Some of What We’ve Been Up to Since the Last Newsletter
- Reported on 58 more hunting accidents and 90 more publicly recognized hunting violations on our website.
- Letter to the Burlington, NC News about a a boy who was caught in a Conibear trap.
- Commented to the Orlando Sentinel about Florida’s IHUNT license plate
- Submitted comments to The World of Coos Bay, OR about the “fun for the family” archery event.
- Letter to the Statesman Journal of Oregon denouncing the “will shoot for meat” contest.
- Took actions to vigorously oppose NB 574 in the North Carolina state legislature; the bill legalizes the so-called “Possum Drop” which has been used in North Carolina in the observance of New Year celebrations. The bill suspends all animal protection laws from applying to opossums from December 29th of each year to January 2nd of the subsequent year. We sent letters to every member of the North Carolina legislature as well as the governor of North Carolina opposing this perverse bill to specifically permit torture of opossums. Nevertheless the bill passed both houses with only about 20% of the legislators voting against the bill. The governor then did sign this bill into law.
- Comments submitted for: CA bobcat trapping; NJ bear hunting; NYS Wildlife Action Plan
- Scheduled to speak in opposition to hunting at Green Mtn College in VT in a pro-hunting course.