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I support the Humane Society of the United States' positions pertaining to your particular bill(s). I do believe HSUS adheres to and promotes the highest standards of integrity in the issues of animal issues, the environment, human concerns, et. al. I hope you can vote with that perspective in mind.

Please stop animal cruelty!

pass all of the laws above

Protect our wildlife and water resources. Restrict hunting on sundays. No snares or trapping. No animals gor research.

The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

Good Afternoon, I am submitting my support of the above items. I strongly feel that we need to put more time and planning on what we are doing to our animals, that are due the same respect as we all inhabits of our planet, and out planet. We only have one earth and we have not been responsible on how we treated her.

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Please email the above mentioned bills to me.

508 keep our history alive both the good and bad. We, our children need to be taught the truth about US history 479 removal of large and small damns improves the quality of waterways 323 local and sustainable farms are the key to the future of successful farming. Thomas Jefferson believed this 255 dogs and cats should never be used for inhumane research 206 small renewal energy projects should have been implemented decades ago. We are so behind many countries in preserving our natural resources and increasing and implementing renewable energy sources 140 African American gravesites when discovered should be restored and protected as should all of them 1330 Companion animals should be allowed in more place’s especially on public transportation like Amtrak 1301 clean energy= clean air, water, soil, food and this is a human right 1273 I would like to see hunting bears, deer, raccoons, rabbits, coyote, bobcat foxes completely eliminated. They only terrorize wildlife, there is no “sport” in that. 1247 STOP killing contests of any wildlife!!! This is barbaric 1228 Water quality needs to be of the highest standard. It’s a God-given right 1224 if storm water is managed properly we could avoid massive pollution to our rivers and streams , Bays and Oceans

I support the Humane Society of the United States' positions pertaining to your particular bill(s). I do believe HSUS adheres to and promotes the highest standards of integrity in the issues of animal issues, the environment, human concerns, et. al. I hope you can vote with that perspective in mind.

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Please stop animal cruelty!

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Protect our wildlife and water resources. Restrict hunting on sundays. No snares or trapping. No animals gor research.

The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

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Comments Document

Dear Chairman Bloxom and Members of the House Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources - Agriculture Subcommittee: The undersigned organizations are grateful for the opportunity to submit written testimony in support of House Bill 899. The bill would establish a registration program, administered by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), for presently-unregulated aboveground hazardous chemical storage tanks. This proposal is modeled after the registration component in Virginia’s comprehensive regulations for aboveground oil and gas tanks, which have been on the books for decades. This bill would enact the 2016 recommendations of the VDEQ, VDEM, and VDH, presented in a joint study of these tanks mandated by the Virginia General Assembly in 2015. According to the findings of the agencies and recent research by the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR), these hazardous aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) are not regulated by federal or Virginia law. This leaves state-level regulators unable to identify the quantity, size, location, hazardous chemical contents, condition, and spill prevention measures, if any, for tanks throughout the Commonwealth. Limited data suggests that the number of unregulated chemical storage tanks in the Commonwealth may fall between 2,720 and 5,405. This data gap threatens the health and safety of Virginians and their drinking water resources. According to DEQ’s Pollution Response Program database, 4,800 tank-related instances of spills, releases, improper storage, and illegal dumping were recorded between 2000 and 2020. Of these, more than 1,400 explicitly involved aboveground chemical storage tanks. That amounts to at least 230 tank-related incidents per year. HB 899 will help minimize these hazards by: ● Requiring the State Water Control Board to create a registration program for aboveground storage tanks that contain certain federally-designated hazardous substances; and impose a graduated fee schedule intended to self-fund the registration program; ● Authorizing the Board to undertake corrective action in the event of a discharge of a hazardous substance; and ● Requiring tank owners to notify certain parties in the event of a release of a regulated substance. House Bill 899 is a necessary step in strengthening environmental, health, and disaster prevention and management programs in the Commonwealth. By closing gaps in information and reporting, this bill ensures that all Virginians are better protected against the risks of spills, leaks, explosions and other incidents involving unregulated aboveground chemical storage tanks. It is well past time the Commonwealth establishes common sense regulations that protect Virginia’s communities and resources. In an effort to safeguard communities, we urge the Subcommittee to adopt a FAVORABLE report on House Bill 899. Center for Biological Diversity Center for Progressive Reform Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund Environment Virginia Friends of Buckingham Friends of Dyke Marsh Friends of the Rivers of Virginia James River Association Lynnhaven River NOW Potomac Riverkeeper Network Richmond Audubon Rockbridge Area Conservation Council Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Southern Environmental Law Center Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Virginia Conservation Network Virginia Health Catalyst Virginia Organizing Waterkeepers Chesapeake

I support the Humane Society of the United States' positions pertaining to your particular bill(s). I do believe HSUS adheres to and promotes the highest standards of integrity in the issues of animal issues, the environment, human concerns, et. al. I hope you can vote with that perspective in mind.

Please stop animal cruelty!

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The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

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Comments Document

Throughout Virginia, the public is not protected from spills and other disasters involving storage of hazardous chemicals — including toxic and flammable substances — in aboveground tanks. For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and most states have refused to act to protect the health and safety of workers and communities, as well as water and natural resources, from the threat of hazardous chemical tank fires, spills, and explosions. The universe of these tanks — their quantity, location, contents, and conditions — and pollution involving these unregulated facilities are largely unknown to regulators and the public because most regulators do not even require registration. In the absence of federal action, 10 states, including West Virginia and Florida, have established comprehensive programs that impose registration, inspection, and design and siting requirements to prevent releases from aboveground chemical storage facilities. Some of these state programs were enacted by lawmakers in response to catastrophic incidents, like a fatal explosion in Delaware or the Elk River leak in 2014 in West Virginia that contaminated drinking water for hundreds of thousands of residents. Several years ago, Virginia studied the issue of unregulated chemical storage and found that aboveground storage tanks pose a threat to the safety of Virginians and their drinking water. At that time, the Virginia agencies recommended action, but policymakers chose instead to wait on an EPA rule that never came. To date, neither the federal government nor Virginia state agencies have attempted to estimate the full extent of and incidents related to aboveground chemical storage tanks nationwide or in the Commonwealth. Our analysis found that the number of unregulated aboveground chemical storage tanks in the Commonwealth may fall between 2,720 and 5,405. Furthermore, our analysis of data from Virginia DEQ’s Pollution Response Program found that between 2000 and 2020, there were nearly 230 tank-related incidents in the Commonwealth each year. The number of reported incidents also appears to have increased over time, and the seven most impacted cities and counties are home to roughly a third of Virginians. While these estimates paint a troubling picture, they are likely significant underestimates of the true extent of aboveground chemical storage tanks and associated spills in Virginia. Virginia policymakers have long recognized the threat that unregulated chemical storage poses in the Commonwealth. Like Delaware and West Virginia, Virginia should enact a comprehensive program that tracks tanks, prevents spills, and makes information available to emergency planners and the public. To maximize protection from chemical disasters, policymakers should rely on lessons learned in other states and adopt measures to reduce reliance on the most toxic chemicals and put practices in place that effectively protect workers, communities, and natural resources. The first step in addressing the threats that these tanks pose is to Virginians is to enact the registration program called for by the Virginia Departments of Environmental Quality, Emergency Management, and Health. HB 899 would accomplish that task.

Support HB 949 Coal Tar Sealants contain over 1,000 times more PAHs than similar asphalt-based products. The Chesapeake Bay Program has prioritized PAHs as the second most important toxic contaminant. PAHs are more likely to be present in stormwater flowing from parking lots where coal-tar sealcoats have been used. PAHs are known to cause cancer, birth defects, and mutations to aquatic life. Research has shown that PAHs accumulate in the tissues of bivalves such as oysters and native freshwater mussels. Several PAHs are also cancer-causing in humans according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Coal Tar Sealants spread mutagenic and carcinogenic chemicals onto playgrounds, businesses, and homes. Home Depot and Lowes stopped selling coal tar products because of their liability. VDOT, has not used coal tar products for many years. Please support HB949 R

Comments Document

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is a national trade association representing chemicals and plastics manufacturers in the United States, including member companies in the state of Virginia. Our members are committed to the safety of their products and to the protection of the public health. ACC opposes HB 949, a bill that would prohibit the sale or use of pavement products with certain levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Comments Document

