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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt">SB 68 would allow aerial gunning of
Montana’s predators by nonresidents!<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">Montana does not need aerial killing sprees for target
practice and trophies. This bill is as dangerous, indiscriminate and inhumane
as recreational trapping. There is no way to monitor aerial gunning. Please
help defeat SB 68!<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>TALKING POINTS<span> </span><span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">1. <b>SB 68 would put public
safety at risk across the state</b>. Aerial gunning is notoriously inaccurate.
Hunters, hikers, anglers, domestic animals, livestock and wildlife risk being
shot and killed on public and private land. Wildlife Services admits that
aerial gunning is non-selective.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">2. SB 68 states that wolves and grizzlies are off limits, but<b> there is no way to monitor aerial gunning.</b>
This is <b>a giveaway to nonresident trophy
hunters, wolf haters and spree killers</b> who can shoot, maim and kill
Montana’s wildlife, including endangered species, with impunity. GPS makes it
easy to pick up the carcass later. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">3. The purpose of SB 68 is ostensibly to protect livestock. However,
<b>helicopters and</b> <b>low-flying</b> <b>airplanes cause stress
and stampedes, and injure livestock and wildlife.</b> <b>Aerial gunning can <i>increase
livestock fatalities</i></b><i>.<span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">4. <b>Predators clean up
carcasses with CWD prions and take out elk and deer with the disease</b>. CWD is
a growing threat to hunting, ranching and humans. Wholesale slaughter of
predators, with no accountability, undermines wildlife management and livestock
protection. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">5. <b>Aerial gunning is
dangerous</b>. Federal records show that multiple Montanans have crashed and
died while aerial gunning.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">6. <b>Predators account
for a fraction of one percent of livestock fatalities. </b>Aerial gunning
causes suffering and slaughter. More predators move in immediately.<span> </span>A-g accomplishes nothing but disruption and danger
for livestock, wildlife and people. å<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt">Let’s stop SB 68</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14pt">. The House
Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee will hear SB 68 on Thursday, March 14, 3
p.m.<span> </span>Please contact committee members or
testify in person! Contact your House representative too.<span> </span>Thank you!<span></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">First, call 406-444-4800 and leave a message for the House
FWP Committee to vote down SB 68 because it is a dangerous and unnecessary
bill.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">Next, please write to Committee members (Dear Chairman Brown
and Members of the House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee) and to your
representative:<span></span></p>
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your representative here: </span><a href="https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></span></p>
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we are watching, we care, and we vote!<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:14pt">For the animals,<span></span></span></p>
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