Hearing to focus on hunting bullets
Lead fragments' health effects at issue
By Chris Niskanen cniskanen@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 01/08/2009 12:28:32 AM CST
The chairman of the Minnesota Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee plans to hold a hearing on the human and wildlife health risks posed by lead bullet fragments in venison.
Sen. Satveer Chaudhary, DFL-Fridley, said he wants lawmakers to review recent research on lead fragments found in Minnesota's food-shelf venison before acting on any legislation restricting lead hunting bullets.
"If there is a reasonable issue, we will address it, but it will be based on the facts," he said. "I want to go over all studies that are out there."
This fall, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, after finding tiny lead fragments in food-shelf venison, required that any deer meat donated to food pantries undergo X-ray testing and more stringent processing guidelines.
State Rep. Sandy Masin, DFL-Eagan, has said she plans to introduce legislation to ban or severely curtail the use of lead bullets for hunting to address the venison contamination and eagle poisoning problem. Read More
HSUS is always looking to create a crisis to further their agenda, and it seems they have done it again. Always looking for ways to stop hunting, they have taken on the issue of lead bullets. Throw out the words lead poisoning and people get excited. The real shame is that hunters have donated thousands of pounds to those who need food and now that program is in jeopardy. Other than that, only the hunters themselves will be eating this venison and I highly doubt any of them are very concerned. But nonetheless, government is deciding they need to get involved and and hearing on the subject will be in held in Minnesota.
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HSUS and Hunting
Humane Society of U.S. asks ban on lead bullets
By BRETT FRENCH Of The Gazette Staff
The Humane Society of the United States has called for a nationwide ban on lead ammunition in the wake of a federal study released last week that showed North Dakotans who ate venison killed with lead bullets appeared to have higher lead levels in their bloodstream.
"If there was any doubt about the urgent need to rid our country of lead ammunition, here is proof positive," Andrew Page, senior director of the Wildlife Abuse Campaign for The Humane Society, said in a press release. "Extremist hunters have long contaminated watersheds and habitat, dooming animals to slow and painful deaths. Now that hunters know their actions are directly putting themselves and other people at risk, there are no more excuses to use the ammo that just keeps on killing.
"Not surprisingly, the firearms industry interpreted the findings differently, seeing the study results as confirmation that lead ammunition is not a concern. Furthermore, groups such as the National Shooting Sports Foundation see the publicity over the issue as another step by anti-hunting groups to dismantle "the culture of hunting one step at a time."
"Traditional ammunition poses no health risk," said Ted Novin of the NSSF. "We think the CDC results speak for themselves. Hunters on average had a lower lead level content than most Americans." Link
HSUS has as much dislike of hunting as it does for raising livestock. While they have been a little quieter about the subject of hunting, there is no doubt they would love to see hunting come to an end. Sometimes sportsmen’s groups and farming and ranching interests have been at odds, but if there was ever a time to come together and work towards some common goals, it is now.
By BRETT FRENCH Of The Gazette Staff
The Humane Society of the United States has called for a nationwide ban on lead ammunition in the wake of a federal study released last week that showed North Dakotans who ate venison killed with lead bullets appeared to have higher lead levels in their bloodstream.
"If there was any doubt about the urgent need to rid our country of lead ammunition, here is proof positive," Andrew Page, senior director of the Wildlife Abuse Campaign for The Humane Society, said in a press release. "Extremist hunters have long contaminated watersheds and habitat, dooming animals to slow and painful deaths. Now that hunters know their actions are directly putting themselves and other people at risk, there are no more excuses to use the ammo that just keeps on killing.
"Not surprisingly, the firearms industry interpreted the findings differently, seeing the study results as confirmation that lead ammunition is not a concern. Furthermore, groups such as the National Shooting Sports Foundation see the publicity over the issue as another step by anti-hunting groups to dismantle "the culture of hunting one step at a time."
"Traditional ammunition poses no health risk," said Ted Novin of the NSSF. "We think the CDC results speak for themselves. Hunters on average had a lower lead level content than most Americans." Link
HSUS has as much dislike of hunting as it does for raising livestock. While they have been a little quieter about the subject of hunting, there is no doubt they would love to see hunting come to an end. Sometimes sportsmen’s groups and farming and ranching interests have been at odds, but if there was ever a time to come together and work towards some common goals, it is now.
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