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Senators Feinstein and Cardin Introduce Measure to Ban Inhumane Practice of Allowing Hunters to Shoot Wildlife from Aircraft

In 1971, Congress banned aerial hunting of wildlife after gruesome images of the cruel practice were broadcast on television. However, there is a loophole in the law that permits States to allow private citizens to engage in airborne hunting under the guise of wildlife management. For example, the State of Alaska currently allows private citizens to hunt wolves from aircraft, citing the need to protect herds of caribou and moose.

The Feinstein-Cardin legislation would close the loophole in the Aerial Hunting Act. It would ban civilians from aerial hunting and limit the practice to employees of federal and state wildlife agencies.

The bill is endorsed by the Defenders of Wildlife, the Humane Society of the United States, and nine former members of the Alaska Board of Game.

“Shooting wildlife from airplanes is not sport — it is cruel and inhumane.“

“Awesome,” she [SP] replied … toting her all-white AR-15 assault rifle.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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JanetT in MD on August 6, 2009 at 4:54 pm

I owe my Senator (Cardin) a nice thank-you note.

Wolves are beautiful creatures, and very valuable parts of the ecosystem — and essential to maintaining the health of the caribou and moose populations by weeding out the unfit. (They also eat a LOT of rodents…)

Hope they can stop this airplane hunting — what is it with these Republicans who want to pretend they’re tough outdoorsmen/women and hunters, but consider shooting exhausted animals from airplanes and birds released practically in front of their guns to be “hunting”? I guess it’s on a par with G. W. Bush’s quasi-military uniforms with his name and presidential seal…

dada on August 6, 2009 at 5:00 pm

thanks for putting this up oui.

Alaskan voters banned aerial hunting of wolves in 1996, and then again in 2000 after the state legislature reinstated it. The Alaska Wildlife Alliance notes that in a recent poll commissioned by the Alaska Wildlife Alliance but conducted by Dittman Research Corporation shows that 72% of Alaskans, including hunters, oppose aerial predator-control as a means to increase moose and caribou populations, and continues to state that in November 2000, 147,043 voters or 53.5% of Alaska’s population voted to reject the practice of same-day aerial wolf hunting.

The return to aerial wolf hunts in Alaska is shocking if you consider the opposition by the clear majority of Alaska voters (and an even larger percentage of Americans, overall), the lack of legality those votes brought, the complete void of a legitimate reason for the aggression, and the unmitigated cowardliness of it all. Then again, this is entirely unsurprising if you consider this nation’s history of extremists getting elected to political office only to ignore public opinion and the law in the service of their own irrational views and/or campaign contributors’ wishes.

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finally…hopefully… the will of 72% of alaskan voters, and the majority of americans, will be recognized.

Connecticut Man1 on August 6, 2009 at 8:47 pm

Glad to hear this. I am no anti-gun person AND this is a good thing to stop. No different than the canned hunting the rich wannabes do. Just stupid.

Hurria on August 7, 2009 at 11:56 pm

This is really great news.

Oui on August 8, 2009 at 2:00 am

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Also posted at Open Left. Providing the link was not by accident of course. I did find her NRA present kind of .. awesome!

“A Tribute to the Governor” from the American Rifleman

“Custom-made, all-white AR-15 dubbed the “Alaskan Hunter”

Presented at the NRA meeting in May 2009 by Templar Consulting.

.50beowolf protecting vehicles and protecting convoys … nice present for the governor. Why would such a rifle be called “Alaskan Hunter”?

Palin says Obama’s health care plan is ‘evil’

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

JanetT in MD on August 6, 2009 at 4:54 pm

I owe my Senator (Cardin) a nice thank-you note.

Wolves are beautiful creatures, and very valuable parts of the ecosystem — and essential to maintaining the health of the caribou and moose populations by weeding out the unfit. (They also eat a LOT of rodents…)

Hope they can stop this airplane hunting — what is it with these Republicans who want to pretend they’re tough outdoorsmen/women and hunters, but consider shooting exhausted animals from airplanes and birds released practically in front of their guns to be “hunting”? I guess it’s on a par with G. W. Bush’s quasi-military uniforms with his name and presidential seal…
dada on August 6, 2009 at 5:00 pm

thanks for putting this up oui.

Alaskan voters banned aerial hunting of wolves in 1996, and then again in 2000 after the state legislature reinstated it. The Alaska Wildlife Alliance notes that in a recent poll commissioned by the Alaska Wildlife Alliance but conducted by Dittman Research Corporation shows that 72% of Alaskans, including hunters, oppose aerial predator-control as a means to increase moose and caribou populations, and continues to state that in November 2000, 147,043 voters or 53.5% of Alaska’s population voted to reject the practice of same-day aerial wolf hunting.

The return to aerial wolf hunts in Alaska is shocking if you consider the opposition by the clear majority of Alaska voters (and an even larger percentage of Americans, overall), the lack of legality those votes brought, the complete void of a legitimate reason for the aggression, and the unmitigated cowardliness of it all. Then again, this is entirely unsurprising if you consider this nation’s history of extremists getting elected to political office only to ignore public opinion and the law in the service of their own irrational views and/or campaign contributors’ wishes.


finally…hopefully… the will of 72% of alaskan voters, and the majority of americans, will be recognized.
Connecticut Man1 on August 6, 2009 at 8:47 pm

Glad to hear this. I am no anti-gun person AND this is a good thing to stop. No different than the canned hunting the rich wannabes do. Just stupid.
Hurria on August 7, 2009 at 11:56 pm

This is really great news.
Oui on August 8, 2009 at 2:00 am

.
Also posted at Open Left. Providing the link was not by accident of course. I did find her NRA present kind of .. awesome!

“A Tribute to the Governor” from the American Rifleman

“Custom-made, all-white AR-15 dubbed the “Alaskan Hunter”

Presented at the NRA meeting in May 2009 by Templar Consulting.

.50beowolf protecting vehicles and protecting convoys … nice present for the governor. Why would such a rifle be called “Alaskan Hunter”?

Palin says Obama’s health care plan is ‘evil’
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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