10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Service proposes opening the following refuges to sport fishing for the first time: North Dakota. It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge : Open to sport fishing.

Fish 144

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 144

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

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.

2011 250

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 250

Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

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.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York North Dakota Culling 40