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Detroit Zoo Supports Michigan Anti-Dove Hunting Initiative
(Detroit) - In a blatant attack on Michigan’s hunters and hunting heritage, the Detroit Zoo, an agency of the city of Detroit, is assisting the Michigan Humane Society by allowing them to hold a fund raiser at the zoo for the campaign to ban dove hunting in Michigan.
The event is scheduled to take place on September 16. On the list of special guests at the event are Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Mike Markarian, executive vice president of the HSUS, the nation’s largest anti-hunting, animal rights organization.
Tickets for the event are advertised at $100 each and “all proceeds go directly to the [sic] help restore the dove shooting ban on mourning doves.”
Thousands of sportsmen who live in Detroit and whose tax money and private donations support the zoo are outraged by this abuse by a public agency.
The Detroit Zoo depends upon funds donated by both public and private entities for operation.
Sportsmen are urged to call on the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan and private donors such as Daimler Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, the General Motors Corporation and all who give to the Detroit Zoo to express their outrage at their support of an organization that uses public resources to take a side on such a contentious political issue.
Take Action! Michigan sportsmen must contact the City of Detroit,their state legislators and the Detroit Zoo and explain to them that it is a outright attack on Michigan’s rich hunting heritage and a gross misuse of public resources for an agency of the City of Detroit to aid fundraising for anti-hunting efforts.
Letters should be sent to Ron Kagan, director of the Detroit Zoo at 8450 W. Ten Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48068. He can be reached by telephone at (248) 398-0900, ext. 3118 and by fax at (248) 398-0504. Kwame Kilpatrick, the Mayor of Detroit can be contacted at Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave., Ste. 1126, Detroit, MI 48226 and by telephone at (313) 224-3400 and fax at (313) 224-4128. To find your Michigan legislators, use the Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org.
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance protects the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.
