We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States...We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state.
- Humane Society of the United States Executive Director Wayne Pacelle

November 15, 2007
The Hannah Report

It was a "nervous" Senate Agriculture Committee chairman who took continuing testimony Wednesday on a bill that began nine months ago as dog fighting legislation but has since grown to include the related problem of cock fighting, a form of animal abuse that would seem on its face a logical extension of sponsoring Rep. John White's (R-Kettering) original concerns.

Chairman Larry Mumper (R-Marion) announced during the hearing that he had taken a call from the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), an original proponent of HB71 in the House, disavowing any link to domestic terrorism, a surprising proposition considering the group's benign name. That allegation took on greater clarity Wednesday when bill opponents from the Ohio Gamefowl Breeders Association presented Mumper with a photo of HSUS activist J.P. Goodwin with a tshirt bearing the words Animal Liberation Front (ALF), which has been declared a terrorist threat by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. Goodwin is generally reported to be a former member of ALF.

David Jacobsen tightened the laces on his boots and with a Remington Model 870 shotgun across his lap, was ready for a hunt.

In the parking lot of the Clarence E. Miller Ohio National Guard Armory, he traded his wheelchair in for a pick-up truck and an all-terrain vehicle Friday.

His camouflage pants, shirt and bright orange hat blended in with the dozens of others who were about to enter more than 2,000 acres of land owned by American Electric Power (AEP) in Morgan County.

"This is just like Christmas," the Cincinnati native said. "I wouldn't miss being here for anything."
Nearly 50 disabled hunters were paired with guides during the 6th annual Wheelin' Sportsmen Event, an event that matches "able-bodied" volunteers with disabled hunters, enabling them to deer hunt on AEP property for two days.

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