URGENT, DOVE HUNTING BILL IS ON THE LINE NOW !!!

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VERY URGENT, IOWA DOVE HUNTING IS ON THE LINE !!!

 

 

Dear Friend ,

 

 

A bill to legalize mourning dove hunting (HSB 1) in Iowa is moving

very fast in the legislature.

 

Your phone calls and e-mails will make a big difference to several

hundred thousand doves. Please act NOW!

 

 

THERE ARE THREE (3) ACTIONS WE MUST ALL TAKE :

 

 

ACTION 1 :

 

Fax/Email/Call/ to the Governor of Iowa, urging him to VETO ANY BILL

that would allow dove hunting in Iowa, using the following link:

 

http://www.state.ia.us/governor/comments/capitol_correspond/index.html

(Please click " Make your selection here first " )

 

The Honorable Tom Vilsak

phone: 515-281-5211 (in USA )

fax : 515-281-6611 (in USA )

 

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ACTION 2 :

 

PLEASE e-mail ALL the representatives and senators of Iowa

(sample letter provided below) : please send to ALL OF THE

IOWA LEGISLATORS by copy the entire list and then simply

paste into the " BCC " field. Then put your own email address or

your other email address in the " TO " field.

There must have a comma between addresses , we already

provided for you. Then type the letter (or copy and paste) , then

click " Send " .

 

Please simply address to : Dear Honorable Legislator,

at the end sign your name . That's it.

(if you are in Iowa, you may put your Iowa address at the end ,

otherwise , you do not need to put your address. )

 

 

( Note: All legislator addresses are : @legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

gen.office,

dwayne_alons,

richard_arnold,

donna_barry,

clel_baudler,

paul_bell,

gary_blodgett,

carmine_boal,

dan_boddicker,

effie_lee_boggess,

clyde_bradley,

barry_brauns,

bob_brunkhorst,

polly_bukta,

cecelia_burnett,

danny_carroll,

michael_cataldo,

kay_chapman,

frank_chiodo,

dennis_cohoon,

john_connors,

ron_corbett,

michael_cormack,

galen_davis,

bill_dix,

minnette_doderer,

cecil_dolecheck,

bill_dotzler,

jack_drake,

jim_drees,

russell_eddie,

steve_falck,

ed_fallon,

ro_foege,

wayne_ford,

marcella_frevert,

teresa_garman,

chuck_gipp,

sandra_greiner,

betty_grundberg,

james_hahn,

brad_hansen,

dave_heaton,

clarence_hoffman,

danny_holmes,

jack_holveck,

hubert_houser,

dan_huseman,

geri_huser,

libby_jacobs,

michael_jager,

willard_jenkins,

pam_jochum,

david_johnson,

steve_kittering,

ralph_klemme,

keith_kreiman,

mark_kuhn,

richard_larkin,

chuck_larson,

david_lord,

mona_martin,

mary_mascher,

dennis_may,

dolores_mertz,

janet_metcalf,

david_millage,

norman_mundie,

pat_murphy,

richard_myers,

beverly_nelson,

michael_o'brien,

robert_osterhaus,

dennis_parmenter,

scott_raecker,

henry_rayhons,

rebecca_reynolds-knight,

steve_richardson,

paul_scherrman,

david_schrader,

don_shoultz,

brent_siegrist,

greg_stevens,

steve_sukup,

john_sunderbrunch,

todd_taylor,

russell_teig,

roger_,

rosemary_thomson,

phil_tyrrell,

jim_van_engelenhoven,

james_van_fossen,

steven_warnstadt,

dick_weidman,

keith_weigel,

jerry_welter,

wesley_whitead,

philip_wise,

william_witt,

jeff_angelo,

merlin_bartz,

jerry_behn,

dennis_black,

nancy_boettger,

michael_connolly,

dick_dearden,

patrick_deluhery,

richard_drake,

robert_dvorsky,

bill_fink,

tom_flynn,

eugene_fraise,

mary_lou_freeman,

thurman_gaskill,

michael_gronstal,

johnie_hammond,

steven_hansen,

patricia_harper,

kay_hedge,

wally_horn,

stewart_iverson,

john_jensen,

jojohns,

john_judge,

john_kibbie,

steve_king,

mary_kramer,

mary_lundby,

gene_maddox,

andy_mckean,

larry_mckibben,

derryl_mclaren,

don_redfern,

john_redwine,

kitty_rehberg,

jack_rife,

sheldon_rittmer,

neal_schuerer,

msexton,

elaine_szymoniak,

maggie_tinsman,

lyle_zieman,

 

 

SAMPLE LETTER :

 

Subject:

 

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW DOVE-HUNTING IN IOWA.

