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6	Sportsmen Against Hunger The recent Sportsmen Against Hunger Week, Nov. 16-22, was a resounding success. Not only did SCI Chapters donate the game meat for some 120,000 meals for people in need, they also gave money, clothing and canned goods. These documented SCI Chapter contributions undoubtedly were reinforced by untold numbers of SCI members and other hunters who embraced the Sportsmen Against Hunger program SCI pioneered, sharing their harvests too. SCI urges all sportsmen and –women to share nature’s bounty with neighbors in need. Hundreds of licensed game processors are involved with Sportsmen Against Hunger. Visit SCI’s Web site to find Sportsmen Against Hunger processors and relief organizations in your area. To learn more about Sportsmen Against Hunger, contact SCI Foundation Humanitarian Services Coordinator Allyson Garcia, 520-620-1220, ext. 480; agarcia@safariclub.org .
7	Mooing Up the Wrong Tree PETA President Ingrid Newkirk used the holiday season to attack one of the world’s greatest hunger relief organizations. Her flamboyant view in The Virginian-Pilot criticizes Heifer Project International , one of the most effective and far-reaching international hunger relief organizations in the world for giving livestock to people in need. She absolutely ignores the decades of documented success resulting from Heifer Project deliveries of often-indigenous livestock to the destitute worldwide. She simply cannot fathom the importance of giving once starving people a viable, long term and domesticated food source which they can nurture. SCI urges America to ignore this latest PETA ranting; to support Heifer International, as well as the SCI Foundation’s Sportsmen Against Hunger program, which annually provides the protein for 230 million meals for people in need.
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10	Extremists Target Small Businesses FSB: Fortune Small Business reports that the Earth and Animal Liberations Fronts are focusing most of their terrorist acts on small businesses, the backbone of America’s economy. Of the 14 attacks for which these radical groups have claimed credit during the past eight months, only one has been against a large corporate entity. “Even if they put us out of business, it wouldn’t diminish the appetite for fur,” said mink farmer Kate Roesler, a recent victim of the ALF. “But we’re an easy hit.” SCI condemns this terrible violence against small business owners, and urges state and federal lawmakers to enact tough anti-terrorism laws.
11	Inner City Youth Hunt In mid-December, SCI’s Central Missouri Chapter conducted its first-ever Inner City Youth Hunt and introduced five disadvantaged urban youth to the beauty of the outdoors as well as to safe, ethical hunting practices that are crucial to science-based wildlife management. During the event, the youths completed Missouri’s mandatory hunter certification course and spent time on the shooting range before going in-field. Each of the five youths harvested a deer and the outing was filmed by the Real Sportsman television show. The hunts will air on the Sportsman Channel in February. Check your local listings for times. Click here for publication-quality images and here to read SCI Central Missouri’s short write-up on the event.
12	Deer Cloned Texas A&M University has successfully cloned a whitetail deer from skin samples of a deceased buck, according to ESPN Outdoors. The deer, which is the fifth species Texas A&M has successfully cloned, was born in May. Researchers withheld announcing the success until recently so that testing could be performed to ensure the animal was a genetic match to its donor. SCI salutes Texas A&M researchers for the work that may ultimately lead to new wildlife management options for threatened and endangered species.
13	Wildlife Attacks Wildlife attacks continue to underscore why effective management efforts use legal hunting. • The Daily Telegraph reports saltwater crocodiles in Australia’s Northern Territory are preying on local cattle; a Bangladeshi woman collecting fruit was killed by a python. • Feral hogs are destroying yards in Land O’Lakes, Fla., notes St. Petersburg Times. • New York Post reveals that a 200-pound black bear broke into a building at Appalachian State University. • The Sacramento Bee says bears, people and property in the Lake Tahoe resort area are in danger. Unsecured garbage and limited habitat apparently have altered hibernation cycles and feeding habits.
14	Bald Eagle Poached Bradenton.com reports Florida wildlife officials are asking for help in investigating the poaching of a bald eagle north of Myakka City. Witnesses found the lifeless bird on Dec. 20. They also saw a red truck in the area. “It bothers me because it’s our American symbol,” said law enforcement officer Jeff Babauta. “Between the war in Iraq and to see something like this, it’s basically despicable.” Anyone with information that might help investigators should call 813-272-2516, ext. 129; go online to www.floridaconservation.org ; or contact their local law enforcement facility.
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16	More on SCI Founded in 1971, SCI is the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and in promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. With some 200 chapters around the globe, the 501(c)(4) non-profit association is a tireless advocate for the more than 45 million sportsmen and sportswomen who, through their legal hunting activities, represent the single largest source of money necessary to maintain wildlife populations and habitats, to conduct wildlife research and to enforce wildlife laws. For more information about SCI, visit www.scifirstforhunters.org or its government relations Web site at www.sci-dc.org. SCI Foundation funds and manages worldwide programs dedicated to wildlife conservation, outdoor education and humanitarian services. For more information about the 501(c)(3) Foundation, visit www.safariclubfoundation.org or its International Wildlife Museum Web site at www.thewildlifemuseum.org.