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Introduction The Coalition to Protect Animals in Parks & Refuges was formed in 1983 to call public attention to the fact that hunting and trapping take place in over half of our National Wildlife "Refuges" (NWRs), where 96% of visitors come to observe rather than to kill; and to resist pressure to expand these violent and cruel pursuits in NWRs as well as in county, state, and even our national parks. Managing these special areas, which belong to us all, for the benefit of the less than 5% minority of citizens who enjoy stalking and killing wild animals, prevents the vast majority of citizens from enjoying, or in some cases even visiting, these areas during hunting periods. Killing the wild inhabitants interferes with natural population determinants and ecological balance. In the case of trophy hunting, it reverses nature's rule that the fittest survive to propagate their species. The coalition can supply information disproving hunters' and trappers' claims that their activities are beneficial. Far from saving deer from starvation by killing them, game management skews the sex ratio to result in more females surviving the winters to bear young, thus increasing the population so that there will be more of animals around to starve in a severe winter. Far from preventing rabies, trapping results in a higher proportion of young, more susceptible animals to promote its spread. Info on deer populations 104 Over and above working to eliminate killing for sport, the coalition promotes the preservation of remaining habitat, the elimination of environmental pollutants, zero, preferably negative, human population growth, and encourages a vegan (no animal products) diet that is healthier for both humans and the environment. You can help by picking up your pen or telephone and expressing your opinion to your legislators, government officials, and newspaper editors. Even just talking to friends and relatives helps to make more people aware that the purpose of many parks and NWRs is being subverted to favor the people who consider killing wild animals a wholesome family sport. The coalition also takes on a diversity of other wildlife issues as well. Until 2004, it published a quarterly news sheet which was mailed to American subscribers to The Civil Abolitionist. The coalition reports on wildlife and environmental issues and explains how you can help with some of the problems. Click here for brief introduction. home SPECIAL INDEXES Most recent Random Updates n.b. whale news listed separately Yellowstone Buffalo Field Campaign most recent dispatch INDEX to deer population and other hunting problems ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Most recent listed (as of 2004) first. See also special categories above. May 2003 Living with bears Sep 2001 Plea for "outdoor" columns not based on killing Sep 2001 Revealing "outdoors" column on elk populations Aug 2001 Aggressive attempt to reintroduce elk to New York Mar 2001 Navy wants to resume lethal sonar tests comments needed! Dec 2000 Oil Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Dec 2000 State of animal affairs toward close of year 2000 Nov 2000 Arctic ground squirrel natural population controls Nov 2000 Rabbit hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Iowa Oct 11, 2000 Goose Population Control Oct 2000 How resident Canada geese came to be Aug 1, 2000 Low frequency sonar kills more whales off Scotland Aug 21 2000 Japan receives domestic and international criticism of whaling July 21, 2000 US uses bully tactics to quell opposition to Makah hunt July 21, 2000 The Netherlands promotes commercial whaling July 13, 2000 Hawaiian judge's decision on Navy's LF sonar Coping kindly with resident Canada geese 181 The effect of deer management on Lyme disease by Stuart Chaifetz Migration over, but Makah still hunting gray whales 189 Sea Shepherd to oppose Faroes whale hunt 187 Al Gores Whales Sea Shepherd Release 154 Toxic build-up in whale flesh 153 Hopi eaglet killing ritual threatens to start hunting in National Parks 122 Civitas submission on new hunts in National Wildlife Refuges 128 The far-reaching effects of meat-eating27 Civitas Response to DEIS on Yellowstone Bison Civitas Response to new hunting programs in NWRs 128 "The Navy's $100 million mistake" (low frequency sonar) |
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Civitas Coalition to Protect Animals in Parks & Refuges Box 26 Swain NY 14884 USA e-mail: civitas@linkny.com |