State Senator Pat Browne (R) introduced a bill with language in it to end the barbaric and cruel "sport" of live pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania. SB 715 is in the Senate Judiciary Committee awaiting action and also co-sponsored by 19 other legislators. According to Browne in a memo to … [Read more...]
Will this be the death of live pigeon shoots? Sen. Roy Afflerbach (ret.) and I will be discussing HB 1750 on tonight’s show
Live pigeon shoots have been held for more than 100 hundred years in Pennsylvania. These shoots are not considered cruel by District Attornies in Berks and Bucks Counties. PA is the only state in the nation to openly hold live pigeon shoots. This may change with HB 1750 which will ban … [Read more...]
Winge Pointe, the NRA and SHARK- connecting the dots
SHARK, Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, is calling on NRA celebrity spokesmen, Chuck Norris, Tom Selleck, and Ted Nugent to speak against live pigeon shoots that are still actively and openly held in the state of Pennsylvania. Despite PA Humane Society Police Officers calling these … [Read more...]
SB 510- Will this bill pass or be shot down like a pigeon after it has been catapulted into the air by a mechanical device?
Could pigeon shoots be a thing of the past in the state of PA? Last week, Senator Patrick Browne (R-Allentown, pictured) introduced SB 510 (formerly SB 626) that will end the use of live animals (pigeons and fowl) used as targets at trap and block shoots. The bill also states traditional hunting … [Read more...]