LEAVE OUR HERITAGE ALONE!

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Sulphur State OK Zip Code 73086 please do not change the name Fishkill"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Pittsburgh State Pennsylvania Zip Code 15237 I am an animal lover, but this is going too far. We must not change this HISTORIC name."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Farmington State NY Zip Code 14425 Leave NY,NJ, DE, and PA names alone!!!!!!!!!!! Watch out for the animals, but stay in VA!!"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Lexington State Massachusetts Zip Code 02421 My many Dutch ancestors and I strongly suggest that you not attempt to alter history."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Greenwood State NY Zip Code 14839 The "kill" in Fishhill is simply Dutch for creek!"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Chittenango State NY Zip Code 13037 So much history is going by the way-side, please do not change our heritage."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Citrus Heights State California Zip Code 95621 Leave our Dutch heritage alone"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Stormville State NY Zip Code 12582 The use of non-English based words (for example "kill" which means creek) is part of what makes our area so interesting. Stop trying to homogenize our beautiful Hudson Valley."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Addison State Il Zip Code 60101 Do not try to change "history" and rename towns,rivers,etc. used to find our ancestors & heritage."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Redding State California Zip Code 96001 As someone who is descended from this area I am deeply offended by this action. It's Dutch, it has nothing to do with killing fish and changing the name will not benefit any animals "

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Glen Mills State Pennsylvania Zip Code 19342-0016 I will not permit my heritage to be erased by PETA's ignorance."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Farmington State NY Zip Code 14425 You are beginning to sound like the ACLU"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Boones Mill State VA Zip Code 24065 In memory of my Van Houten ancestors"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Pittsfield State MA Zip Code 01201 We, the descendants of the Hudson Valley Dutch, have been subject to sufficient ridicule over the ages. We are good people, leave what remains of our heritage alone!"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Port Jefferson, State New York Zip Code 11777 A creek by any other name is still a Kill!"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Sodus State NY Zip Code 14551 My Dutch heritage is important to me. Please, PETA, leave this heritage alone."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Cold Spring State NY Zip Code 10516 I happen to be a Dutch Settler descendant and find your ploy for headlines to be disrespectful to my heritage."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) LaGrange State NY Zip Code 12603 Keep the town of Fishkill's name the same. It's ridiculous to change it because of the thought it means the killing of fish. It means stream of fish and it is part our local history that NE"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Moosup State CT Zip Code 06354 don't be ridiculous, PETA!"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Essexville State Michigan Zip Code 48732 My ancestors were early Dutch settlers in the Sawkill area of Ulster Co., New York. I don't think they would appreciate having a name that they chose changed by PETA."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Auburn State CA Zip Code 95602 Grow Up!"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Tehachapi State CA Zip Code 93561 Leave the names alone. My ancestors lived there in New York in the 1700s."

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Corinth State NY Zip Code 12822 PETA needs to get Their heads on straight. Its a bunch of BS. They know What Kill means in Dutch they just want to be heard. but to change a name I think they are out of luck"

"Resident of (City/Village/Town) Taylor State MI Zip Code 48180 We don't want to lose anymore of our heritage, leave the name FISHKILL alone, remember it is a name. Go save the dolphins."