IBO takes lead in defense of sportsmen's rights (1/8/2003)

The International Bowhunting Organization (IBO), a longtime supporter of conservation issues and sportsmen’s rights, has contributed $10,000 to the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance as it works to defeat the anti-hunting movement.

The IBO’s generous contribution will help fund efforts by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance to facilitate the introduction of two important model bills in state legislatures. One bill contains proposed language to limit birth control projects for wildlife, while the other was created to protect those who are targeted by animal rights terrorists.

The first bill is designed to limit the unrestricted use of birth control on wildlife. The use of birth control drugs on deer is promoted and funded by animal rights groups that seek to eliminate hunting as a means of controlling wildlife populations. Legislators in Ohio and West Virginia are poised to introduce it in 2003.

The second bill, The Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act, will protect individuals and companies engaging in legitimate medical, biomedical, agricultural and research activities and aid in the arrest and punishment of those supporting and carrying out animal rights or eco-terror acts.

“Both of these bills would be of great benefit to bowhunters, and all sportsmen,” said Ken Watkins, IBO president. “Anti-hunting groups continue to mislead the public and the media with unsubstantiated claims about deer birth control. It’s time states put the brakes on this unregulated, so-called science.”

Since 1990, the IBO has contributed in excess of $180,000 to the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance to defend bowhunting, further pro-hunting legislation and preserve hunter’s rights.

This year’s contribution was made possible by the IBO Bowhunter Defense Fund, which is generated through the efforts of IBO affiliate clubs, special donations, and the shooting participation of members at IBO Bowhunter Defense ranges during IBO Triple Crown and World Championship 3-D tournaments.

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