.@realdonaldtrump 🇬🇧 Brits visit Alaska by 1000s each year to see wildlife. Pls don't disappoint -stop HJRes69 pic.twitter.com/Yw5epN8c8n
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Fight Back Against Passage of HJRes 69
Common decency has fled the GOP Congress. We need to call them on it and fight back! The silent voice can be silent no more. We can no longer be bystanders. We must all take action.
1) PHONE CALLS TO THE SPONSORS: Call the three sponsors of this bill and independent Senator from Maine, Angus King, to let them know that you are appalled by their sponsorship/support of such a cruel and inhumane bill. Please keep it civil. Yelling, swearing etc will only hurt our cause.
Lisa Murkowski (AK) (907) 271-3735
Dan Sullivan (AK) (907) 456-0261
Jeff Flake (AZ) (602) 840-1891
Angus King (ME) (207) 945-8000
2) PHONE CALLS TO GOP SENATORS: Call your own Senator if he or she voted for this bill. If he or she is a Republican, they voted for this bill. You don't even need to look at the roll call list. Phone numbers can be found HERE.
3) FACEBOOK COMMENTS: Leave the following comment on the Facebook pages of the three sponsors:
I am appalled by your sponsorship of House Joint Resolution 69 and Senate Joint Resolution 18, to allow inhumane, barbaric and outdated predator killing methods on our public lands in Alaska. I will work to ensure voters remember who sponsored this resolution.
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Dan Sullivan (AK)
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Leave the following comment on the Facebook pages of swing state senators.
I am appalled by your vote in favor of House Joint Resolution 69, to allow inhumane, barbaric and outdated predator killing methods on our national wildlife refuges in Alaska. I will work to ensure that voters remember this.
Dean Heller (NV)
Angus King (ME)
4) PLAY OFFENSE. Every single Republican senator voted AYE on this resolution and every single Democrat opposed it. This is not to say that there are not Republicans who care about the humane treatment of animals but they are clearly not in the Congress. We will never convince the people who voted for this bill to support wildlife advocacy so they must be replaced. We must work to elect more wildlife friendly - or at least less wildlife unfriendly - politicians. That means donating, volunteering, fundraise, sharing posts and alerting larger groups about a candidate. Here are some to support right now. Please feel free to add your own.
Ray Lesniak, wildlife advocacy superhero, is a New Jersey state senator running for the governorship. He has worked to end bear hunting in New Jersey, ban gestational crates, ban puppy mills, and much much more. You will not find a bigger animal advocate running for an office of this level than Mr. Lesniak. If you can only support one candidate, please let it be him. If you can only donate $10 or $20, that is fine. Donate HERE.
Rob Quist is running to replace Secretary of Interior and trophy hunter, Ryan Zinke, as Montana's representative to the House of Representatives. Democrats can win in Montana and polls show him in the lead. Mr. Quist has a good shot - if he receives the necessary support, which he has not yet. Mr. Quist is a strong supporter of our public lands. Support the campaign HERE.
Look at local and state races. Are wildlife advocates or just plain compassionate people running? Flippable and AdoptAState have other races that can use your support. Please support them in any way you can - including sharing their information with us.
5) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: I know most of you will want to skip this one but we can provide talking points and even help you write your letter. This is especially important if you have a Republican Senator and especially important in Maine, Arizona, Alaska, Ohio and Nevada. If you live in any of those states, we need your help! Email us at ecouprising2016@gmail.com or PM Ida Bean on Facebook for support.
6) TAKE OUT ADS IN YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS: A member had this idea yesterday and, if you are interested in exploring it, we help you figure out how to fund it and what to print. Again, if you live in a swing state or in Arizona or Alaska, this is especially important.
7) SIGN UP AS A STATE CONTACT: For more effective advocacy, we sometimes need to reach audiences in specific states. For that, we need two things: (a) to know in which states our advocates live and (b) have advocates willing to join local Facebook groups (Indivisible groups, wildlife advocacy groups, etc) and share to those groups when something comes up. This does not require you to become involved in person - just join and occasionally share to a Facebook group or message a Facebook page. You can find Indivisible groups HERE and from there, search them on Facebook. If you are interested in being a state contact (again, very minimal commitment), email us at ecouprising2016@gmail.com or PM Ida Bean on Facebook.
