Here’s a quote from Wayne to give you an idea of his goals and motivations: “If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.” – (Wayne Pacelle – President of HSUS), as quoted by the Associated Press in Impassioned Agitator, December 30, 1991.

He recently blogged about the delisting of wolves and here’s what he had to say: “Of course we saw some setbacks and tragedies in 2011, too, such as removing federal protections for wolves in the lower 48 states…” Wayne Pacelle.

The delisting of wolves took the hard work and effort of hunters/sportsmen and many hunting organizations. Rest assured that Hunters Against PETA will continue to fight to keep wolves delisted and their numbers extremely low. – Hunters Against PETA

Just last year the Iowa legislature passed Senate File 464 authorizing dove hunting in the state. Due to the hard work and dedication of hunters/sportsmen. Now, just a few short months after the first successful dove hunt, anti-hunting activists are pushing to have the season banned.

Hunters/sportsmen in Iowa need to take action and let your state’s representatives and Senators know that you support dove hunting and that you disagree with House File 2061.

Here is Mary Mascher’s email address (she’s the one introducing this bill): mary.mascher@legis.state.ia.us – Please email her and let her know what you think about her trying to ban dove hunting again.

Below are Iowa’s Senators. Contact them as well.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley – (R – IA)
http://www.grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin – (D – IA)
http://www.harkin.senate.gov/contact.cfm

All hunters/sportsmen in Iowa should take action on this issue and let your Senators and local representatives know that this is something that you disagree with and will not stand for. – Hunters Against PETA

“Calls Needed on Virginia Sunday Hunting Bill

On January 26th, the Virginia Senate passed a compromise bill that would allow for Sunday hunting only on private land and public waterways.  This brings sportsmen in Virginia one step closer to being able to hunt on Sundays, but this issue is far from over.

On Wednesday evening, the Natural Resources subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on Sunday hunting.  It is imperative that these members hear from you.  Tell them to support hunter’s rights and property rights by supporting Sunday hunting.

Please call and email each member of the subcommittee, then go to the USSA Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org/lac to find and email your own Delegate.

The subcommittee members are:

Delegate Lee Ware: 804-698-1065, dellware@house.virginia.gov
Delegate James Edmunds: 804-698-1060, deljedmunds@virgina.gov
Delegate Matt Fariss: 804-698-1059, delmfariss@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Lynwood Lewis: 804-698-1000, delllewis@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Ken Plum: 804-698-1036, delkplum@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Tony Wilt: 804-698-1026, deltwilt@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Tommy Wright: 804-698-1061, deltwright@house.virginia.gov

Hunting license sales in Virginia have been on the decline for decades.  During the past 20 years, license sales have gone from 500,000 to just 300,000 while the state’s population has increased by millions.  Many children and grandchildren today are busy with school, sports and extracurricular activities – and the weekend is their only opportunity to hunt.  Additionally, many parents routinely work six days a week.  Couple those things together and the result is that the love of hunting and the outdoors is simply not being passed on to the next generation in Virginia.  Allowing hunting on Sundays will provide additional opportunity for hardworking sportsmen and women.”

All sportsmen in Virginia please take a few minutes and make the necessary calls. Thanks for all that you do United States Sportsmen’s Alliance. – Hunters Against PETA

Their reasoning for this is that there are too many elk in this particular area. Introducing the Non-Native Canadian Gray Wolf is one of their 4 ideas or proposals to control the over population of elk.

“Right now, it’s a question. You have a lot of elk, a lot of people would say you need a large predator. We may not move forward with it, but right now it’s on the table,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service planner Laurie Shannon.

Living up true to their form the animal rights groups and environmentalist groups are pushing for this proposal in a big way.

Click here now and Take Action! – Let our politicians know that this is not something that we will stand for.

Click here to read the Associated Press article.

The USFW’s plans.

More info on this from the USFW.

This is just another excuse for the animals rights groups and feds to push their wolf agenda. A simple way to solve this problem would be to let us hunters into this particular area and control the over population of elk. If the Non-Native Canadian Gray Wolf is introduced into this area they will spread like a virus all over Colorado and eventually the surrounding states. We’re urging all hunters to voice your opinions on this issue and let them know that we won’t stand for this. – Hunters Against PETA

1. The Humane Society of the United States scams Americans out of millions of dollars through manipulative and deceptive advertising. An analysis of HSUS’s TV fundraising appeals that ran between January 2009 and September 2011 determined that more than 85 percent of the animals shown were cats and dogs. However, HSUS doesn’t run a single pet shelter and only gives 1 percent of the money it raises to pet shelters, and it has spent millions on anti-farming and anti-hunting political campaigns.