PLEASE VOTE AGAINST HSB 1 (HF 43 )

 

 

Dear Honorable Legislator ,

 

I am contacting you to urge you that please vote

 

AGAINST HSB 1 (now HF 43)

 

that seeks to overturn the 82-year tradition of protecting doves in

Iowa.

 

Doves are of special significance to Christians. The Bible says that

the Holy Spirit came down on Jesus in the form of a dove:

 

" And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightaway out of the water:

and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God

descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from

heaven, saying, " This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased "

(Matthew 3:16-17; See also Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21-22, and John 1:32-34).

 

I think, that in itself, should be a very good reason to protect doves.

However, I would also like to point out several other strong and

extremely compelling reasons to ban dove-hunting:

 

A. Statistics show that 20 to 30 % of the doves shot by hunters get

wounded and are left to die excruciatingly painful deaths.

 

B. Doves damage neither property nor crops. In fact, they help

farmers by eating weed seeds on the ground.

 

C. Doves are primarily used for target practice which can easily be

done using clay targets.

 

D. Federally protected birds such as the American kestrel and the

sharp-shinned hawk are often mistaken for doves and will

undoubtedly be shot if a dove hunting season opens.

 

E. Dove hunting will contribute to the discharge of lead shot in the

environment. Toxic lead shot poses a risk to wildlife, especially

to waterfowl, who ingest the pellets while feeding.

 

F. It is a well known fact that a vast majority of the people in Iowa

are opposed to dove hunting. Hence establishing a dove-hunting

season would totally violate fundamental democratic principles.

 

G. Doves are recognized as a symbol of peace all over the world and

this makes it all the more inappropriate to take away their

lives.

 

 

Because of these reasons, I urge you to vote AGAINST HF 43 or any

other legislation that seeks to legalize dove hunting in Iowa.

 

I would be very grateful to you for your kindness, compassion and urgent

help.

 

Sincerely,

Name

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ACTION 3 :

 

After sending your email, then please send another EMAIL

and CALL the following important Majority and Minority

Leaders to get special attention .

All the information is as follows :

 

 

State Senator Mary Kramer ,

President of the Senate,

Home Telephone: (515) 224-7613

e-mail: mary_kramer (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

State Senator Andy McKean,

Home Telephone: (319) 462-4485

Office Telephone: (319) 462-4361

e-mail: andy_mckean (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

State Senator Stewart Iverson,

Senate Majority Leader,

Home Address:3020 Dows-Williams Rd., Dows IA 50071

Home Telephone: (515) 852-3350

e-mail: stewart_iverson (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

State Senator Michael Gronstal

Senate Minority Leader,

Home Address:220 Bennett Ave., Council Bluffs IA 51503

Home Telephone: (712) 328-2808

e-mail: michael_gronstal (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

State Representative Brent Siegrist,

Speaker of the House,

Home Address:204 Lori Lane, Council Bluffs IA 51503

Home Telephone: (712) 256-3826

e-mail: brent_siegrist (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

State Representative Christopher Rants,

House Majority Leader,

Home Address:2740 S. Glass St., Sioux City IA 51106

Home Telephone: (712) 274-8874

e-mail: christopher_rants (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

State Representative Libby Jacobs,

House Majority Whip,

Home Telephone: (515) 223-1225

e-mail: libby_jacobs (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

State Representative Richard Myers,

House Minority Leader,

Home Telephone: (319) 351-7794

e-mail: richard_myers (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

State Representative Geri Huser,

House Minority Whip ,

Home Telephone: (515) 967-6547

e-mail: geri_huser (at legis.state.ia.us )

 

 

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References :

 

For more details, visit the Fund web site:

http://www.fund.org/library/documentViewer.asp?ID=19 & table=action_alerts

 

http://www.hsus.org then click " Morning Dove " .

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Thanks so much for your compassion , kindness and help.