I just read that due to overwhelming opposition, the dove hunting bill (AB1190) has been pulled. They are still going forward with a now amended bill on hunting with dogs.
The same place where I learned about the bill being pulled also had some interesting quotes from one of the anti-hunting pushers in the state. I think this should be a clear signal to the "I only hunt" crowd that we ALL need to stick together:
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Anti-Hunters' Commander in Chief Speaks Out
Wayne Pacelle, HSUS Senior Vice-President, Chairman of HUMANE PAC and the architect behind AB342 and AB1190 speaks out on hunting:
"If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would."
(Quoted in "Impassioned Agitator," Associated Press, Dec. 30, 1991)
"Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as cock fighting and dog fighting. Our opponents say that hunting is a tradition. We say traditions can change."
(Quoted in Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Oct. 8, 1991)
"Only 7% of Americans are hunters. That means there are more of us than there are of them. It is simply a matter of democracy. The majority rules in a democracy. 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."
(Interviewed for Full Cry, "America's leading tree hound publication," October 1990)