***“We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to
stop all hunting in the United States… We will take it species by
species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it
state by state.” -Wayne Pacelle- president-HSUS ***
Don't forget who we're dealing with here...http://gamegetterii.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-anti-hunting-machine-exposing.html
The radicals at HSUS are making it crystal clear that they do not
respect the will of the Maine voters – who have twice sent HSUS and
their allies packing with resounding defeats on the SAME issue…
Just months after a resounding defeat by Maine voters, the Humane
Society of the United States (HSUS) has announced plans to bring yet
another ballot issue on bear hunting back to Maine.
On Tuesday Feb. 24, lawyers for HSUS and the state of Maine were in
court to debate the lawsuit brought by HSUS against the Department of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. That suit sought to stop the state’s
wildlife experts from explaining to voters the true dangers of HSUS’s
bear hunting ban. Despite an overwhelming decision by Maine Superior
Court Justice Joyce Wheeler that sided with the state’s right to provide
comments, HSUS continues to pursue a legal challenge.
As part of the discussions about the pending litigation, an attorney
for HSUS, Rachel Wertheimer, advised the court that they will again put
the question on the 2016 ballot, and will be filing the initial
paperwork soon.
“I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that these guys will stop at
nothing to pursue their radical, anti-hunting agenda,” said Nick
Pinizzotto, USSA president and CEO. “They spent more than $2.5 million
dollars trying to buy an election. When it was clear they were about to
lose, they sued the state to prevent the true experts from explaining
the dangers of the issue to voters. And now they are making it crystal
clear that they do not respect the will of the voters – who have twice
sent HSUS and their allies packing.”
In November, voters rejected the bear hunting ban (Question 1) by a
53.6 to 46.3 percent margin, just as they did in 2004 – the last time
HSUS brought the issue to Maine.
“How many times are we going to have to debate this? They’ve lost
before the legislature, they’ve lost at the ballot box, and they’ve lost
in the courts,” Pinizzotto continued. “This is nothing more than a
direct look straight into the heart of the anti-hunting movement, a
movement that will obviously stop at nothing to accomplish their
agenda.”
About the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance The U.S.
Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) is a 501(c)4 organization and provides
direct lobbying and grassroots coalition support to protect and advance
the rights of hunters, trappers, anglers and scientific wildlife
management professionals. The USSA is the only organization exclusively
devoted to combating the attacks made on America’s sportsman traditions
by anti-hunting and animal rights extremists. This is accomplished
through coalition building, ballot issue campaigning and legislative and
government relations.
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