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ACTION ALERT Prince Edward Island Puts Bounty on Coyotes Earth Action 81 Prince St, Charlottetown PEI Canada C1A 4R3 Phone: 902-621-0719 Email: slabchuk@isn.net May 1, 2001 The government of Prince Edward Island has just passed legislation to put a bounty on coyotes, despite warnings from sheep farmers, government biologists and agriculture scientists that bounties are useless. A small special interest group of livestock owners, supported by the right-wing PEI Federation of Agriculture, lobbied government members for the bounty. Fear mongering has some rural residents believing that it's only a matter of time before coyotes begin snatching children. Coyotes only arrived on PEI 20 years ago, coming across on winter ice. Biologists say their numbers have now stabilized. All other large predators have been killed off, so some livestock owners are not used to the idea that it is their responsibility to protect their animals. People and their domestic animals must learn to live with wild animals and to recognize the coyote's inherent right to exist without persecution. Many methods of livestock protection are well suited to PEI's small farms. While details of the bounty have not yet been announced, there is concern that this small densely populated island is becoming unsafe for outdoor recreation with hunters roaming the woods and fields. More than one million tourists visit PEI every summer, many to enjoy hiking and biking in the countryside. The potential to overturn this bounty is great. Already many PEI environment, wildlife and animal protection groups have taken a stand against it. You can help pressure government to stop the senseless slaughter of coyotes by sending a letter to the Premier of PEI, and/or to PEI newspapers. Please cc your letters to us, Earth Action. Premier Binns PO Box 338, Charlottetown Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 7K7 fax: 902-368-4416 email: pgbinns@gov.pe.ca Newspapers: Guardian 165 Prince St, Charlottetown PEI Canada C1A 4R7 fax: 902-566-3808 email: letters@chg.southam.ca Journal-Pioneer PO Box 2480, Summerside PEI Canada C1N 4K5 fax: 902-436-3027 email: dshea@itas.net Eastern Graphic PO Box 790, Montague PEI Canada C0A 1R0 fax: 902-838-4392 email: eastgraphic@islandpress.pe.ca ***************** Sharon Labchuk Earth Action 81 Prince Street Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4R3 phone/fax 902-621-0719 slabchuk@isn.net -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar, please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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