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This is a very short to the point email I just sent out to Senator Dick Durbin, [email protected], and [email protected]
Greetings! I am contacting you in regards to the upcoming Southern Illinois Predator Challenge to be held next weekend (Feb 4th @ 9A.M. to Feb 5th @1P.M.) at the American Legion located at 11720 Longstreet Road, Marion IL 62959. There is no need for this contest as it is not a test of skill, nor is it detrimental to manage the coyotes within that area. This only promotes cruelty to animals as they shoot to kill coyotes (and/or other prey during hunt) to see who kills the heaviest or who kills the most coyotes - and then take a selfie with the dead animal to post on social media for bragging rights! Nothing good will come out of this so we URGE you to put a halt to this contest before it is too late! The following was also sent to Sen. Durbin by Barbara Davis: Senator Durbin: The proposed hunt is ecologically irresponsible, unnecessary, and promotes an attitude unfitting for true hunters. The idiots participating in this kind of endeavor are just killers and should be scorned, not celebrated. Grinning like a fool with a pile of coyote corpses and posting it on Facebook is not indicative of what real hunters do. In fact, it's an embarrassment to anyone who hunts responsibly. I live in a neighboring state - Wisconsin - and fairly close to the state line. I go into Illinois often to shop, vacation in Chicago and other places. If this hunt takes place, I won't spend another dime in your state. Not for gasoline, purchases, vacation at hotels, visiting museums or even going on my annual visit to Springfield for the Lincoln sites. In fact, I will boycott Illinois based businesses, including all restaurants even the most humble fast food franchise. I'll take my disposable income and spend it in Iowa, Minnesota or Michigan. If the money you think you'll get from encouraging a bunch of morons with rifles exceeds what your state earns in tourism, then you need to take a basic math class. This hunt is a perversion. Cancel it and retain some semblance of integrity. This is just 1 of several Coyote killing contests set to take place in Southern Illinois!
Please contact ANY of the following people and DEMAND this contest be stopped! https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/about/Pages/Contact.aspx https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/about/offices/Pages/default.aspx Marion city: # 618-997-6281 [email protected] Williamson county: # 618-977-1301 wmsnctyins@williamsoncountyil.gov DNR Region V Office - Southern Illinois 11731 State Highway 37 Benton, IL 62812 618-435-8138 Durbin, Richard – (D – IL) durbin.senate.gov (202) 224-2152 Dear Douglas,
Thank you for contacting us regarding this issue. It is crucial to raise public awareness of these barbaric contests in any way possible, and to bring them to the attention of your state policymakers. Here are some suggestions:
Warm regards, Caleigh Hall Operations & Outreach Manager PROJECT COYOTE | PROMOTING COEXISTENCE HQ OFFICE: P.O. Box 5007 Larkspur, CA 94977 | 415.945.3232 FIND US ONLINE: www.ProjectCoyote.org FACEBOOK: ProjectCoyote | TWITTER: @ProjectCoyote Please pass on any information pertaining to petitions and facts about the War On Wolves Act - while we still can!
