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McClatchy Newspapers State legislators are stepping into the arena of reproductive law again in a bid to regulate the use of birth control - on deer. The House passed a bill Wednesday that makes it illegal to use fertility control agents or chemical substances on deer and other wildlife without a permit from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Violators could face a fine of up to $2,500 and two years in prison. The bill must pass the Senate and be signed by governor to become law. Permits would be eligible for scientific research or for wildlife management as approved...

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Hunting Ban Being Discussed in Colorado!   Friday, April 18, 2008   Please Make Plans to AttendThe Colorado Wildlife Commission will meet to discuss a complete ban on prairie dog hunting in the state of Colorado on May 1-2.  While radical anti-hunting/animal rights groups are targeting prairie dog hunting as cruel, it is a traditional sporting activity and necessary management tool, especially for ranching interests in the state.  Ban proponents like the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) have boasted that they seek to ban all hunting in the United States "species by species" and...

The authorized killing of California sea lions at a dam on the Columbia River would be postponed under a proposal reached Tuesday by the Humane Society of the United States and federal and state governments. The Humane Society filed a motion March 28 seeking a preliminary injunction against the authorization for killing the animals and said it would seek a temporary restraining order if it wasn't granted by Friday, the earliest date the "lethal removal" was likely to begin. Those favoring the removal say the sea lions are damaging salmon runs listed under the Endangered Species Act and protected at...

OUTDOORS EDITOR The voice of America's anti-hunting forces is trying to become more powerful. In what the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance is calling a "precisely-calculated effort," the Humane Society of the United States is attempting to consolidate all of the animal rights movement's political power under a single umbrella. Humane Society director Wayne Pacelle reportedly told one publication that his organization may soon merge with at least three unnamed animal rights organizations. "The HSUS is playing up a mainstream reputation in hopes of becoming the primary mouthpiece for the animal rights movement," said Bud Pidgeon, president of the Sportsmen's Alliance. "It...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama says he won't just be a president for the American people, but the animals too. "What about animal rights?" a woman shouted out during the candidate's town hall meeting outside Las Vegas Wednesday after he discussed issues that relate more to humans, like war, health care and the economy. Obama responded that he cares about animal rights very much, "not only because I have a 9-year-old and 6-year-old who want a dog." He said he sponsored a bill to prevent horse slaughter in the Illinois state Senate and has been repeatedly endorsed by...

A Laguna Beach investment firm filed a lawsuit against Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu on Friday, claiming he defrauded investors out of at least $23 million and required them to donate to Democratic candidates. According to the lawsuit filed by Briar Wood Investments, Hsu persuaded the company's operator to do business with him by taking him to star-studded Democratic Party events. There, the 56-year-old Hong Kong native was praised by New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown and others, the lawsuit said. As a condition of doing business with the fundraiser, Hsu directed investors to make contributions...

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Friday that he won't keep campaign donations he received last year that have now been tied to a disgraced Democratic fundraiser if the donations are found to be improper. "If a donation to Senator Tester is shown to have been made illegally, he would obviously return it or donate it to charity," said Matt McKenna, a Tester spokesman. Tester received $3,750 last year from people linked to Norman Hsu, a New York clothing executive who helped raise more than $1 million for Democratic candidates in the past four years. Tester received no money from Hsu...

Things aren't lookiing good. Hillary worried about these kinds of problems, but failed to prevent them: " Of all the possible vulnerabilities ... Some sort of fund-raising scandal that would echo the Clinton-era controversies of the 1990s and make her appear greedy or ethically challenged." Yet nine months into her campaign, Mrs. Clinton is grappling with exactly the situation she feared — giving up nearly $900,000 that had been donated or raised by Norman Hsu, a one-time fugitive and one of her top fund-raisers, whose actions raise serious questions about how well the campaign vetted its donors. As a result,...

EVER since “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore has been the darling of environmentalists, but that movie hardly endeared him to the animal rights folks. According to them, the most inconvenient truth of all is that raising animals for meat contributes more to global warming than all the sport utility vehicles combined. The biggest animal rights groups do not always overlap in their missions, but now they have coalesced around a message that eating meat is worse for the environment than driving. They and smaller groups have started advertising campaigns that try to equate vegetarianism with curbing greenhouse gases. Some backlash...

