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06-13-2004, 04:58 PM
From "The Hunting Report":
http://www.huntingreport.com
HSUS is a leading anti-hunting advocacy organization. Kerry frequently appears in their literature and on their web site. The HSUS and The Fund for Animals jointly produce The Humane Scorecard as a snapshot of their "work in progress" within Congress. Their Scorecard, The 107th Congress: A Work in Progress represents Kerry as one of their "heroes". You can access it at www.hsus.org and www. fund.org or get copies from HSUS at 202-955-3666. It credits Senator John Kerry for circulating a letter for them to other senators to increase the funding for a record-breaking increase in Animal Welfare Act enforcement. He did not just vote for it; he campaigned it for them. He also "marshaled attention" to the alleged misuse of polar bears in a circus for the protectionist by issuing a letter and soliciting other Senators to sign it. He carried the message for the protectionists again when he "introduced" Senate Resolution 267 along with other notorious Senators such as Joseph Lieberman and George Miller "to reaffirm the US commitment to oppose any commercial whaling. . . ."
He voted for or sponsored eight of the nine animal issue bills scored by the HSUS and The Fund for Animals. In the Scorecard, he is rated with a star and a plus sign meaning that he was a "[p]rime sponsor of pro-animal legislation" and "spoke on behalf of pro-animal legislation during floor debate." On close inspection, he is even more active than that. He took a "pro-animal position" through co-sponsoring, letter signing and/or voting for their (1) Cockfighting, (2) Puppy Mills, (3) Downed Animals, /Bear Parts, and Animal Welfare Enforcement bills and much more.
A review of the HSUS/Fund for Animals Scorecards for the 106th and 108th Congresses shows that Kerry scored 100 percent in both Congresses for voting and letter-writing on their issues. For example, he voted in favor of eliminating all recreational and commercial trapping on National Wildlife refuges in the 106th Congress.
Senator John Kerry is not a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (www. sportsmenslink.org). Worst, he was the antis’ champion and led the opposition against polar bear trophy imports when we amended the Marine Mammal Protection Act. More recently, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) scored him as one of their "heroes of the 107th Congress" for co-sponsoring bills and even initiating letters to prohibit interstate commerce of captive exotic animals for hunting, the bear viscera bill, new record funding of the Animal Welfare Act and more.
During the last CITES meeting, COP 12, he even circulated a letter to fellow senators that was sent to the US CITES delegation to oppose the one-time ivory trade proposals that were nevertheless approved by the Conference of the Parties. The proposals he opposed were one-time sales of stockpiled ivory from countries with abundant elephant, even though the revenue was to be used exclusively for elephant conservation. Read on for the details.
I was Chairman of the SCI committee that led the reform of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1994. That reform authorized the importation of polar bear trophies for the first time in two and one-half decades. The initial closure of trophy imports was only supposed to be a moratorium. I founded the "Polar Bear Initiative" in SCI, recruited J. Y. Jones to direct it and nursed it from start to finish. Much of the history of that success is set forth in J. Y. Jones’ book, Impossible To Fail (Hillsboro Press, 1999).
J. Y. Jones, a dear friend and Conservation Force supporter, sent out a reminder the other day that Senator Kerry was the single most outspoken and vehement opponent to the importation of polar bear. In his book, J. Y. Jones describes Senator Kerry of Massachusetts as being "**** bent on extracting the polar bear provision" in the Senate. Our own records document that he was the single most strident opponent and that he was the voice of the anti hunters.
http://www.huntingreport.com
HSUS is a leading anti-hunting advocacy organization. Kerry frequently appears in their literature and on their web site. The HSUS and The Fund for Animals jointly produce The Humane Scorecard as a snapshot of their "work in progress" within Congress. Their Scorecard, The 107th Congress: A Work in Progress represents Kerry as one of their "heroes". You can access it at www.hsus.org and www. fund.org or get copies from HSUS at 202-955-3666. It credits Senator John Kerry for circulating a letter for them to other senators to increase the funding for a record-breaking increase in Animal Welfare Act enforcement. He did not just vote for it; he campaigned it for them. He also "marshaled attention" to the alleged misuse of polar bears in a circus for the protectionist by issuing a letter and soliciting other Senators to sign it. He carried the message for the protectionists again when he "introduced" Senate Resolution 267 along with other notorious Senators such as Joseph Lieberman and George Miller "to reaffirm the US commitment to oppose any commercial whaling. . . ."
He voted for or sponsored eight of the nine animal issue bills scored by the HSUS and The Fund for Animals. In the Scorecard, he is rated with a star and a plus sign meaning that he was a "[p]rime sponsor of pro-animal legislation" and "spoke on behalf of pro-animal legislation during floor debate." On close inspection, he is even more active than that. He took a "pro-animal position" through co-sponsoring, letter signing and/or voting for their (1) Cockfighting, (2) Puppy Mills, (3) Downed Animals, /Bear Parts, and Animal Welfare Enforcement bills and much more.
A review of the HSUS/Fund for Animals Scorecards for the 106th and 108th Congresses shows that Kerry scored 100 percent in both Congresses for voting and letter-writing on their issues. For example, he voted in favor of eliminating all recreational and commercial trapping on National Wildlife refuges in the 106th Congress.
Senator John Kerry is not a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (www. sportsmenslink.org). Worst, he was the antis’ champion and led the opposition against polar bear trophy imports when we amended the Marine Mammal Protection Act. More recently, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) scored him as one of their "heroes of the 107th Congress" for co-sponsoring bills and even initiating letters to prohibit interstate commerce of captive exotic animals for hunting, the bear viscera bill, new record funding of the Animal Welfare Act and more.
During the last CITES meeting, COP 12, he even circulated a letter to fellow senators that was sent to the US CITES delegation to oppose the one-time ivory trade proposals that were nevertheless approved by the Conference of the Parties. The proposals he opposed were one-time sales of stockpiled ivory from countries with abundant elephant, even though the revenue was to be used exclusively for elephant conservation. Read on for the details.
I was Chairman of the SCI committee that led the reform of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1994. That reform authorized the importation of polar bear trophies for the first time in two and one-half decades. The initial closure of trophy imports was only supposed to be a moratorium. I founded the "Polar Bear Initiative" in SCI, recruited J. Y. Jones to direct it and nursed it from start to finish. Much of the history of that success is set forth in J. Y. Jones’ book, Impossible To Fail (Hillsboro Press, 1999).
J. Y. Jones, a dear friend and Conservation Force supporter, sent out a reminder the other day that Senator Kerry was the single most outspoken and vehement opponent to the importation of polar bear. In his book, J. Y. Jones describes Senator Kerry of Massachusetts as being "**** bent on extracting the polar bear provision" in the Senate. Our own records document that he was the single most strident opponent and that he was the voice of the anti hunters.