Copyright 1999 Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles
Times
June 22, 1999, Tuesday, Home Edition
SECTION: Metro; Part B; Page 6; Letters Desk
LENGTH: 150 words
HEADLINE:
PREDATOR CONTROL
BODY:
On June 8,
by a vote of 193 to 230, the House turned down Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)
and Rep. Charles F. Bass' (R-N.H.) amendment to the agriculture appropriations
bill, which would have cut $ 7 million in funding for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Wildlife Services predator control program.
The amendment, endorsed by the Humane Society, the Fund for Animals,
Friends of the Earth, the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club,
Taxpayers for Common Sense and dozens of other organizations, enjoyed widespread
public support, demonstrated in a national poll showing that 78% of Americans
oppose funding for lethal predator control. Rather than follow
the will of the people to save tax dollars and protect wildlife, the House let
American citizens down by allowing the livestock industry and other narrow
special interests to sway its vote.
LAURELEE BLANCHARD
Laguna
Beach
LOAD-DATE: June 22, 1999