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Who`s Bankrolling The Enemy   The anti-hunting capital of the world is located at 2100 L St., NW in Washington, D.C. There, under the shadow of the Capitol Dome, is the national headquarters of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), a multinational conglomerate with 10 regional offices in the U.S. Standing in front of this edifice filled with people working tirelessly to turn sportsmen into criminals, I began to wonder who funds all this madness. There can`t be that many anti-pet ownership, anti-milk, anti-hunting, left-of-reality, ferret farm-vandalizing, fur-coat-loathing, omnivore-bashing,...

Washington (CNSNews.com) - A woman with short hair and glasses stands on a chair in a small meeting room on the first floor of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. She's reading off the names of states and senators, directing dozens of people to meetings starting at 11 AM. When she's through, most people listening leave to start their lobbying efforts. The rest converge on a table of food provided by the natural and organic grocery store Whole Foods. Monday was the last day of the annual Taking Action for Animals Conference. After a weekend featuring speakers and...

HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF HARRISBURG — A House committee has delayed action on a bill banning live pigeon shoots so public hearings can be held on the controversial topic. One goal of those hearings will be to quell concerns that a ban on pigeon shoots is a step toward gun control, according to Rep. Frank Andrews Shimkus, D-South Abington Township, who is sponsoring the measure. “I do not support gun control,” Mr. Shimkus said. His bill would make it a third-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail, to stage or take part in a live pigeon shoot, which...

Many people may consider the Humane Society of the United States a pussycat. But with 10 million donors and a $120 million budget, it is becoming a tiger among Washington's interest groups. Just ask Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) and Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif.). Actually, make that former governor and then-representative. The Humane Society targeted both in last year's elections after Ehrlich supported bear hunting and Pombo supported commercial whaling and trapping in wildlife refuges. The society also spent lavishly to help pass an initiative in Arizona, fought by agribusiness, that bans inhumane factory farming. And it...

AHSA HIDES FUNDING SOURCE Fairfax, VA-There is a last minute effort in Missouri by a new pro-gun control group camouflaging itself as a pro-hunter organization to try to deceive Missouri voters. The group, running a last minute advertising campaign, is hiding its source of funding, but leaders of the group have contributed to anti-hunting politicians’ campaigns in Congress. The leadership of the fly-by-night group, known as the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA), contributed money to candidates backed by Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). HSUS must not be confused with local humane, animal welfare groups. HSUS is an...

As animal rights extremists descend on the Grand Canyon State to promote the equality of rats and pigs with human beings, a new advertising campaign from the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is giving Arizonans the tools to fight back. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are spending enormous amounts of money in Arizona. CCF, an animal-rights watchdog, is exposing their dangerous agenda with a series of newspaper, television, and outdoor placements. The campaign began with full-page ads in The Arizona...

IT is hard to believe, but the U.S. Postal Service is going to allow an anti-hunting and anti-fishing group to place its rhetoric on postage stamps and use money gained from the sale of the stamps to further its propaganda. Zazzle.com, the company offering the Humane Society of the United States stamps, reports that through its Community Giving Program that 20 percent or more of the sales of the HSUS stamps goes to HSUS. Earlier this year, Congress amended an 1872 law that forbade advertisements on U.S. currency, including postage stamps. The amendment paved the way for an experimental one-year...

The Grannys Strike against Peta. Like David and Goliath Linda and Karen threw rocks at Peta in Norfolk Va.

The latest battle between hunters and nonhunters is focused on the National Wildlife Refuge System. Simply put, the Humane Society and Funds for Animals, which are now one, the National Humane Education Society, filed a lawsuit asking that hunting be stopped on all refuges. The Humane Society claims hunting is allowed on "more than half of all 550 units of our National Wildlife Refuge System." The Sportsmen's Legal Defense Fund has asked a federal judge to dismiss the case "outlawing hunting on 37 units" as asked for in the NHES suit. In its release, the SLDF said "Congress in 1966...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A group of animal rights activists observing Canada's annual harp seal hunt were arrested on Sunday for getting too close to hunters killing the animals off the eastern coast, officials said. The six activists belong to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which says the hunt is cruel and should be scrapped. This year, some 325,000 young seals will be shot and clubbed to death on ice floes, mainly for their pelts.In addition to six activists, a freelance cameraman working for Reuters Television was detained. They were on board a small craft near the Magdalen...

