Jerry LaBella (Admin)
11-14-2006, 07:09 PM
<font color="0077aa"><font size="+2">Anti's Protest Bear Hunt on Virginia Refuge- (11/13)
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Anti-hunters are pressuring federal officials to cancel a black bear hunt at a Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).
In Defense of Animals (IDA), a national anti-hunting organization, is urging its supporters to demand that the Great Dismal Swamp NWR call off its newly-established black bear hunt and implement non-lethal bear controls. It is calling members to contact Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Refuge Manager Suzanne Baird, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Regional Director Marvin Moriarty to stop the hunt.
One hundred hunters were selected by lottery for the two-day hunt, which will begin Dec. 1. Nearly 350 sportsmen applied for permits, which cost $50.
The anti-hunting movement has made the elimination of hunting on refuges a priority.
The Animal Protection Institute recently called on its supporters to demand that officials ban hunting, fishing and trapping for 39 North Dakota refuges, and ban hunting and trapping on an Illinois refuge.
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Legal Defense Fund (U.S. SLDF), the litigation arm of the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation (USSAF), is taking on the anti’s in an ongoing lawsuit to ban hunting on 37 units of the 100 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System. The suit was filed in 2003 against the USFWS by the Fund for Animals, which has since merged with the Humane Society of the United States.
In August, a federal judge ruled that the USFWS must evaluate the environmental impacts of hunting on the entire National Wildlife Refuge System. The astonishing decision, which runs contrary to the USSAF-backed law that directs the USFWS to facilitate hunting on refuges when possible, came after the judge granted a USSAF motion for partial dismissal of the case. He had ruled that comprehensive environmental studies were not necessary for goals outlined in the USFWS strategic plan.
The U.S. SLDF promptly asked the judge to not terminate hunting and fishing on the refuges while the USFWS complies with the ruling to update environmental impact records. The USFWS has committed to updating the environmental studies by summer 2007.
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Virginia </font></font>
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Anti-hunters are pressuring federal officials to cancel a black bear hunt at a Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).
In Defense of Animals (IDA), a national anti-hunting organization, is urging its supporters to demand that the Great Dismal Swamp NWR call off its newly-established black bear hunt and implement non-lethal bear controls. It is calling members to contact Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Refuge Manager Suzanne Baird, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Regional Director Marvin Moriarty to stop the hunt.
One hundred hunters were selected by lottery for the two-day hunt, which will begin Dec. 1. Nearly 350 sportsmen applied for permits, which cost $50.
The anti-hunting movement has made the elimination of hunting on refuges a priority.
The Animal Protection Institute recently called on its supporters to demand that officials ban hunting, fishing and trapping for 39 North Dakota refuges, and ban hunting and trapping on an Illinois refuge.
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Legal Defense Fund (U.S. SLDF), the litigation arm of the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation (USSAF), is taking on the anti’s in an ongoing lawsuit to ban hunting on 37 units of the 100 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System. The suit was filed in 2003 against the USFWS by the Fund for Animals, which has since merged with the Humane Society of the United States.
In August, a federal judge ruled that the USFWS must evaluate the environmental impacts of hunting on the entire National Wildlife Refuge System. The astonishing decision, which runs contrary to the USSAF-backed law that directs the USFWS to facilitate hunting on refuges when possible, came after the judge granted a USSAF motion for partial dismissal of the case. He had ruled that comprehensive environmental studies were not necessary for goals outlined in the USFWS strategic plan.
The U.S. SLDF promptly asked the judge to not terminate hunting and fishing on the refuges while the USFWS complies with the ruling to update environmental impact records. The USFWS has committed to updating the environmental studies by summer 2007.
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