Dear Delegates: Thank you for taking up this life-saving legislation to restrict the use of coal tar pavement sealers in the State of Virginia. My name is Tom Ennis and I helped Austin, TX pass, defend and implement the nation’s first coal tar sealer ban. I have supported many others across the US since then and I support this bill as well. This is a bill that is ripe for passage. The SCIENCE is clear. Over 26 research institutions have found that coal tar sealers are a danger to humans and the environment.1 That’s why the AMA supports the elimination of this product.2 It is also why Morgan State University found that Chesapeake Bay oysters are affected by the chemicals from this product and said, This study’s results provide evidence that PAHs entering an aquatic ecosystem from runoff from road surfaces have the potential to inhibit oyster reproduction by negatively impacting three critical processes in the early life cycle of the Eastern oyster.3 The PUBLIC needs this. The role of good government is to protect people from unscrupulous practices and this one spreads industrial-level, potent mutagenic and carcinogenic chemicals onto unsuspecting playgrounds, businesses and homes. The SUPPLY is ready. Non-toxic sealers are numerous and similar in quality and price.4 In 2007 Home Depot and Lowes stopped selling coal tar products because of their liability.5 I hope that Virginia will heed the advice of a local official: “If coal tar sealers are not good enough for the shelves of Home Depot and Lowes, then it isn’t good enough for the paved surfaces of our community.” Attached are responses to typical claims made by industry in opposition to this legislation. If I can answer any of your questions, please don’t hesitate to reach me at coaltarfreeamerica@gmail.com. Sincerely, Thomas E. Ennis, PE, LEED AP

Pertaining to HB949 | Tran | Pavement sealants; sealants containing coal tar prohibited, coal tar is among a group of compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAHs for short. There are many compounds within this group that span the range of low molecular weight compounds like gasoline to high molecular weight compounds like coal tar and they can exhibit varying toxicity to humans and other organisms. Research has shown that PAHs accumulate in the tissues of bivalves such as oysters and native freshwater mussels. They tend to be metabolized (eliminated) very slowly in these aquatic bivalve species, and thus their presence may result in altered DNA (genotoxicity) and immune system problems (immunotoxicity), among others, suggesting that PAHs are a threat to aquatic life.

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Comments Document

Please recommend this legislation. The harms of sealants containing more than 0.1% PAH directly relevant to this subcommittee were manifest even in the attached testimony provided December 2018 by DEQ for my representative, Delegate Wilt. Delegate Wilt replied with questions regarding whether the average Virginia waterway was above or below the probable effect concentration (PEC) in sediment for PAHs of 22.8ppm. In my opinion as an economist with expertise in statistics, a statistic that would have been more informative for Delegate Wilt would have be one derived from the subset of waterways for which PAH contamination from sealants is possible, measured at the parts of the waterway where direct effects could be expected. Consider how a road safety, rather than a stream safety, question might be approached. Deaths from merging into semis might not be a problem on the average road in Virginia, whose roads range from undeveloped alleys to interstate highways. However, widening lanes on even one interstate, like I81, might be a compelling policy if it was believed to reduce such accidents. As of this testimony, a rough count of the sources at https://coaltarfreeusa.com/bans-2/ shows 114 government bodies including 4 states have considered available data and imposed bans, with more having applied restrictions across 17 states since the first ban in 2006 following a fish kill in Austin Texas that shed new light on the harms of this product. Within eight years of the first ban, data had accumulated not just on harms but on the benefit of restrictions. https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/austin-coal-tar-sealant-ban-leads-decline-pahs#:~:text=PAHs%20are%20an%20environmental%20health,use%20of%20coal%2Dtar%20sealants. Virginia's localities need your help. In Harrisonburg, Thanh Dang, who answered my call to the city phone number for reporting toxic discharge into waterways, refused to accept my report of coal tar sealant being sprayed directly into a storm sewer within two blocks uphill from Black's Run on a rainy day because she said the city could do nothing. Ted Byrd (R) and Kai Degner (D) are recorded in 6/9/2015 City Council minutes, unable to take action: "Council Member Byrd also noted that to his understanding, the coal tar issue noted earlier is a state issue. City Attorney Brown stated he feels that it is, but would double check. Council Member Degner asked about Section 7-6-7in regards to the coal tar question and if the health department has taken a side." Businesses have watched these bans grow despite changing regulatory regimes. Alternative products which have been favored west of the Mississippi have become even more competitive since 2018. For parking lot and driveway applications, this is an end product whose least contested feature is aesthetic. Its elimination would not significantly affect other products or activities. The great benefit of this legislation is low hanging fruit. Delegate Wilt deserves credit for following through with DEQ on this issue even though they were not prepared to testify earlier in that session, preventing him from following through with his https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1150. While he was not able to pass his bill, he was able to hand forward what future legislators would need. I look forward to this impactful legislation passing in a bipartisan effort with your support under the sponsorship of Delegate Tran.

