IMPORTANT:  Need large citizen turnout to speak out against deer bow hunting in
public parks.

PLEASE, we need a large turnout of concerned citizens to keep this cruel,
barbaric method of "deer control" from spreading across all our public
parklands.  Many jurisdictions will take the lead from Fairfax County, so your
support is crucial.

Details:

Fairfax County Park Authority Public Meeting (billed as a listening session).

The meeting is this Thursday Nov. 19th at 7:00 p.m. at the Fairfax County
Government Center 1
2000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax, VA
Rooms4/5.

This huge building is AKA the Taj Majal. The members of the Fairfax County Park
Authority should be there as well as possibly some Fairfax County Supervisors.
People have sent hundreds of communications regarding the uselessness,
inefficiency, cruelty and threat to public safety that the bow hunt of "as many
deer as possible - excluding only antlered bucks"  presents. It is scheduled to
start in the Colvin Run Parks on Monday Nov. 16th and run through Saturday
January 16th, 2010. It will involve hunters in tree stands shooting arrows at
deer from before dawn til after dusk. A similar hunt is planned for the
Chesterbrook neighborhood of McLean in the near future. Other county parks are
likely to be targeted as well. Let's stop this before it spreads throughout the
region.

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW IN THE DC AREA!


--- In AnimalAdvocacy@yahoogroups.com, AnimalAdvocacy@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> Actions Everyone Can Take to Stop Canned Hunts in D.C. Area Public Parks
>
>
>
> No matter where you live, this should concern you. Even our
> international friends can express outrage that this is being proposed in
> parkland so close to our nation's capitol.   There is enough bloodshed
> in the world without promoting it in areas where visitors to Washington
> D.C. bring their families to enjoy nature.
>
>
>
> TIME SENSITIVE:  Canned hunts are scheduled to begin on November 14th.
>
>
>
> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND CALL OR EMAIL TODAY!
>
>
>
> ISSUE:  Fairfax County, the largest, most prosperous County in northern
> Virginia (which borders Washington, D.C.), plans to turn its public
> parks into canned hunts for bow hunting beginning November 14th.  After
> sneaking plans past public scrutiny, the Park Authority plans to
> initiate bow hunting in Colvin Run Park, and expand it to other Fairfax
> County Parks.
>
>
>
> ACTION :  Please call or email both Sharon Bulova and John Dargle, Jr.
> immediately.    Please mention that you and your friends, family members
> and children would like to visit the area to enjoy the parks and do not
> want to be exposed to the horrors of bow hunting (see more talking
> points below the list of additional officials.)
>
>
>
> Sharon Bulova, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
>
> Email:  chairman@...
> <http://us.mc319.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=chairman@...\
> &subject=Subscribe%20to%20Newsletter>   (fairfaxcounty.gov
> <http://fairfaxcounty.gov/> )
>
> Tel: 703-324-2321
>
>
>
> John Dargle, Jr., Director of Fairfax County Park Authority
>
> Email: john.darglejr@...
> <mailto:john.darglejr@...>   (fairfaxcounty.gov
> <http://fairfaxcounty.gov/> )
>
> Tel: 703-324-8702
>
>
>
> EXTRA HELP: If you want to go the extra mile to help the deer and our
> surrounding population, please call or email one or two, or all of the
> officials listed below.  (All email addresses end in fairfaxcounty.gov )
>
>
>
> Fairfax County Executive, Anthony Griffin, (703) 324-2536
> coexec@... <mailto:coexec@...>
>
> Supervisor John Foust (703) 356-0551(Dranesville District)
> dranesville@... <mailto:dranesville@...>
>
> Supervisor Catherine Hudgins (703) 478-0283 (Hunter Mill District)
> hntrmill@... <mailto:hntrmill@...>
>
> Supervisor Michael Frey (703) 814-7100 (Sully District)
> sully@... <mailto:sully@...>
>
> Supervisor Linda Smyth (703) 560-6946(Providence District)
> provdist@... <mailto:provdist@...>
>
> Supervisor Jeff McKay (703) 971-6262 (Lee District)
> leedist@... <mailto:leedist@...>
>
> Supervisor Penelope Gross (703) 256-7717 (Mason District)
> mason@... <mailto:mason@...>
>
> Supervisor Gerald Hyland (703) 780-7518 (Mount Vernon District)
> mtvernon@... <mailto:mtvernon@...>
>
> Supervisor John Cook (703) 425-9300 (Braddock District)
> braddock@... <mailto:braddock@...>
>
> Supervisor Pat Herrity (703) 451-8873 (Springfield District)
> springfield@... <mailto:springfield@...>
>
>
>
> TALKING POINTS: Please be polite and use these talking points in your
> call or email:
>
>
>
> n      Bow hunting is dangerous and unpredictable; visitors to the parks
> and residents of the surrounding area can be injured by this brutal
> activity.
>
> n      Even the "best" bow hunters almost never kill the deer
> immediately.  The hunter waits 45 minutes to an hour for the deer to
> run, bleed out and become exhausted. Then, the hunter attempts to follow
> the blood trail to find the deer and finish killing it, often in front
> of children and visitors to the park.
>
> n      It exposes children and impressionable adults to extraordinary
> animal cruelty and teaches them that killing animals is OK – mental
> health officials and the FBI consider cruelty to animals a precursor to
> more violent crimes against humans who are perceived as vulnerable; is
> that the lesson we want our children to learn?
>
> n      Bow "hunters" are often inexperienced and have a high
> rate of injuring, rather than killing deer, leaving them to die a slow,
> agonizing death; many deer can be seen fleeing with arrows piercing
> their limbs and organs.
>
> n      There is no way to know how far the deer will run, if she will
> die, what injury will occur, if she will die over weeks, or run into
> backyards and roads, and die a painful death.
>
> n      It causes a public safety hazard: panic-stricken animals often
> flee their pursuers, running into roads causing car accidents.
>
> n      It serves no purpose; the deer return in subsequent years to
> breed and multiply; nature abhors a vacuum
>
> n      It makes Fairfax County and the metropolitan Washington , D.C.
> area look cruel, barbaric and primitive to the rest of the world.
>
> n      This is not rural park area; this is within densely populated,
> urban land.
>

