The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance has an article that spells out in detail the known efforts of the Humane Society of the United States in trying to rid the U.S. of hunting. The article highlights successful efforts to date by the HSUS and what they are presently targeting and plans for the future. Here’s a look at some of those.
Targeting to stop the Families Afield program.
The HSUS falsely claims the program “places children in unnecessary danger.” It hopes to feed on the public’s weariness of children with firearms, but sportsmen must accurately convey the message that youth hunting is safe.
“Research documents that the most important factor affecting youth hunting safety is the presence of a responsible, attentive adult hunter,” said Bud Pidgeon, USSA president. “Available data from states that have implemented Families Afield initiatives reveals that apprentice hunting license programs brought nearly 34,000 new hunters to the field in 2006, without a single hunting-related shooting incident.”
Preventing Sunday Hunting –
“The Humane Society misrepresents the truth when it claims that ‘hunters have six days a week to themselves in the woods,’ and it calls on the public to oppose Sunday hunting opportunities,” said Pidgeon. “The group’s statement gives the impression that Sundays are the only days that non-hunters may enter the woods during hunting season, which is obviously completely false.”
End bear baiting –
The elimination of bear baiting is one of HSUS’s top priorities. The USSA has worked to defeat the organization’s efforts to abolish the activity, including ballot initiatives in Maine and Alaska, for example. The Bear Hunter Rights Coalition went head to head with HSUS to defend legislative threats to bear hunting at the state and federal levels.
Now, HSUS is revving its engine and spreading emotional rhetoric to gain traction with the public and leave black bear hunting in the dust.
Do away with sporting dogs –
“The Sporting Dog Defense Coalition has battled a recent influx of anti-sporting dog regulations and legislation from Rhode Island to California,” said Pidgeon (Bud Pidgeon, USSA president). “The anti’s are subtly attacking sportsmen who hunt with dogs by advocating blurred animal cruelty laws, oppressive dog care regulations, and other vague bills that will do away with sporting dog activities and training programs, including field trialing.”
Make no mistake about it. This group and others will not stop until they have achieved their ultimate goal of banning hunting of every kind, trapping of every kind and fishing. They put the rights of animals above any of human beings. Don’t be fooled.
Tom Remington