HB1029

Friends of the Rappahannock supports HB 1067. This bill adds the Fredericksburg wastewater treatment facility to the list of priority projects for the Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program. Listing this project will help continue Fredericksburg's efforts to remove nutrients from their wastewater before it reaches the Rappahannock River.

HB 1029 - We have to protect the environment for wildlife to ensure their survival as it is now against all odds. HB 1035 - Absolutely provide free admittance for veterans. They have lost time with their families and enjoyment of nature. By all means give them free passage to the parks. HB 1061 - We have no right to torture and abuse any animal in the name of science or medicine or cosmetics. Any animal - dog, cat, primate, livestock, end it all now. The Bible says that man has dominion over animals. Dominion is to look after not torture! And all animal testing is horrible torture.

Please stop this cruelty

Please support designating Fredericksburg wastewater treatment plant being added to the list of priority projects for the state. We need to keep the Rappahannock clean

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HB 1029, 1035, 1061, 1067, 1074, 1089 are all bills that need to be passed into law. Please take account of my voice in favor of each of these bills that enhances a humane and healthy way of life.

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We cannot undo most of the damage humans have done so it is urgent to stop harmful behaviors of humans that effect and endanger animals and environments.

Please stop this heinous act.

Please stop the unnecessary killings by of the poor wildlife.We have already taken a lot of their habitat and now allowing this mass murdering of these voiceless animals by the sick people. Thank you

Please stop animal cruelty!

“Kill contests” or otherwise hunting for sport should be outlawed.

Please end these cruel practices!

pass all of the laws above

Protect our wildlife and water resources. Restrict hunting on sundays. No snares or trapping. No animals gor research.

The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

Good Afternoon, I am submitting my support of the above items. I strongly feel that we need to put more time and planning on what we are doing to our animals, that are due the same respect as we all inhabits of our planet, and out planet. We only have one earth and we have not been responsible on how we treated her.

Protect Virginia's environment from Republiklans

stop this now!!

We should be protecting our animals, both wild and domestic. We also need to protect our environment. Inhumane treatment of all animals needs to stop.

Please stop this cruelty

508 keep our history alive both the good and bad. We, our children need to be taught the truth about US history 479 removal of large and small damns improves the quality of waterways 323 local and sustainable farms are the key to the future of successful farming. Thomas Jefferson believed this 255 dogs and cats should never be used for inhumane research 206 small renewal energy projects should have been implemented decades ago. We are so behind many countries in preserving our natural resources and increasing and implementing renewable energy sources 140 African American gravesites when discovered should be restored and protected as should all of them 1330 Companion animals should be allowed in more place’s especially on public transportation like Amtrak 1301 clean energy= clean air, water, soil, food and this is a human right 1273 I would like to see hunting bears, deer, raccoons, rabbits, coyote, bobcat foxes completely eliminated. They only terrorize wildlife, there is no “sport” in that. 1247 STOP killing contests of any wildlife!!! This is barbaric 1228 Water quality needs to be of the highest standard. It’s a God-given right 1224 if storm water is managed properly we could avoid massive pollution to our rivers and streams , Bays and Oceans

I support the Humane Society of the United States' positions pertaining to your particular bill(s). I do believe HSUS adheres to and promotes the highest standards of integrity in the issues of animal issues, the environment, human concerns, et. al. I hope you can vote with that perspective in mind.

Support

Please stop animal cruelty!

“Kill contests” or otherwise hunting for sport should be outlawed.

pass all of the laws above

Protect our wildlife and water resources. Restrict hunting on sundays. No snares or trapping. No animals gor research.

