Environmental Group Working to Ban Hunting- (12/13)






A chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada is planning to initiate a
movement to ban hunting and trapping in Canada's wildlife reserves.





According to the Montreal Gazette, the Quebec Group of the Eastern
Canada Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada launched a campaign to denounce
Quebec's wildlife conservation policies and begin a movement to ban hunting
and trapping on reserves.





"Well-organized groups of hunters and trappers, with government
collaboration, have succeeded in subverting the original purpose of
reserves," said Ray Raymond, chairman of the Quebec Group. "Hunting and
trapping are activities that have no basis in conservation and are
incompatible with species-conservation objectives."





Raymond goes on to imply that permitting hunting and trapping will
devastate biodiversity on reserves.





Nothing could be further from the truth.





Trapping, hunting and fishing are regulated to prevent declines in
wildlife populations and deterioration of habitats. According to the Draft
Québec Strategy on Biological Diversity 2002-2007, sportsmen will be helpful
in monitoring biodiversity. Records showing the number of white-tailed deer
and moose taken by hunters will help gauge the condition of these wildlife
populations.






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"Sam Salmon" wrote in message
...


LMAO!!!
Canadians don't put up with the kind of bull you're bombarded with in
the USA.
Here in BC PETA hides in dank apartments in the poorest part of
Vancouver they never venture into the outdoors because they can't
afford to drive-so I'm told I've never seen them there.







On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:42:43 GMT, "Outdoors Magazine"
wrote:

Sir,
I do not have time to play games. I am sure you will hear more about it
in
due time, and the sal****er fishing in NJ is excellent. Hunting can be
very
good in the Delaware Gap region.

By the way, the Sierra Club is attempting to ban hunting on public land
in
Quebec.