Post by Bobcat on Nov 25, 2003 16:38:20 GMT -5
The Salvation Army in PA got a little week in the knees.....spineless is another word that comes to mind. I want to know where the hunters were that should have been calling! 
Coyote hunt fund-raiser canceled after howls of protest.
The Associated Press
11/25/2003, 6:59 a.m. ET
TAMAQUA, Pa. (AP) — A planned coyote hunt to benefit a local Salvation Army branch was called off after howls of protests from animal-rights groups.
The "Shotguns and Pickup Trucks Coyote Hunt" scheduled in January was canceled Monday, the day after a newspaper story about the event.
"I've had nothing but phone calls today," Salvation Army Capt. Sharon Cupp said. "The coyote hunt is canceled."
Lehigh Valley Animal Rights Coalition president Virginia Wolfe said she was stunned to learn of the event. Activists had planned to drop dollar bill-size protest notes in Salvation Army collection kettles before the event was canceled.
"Blood sports just make people boil," Wolfe said. "It certainly diminishes all of us as human beings."
The hunt was not sponsored by the Salvation Army but by members of the Tamaqua chapter's advisory board, Cupp said. The same group previously organized a sale of sporting goods to raise money for the chapter.
In Pennsylvania, anyone with a hunting license can hunt coyotes at any time of the year.
Almost half of the $20 registration fee for the planned hunt would have gone to the Salvation Army. The rest of the money would have gone toward prizes for successful hunters.
The Tamaqua branch of the Salvation Army serves parts of Schuylkill and Carbon counties, where hunting is popular. Many public schools in the counties close for the first day of buck season.
Information from: The Morning Call
Coyote hunt fund-raiser canceled after howls of protest.
The Associated Press
11/25/2003, 6:59 a.m. ET
TAMAQUA, Pa. (AP) — A planned coyote hunt to benefit a local Salvation Army branch was called off after howls of protests from animal-rights groups.
The "Shotguns and Pickup Trucks Coyote Hunt" scheduled in January was canceled Monday, the day after a newspaper story about the event.
"I've had nothing but phone calls today," Salvation Army Capt. Sharon Cupp said. "The coyote hunt is canceled."
Lehigh Valley Animal Rights Coalition president Virginia Wolfe said she was stunned to learn of the event. Activists had planned to drop dollar bill-size protest notes in Salvation Army collection kettles before the event was canceled.
"Blood sports just make people boil," Wolfe said. "It certainly diminishes all of us as human beings."
The hunt was not sponsored by the Salvation Army but by members of the Tamaqua chapter's advisory board, Cupp said. The same group previously organized a sale of sporting goods to raise money for the chapter.
In Pennsylvania, anyone with a hunting license can hunt coyotes at any time of the year.
Almost half of the $20 registration fee for the planned hunt would have gone to the Salvation Army. The rest of the money would have gone toward prizes for successful hunters.
The Tamaqua branch of the Salvation Army serves parts of Schuylkill and Carbon counties, where hunting is popular. Many public schools in the counties close for the first day of buck season.
Information from: The Morning Call