8) GET MEDIA ATTENTION: Last night, people were getting creative. Reaching out to environmental groups and media. Keep it up. We need to give this resolution as much public attention as possible. Congress does not want the focus on their votes to kill baby animals and their parents. Contact your local media - newspapers, TV stations, more. Let us know what you do to give others ideas.
9) STAY TUNED FOR AN ACTION ON ALASKAN TOURISM.
10) TWEET:
.@SenDanSullivan pushed thru law to allow killing bear cubs & moms, wolf families in dens, aerial hunting, more. pic.twitter.com/pGmy9hw3Kb
.@SenAngusKing does not believe in FAIR CHASE! Votes to kill cubs & moms, wolf families in dens, aerial chase. pic.twitter.com/oE0gEaMcoH
.@JeffFlake hates wildlife! Proves by pushing thru law to kill cubs & moms, wolf families in dens. Vote him out! pic.twitter.com/yOMF45pTnj
.@lisamurkowski hates wildlife! Pushes thru law to allow killing bears cubs and moms on refuges. I'm not kidding! pic.twitter.com/fQGkcUfIa5
.@SenDeanHeller voted to allow killing mother bears and cubs, wolf families on wildlife refuges. Seriously! pic.twitter.com/e8UvFauTwS
11) JOIN THE THUNDERCLAP: Support with Twitter or Facebook. It is easy. Just click SUPPORT and the app will do the rest for you. On the assigned day, Thunderclap will post the assigned message (asking Trump to veto) on your Twitter or Facebook account (whichever you use to support). Link to Thunderclap is HERE.
12) SHARE THIS POST AND ALL ARTICLES YOU SEE ON THIS RESOLUTION. Consider joining one or two new Facebook groups. We need to reach beyond our little circle. Make a commitment to wildlife today and don't ever stop fighting.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
CALL TO ACTION: Stop Senate Joint Res 18!
URGENT! Vote is imminent to allow killing of black bear cubs and their mothers, killing of entire wolf families in their dens, using aircraft to chase grizzlies for land and shoot, baiting grizzlies and much much more! STAND UP FOR OUR WILDLIFE! Make sure your Senator knows you demand a NO vote on Senate Joint Resolution 18.
CHANGE YOUR PROFILE PICTURE:
TARGETED LIST OF SENATORS FOR TWEETS, EMAILS AND FACEBOOK POSTS: Please do these Senators AND YOUR OWN TWO SENATORS. We are targeting Senators who may be on the fence for this resolution and/or are sponsoring the resolution. If you live in one of the targeted states, please make sure that you and your household members all contact the Senator through phone and email and fax (ResistBot). If you know people who live in the targeted states, please urge them to take action and please share with any animal or wildlife advocacy groups in the targeted states. All hands on deck!
CALLS: Find your Senators' phone numbers HERE. Tell the staff member who answers that you want your Senator to Vote NO on Senate Joint Resolution 18, which allows inhumane predator control methods in Alaska. (*BONUS: save these numbers in your phone contacts to make it easier to call in the future).
EMAIL (US Address Only): Write your own email or copy and paste the following text into the contact forms for these Senators (regardless of whether you live in their state. If you are a constituent, please so state.)
1) Targeted Senators
NO ON SJR18! Voters share a bipartisan disgust for the inhuman predator control methods included in Senate Joint Resolution 18. Indeed, Alaskans themselves oppose these practices by a 2 to 1 margin. Voters will remember a vote to kill baby animals or bait grizzlies to shoot at point blank range. Please be on the right side of history and vote NO on this resolution.
