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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. I’ve received letters and emails from a number of avid hunters who find the concept of shooting cranes repugnant.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

And it does not call for an unregulated hunt; instead, it leaves full discretion to the National Park Service to set appropriate rules for the volunteer hunters who would help to thin the herd. Finally, you suggest that it would be less expensive to use “hired sharpshooters” than volunteer hunters. My proposal does no such thing.