Press Clippings on Hunting |
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November 2008
Nov.11, Billings Gazette: Humane Society of U.S. Asks for Ban on Lead Shot
Nov. 13, Lexington Herald-Leader: Stop State Plan for Bear Hunt
October 2008
Oct. 31, Naples Daily News: Police Arrest Suspect in death of UM Campus Crocodile
Oct. 30, Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia Must End This Barbarism
Oct. 23, Associated Press: Va. Hunters Speak Out for 'Right to Retrieve' Law
Oct. 12, ABC World News: Annie, Get Your Gun
Oct. 12, The Miami Hurricane: New Reward Offered in Crocodile Case
Oct. 8, Burlington Free Press: Eliminate State's Captive Hunting
Oct. 5, Tulsa World: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Game
September 2008
August 2008
Aug. 28, The Tennessean: Captive Hunt Sites May Get Minimum Size
Aug. 20, WBIR-Knoxville: Update: Forward Motion on 1,000-Acre Hunting Preserve Requirement
Aug. 14, The Tennessean: Fenced-In Hunts Draw Criticism
Aug. 10, West Virginia Gazette: Gun Instruction in School a Handout to the Hunting Industry
Aug. 6, ScienceNOW Daily News: Condor Rescue Program in Danger of Failure
Aug. 5, WBIR (Knoxville): Grainger Hunting Preserve Stirs Statewide Debate
Aug. 3, Reading Eagle: Pigeon Shoot Goes Off As Scheduled in Upper Tulpehocken Township
Aug. 1, Reading Eagle: Animal Advocates Oppose Pigeon Shoot Planned in Berks County
July 2008
July 30, 2008, Anchorage Daily News: Case of Caribou Killings Approaches Standstill
July 30, 2008, Associated Press: Reward Offered in Caribou Slaughter
July 23, 2008, South Bend Tribune: Outlaw Coyote Sales in Indiana
July 17, 2008, Bloomington Herald Times (subscription required): Commission Votes to Restrict Sale of Live Coyotes; Some Call for Ban
July 16, 2008, Associated Press: Reward Offered in Case of Nevada Antelope Poaching
July 16, 2008, The Northwest Indiana Times: Crowd Flocks to Hearing on Trapping Rules
July 16, 2008, Chicago Tribune: State Commission Seeks to Block Sale of Coyotes
July 16, 2008, Reno Gazette Journal: $2,500 Reward Offered for Antelope Poaching Near Sparks
July 11, 2008, Bismarck Tribune: It's Not Hunting; It's Killing
July 8, 2008, Star Tribune (Minn.): Rewards Offered After Bear Illegally Shot Near Ely
July 1, 2008, Mesabi Daily News (Va.): Reward Offered in Ely Poaching
June 2008
June 29, 2008, Scoop (New Zealand): The Politics of Animal Cruelty
June 26, 2008, Lebanon (Penn.) Daily News: For the Birds
June 24, 2008, Williams-Grand Canyon News: Large Reward Offered in Arizona Deer Poaching Case
June 16, 2008, The Morning Call (Penn.): Ban Shooting of Tethered Targets
June 16, 2008, Pocono Record (Penn.): End Barbaric Live Bird Shoots
June 11, 2008, York (Penn.) Dispatch: Time to End The Senseless Slaughter of Pigeon Shoots
May 2008
May 31, 2008, Chicago Tribune: Humane Society: Portage Poaching Case Worst This Year
May 30, 2008, The Ithaca Journal: Humane Society Responds
May 29, 2008, Los Angeles Times: Severed Bear Paws Prompt Probe
May 27, 2008, South Coast Today (Mass.): Lobby Group Out of Touch with Sportsmen
May 27, 2008, Press Enterprise (Calif.): State Investigating Discovery of Bear Paws in Riverside
May 25, 2008, Casper-Star Tribune: Wyo. Should Stop Cruel Shooting Contest
May 21, 2008, The Columbus Dispatch: U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance
May 18, 2008, The Oregonian: Rewards Offered in Killing of Elk
May 14, 2008, Associated Press: $2,500 Rewards Offered in Oregon Elk Poaching
May 12, 2008, The Birmingham News: Alabama Man's Museum Dedicated to Spear Hunting
May 3, 2008, The Statesman Journal: The Humane Society Offers Reward in Goose Poisoning
April 2008
April 26, 2008, Chicago Tribune: Vote to Consider Wolf Hunting Triggers Debate
April 21, 2008, Grand Junction Free Press: Reward Offered in Grand Junction Bobcat Poaching Case
April 20, 2008, Amarillo Globe-News: Canned Hunts Nixed Again
April 16, 2008, Albany Times Union: Hunt Club Pheasant Grant Gets Flak
April 16, 2008, Tulsa World: House Votes to Ban Virtual Hunting
April 10, 2008, The Morning Call (Penn.): Change Needed in Cruelty Law
April 8, 2008, The Morning Call (Penn.): State Keeping Pigeon Shoot Tradition Alive
April 6, 2008, The Star Press: Hunting Group, Humane Society Butt Heads
March 2008
March 31, 2008, USA Today: Girls, Women Aim for Hunting
March 17, 2008, Salon.com: Packing Heat on Polar Bears
March 8, 2008, New York Times: To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom
March 4, 2008, Winona Daily News: It's Time to Stop War on Bird of Peace
February 2008
February 28, 2008, Pittsburgh City Paper: State Law Would Ban "Pigeon Shoots"
February 26, 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer: Lawmakers Look at Expanding The Use of Hounds in Cougar Hunts
February 19, 2008, Morning Call (Penn.): Bill to Make Some Wildlife Crimes A Felony
February 15, 2008, Courier News: New Jersey Doesn't Need Another Bear Hunt
February 11, 2008, The Kansas City Star: Should Hunts on Game Ranches Be Banned? Yes.
