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Trappers are a Dying Lot

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Sent to www.PittsburghLIVE.com opinion@tribweb.com 11/30/03 A recent article mentioned that the Pennsylvania Trappers Association is looking to recruit new members. (Trappers’ group looks for some new members 11/21) It is not surprising that this is… 

Hunters and Poachers – A Fine Line…

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Sent 11/30/03 An article in the Caledonian-Record reported on the problem of poachers illegally killing deer. In reality, there is a very fine line between those who kill animals illegally, and those who do the… 

NJ Fish and Wildlife Brags About Deer Kill Estimate

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Sent in to several New Jersey papers by Anne Spoden 11/2/03 The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (the Division) issued a press release on October 21, boasting about the number of deer bow… 

School Students Were Taught Terrible Lessons

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Sent to the Rapid City Journal (South Dakota) letters@rapidcityjournal.com 9/28/03 The Children’s House Montessori school students were taught terrible lessons of deception, lies and death the day the moose was killed. As a wildlife protection… 

Implement Humane Deer Control Methods

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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 Ms. Linda Starkey, Village President North Barrington Village Hall… 

Children in Tennessee Can Hunt Without a License.

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To The Editor: In a recent article posted on the Chattanoogan.com website, the writer says that “Landowners and their children hunting on their own land (under a specific exemption) are also exempt from Hunter Safety… 

NJ Division of Fish and Game deliberately increases deer herd

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The Record – letterstotheeditor@northjersey.com 8/31/03 Bow hunter Jack Spoto says that bow hunting is “an important wildlife management tool,” (Bowhunters gather for annual jamboree, 8/24) but if one studies the data on the number of… 

Trappers and the spread of rabies

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Sent to pentragraph.com – a newspaper out of Bloomington – Normal, Illinois To the Editor: In Scott Richardson’s recent column about the National Trappers Association convention in Bloomington, (Trappers’ convention comes to Twin Cities, August… 

Alaska’s Governor supports “Land-and-Shoot.”

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To The Editor: Against public opinion, Governor Frank Murkowski has signed a bill allowing wolves to be hunted and killed from airplanes. The people of Alaska have twice voted to revoke this “land-and-shoot” wolf killing… 

Sent to the Buffalo (NY) News: Feeding Deer

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5/25/03 We were saddened after being made aware of the case in which Ms. Anita Depczynski was charged with violating the state conservation law by feeding a herd of tame deer at a suburban Buffalo…