INFO: http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2017/congress-unleashes-war-on-wolves PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/645/829/416/oppose-the-%22war-on-wolves%22-act/ The following is a statement from Marjorie Mulhall, Senior Legislative Counsel at Earthjustice: “A new congress has resurfaced an old vendetta against imperiled wolves. If this legislation is signed into law, wolves in Wyoming will be subjected to unregulated killing across the vast majority of the state, and even on the borders of Yellowstone National Park numerous legal loopholes will authorize widespread wolf killing. Americans widely hailed the return of wolves to the Northern Rockies two decades ago as a triumph of the Endangered Species Act, but now this ‘War on Wolves Act’ would allow for the same unregulated killing that nearly wiped out the species in the first place. Politicians should not meddle in the science-based listing status of a particular species at any stage, but now is an especially bad time as these cases are still playing out in the courts. We urge those who support the protection of wolves to call their senators and representatives and tell them to vote down this lethal legislation.” EXPERT AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER COMMENT:Tim Preso, Earthjustice attorney who leads on the Wyoming wolf case, based in Bozeman, Montana: (406) 586-9699 ext. 1924, [email protected] TAKE A STAND FOR WOLVES&CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMEN TODAY! Baldwin, Tammy – (D – WI) baldwin.senate.gov (202) 224-5653 Bennet, Michael – (D – CO) bennet.senate.gov (202) 224-5852 Blumenthal, Richard – (D – CT) blumenthal.senate.gov (202) 224-2823 Booker, Cory – (D – NJ) booker.senate.gov (202) 224-3224 Boxer, Barbara – (D – CA) boxer.senate.gov (202) 224-3553 Brown, Sherrod – (D – OH) brown.senate.gov (202) 224-2315 Cantwell, Maria – (D – WA) cantwell.senate.gov (202) 224-3441 Cardin, Ben – (D – MD) cardin.senate.gov (202) 224-4524 Carper, Thomas – (D – DE) carper.senate.gov (202) 224-2441 Casey, Robert P., Jr. – (D – PA) casey.senate.gov (202) 224-6324 Coons, Christopher – (D – DE) coons.senate.gov (202) 224-5042 Donnelly, Joe – (D – IN) donnelly.senate.gov Phone: (202) 224-4814 Durbin, Richard – (D – IL) durbin.senate.gov (202) 224-2152 Feinstein, Dianne – (D – CA) feinstein.senate.gov (202) 224-3841 Franken, Al – (D – MN) franken.senate.gov (202) 224-5641 Gillibrand, Kirsten – (D – NY) gillibrand.senate.gov (202) 224-4451 Heinrich, Martin – (D – NM) heinrich.senate.gov (202) 224-5521 Heitkamp, Heidi – (D – ND) heitkamp.senate.gov (202) 224-2043 Hirono, Mazie – (D – HI) hirono.senate.gov (202) 224-6361 Kaine, Timothy – (D – VA) kaine.senate.gov (202) 224-4024 King, Angus – (I – ME) king.senate.gov (202) 224-5344 Klobuchar, Amy – (D – MN) klobuchar.senate.gov (202) 224-3244 Leahy, Patrick – (D – VT) leahy.senate.gov (202) 224-4242 Manchin III, Joe – (D – WV) manchin.senate.gov (202) 224-3954 Markey, Edward – (D – MA) markey.senate.gov (202) 224-2742 McCaskill, Claire – (D – MO) mccaskill.senate.gov (202) 224-6154 Menendez, Robert – (D – NJ) menendez.senate.gov (202) 224-4744 Merkley, Jeff – (D – OR) merkley.senate.gov (202) 224-3753 Mikulski, Barbara – (D – MD) mikulski.senate.gov (202) 224-4654 Murphy, Chris – (D – CT) murphy.senate.gov (202) 224-4041 Murray, Patty – (D – WA) murray.senate.gov (202) 224-2621 Nelson, Bill – (D – FL) billnelson.senate.gov (202) 224-5274 Peters, Gary – (D – MI) peters.senate.gov (202) 224-6221 Reed, Jack – (D – RI) reed.senate.gov (202) 224-4642 Reid, Harry – (D – NV) reid.senate.gov (202) 224-3542 Sanders, Bernie – (I – VT) sanders.senate.gov (202) 224-5141 Schatz, Brian – (D – HI) schatz.senate.gov (202) 224-3934 Schumer, Charles – (D – NY) schumer.senate.gov (202) 224-6542 Shaheen, Jeanne – (D – NH) shaheen.senate.gov (202) 224-2841 Stabenow, Debbie – (D – MI) stabenow.senate.gov (202) 224-4822 Tester, Jon – (D – MT) tester.senate.gov (202) 224-2644 Udall, Tom – (D – NM) tomudall.senate.gov (202) 224-6621 Warner, Mark – (D – VA) warner.senate.gov (202) 224-2023 Warren, Elizabeth – (D – MA) warren.senate.gov (202) 224-4543 Whitehouse, Sheldon – (D – RI) whitehouse.senate.gov (202) 224-2921 Wyden, Ron – (D – OR) wyden.senate.gov (202) 224-5244 Looks like we offended somebody... too fucking bad!...Get over it - We have permission via the 1st amendment, as well as we asked permission via twitter!
