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[buckeye dan]

Virginia Bill Would Destroy Hunting, Trapping, and State Wildlife Conservation
Sportsmen calls needed to stop outrageous proposal
1/20/12

  

House Bill 855, introduced by Delegate Joseph R. Yost (R-Blacksburg),  would classify all Virginia game animals and furbearers as nuisance  animals.  Doing so would allow these animals to be killed year round  without limits and with no regard to population levels.

The bill strips the oversight and control of the Virginia Department  of Game and Inland Fisheries to set essential season dates and bag  limits to ensure game populations remain sustainable and healthy. By  classifying all game and furbearing animals as “nuisance” animals, the  bill allows species of animals that cause any damage to agricultural  crops, ornamental or shade trees, wildlife, livestock, or any other  property to be killed any time during the year.

“When talking about bad legislation for wildlife conservation and  sportsmen, it doesn’t get much worse than this bill.  This move would  effectively end wildlife conservation in Virginia as we know it. ” said  Evan Heusinkveld, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance director of state services.   “Virginia sportsmen and women are the backbone of conservation, not to  mention they generate nearly one billion dollars for the state’s economy  each year.  This bill could decimate game and furbearer populations  while the wildlife management professionals are powerless to do anything  about it.”

House Bill 855 would apply to the long list of game and furbearers  that are hunted in the state, including deer, turkey, and bear.

The bill was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

Take Action!  Virginia sportsmen should  contact their state delegates TODAY and urge them to oppose House Bill  855.  Tell them the bill would destroy the state’s wildlife conservation  efforts and ruin hunting and trapping in the state.  To find your state  delegate’s contact information, visit www.ussportsmen.org/LAC.

Source: http://www.ussportsm...e.aspx?pid=2967

[Brubaker]

Wow they go from one extreme to another!