To my dear JHP family:
I come before today to humbly ask for your assistance concerning an issue of the utmost importance to me. It is with great sorrow that I inform you of California Assembly Bill 342 that would ban the use of dogs to pursue mammals and would allow employees of the California Department of Fish and Game to capture or kill any dog they witnessed injuring or threatening any mammal without fear of criminal or even civil liability. As some of you know, I am an avid houndsmen and define much of my life's value and worth in the ability to pursue game with my dogs.
I would like to take this opportunity to ask you for your assistance in this matter. If you oppose the this bill, I ask that you join me in defending hunting. Regardless of whether or not you hunt with hounds, I would hope that you would recognize the dangerous precedent that this law would establish. It would take the power to manage wildlife from the biologists (who use logic and science) to the politicians (who use ignorance and personal motivation). Those who strongly advocate the support of this bill will not stop with banning hunting mammals with dogs, but banning the hunting all animals with dogs and then eventually banning hunting of all animals period. This bill would also allow Fish and Game employees to use their discretion to kill dogs they see injuring or threatening mammals. This would legally allow them to kill your dog that was chasing a rabbit or squirrel while you were taking it on a walk...without being held accountable!
I have created and published a petition on the Internet that represents opposition to AB 342 and I ask that you California residents review and sign it. I would also ask that you forward the URL to as many California residents as you can in order to garner as many signatures as possible.
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/AB342/petition.html
I will also be writing a lengthy letter based on the tenets of the petition which I will be mailing to the members of our legislature. I would like to be able to count on each and every one of you California residents to help me with this effort. I ask only that you email or PM me with your address (which I WILL keep private) so that I can look up your representative and mail you a copy of the letter for your signature.
***For those of you who are not California residents, I ask that you NOT sign the petition, but that you forward the petition URL to California residents that you know.***
I sincerely hope that I can count on your support regarding this most serious matter. To paraphrase the words of Benjamin Franklin, "We must all hang together or we will surely hang separately."
Regards,
Josh P. Brones (RIFLEMAN)- Proud Houndsman
I come before today to humbly ask for your assistance concerning an issue of the utmost importance to me. It is with great sorrow that I inform you of California Assembly Bill 342 that would ban the use of dogs to pursue mammals and would allow employees of the California Department of Fish and Game to capture or kill any dog they witnessed injuring or threatening any mammal without fear of criminal or even civil liability. As some of you know, I am an avid houndsmen and define much of my life's value and worth in the ability to pursue game with my dogs.
I would like to take this opportunity to ask you for your assistance in this matter. If you oppose the this bill, I ask that you join me in defending hunting. Regardless of whether or not you hunt with hounds, I would hope that you would recognize the dangerous precedent that this law would establish. It would take the power to manage wildlife from the biologists (who use logic and science) to the politicians (who use ignorance and personal motivation). Those who strongly advocate the support of this bill will not stop with banning hunting mammals with dogs, but banning the hunting all animals with dogs and then eventually banning hunting of all animals period. This bill would also allow Fish and Game employees to use their discretion to kill dogs they see injuring or threatening mammals. This would legally allow them to kill your dog that was chasing a rabbit or squirrel while you were taking it on a walk...without being held accountable!
I have created and published a petition on the Internet that represents opposition to AB 342 and I ask that you California residents review and sign it. I would also ask that you forward the URL to as many California residents as you can in order to garner as many signatures as possible.
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/AB342/petition.html
I will also be writing a lengthy letter based on the tenets of the petition which I will be mailing to the members of our legislature. I would like to be able to count on each and every one of you California residents to help me with this effort. I ask only that you email or PM me with your address (which I WILL keep private) so that I can look up your representative and mail you a copy of the letter for your signature.
***For those of you who are not California residents, I ask that you NOT sign the petition, but that you forward the petition URL to California residents that you know.***
I sincerely hope that I can count on your support regarding this most serious matter. To paraphrase the words of Benjamin Franklin, "We must all hang together or we will surely hang separately."
Regards,
Josh P. Brones (RIFLEMAN)- Proud Houndsman
