News - Sept. 1st Mourning Dove Shoot Blocked


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	SEPT. 1st MOURNING DOVE SHOOT BLOCKED MichiganVoters Can Restore Dove Shooting Ban Permanently by Voting "No" on Referendum in November 2006 September 1st marks the suspension of mourning dove shooting season in Michigan, thanks to the Board of State Canvassers' June 2, 2005 approval and certification of the more than 275,000 petition signatures presented by the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban to place the referendum on the November 2006 ballot. "The suspension of the mourning dove shoot in 2005 and 2006 can be made permanent by Michigan citizens voting 'no' on the mourning dove referendum in November 2006," said Julie Baker, Director of the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban. "Thanks to the support of thousands of Michigan voters, there will be no mourning dove shooting season in Michigan in 2005 and 2006, saving hundreds of thousands of mourning doves that would have been needlessly shot and killed. "Shooting mourning doves doesn't make sense, especially since they pose no danger to people or property, are not a viable food source, and are not overpopulated," continued Baker. A statewide EPIC-MRA poll released August 12 demonstrated overwhelming opposition to mourning dove shooting in Michigan when it found that if the November 2006 election were held today, 60 percent of Michigan voters would vote "NO" on the mourning dove referendum to prevent the shooting of mourning doves, while only 32 percent would vote "yes" to allow it. Official state certification of the Committee's petition signatures stops the shooting of mourning doves until the November 2006 election as stipulated by Article II, Section 9 of the Michigan Constitution, which states that, "No law as to which the power of referendum properly has been invoked shall be effective thereafter unless approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at the next general election." The Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban seeks to restore Michigan's 100-year ban on the shooting of mourning doves by urging Michigan voters to vote 'no' on the mourning dove referendum in November 2006. The Committee submitted 73% more signatures than the 159,000 required by law for certification, illustrating the overwhelming support for the referendum campaign by the voters of Michigan. Committee members include the Michigan Audubon Society, theh Detroit Audubon Society, the Michigan Humane Society and the Humane Society of the United States.

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