Senate opposes military hunting plan

[Judi Lynn]

Senate opposes military hunting plan

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
29 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Senate is opposing a House Republican's plan to allow military veterans to hunt nonnative game on a Southern California public island.

Senators passed a resolution against the plan by voice vote late Thursday before leaving for their August recess.

Private trophy hunts now run on 53,000-acre Santa Rosa Island, part of Channel Islands National Park, are supposed to end in 2011. A federal court settlement over the government's purchase of the island 40 miles off Santa Barbara requires the herds of deer and elk to be removed by that year.

Legislation by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., would overturn the settlement and keep the game on the island indefinitely. The National Park Service opposes the plan, saying the hunts restrict public access and interfere with native species.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_el_se/island_hunts

[rodeodance]

1. whow, I thought Duncan Hunter would get this way on this one!

[panader0]

2. Turn Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, Chimpey loose, then hunt

[thefool_wa]

6. At the least, with Chenney out there

They may shoot each other.

[Howardx]

3. if it were limited to vets

not very many of the gop would get to hunt there

[mom cat]

4. LOL!.. You are so right.

[ShockediSay]

5. they say WHA-A-A-A-??? nt