Sent to NY Newsday letters@newsday.com 10/1/03 After reading the recent article on bears in New Jersey (Not Grinning, Nor Bearing It 9/28), one gets the impression that bears are overrunning the state and are destroying…
Sent to the Helena, Montana Independent Record 9/30/03 As I write this letter, twelve-year old John Belk is being allowed to hunt out-of-season because he’s dying of cancer. It is a tragedy that young John…
—–Original Message—– From: Njpilot78@aol.com To: wildwatch@earthlink.net Hunting is a violent practice that is linked to violence toward humans.? there is no truth in this statment in fact kids who hunt get better grades in school…
Chief, Division of Migratory Bird Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Department of the Interior 4401 North Fairfax Dr. MBSP–4107 Arlington, VA 22203 September 29, 2003 To Whom It May Concern: Wildlife Watch, Inc. is…
Sent to New Jersey Newspapers. 9/23/03 On Saturday, September 27, the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife will target birds for slaughter during its “Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day.” A press release from the Division claims…
Sent to TimberJay News of Minnesota 9/23/03 To The Editor: Did Mr. Marshall Helmberger’s catch the irony of the situation he wrote about in his article on a dying West Virginia boy’s wish to hunt…
Wildlife Watch Inc. Helping People, Environment, and Wildlife PO BOX 562 NEW PALTZ, NY 12561 Voice:(845) 256-1400 Fax:(845-622-7999) e-mail: wildwatch@earthlink.net Contact: Joe Miele, Vice President 201-368-8271 State Director Janet Bucknall USDA APHIS WS 140-C Locust…
Sent to the Detroit Free Press 9/20/03 Eric Sharp’s column in the Press (Small-game hunting opener damp but fun, 9/16) was a breath of fresh air, if only because it reported hunters admitting why they…
Submitted to the Princeton (NJ) Packet 9/13/03 As a wildlife protection organization that often helps to resolve the conflicts that people have with Canada geese, Wildlife Watch commends Mr. Basil Robinson for using a scarecrow…
9/13/03 LTE, Syracuse Post-Standard http://www.syracuse.com/contactus/ In J. Michael Kelly’s recent column about the declining number of hunters (Fewer hunters head into the woods, 9/12), Jim Zumbo of Outdoor Life magazine says “We’ve gone from being…