2. HSUS receives poor charity-evaluation marks. CharityWatch (formerly the American Institute of Philanthropy) reissued HSUS’s “D” rating in December 2011, finding that HSUS spends as little as 49 percent of its budget on its programs. Additionally, the 2011 Animal People News Watchdog Report discovered that HSUS spends about 43 percent of its budget on overhead costs.

3. Six Members of Congress have called for a federal investigation of HSUS. In April 2011, six Congressmen wrote the IRS Inspector General showing concerns over HSUS’s attempts to influence public policy, which they believe has “brought into question [HSUS’s] tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status.”

4. HSUS regularly contributes more to its own pension plan than it does to pet shelters. An analysis of HSUS’s tax returns determined that HSUS funneled $16.3 million to its executive pension plan between 1998 and 2009—over $1 million more than HSUS gave to pet shelters during that period.

5. The pet sheltering community believes HSUS misleads Americans. According to a nationally representative poll of 400 animal shelters, rescues, and animal control agencies, 71 percent agree that “HSUS misleads people into thinking it is associated with local animal shelters.” Additionally, 79 percent agree that HSUS is “a good source of confusion for a lot of our donors.”

6. While it raises money with pictures of cats and dogs, HSUS has an anti-meat vegan agenda. Speaking to an animal rights conference in 2006, HSUS’s then vice president for farm animal issues stated that HSUS’s goal is to “get rid of the entire [animal agriculture] industry” and that “we don’t want any of these animals to be raised and killed.”

7. Given the massive size of its budget, HSUS does relatively little hands-on care for animals. While HSUS claims it provides direct care to more animals than any other animal protection group in the US, most of the “care” HSUS provides is in the form of spay-neuter assistance.  In fact, local groups that operate on considerably slimmer budgets, such as the Houston SPCA, provide direct care to just as many or more animals than HSUS does.

8. HSUS’s CEO has said that convicted dogfighting kingpin Michael Vick “would do a good job as a pet owner.” Following Vick’s release from prison, HSUS has helped “rehabilitate” Michael Vick’s public image. Of course, a $50,000 “grant” from the Philadelphia Eagles didn’t hurt.

9. HSUS’s senior management includes a former spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a criminal group designated as “terrorists” by the FBI. HSUS president Wayne Pacelle hired John “J.P.” Goodwin in 1997, the same year Goodwin described himself as “spokesperson for the ALF” while he fielded media calls in the wake of an ALF arson attack at a California meat processing plant. In 1997, when asked by reporters for a reaction to an ALF arson fire at a farmer’s feed co-op in Utah (which nearly killed a family sleeping on the premises), Goodwin replied, “We’re ecstatic.”

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2012/01/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-hsus/

Thanks for the information Consumer Freedom. – Hunters Against PETA

Friday, January 20, 2012

“Last week, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. issued a ruling upholding an Obama administration policy that requires federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles.  The case was brought by two NRA-backed firearms retailers and by the National Shooting Sports Foundation acting on behalf of its affected members.  Plaintiffs have already filed an appeal—but while we await the outcome, your help is urgently needed in seeking congressional action to end this illegal policy.

Devised by Attorney General Eric Holder’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the plan requires all of the 8,700 firearm dealers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to report all sales of two or more semi-automatic rifles within five consecutive business days, if the rifles are larger than .22 caliber and use detachable magazines.

In July, the Justice Department announced that it would proceed with the controversial reporting procedure.  During consideration of the FY 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, pro-gun U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) offered an amendment in committee to prohibit the use of funds for the unauthorized reporting plan and the amendment was passed by a vote of 25-16.  Unfortunately, the Rehberg amendment did not make it through the appropriations process.

Much has transpired since then regarding BATFEs’ failed “Operation Fast and Furious,” and evidence is now clear that “Fast and Furious” was used as justification to force the multiple sales reporting requirement.

In early December, CBS News reported that BATFE “discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.”  In particular, agency officials wanted guns to fall into Mexican drug cartel hands and be traced back to gun dealers in the U.S. to make a case for requiring the multiple sales reporting.

According to CBS, “Emails show they discussed using the sales, including sales encouraged by ATF, to justify a new gun regulation called Demand Letter 3.  That would require some U.S. gun shops to report the sale of multiple rifles or ‘long guns.’”

CBS singled out a July 14, 2010 email sent by BATFE Field Operations Assistant Director Mark Chait to Bill Newell, the agency’s Special Agent in Charge in Phoenix, where “Fast and Furious” was based.  In the email, Chait asked Newell to “see if these guns were all purchased from the same [licensed gun dealer] and at one time.  We are looking at anecdotal cases to support a demand letter on long gun multiple sales.”