February 7, 2008, Orlando Sentinel: State Bans Cyberhunting, And Nobody Protests
February 4, 2008, Colorado Springs Gazette: Lawmakers Take Aim at 'Canned Hunts'
January 2008
January 30, 2008, Herald-Times (IN): State Should Block Sales to Predator Farms (registration required)
January 29, 2008, Chino Valley Review (AZ): Organizations Offer Reward in Antelope Poaching Case
January 28, 2008, The Journal Gazette (IN): Canning The Hunting Bill
January 28, 2008, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: State Court Ruling Might Root Out 'Canned' Wild Boar Hunts
January 25, 2008, Daily Camera (CO): 'Hunting' in a Cage
January 19, 2008, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA): Animal Welfare Activists Decry Proposed Buffalo 'Hunt'
Janaury 19, 2008, Associated Press (Denver): Lawmaker Seeks to Ban 'Canned Hunts' for Wild Animals
January 17, 2008, KUTV-2: Killing Animals from Your Computer Still Legal in Utah
January 11, 2008, The East Oregonian: ODFW to Adopt New Cougar Rules (registration required)
January 11, 2008, Capital Press (OR): Commission Tentatively Tightens Rules on Cougar Hunting
January 8, 2008, Allentown Morning Call (PA): Captive Boars Ruled Wildlife
January 7, 2008, The Courier Journal (KY): Hunting Preserves in Foes' Crosshairs
December 2007
December 27, 2007, Associated Press: Pa. Court Says Canned Boar Hunts Must Be Regulated
December 11, 2007, Allentown Morning Call: Power Push for Sunday Hunting
December 5, 2007, Philadelphia Inquirer: Critics Still Take Aim at Pa. Pigeon Shoots
December 4, 2007, Atlanta Journal Constitution: Fox-Pen Sport Should Be Illegal, Too
November 2007
November 29, 2007, Associated Press: Reward Grows in Case of Bald Eagle Found Dead
November 29, 2007, The Journal Gazette: Group to Reward Tip That Leads to Eagle's Killer
November 20, 2007, Salt Lake Tribune: BYU's White Rhino Acquisition Stirs Storm of Controversy
November 20, 2007, Salt Lake Tribune: Thrill Kill: Museum, Or Hall of Shame?
November 20, 2007, Salt Lake Tribune: Museum Should Get Out of Africa
November 20, 2007, Salt Lake Tribune: LDS' Leaders Words Used to Rip Rhino Kill
November 19, 2007, Deseret Morning News: Humane Society Asks BYU to Not Display White Rhino
November 19, 2007, Newsweek: His Fine Feathered Friends, And Ours
November 13, 2007, Time: Shooting Deer For The Homeless
November 8, 2007, Associated Press: Reward Offered in Poaching of Moose Near Anaconda
November 8, 2007, Lexington Herald-Leader: Wildlife Committee Shoots Down Proposal to Hunt Bears in Kentucky
November 7, 2007, Lexington Herald-Leader: Kentucky Hunters Seek Bear-Running Season
October 2007
October 24, 2007, Baltimore County Times: Animal Lovers: Black Bear Hunt Misses Target
October 23, 2007, Washington Times: Record 615-Pound Bear Shot on Hunt's First Day
October 23, 2007, WJZ-TV (Maryland): Black Bear Hunt Begins Despite Activists' Protests
October 22, 2007, The Examiner: Maryland Bear Hunting Season Begins amid Flurry of Protests
October 22, 2007, USA Today: American Hunter is a Vanishing Breed
October 22, 2007, Baltimore Sun: Black Bear Season under Way; Some Think it's Grisly
October 16, 2007, Baltimore Sun: Bears are Fair Game, Says Governor's Aide
October 16, 2007, Washington Post: O'Malley Allows Western MD Bear Hunt to Proceed
October 4, 2007, Salt Lake Weekly: They Got Game
October 3, 2007, KATU-TV (Portland): Bear Cub Killed Illegally, $1000 Reward Posted
September 2007
September 25, 2007, Aspen Times News: Humane Society ups Ante in Bear Killing
September 25, 2007, Sacramento Bee: Probe Hunts, Trustees Urged
September 21, 2007, Times Leader: Humans Bear Responsibility in Encounters with Wildlife
September 19, 2007, Wilkes-Barre News: Humane Society Offers Reward in Death of Bear
September 18, 2007, Sacramento Bee: CSUS Backed African Hunts
September 7, 2007, Lockhaven Express (Penn.): Renovo Man Accused in Elk Killing
September 3, 2007, Associated Press: Number of Hunters Falls, Worrying Some
September 3, 2007, Cape Cod Times: Can't Stop What's Not Started...Right?
August 2007
August 14, 2007, The Daily Herald: Two Silvana Men Arrested in Bear-Hunting Case
August 11, 2007, Cape Cod Times: Seashore Proposes Changes in Hunting Rules and Seasons
August 10, 2007, The Wall Street Journal: Internet Hunting has Got to Stop—If it Ever Starts
August 9, 2007, Daily Record: DEP gets Earful at Bear Hunt Hearing
August 8, 2007, National Public Radio: Beyond Vick: Animal Cruelty for Sport