How do they do it? Men & Women who harm animals in research labs

There may be some clues in this analysis of the behavior of Joseph Mengele:

http://isurvived.org/Frameset4References-3/-Mengele-7.html

When we look at our treatment of animals today throughout the world, it is clear that Nazi horrors were not unique in history.  Some observations:

Atrocities are no less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called 'medical research.' -- George Bernard Shaw, Irish Playright and Critic

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men... -- St. Francis of Assisi, Roman Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans order

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives. -- Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian Theologian, Musician, and Medical Missionary

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together. -- Isaac Bashevis Singer

For a additional animal rights quotations you may want to use and share, visit: http://www.sniksnak.com/advquotes.html

--- In AnimalAdvocacy@yahoogroups.com, AnimalAdvocacy@yahoogroups.com wrote:

An eight-month PETA undercover investigation at the University of Utah has documented the daily suffering of dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits, and other animals in the school's laboratories.
 
Homeless dogs and cats—who were bought for $15 to $25 from local animal shelters through a Utah state "pound-seizure" law, which requires government-run shelters to turn animals over to laboratories that request them—were used in cruel, invasive experiments. In one study, a litter of kittens born to a cat bought from an animal shelter died after they had a chemical injected into their brains to cause fluid to build up.
 
In other experiments, mice whose back legs were paralyzed, rats suffering epileptic seizures, and mice with huge, ulcerated tumors covering their bodies were left to suffer without adequate veterinary care. Many animals died and were left for days before anyone noticed.
 
Please be a voice for the animals suffering in labs at the University of Utah. Take a minute of your time to urge the university to stop taking advantage of the animal overpopulation crisis and stop acquiring animals from shelters, which are supposed to protect animals from harm. Also, please call on administrators to release to the public complete records on all the animal experiments at the University of Utah funded by tax dollars, including grant proposals, experimental protocols, veterinary records, and minutes of oversight committee meetings.

Putting your subject line and letter into your own words will help to draw attention to your e-mail. Send an e-letter to Lab Director, Thomas Parks, at: https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2673

You can also contact the man who performs the majority of "surgeries" at:

Bradley Greger, Ph.D.
Phone: (801) 585-5795
FAX: (801) 581 8966
bradley.greger@... (utah.edu)
University of Utah
Department of Bioengineering
Biomedical Polymers Research Building 20 - South 2030
East Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9458
 
You might want to remind these gentlemen that using animals for medical "research" is intellectually lazy and morally reprehensible.
 
To learn more about parallels to the Mengele experimentation program within Nazi concentration camps, visit: http://isurvived.org/drMengele.html

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND WRITE TODAY!

An eight-month PETA undercover investigation at the University of Utah has
documented the daily suffering of dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits, and
other animals in the school's laboratories.

Homeless dogs and cats—who were bought for $15 to $25 from local animal shelters
through a Utah state "pound-seizure" law, which requires government-run shelters
to turn animals over to laboratories that request them—were used in cruel,
invasive experiments. In one study, a litter of kittens born to a cat bought
from an animal shelter died after they had a chemical injected into their brains
to cause fluid to build up.

In other experiments, mice whose back legs were paralyzed, rats suffering
epileptic seizures, and mice with huge, ulcerated tumors covering their bodies
were left to suffer without adequate veterinary care. Many animals died and were
left for days before anyone noticed.

Please be a voice for the animals suffering in labs at the University of Utah.
Take a minute of your time to urge the university to stop taking advantage of
the animal overpopulation crisis and stop acquiring animals from shelters, which
are supposed to protect animals from harm. Also, please call on administrators
to release to the public complete records on all the animal experiments at the
University of Utah funded by tax dollars, including grant proposals,
experimental protocols, veterinary records, and minutes of oversight committee
meetings.

Putting your subject line and letter into your own words will help to draw
attention to your e-mail. Send an e-letter to Lab Director, Thomas Parks, at:
https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2673

You can also contact the man who performs the majority of "surgeries" at:

Bradley Greger, Ph.D.
Phone: (801) 585-5795
FAX: (801) 581 8966
bradley.greger@...  (utah.edu)
University of Utah
Department of Bioengineering
Biomedical Polymers Research Building 20 - South 2030
East Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9458

You might want to remind these gentlemen that using animals for medical
"research" is intellectually lazy and morally reprehensible.

To learn more about parallels to the Mengele experimentation program within Nazi
concentration camps, visit: http://isurvived.org/drMengele.html

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AND WRITE TODAY!