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Written by David Tripp
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Saturday, 04 February 2006 |
Collins, Snowe, Allen Receive Awards For Their Support of Animal Protection Legislation U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Thomas Allen were recognized by the Humane Society of the United States for legislative leadership awards on animal welfare issues considered by the Congress in 2005 and for receiving scores of 100 on the Humane Scorecard. Mainers in Washington Four Maine animal activists attended the recent national ‘Taking Action for Animals’ conference July 16-18 in Washington, DC: Robert Fisk, Jr. and Dani Jacobs of Maine Friends of Animals, Beth Gallie of the Maine Animal Coalition and Caryl McIntyre of Voice for Animals. MFOA at Party Conventions Maine Friends of Animals will have a booth at the state Republican and Democratic Conventions at the Augusta Civic Center in May. |
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Bear Hunting In Today’s Maine Is A Very Ugly Activity - Lewiston Sun Journal Op-Ed July 11, 2004 |
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Written by Robert Fisk, Jr.
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Tuesday, 05 April 2005 |
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Mainers have a reputation of being knowledgeable voters and independent
thinkers. By Election Day in November, we believe most Maine voters
will be well-informed as to the issues involved in the referendum to
end the hunting of Maine’s black bears with the use of bait, hounds and
traps, which are inhumane, unsportsmanlike and unnecessary. We
firmly believe that the more the public understands the issues
surrounding these methods of hunting, the more they will see that this
is bad public policy and not the hunting image Maine wants. |
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Bear Trapping And Hounding Bills Before The Legislature |
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Written by MFOA
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Thursday, 07 April 2005 |
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Although the bear referendum lost (53% - 47%), there is no question
that the issue of humane and ethical hunting came to the public
forefront like never before. The campaign to end bear baiting,
hounding, and trapping significantly increased the awareness of
wildlife animal cruelty, unethical hunting practices, and how we manage
wildlife in Maine. Maine’s wildlife belongs to all its citizens and we
cannot end our campaign until we end unnecessary animal suffering that
is found in certain hunting practices, most particularly, bear hounding
and trapping. |
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Is Maine’s Wildlife Management at a Crossroads? |
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Written by Robert Fisk, Jr.
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Tuesday, 05 April 2005 |
Almost half of Maine’s voters want to see an end to bear baiting,
hounding and trapping. The issue of how we kill wildlife has been
brought to the public forefront like never before. The referendum
significantly raised the awareness of wildlife animal cruelty,
unethical hunting practices and how we manage our wildlife in Maine.
The referendum flushed out the fundamental reason we had a referendum –
the complete control of wildlife issues by a handful of legislators, a
special interest group, notably the Maine Sportsman’s Alliance (SAM)
and a state agency leadership that are politically, ideologically,
personally and financially connected. One has to look no further then
the fact that 12 of the 13 members of last year’s Committee on Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife members were also members of SAM, and the
present Deputy Commissioner of the Department of IF&W was a SAM
lobbyist.
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