Birth control for Canada geese is a reality. A Midwest company's drug-laced goose food, tested in Oregon in spring 2004, has been approved and may be coming soon to a park near you. It's called OvoControl G, developed by Innolytics LLC for distribution to licensed applicators -- local governments, school districts or golf course superintendents already licensed to use chemicals. OvoControl contains nicarbazin, a drug that prevents chicks from forming inside the egg. Its makers say it's safe for geese to eat in formulated pellets, designed to be distributed from feeders put out at the outset of the goose nesting...

Today Show - Bait and Switch with HSUS

11250 Waples Mill Road    ·Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683www.NRAILA.org NRA and Sportsmen Victorious in Florida: Anti-hunting Extremists Lose Funding Monday, May 09, 2005 Fairfax, VA -- On the last day of the legislative session, the Florida Legislature overwhelmingly passed House Bill 1697, an omnibus highway safety package containing a provision to change how the Animal Friends license plate proceeds are distributed and used. This important pro-sportsmen measure was backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), as well as the Unified Sportsmen of Florida and the Allied Sportsmen`s Associations of Florida.In 2004, the Florida Legislature created the Animal Friends license plate. The...

All the cunning of human nature at finding holes in the tax code was on display at a Senate hearing last week in the form of the mounted head of an African springbok - a bounding creature so delicate in life, so valuable in death as a charity write-off. The animal was a compelling Exhibit A as officials described how sportsmen and their accountants chisel the tax code with high-powered rifles. Hunters underwrite exotic vacations by claiming deductions for trophy game, over-generously appraised as charity donations for questionable "museums." "Hunt for Free," advertises one purveyor of this growing abuse. "We'll...

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Antis spending big bucks in fight against huntersBy Gene MuellerPublished December 29, 2004 The Ohio-based U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance says a number of animal rights organizations across the country rake in millions of dollars to fund their anti-hunting campaigns. The alliance got the information from Animal People Magazine, which published the antis' dollar figures based on the analysis of Internal Revenue Service reports.     Hunters are reminded that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Fund for Animals (FFA) will merge at the beginning of the year. According to a recent report by Scripps...

"I do a better job of fighting for the rights of sportsmen than George Bush does." That's John Kerry boasting to outdoor writers while visiting New Orleans recently. Recall that last November during the Iowa Caucus, Kerry (with cameras rolling) took to a cornfield with a shotgun and blasted two pheasant. He folded the suckers. BLAM!-BLAM! Two shots. Two dead pheasant. "I've been hunting all my life!" he grinned while hefting the mangled birds. "I love doves too. You just gut 'em and hang for a few days. I love 'em cold roasted." Some think this clinched his victory in...

The anti-hunting movement is in turmoil this winter. For a change, animal rights groups are in power struggles instead of challenging a sportsman's right to fish or hunt. Ingrid Newkirk and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have taken aim at the larger, well-heeled Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The Fund for Animals wants a piece of the Audubon Society's hide. Paul Watson of the lightly financed but virulently anti-hunting Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is on the Sierra Club's board of directors and plans a takeover attempt. Wayne Pacelle jumped ship a while back, moving...

WHAT does it take to get through to Virginia's legislators? In April they passed and Gov. Mark Warner signed a law that is going to get someone raped or killed. The law requires animal rescuers, most of whom are women and many of whom live alone, to post their home addresses and telephone numbers publicly in pounds, open their homes to the public "at reasonable hours" and make their rescue records available to the public upon request. As if that were not stupid and dangerous enough, these volunteers' homes are now subject to a warrantless inspection by the state veterinarian....

My Side of the Story Humane Society Not Affiliated with Local SPCA Although the name would lead one to believe that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is affiliated with your local Humane Society, this is not the fact. Even the HSUS’s own documents state that “The HSUS does not oversee local animal shelters or societies.” They do set up recommended policies and guidelines that local Humane Societies may or may not decide to follow. The HSUS does affect local Humane Societies in other ways though, and that is through their fundraising efforts. With twenty eight percent of...

Fall is the time when forest greens begin to blaze orange, as hunting seasons open around the country. Each year, hunters kill more than 100 million animals, and while individual reasons for hunting vary, the industry that promotes and sustains hunting has just one motive: profit. According to the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, America's 14 million hunters spend $22.1 billion each year for guns, ammunition, clothing, travel, and other related expenses. To justify hunting to a society ever more concerned about wildlife—including its conservation and humane treatment—the industry intensively promotes a set of tired myths. Learn the...