Subject: [Tweeters] Wildlife Rehabilitation Bill SB 5188
Date: Mar 9 12:17:41 2007
From: Stewart Wechsler - ecostewart at quidnunc.net


Would the bill distinguish between funding care for common injured species
like non-native Starlings and more common native species like American
Robins and funding for care of less common to rare species such as injured
Spotted Owls? Might legislators feel they have already funded wildlife
issuse by funding this and therefore potentially authorize less money for
habitat protection or endangered species protection? If this bill allows
funding to protect invasive alien wildlife species would they also fund
programs to control invasive alien species.

Stewart Wechsler
Ecological Consulting
West Seattle
206 932-7225
ecostewart at quidnunc.net

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-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Weinstein [mailto:diane_weinstein at msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:15 PM
To: Tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] Wildlife Rehabilitation Bill SB 5188


Dear Tweeters:

There is an important bill in the Washington State legislature to
establish a wildlife rehabilitation program. Most wildlife rehabilitation
facilities are totally dependent on donations and operate on a shoestring
budget. This bill would provide a source of funding so that they can
continue to care for orphaned and injured wildlife. Most of the animals
coming in to these facilities have been orphaned or injured because of human
activities. This is our opportunity to help give something back to the birds
and wildlife that we all love.

The following is from the PAWS Actionline newsletter:

"WA SB 5188 Establishing a wildlife rehabilitation program
This legislation establishes a wildlife rehabilitation program to
financially support the critical role that licensed rehabilitators perform
in caring for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife in our state. Wildlife
rehabilitators work with thousands of wild species in need-mostly suffering
from human related injuries-and desperately need more funding to carry out
the life-saving work they do. This bill is an exciting step toward
supporting the field of wildlife rehabilitation and wildlife responders in
Washington State. Urge your senator to move this one out of committee and
onto the Senate floor for a full vote."




To learn more about the bill see SB 5188 information on the Washington
State Legislature's website.

To find your legislator including email addresses see:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx

Toll-free legislative hotline 1.800.562.6000

Please take the time to help our fine feathered friends and other critters
too. Contact your legislators today and ask that they support SB 5188.

Diane Weinstein
Issaquah

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