New York Bill To Ban Trapping At Local Level Advances To Assembly Floor
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New York Bill To Ban Trapping At Local Level Advances To Assembly Floor





A bill that will strip the state of its authority to regulate trapping is advancing through the legislature. Sportsmen’s calls are needed to stop the bill in the Assembly.

On April 25, the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee voted in favor of AB 1835 by a vote of 17 to 11. The bill had been stalled by sportsmen’s grassroots action earlier in the month. Unfortunately, in a last minute decision, Committee Chairman Thomas DiNapoli, D-Nassau, scheduled a vote on the bill. New York sportsmen now must stop the bill on the Assembly floor.

Assembly member Alexander Grannis, D-New York, introduced AB 1835. It permits county governments to regulate trapping. The bill places politics over public health concerns and the sound scientific management of the state’s wildlife resources.

County governments do not have the resources or the expertise to manage wildlife. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has biologists and professionally trained staff to deal with the state’s wildlife issues, including disease prevention, in a comprehensive, statewide approach. Allowing counties to manage wildlife will create a patchwork of regulations that will be detrimental to public health, sportsmen and wildlife.

Take Action! New York sportsmen should contact their assembly members today! Let them know AB 1835 will be detrimental to public health and to wildlife. If you do not know your Assembly member’s name or contact information, call (518) 455-4218 or use the Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org.
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