FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 1997
CONTACT:
Marion Stark, 518-439-2631
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Great news! At the end of the New York State legislative session, the underwater snare bills were left in the Assembly and Senate Rules Committees without being voted upon. Thanks to every organization and individual who worked to keep the underwater snare illegal.
Actress and author, Mary Tyler Moore, added her strong voice to environmental and wildlife advocacy groups and the general public's outcry against the legalization of the underwater snare trap on New York State beavers during open season and the lengthening of the trap check times to three full days. The snare trap injures and kills animals by strangulation.
In her letter to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Mary Tyler Moore requested that he defeat the snare bill and added, "I appeal to you (Speaker Silver) to choke and strangle this proposal instead of our friend the beaver and animals such as the bald eagle, dogs, calves and otters which have been caught in these traps too."
Concerned individuals can write and thank the following people for not allowing the legalization of the cruel and controversial underwater snare trap and the lengthening of trap check intervals to three long torturous days. Thank them also for aiding with the allocation of monies from the Environmental Bond Act for non-lethal methods of preventing water level problems.
Majority Leader Joseph Bruno
New York Senate
Legislative Office Building
Albany, N.Y. 12247Governor George Pataki
Executive Chamber
State Capitol
Albany, N.Y. 12224Speaker Sheldon Silver
New York Assembly
Legislative Office Building
Albany, N.Y. 12248
