This share is from the HSUS, Wayne Pacelle. The following is contained in this article There seemed to be a consensus building that trapping and hounding of bears are unacceptable, and even many opponents of Question 1 acknowledged that these two practices are inhumane and unnecessary. Lawmakers and the hunting lobby must address this, or they’ll be inviting another initiative in short order. In fact, our polling showed a narrow majority of people wanted to ban all three practices, but a substantial percentage of people were “wrong way” voters – casting “no” votes even though they intended to stop inhumane and unsporting practices. The closeness of the vote strongly suggests that the defeat of Question 1 is not a mandate to continue these inhumane, unfair, and unsporting hunting methods. We sincerely hope that Maine officials will look at the science-based and ethical thinking that has driven prohibitions on these hunting methods in other states, and come to the right conclusion in the future that these methods have no place in modern wildlife management.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:36:28 +0000
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