We're getting closer to ending fur trapping The Coalition to End Fur Trapping in NH (CEFT) has this timely message for you: Hello everyone, We have found out that HB 1514 will go into Executive Session on February 9 and it will either go to the NH House of Representatives Feb 17 or Feb 24. This means we have plenty of time to do further actions to help this bill. Let your NH Representatives know that you support HB 1514, the Fur Ban Bill, which would ban the sale of fur pelts from animals trapped in NH. This terrific bill takes away the incentive to trap and kill for money and would greatly reduce the numbers of animals trapped. Just imagine the effect we would have if the committee, our Reps, and the general public hear from hundreds of us. Actions to take: 1. This email address will get your email to the nineteen members of the Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee. Please be sure to sign your full name and address so they know you are a NH resident. ~HouseFishandGameAndMarineResources@leg.state.nh.us For your email to become part of the official record on HB 1514 you need to mail a hard copy of it to this address: The Honorable Representative, Dennis Abbott, Chair House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee Legislative Office Building, Room 307 33 N. State St. Concord, NH 03301 2. Contact your Representatives. You can find your legislators here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/wml.aspx 3. Write a letter to the Editor The summary of the bill is this: HB 1514, the Fur Ban Bill, ends the selling of pelts that would become fur from NH furbearers. It removes the incentive for trappers to trap, if they only trap for fur. It ends the incentive for hunters to hunt, if they only hunt for fur. The bill does not ban traps for use by trappers, if they trap for other reasons, such as for food or to provide research animals to NH F&G. Traps would also remain legal for use in NH F&G's second trapping program, called the Wildlife Control Operator Program which solves conflicts with wild animals. Please let us know if you have further comments or questions. We may be contacted at ceftnh@gmail.com or 603-377-0225. We also have an online petition that can be signed here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-fur-trapping-in-NH Talking Points o NH is ready to give up the use of leghold and other body-gripping traps when they are used for unnecessary fur. o HB 1514 is a reasonable bill that would keep traps legal for use to solve conflicts with wild animals. o Fur trappers trap for money which means they trap some species more than others, depending on the market. Shouldn't NH's wildlife be free from market trapping, just like deer and moose are already free from market hunting? o National surveys have consistently shown that the majority of the public objects to fur trapping. Do not let the NH Fish & Game Department convince you that fur trapping is necessary for their work, because fur trapping is not scientific; it is just a stinky tradition, the old, cruel way of treating our furbearer species. o It is time for a change in how we treat NH wildlife. Passing HB 1514, which the public wants, is the right thing to do for the year 2010. Click here to see the HB 1514 brochure. To rotate the document use the right mouse key. ____________________________________________________________________ ABOUT US The NH Animal Rights League, Inc. is an all volunteer organization. We are devoted to the cause of helping animals. We work for ALL animals and believe they should have basic rights. "Animals should have the right to ... run if they have legs ...swim if they have fins ...and fly if they have wings."…………Gretchen Wyler If you would like to help us we sure could use it. No one benefits financially from your donation or membership except the animals. With your support we purchase literature and materials to educate. When we screen films or other events promoting a veg diet we purchase food to show everyone life without meat, dairy, and eggs can be not only healthy but delicious as well. Recently we have established a team, Children Learning to Appreciate Wildlife (CLAW), and we purchased some puppets for tabling events, the first of which was a huge success at Discover Wild Day at the NH Fish and Game Department in Concord, NH. We ran this ad in the NH Union Leader statewide newspaper. These are just a few of the things we do to help animals. If you would like to become a member, use paypal or volunteer in any way please contact us. |
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