URGENT, MOURNING DOVES IN PERIL !

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URGENT: MOURNING DOVES IN PERIL IN MICHIGAN !

 

December 5, 2000

 

THE PROBLEM :

 

Widely recognized as a symbol of peace, the mourning dove has always

been beloved and protected from hunting in the state of Michigan. Now,

Michigan's beautiful birds of peace are in peril of becoming target

practice for hunters! In a last minute effort, leadership successfully

passed H.B. 6147 in the house of representatives in a single day.

The senate may vote on it EARLY THIS WEEK.

This bill will repeal the long-standing protection for doves in

Michigan!

 

THE REASONS TO OPPOSE DOVE HUNTING ARE CLEAR :

 

Dove hunting is inhumane: statistics show that nearly 20% of doves

shot by hunters are wounded and are not retrieved.

The birds themselves are very small, yielding a morsel of meat ----

hence, dove hunting amounts to nothing more than mere target practice

for hunters.

There are already plenty of other game bird species that are

legally shot in Michigan; there is no defensible reason to shoot these

gentle, ground-feeding birds, which pose no threat to agricultural

crops.

Other federally protected birds, such as the American kestrel, are often

mistaken for doves at a distance, and will undoubtedly be shot by

hunters as well.

 

 

THE SOLUTION :

 

Please contact Michigan STATE SENATORS NOW and ask him or her to

: OPPOSE ANY BILLS WHICH WOULD REPEAL

THE BAN ON DOVE HUNTING !!!

 

Time is short, so EMAILS / PHONE CALLS to Michigan

legislators NOW are the doves' last chance!

 

1) Please contact as MANY of the following State Senators as

you can, and tell them to :

 

OPPOSE H.B. 6147

 

Ken Debeaussaert senkdebeaussaert 517-373-7315

Dan DeGrow senddegrow 517-373-7708

Chris Dingell sencdingell 517-373-7800

Mat Dunaskiss senmdunaskiss 517-373-2417

Bob Emerson senbemerson 517-373-0142

Joanne Emmons senjemmons 517-373-3760

Harry Gast senhgast 517-373-6960

Michael Goschka senmgoschka 517-373-1760

Joel Gougeon senjgougeon 517-373-1777

Beverly Hammerstrom senbhammerstrom 517-373-3543

George Hart senghart 517-373-6820

Phillip Hoffman senphoffman 517-373-2426

David Jaye sendjaye 517-373-7670

Shirley Johnson sensjohnson 517-373-2523

Don Koivisto sendkoivisto 517-373-7840

Burton Leland senbleland 517-373-0994

Thaddeus McCotter sentmccotter 517-373-1707

George McManus sengmcmanus 517-373-1725

Arthur Miller senamiller 517-373-8360

Raymond Murphy senrmurphy 517-373-0990

Walter North senwnorth 517-373-2413

Gary Peters sengpeters 517-373-7888

Mike Rogers senmrogers 517-373-2420

Bill Schuette senbschuette 517-373-7946

John Schwarz senjschwarz 517-373-3447

Dale Shugars sendshugars 517-373-0793

Ken Sikkema senksikkema 517-373-0797

Alma Smith senasmith 517-373-2406

Virgil Smith senvsmith 517-373-7748

Glenn Steil sengsteil 517-373-1801

Leon Stille senlstille 517-373-1635

William Regenmorter senwvanreg 517-373-6920

Jackie Vaughn senjvaughn 517-373-7918

Joe Young senjyoung 517-373-7346

 

 

 

2) Call Governor John Engler and ask him to :

 

OPPOSE ANY BILL THAT WOULD LEGALIZE MOURNING

DOVE HUNTING :

Tel: (517)373-3400

Email thru: www.migov.state.mi.us

 

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For more information on this issue, please contact Julie Janovsky at

tel: (202) 955-3661 or Jjanovsky

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References :

http://www.hsus.org/programs/government/state_alerts112100.html

 

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A SPECIAL NOTE from c.c.:

 

Dear friend, when you send emails to those state Senators,

Please Copy the following entire list and then directly Paste it into

your BCC field(must have comma between the addresses. We have

already provided for you.) Then place your own address in the TO

field. Then type your letter and your name, email addresses and

you may state that that you are the Constituent. Then click the SEND.

This way , it will help you to distribute your important plea to

many of those Senators instead of reaching only one senator.

Please address to : Dear Senator,

 

 

senkdebeaussaert,

senddegrow,

sencdingell,

senmdunaskiss,

senbemerson,

senjemmons,

senhgast,

senmgoschka,

senjgougeon,

senbhammerstrom,

senghart,

senphoffman,

sendjaye,

sensjohnson,

sendkoivisto,

senbleland,

sentmccotter,

sengmcmanus,

senamiller,

senrmurphy,

senwnorth,

sengpeters,

senmrogers,

senbschuette,

senjschwarz,

sendshugars,

senksikkema,

senasmith,

senvsmith,

sengsteil,

senlstille,

senwvanreg,

senjvaughn,

senjyoung,