Last March, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) introduced S. 570 — “a bill to prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloging the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.”  The bill would prohibit the use of federal money needed to fund the multiple sales reporting requirement.

It is imperative that you contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to cosponsor and support S. 570. You can find contact information for your elected officials by using the “Write Your Representatives” tool at www.NRAILA.org, or you can call your U.S. senators at (202) 224-3121.

S. 570 currently has 33 cosponsors.  To see if your senators are cosponsors, please click here:  http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN00570:@@@P

Again, it is critically important that you contact your U.S. Senators as soon as possible and urge them to cosponsor and support S. 570.  Ask your Senators to defund, and defeat, the Obama/Holder Gun Registration Scheme.”

We’re urging all members/supporters of Hunters Against PETA again to take action and contact your state’s Senators regarding this issue. Thanks for your support. – Hunters Against PETA

For us to protect our hunting, gun and fishing rights it requires that all sportsmen ban together and voice their opinions. We had some great victories last year that proved just that. One great example was when the Obama administration wanted to ban all shooting on public land. Sportsmen stood up and wouldn’t stand for it. And within weeks the idea was pulled from their agenda.

It’s great to see sportsmen ban together and fight for something that we all love, want to keep doing and want our children to enjoy as well.

This is going to be a great year for sportsmen. There are going to be a lot of great changes in favor of sportsmen.

Again fellow hunters and sportsmen, thank you for your support.

Let’s keep up the good fight!

Hunters Against PETA

Here are some quotes from their plan:

“Is the DWR working to get wolves delisted across Utah?

Yes. The DWR will continue urging the USFWS to delist wolves statewide. DWR leadership, the
governor’s office and Utah’s congressional delegation have repeatedly requested that the federal
government transfer all wolf management to the state.”

“What about Mexican wolves?

The Mexican wolf is a unique subspecies that occurred in Mexico and parts of the southwestern
United States. Biologists have determined that the core population of Mexican wolves did not range
farther north than central Arizona and New Mexico. The DWR opposes any efforts to recover this
subspecies in Utah.”

“The DWR recognizes that unmanaged wolf populations may pose a serious threat to Utah’s wildlife. In nearby states — including Idaho, Montana and Wyoming — wildlife officials attribute some declines in their elk herds to the unchecked growth of wolf packs. The DWR wants to prevent a similar situation from occurring in Utah.”

Click here to read the full Utah DWR Wolf Management Plan.

The Utah DWR stated in the article that the USFWS has failed to comment on or approve their wolf management plan. Maybe the USFWS is waiting until the wolf population gets bigger in Utah before they’ll approve Utah’s plan? It’s good to see that the Utah DWR absolutely opposes the reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf. – Hunters Against PETA

Folks,

Tomorrow night at 6:45pm (Weds, January 18th) Governor Gary Herbert is holding a town hall meeting in Cache county, Utah.

We would like to have at least 300 sportsmen attend the meeting in hunter orange. What a great way to communicate our support for fixing Utah’s Mule Deer herd. If a picture is worth a thousand words, we want to paint that picture with a room full of hunters wearing orange or camo.

Many sportsmen have offered to attend this meeting from all over the state. We are working to make sure there is a good attendance tomorrow night.

If you are planning to attend, or are available to attend, please send me a quick note at ryandbenson@msn.com. This way we can make sure enough people are able to attend. Attending this meeting is a great way to make our collective voices heard.

The address is:

Wellsville Elementary School

90 East, 100 South, Wellsville, Utah

Thank you for your support of Mule Deer Restoration in Utah.

– Ryan Benson

http://biggameforever.org/

ryandbenson@msn.com
(801)870-5307

All hunters/sportsmen in Utah can agree that our mule deer herds need a lot of help. We’re urging everyone if you can to go to this meeting and show your support. If we all ban together on issues like this, great progress will be made. – Hunters Against PETA

“Devised by Attorney General  Eric Holder’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the plan requires all of the 8,700 firearm dealers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to report all sales of two or more semi-automatic rifles within five consecutive business days, if the rifles are larger than .22 caliber and use detachable magazines.  (The plaintiffs in the case pointed out that this was about 20 times more dealers than had been subject to any similar “demand letter” before, but in today’s decision the court nonetheless found the new requirement “limited in scope.”)”

Please click here and read the full NRA article.

The NRA is urging all of their members to contact their state’s Senators on this issue and tell them to cosponsor and support S. 570, and defeat the Obama/Holder Gun Registration Scheme. We at Hunters Against PETA are urging all of our members to please do the same. Please click on the link above and read the full NRA article. It’s important for all hunters, sportsmen and gun owners to take action on critical issues like this.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Hunters Against PETA