Rob Portman (OH)
Shelley Moore Capito (WV)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Tim Scott (SC)
John McCain (AZ)
Angus King (ME)
Susan Collins (ME)
Cory Gardner (CO)
2) Your Senators: Find your Senators' contact form HERE. Write your own comment or copy and paste the copy above for Targeted Senators. ADD THAT YOU ARE A CONSTITUENT.
3) Sponsors of Resolution (copy and paste the following or write your own)
I am vehemently opposed to the inhumane, outdated and non-scientific predator control practices set forth in Senate Joint Resolution 18. These are opposed by a majority of Alaskan citizens (by a 2 to 1 margin) and are universally abhorred by all voters, regardless of political party affiliation. Voters will remember sponsorship of a resolution permitting killing of cubs and wolf pups, baiting and shooting grizzlies at point blank range. There will be a political cost to sponsoring this bill.
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Dan Sullivan (AK)
FACEBOOK COMMENTS: Write your own comment or leave the following comment on these Senators' Facebook pages (Regardless of whether you are a constituent. If you are a constituent, please so state.)
1) Targeted Senators
NO ON SJR18! Voters share a bipartisan disgust for the inhuman predator control methods included in Senate Joint Resolution 18. Indeed, Alaskans themselves oppose these practices by a 2 to 1 margin. Voters will remember a vote to kill baby animals or bait grizzlies to shoot at point blank range. Please be on the right side of history and vote NO on this resolution.
Rob Portman (OH)
Shelley Moore Capito (WV)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Tim Scott (SC)
John McCain (AZ)
Angus King (ME)
Susan Collins (ME)
Joe Donnelly (IN)
Cory Gardner (CO)
2) Your Senators: Find your Senator's Facebook page HERE and leave same comment as for Targeted Senators. ADD THAT YOU ARE A CONSTITUENT.
3) Sponsors of Resolution (copy and paste the following or write your own)
I am vehemently opposed to the inhumane, outdated and non-scientific predator control practices set forth in Senate Joint Resolution 18. These are opposed by a majority of Alaskan citizens (by a 2 to 1 margin) and are universally abhorred by all voters, regardless of political party affiliation. Voters will remember sponsorship of a resolution permitting killing of cubs and wolf pups, baiting and shooting grizzlies at point blank range. There will be a political cost to sponsoring this bill.
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Dan Sullivan (AK)
TWEET SHEET:
Tweet Sheet for Targeted Senators (please do at least once daily until the vote)
Tweet Sheet for ALL Senators
TEXT-TO-FAX THROUGH RESISTBOT: Text 504-09 and type RESIST. The ResistBot will convert your texts to faxes to your Senators and representative. Please send a text to your Senator asking him or her to oppose Senate Joint Resolution 18 because it allows cruel and inhumane killing methods on our national wildlife refuges in Alaska.
INSTAGRAM: Follow us on Instagram and re-gram our posts. (@ecouprising2016)
SIGN AND SHARE PETITIONS:
BornFree
NPCA
NRDC
Endangered Species Coalition
Care 2
Change
International Fund for Wildlife Action
Humane Society of the United States
PETA
Animal Welfare Institute
Defenders of Wildlife
Wilderness Watch
Alaska Wilderness League
Saturday, March 18, 2017
TWEET SHEET: Targeted List of Senators on Senate Joint Res 18
.@SenAngusKing Please vote NO on #SJRes18! Practices it allows are unacceptably brutal and cruel! #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/KNenqiVlYR
Common decency demands a NO vote on #SJRes18. Voters will remember anything else. @SenAngusKing #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/kgmpaDkNk2
.@SenAngusKing You are better than this! #SJRes18 is disgusting to voters of all parties. Vote NO! #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/UclYffraML
.@SenCoryGardner Voters have bipartisan disgust for #SJRes18 practices, WILL remember vote to kill baby animals pic.twitter.com/Cm50nikQPV
.@SenCoryGardner Practices allowed by #SJRes18 are sick! Coloradans won't tolerate their senator supporting them pic.twitter.com/gRxLEuUvwx
