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		<title>Farm Bill Alert! Animal-Rights Amendments Coming in Senate!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will mark-up Committee Chairman Senator John Boozman&#8217;s (R-AR) draft text for his proposed Farm Bill. Importantly, after tireless advocacy by the Sportsmen&#8217;s Alliance, its members and affiliates, and strong Congressional leadership, anti-hunting language that was amended into the House Farm Bill previously was removed and is absent from the Senate draft.]]></description>
		
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		<title>SCI Disappointed Senate Wolf Delisting Effort Blocked, Urges Senate to Take Up S. 1306</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Safari Club International (SCI) expressed its disappointment after an objection by Senator Cory Booker prevented the Senate from advancing an effort to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and return management authority to the states. Gray wolf recovery represents one of the nation&#8217;s greatest conservation success stories. After decades of conservation efforts, wolf populations have far exceeded]]></description>
		
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		<title>NSSF-Opposed Oregon Anti-Hunting Ballot Initiative Fails</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Oregon anti-hunting ballot initiative opposed by NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, failed to gather enough certified signatures to be considered by voters. Oregon&#8217;s Initiative Petition 28 (IP 28), called the &#8220;People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions (PEACE) Act,&#8221; was proposed to prohibit and criminalize hunting, trapping and livestock production. The proposed ballot initiative was disqualified by]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-Hunting Groups Hijack Farm Bill to Add Hunting Ban</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Farm Bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation considered by the U.S. Congress. It contains funding and sets policy on items ranging from conservation programs valued by American sportsmen to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits that help feed low-income families. Unfortunately, thanks to significant pressure from the animal-rights lobby, the Farm Bill just approved by]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Judge Rejects Attempt by Extremists to Halt Montana Wolf Hunt</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2025/12/judge-rejects-attempt-by-extremists-to-halt-montana-wolf-hunt.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bottom Line: Ruling declines preliminary injunction to halt Montana wolf hunt but the lawsuit concerning data-collection methods will continue. The Details: The 1st Judicial District Court of Montana rejected an attempt by animal-rights groups to stop the state’s 2025-26 wolf harvest. On December 19, the court ruled that the plaintiffs did not show the state’s method of estimating its wolf population would cause]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation Enters Fight Over Florida Bear Hunt</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2025/11/sportsmens-alliance-foundation-enters-fight-over-florida-bear-hunt.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAF files ‘friend of the court’ brief defending Florida FWC Commission rule authorizing bear hunt On Friday, Nov. 14, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation filed a friend of the court, or amicus curiae, brief opposing an extremist group’s attempt to halt Florida’s first bear hunt in 10 years. Florida black bears have had a remarkable recovery. They were listed as a threatened]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SCI Seeks to Join Lawsuit Challenging Florida Black Bear Hunt</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2025/10/sci-seeks-to-join-lawsuit-challenging-florida-black-bear-hunt.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week, Safari Club International filed a legal motion, supported by SCI’s Center for Conservation Law and Education, to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to nullify Florida’s recently authorized 2025 black bear hunt. The lawsuit, funded by anti-hunters, challenges the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) August decision to authorize this hunt, the first in a decade. SCI]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RMEF Appeals Northern Rockies’ Wolf Ruling, Calls for ESA Reform</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2025/08/rmef-appeals-northern-rockies-wolf-ruling-calls-for-esa-reform.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RMEF Appeals Northern Rockies’ Wolf Ruling, Calls for ESA Reform The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation filed an immediate appeal to a decision by a federal judge that orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to reconsider Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves in the West. RMEF Appeals Northern Rockies’ Wolf Ruling, Calls for ESA Reform The Rocky]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lansing Judge Rules in Coyote Lawsuit</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2025/06/lansing-judge-rules-in-coyote-lawsuit.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, a Lansing judge issued an opinion in Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) and Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association’s (MTPCA) lawsuit against the Natural Resources Commission (NRC). Judge Cole ruled that the commission acted within their legal authority when they partially closed Michigan’s year-round coyote hunting season in March 2024. We disagree. According to MUCC CEO Amy Trotter, MUCC’s position remains unchanged: the 2024 closure was an illegal]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Manipulating the Endangered Species Act</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAF Again Points Out Unsupported Arguments by Animal ExtremistsYesterday, May 21, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, along with Safari Club International and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, completed briefing in a trio of lawsuits brought by animal extremist groups to relist wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain region under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We’ve doubled down on our ask to the court to issue]]></description>
		
		
		
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