For the third year in a row, Maine is ranked the top state in the country by the Animal Legal Defense Fund for having the strongest animal protection laws. To continue to build on this accomplishment and progress for domestic and wild animals in our state, Mainers must voice their support for three upcoming initiatives.
• An Act Protecting Abandoned or Unclaimed Animals in Vacant Properties: Tenants designate an authorized person to retrieve an animal in the event of a tenant’s death, incapacitation or abandonment.
• An Act to Ban the Hunting of Animals in an Enclosed Area: Maine’s hunting tradition is important. This is not an anti-hunting bill; it only seeks to eliminate canned hunting.
• An Act to Restrict the Daytime and Nighttime Killing of Coyotes: Coyotes are needlessly hunted year-round, day and night; this bill calls for a revision to Maine’s management of this ecologically important species.
Animals cannot speak for themselves. It is up to Maine’s citizens to tell elected officials and wildlife managers to support initiatives such as these. Got to legislature.maine.gov to find a list of state legislators.
Tammy Cloutier
Kennebunk
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