The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

Good Afternoon, I am submitting my support of the above items. I strongly feel that we need to put more time and planning on what we are doing to our animals, that are due the same respect as we all inhabits of our planet, and out planet. We only have one earth and we have not been responsible on how we treated her.

Protect Virginia's environment from Republiklans

Protection of Land, Water, Air, Soil and all animals is up to us and for future generations a must.

HB523 Research or experimentation of any kind should be prohibited with all animals especially dogs and cats

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Please vote in support of HB1228. This bill provides for common sense policy regarding high-quality water resources. HB1228 is basic science - it allows the collection of baseline data so that monitoring data can be compared to a control. Again, I urge you to vote in support of HB1228.

I am writing on behalf of Appalachian Voices, and our members, many of whom are your constituents, in support of HB 1228. Currently, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality cannot know whether water quality will be lowered by a proposed project—or by how much—because the “baseline” condition of the water is oftentimes unknown. HB 1228 adds a layer of data-based review that benefits the DEQ's overall processes, and is necessary tool for anti-degradation analysis. By requiring project applicants to submit information regarding the current condition of the water and their proposed projects’ potential impacts, HB 1228 will enable the DEQ to make better-informed decisions and comply with current law. This data requirement would only need to occur if the waterbody is not already impaired, or appropriate data is not already available. The bill will also help DEQ avoid additional water testing and provide water quality data for future reference. Please support HB 1228.

Wild Virginia supports this bill. Virginia already has the duty to perform the kind of antidegradation analyses that are addressed in this proposal, under both state law and the Clean Water Act. No credible antidegradation analysis can be done without characterizing existing or "baseline" conditions in a waterbody that would be affected by a permitted discharge. The primary value of this bill would be to ensure that the baseline is documented to support the permitting decisions. Requiring that applicants seeking to possibly lower the quality of the waters that belong to us all, to provide data by which to judge the legality of their proposed discharges, is appropriate, given constraints on agency resources. It is important to note that the amended language need not present an undue burden on either DEQ or applicants. In many cases waterbodies are already impaired, so the changes would require no additional work or cost for either the agency or dischargers. In other cases DEQ has access to adequate data and can waive the requirement for further information on the same parameters from the applicant.

My name is Jacqueline Goodrum and I am a resident of Albemarle County. I comment today in my professional capacity as Conservation Policy Associate for Wild Virginia, a statewide non-profit organization seeking to protect Virginia's water quality. I urge you to support HB1228 because it ensures that DEQ/State Water Control Board will make data-based decisions when considering whether to authorize an activity that would lower water quality. Section 62.1-44.4 of the Virginia Code allows DEQ/Board to authorize an activity that would lower water quality, however DEQ/Board must know the baseline quality of a water body before DEQ/Board can say whether or not the proposed activity will lower water quality. DEQ/Board requires this data before it can make a decision because DEQ/Board must consider all relevant water quality data, including a water body's baseline condition. HB1228 seeks to ensure DEQ/Board meet current legal requirements for agency decision-making concerning proposed activities that lower water quality by requiring DEQ to document baseline water quality for biological and chemical indicators. This not only protects water quality, but also helps DEQ/Board compile and acquire the data needed to support their decision. Importantly, HB1228 does not place the burden of data collection on DEQ; rather it authorizes the agency to require permit applicants to provide sufficient water quality related data and information to the agency for DEQ/Board to make their decision about the applicant's proposed activity. As such, HB1228 promises to save DEQ/Board precious agency resources while simultaneously providing the agency with quantitative water quality data and information that it can use for future reference. d may authorize activities that would lower water quality if the activity is justified by “necessary economic or social development” and if other requirements are met. However, DEQ cannot know whether water quality will be lowered—or by how much—unless the agency knows what the underlying or “baseline” condition of the water is.

Please stop this cruelty

Our lands and the animals that live on our lands should be protected at every cost. At a time when deforestation and the killing of animals in the U.S. and around the world grows more and more, it is imperative to fight against this. If we do not take action and push legislation to protect our land and the animals that live on them, in the not to distant future they will become less and less until they are no more. Please think about this and help to do what you can to make positive change.

