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	"provider_name": "Action Network",
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	"author_name": "League of Humane Voters®/NY",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/league-of-humane-votersny-constituents",
	"title": "End Pheasant Propagation",
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	"description": "Here are reasons to support our petition to end the pheasant propagation program in NYS. See below to read the full petition. Every year the state-run Reynolds Game Farm hatches tens of thousands of Ring-Necked Pheasants in order to increase recreational pheasant hunting opportunities and to promote participation in shooting sports in New York State. These birds are not native to New York; they are bred at the Reynolds Game farm and released specifically to be hunted on state and private properties. This artificial pheasant propagation program provides no conservational purpose, and it causes unjustifiable suffering and death to animals. This program is not meant to restore wild pheasant populations, but to introduce hunting to children as young as 12. The ring-necked pheasants are bred in captivity. Their release into areas occurs abruptly, and these animals find themselves disoriented and maladjusted in an environment they have never known before and in which they have no survival experience. The pheasants are used just because they are easy targets, making this hunting activity even more ethically troublesome. If not shot, the birds will die from exposure to severe weather conditions, predators or starvation. Approximately 70,000 pheasants are bred and killed, including adults and day-old chicks. The program had a budget of $1.4 Million in 2024 (New York Times) funded through the state&#x27;s conservation fund despite having no conservational benefits. This money is wasted on breeding birds for a life in captivity, where they are then released into non-native habitats and slaughtered, when it could be used to fund wildlife rehabilitators and for other true conservation efforts.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-pheasant-propagation"
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