July 2009 - "Protect America's Wildlife" (PAW) Bill is Back in the House -- AND in the Senate!

On Sept of 2007, Atka traveled to Washington, DC to appear before Congress on behalf of the nation's wolves. Defenders of Wildlife invited the WCC to join Representative George Miller (CA) as he introduced (PAW) -- "Protect America's Wildlife" -- a bill designed to put an end to Alaska's aerial wolf control program.  On July 20, 2009, Rep. Miller reintroduced the bill and, for the first time ever, PAW was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) and Senator Ben Cardin (MD)!

Aerial Hunting is against the law.  In 1972 Congress passed the Airborne Hunting Act (AHA) to prohibit hunting or harassing animals from aircraft.  Although illegal, the practice of aerial hunting has been resurrected by the Alaska Legislature under the guise of wildlife management and predator control. Alaska skirts the intent of Congress by exploiting a loophole in the AHA to use aerial hunting to artificially boost game species populations for hunters.  Under Alaska's aerial hunting program over 1000 wolves have been killed in the past several years.  If passed, PAW will close the loophole in the AHA and prevent other states that may propose to follow Alaska's example.

Speak up for wolves!  If you agree that it is time to ground Alaska's illegal and inhumane air assault on wolves, contact your congress person today.  PAW already has 106 cosponsors in the House of Representatives so this bill is off to a great start!

To download more information about PAW, please select from the following menu provided by Defenders of Wildlife: 

PAW Act - What You Can Do
PAW Facts
PAW Report July 2009
PAW Testimonials