Bill Guarantees Voice For Animal Rights Interests Sportsmen in Massachusetts are being urged to protest a bill that would automatically grant spots on its supervisory fish and wildlife board to “animal welfare organizations.” Senate Bill 496 addresses the composition of the seven-member board, mandating that two members be appointed by animal welfare organizations and two by environmental organizations. Only one would be appointed by a sporting club. The other three spots would be taken by someone with a farming affiliation and two wildlife biologists chosen by universities. Similarly, House Bill 1367 calls for the inclusion of one “representative of anti-trapping interests” to serve on a special commission to study and recommend measures “to balance the needs of property owners with those of coyotes.”