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In 2021, New York introduced a pilot programlowering the age for children hunting deer with guns and crossbows to just 12 years old. The program is set to expire at the end of the year, but now the legislature wants to make that change long term through a section in the governor’sproposed 2024 budget bill(Part RR) that would lower the agepermanently. |
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International Respect for Chickens Day
Thinking Like a Chicken
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Today I want to tell you about a very special day in May – a day meant for
all chickens! May 4th is International Respect for Chickens Day – a day to
celebrate chickens, wherever we may be, by doing an inspiring Action of
Compassion for these wonderful birds. In this podcast I suggest some things
you can do and that others have done through the years to promote kindness
and appreciative care for chickens. Oh, by the way, the entire month of May
is International Respect for Chickens Month, so there’s plenty of time to
do your Respect for Chickens project in May. Whatever you do, please share
your project with us so that we may share it with others and add it
permanently to our International Respect for Chickens Day webpage
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and Founder of United Poultry Concerns, a nonprofit organization that
promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl
including a sanctuary for chickens in Virginia. Inducted into the National
Animal Rights Hall of Fame for Outstanding Contributions to Animal
Liberation, Karen is the author of numerous books, essays, articles and
campaigns. Her latest book is For the Birds: From Exploitation to
Liberation: Essays on Chickens, Turkeys, and Other Domesticated Fowl
published by Lantern Publications & Media.
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ST. GEORGE —Year-round cougar hunting and trapping in Utah takes effect in May amid conservationists’ concerns about decreased populations, increased human-puma conflicts and harmed ecosystems.
A new law, designated asHB 469in the 2023 Utah legislative session, includes various amendments concerning land sales, trail cameras and other wildlife-related issues. The original bill made no changes regarding cougar management, but within the last few days of the session,Sen. Scott D. Sandallintroduced language that removes permit requirements for taking mountain lions.
“We’re getting an increase in our cougar numbers across the state,” Sandall said. “We have a program in place; this replaces the program for harvesting cougars and allows cougars to be taken year-round with a hunting license.”
Previously, cougar season for…
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byBryan Hendricks| April 2, 2023 at 1:58 a.m.
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A new bill in the Arkansas House of Representatives will make game and fish violations a lot more serious.
Sponsored by representatives Steve Unger of Springdale, Rep. Shad Pearce of Batesville and Sen. Kim Hammer of Benton, House Bill 1808 would upgrade many wildlife code violations to Class D felony status.
The legislature seldom concerns itself with hunting and fishing issues, but Austin Booth, director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said the commission requested the bill.
“For over 18 months, Col. [Brad] Young and I have prioritized major violations, and sportsmen have said loud and clear that they support stiffer penalties for the most hardened violators,” Booth said. “This bill is an opportunity for Arkansans to send a message to those that abuse the resource most severely.”
Brad Young is chief of the Game and Fish…
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Dec. 27, 2013, was a cold winter blue sky day, like many in Montana. We were walking our dog on a path where we have walked for the past 17 years. Our dog was glad to be out in this familiar setting about 30 feet to our side sniffing for rodents.
Suddenly she was leaping into the air, crashing back to the ground, frantically screeching, yelping and biting uncontrollably. One leg trap was clamped above her front left paw and another on her back left paw. She was fiercely trying to bite them off and blood was flowing.
We restrained her from breaking more teeth and calmed her. We did not try to release the traps for fear of hurting her more. My friend started having severe chest pain. We both had our cell phones so we called 911, our vet, and the land owner. We tried to pull the traps from the frozen ground where they were staked, no luck, such a mixture of archaic tools and telephones!
Our vet was able to release the traps and Solano was taken to our vets office for x-rays, found to have no broken bones, though several broken teeth from trying to bite off the steel traps. My friend continued to have chest pain and later was taken by ambulance to Bozeman for an emergency angiogram. She had a stress induced cardiomyopathy and is now doing fine.
