Re: Sunday hunting - a different perspective
Ellen Paul (epaul@dclink.com)
Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:14:31 -0500
mdosprey@ARI.Net wrote:
>
> One more point - If you want to claim that you have as much right to a National
> Wildlife Refuge as a hunter, buy a duck stamp. More than 90% of each stamp goes
> to buying new NWR lands.
>
> Christine Taylor
> National Ocean Service
> NOAA
This isn't exactly the whole story. First, a large number of duck
stamps are purchased by people who don't hunt. This includes
collectors, birders, and conservationists. Second, I don't know about
anyone else, but I ALWAYS pay the entrance fee at the NWRs I visit, and
I ALWAYS drop money into the collection basket at the visitors center,
and unless someone stops me, I almost always manage to part with a few
dollars at the gift shop. So I actually do feel that I have as much
right to the NWRs as do hunters, even though I don't buy duck stamps.
There is no need for this us -vs- them point of view that at least two
people have insisted on interjecting into the discussion.
Ellen
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