Below is a recent article in The Union newspaper, Grass Valley, CA. This is a perfect example of the possibilities/probabilities of carrying on an old uncivilized tradition of killing animals. The days of “needing to kill animals to survive have long past. In the last 100 years, we have advanced as a society to realize many things. Have we not embraced the medical field for it’s advances? Have we not been educated to what is healthy to eat and what is not healthy to eat? And the technology has moved light years. Let us grow up and become sensitized to respect other life forms and their place on this planet. Let go the old, ignorant ways and be responsible, intelligent human beings. The reality is bloody, ugly and unnecessary.
Despite what Fish and Game, and hunters tell us, hunting is clearly a dangerous sport. Every year, about 100 people are killed by hunters in the US, and approximately 1,000 people are wounded.
Hunters can and will shoot too close to houses, roads, hikers and campers.- According to the International Hunter Education Association, in 1995, 1130 non-fatal hunting accidents occurred, and 112 people were killed- In 1996, 957 humans were wounded and 91 humans were killed by hunters-Ted Nugent claims to kill every domestic cat that he sees, and you may read about his animal-killing insanity on this Anti-hunting Resource Site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzGjczzAwIc
12-year-old boy dies after hunting accident near North San Juan
Authorities Sunday were investigating the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy who was hunting with his family near North San Juan.
The boy was hunting deer with a group of family and friends Saturday morning in an area between North San Juan and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park when he was shot in the left ribs, according to sheriff's reports.
It could not be confirmed whether the boy, who was not identified Sunday, was from Nevada County.
Investigators believe the boy accidentally shot himself with a high-powered rifle. He was conscious and breathing when a 911 call was placed shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday. CPR was administered while an ambulance was en route, according to sheriff's reports.
Members of the hunting party put him in a pickup truck and drove until they met the ambulance on Lake City Road, according to Calfire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff.
Calfire was on the scene by 12:13 p.m., an hour after the first 911 call, dispatch records show. Paramedics administered CPR, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, Tolmachoff said. More information about the accident is expected Monday, Moon added.
Authorities Sunday were investigating the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy who was hunting with his family near North San Juan.
The boy was hunting deer with a group of family and friends Saturday morning in an area between North San Juan and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park when he was shot in the left ribs, according to sheriff's reports.
It could not be confirmed whether the boy was from Nevada County.
Investigators believe the boy, who was not identified Sunday, accidentally shot himself with a high-powered rifle. He was conscious and breathing when a 911 call was placed at 11:03 a.m. Saturday. CPR was administered while an ambulance was en route from Grass Valley, according to sheriff's reports.
Members of the hunting party put him in a pickup truck and drove until they met the ambulance on Lake City Road, according to Calfire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff.
A Calstar helicopter also was dispatched after the first call came in "because of the nature of the injuries," Calfire spokeswoman Chelsea Fox said.
Crews from Calfire and the North San Juan Fire Protection District met up with the hunting party at 11:17 a.m., according to Calfire dispatch reports.
"They were in a fairly remote area, so that is a good response time for where they were," Calfire spokeswoman Chelsea Fox said Monday.
Paramedics administered CPR, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, Tolmachoff said.
He was pronounced dead at 11:38 a.m., Calfire dispatch reports show.
A notation on the sheriff's dispatch log at 12:13 p.m. also noted Calfire was at the scene.
http://www.theunion.com/article/20091101/NEWS/911019999&parentprofile=search
http://www.theunion.com/article/20091102/NEWS/911019996&parentprofile=search
http://www.theunion.com/article/20091104/NEWS/911039978&parentprofile=search
Pet owners who live near hunting areas may find their beloved pets dead or missing

AND MOST OF THE TIME THESE POOR INNOCENT ANIMALS ARE ONLY INJURED BEFORE THEY DIE PAINFUL SLOW DEATHS. 
THIS POOR BABY HAD HER LOWER JAW SHOT OFF, AND HAD TO BE PUT DOWN, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE NOT BEFORE SHE SUFFERED PAIN AND FRIGHT.
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES: THE EPA HAS JUST APPROVED THE
ANTHONY MARR’S MORAL, SANE, JUST, AND PRAGMATIC PLAN:
(http://www.all-creatures.org/hope/about-am.htm), has devised a brilliant nonlethal solution to the perceived problem of deer over-population.
Back in the late 1990s, Anthony Marr worked in 3 tigers reserves in India, and the idea originally stemmed from there. One of the problems he had to deal with was deer (Cheetal) coming out of the parks to raid the surrounding farm land. One of his challenges was to round them up and move them back into the park. Considering that cheetal deer are extremely fleet-footed, the only thing that could work was the Deer Auto Assembler.
The DAA is an extremely simple device, involving nothing more than fencing and one-way gates.

The DAA Marr set up in India was no bigger than a basketball court. He installed one inward-facing one-way gate on each side of the enclosure, put some food inside, and just let it sit. Within days, the DAA would be full of deer, which he then transported back into the park. How this technology can be applied to Shawnee Mission Park is as follows:
Set aside 10-50 acres for a Deer Auto-Assembler (DAA), which involves fencing it, with inward one-way gates every hundred yards or so.
Place food inside the gates as enticement. Deer will enter but cannot leave. In this case, assuming it is correct that the total deer population is 400, and the optimal deer population is 25 (which Marr believes could be too low), let 375 enter the DAA, leaving 25 outside, then lock the gate.
Apply Immuno-Contraception (IC) on the deer using the PZP multi-year vaccine. The PZP vaccine is highly effective and inexpensive – between $20 and $40 per dose, as opposed to $300-$500 per deer to use a sharpshooter.
The PZP multi-year vaccine is a pellet administered by hand injection. A sub-mechanism of the DAA is a small internal compartment in one corner with a narrow chute covered by black fabric ending in a food trough, where the deer can be easily injected through the fabric while they feed. The deer will not see the operator, and no handling of the deer is required.
Feed the deer inside the DAA to keep them in prime condition and to protect the ecology within the DAA. The DAA can be used as a wildlife viewing area, complete with viewing tower, which could bring in revenue.
Each year let a few deer into the DAA to maintain the outside population at 25 (or a higher number). Apply IC on the new deer which have entered the DAA.
The deer in the DAA will age and die off, except for the few new ones allowed to enter the DAA from year to year. After the initial several years the deer population inside the DAA will decline due to death by aging, while the deer population outside the DAA will be kept near 25 from year to year.
Problem solved without the need to kill a single deer.
Shooting with guns or bows is not effective due to the Compensatory Rebound Effect, where an increase in food per deer will maximize the deer’s reproductive rate significantly.
Bow-hunting has a close to 50% non-lethal wounding rate, so that for every animal killed and recovered, at least one would be non-fatally wounded. Unrecovered animals die slowly and painfully of infection or starvation. Those who don’t die often suffer disabling injuries.
IN CLOSING I WILL STATE MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT:
In case of human and/or pet injury and/or death as a result of deer killing, each and every one of the officials WHO VOTE THIS HUNT TO KILL THE DEER will be held personally responsible.
Sincerely,
Dominique Landis
Auburn, CA
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