508 keep our history alive both the good and bad. We, our children need to be taught the truth about US history 479 removal of large and small damns improves the quality of waterways 323 local and sustainable farms are the key to the future of successful farming. Thomas Jefferson believed this 255 dogs and cats should never be used for inhumane research 206 small renewal energy projects should have been implemented decades ago. We are so behind many countries in preserving our natural resources and increasing and implementing renewable energy sources 140 African American gravesites when discovered should be restored and protected as should all of them 1330 Companion animals should be allowed in more place’s especially on public transportation like Amtrak 1301 clean energy= clean air, water, soil, food and this is a human right 1273 I would like to see hunting bears, deer, raccoons, rabbits, coyote, bobcat foxes completely eliminated. They only terrorize wildlife, there is no “sport” in that. 1247 STOP killing contests of any wildlife!!! This is barbaric 1228 Water quality needs to be of the highest standard. It’s a God-given right 1224 if storm water is managed properly we could avoid massive pollution to our rivers and streams , Bays and Oceans

I support the Humane Society of the United States' positions pertaining to your particular bill(s). I do believe HSUS adheres to and promotes the highest standards of integrity in the issues of animal issues, the environment, human concerns, et. al. I hope you can vote with that perspective in mind.

Please stop animal cruelty!

“Kill contests” or otherwise hunting for sport should be outlawed.

pass all of the laws above

Protect our wildlife and water resources. Restrict hunting on sundays. No snares or trapping. No animals gor research.

The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

Good Afternoon, I am submitting my support of the above items. I strongly feel that we need to put more time and planning on what we are doing to our animals, that are due the same respect as we all inhabits of our planet, and out planet. We only have one earth and we have not been responsible on how we treated her.

Protect Virginia's environment from Republiklans

Protection of Land, Water, Air, Soil and all animals is up to us and for future generations a must.

HB523 Research or experimentation of any kind should be prohibited with all animals especially dogs and cats

Comments Document

Please find attached a letter of support for HB 1283.

Please stop this cruelty

I support the Humane Society of the United States' positions pertaining to your particular bill(s). I do believe HSUS adheres to and promotes the highest standards of integrity in the issues of animal issues, the environment, human concerns, et. al. I hope you can vote with that perspective in mind.

Please stop animal cruelty!

“Kill contests” or otherwise hunting for sport should be outlawed.

I support any bill that will provide enhanced protection for wildlife. They have no voices to speak for themselves and as we encroach on their habitat, they struggle to survive without humans killing them for fun. Domestic animals, livestock, and pets also deserve as much protection as we can give them. Hunters should not be allowed on private land. I also support any environmental effort that will protect our natural resources, environment, and wildlife.

The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

Good Afternoon, I am submitting my support of the above items. I strongly feel that we need to put more time and planning on what we are doing to our animals, that are due the same respect as we all inhabits of our planet, and out planet. We only have one earth and we have not been responsible on how we treated her.

Protect Virginia's environment from Republiklans

I am asking the house natural resources sub committee to support HB 1247 and put an end to wildlife killing contests in Virginia. The beauty of Virginia includes its wildlife. We should be encouraging our citizens and visitors to observe animals peacefully through binoculars and cameras, not to view them through the barrel of a gun with the goal of painfully killing or wounding them.

Please stop this cruelty

Please exercise your authority to support all actions promoting the preservation of our natural resources and the protection of our environment.

I support the Humane Society of the United States' positions pertaining to your particular bill(s). I do believe HSUS adheres to and promotes the highest standards of integrity in the issues of animal issues, the environment, human concerns, et. al. I hope you can vote with that perspective in mind.

Support

Please prohibit "killing contests'" for coyotes or fur-bearing animals in the state of Virginal immediately.

Please stop animal cruelty!

“Kill contests” or otherwise hunting for sport should be outlawed.

pass all of the laws above

Protect our wildlife and water resources. Restrict hunting on sundays. No snares or trapping. No animals gor research.

The greatness of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way it treats its animals, its wilderness and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

Good Afternoon, I am submitting my support of the above items. I strongly feel that we need to put more time and planning on what we are doing to our animals, that are due the same respect as we all inhabits of our planet, and out planet. We only have one earth and we have not been responsible on how we treated her.

Protect Virginia's environment from Republiklans

Wildlife killing contests should be illegal.