COLORADO ur senator may vote yes to aerial chase of bears to land & shoot for fun! .@SenCoryGardner #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/Ao1aMMitWc
Instead of fixing immigration, .@JeffFlake pushing law to allow killing baby animals in wildlife refuges #SJRes18 pic.twitter.com/WbblpVVVxh
.@JeffFlake behind reprehensible law to allow chasing grizzlies from air, to land & kill. NOT sporting #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/bsxwGVDLgI
.@JeffFlake behind reprehensible law to allow chasing grizzlies from air, to land & kill. NOT sporting #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/bsxwGVDLgI
.@SenDonnelly Voters will remember who votes to allow killing baby animals. Be on the right side! NO on #SJRes18 pic.twitter.com/vIXCtOi9hR
.@SenDonnelly #SJRes18 not about hunting; about sanctioned animal cruelty. Bipartisan disgust for what it allows pic.twitter.com/znrq8SJFdO
INDIANA make sure ur Senator knows u want NO vote to unethical killing practices #SJRes18 #NoOnSJR18 @SenDonnelly pic.twitter.com/NuDp6yM8SK
Ethical leaders do not vote for unethical killing practices. NO to killing baby animals @SenJohnMcCain #SJRes18 pic.twitter.com/zAXXhfIzkE
.@SenJohnMcCain Congress should be focused on national security, not unethical killing practices. NO on #SJRes18 pic.twitter.com/Li2VrnA1xw
This is not hunting. This is not fair chase. This. Is. Wrong. And you know it. Vote NO #SJRes18 .@SenJohnMcCain pic.twitter.com/34fW0dvGuH
Common decency demands NO vote to killing baby animals in dens or with their mothers. #SJRes18 .@LindseyGrahamSC pic.twitter.com/aCdRSnIQHZ
This is not hunting. This is not fair chase. This is wrong. U know it & voters know it! #SJRes18 @LindseyGrahamSC pic.twitter.com/PmRcGjrxGp
SOUTH CAROLINA, make sure ur Senators don't vote to kill baby animals on refuges. NO on #SJRes18 @LindseyGrahamSC pic.twitter.com/n8zfWx9wmA
.@lisamurkowski Voters share bipartisan disgust for methods of #SJRes18. Withdraw sponsorship! #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/5QwSwuzw23
ALASKA Not fair chase. Not hunting. Not for subsistence. Just plain wrong. #SJRes18 is just wrong! @lisamurkowski pic.twitter.com/DB92hJfmqz
How does killing baby animals on wildlife refuges help Ohio voters? NO on #SJRes18 .@senrobportman @robportman pic.twitter.com/8oOWSlFTNa
OHIO do you want ur Senator voting to allow killing of baby animals on refuges? NO on #SJRes18 .@senrobportman pic.twitter.com/ymrrzzKHiw
This is not hunting. This is not fair chase. This is just plain wrong. NO on #SJRes18 .@senrobportman @robportman pic.twitter.com/ouAZVCPblu
.@SenCapito A vote to kill baby animals does NOT help West Virginia! Bipartisan disgust for methods in #SJRes18 pic.twitter.com/cpBhoJou9E
Killing methods in #SJRes18 universally abhorred. Voters want a NO vote on killing babies and mothers! @SenCapito pic.twitter.com/DZfxchZiQ1
WEST VIRGINIA .@SenCapito may approve killing baby bears & wolves with parents?! Tell her to vote NO on #SJRe18 pic.twitter.com/0WRZk4udng
.@SenatorTimScott Voters will remember a vote for cruel killing methods - baiting, killing moms. NO on #SJRes18 pic.twitter.com/74y65nBveZ
.@SenatorTimScott This is not fair chase. This is not hunting. This is cruel! Vote NO on #SJRes18. #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/ZlYsay7p9e
MAINE, make sure .@SenatorCollins votes NO on killing baby bears and wolves & their parents. #SJRes18 is SO wrong pic.twitter.com/co7cOIvS6l
We will ensure voters remember a vote to kill baby wolves & bears. .@SenatorCollins be on right side of #SJRes18. pic.twitter.com/tiaXLffuWd
This is not fair chase. This is not hunting. This is wrong - and .@SenatorCollins knows it. VOTE NO #NoOnSJR18 pic.twitter.com/GVQFaeLQAn
Thursday, March 16, 2017
CALL TO ACTION: Montana Senate Fish & Game Committee MONTANA RESIDENTS ONLY
THIS ACTION IS FOR MONTANA RESIDENTS ONLY. HJ15, a resolution by which Montana will ask its Congressional delegation to try to delist ALL Montana grizzlies in the US Congress, has moved to the state senate. HJ15 is currently in the Committee for Fish & Wildlife. Please let the Committee know how much public opposition there is to this idea.
EMAILS: Click on the name and it should open up an email. Tell them you oppose HJ15 or copy and paste the following (personalizing the CAPS section):
I write in opposition to HJ15. As a FREQUENT TOURIST TO YOUR STATE TO VIEW WILDLIFE or RESIDENT OF MONTANA or LOVER OF WILDLIFE, I am concerned that HJ15 would undermine the Endangered Species Act by attempting to bypass its processes. This resolution would seek to remove all Montana grizzly populations from the protections of the federal Endangered Species Act without requiring any scientific inquiry into the health of said populations and without input from the public. As I am sure you are aware, the USFWS is currently considering delisting the GYE grizzly population. They have received over 600,000 public comments on this topic, evidencing that the public is enormously interested and concerned about the future of these iconic bears. These bears are the crux of the billion dollar a year tourist industry. Montana should follow the repeatedly successful processes set forth in the Endangered Species Act for delisting animals. Please oppose HJ15.
Jill Cohenour
Tom Facey
Jennifer Fielder
Steve Hinebach
Jedediah Hinkle
David Howard
Edie McClafferty
Mike Phillips
Cary Smith
Chas Vincent
Jeffrey Wellborn
FORM:
Email the committee. Click on THIS FORM and then select COMMITTEE from the drop down menu, and then SENATE FISH & GAME from the next drop down committee. Make sure you choose the SENATE and NOT the House committee.
Write about your opposition to HJ15 in your own words or copy and paste the script above, under emails.
PHONE CALLS (MT RESIDENTS ONLY):
If your state senator is one of the senators listed above, please call him or her (phone numbers HERE) and tell them that you oppose HJ15.
LETTERS AND POSTCARDS:
Send a postcard or letter to the State Senators listed above. Addresses can be found HERE. Write the following message. "I oppose HJ15 as it undermines the Endangered Species Act and ignores science and public opinion."
TWEETS:
.@SenatorFielder I oppose HJ15 to delist all Montana grizzlies. Don't bypass Endangered Species Act and science! pic.twitter.com/AOXc06gf6k
.@JillCohenour I oppose HJ15 to delist all Montana grizzlies. Don't bypass Endangered Species Act and science! pic.twitter.com/AOXc06gf6k
.@72ndMT I oppose HJ15 to delist all Montana grizzlies. Don't bypass Endangered Species Act and science! pic.twitter.com/BGpIuCKPmG
Sunday, March 12, 2017
CALL TO ACTION: Save the Endangered Species Act
POSTCARDS (OR LETTERS):
Send a postcard to the following individuals:
- Your Two Senators (Find their contact info HERE; send to a DISTRICT office)
- Your Congressman or Congresswoman (Find contact info HERE, send to a DISTRICT office))
- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240)
- Donald Trump (The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20500)
In your postcards, identify yourself as a constituent (include your city so they can verify). Write one to three sentences asking your member of Congress to oppose all bills that weaken or repeal the Endangered Species Act. Maybe draw a picture of an animal or plant.
International advocates can send a postcard to Trump and Secretary Zinke.
Recruit household members and friends to write postcards too. Members of Congress LOVE postcards from kids! Post photos of your postcards on Wildlife Needs More Than Luck Facebook event and we will end you a free Save the Endangered Species bumper sticker.
EMAIL: Contact forms for Senators HERE, for your Congressmen and women HERE, for Department of Interior HERE. Write, in your own words, why you want the Endangered Species Act to remain intact or copy and paste the following:
I write because I am concerned by the 11 or so bills pending in Congress right now which would weaken or repeal the Endangered Species Act. This law has saved countless species from extinction, including our national bird, the bald eagle. Further, it has a proven track record and process that should not be circumvented or short-circuited. We are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction and need to preserve the best tool available to us to slow down the loss of species. Please fight to keep this bedrock of our environmental protection strong.
TWEET: Tweet sheet is HERE
CALL: Find your Senators' phone numbers HERE and your Representative's phone numbers HERE. It is best to call one of the local offices, rather than the DC office. Tell the staff member who answers that you want your legislator to oppose all efforts to weaken or repeal the Endangered Species Act. (** BONUS: save these numbers in your phone contacts to make it easier to call in the future)
If the staff member asks you which bills you are opposing, here is a list:
- S375 Amend ESA to establish procedure of approval of certain settlements
- S378 Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan Act
- S355 Achieve domestic independence by empowering states to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available federal land
- S164 A bill to delist wolves in Western Great Lakes, Wyoming
- S376 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act
- S273 Greater Sage-Grouse Protection and Recovery Act
- S335 Bill to achieve domestic energy independency by empowering States to control development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land
- HR1273 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act
- HR717 Listing Reform Act
- HR226 African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Conservation Act
- HR1274 State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act
- HR224 Polar Bean Conservation and Fairness Act
- HR424 Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017
- HR 527 Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act
- HR1269 Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act
- HR1106 Small Tracts Conveyance Act
FACEBOOK MESSAGES: Find your Senator's Facebook page HERE and Department of Interior's page HERE. Google your Representative's Facebook page. Leave a comment to an existing article saying the following:
I support the Endangered Species Act. Please oppose all efforts to weaken or repeal it.
SIGN & SHARE THESE PETITIONS:
Endangered Species Coalition/Credo
EarthJustice
Change
Sierra Club
Wolf Conservation Center
INSTAGRAM: Follow us on Instagram and re-gram our posts. (@ecouprising2016)
TWEET SHEET: Save the Endangered Species Act
If you have time, please tweet all. If you prefer to just tweet your members of Congress, Senators are grouped by state. A few states have more than one tweet (e.g., Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota). The only reps included are GOP representatives in swing districts. Please consider tweeting YOUR representative on this topic as well.
1) Species need laws, not luck to recover! 🍀 OPPOSE bills to weaken/repeal the ESA! @SenBlumenthal @ChrisMurphyCT pic.twitter.com/dnWuVAI6nD
2) Endangered Species Act saved symbol of freedom from extinction. Don't weaken the ESA! @jiminhofe @SenatorLankford pic.twitter.com/wNiABvxnH8
3) The Endangered Species Act has proven track record. Pls keep it strong. @SenAlexander @SenBobCorker pic.twitter.com/yvon6WgxQY #SaveTheESA
4) In midst of extinction crisis, we must keep Endangered Species Act strong. @SenBobCasey @SenToomey pic.twitter.com/OlvMZ9XKWT #SaveTheESA
5) .@SenatorBurr @SenThomTillis Endangered Species Act saved our national bird. Oppose any efforts to weaken it. pic.twitter.com/GgOfno8SsL
6) Species need laws, not luck to recover! Fight bills to weaken/repeal ESA @SenJackReed @SenWhitehouse #SaveTheESA pic.twitter.com/dnWuVAI6nD
8) .@SenatorFischer @SenSasse Endangered Species Act saved our national bird. Oppose any efforts to weaken it. pic.twitter.com/GgOfno8SsL
26) .@SenKamalaHarris @SenFeinstein The Endangered Species Act has saved many species. Fight to keep it strong. pic.twitter.com/m8d0vmuEKz
27) Endangered Species Act has proven record of recovering species. Please save it! @SenatorIsakson @sendavidperdue pic.twitter.com/yvon6WgxQY
45) Species need laws, not luck to recover! 🍀 Fight bills to weaken/repeal ESA @sensanders @SenatorLeahy #SaveTheESA pic.twitter.com/dnWuVAI6nD
59) Endangered Species Act saved symbol of freedom from extinction. Save the ESA! @SenatorHeitkamp @SenJohnHoeven pic.twitter.com/GgOfno8SsL
60) Endangered Species Act saved symbol of freedom from extinction. Don't weaken the ESA! @SenCapito @Sen_JoeManchin pic.twitter.com/wNiABvxnH8
61) Fight bills to weaken Endangered Species Act in midst of 6th mass extinction @RepBrianFitz @RepHolding SaveTheESA pic.twitter.com/ly6kKV9F3j
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Senator Jeff Flake is Co-Sponsoring Return of Unethical Hunting Practices
House Joint Resolution 69 has advanced to the Senate and its sister resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 18, has picked up a new co-sponsor! Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona. Senator Flake is considered the GOP Senator most vulnerable to a primary. He is up for reelection in 2018 and is under attack from the left and right - meaning he may be in for a rough 2 years.
People on all sides of the political spectrum oppose the unethical hunting practices set forth in Senate Joint Resolution 18. These include shooting wildlife from aircraft, baiting grizzly bears, killing wolves and coyotes during denning season and killing bear cubs and/or their mothers.
Let's make sure that wherever Senator Flake goes, voters know that this is a man who supports killing mothers and baby animals.
TWEETS:
.@jeffflake co-sponsoring #SJRes18 to allow killing bear cubs & moms, wolf pups in dens, aerial shooting of bears pic.twitter.com/ker0pQOhJq
.@JeffFlake Why are u sponsoring bill to kill bear cubs & wolf pups? Shoot wildlife from air? ≠ Ethical! #SJRes18 pic.twitter.com/EaAvNgtBJ9
ARIZONA VOTERS! Ur Senator sponsoring bill to kill baby animals, bait bears, shoot animals from air! .@JeffFlake pic.twitter.com/iI4GJywN2L
EMAIL: Send Senator Flake a comment through his online comment form. You do NOT need to be an Arizona voter. (UPDATE: There are some problems with his website, which hopefully means we are overwhelming it. There have been reports of non-state residents not being able to get through. Please keep trying because people who couldn't get through this morning, were able to subsequently get a note in). Write your thoughts in your own words or copy/paste the script below.
FACEBOOK: Leave Senator Flake a comment on an existing post of his Facebook page, letting him know what you think. Write in your own words (please keep it civil) or copy and paste the following.
IF YOU ARE AN ARIZONA VOTER, PLEASE LET HIM KNOW:
I am astounded that you would co-sponsor a bill rolling back prohibitions on hunting practices that are widely considered unethical. There is no fair chase in killing wildlife from aircraft or bear cubs and their mothers at den sites! The vast majority of Americans - regardless of political affiliation - think these practices are heinous and cross the line. Please withdraw your co-sponsorship on Senate Joint Resolution 18.
PHONE CALLS (ARIZONA VOTERS ONLY): Call Jeff Flake and tell him to withdraw his co-sponsorship of Senate Joint Resolution 18.
DC phone: (202) 224-4521
Phoenix
Phone: 602-840-1891
Tucson
Phone: 520-575-8633
POSTCARDS: In the event that Senator Flake's website is down - or has been turned off for out of state addresses, please write him a letter or postcard asking him to withdraw sponsorship of Senate Joint Resolution 18. His addresses are below.
Phoenix
2200 East Camelback Road
Suite 120
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Tucson
6840 North Oracle Road
Suite 150
Tucson, AZ 85704
FAX: We are pulling out all the stops on this one! If you do NOT have access to a fax, you can send 5 free pages using Hello Fax, an online tool.
Phoenix
Fax: 602-840-4092
Tucson
Fax: 520-797-3232
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR OWN SENATORS ON THIS TERRIBLE BILL HERE (EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, TWEETS, ETC).
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