BILL WOULD BAN DOVE HUNTING.Byline: Bill Becher Special to the Daily News A bill introduced in the State Assembly would effectively ban dove hunting in California. The Animal Protection Institute (API), Humane Society A humane society is a group that aims to stop animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons. Examples Examples of humane societies include: The Humane Society of the United States, Peninsula Humane Society, American Humane which was founded in 1877 as a network of and Funds for Animals support the bill. ``The bird of peace is being used as target practice,'' said Brian Vincent, program coordinator for API. He cites ethical reasons and concerns about lead shot and the crippling of birds in opposing dove hunting. Assembly Bill 1190, introduced by Assemblyman Joe Nation (D-San Rafael), removes western mourning doves and white-winged doves from the game bird, migratory game bird and upland game bird Upland game bird is an American term which refers to those non-water fowl game birds hunted with pointing breeds, flushing spaniels, and retrievers. Upland game include the following:
Dove hunting is the most popular form of upland game bird hunting in California. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the API, lead shot used in hunting doves can harm California condors, an endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. . However, Marc Weitzel of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, project leader for condor condor, common name for certain American vultures, found in the high peaks of the Andes of South America and the Coast Range of S California. Condors are the largest of the living birds, nearly 50 in. restoration in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , said dove hunting is not a significant problem for condors and hunters have been supporters of the condor-restoration project. ``If you tossed a dead dove to a condor, they'd probably eat it,'' Weitzel said. ``But the chances they could find an individual dove is pretty farfetched.'' More than 100,000 hunters target white-winged and mourning doves in California, and the Department of Fish and Game (DFG DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) DFG Department of Fish and Game DFG District Factor Group DFG Data Flow Graph DFG Difference Frequency Generation DFG Diode Function Generator DFG Dog Faced Gremlin ) is concerned about loss of revenues these hunters pay in license and upland game bird stamp fees, especially with the state's fiscal crisis. The DFG cannot give an exact amount it would lose if the bill passed because licenses and stamp fees cover several types of game birds game birds, a term used variously for all birds of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous, or chickenlike, birds), for certain quarry species within this order, and for a variety of quarry birds of several other orders. . ``If we didn't have a dove season, it would hit the DFG pretty hard,'' said Lorna Bernard, a DFG spokeswoman. Bernard also said eliminating dove hunting would have a significant financial impact on businesses in areas popular with dove hunters, such as the Imperial Valley. Dove populations have remained stable over the past decade and are not threatened or endangered, according to DFG studies. Nor does lead shot used to hunt doves present a significant adverse environmental impact, according to the DFG's latest environmental report. The supporters of the bill say more than one-third of doves shot are not retrieved by hunters. |
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