> From: jrclark <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Dove Alert Urgent
> Date: January 14, 2001 8:58 PM
> 
> MOURNING DOVE ALERT
> 
> MOURNING DOVES UNDER THE GUN AGAIN!
> The threat to mourning doves is real – we must act now to stop this bill.
> 
> A bill to allow the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to establish a
> mourning dove hunting season is already a threat again this year.  The
> bill, which was House Study Bill 1, is scheduled to be voted on as early
> as this Wednesday!
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~ACT NOW~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Please contact your State Representative Tuesday at the Capitol --
> Phone 515-281-3221. Ask the operator to WRITE DOWN your message to your
> representative. 
> 
> Tell him or her to oppose any legislation that would allow the Iowa DNR
> to establish a mourning dove hunting season.
> 
> The e-mail addresses for Representatives in your part of the state will
> follow in a separate message.  If you are not able to find your
> Representative in the list I send you, let me know right away.  I have
> tried to break up the contacts to different parts of the state.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~ALSO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Christopher Rants (R Sioux City) is the House Majority Leader.   Make
> calls and send e-mails to him that ask him NOT to move the dove hunting bill
> to the floor for a vote ... He can be reached at 515-281-3221 and ask the
> operator to WRITE DOWN your message. His email is:
> [log in to unmask]
> 
> Speaker of the House Brent Siegrist also needs to hear from opponents of
> the bill, at 515-281-3221 and  [log in to unmask]
> 
> If you do not know who your State Representative is, or if you would like
> to find his or her email address, phone number, or home address, contact
> Jane Clark at 515-223-5047 or [log in to unmask]
> 
> ** Write letters to the editor of your local newspapers, speaking out in
> opposition to dove hunting. **
> 
> 
> The move to legalize dove hunting is being pushed by out-of-state hunting
> groups. 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Mourning doves have been protected for over 80 years, and Iowans want it
> to stay that way.
> 
> THERE IS NO BIOLOGICAL REASON WHY DOVES SHOULD BE HUNTED.
> THEY ARE NOT OVERPOPULATED.
> THEY ARE NOT A THREAT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.
> DOVE HUNTING SERVES NO USEFUL OR IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT PURPOSE.

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