Here is the link to the proposed legislation banning killing contests, thanks to the efforts of Friends of Animals and others:
http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S4074-2013 BILL NUMBER:S4074 REVISED 3/28/13 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to making contests and competitions to take wildlife unlawful PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill will ensure it is illegal for any person to become involved with wildlife killing competitions. This bill needs all the support it can get in order to pass, which is where our voices and resources can become very mighty weapons. As stated in my prior email, we are working on a letter of support for this bill, so any sign-ons are welcome. Stella Miller President Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon "Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
