Vote down the Maine 2004 Bear Referendum
TITLE: An Act Prohibiting Certain Bear Hunting PracticesQUESTION: "Do you want to make it a crime to hunt bears with bait, traps or dogs, except to protect property, public safety or for research?"Sig... continue reading »
"I support this petition"
"This referendum is an attack by anti hunters against the people of Maine. Maine's wildlife should be managed by experienced qualified professional biologists and not through emotional sensationalist extremist animal rights rhetoric. It is essencial that a"
"Leave the regulations to the biologists and the other educated people that monitor wildlife. They know better than the average citizen of Maine."
"They have already admitted it's their aim to end all hunting and trapping. Sportsmen need to stick together, right now."
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"Listen to our Maine Biologists whom we pay to do a job if we don't listen to them we might as well just get ride of them too"
"Let our Wildlife service do their job. The general public does not have the expertise nor the information necessary to make decisions regarding Wildlife Management. These are matters which should not be allowed on the ballot in any form."
"dont take hunting with dogs away from us"
"Keep the anti's out of wildlife management"
"I firmly believe that the experts in Maine's Fish & Wildlife Dept understand the most effective means of regulating wildlife populations. The emotional gyrations of the animal rights crowd should not be allowed to mislead the public into making a bad "
"I support this petition"
"conservation is the key, without wildlife control , wildlife gets out of control"
"Maine stands to loose alot of revenue if they get rid of the bear hunting over bait and with hounds. So many people just do not understand how much money bear humting brings to our great state."
"Real Sportsmen Sticking Together"
"This group along with others, are out for just one thing, to stop all forms of hunting, as well as our 2nd ammendment rights"
"I've been to maine bear hunting twice,once in 2001 and again in 2003.We have bear/people problems here on the ny/nj border because of years of non-bear hunting in nj.We even had an infant killed in southern ny recently by a black bear.With as many bears a"
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"death to the referendum"
"i live in millinocket.the last few years we have had several bear problems.if hunting is stopped it will get worse.then bears will be live trapped and hauled off until the money runs out. then they will be shot and hauled off and left to rot instead of be"
"I support this petition"
"We have 30,000 bear now, will they stop breeding - overpopulation is a certainty"
