News – Horrors
HELP THE BOBCATS! Bill HB2534 has been introduced to stop the bobcat kill, but it has not been passed in the State House of Representatives. Help send a strong message to the PA legislature that…
PETER’S HUMOR? – Fall 2000
By Peter Muller Q. What would you call hunter with half a brain? A. Extraordinarily gifted. Q. How can you tell that the toothbrush was invented by a hunter? A. Anybody else would have called…
STOP THE SWAN SLAUGHTER
By Kathryn Burton, SOS-USA No bird or animal has had such bad press over an extended time than the mute swan, which is attacked continually, based on a short list of lies developed by the…
Cara is Dead But It’s Too Early To Celebrate
My name is Linda Ditmars. I am a former wildlife rehabilitator, a certified animal control officer, a co-founder of Animal Allies, and a member of the Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting. I have been asked…
LINDA DITMARS, ESQ. SPEAKS FOR BEARS ON BEHALF OF C.A.S.H.
My name is Linda Ditmars. I am a former wildlife rehabilitator, a certified animal control officer, a co-founder of Animal Allies, and a member of the Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting. I have been asked…
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK BEARS
By Chuck Augello “It’s hand-to-hand combat up there!” Hey, I don’t mind arm wrestling with the dudes, but those wackos use guns and bows and arrows! The speaker, Dennis Ohab, stood at the podium nearly…
The Myth Concerning the Burgeoning Deer Population
MYTH: Meetings are held across NYS to seek solutions to the “burgeoning deer population” * TRUTH: BOW looks for more killers of deer and more killing fields BY ANNE MULLER (All photos by Anne Muller…
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OBITUARY: HAMLET, BELOVED COMPANION OF MOLLY HAMILTON-MANN 1991-June 8, 1999 Molly said, “Hamlet, who was 8 years old, sadly died on my birthday. He was my baby and I cry all the time thinking about…
Hey, Gordon! Ask Him If Trapping’s Humane
Gordon. Batcheller is the Supervising Wildlife Biologist of the NYS Bureau of Wildlife. He specializes in “furbearer management.” About a year ago, Mr. Batcheller gave a presentation to the European Union to request that they…
For The Umpteenth Time, Geese Are Not A Health Threat
BY SUE RUSSELL Signaling its intention to round-up and slaughter Canada geese, the Navesink River Municipalities Committee has recklessly “declared war” on the species as a “major health threat” as an implied prime source of…