[ SHOWGSD-L ] Colorado Sportsmen Are Being Pushed from the Denver Area’s Last Remaining Training Ground for Hunting Dogs!

From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
To: Showgsd-l list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 08:04:11 -0700
The motive behind this is again pushing NRA and Hunting OUT of the  
picture.  No matter what you think about hunting (or NRA), this is  
another incursion to restrict toward the end goal of NO animal use.
Storm
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?idW49

Colorado Sportsmen Are Being Pushed from the Denver Area?s Last  
Remaining Training Ground for Hunting Dogs!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Please Stand Up and Make Your Voices Heard!

Significant acreage in Chatfield State Park and Cherry Creek Park near  
Denver was originally designated for hunting dog training making these  
parks vital assets to the sporting dog community for many years.   
Colorado sportsmen and women are now being pushed out of these hunting  
dog-training areas with plans to convert them to dog parks that would  
prohibit most training activities.  These areas are the only public  
place to train sporting dogs in the region.  If the area is fully  
converted to a dog park, then NO place will be left for hunters and  
sporting dog enthusiasts.


The Colorado State Parks Board has developed management plan  
alternatives that are clearly biased against  sportsmen who have  
traditionally used the area.  In its news release justifying its  
plans, concerns are raised over public safety conflicts from unruly  
dogs as well as detrimental impacts on habitat.  Hunting dogs  
generally have the fundamental obedience training necessary to obey  
their owner and not interfere with others in these public places.   
Conversely, many family dogs do not exhibit the basic obedience  
necessary for control in a public place which can create safety  
concerns and conflicts with other users.  Habitat damage is surely due  
to the increased traffic of the dog park crowd and allowing their dogs  
to roam freely over every square inch of the land.  The hunting dog  
community has protected these parks for many years and tried to leave  
as little impact on the natural environment as possible in order to  
ensure it mimics actual hunting terrain.


Chatfield State Park has a comment form with three alternatives  
listed.  Alternative B provides the best protection for the sporting  
dog community, which segments approximately 24.5 acres for training  
out of 75 total acres.  Please go to the following link and submit  
comments in support of Alternative B: 
http://parks.state.co.us/SiteCollectionImages/parks/Landing/DOLA/DOLA_OH_Chatfield.pdf
 
.  It would also be appropriate to convey your displeasure with the  
general plan to significantly reduce the area for hunting dog  
training.  There are many dog parks already in the area along with  
miles of sidewalks for the non-hunting community to use.


Cherry Creek Park also has three alternatives, but none of the  
alternatives provide adequate protection for sporting dog training.   
Please go to the following link and voice your concern over the  
exclusion of training areas for hunting dogs: 
http://parks.state.co.us/SiteCollectionImages/parks/Landing/DOLA/DOLA_OH_CherryCreek.pdf
 
.

Your voice is essential to protect Colorado?s great sporting dog  
heritage!  A proper place to train hunting dogs is becoming harder to  
come by around the country and the remaining land must be preserved.   
Do not allow this blatantly anti-hunting action by the Colorado State  
Parks Board to stand without a fight!



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