COLORADO ACTION ALERT


Below are several issues that need your urgent attention to help protect animals in Colorado.

LEGISLATURE TAKES AIM AT VOTERS' TRAPPING BAN!

In November 1996, Colorado voters approved Amendment 14, a constitutional amendment to ban the use of cruel traps and poisons statewide. The Colorado Legislature has introduced the enacting legislation, SB 52, but it severely weakens the intent of Amendment 14! SB 52 would allow the use of poisons on wildlife, would allow more than one 30-day trapping permit per landowner after he or she demonstrates that non-lethal methods were ineffective, and would put enforcement in the hands of the Department of Agriculture instead of the Division of Wildlife. Please contact your State Senator and State Representative immediately, and demand that SB 52 include the exact same provisions that voters approved in Amendment 14. It should not allow poisons, should not give enforcement to the Department of Agriculture, and should not give ranchers more than one 30-day permit. If you do not know who your State Senator and State Representative are, contact your local library, town or city hall, or League of Women Voters for assistance.

The Honorable __________
Colorado Senate
200 East Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 866-4865 for Democrats, or (303) 866-4866 for Republicans

The Honorable __________
Colorado House of Representatives
200 East Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 866-2904

DON'T LET HUNTERS MANIPULATE THE CONSTITUTION!

State Senator Gigi Dennis (R-Pueblo) plans to introduce a "Sportsmen's Bill of Rights." Such a bill would amend the Colorado Constitution to prohibit the passage of any future laws that restrict or ban any types of hunting, trapping, or fishing. This law aims to take away the rights of people who want to protect wildlife, it aims to stifle the voter initiative process, and it aims to stop the Legislature from making informed decisions on wildlife laws. Please contact your State Representative and State Senator at the address or phone number above, and tell them to oppose Senator Dennis' "Sportsmen's Bill of Rights." Tell them that recreational activities, especially activities that many people find offensive such as hunting, do not belong in the Constitution.

HELP BAN THE CONTEST KILLING OF COYOTES AND PRAIRIE DOGS!

The Colorado Wildlife Commission will consider a proposal at a series of public meetings beginning on March 13 to ban the contest killing of wildlife. The Division of Wildlife has condemned the high-profile contest shoots of coyotes and prairie dogs, and has recommended to the Commission that they ban these events. Please write a brief and polite letter to the Commission before March 13 and let them know that you support the proposal to ban these repugnant contest killing events that have given Colorado a negative image nationwide.

Chairman Arnold Salazar
Colorado Wildlife Commission
6060 Broadway
Denver, CO 80216
Fax: (303) 294-0894

Please write separate letters on each of the above issues. Contact The Fund for Animals at (301) 585-2591 or MikeM@fund.org if you need any further information. Thank you for your help!


The Fund for Animals

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