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Speak Out Against Hunter Federal Land Grab in S.1996 and Ten Sister Bills
“The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.” Edward Abbey
Pending federal Senate Bill 1996, the “Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Bill” (http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1996/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22S.1996+Bipartisan+sportsmen%27s+%22%5D%7D ) and its 10 deadly companion bills (http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1996/related-bills?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22S.1996+Bipartisan+sportsmen%27s+%22%5D%7D ) go beyond eviscerating the 1964 Wilderness Act, to take over most federal lands for violence. http://www.peopleforwesternheritage.com/WildernessActSum.pdf
The House version of the bill, H.R. 3590, passed the U.S. House of Representatives with all 227 Republicans and 41 Democrats ( 268 total), voting for, including Ron Kind, Wisconsin Democrat, co-sponsoring the bill. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan were among 154 Democrats voting against.
An 8-year process culminated in Lyndon Johnson signing the Wilderness Act into law on September 3, 1964. A rare visionary bill, it passed the house and senate with overwhelming bipartisan…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Until the non-hunting silent majority rises up to stop this legalized wildlife slaughter by the Hunting Industry and some “wildlife conservation groups” like the National Wildlife Federation, the animals will have no peace or justice, and populations will continue their decline. http://www.foranimals.org