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Your attendance is Needed to Support Commissioner Richards

Tomorrow, the California Fish and Game Commission will be meeting in Riverside. Come voice your support for Commissioner Dan Richards. Let the Fish and Game Commission know that Commissioner Richards did nothing wrong and removing him would be unjust. This meeting will take place at 8:30 am in the San Diego Room at the Mission Inn Hotel and Spa, located at 3649 Mission Inn Avenue in Riverside.

Also, the state Senate and Assembly could act on this issue any day this week. It is important that you call AND e-mail your state Senator and Assembly Member TODAY and strongly urge them to OPPOSE any effort to remove Commissioner Dan Richards. If animal “rights” activists are allowed to succeed, it will have long-term negative consequences for all of California’s hunters and wildlife.Contact information for your state Senator and Assembly Member can be found below.

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Anti-hunting groups, led by the Humane Society of the United States, have instigated a campaign to remove Fish and Game Commission President, Dan Richards from his seat on the Commission.  Why?  Because he went on a LEGAL mountain lion hunt at the Flying B Ranch in Idaho and successfully harvested a lion!  The controversy broke out when a photograph of Richards holding the dead cat was recently published in Western Outdoor News.  Anti-hunting groups are questioning Richards’ judgment in hunting a lion out-of-state even though it is completely legal to do so in Idaho!

The battle has intensified, and now a letter has been sent from the State Assembly, signed by 40 Democrat members, demanding that Richards resign.  The legislature does have the ability to remove a sitting commissioner through the Resolution process with a simple majority vote by both the Assembly and Senate.  A Joint Resolution could be proposed at any time.

Commissioner Richards is a dedicated advocate for hunters and anglers in California and he needs your help NOW!  This attack against Commissioner Richards is a punitive strike against all sportsmen in California!  Please join CRPA in supporting Commissioner Richards by ACTING NOW!  Continue reading →