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Op-Ed: NH’s fur-bearing animals are being mismanaged
by Weldon BosworthPublished in the New Hampshire Union LeaderApril 8, 2021 THE New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and the Fish and Game Commission are stewards of our public trust wildlife and are responsible by law for managing them such that all species have healthy, stable populations. For the most part, Fish and Game has […]
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Letter to the Editor: Coyotes Need Protection
Published in News – Fosters.com – Dover, NHJan 31, 2019 New Hampshire House Bill 442 prohibits coyote hunting from April through August to coincide with coyote pup rearing. This bill is needed because we learn over time through experience and research, and many of us have learned we’ve misrepresented coyotes as “vermin” and our current […]
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Letter to the Editor: Where have all the fishers gone?
Published in the Concord MonitorDec 1, 2018 The season for trapping fishers begins today and continues until Dec. 31.. Hunters can shoot fishers from today through the end of January. Fishers have never had it easy in New Hampshire. The value of their fur has driven them to such scarcity in New Hampshire that on […]
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Letter to the Editor: Compassion is the fashion
Published in the Concord MonitorNov 25, 2018 Each year in New Hampshire thousands of animals are killed for their fur. Cruel practices used include leg-hold traps, bludgeoning and drowning to death by fur trappers and electrocution in fur farming. New Hampshire has one fur farm in Lyndeborough and over 500 fur trappers. Whether used as […]
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Letter the the Editor: Shorten coyote season
Published in the Concord MonitorNov 18, 2018 The Eastern coyote, essentially a shy dog that is 9 percent wolf and looks like a medium-sized German shepherd, is an integral part of the ecosystem and beneficial to humans. These clever, intelligent omnivores help control small mammal populations and, as scavengers, help keep our communities clean of […]
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Letter to the Editor: Put an end to wasteful, cruel “canned” pheasant hunt
Published in the Conway Daily SunOct 2, 2018 From Oct. 1-Dec. 31, hunters and their dogs will go to 64 different locations around New Hampshire that have been stocked with a total of 11,535 adult, farm-raised, non-native red-necked pheasants and “hunt” them. This is essentially a “canned hunt” as these farm-raised birds have no survival […]
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Letter to the Editor: Protect your lands from bait-and-sit hunting this fall
Published in the Conway Daily SunAug 9, 2018 N.H. Fish and Game has been in the news a lot lately. Because of that, some in the media are supporting hunting and opposing those of us who work for the protection of wild animals. Many N.H. residents are not opposed to fair chase hunting to put […]