IDA In Defense of Animals
April 2018
The planned massacre of crows was stopped! No crow shoot took place in Williamsport, Vermont this past weekend.
We're thrilled to let you know that thanks to thousands of compassionate
In Defense of Animals supporters like you, the Boonie Club's cruel crow hunt
was stopped! According to the reports of dedicated activists on the ground,
no crow shoot took place in Williamsport, Vermont this past weekend. Crows
were observed flying around peacefully after a night of snowfall and a dawn
of cold weather and wind, and the small town was free of any organized
activity.
Over the course of the day, minimal target shooting at the Boonie Club
occurred, and only a couple of other gunshots were heard all day, with no
crow killing observed.
We were concerned the crow hunters had gone underground, given the ambiguous
wording of the cancellation notice and the lack of responses to our most
recent correspondence with the crow shoot organizer, Mark McCarthy of
Lenny's Shoe and Apparel.
While we can't be 100% certain that Mark didn't privately shoot crows or
other animals with a few like-minded killers over the past weekend, we can
be confident that the public shoot was cancelled and
overall this was a huge victory for our feathered friends. Many killing
contests with prizes for the most animals killed of a particular species
result in massive carnage. Thanks to your support, a wild animal massacre
was prevented with the hunt cancellation.
Many things happened as a result of pressure from activists inspired by
our posts and others on social media. It was this post that brought the hunt
to our attention. We created an alert which almost 10,000 of you signed, and
many of you made personal phone calls as well which made a huge difference.
We posted continuously on social media with this image of men posing with
the bodies of 80 dead crows being the most shared by In Defense of Animals
supporters, and Mark's least favorite when we called to speak with him!
All the negative press coverage combined with the pulling out of the Moose
Club, which was the location of the weigh-in station, plus the constant
phone calls and barrage of emails did the trick.
We can't thank you enough for taking action for animals and supporting our
work! We also want to thank all the groups that got involved to strategize
including Protect Our Wildlife Vermont as well as brave activists who staked
out the town on the day of the hunt including Tiki Pirie and many other
activists.
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