10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Approximately one million hunters annually harvest more than 20 million Mourning Doves , which exceeds the annual harvest of all other migratory game birds combined 3. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2017
What about people who are kind and decent and obey the law? Emboldened by the averted gazes, the excuses by the adults in their lives, the legal bargains and wrist slaps, they set their sights on increasingly bigger game. The innocent birds and the decent, law-abiding people who cared for them. Who suffers for these crimes?
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. All individuals share the costs of conserving wildlife.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Historically, National Wildlife Refuges viewed the “Duck Factory” (game bird conservation) as a high priority, while relegating non-game issues to a lower rung. Additional issues include a shortage of law enforcement officials, as well as invasive species problems on 2.5 million acres of Refuge lands.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 17, 2009
During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. But before my return, I would spend nearly $25,000 on one semester of law school, and learn a frightfully basic lesson that passed me by during childhood.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning. Ranchers oppose the move.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2016
1) Action : Change law to allow the e-stamp to suffice as the requirement to hunt waterfowl for the duration of the hunting season. Other wildlife enthusiasts that want to contribute to wildlife conservation don’t care if a non-game bird is depicted on the Duck Stamp either. no physical stamp required).
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