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Thursday, 04 December 2008

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Bangor Daily News Op-Ed Bear Referendum

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Written by Robert Fisk, Jr. Director-Maine Citizens for Fair Bear Hunting
Thursday, 21 October 2004
Bear Referendum Opponents Avoid Real Issues and Rely on Scare Tactics Instead The reason we have a bear referendum is because killing a black bear in Maine today with the use of bait, hounds and traps is needless animal cruelty and offends ethical hunters. Shooting an animal while its head is in a bait bucket, having dogs and a bear in vicious fights, having cubs mauled by hounds or shot at bait sites (258 last year), shooting from the base of a tree at a terrified hound treed bear, or walking up to shoot an animal agonizing in pain in a leghold trap or snare is cruel, period
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Maine adopts rules and regulations for circus elephants

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Written by MFOA
Friday, 16 May 2003
(Falmouth) Maine will become the first state to pass legislation to address the treatment of performing elephants. A three year effort by Maine Friends of Animals (MFOA) and "Elephant Free in 200'j' culminated with legislation that requires the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources to adopt rules regarding the care and treatment of elephants. Maine would be the first state to require specific guidelines for the care of elephants to be put into law.
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Black Bears: A Situation Analysis on Baiting and Hounding

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Written by Meredith Gore
Saturday, 01 November 2003
Read an indepth analysis on black bear baiting and hounding in the United States with relevance for Maine by Meredith Gore at Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University that was prepared for Maine Environmental Policy Institute.
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Bear Referendum Proves Support

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Written by MCFBH Staff
Thursday, 31 March 2005
Thank you to all who helped in our campaign to ban bear baiting, hounding and trapping. Our campaign was a very strong showing and effort by our supporters around the state who did an incredible job. Unfortunately our opponents had too much of a built in advantage, particularly the active (illegal) intervention by a state agency - the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and a 2 to 1 advantage in campaigns funds, a significant amount from out of state trophy hunting groups. That financial / TV ad advantage helped them perpetuate their scare tactic and strategy of dangerous bears in back yards. The combination ultimately was too much to overcome. Certainly the Department of IF&W’s active involvement as a state agency to defeat this referendum was a factor, and unfortunately it is this type of abuse of power our state laws were designed to protect us from.
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