We will continue to post as we deem necessary and/or seem fit! With that being said, it's time for you to go back to your Disney books! First, a little 411 about song dogs🔹Coyotes are members of the canine family. Their scientific name is Canis latrans, which means "barking dog." 🔹Coyotes are found all over North America. They are cunning animals that are able to adapt to changing surroundings, including habitat loss. Some even live in very close proximity to metropolitan cities. 🔹Coyotes are typically from 32 to 37 inches long and weigh 20 to 50 lbs. Their coats range in color from greyish-brown to reddish-brown. 🔹The coyote reaches a respectable speed of 64km/hour/ 40 miles per hour. 🔹Coyotes are digitigrades, meaning they walk on their toes. 🔹They have a unique howling call and often several join in to form a chorus of howls. They also huff, bark and yelp in various ways to communicate with one another. 🔹A wild coyote's diet consists primarily of frogs, rodents, rabbits, fish and deer. They also eat grass, fruit and carrion. 🔹Coyotes live and hunt in packs. They have a very sharp sense of smell and can even detect prey under the snow. 🔹Coyotes are known for their shrewdness. When hunting in a pack, one coyote will jump around to distract prey while another sneaks up and pounces. 🔹It's a dog-coyote mix. Coyotes can breed with both wolves and domestic dogs. Both female and male coyotes take care of offspring. 🔹Coyotes mate for life and are monogamous. In a 2012 study of 18 litters of coyotes, researchers discovered that once they find love, a coyote couple is in it for the long haul and never cheat. According to The Natural History of the Urban Coyote, "This loyalty holds even when there are other coyotes in adjacent territories and plenty of opportunity for cheating. But coyote pairs stay faithful, and faithful for life. Some of the pairs followed by the research team were together for as long as 10 years, only moving on when one mate died." 🔹Female coyotes typically have one litter of three to nine puppies a year; litters are usually born in April or May. The pups are born blind; their eyes open when they are about two weeks of age. They don't leave the den until they are six to 10 weeks old, when the mother coyote begins taking them out on group hunting expeditions. The pups are hunting alone by the age of six months, and by the time they're a year old, they strike out on their own. 🔹They are able to escape predators through the water and have even been able to colonize islands thanks to their ability to swim 🔹They are able to escape predators through the water and have even been able to colonize islands thanks to their ability to swim. FINALLY: The Coyote is one of the most interesting creatures on this Earth. THE KILLING WAYS...coyotes and/or wolves Hunting in Illinois: 3 Animals to Hunt Year-Round Hunters gather with quarry in Wytheville States argue in court for more say over endangered species House Members Pushing To Permanently Delist Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List H.R.2910 - Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act SOME INTERESTING INFO Wolves confirmed in Illinois from 2014 Report Shows Washington's Wildlife Agency Failed to Prevent Killing of Profanity Peak Wolf Pack Wolf shot near Walnut in Illinois? 2010 Info about the Mckittrick policy INFORMATION & HOW TO HELP BELOW http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/news/20170113/predator-hunt-draws-criticism http://www.activistpost.com/2015/05/coyote-killing-contests-why-they-impact.html http://countercurrentnews.com/2017/01/coyote-contest-encourages-killing-of-young-pups-and-their-mothers-heres-how-to-help/ MANY LINKS ON THIS PAGE FULL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS!http://www.coyotecontest.com/https://www.facebook.com/Southern-Illinois-Predator-Challenge-676522522447108/ (618) 201-3343 The Southern Illinois Predator Challenge 2017 has been postponed until February 4-5th 2017. There will be NO preregistration. Sign up will be February 4, 2017 at 8 am at the American Legion post 147 at 11720 Long street Marion, Illinois. There will be NO breakfast on Saturday, February 4, 2017. The event will have the same hours 9 am February 4th through 1 pm February 5, 2017. The event registration, rules & flier on this post have been updated with the corrections. All preregistered competitors have been notified. This is about to happen in many parts of Illinois. Gratuitously slaughtering animals for cash and prizes has no place in ethical wildlife management. I need your help to stop it. Right now there are two hunts about to take place, one in Marion and one in Toledo. In Marion, call the American Legion Post and urge them to not host this event at their location, their number is (618) 997-6168 and call their event organizer (Southern Illinois Predator Challenge-Paul Browne) and ask he cancel this event, 618-201-3343. The other is sponsored by X-Ring Custom, their number is 217-849-3353 .you can help...we are asking for lots of phone calls... source: https://www.facebook.com/pam.sundeen Pam Sundeen Coyote killing contests why they impact you 3 animals hunted year round in Illinois Coyote killing contest facts Predator Hunt Draws CriticismDoesn't anybody get it? If we allow apex predators to be destroyed, we are signing a death warrant for COUNTLESS wild animals! By destroying wildlife in the short run, we are destroying ourselves in the long run! STOP THE SENSELESS KILLINGS! PLEASE HELP! CONTACT YOUR ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE ASAP: The Illinois department of natural resources Wildlife Action Plan email is [email protected] Marion city: # 618-997-6281 [email protected] Williamson county: # 618-977-1301 wmsnctyins@williamsoncountyil.gov https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/IL CHERI BUSTOS Other contacts: Marion city: # 618-997-6281 [email protected] Williamson county: # 618-977-1301 [email protected] https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Pages/default.aspx |
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