Both were lucky; other pets or people might not be so lucky. A wild animal would definitely not be so lucky. The horror of my dogs reaction and injury in this short amount of time haunts us with the unthinkable hell a wild animal might go through in the 24 to 48 hours or more before her killer arrives.
Montana regulations are very much all about the trapper and not about the public or the animals that are being trapped. A trap can be set 150 feet or less from a road, and the trap does not need to be marked in any way for a person to see it. This treatment of animals is not a “hunt” at all, it is malicious torture of our wildlife and can lead to injury of people, their children and their pets.
We must stop trapping on our public lands and I-177 can do just that, it will not affect private lands or public officials from trapping but it will be the answer to our lands, please vote for I-177.
Ursula Neese
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MINNEAPOLIS –There’s a change to Minnesota trapping rules, with hopes to protect rare Canada lynx from getting caught in traps intended for other animals.
The consent decree resolves an action brought by the Center for Biological Diversity in 2020 related to lynx protections.
Experts estimate there are from 50 to 300 Lynx in the state right now.
“We will move forward with implementing the agreed-upon changes and believe these steps will further reduce the already low accidental mortality of lynx from trapping,” John Erb, DNR research biologist, said.
The lynx are found mostly in the northern regions of Minnesota, concentrated around the Arrowhead region.
“Because they’re so rare, we’re concerned about any threats to the species,” said Collette Adkins, from the Center for Biological Diveristy.
Changing habitat and snow conditions are some of the bigger, long-term concerns for the population of the lynx in…
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About 120 local government staff and about 90 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members work to slaughter more than 500,000 egg-laying hens at a poultry farm with an outbreak of the avian influenza in Chitose City, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, March 28, 2023.
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APRIL 5, 2023 12:30 AM EDT
Japan’s worst-ever bird flu outbreak has decimated its poultry flocks and sent egg prices soaring. Now there’s a lack of space to bury dead chickens.
More than 17 million birds have been killed nationwide this season. The disposal of carcasses must be done properly to prevent spreading the virus or contaminating water supplies. Local governments and farmers say there’s a shortage of suitable land to bury them, national broadcaster NHK reported.
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A pet dog in Oshawa has died after testing positive for avian flu, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says.
In a news release issued Tuesday, the agency said the dog was infected and died last week after chewing on a wild goose.
The CFIA says the number of documented cases of H5N1 —also known as avian flu —in other species like cats and dogs is low, and based on current evidence, the…
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PublishedMarch 31, 2023 1:07PM
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Canada lynx in Minnesota. (Photo by Sylvain CORDIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)(Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9)-The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has finalized changes to trapping rules, which are aimed a minimizing the risk aCanada lynxwill be accidentally trapped in Minnesota.
This comes after a federal judge approved a settlement between the DNR and the Center for Biological Diversity. This consent decree resolves an action brought by the Center for Biological Diversity in 2020 related to Canada lynx protections, the DNR said in a news release.
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“We will move forward with implementing the agreed-upon changes and believe these steps will further reduce the already low accidental mortality of lynx from trapping,” John Erb, DNR research biologist, said in a…
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Hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-related recreation in the United States is estimated to contribute $122 billion to our nation’s economy annually (Photo by Ryan Hagarty | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).
With today’s rise in vicious hunting and cruel trapping practices, most arguments against it are about how many wolves or grizzly bears killed is arguably sustainable ecologically. Ought an evolved and supposedly wise civilization be allowing any trophy trapping and killing at all?
What are the motives driving such perverse bumper stickers as a wolf in the crosshairs of a rifle scope, with the words, “Smoke a pack a day?” What is it that brings pleasure to those who display such careless language and degradation of a noble creature?
Of course, there is the enjoyment its bearers derive from disturbing their “liberal” opponents, who they laugh at as mealy-mouthed tree huggers…
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Supporters allege that youth hunting is a family-friendly “sport,” but in no other team or individual competitions are opponents chased down to their deaths!Kids who are taught to hunt are really being taught that it’s
