it with respect for the creatures I pursue, I would not grant you the same respect. I teach me sons to live from the earth. Can you do this? I doubt it. You quote "thou shalt not kill" You are in error. Litterally written, it is "thou shalt not murder." What you have also forgotten to read is that God told man to go forth and gather the plants and animals he placed here on earth for substinance. However, I don't think you took the time to finish the book as evidenced by your writting. The viciousness of your words is obvious in your writting. Would you be so brave to stand in room with me and lash the same? I doubt it. | ||
| 307 | 3:24 pm PST, Jan 10 | Smoke 'em up! | Greenville | North Carolina | I say we boycott all gays and liberals. They're going to hell anyway. | |
| 306 | 3:19 pm PST, Jan 10 | Mr. | Rare Venison | Ralegh | North Carolina | Because I like to kill deer! Watching thier bodies explode when that 7mm bullet whacks them is awesome. Taste good too! |
| 305 | 10:52 am PST, Jan 5 | Danille Baptista | Birmingham | Alabama | ||
| 304 | 10:26 am PST, Dec 31 | Mr. | john mcdermott | pelham | Alabama | against the senseless slaughter of animals by dicks with scopes in a tree stand 20 mtrs from the animal being scoped for the slaughter... |
| 303 | 1:41 am PST, Dec 30 | Jason Bowman | Placerville | California | ||
| 302 | 12:44 pm PST, Dec 15 | Dr. | Anonymous | Washington | The "macho" deer hunters that lure the deer to corn and then shoot them for an easy kill can be dealt with: PEE ON THE CORN AND THE DEER WILL STAY AWAY !!! SPREAD THE WORD !!! |
Boycott Alabama's State Parks: Stop Special (Deer) Hunting Seasons!
In January of 2004, Barnett Lawley, Commissioner of Alabama's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, set a very dangerous precedent. He signed an ILLEGAL 'emergency rule,' to enable a special public deer bowhunt in Oak Mountain State Park. In doing so, he accommodated his department's clientele, the hunters of Alabama, who make up only 7% of this state's population.
Espousing the hunter's opportunistic mantra of 'overpopulation', Alabama's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources set the precedent of managing wildlife in a state park through killing.
(Rory Putman's book, 'The Natural History of Deer' states: "In our discussion of management, for control or exploitation, we have repeatedly stressed that most natural populations respond to reduction in numbers by increased productivity. Population reduction is thus a perpetual treadmill. Culling (killing) can prove not only expensive but counterproductive.")
When the bowhunters did not kill enough deer for Commissioner Lawley, in March 2004, he called in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Services division, to kill more deer at night, using spotlighting. Hunting at night, and spotlighting specifically, are illegal in the state of Alabma.
Alabama's state parks, and the inhabitants therein, belong to ALL of this state's citizens; not just a special interest group.
Alabamians: A portion of your state taxes goes to support the state park system. With regard to this issue of hunting in state parks, there appears to be a situation of 'taxation without representation'!
In 1982, by state regulation, Alabama's, current and future, state parks were deemed to be SANCTUARIES for game animals and wildlife.
In May 2004, Commissioner Lawley signed a regulation providing for 'Special Hunts in State Parks' - encompassing ALL of Alabama's state parks!
We must have the audacity to insist of our state government, the return of our state parks' wildlife to management by NATURE!
STOP THE KILLING IN ALABAMA'S STATE PARKS!
Espousing the hunter's opportunistic mantra of 'overpopulation', Alabama's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources set the precedent of managing wildlife in a state park through killing.
(Rory Putman's book, 'The Natural History of Deer' states: "In our discussion of management, for control or exploitation, we have repeatedly stressed that most natural populations respond to reduction in numbers by increased productivity. Population reduction is thus a perpetual treadmill. Culling (killing) can prove not only expensive but counterproductive.")
When the bowhunters did not kill enough deer for Commissioner Lawley, in March 2004, he called in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Services division, to kill more deer at night, using spotlighting. Hunting at night, and spotlighting specifically, are illegal in the state of Alabma.
Alabama's state parks, and the inhabitants therein, belong to ALL of this state's citizens; not just a special interest group.
Alabamians: A portion of your state taxes goes to support the state park system. With regard to this issue of hunting in state parks, there appears to be a situation of 'taxation without representation'!
In 1982, by state regulation, Alabama's, current and future, state parks were deemed to be SANCTUARIES for game animals and wildlife.
In May 2004, Commissioner Lawley signed a regulation providing for 'Special Hunts in State Parks' - encompassing ALL of Alabama's state parks!
We must have the audacity to insist of our state government, the return of our state parks' wildlife to management by NATURE!
STOP THE KILLING IN ALABAMA'S STATE PARKS!
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