Post by Woody Williams on Aug 28, 2006 8:17:53 GMT -5
The subject is getting a tad more hairier....
HSUS targets Indiana in preserve hunting
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:42:25 -0000
Back for another round of fighting the "Wildlife Protection Groups
Join Legal Battle to Protect Indiana Preserve Hunting Ban". In New
Jersey Animal Protection Institute urges citizens to take up the cause
to protect black bears. Remember to call you legislators and tell them
to OPPOSE the HSUS and API's outrageous claims and threats to our
hunting heritage. ### nta
The August 25, 2006 press release from the HSUS:
Wildlife Orphanage, Inc., a local LaPorte County wildlife protection and
rehabilitation organization, and The Humane Society of
the United States, a national animal protection group, have moved to
protect the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' recent ban on
canned hunting from a lawsuit filed last year. The groups' motion to
intervene in a lawsuit over the canned hunt ban will be heard Friday,
September 8, at 1:30pm, before Judge Lloyd Whitis, Harrison Circuit
Court, 300 N. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind.
The move came after the disclosure that, rather than fight the lawsuit
filed by soon-to-be-outlawed canned hunt operators, the DNR has
tentatively agreed to allow them to operate for as many as ten to 12
years in violation of state law. The groups have condemned the DNR's
proposed rollback, as well as the agency's lack of resolve in fighting
to uphold its own decision to ban canned hunting.
"The state's proposal to cut and run before the ink is even dry on its
own rule banning canned hunting is inexcusable," said Michael Markarian,
executive vice president of The Humane Society of the United States.
"These drive-through killing operations have no place in any state that
values its hunting heritage and should not be coddled by state officials
sworn to protect that heritage. The DNR made the right move in banning
canned hunts, and it has no excuse for back-pedaling."
The DNR had originally issued an Emergency Rule on August 11, 2005,
that
prohibited the fenced hunting of captive exotic mammals, which would
have closed down canned hunts throughout the state. Rodney Bruce, the
owner of Whitetail Bluff, LLC, brought suit against the DNR stating that
the agency does not have the authority to prohibit canned hunts.
Whitetail Bluff is a 116-acre facility completely surrounded by an
eight-foot fence which houses between 100 and 110 elk, fallow deer, and
white-tailed deer purchased and bred for the purpose of selling them to
trophy hunters who want guaranteed kills.
Canned hunts of captive animals are generally reviled by the hunting
community in Indiana and nationwide for violating the principle of fair
chase. The DNR's canned hunt ban is supported by numerous Indiana
sportsmen's groups. Jim Posewitz, founder of Orion: The Hunter's
Institute and former biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,
describes fair chase as "a balance between the hunter and the hunted. It
is a balance that allows hunters to occasionally succeed while animals
generally avoid being taken." The Boone and Crockett Club and the Pope
and Young Club, which maintain trophy records for big game hunting, will
not consider animals shot at canned hunts for inclusion on their record
lists.
The HSUS attempted to provide DNR with expert and legal assistance to
fight the lawsuit, but was repeatedly assured by the agency that it had
"everything under control." In fact, The HSUS recently learned that
what DNR meant was that it intended to throw in the towel entirely, and
allow all canned hunt facilities in existence before January 1, 2006 to
operate for up to a dozen additional years.
In their motion to intervene, the wildlife protection groups cite
Indiana residents' concerns about the ill-effects of canned hunting
operations on their communities, including declining property values,
risks to personal safety, and transmission of exotic diseases like
Chronic Wasting Disease, which may be transferred from penned animals to
wildlife. Nearly two dozen states have laws prohibiting canned hunts,
bans that are supported by wildlife managers, animal advocates, and
sportsmen's groups.
HSUS targets Indiana in preserve hunting
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:42:25 -0000
Back for another round of fighting the "Wildlife Protection Groups
Join Legal Battle to Protect Indiana Preserve Hunting Ban". In New
Jersey Animal Protection Institute urges citizens to take up the cause
to protect black bears. Remember to call you legislators and tell them
to OPPOSE the HSUS and API's outrageous claims and threats to our
hunting heritage. ### nta
The August 25, 2006 press release from the HSUS:
Wildlife Orphanage, Inc., a local LaPorte County wildlife protection and
rehabilitation organization, and The Humane Society of
the United States, a national animal protection group, have moved to
protect the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' recent ban on
canned hunting from a lawsuit filed last year. The groups' motion to
intervene in a lawsuit over the canned hunt ban will be heard Friday,
September 8, at 1:30pm, before Judge Lloyd Whitis, Harrison Circuit
Court, 300 N. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind.
The move came after the disclosure that, rather than fight the lawsuit
filed by soon-to-be-outlawed canned hunt operators, the DNR has
tentatively agreed to allow them to operate for as many as ten to 12
years in violation of state law. The groups have condemned the DNR's
proposed rollback, as well as the agency's lack of resolve in fighting
to uphold its own decision to ban canned hunting.
"The state's proposal to cut and run before the ink is even dry on its
own rule banning canned hunting is inexcusable," said Michael Markarian,
executive vice president of The Humane Society of the United States.
"These drive-through killing operations have no place in any state that
values its hunting heritage and should not be coddled by state officials
sworn to protect that heritage. The DNR made the right move in banning
canned hunts, and it has no excuse for back-pedaling."
The DNR had originally issued an Emergency Rule on August 11, 2005,
that
prohibited the fenced hunting of captive exotic mammals, which would
have closed down canned hunts throughout the state. Rodney Bruce, the
owner of Whitetail Bluff, LLC, brought suit against the DNR stating that
the agency does not have the authority to prohibit canned hunts.
Whitetail Bluff is a 116-acre facility completely surrounded by an
eight-foot fence which houses between 100 and 110 elk, fallow deer, and
white-tailed deer purchased and bred for the purpose of selling them to
trophy hunters who want guaranteed kills.
Canned hunts of captive animals are generally reviled by the hunting
community in Indiana and nationwide for violating the principle of fair
chase. The DNR's canned hunt ban is supported by numerous Indiana
sportsmen's groups. Jim Posewitz, founder of Orion: The Hunter's
Institute and former biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,
describes fair chase as "a balance between the hunter and the hunted. It
is a balance that allows hunters to occasionally succeed while animals
generally avoid being taken." The Boone and Crockett Club and the Pope
and Young Club, which maintain trophy records for big game hunting, will
not consider animals shot at canned hunts for inclusion on their record
lists.
The HSUS attempted to provide DNR with expert and legal assistance to
fight the lawsuit, but was repeatedly assured by the agency that it had
"everything under control." In fact, The HSUS recently learned that
what DNR meant was that it intended to throw in the towel entirely, and
allow all canned hunt facilities in existence before January 1, 2006 to
operate for up to a dozen additional years.
In their motion to intervene, the wildlife protection groups cite
Indiana residents' concerns about the ill-effects of canned hunting
operations on their communities, including declining property values,
risks to personal safety, and transmission of exotic diseases like
Chronic Wasting Disease, which may be transferred from penned animals to
wildlife. Nearly two dozen states have laws prohibiting canned hunts,
bans that are supported by wildlife managers, animal advocates, and
sportsmen's groups.
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