Dear Dove Protection Advocates:
Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any delays in response to your
messages and important emails. The Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban is
on the fast track and doing weeks and months of work in just days and hours. The
petition language was finally approved late last week and petitions were printed
this week. If we have your mailing address, you can expect important information
in your mailbox soon.
The citizen response to the formation of the committee is overwhelmingly
positive throughout the state --
we are
hearing from animal advocates, avid hunters, biologists, bird hobbyists,
environmentalists, falconers, farmers, kids, lobbyists, ornithologists,
professors,
wildlife rehabilitators, and most of all the average citizen --
there is no doubt that the majority of
Michigan citizens are ready to do what it takes to keep Michigan's doves from
becoming recreational targets.
Each and every individual is vitally important to the success of continuing the
protection of the mourning dove as a songbird in Michigan. Thank YOU! Please
join us in our efforts to ban the target practice of this beloved backyard
songbird. Together we can restore the protection of Michigan's Official Bird of
Peace! WE NEED YOUR HELP in collecting 225,000 signatures in six short months to
qualify this referendum for the November 2006 Ballot.
PLEASE ATTEND THE TRAINING
NEAR YOU!
Come hear inspiring stories...and have fun
while learning important tips and techniques for collecting 25 to 50 signatures
an hour!
Special Guests
Wayne Pacelle, CEO, Humane Society of the
Mike Markarian, President, Fund for Animals
Ann Arbor area
Tuesday, Sept 7th 7 - 9 pm
Ann Arbor Public Library, Lower Level Room
343 South 5th Ave.
Ann Arbor (easy parking behind Seva's Restaurant)
Detroit area
Wed, Sept 8th 7 - 9pm
Southfield Pavilion, Marchotte Room
26000 Evergreen Rd.
Southfield
Lansing area
Thurs, Sept 9th 6:30 -8:30 pm
Capital Area District Library, Auditorium
401 S Capitol Ave.
Lansing
Kalamazoo area
Tues, Sept 14th 7 - 9 pm
Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, County Center Building
2900 Lake St. (less than 1 mile I-94)
Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids area
Wed, Sept 15th 7 - 9 pm
Devos Family Center for Scouting, Steelcase Multi-purpose Room
3213 Walker Ave. NW
Grand Rapids
Traverse City area
Thurs, Sept 16th 7- 9 pm
Traverse City Public Library
610 Woodmere, Room B
Traverse City
Bay City/MIDLAND area
Friday, Sept 17th 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
1710 W. St. Andrews
Midland
For more information, please call (517) 321-DOVE or visit www.StopShootingDoves.org.
The Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban