Each one of these articles are very important and I urge you to go to the US Sportsmen's Alliance to read the complete articles... just don't forget to come back to WomenHunters. If you are not a member of their Email Network then I also urge you join it. God Bless, Sue
Anti’s Use Wildlife as a Pawn in Global Warming Debate (Click Here For More)
Fears of Global Warming Manipulated to Attack Hunting
A leading anti-hunting organization is pushing a new grassroots effort to “Fight Global Warming and Save Wildlife." In the process, it is showcasing a new weapon in the movement’s assault on sportsmen’s rights: the manipulation of public concerns over global warming into a way to go after the wholly unrelated issue of hunting.
Unusual Supreme Court Case Could Create Problems for Anti’s (Click Here For More)
The anti-hunters may not be able to use graphic photos and video to sensationalize cases of alleged animal cruelty if a court ruling stands. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case that strikes down the use of graphic animal cruelty photos for commercial gain.
USSA Combats False Impression Left by Newsweek Hunting Story (Click Here For More)
Group Leads a Response from Leading Wildlife Professionals
The USSA led the way with a major effort to respond to a negative article on hunting that ran in the January 12, 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine. In order to combat the false impression left by the piece, the USSA reached out to groups and wildlife management professionals nationwide to rebut its flawed premise.
USSA Opposes New Bill Diverting South Dakota License Fees (Click Here For More)
Legislation Diverts Hunting Fees to Roads, Could Cost Millions in Federal Dollars
The USSA is asking sportsmen in South Dakota to contact their state legislators and urge them to oppose a new bill recently introduced that could gut the state’s ability to manage its wildlife.
USSA’s 2008 Year in Review (Click Here For More)
Despite the challenges of 2008, the USSA achieved many key victories for sportsmen nationwide. From lowering barriers to new hunters to defending the trapping in Minnesota and Maine, the USSA and the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation (USSAF) were busy on wide range of issues critical to sportsmen.
HSUS and Others Push New Agriculture Secretary to Stop Wildlife Control (Click Here For More)
Coalition Demands a Halt to Lethal Control of Predators
The incoming Secretary of the Agriculture is getting pushed by anti’s to stop a key federal program that prevents numerous problems associated with predatory animals. This push highlights the anti-hunting agenda to tar and feather historically effective means of managing wildlife.
PETA’s Offensive Holiday Video Game Pelts Palin with Snowballs (Click Here For More)
Bad Taste Game Also Asks Players to Put Charlton Heston in the Grave
As part of a holiday season effort to push its radical anti agenda, PETA unveiled a “Holiday Snowball” video game in December. The game attacks those who PETA considers “notorious animal abusers” through four levels of animated mayhem. This includes fashion designer Donna Karan, Madonna, Charlton Heston, Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Colonel Sanders, and a bikini-wearing Sarah Palin.
PETA Asks Obama Admin to Create New “Food Council” (Click Here For More)
In an effort to take advantage of a 2008 Pew Commission study critical of agricultural businesses, PETA issued a press release on December 8 calling on President-elect Obama to create a National Food Policy Council. In the release, PETA accosts the industry and states that unsafe food has led to “obese children, environmental pollution and degradation, antibiotic resistance, cruelty to animals, and more.”
Join USSA on Twitter! (Click Here For More)
New Website Offers INSTANT Access to USSA Updates
As social networking continues to grow in popularity through websites like Facebook and Myspace, a new site named Twitter has emerged that is rapidly gaining popularity. Many thousands of people and groups already have Twitter accounts, from members of Congress to the largest anti-hunting group in the nation, the Humane Society of the United States.
25th Year of Target Communications’ Midwestern Deer & Turkey Expo (Click Here For More)
Deer decoy demos, outdoor seminars, discount tickets for military personnel, demo area on hunting aids for the disabled and a firearms-questions “answer-man” seminar are four of the new highlights at the Midwestern deer and turkey expos produced by Target Communications. This is the company’s 25th year of hunting exposition production, and its staff is working hard to keep the events fresh, interesting and packed with solid information.
USSA Friend Passes Away (Click Here For More)
The USSA offers its condolences to the family and friends of Ron Blosser who passed away suddenly while deer hunting. According to family, he was doing what he loved when he passed away.
