EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT: Immediate support needed for SSB 5187 and E2SSB 5193

[huntrights]

EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT: Immediate support needed for SSB 5187 and E2SSB 5193

Please read this post and go to the following link for additional details:

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,121109.msg1597573.html#msg1597573


Please contact the House Natural resources Committee immediately and ask them to support wolf bills SSB 5187 and E2SSB 5193.  Both bills are critically important to ensure proper management of the rapidly expanding wolf population and to compensate ranchers and other citizens for the damage they do. 


Link to SB 5187 - Protecting livestock against predator attacks.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5187&year=2013


Link to SB 5193 - Concerning large wild carnivore conflict management.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5193&year=2013



Representative Shelly Short has also requested the following:

Please also send any additional photos, sightings, stories, problems, and any other wolf info to Shelly so she can use it to help get these bills passed out of the House, they have already passed the Senate.

E-mail: shelly.short@leg.wa.gov
Web site: www.houserepublicans.wa.gov/short

Olympia Office (January-April)
(360) 786-7908 or Toll-free: (800) 562-6000

Representative Shelly Short
436 John L. O’Brien Building
P.O. Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600




I would encourage you to write your own words in your message, particularly if you have had personal experiences with wolves.

However, I will share an example message if you would like to use some, or all of its content.


Copy and paste email list for the House Natural Resources Committee and Rep. Shelly Short:

brian.blake@leg.wa.gov; vincent.buys@leg.wa.gov; bruce.chandler@leg.wa.gov; kristine.lytton@leg.wa.gov; drew.macewen@leg.wa.gov; hans.dunshee@leg.wa.gov; kathy.haigh@leg.wa.gov; christopher.hurst@leg.wa.gov; joel.kretz@leg.wa.gov; ed.orcutt@leg.wa.gov; eric.pettigrew@leg.wa.gov; joe.schmick@leg.wa.gov; derek.stanford@leg.wa.gov; kevin.vandewege@leg.wa.gov; judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov; shelly.short@leg.wa.gov


Subject:
Please support SSB 5187 and E2SSB 5193


Message:

Dear House Natural Resources Committee:

I am writing today to respectfully ask that you support SSB 5187 - Protecting livestock against predator attacks, and E2SSB 5193 - Concerning large wild carnivore conflict management.  Most of the people aggressively promoting the reintroduction of wolves into Washington do not have to deal directly with consequences of wolf proliferation in our state.  As with many issues, the people on the west side of the state (i.e. Seattle down to Olympia) dictate to the people on the east side of the state how to live their lives and are basically forcing wolves into their back yards.  Wolves are large apex predators; they are not cute puppy dogs as much of the pro-wolf propaganda would have the general public believe.  Wolves will prey on wild animals (i.e. elk, deer, moose, etc.), domestic livestock (i.e. cattle, sheep, etc.), domestic pets (i.e. dogs), and although rare in United States, they will also attack humans.  It would be good to observe that wolves have not had a significant presence in the United States during the past century; that would obviously reflect on wolf-human attack statistics during this period.  I also would like to ask the question, “Why are wolves considered endangered when there are over 60,000 of them in Canada and Alaska?”  The people that are being forced to deal with the consequences of the proliferation of wolves do not want the wolves threatening their livestock, domestic animals, their family, or themselves.  The majority of the people that want and support wolf reintroduction in our state do not have to deal with the consequences of their presence.  There is obviously an injustice being imposed on the rural communities on the east side of the Cascades.  Please do not allow this injustice to continue; please support SSB 5187 and E2SSb 5193 and represent all of the people of Washington.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

[huntrights]

This is serious folks.  These two bills need your support.

[Turner89]

Dear House Natural Resources Committee

   I am writing today to voice My concern about wolf management. I live on the west side of the state near Sultan. At this time I don’t have to deal with wolves. I know that it is a matter of time though. When they do make it to my area I would hope that I would have the right to protect my family, pets and livestock.

Furthermore, I believe that the east side of the state is unfairly being burdened with this problem alone. The majority of the wolf supporters live in areas that will most likely never have to deal with them. Please support SSB 5187 and E2SSB 5193, and all the people of Washington state.

 

 

                        Thank You,     Ethan Turner




I am not much of a writer. Being from the west side I had to change it up a little.    Thanks for your time and work on these issues.

[bearpaw]

 

[Elkaholic daWg]

 Added this to mine.....

 I myself live in  a very rural, almost remote  area of Snohomish County and own property in Okanogan and ferry counties and have seen firsthand what challenges  those living in pugetropolis cannot understand about  apex predators and the consequences.to their lives and safety.

[huntrights]

We all need to call and write.  The public hearing is taking place this morning.  If the committee hears motivating testimony in support of these bills and receives a mountain of email in support of the bills, I would think the bills would likely pass.

Write your emails, make those phone calls and get others to do the same.