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Monday, February 13, 2006
Ind. Law - Even more on Canned deer hunting preserves
Thanks to TDW, we can update Sunday's ILB entry on canned hunting with a link to a South Bend Tribune editorial that urges "State should say no to 'canned hunts'". The Tribune concludes:
Lest anyone think this is a dispute between animal protection advocates and hunters, it isn't. Many of the comments that the director collected came from hunters who are disgusted by the unsporting aspects of shooting captive animals at close range, often while they are at feeding stations.This is not a practice that should exist in Indiana for the next seven years, or even the next year. It is not governed now by state law, which is the reason Hupfer stepped in. His judgment was fact-based and sound. It should not be second-guessed at the 11th hour by the General Assembly.
The House has passed House Bill 1349. The Senate should vote it down on its merits. In the event that it does not, we hope that Gov. Mitch Daniels will support the judgment of his DNR director and exercise his veto.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 13, 2006 07:00 PM
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