Committee To Abolish Sport Hunting

      PO BOX 961, MAYWOOD, NJ  07607

      e-mail: C...@AbolishSportHunting.com           www.AbolishSportHunting.com

           May 26, 2008

C.A.S.H. ACTION ALERT

ENCOURAGE NEW YORK SENATE COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO KILL THE “YOUTH HUNTING BILL”

With the number of hunters declining in New York at a significant pace
each year, the special interests of the weapons and hunting industries are
trying to lure young children into their dangerous and violent sports.  Senate bill S8228 would allow children
14 and 15 years-old to hunt deer and bears with firearms, and would also allow
children under the age of 12 to trap wildlife without a valid state trapping
license.  The companion bill has already
passed the Assembly, and only the Senate stands in the way of this bill becoming
law.  

NEW YORK RESIDENTS PLEASE
CONTACT GOVERNOR PATERSON AND THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO URGE THEM TO KILL THIS HARMFUL BILL.

The Honorable David
A. Paterson, Governor

State Capitol

Albany, NY  12224

518-474-8390

http://161.11.121.121/govemail

Committee on Environmental
Conservation

Chairperson:

Carl L. Marcellino

250 Townsend
Square

Oyster Bay, NY 11771

(516) 922-1811

http://www.senatormarcellino.com/5/Contact.aspx

Members:

The Honorable John
J. Bonacic

201 Dolson Avenue,
Suite F

Middletown, NY  10940

(845) 344 3311

http://senatorbonacic.com/42/Contact.aspx

The Honorable Joseph
A. Griffo

207 Genesee Street

Utica, NY 13501

(315) 793-9072

http://www.nyssenate47.com/47/Contact.aspx

The Honorable Owen
H. Johnson

23-24 Argyle
Square

Babylon, NY 11702

(631) 669-9200

http://www.senatorowenjohnson.net/4/Contact.aspx

The Honorable Vincent
L. Leibell

1974 Commerce
Street, Room 113

Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

(914) 245-6230

http://senatorvincentleibell.com/40/Contact.aspx

The Honorable Elizabeth
O’C. Little

5 Warren Street,
Suite 3

Glens Falls, NY 12801

(518) 743-0968

http://www.senatorlittle.com/45/Contact.aspx

The Honorable John
D. Sabini

35-07 88th Street

Jackson Heights, NY 11372

(718) 639-8469

sab...@senate.state.ny.us

The Honorable Suzi
Oppenheimer

222 Grace Church
St., 3rd Floor

Port Chester, NY 10573

(914) 934-5250

oppenhei...@senate.state.ny.us

The Honorable Kevin
S. Parker

4515 Avenue D

Brooklyn, NY 11203

(718) 629-6401

par...@senate.state.ny.us

The Honorable Diane
J. Savino

36 Richmond
Terrace, Suite 112

Staten Island, New York 10301

(718) 727-9406

Sav...@senate.state.ny.us

The Honorable Jose
M. Serrano

157 East 104th
Street (Ground Level)

New York, New York 10029

(212)-828-5829

Serr...@senate.state.ny.us

The Honorable Antoine
M. Thompson

Walter J. Mahoney
State Office Building

65 Court Street, Room 213

Buffalo, New York 14202

716-854-8705

athomp...@senate.state.ny.us

The Honorable Caesar
Trunzo

NYS Office
Building, Veterans’ Memorial Highway

Hauppauge, NY 11788

(631) 360-3236

http://senatortrunzo.com/3/Contact.aspx

The Honorable Catherine
M. Young

Westgate Plaza 700
W. State Street

Olean, New York 14760

(716) 372-4901

http://www.nyssenate57.com/57/Contact.aspx

Please remember –
your letters, e-mails and/or phone calls should be POLITE and RESPECTFUL
at all times if we are to be
effective in our efforts to stop this bill from moving forward.  Pro-hunting organizations are supporting this
bill in an organized way, and we must counter their efforts to spread the
cancers of hunting and trapping to young children.  

Please send
C.A.S.H. a copy of your correspondence – we would love to hear from you.

Joe Miele,
President

Committee to
Abolish Sport Hunting

PO Box 961

Maywood, NJ  07607

C...@AbolishSportHunting.com

www.AbolishSportHunting.com

Sample Letter:

Dear Senator:

Senate Bill Number S8228, currently
resides in the Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation.  Because of the negative impact upon children
and wildlife that will come from this bill, I urge you to take the action necessary
to prevent the bill from moving forward through the Senate.

If made into law, this bill
would allow children 14 and 15 years-old to hunt deer and bears with firearms,
and would also allow children under the age of 12 to trap wildlife without a
valid state trapping license.  Rather
than passing laws that will make it easier for people to exploit wildlife under
the guise of “sport” the state should instead protect wildlife and the areas where
they reside.

Hunting and trapping are dangerous
activities and thousands of accidents occur each year.  Additionally, millions of animals are wounded
and not retrieved by hunters whose aim is less than perfect, and these animals
are left to die a slow, painful death from infection, disease or
predation.  Trappers catch and kill untold
numbers of non-target animals every year, and these animals are often members
of domestic species, and threatened and endangered wildlife.

Because of these reasons I respectfully
urge you to prevent Bill S8228 from advancing through the Senate.  Your response will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

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